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NANORC
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NAME
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DESCRIPTION
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OPTIONS
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SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING
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REBINDING KEYS
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FILES
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SEE ALSO
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AUTHOR
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NAME
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nanorc −
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GNU nano’s configuration file
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DESCRIPTION
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The
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nanorc file contains the default settings for
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nano, a small and friendly editor. The file should be
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in Unix format, not in DOS or Mac format. During startup,
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nano will first read the system-wide settings, from
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/etc/nanorc (the exact path might be different on
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your system), and then the user-specific settings, either
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from ~/.nanorc or from
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$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nano/nanorc or from
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~/.config/nano/nanorc, whichever is encountered
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first.
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OPTIONS
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The
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configuration file accepts a series of set and
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unset commands, which can be used to configure nano
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on startup without using command-line options. Additionally,
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there are some commands to define syntax highlighting and to
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rebind keys -- see the two separate sections on those.
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nano reads one command per line.
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Options in
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nanorc files take precedence over nano’s
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defaults, and command-line options override nanorc
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settings. Also, options that do not take an argument are
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unset by default. So using the unset command is only
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needed when wanting to override a setting of the
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system’s nanorc file in your own nanorc.
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Options that take an argument cannot be unset.
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Below, the
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string parameters need to be enclosed in double
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quotes. Quotes inside these string parameters don’t
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have to be escaped with backslashes. The last double quote
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in the string will be treated as its end. For example, for
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the brackets option,
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""’)>]}" will match
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", ’, ), >,
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], and }.
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The supported
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commands and arguments are:
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set afterends
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Make Ctrl+Right stop at word
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ends instead of beginnings.
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set
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allow_insecure_backup
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When backing up files, allow
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the backup to succeed even if its permissions can’t be
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(re)set due to special OS considerations. You should NOT
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enable this option unless you are sure you need it.
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set atblanks
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When soft line wrapping is
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enabled, make it wrap lines at blank characters (tabs and
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spaces) instead of always at the edge of the screen.
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set autoindent
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Automatically indent a newly
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created line to the same number of tabs and/or spaces as the
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previous line (or as the next line if the previous line is
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the beginning of a paragraph).
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set backup
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When saving a file, create a
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backup file by adding a tilde (~) to the file’s
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name.
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set backupdir
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directory
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Make and keep not just one
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backup file, but make and keep a uniquely numbered one every
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time a file is saved -- when backups are enabled with set
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backup or −−backup or
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−B. The uniquely numbered files are stored in
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the specified directory.
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set backwards
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Obsolete option. Recognized but
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ignored. ^Q is available to start a backward
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search.
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set boldtext
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Use bold instead of reverse
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video for the title bar, status bar, key combos, function
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tags, line numbers, and selected text. This can be
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overridden by setting the options titlecolor,
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statuscolor, keycolor, functioncolor,
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numbercolor, and selectedcolor.
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set brackets
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string
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Set the characters treated as
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closing brackets when justifying paragraphs. This may not
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include blank characters. Only closing punctuation (see
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set punct), optionally followed by the specified
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closing brackets, can end sentences. The default value is
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""’)>]}".
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set casesensitive
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Do case-sensitive searches by
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default.
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set constantshow
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Constantly display the cursor
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position in the status bar. This overrides the option
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quickblank.
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set cutfromcursor
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Use
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cut-from-cursor-to-end-of-line by default, instead of
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cutting the whole line. (The old form of this option,
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’set cut’, is deprecated.)
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set errorcolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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Use this color combination for
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the status bar when an error message is displayed. See
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set titlecolor for valid color names.
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set fill
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number
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Hard-wrap lines at column
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number number. If number is 0 or less, the
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maximum line length will be the screen width less
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number columns. The default value is −8.
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This option conflicts with nowrap -- the last one
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given takes effect.
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set functioncolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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Specify the color combination
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to use for the function descriptions in the two help lines
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at the bottom of the screen. See set titlecolor for
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more details.
