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Rather than just copying Pico’s look and +feel, <b>nano</b> also implements some missing (or disabled +by default) features in Pico, such as "search and +replace" and "go to line and column +number".</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The +<i>nanorc</i> file contains the default settings for +<b>nano</b>. It should not be in DOS or Mac format. During +startup, <b>nano</b> will first read its system-wide +settings from <i>SYSCONFDIR/nanorc</i>, and then +user-specific settings from <i>~/.nanorc</i>.</p> + +<h2>OPTIONS +<a name="OPTIONS"></a> +</h2> + + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The +configuration file accepts a series of <b>set</b> and +<b>unset</b> commands, which can be used to configure nano +on startup without using the command line options. +Additionally, the <b>syntax</b>, <b>color</b>, and +<b>icolor</b> keywords are used to define syntax +highlighting rules for different text patterns. <b>nano</b> +will read one command per line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Options in +<i>nanorc</i> files take precedence over nano’s +defaults, and command line options override <i>nanorc</i> +settings. Also, options are unset by default, except for +those that take arguments.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Quotes inside +string parameters don’t have to be escaped with +backslashes. The last double quote in the string will be +treated as its end. For example, for the <b>brackets</b> +option, "<i>"’)>]}</i>" will match +<i>"</i>, <i>’</i>, <i>)</i>, <i>></i>, +<i>]</i>, and <i>}</i>.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The supported +commands and arguments are: <b><br> +set/unset allow_insecure_backup</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">When backing up files, allow +the backup to succeed even if its permissions can’t be +(re)set due to special OS considerations. You should NOT +enable this option unless you are sure you need it.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset autoindent</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use auto-indentation.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset backup</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Create backup files in +<i>filename~</i>.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set backupdir</b> +<i>directory</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the directory where +<b>nano</b> puts unique backup files if file backups are +enabled.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset backwards</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Do backwards searches by +default.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset boldtext</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use bold text instead of +reverse video text.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set brackets</b> +<i>string</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the characters treated as +closing brackets when justifying paragraphs. They cannot +contain blank characters. Only closing punctuation, +optionally followed by closing brackets, can end sentences. +The default value is +"<i>"’)>]}</i>".</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset +casesensitive</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Do case sensitive searches by +default.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset const</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Constantly display the cursor +position in the status bar.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset cut</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use cut to end of line by +default.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set fill</b> <i>n</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Wrap lines at column number +<i>n</i>. If <i>n</i> is 0 or less, the maximum line length +will be the screen width less <i>n</i> columns. The default +value is −8.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset historylog</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable <i>~/.nano_history</i> +for saving and reading search/replace strings.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set matchbrackets</b> +<i>string</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the opening and closing +brackets that can be found by bracket searches. They cannot +contain blank characters. The former set must come before +the latter set, and both must be in the same order. The +default value is "<i>(<[{)>]}</i>".</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset morespace</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use the blank line below the +titlebar as extra editing space.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset mouse</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable mouse support, if +available for your system. When enabled, mouse clicks can be +used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a double +click), and execute shortcuts. The mouse will work in the X +Window System, and on the console when gpm is running.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset +multibuffer</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Allow inserting files into +their own buffers.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset noconvert</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t convert files from +DOS/Mac format.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset nofollow</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t follow symlinks +when writing files.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset nohelp</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t display the help +lists at the bottom of the screen.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset nonewlines</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t add newlines to the +ends of files.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset nowrap</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Don’t wrap text at +all.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set operatingdir</b> +<i>directory</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nano</b> will only read and +write files inside <i>directory</i> and its subdirectories. +Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files are +inserted from this diractory. By default, the operating +directory feature is turned off.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset preserve</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Preserve the XON and XOFF keys +(^Q and ^S).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set punct</b> +<i>string</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the characters treated as +closing punctuation when justifying paragraphs. They cannot +contain blank characters. Only closing punctuation, +optionally followed by closing brackets, can end sentences. +The default value is "<i>!.?</i>".</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset quiet</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;"><b>nano</b> will not report +errors in the <i>nanorc</i> file and ask them to be +acknowledged by pressing enter at startup. If this is used +it should be placed at the top of the file to be fully +effective.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset quickblank</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Do quick statusbar blanking. +Statusbar messages will disappear after 1 keystroke instead +of 25.