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<H1>NANORC</H1>
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Section: File Formats (5)<BR>Updated: June 19, 2003<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
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nanorc - GNU nano's rcfile
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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This manual page documents GNU <B>nano</B>'s rcfile.
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<B>nano</B> is a small, free and friendly editor which aims to replace
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Pico, the default editor included in the non-free Pine package. Rather
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than just copying Pico's look and feel, <B>nano</B> also implements some
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missing (or disabled by default) features in Pico, such as "search and
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replace" and "go to line number".
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The <I>nanorc</I> file contains the default settings for <B>nano</B>.
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During startup, <B>nano</B> will first read its system-wide settings from
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<I>$SYSCONFDIR/nanorc</I>,
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and then user-specific settings from
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<I>~/.nanorc</I>.
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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The configuration file accepts a series of "set" and "unset" commands,
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which can be used to configure nano on startup without using the
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command-line options. Additionally, the "syntax" and "color" keywords
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are used to define syntax highlighting rules for different text patterns.
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GNU nano will read one command per line.
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Options in rcfiles take precedence over nano's defaults, and command line
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options override rcfile settings.
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Options are unset by default, except for options that take an argument.
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The supported commands and arguments are:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT><B>set/unset autoindent</B><DD>
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Use auto-indentation.
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<DT><B>set/unset backup</B><DD>
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Create backup files in
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<I>filename~</I>.
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<DT><B>set/unset const</B><DD>
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Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar.
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<DT><B>set/unset cut</B><DD>
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Use cut to end of line with ^K by default.
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<DT><B>set fill </B><I>n</I><DD>
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Wrap lines at column number <I>n</I>. If <I>n</I> is 0 or less, the line
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length will be the screen width less <I>n</I>. The default value is -8.
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<DT><B>set/unset historylog</B><DD>
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Enable
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<I>~/.nano_history</I>
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for saving and reading search/replace strings.
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<DT><B>set/unset keypad</B><DD>
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Use alternate keypad routines.
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<DT><B>set/unset multibuffer</B><DD>
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Allow inserting files into their own buffers.
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<DT><B>set/unset noconvert</B><DD>
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Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format.
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<DT><B>set/unset nofollow</B><DD>
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Don't follow symlinks when writing files.
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<DT><B>set/unset nohelp</B><DD>
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Don't display the help lists at the bottom of the screen.
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<DT><B>set/unset nowrap</B><DD>
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Don't wrap text at all.
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<DT><B>set operatingdir "</B><I>directory</I>"<DD>
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<B>nano</B> will only read and write files inside <I>directory</I> and its
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subdirectories. Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files
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are inserted from this dir. By default the operating directory feature is
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turned off.
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<DT><B>set/unset preserve</B><DD>
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Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).
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<DT><B>set quotestr "</B><I>string</I>"<DD>
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The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs. This is
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an "extended regular expression" if your system supports them, otherwise a
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literal string. The default value is
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<TT> </TT>set quotestr "^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+"<BR>
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if you have regexps, otherwise set quotestr "> ". Note that '\t'
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above stands for a literal Tab character.
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<DT><B>set/unset regexp</B><DD>
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Do regular expression searches by default.
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<DT><B>set/unset smooth</B><DD>
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Use smooth scrolling by default.
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<DT><B>set speller </B><I>spellprog</I><DD>
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Use spelling checker <I>spellprog</I> instead of the built-in one, which
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calls <I>spell</I>.
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<DT><B>set/unset suspend</B><DD>
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Allow nano to be suspended with ^Z.
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<DT><B>set tabsize </B><I>n</I><DD>
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Use a tab size of <I>n</I> instead of the default (8); must be greater
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than 0.
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<DT><B>set/unset tempfile</B><DD>
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Save automatically on exit, don't prompt.
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<DT><B>set/unset view</B><DD>
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Disallow file modification.
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<DT><B>syntax </B><I>str</I> [<I>fileregex</I> ... ]
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Defines a syntax named <I>str</I> which can be activated via the
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<B>-Y</B> flag, or will be automatically activated if the current
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filename matches <I>fileregex</I>. All following <B>color</B> statements
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will apply to <I>syntax</I> until a new syntax is defined.
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<DT><B>color </B><I>fgcolor</I>[,<I>bgcolor</I>] <I>regex</I> ...
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For the currently defined syntax, display all expressions matching
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<I>regex</I> with foreground color <I>fgcolor</I> and optional background
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color <I>bgcolor</I>. Legal colors for foreground and background color are:
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white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, and cyan. You may use
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the prefix "bright" to force a stronger color highlight. If your
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terminal supports transparency, not specifying a <I>bgcolor</I> tells
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<B>nano</B> to attempt to use a transparent background.
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<DT><B>color </B><I>fgcolor</I>[,<I>bgcolor</I>] start=<I>sr</I> end=<I>er</I>
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Display expressions which start with <I>sr</I> and end with <I>er</I>
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with foreground color <I>fgcolor</I> and optional
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background color <I>bgcolor</I>. This allows syntax highlighting to span
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multiple lines. Note that all subsequent instances of <I>sr</I> after
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an initial <I>sr</I> is found will be highlighted until the first
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instance of <I>er</I>.
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</I><A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>FILES</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT><I>$SYSCONFDIR/nanorc</I>
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<DD>
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System-wide configuration file
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<DT><I>~/.nanorc</I>
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<DD>
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Per-user configuration file
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT><B><A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+nano">nano</A></B>(1)<DD>
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</DL>
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<I>/usr/share/doc/nano/examples/nanorc.sample</I> (or equivalent on your
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system)
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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2003-06-29 02:25:46 +00:00
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Chris Allegretta <<A HREF="mailto:chrisa@asty.org">chrisa@asty.org</A>>, et al (see
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<I>AUTHORS</I>
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and
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<I>THANKS</I>
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for details).
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This manual page was written by Jordi Mallach <<A HREF="mailto:jordi@gnu.org">jordi@gnu.org</A>>.
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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">OPTIONS</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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This document was created by
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<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>,
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using the manual pages.<BR>
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Time: 22:28:00 GMT, June 19, 2003
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