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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of NANO</TITLE>
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<H1>NANO</H1>
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Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: November 1, 2002<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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nano - Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
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<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>nano</B>
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<I>[+LINE] [options] [file]</I>
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<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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This manual page documents briefly the <B>nano</B> command.
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2000-12-03 03:23:16 +00:00
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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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<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT><B>+</B><I>LINE</I>
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Places cursor at <I>LINE</I> on startup.
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<DT><B>-B (--backup)</B>
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<DD>
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When saving a file, back up the previous version of it to the current
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filename suffixed with a ~.
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<DT><B>-D (--dos)</B>
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<DD>
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Write file in DOS format.
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<DT><B>-F (--multibuffer)</B>
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<DD>
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Enable multiple file buffers, if available.
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<DT><B>-H (--historylog)</B>
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<DD>
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Log search and replace strings to ~/.nano_history so they may be
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stored for later editing, if nanorc support is configured.
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<DT><B>-I (--ignorercfiles)</B>
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<DD>
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Don't look at $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc or ~/.nanorc, if nanorc support is
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available.
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<DT><B>-K (--keypad)</B>
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<DD>
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Do not use the ncurses keypad() call unless necessary. Try this flag if
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you find that the arrow keys on the numeric keypad do not work for you
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under nano.
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<DT><B>-M (--mac)</B>
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<DD>
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Write file in Mac format.
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<DT><B>-N (--noconvert)</B>
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<DD>
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Disable automatic conversion of files from DOS/Mac format.
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<DT><B>-Q </B><I>str</I> (--quotestr=<I>str</I>)
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<DD>
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Set the quoting string for justifying. The default is
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"^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+" if regular expression support is available, or
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"> " otherwise.
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<DT><B>-R (--regexp)</B>
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<DD>
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Enable regular expression matching for search strings, as well as
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\n subexpression replacement for replace strings, if available.
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<DT><B>-S (--smooth)</B>
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<DD>
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Enable smooth scrolling. Text will scroll line-by-line, instead of the
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usual chunk-by-chunk behavior.
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<DT><B>-T </B><I>num</I> (--tabsize=<I>num</I>)
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<DD>
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Set the size (width) of a tab.
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<DT><B>-V (--version)</B>
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<DD>
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Show the current version number and author.
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<DT><B>-Y </B><I>str</I> (--syntax=<I>str</I>)
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<DD>
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Specify a specific syntax highlighting from the .nanorc to use, if
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available.
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<DT><B>-c (--const)</B>
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<DD>
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Constantly show the cursor position.
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<DT><B>-h (--help)</B>
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<DD>
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Display a summary of command line options.
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<DT><B>-i (--autoindent)</B>
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<DD>
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Indent new lines to the previous line's indentation. Useful when editing
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source code.
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<DT><B>-k (--cut)</B>
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<DD>
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Enable cut from cursor to end of line with ^K.
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<DT><B>-l (--nofollow)</B>
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<DD>
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If the file being edited is a symbolic link, replace the link with
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a new file, do not follow it. Good for editing files in /tmp, perhaps?
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<DT><B>-m (--mouse)</B>
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<DD>
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Enable mouse support (if available for your system).
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<DT><B>-o </B><I>dir</I> (--operatingdir=<I>dir</I>)
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<DD>
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Set operating directory. Makes nano set up something similar to a
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chroot.
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<DT><B>-p (--preserve)</B>
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<DD>
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Preserve the XON and XOFF sequences (^Q and ^S) so they will be
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caught by the terminal.
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<DT><B>-r </B><I>cols</I> (--fill=<I>cols</I>)
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<DD>
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Wrap lines at column <I>cols</I>. By default, this is the width of the
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screen, less eight. If this value is negative, wrapping will occur at
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<I>cols</I> columns from the right of the screen, allowing the wrap point
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to vary along with the screen width if resized.
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<DT><B>-s </B><I>prog</I> (--speller=<I>prog</I>)
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<DD>
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Enable alternative spell checker command.
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<DT><B>-t (--tempfile)</B>
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<DD>
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Always save changed buffer without prompting. Same as Pico -t option.
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<DT><B>-v (--view)</B>
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<DD>
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View file (read only) mode.
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<DT><B>-w (--nowrap)</B>
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<DD>
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Disable wrapping of long lines.
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<DT><B>-x (--nohelp)</B>
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<DD>
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Disable help screen at bottom of editor.
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<DT><B>-z (--suspend)</B>
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<DD>
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Enable suspend ability.
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<DT><B>-a, -b, -e, -f, -g, -j</B>
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<DD>
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Ignored, for compatibility with Pico.
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</DL>
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<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
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<H2>INITIALIZATION FILE</H2>
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<B>nano</B> will read initialization files in the following
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order: $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc, then ~/.nanorc. Please see the example
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file <B>nanorc.sample</B> which should be provided with <B>nano</B>.
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All lines beginning with a hash symbol (
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#
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) are considered comments
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and will be ignored. The following commands are understood in the
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initialization file:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT><B>[un]set </B><I>option</I> [<I>value</I>]
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<DD>
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Set (or unset) the flag <I>option</I>. Any long option listed above can
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be set or unset by removing the leading dashes (e.g. "set nowrap"). If
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the option takes an argument it will be set to <I>value</I>.
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</DL>
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<P>
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<B>COLOR SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING</B> (if supported by your curses library)
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<P>
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<DL COMPACT>
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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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<DD>
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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>
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</DL>
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</I><A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
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<B>nano</B> will try to dump the buffer into an emergency file in some
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cases. Mainly, this will happen if <B>nano</B> receives a SIGHUP or
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SIGTERM or runs out of memory, when it will write the buffer into a file
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named "nano.save" if the buffer didn't have a name already, or will add
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a ".save" suffix to the current filename. If an emergency file with that
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name already exists in the current directory, ".save" and a number (e.g.
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".save.1") will be suffixed to the current filename in order to make it
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unique. In multibuffer mode, <B>nano</B> will write all the open buffers
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to the respective emergency files.
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<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
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<H2>BUGS</H2>
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Please send any comments or bug reports to
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<BR>
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2000-09-27 03:16:11 +00:00
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<B><A HREF="mailto:nano@nano-editor.org">nano@nano-editor.org</A>.</B>
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<BR>
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2002-07-19 01:08:59 +00:00
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The <B>nano</B> mailing list is available from
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<BR>
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2002-02-01 13:40:34 +00:00
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<B><A HREF="mailto:nano-devel@gnu.org">nano-devel@gnu.org</A>.</B>
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2002-02-01 13:40:34 +00:00
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To subscribe, email to <A HREF="mailto:nano-devel-request@gnu.org">nano-devel-request@gnu.org</A> with a
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subject of "subscribe".
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<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
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<H2>HOMEPAGE</H2>
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<A HREF="http://www.nano-editor.org">http://www.nano-editor.org</A>
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<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
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This manual page was originally written by Jordi Mallach
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<<A HREF="mailto:jordi@sindominio.net">jordi@sindominio.net</A>>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be
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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">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
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