[Nano-devel] [PATCH] docs: stop implying that nano wants to be fully compatible with Pico

[Benno Schulenberg]

---
 README       | 20 ++++++++++----------
 doc/faq.html |  2 +-
 doc/nano.1   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 5ac494f6..413978c3 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-          GNU nano -- an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor
+          GNU nano -- a simple editor, inspired by Pico
 
 Overview
 
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ Overview
     wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.
 
     First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use
-    the GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on
-    redistribution.  Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included
-    with many GNU/Linux distributions.  Also, other features (like
-    go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were unavailable until
-    recently or require a command-line flag.  Yuck.
-
-    nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of
-    Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and
-    providing other extra functionality.
+    the GPL, and had unclear restrictions on redistribution.  Because
+    of this, Pine and Pico were not included with many GNU/Linux
+    distributions.  Furthermore, some features (like go-to-line-number
+    or search-and-replace) were unavailable for a long time or require
+    a command-line flag.  Yuck.
+
+    Nano aimed to solve these problems by: 1) being truly free software
+    by using the GPL, 2) emulating the functionality of Pico as closely
+    as is reasonable, and 3) include extra functionality by default.
 
     The nano editor is an official GNU package.  For more information on
     GNU and the Free Software Foundation, please see https://www.gnu.org/.
diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html
index e7b8b4b3..d362c3fd 100644
--- a/doc/faq.html
+++ b/doc/faq.html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
 <h1><a name="1"></a>1. General</h1>
 <h3><a name="1.1"></a>1.1. What is GNU nano?</h3>
-<blockquote><p>GNU nano is designed to be a free replacement for the Pico text 
editor, part of the Pine email suite from <a 
href="http://www.washington.edu/pine/";>The University of Washington</a>. It 
aims to &quot;emulate Pico as closely as possible and then include extra 
functionality&quot;.</p></blockquote>
+<blockquote><p>GNU nano was designed to be a free replacement for the Pico 
text editor, part of the Pine email suite from <a 
href="http://www.washington.edu/pine/";>The University of Washington</a>. It 
aimed to &quot;emulate Pico as closely as is reasonable and then include extra 
functionality&quot;.</p></blockquote>
 <h3><a name="1.2"></a>1.2. What is the history behind nano?</h3>
 <blockquote><p>Funny you should ask!</p>
   <p><b>In the beginning...</b></p>
diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index a0906eaa..0e446a51 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 .TH NANO 1 "version 3.2" "November 2018"
 
 .SH NAME
-nano \- Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
+nano \- Nano's ANOther editor, inspired by Pico
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B nano
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