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set quotestr</b> +<i>string</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The email-quote string, used to +justify email-quoted paragraphs. This is an extended regular +expression if your system supports them, otherwise a literal +string. The default value is +"<i>^([ \t]*[#:>\|}])+</i>" if you have +extended regular expression support, or +"<i>> </i>" otherwise. Note that +’\t’ stands for a literal Tab character.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset +rebinddelete</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Interpret the Delete key +differently so that both Backspace and Delete work properly. +You should only need to use this option if Backspace acts +like Delete on your system.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset +rebindkeypad</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Interpret the numeric keypad +keys so that they all work properly. You should only need to +use this option if they don’t, as mouse support +won’t work properly with this option enabled.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset regexp</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Do extended regular expression +searches by default.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset smarthome</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Make the Home key smarter. When +Home is pressed anywhere but at the very beginning of +non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor will jump to +that beginning (either forwards or backwards). If the cursor +is already at that position, it will jump to the true +beginning of the line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset smooth</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use smooth scrolling by +default.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset softwrap</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable soft line wrapping for +easier viewing of very long lones.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set speller</b> +<i>spellprog</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use spelling checker +<i>spellprog</i> instead of the built-in one, which calls +<i>spell</i>.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset suspend</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Allow <b>nano</b> to be +suspended.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set tabsize</b> <i>n</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Use a tab size of <i>n</i> +columns. The value of <i>n</i> must be greater than 0. The +default value is 8.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset +tabstospaces</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Convert typed tabs to +spaces.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset tempfile</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Save automatically on exit, +don’t prompt.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset undo</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable experimental +generic-purpose undo code.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset view</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Disallow file modification.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset softwrap</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Enable soft line wrapping for +easier viewing of very long lones.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set whitespace</b> +<i>string</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Set the two characters used to +display the first characters of tabs and spaces. They must +be single-column characters.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>set/unset wordbounds</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Detect word boundaries more +accurately by treating punctuation characters as parts of +words.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>syntax</b> <i>str</i> +<b>["</b><i>fileregex</i><b>" ... ]</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Defines a syntax named +<i>str</i> which can be activated via the +−Y/−−syntax command line option, or will +be automatically activated if the current filename matches +the extended regular expression <i>fileregex</i>. All +following <b>color</b> and <b>icolor</b> statements will +apply to <i>syntax</i> until a new syntax is defined.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%; margin-top: 1em">The <i>none</i> +syntax is reserved; specifying it on the command line is the +same as not having a syntax at all. The <i>default</i> +syntax is special: it takes no <i>fileregex</i>, and applies +to files that don’t match any other syntax’s +<i>fileregex</i>.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>color</b> +<i>fgcolor</i><b>,</b><i>bgcolor regex</i> <b>...</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">For the currently defined +syntax, display all expressions matching the extended +regular expression <i>regex</i> with foreground color +<i>fgcolor</i> and background color <i>bgcolor</i>, at least +one of which must be specified. Legal colors for foreground +and background color are: white, black, red, blue, green, +yellow, magenta, and cyan. You may use the prefix +"bright" to force a stronger color highlight for +the foreground. If your terminal supports transparency, not +specifying a <i>bgcolor</i> tells <b>nano</b> to attempt to +use a transparent background.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>icolor</b> +<i>fgcolor</i><b>,</b><i>bgcolor regex</i> <b>...</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Same as above, except that the +expression matching is case insensitive.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>color</b> +<i>fgcolor</i><b>,</b><i>bgcolor</i> +<b>start="</b><i>sr</i><b>" +end="</b><i>er</i><b>"</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Display expressions which start +with the extended regular expression <i>sr</i> and end with +the extended regular expression <i>er</i> with foreground +color <i>fgcolor</i> and background color <i>bgcolor</i>, at +least one of which must be specified. This allows syntax +highlighting to span multiple lines. Note that all +subsequent instances of <i>sr</i> after an initial <i>sr</i> +is found will be highlighted until the first instance of +<i>er</i>.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>icolor</b> +<i>fgcolor</i><b>,</b><i>bgcolor</i> +<b>start="</b><i>sr</i><b>" +end="</b><i>er</i><b>"</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Same as above, except that the +expression matching is case insensitive.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>include</b> +<i>syntaxfile</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Read in self-contained color +syntaxes from <i>syntaxfile</i>. Note that <i>syntaxfile</i> +can only contain <b>syntax</b>, <b>color</b>, and +<b>icolor</b> commands.</p> + +<h2>KEY BINDINGS +<a name="KEY BINDINGS"></a> +</h2> + + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Key bindings +may be reassigned via the following commands: <b><br> +bind</b> <i>key function menu</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Rebinds the key <i>key</i> to a +new function named <i>function</i> in the context of menu +<i>menu</i>. The format of <i>key</i> should be one of:</p> + +<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" + cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> +<tr valign="top" align="left"> +<td width="11%"></td> +<td width="3%"> + + +<p><b>^</b></p></td> +<td width="8%"></td> +<td width="78%"> + + +<p>followed by an alpha character or the word +"Space". Example: ^C</p></td></tr> +<tr valign="top" align="left"> +<td width="11%"></td> +<td width="3%"> + + +<p><b>M-</b></p></td> +<td width="8%"></td> +<td width="78%"> + + +<p>followed by a printable character or the word +"Space". Example: M-C</p></td></tr> +<tr valign="top" align="left"> +<td width="11%"></td> +<td width="3%"> + + +<p><b>F</b></p></td> +<td width="8%"></td> +<td width="78%"> + + +<p>followed by a numeric value from 1 to 16. Example: +F10</p> </td></tr> +</table> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;">Valid function names to be +bound include: <b><br> +help</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Invoke the help menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>cancel</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Cancel the current command.