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set historylog
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Save the last hundred search
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strings and replacement strings and executed commands, so
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they can be easily reused in later sessions.
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set keycolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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Specify the color combination
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to use for the shortcut key combos in the two help lines at
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the bottom of the screen. See set titlecolor for more
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details.
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set linenumbers
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Display line numbers to the
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left of the text area.
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set locking
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Enable vim-style lock-files for
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when editing files.
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set matchbrackets
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string
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Set the opening and closing
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brackets that can be found by bracket searches. This may not
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include blank characters. The opening set must come before
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the closing set, and the two sets must be in the same order.
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The default value is "(<[{)>]}".
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set morespace
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Use the blank line below the
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title bar as extra editing space.
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set mouse
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Enable mouse support, if
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available for your system. When enabled, mouse clicks can be
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used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a double
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click), and execute shortcuts. The mouse will work in the X
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Window System, and on the console when gpm is running. Text
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can still be selected through dragging by holding down the
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Shift key.
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set multibuffer
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When reading in a file with ^R,
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insert it into a new buffer by default.
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set noconvert
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Don’t convert files from
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DOS/Mac format.
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set nohelp
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Don’t display the two
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help lines at the bottom of the screen.
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set nonewlines
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When a file does not end with a
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newline, don’t automatically add one.
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set nopauses
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Don’t pause between
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warnings at startup. This means that only the last one will
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be visible (when there are multiple ones).
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set nowrap
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Don’t hard-wrap text at
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all. This option conflicts with fill -- the last one
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given takes effect.
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set numbercolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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Specify the color combination
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to use for line numbers. See set titlecolor for more
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details.
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set operatingdir
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directory
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nano will only read and
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write files inside directory and its subdirectories.
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Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files are
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inserted from this directory. By default, the operating
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directory feature is turned off.
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set positionlog
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Save the cursor position of
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files between editing sessions. The cursor position is
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remembered for the 200 most-recently edited files.
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set preserve
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Preserve the XON and XOFF keys
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(^Q and ^S).
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set punct
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string
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Set the characters treated as
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closing punctuation when justifying paragraphs. This may not
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include blank characters. Only the specfified closing
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punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets (see
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brackets), can end sentences. The default value is
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"!.?".
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set quickblank
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Do quick status-bar blanking:
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status-bar messages will disappear after 1 keystroke instead
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of 25. The option constantshow overrides this.
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set quiet
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Obsolete option. Recognized but
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ignored.
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set quotestr
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regex
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The email-quote string, used to
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justify email-quoted paragraphs. This is an extended regular
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expression. The default value is
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"^([ \t]*([#:>|}]|//))+". Note that
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\t stands for an actual Tab character.
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set rebinddelete
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Interpret the Delete key
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differently so that both Backspace and Delete work properly.
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You should only need to use this option if Backspace acts
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like Delete on your system.
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set rebindkeypad
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Interpret the numeric keypad
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keys so that they all work properly. You should only need to
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use this option if they don’t, as mouse support
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won’t work properly with this option enabled.
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set regexp
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Do extended regular expression
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searches by default.
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set selectedcolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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Specify the color combination
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to use for selected text. See set titlecolor for more
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details.
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set showcursor
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Put the cursor on the
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highlighted item in the file browser, to aid braille
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users.
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set smarthome
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Make the Home key smarter. When
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Home is pressed anywhere but at the very beginning of
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non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor will jump to
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that beginning (either forwards or backwards). If the cursor
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is already at that position, it will jump to the true
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beginning of the line.
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set smooth
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Use smooth scrolling by
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default.
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set softwrap
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Enable soft line wrapping for
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easier viewing of very long lines.
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set speller
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program
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Use the given program to
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do spell checking and correcting, instead of the built-in
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corrector that calls spell.
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set statuscolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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Specify the color combination
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to use for the status bar. See set titlecolor for
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more details.
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set suspend
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Allow nano to be
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suspended.
