From: "Xavier Neys" <neysx@lark.gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: nano-basics-guide.xml
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:32:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200512311632.jBVGWpkv000839@robin.gentoo.org> (raw)
neysx 05/12/31 16:32:50
Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en nano-basics-guide.xml
Log:
#117080 Fixed inconsistent representation of Ctrl-key
Revision Changes Path
1.18 +24 -18 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml
file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml?rev=1.18&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml?rev=1.18&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18&cvsroot=gentoo
Index: nano-basics-guide.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
--- nano-basics-guide.xml 13 Sep 2005 12:00:00 -0000 1.17
+++ nano-basics-guide.xml 31 Dec 2005 16:32:50 -0000 1.18
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml,v 1.17 2005/09/13 12:00:00 rane Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml,v 1.18 2005/12/31 16:32:50 neysx Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
<guide link="/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml">
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
<warn>
It is very, very important that you use the -w switch when opening a config
-file. Failure to do so may keep your system from booting or other bad things.
+file. Failure to do so may keep your system from booting or cause other bad things.
</warn>
</body>
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@
<p>
If you want to save the changes you've made, press <c>Ctrl+O</c>. To exit
-<c>nano</c>, type <c>Ctrl+X</c>. If you ask <c>nano</c> to exit a modified file,
+nano, type <c>Ctrl+X</c>. If you ask nano to exit from a modified file,
it will ask you if you want to save it. Just press <c>N</c> in case you don't,
or <c>Y</c> in case you do. It will then ask you for a filename. Just type it
in and press <c>Enter</c>.
</p>
<p>
-If you accidentally confirmed that you want to save the file, but you actually
+If you accidentally confirmed that you want to save the file but you actually
don't, you can always cancel by pressing <c>Ctrl+C</c> when you're prompted for
a filename.
</p>
@@ -92,21 +92,21 @@
<body>
<p>
-To cut a single line line you use <c>^K</c>. You simply hold down <c>CTRL</c>
-and <c>k</c> at the same time. The line disappears. To paste it you simply
-move the cursor to where you want to paste and punch <c>^U</c> (<c>CTRL u</c>)
-on your keyboard. BAM! The line reappears. Suppose you need to move a whole
-paragraph. To move multiple lines simply cut each line one at a time, and then
-paste. BAM! The whole paragraph appears wherever you want it.
+To cut a single line, you use <c>Ctrl+K</c> (hold down <c>Ctrl</c> and
+then press <c>K</c>). The line disappears. To paste it, you simply
+move the cursor to where you want to paste it and punch <c>Ctrl+U</c>.
+The line reappears. To move multiple lines, simply cut them with several
+<c>Ctrl+K</c>s in a row, then paste them with a single <c>Ctrl+U</c>.
+The whole paragraph appears wherever you want it.
</p>
<p>
-If you need a little more fine grained control then you need to mark the text.
-Move the cursor to the beginning of the text you want to cut. Hit <c>^^</c>
-(that's <c>ctrl ^</c> or <c>ctrl 6</c>). Now move your cursor to the end of
-the text you want to cut. The desired text should be highlighted now. If need
-to cancel your text marking simply hit <c>^^</c> again. Click <c>^K</c> to cut
-the text. Use <c>^U</c> to paste it. BAM! Now that's cooking.
+If you need a little more fine-grained control, then you have to mark the text.
+Move the cursor to the beginning of the text you want to cut. Hit <c>Ctrl+6</c>
+(or <c>Alt+A</c>). Now move your cursor to the end of the text you want to cut:
+the marked text gets highlighted. If you need to cancel your text marking,
+simply hit <c>Ctrl+6</c> again. Press <c>Ctrl+K</c> to cut the marked text.
+Use <c>Ctrl+U</c> to paste it.
</p>
</body>
@@ -117,10 +117,16 @@
<p>
Searching for a string is easy as long as you think <e>"WhereIs"</e> instead of
-<e>"Search"</e>. Simple hit <c>^W</c> (<c>CTRL w</c>) and type in your search
-string. Like I said, easy.
+<e>"Search"</e>. Simply hit <c>Ctrl+W</c>, type in your search string, and
+press <c>Enter</c>. To search for the same string again, hit <c>Alt+W</c>.
</p>
+<note>
+In nano's help texts the Ctrl-key is represented by a caret (^),
+so <c>Ctrl+W</c> is shown as <c>^W</c>, and so on. The Alt-key is
+represented by an M (from "Meta"), so <c>Alt+W</c> is shown as <c>M-W</c>.
+</note>
+
</body>
</section>
<section>
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2005-12-31 16:32 Xavier Neys [this message]
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