[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: nano-basics-guide.xml

[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: nano-basics-guide.xml

[Sven Vermeulen (swift)]

swift       12/12/25 18:35:28

  Modified:             nano-basics-guide.xml
  Log:
  Fix bug #448444 - Add information on why -w option with nano is needed for configuration files. Thanks to Francesco Turco for reporting.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.28                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml?rev=1.28&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml?rev=1.28&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml?r1=1.27&r2=1.28

Index: nano-basics-guide.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.27
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -r1.27 -r1.28
--- nano-basics-guide.xml	4 Sep 2011 17:53:40 -0000	1.27
+++ nano-basics-guide.xml	25 Dec 2012 18:35:28 -0000	1.28
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml,v 1.27 2011/09/04 17:53:40 swift Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml,v 1.28 2012/12/25 18:35:28 swift Exp $ -->
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
 
 <guide>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 you to become familiar with its basic operation.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>1.6</version>
-<date>2006-01-05</date>
+<version>2</version>
+<date>2012-12-25</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Nano Basics</title>
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
 <p>
 Nano is a modeless editor so you can start typing immediately to insert text. If
 you are editing a configuration file like <path>/etc/fstab</path> use the
-<c>-w</c> switch, for example:
+<c>-w</c> switch to disable wrapping on long lines as it might render the
+configuration file unparseable by whatever tools depend on it. For example:
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Disable the word wrapping">