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set tabsize
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number
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Use a tab size of number
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columns. The value of number must be greater than 0.
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The default value is 8.
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set tabstospaces
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Convert typed tabs to
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spaces.
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set tempfile
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Save automatically on exit,
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don’t prompt.
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set titlecolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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Specify the color combination
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to use for the title bar. Valid names for the foreground and
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background colors are: white, black,
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blue, green, red, cyan,
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yellow, magenta, and normal -- where
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normal means the default foreground or background
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color. The name of the foreground color may be prefixed with
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bright. And either "fgcolor" or
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",bgcolor" may be left out.
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set trimblanks
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Remove trailing whitespace from
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wrapped lines when automatic hard-wrapping occurs or when
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text is justified. (The old form of this option,
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’set justifytrim’, is deprecated.)
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set unix
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Save a file by default in Unix
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format. This overrides nano’s default behavior of
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saving a file in the format that it had. (This option has no
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effect when you also use set noconvert.)
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set view
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Disallow file modification.
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set whitespace
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string
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Set the two characters used to
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indicate the presence of tabs and spaces. They must be
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single-column characters. The default pair for a UTF-8
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locale is "»⋅", and for other
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locales ">.".
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set wordbounds
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Detect word boundaries
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differently by treating punctuation characters as parts of
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words.
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set wordchars
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string
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Specify which other characters
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(besides the normal alphanumeric ones) should be considered
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as parts of words. This overrides the option
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wordbounds.
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SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING
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Coloring the
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different syntactic elements of a file is done via regular
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expressions (see the color command below). This is
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inherently imperfect, because regular expressions are not
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powerful enough to fully parse a file. Nevertheless, regular
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expressions can do a lot and are easy to make, so they are a
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good fit for a small editor like nano.
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For each kind
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of file a separate syntax can be defined via the following
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commands:
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syntax name
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["fileregex" ...]
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Start the definition of a
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syntax with this name. All subsequent color
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and other such commands will be added to this syntax, until
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a new syntax command is encountered.
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When
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nano is run, this syntax will be automatically
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activated if the current filename matches the extended
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regular expression fileregex. Or the syntax can be
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explicitly activated by using the -Y or
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−−syntax command-line option followed by
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the name.
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The syntax
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default is special: it takes no fileregex, and
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applies to files that don’t match any syntax’s
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regexes. The syntax none is reserved; specifying it
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on the command line is the same as not having a syntax at
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all.
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header
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"regex" ...
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If from all defined syntaxes no
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fileregex matched, then compare this regex (or
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regexes) against the first line of the current file, to
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determine whether this syntax should be used for it.
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magic
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"regex" ...
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If no fileregex matched
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and no header regex matched either, then compare this
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regex (or regexes) against the result of querying the
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magic database about the current file, to determine
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whether this syntax should be used for it. (This
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functionality only works when libmagic is installed
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on the system and will be silently ignored otherwise.)
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linter program
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[arg ...]
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Use the given program to
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run a syntax check on the current buffer. (This overrides
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the speller function.)
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formatter program
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[arg ...]
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Use the given program to
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automatically reformat the text in the current buffer --
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useful in a programming language like Go. (This overrides
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the speller and linter functions.)
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comment
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"string"
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Use the given string for
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commenting and uncommenting lines. If the string contains a
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vertical bar or pipe character (|), this designates
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bracket-style comments; for example,
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"/*|*/" for CSS files. The characters
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before the pipe are prepended to the line and the characters
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after the pipe are appended at the end of the line. If no
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pipe character is present, the full string is prepended; for
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example, "#" for Python files. If empty
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double quotes are specified, the comment/uncomment function
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is disabled; for example, "" for JSON. The default
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value is "#".
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color
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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"regex" ...
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Display all pieces of text that
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match the extended regular expression regex with
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foreground color fgcolor and background color
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bgcolor, at least one of which must be specified.
