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Bug 448444

Summary: Missing informations about the -w option in the Nano Basics Guide
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org Reporter: Francesco Turco <fturco>
Component: Other documentsAssignee: Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor CC: docs-team
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nano-basics-guide.xml
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Description Francesco Turco 2012-12-24 17:33:53 UTC
In the Nano Basics Guide there is a big red warning stating that people should use the -w option when editing configuration files, but it doesn't explain why. I know it's easy for users to open the nano(1) man page, but I think it would be nice to have a small explanation right in the guide. For example:

> The -w option disables wrapping of long lines. 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 cause other bad things.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-25 18:35:38 UTC
Thanks, fixed in CVS & should show up on the site in an hour or so.