Re: [Nano-devel] escaping from restricted mode

[Benno Schulenberg]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2015, at 09:45, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> when running 'rnano --help' it shows all the same options
> as 'nano --help', but for rnano the options -B, -C, -F, -H, -I,
> -P, -Y, -s, and -z all have no effect.  I think they should
> therefore not be listed when nano is running in restricted mode.

Listing these has been removed in SVN, r5327.

> Furthermore, in nano's main edit window several toggles are
> working that shouldn't be doing anything: typing M-F will switch
> multibuffer mode on, but this is pointless as ^R is disabled.
> M-B toggles backups on, which shouldn't be allowed.  And M-Z
> will toggle suspendability on, but also this is pointless as
> typing  ^Z then says that this function is disabled.  I think
> those toggles should not work, nor should the main help text
> list them.

The toggles have been disabled in SVN, r5328, but not listing
them in the ^G help text would complicate things too much.

> And finally, the two help lines below the main edit window show
> ^R and ^T, but both are disabled.  I think it would be better to
> not show them; first, to not show things that don't actually work,
> and second, to give the users some visual feedback that they are
> in restricted mode.

This feedback has been added in SVN, r5329.

Benno

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