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Valid colors for foreground and background are: white,
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black, red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, and cyan. You may
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use the prefix "bright" to get a stronger color
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highlight for the foreground. If your terminal supports
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transparency, not specifying a bgcolor tells
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nano to attempt to use a transparent background.
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icolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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"regex" ...
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Same as above, except that the
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matching is case insensitive.
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color
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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start="fromrx"
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end="torx"
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Display all pieces of text
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whose start matches extended regular expression
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fromrx and whose end matches extended regular
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expression torx with foreground color fgcolor
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and background color bgcolor, at least one of which
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must be specified. This means that, after an initial
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instance of fromrx, all text until the first instance
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of torx will be colored. This allows syntax
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highlighting to span multiple lines.
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icolor
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fgcolor,bgcolor
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start="fromrx"
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end="torx"
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Same as above, except that the
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matching is case insensitive.
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include
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"syntaxfile"
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Read in self-contained color
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syntaxes from syntaxfile. Note that syntaxfile
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may contain only the above commands, from syntax to
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icolor.
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extendsyntax name
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command [arg ...]
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Extend the syntax previously
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defined as name with another command. This
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allows adding a new color, icolor,
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header, magic, comment, linter,
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or formatter command to an already defined syntax --
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useful when you want to slightly improve a syntax defined in
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one of the system-installed files (which normally are not
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writable).
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REBINDING KEYS
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Key bindings
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can be changed via the following three commands:
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bind key function
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menu
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Rebinds the key key to a
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new function named function in the context of menu
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menu (or in all menus where the function exists by
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using all).
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bind key
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"string" menu
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Makes the given key
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produce the given string in the given menu (or
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in all menus where the key exists when all is used).
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The string can consist of text or commands or a mix
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of them. (To enter a command into the string, precede
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its keystroke with M-V.)
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unbind key
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menu
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Unbinds the key key from
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the menu named menu (or from all menus where it
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exists by using all).
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The format of key should
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be one of:
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       cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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^
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followed by an alpha character or the word
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"Space". Example: ^C
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M-
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followed by a printable character or the word
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"Space". Example: M-C
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F
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followed by a numeric value from 1 to 16. Example:
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F10
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Valid function names to
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be bound are:
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help
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Invokes the help viewer.
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cancel
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Cancels the current
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command.
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exit
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Exits from the program (or from
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the help viewer or the file browser).
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writeout
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Writes the current buffer to
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disk, asking for a name.
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savefile
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Writes the current file to disk
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without prompting.
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insert
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Inserts a file into the current
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buffer (at the current cursor position), or into a new
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buffer when option multibuffer is set.
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whereis
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Starts a forward search for
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text in the current buffer -- or for filenames matching a
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string in the current list in the file browser.
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wherewas
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Starts a backward search for
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text in the current buffer.
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searchagain
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Repeats the last search command
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without prompting.
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findprevious
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As searchagain, but
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always in the backward direction.
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findnext
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As searchagain, but
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always in the forward direction.
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replace
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Interactively replaces text
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within the current buffer.
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cut
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Cuts and stores the current
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line (or the marked region).
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copytext
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Copies the current line (or the
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marked region) without deleting it.
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uncut
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Copies the currently stored
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text into the current buffer at the current cursor
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position.
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mark
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Sets the mark at the current
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position, to start selecting text.
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cutwordleft
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Cuts from the cursor position
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to the beginning of the preceding word.
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cutwordright
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Cuts from the cursor position
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to the beginning of the next word.
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cutrestoffile
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Cuts all text from the cursor
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position till the end of the buffer.
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curpos
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Shows the current cursor
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position: the line, column, and character positions.
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wordcount
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Counts the number of words,
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lines and characters in the current buffer.
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speller
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Invokes a spell-checking
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program (or linting program, or formatter program, if the
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active syntax defines such a thing).
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linter
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A synonym of speller
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(for when the speller has not been configured).
