From fc36ff7275081ef0fb90e3f3b96dd7a4a23ec793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 20:49:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] options: retire 'set backwards' -- it's still recognized but
a no-op
---
doc/nano.texi | 3 ++-
doc/nanorc.5 | 3 ++-
doc/sample.nanorc.in | 3 ---
src/nano.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index 462d3a36..3099ca31 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -703,7 +703,8 @@ with @code{set backup} or @option{--backup} or @option{-B}.
The uniquely numbered files are stored in the specified directory.
@item set backwards
-Do backwards searches by default.
+Obsolete option. Recognized but ignored. @code{^Q} is available to
+start a backward search.
@item set boldtext
Use bold instead of reverse video for the title bar, status bar, key combos,
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
index 2e6c3a75..30731cb4 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ with \fBset backup\fR or \fB\-\-backup\fR or \fB\-B\fR.
The uniquely numbered files are stored in the specified \fIdirectory\fR.
.TP
.B set backwards
-Do backwards searches by default.
+Obsolete option. Recognized but ignored. \fB^Q\fR is available to
+start a backward search.
.TP
.B set boldtext
Use bold instead of reverse video for the title bar, status bar, key combos,
diff --git a/doc/sample.nanorc.in b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
index 9b3355a8..58017593 100644
--- a/doc/sample.nanorc.in
+++ b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
## The directory to put unique backup files in.
# set backupdir ""
-## Do backwards searches by default.
-# set backwards
-
## Use bold text instead of reverse video text.
# set boldtext
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 86ce037c..b3888d9d 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -2455,6 +2455,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
/* Initialize the search string. */
last_search = mallocstrcpy(NULL, "");
+ UNSET(BACKWARDS_SEARCH);
/* If tabsize wasn't specified, set its default value. */
if (tabsize == -1)
--
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