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 =================================================================== 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">