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justify
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Justifies the current
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paragraph. A paragraph is a group of contiguous lines that,
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apart from possibly the first line, all have the same
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indentation. The beginning of a paragraph is detected by
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either this lone line with a differing indentation or by a
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preceding blank line.
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fulljustify
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Justifies the entire current
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buffer.
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indent
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Indents (shifts to the right)
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the currently marked text.
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unindent
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Unindents (shifts to the left)
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the currently marked text.
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comment
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Comments or uncomments the
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current line or marked lines, using the comment style
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specified in the active syntax.
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complete
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Completes the fragment before
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the cursor to a full word found elsewhere in the current
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buffer.
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left
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Goes left one position (in the
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editor or browser).
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right
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Goes right one position (in the
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editor or browser).
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up
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Goes one line up (in the editor
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or browser).
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down
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Goes one line down (in the
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editor or browser).
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scrollup
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Scrolls the viewport up one row
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(meaning that the text slides down) while keeping the cursor
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in the same text position, if possible.
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scrolldown
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Scrolls the viewport down one
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row (meaning that the text slides up) while keeping the
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cursor in the same text position, if possible.
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prevword
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Moves the cursor to the
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beginning of the previous word.
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nextword
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Moves the cursor to the
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beginning of the next word.
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home
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Moves the cursor to the
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beginning of the current line.
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end
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Moves the cursor to the end of
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the current line.
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beginpara
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Moves the cursor to the
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beginning of the current paragraph.
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endpara
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Moves the cursor to the end of
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the current paragraph.
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prevblock
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Moves the cursor to the
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beginning of the current or preceding block of text. (Blocks
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are separated by one or more blank lines.)
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nextblock
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Moves the cursor to the
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beginning of the next block of text.
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pageup
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Goes up one screenful.
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pagedown
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Goes down one screenful.
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firstline
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Goes to the first line of the
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file.
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lastline
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Goes to the last line of the
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file.
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gotoline
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Goes to a specific line (and
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column if specified). Negative numbers count from the end of
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the file (and end of the line).
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findbracket
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Moves the cursor to the bracket
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(brace, parenthesis, etc.) that matches (pairs) with the one
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under the cursor.
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prevbuf
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Switches to editing/viewing the
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previous buffer when multiple buffers are open.
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nextbuf
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Switches to editing/viewing the
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next buffer when multiple buffers are open.
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verbatim
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Inserts the next keystroke
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verbatim into the file.
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tab
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Inserts a tab at the current
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cursor location.
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enter
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Inserts a new line below the
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current one.
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delete
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Deletes the character under the
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cursor.
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backspace
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Deletes the character before
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the cursor.
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recordmacro
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Starts the recording of
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keystrokes -- the keystrokes are stored as a macro. When
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already recording, the recording is stopped.
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runmacro
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Replays the keystrokes of the
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last recorded macro.
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undo
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Undoes the last performed text
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action (add text, delete text, etc).
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redo
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Redoes the last undone action
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(i.e., it undoes an undo).
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refresh
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Refreshes the screen.
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suspend
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Suspends the editor (if the
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suspending function is enabled, see the
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"suspendenable" entry below).
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casesens
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Toggles case sensitivity in
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searching (search/replace menus only).
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regexp
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Toggles whether
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searching/replacing is based on literal strings or regular
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expressions.
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backwards
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Toggles whether
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searching/replacing goes forward or backward.
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prevhistory
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Shows the previous history
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entry in the prompt menus (e.g. search).
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nexthistory
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Shows the next history entry in
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the prompt menus (e.g. search).
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flipreplace
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Toggles between searching for
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something and replacing something.
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flipgoto
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Toggles between searching for
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text and targeting a line number. (The form
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’gototext’ is deprecated.)
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flipexecute
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Toggles between inserting a
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file and executing a command.
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flippipe
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When executing a command,
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toggles whether the current buffer (or marked region) is
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piped to the command.
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flipnewbuffer
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Toggles between inserting into
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the current buffer and into a new empty buffer.
