nano-1.2.4

Introduction to nano

The nano package contains a small, simple text editor which aims to replace Pico, the default editor in the Pine package.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v1.2/nano-1.2.4.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/editor/nano-1.2.4.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 2c513310ec5e8b63abaecaf48670ac7a
Download size: 897 KB
Estimated disk space required: 4.3 MB
Estimated build time: 0.08 SBU

nano dependencies

Optional

slang-1.4.9

Installation of nano

Install nano by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --enable-color --enable-multibuffer --enable-nanorc &&
make

Now, as the root user:

make install &&
mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/nano/examples &&
cp nanorc.sample /usr/share/doc/nano/examples

Configuring nano

Config files

/etc/nanorc, ~/.nanorc

Example Configuration

set autoindent
set const
set fill 72
set historylog
set multibuffer
set nohelp
set regexp
set smooth
set suspend

Another example is in the /usr/share/doc/nano/examples directory in the nanorc.sample file. It includes color configurations and has some documentation included in the comments.

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