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bug #54460: [Request] show the help lines in all menus except in MMAIN

Submitter:  Benno Schulenberg <bens>
Submitted:  Tue 07 Aug 2018 05:55:59 PM UTC
   
 
Severity:  1 - Wish Status:  Wont Fix
Assigned to:  None Open/Closed:  Closed

Sun 26 Aug 2018 05:48:27 PM UTC, comment #1: 

A proposed patch (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2018-08/msg00075.html) gives unsatisfying results and extra complications.  So we're going to leave things as they are.

Benno Schulenberg <bens>
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Tue 07 Aug 2018 05:55:59 PM UTC, original submission:  

As suggested by Brand Huntsman in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2018-08/msg00015.html, nano should show the help lines at every prompt and in every menu, except when in the main editing window.

When --nohelp or 'set nohelp' is used, the user wants to maximize the space where the content of the file is shown.  The content of the file has little importance when the user is at a prompt -- then it is more important to show what keys the user can type to do things or toggle things or exit or cancel and such.

Benno Schulenberg <bens>
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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2018-09-23 bens Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2018-08-27 bens Assigned tobens None
    2018-08-26 bens StatusIn Progress Wont Fix
    2018-08-22 bens StatusNone In Progress
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