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>exit</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Exit from the program.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>writeout</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Write the current buffer to +disk.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>justify</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Justify the current text.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>insert</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Insert a file into the current +buffer (or into a new buffer when multibuffer is +enabled).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>whereis</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Search for text in the current +buffer.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>searchagain</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Repeat the last search +command.</p> + +<table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" + cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> +<tr valign="top" align="left"> +<td width="11%"></td> +<td width="3%"> + + +<p><b>up</b></p></td> +<td width="1%"></td> +<td width="51%"> + + +<p>Move up in the editor or browser.</p></td> +<td width="34%"> +</td></tr> +</table> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>down</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move down in the editor or +browser.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>left</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move left in the editor or +browser.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>right</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move right in the editor or +browser.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>cut</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Cut the current line of text +and store it.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>uncut</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Copy the currently stored text +into the current buffer position.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>curpos</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Show the current line, column, +word positions in the file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>firstline</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to the first line of the +file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>lastline</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to the last line of the +file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>gotoline</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to a specific line (and +column if specified).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>replace</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Interactively replace text +within the current buffer.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>mark</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Begin selecting text for +cutting or pasting at the current position.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>copytext</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Copy the currently marked text +without deleting it.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>indent</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Indent the currently marked +text (shift to the right).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>unindent</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Un-indent the currently marked +text (shift to the left).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nextword</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the +beginning of the next word.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>prevword</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the +beginning of the previous word.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>home</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the +beginning of the current line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>end</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the end of +the current line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>beginpara</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the +beginning of the current paragraph.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>endpara</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the end of +the current paragraph.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>findbracket</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move the cursor to the matching +bracket (brace, parenthesis, etc.) of the one under the +cursor.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>scrollup</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Scroll up one line of text from +the current position.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>scrolldown</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Scroll down one line of text +from the current position.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>prevbuf</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Switch to editing/viewing the +previous buffer when using multibuffer mode.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nextbuf</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Switch to editing/viewing the +next buffer when using multibuffer mode.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>verbatim</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Insert the next character +verbatim into the file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>tab</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Insert a tab at the current +cursor location.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>enter</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Insert a new line below the +current one.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>delete</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Delete the character under the +cursor.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>fulljustify</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Justify the entire current +file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>wordcount</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Count the number of words in +the current buffer.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>refresh</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Refresh the screen.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>undo</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Undo the text action peformed +(add text, delete text, etc).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>redo</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Redo the last undone action +(i.e., undo an undo).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>suspend</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Suspend the editor (if the +suspend function is enabled, see the +"suspendenable" entry below).