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bug #60315: message at startup is wrong when ^G is rebound

Submitter:  Robert Goulding <rgouldin>
Submitted:  Wed 31 Mar 2021 02:50:11 PM UTC
   
 
Severity:  2 - Minor Status:  Fixed
Assigned to:  bens Open/Closed:  Closed

Fri 30 Apr 2021 10:38:05 AM UTC, comment #2: 

The fix was released in nano-5.7.

Benno Schulenberg <bens>
Group administrator
Thu 01 Apr 2021 08:20:37 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Thanks for reporting.  Fixed in git, commit 20e122ef, by checking that ^G is still the first shortcut bound to do_help.  I do not want to adapt the message to whatever keystroke is bound to do_help -- it is an unneeded complication: people who rebind keys probably don't need the reminder.

I guess that no one noticed until now because probably most people that rebind keys also add 'set nohelp' to their ~/.nanorc file.

(By the way: the «"fill" not found» message is not an error, it is simply the feedback from the 'findnext' command that the searched-for string was not found.  Apparently the last string you searched for at that time was "fill".)

Benno Schulenberg <bens>
Group administrator
Wed 31 Mar 2021 02:50:11 PM UTC, original submission:  

When starting up the editor, I get the message:

Welcome to nano. For basic help, type Ctrl+G

When I type ^G, I get the error: "fill" not found.

In my .nanorc, I have ^G rebound:

bind ^G findnext all

It seems to be looking for the word "fill" for some reason.

Shouldn't this start-up message refer to whatever key "help" is bound to (which, in my case, is M-?)?


Robert Goulding <rgouldin>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2021-04-30 bens Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2021-04-01 bens Severity3 - Normal 2 - Minor
        StatusNone Fixed
        Assigned toNone bens
        SummaryMessage at startup erroneous message at startup is wrong when ^G is rebound

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