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dosformat
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When writing a file, switches
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to writing a DOS format (CR/LF).
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macformat
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When writing a file, switches
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to writing a Mac format.
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append
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When writing a file, appends to
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the end instead of overwriting.
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prepend
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When writing a file,
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’prepends’ (writes at the beginning) instead of
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overwriting.
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backup
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When writing a file, creates a
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backup of the current file.
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discardbuffer
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When about to write a file,
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discard the current buffer without saving. (This function is
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bound by default only when option
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−−tempfile is in effect.)
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browser
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Starts the file browser,
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allowing to select a file from a list.
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gotodir
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Goes to a directory to be
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specified, allowing to browse anywhere in the
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filesystem.
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firstfile
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Goes to the first file when
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using the file browser (reading or writing files).
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lastfile
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Goes to the last file when
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using the file browser (reading or writing files).
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nohelp
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Toggles the presence of the
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two-line list of key bindings at the bottom of the
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screen.
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constantshow
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Toggles the constant display of
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the current line, column, and character positions. (The form
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’constupdate’ is deprecated.)
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morespace
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Toggles the presence of the
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blank line that ’separates’ the title bar from
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the file text.
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smoothscroll
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Toggles smooth scrolling (when
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moving around with the arrow keys).
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softwrap
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Toggles the displaying of
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overlong lines on multiple screen lines.
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linenumbers
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Toggles the display of line
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numbers in front of the text.
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whitespacedisplay
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Toggles the showing of
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whitespace.
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nosyntax
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Toggles syntax
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highlighting.
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smarthome
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Toggles the smartness of the
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Home key.
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autoindent
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Toggles whether a newly created
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line will contain the same amount of leading whitespace as
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the preceding line -- or as the next line if the preceding
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line is the beginning of a paragraph.
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cutfromcursor
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Toggles whether cutting text
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will cut the whole line or just from the current cursor
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position to the end of the line. (The form
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’cuttoend’ is deprecated.)
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nowrap
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Toggles whether long lines will
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be hard-wrapped to the next line.
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tabstospaces
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Toggles whether typed tabs will
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be converted to spaces.
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backupfile
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Toggles whether a backup will
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be made of the file being edited.
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multibuffer
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Toggles whether a file is
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inserted into the current buffer or read into a new
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buffer.
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mouse
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Toggles mouse support.
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noconvert
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Toggles automatic conversion of
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files from DOS/Mac format.
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suspendenable
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Toggles whether the suspend
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sequence (normally ^Z) will suspend the editor window.
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Valid menu sections
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are:
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main
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The main editor window where
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text is entered and edited.
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search
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The search menu (AKA
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whereis).
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replace
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The ’search to
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replace’ menu.
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replacewith
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The ’replace with’
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menu, which comes up after ’search to
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replace’.
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gotoline
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The ’goto line (and
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column)’ menu.
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writeout
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The ’write file’
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menu.
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insert
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The ’insert file’
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menu.
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extcmd
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The menu for inserting output
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from an external command, reached from the insert menu.
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help
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The help-viewer menu.
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spell
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The interactive spell checker
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Yes/no menu.
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linter
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The linter menu.
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browser
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The file browser for inserting
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or writing a file.
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whereisfile
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The ’search for a
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file’ menu in the file browser.
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gotodir
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The ’go to
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directory’ menu in the file browser.
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all
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A special name that encompasses
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all menus. For bind it means all menus where the
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specified function exists; for unbind it means
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all menus where the specified key exists.
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FILES
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/etc/nanorc
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System-wide configuration
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file.
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~/.nanorc or
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$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nano/nanorc or
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~/.config/nano/nanorc
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Per-user configuration
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file.
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SEE ALSO
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nano(1)
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AUTHOR
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Chris
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Allegretta and others (see the files AUTHORS and
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THANKS for details). This manual page was originally
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written by Jordi Mallach for the Debian system (but may be
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used by others).
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