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>casesens</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle case sensitivity in +searching (search/replace menus only).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>regexp</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether +searching/replacing is based on literal strings or regular +expressions.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>prevhistory</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Show the previous history entry +in the prompt menus (e.g. search).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nexthistory</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Show the next history entry in +the prompt menus (e.g. search).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>dontreplace</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Switch back to searching +instead of replacing.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>gototext</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Search for files matching a +string in the file browser (reading or writing files).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>dosformat</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, switch to +writing a DOS format (CR/LF).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>macformat</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, switch to +writing a Mac format.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>append</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, append to +the end instead of overwriting.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>prepend</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, +’prepend’ (write at the beginning) instead of +overwriting.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>backup</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">When writing a file, create a +backup of the current file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>firstfile</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to the first file when +using the file browser (reading or writing files).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>lastfile</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Move to the last file when +using the file browser (reading or writing files).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nohelp</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle showing/hiding the +two-line list of key bindings at the bottom of the +screen.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>constupdate</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Constantly display the current +line, column, word positions.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>morespace</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle showing/hiding the blank +line which ’separates’ the ’title’ +from the file text.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>smoothscroll</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle smooth scrolling when +moving via the arrow keys.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>whitespacedisplay</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether whitespace is +shown.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>smarthome</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether the smart home +key function is enabled.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>autoindent</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether new lines will +contain the same amount of whitespace as the line above.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>cuttoend</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether cutting text +will cut the whole line or just from the current cursor +position to the end of the line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>nowrap</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether long lines will +be wrapped to the next line.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>suspendenable</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Toggle whether the suspend +sequence (normally ^Z) will suspend the editor window.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Valid menu +sections are: <b><br> +main</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The main editor window where +text is entered.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>search</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The search menu (AKA +whereis).</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>replace</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’search to +replace’ menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>replacewith</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’replace with’ +menu, which comes up after ’search to +replace’.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>gotoline</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’goto line (and +column)’ menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>writeout</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’write file’ +menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>insert</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’insert file’ +menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>extcmd</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The menu for inserting output +from an external comman, reached from the insert menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>help</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The help menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>spell</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The interactive spell checker +Yes/no menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>browser</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The file browser for inserting +or writing a file.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>whereisfile</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’search for a +file’ menu in the file browser.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>gotodir</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">The ’go to +directory’ menu.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>all</b></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">A special name meaning: apply +to all menus where this function exists.</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>unbind</b> <i>key +menu</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:15%;">Unbind the key <i>key</i> from +the menu named <i>menu</i> or from all menus by using +<i>all</i>. Same key syntax as for binding. Rebinds the key +<i>key</i> to a new function named <i>function</i> in the +context of menu <i>menu</i>. The format of <i>key</i> should +be one of:</p> + +<h2>FILES +<a name="FILES"></a> +</h2> + + + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>SYSCONFDIR/nanorc</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">System-wide configuration +file</p> + +<p style="margin-left:11%;"><i>~/.nanorc</i></p> + +<p style="margin-left:22%;">Per-user configuration file</p> + +<h2>SEE ALSO +<a name="SEE ALSO"></a> +</h2> + + +<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>nano</b>(1) +<i><br> +/usr/share/doc/nano/examples/nanorc.sample</i> (or +equivalent on your system)</p> + +<h2>AUTHOR +<a name="AUTHOR"></a> +</h2> + + +<p style="margin-left:11%;">Chris Allegretta +<chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see <i>AUTHORS</i> and +<i>THANKS</i> for details). This manual page was originally +written by Jordi Mallach <jordi@gnu.org>, for the +Debian system (but may be used by others).</p> +<hr> +</body> +</html> |