## Sample initialization file for GNU nano. ## ## This file should not be in DOS or Mac format, and characters ## specially interpreted by the shell should not be escaped here. ## ## To make sure an option is disabled, use "unset <option>". ## ## For the options that take parameters, the default value is given. ## Other options are unset by default. ## ## Quotes inside string parameters don't have to be escaped with ## backslashes. The last double quote in the string will be treated as ## its end. For example, for the "brackets" option, ""')>]}" will match ## ", ', ), >, ], and }. ## Make the 'nextword' function (Ctrl+Right) stop at word ends ## instead of at beginnings. # set afterends ## When soft line wrapping is enabled, make it wrap lines at blanks ## (tabs and spaces) instead of always at the edge of the screen. # set atblanks ## Automatically indent a newly created line to the same number of ## tabs and/or spaces as the preceding line -- or as the next line ## if the preceding line is the beginning of a paragraph. # set autoindent ## Back up files to the current filename plus a tilde. # set backup ## The directory to put unique backup files in. # set backupdir "" ## Use bold text instead of reverse video text. # set boldtext ## The characters treated as closing brackets when justifying paragraphs. ## This may not include any blank characters. Only closing punctuation, ## optionally followed by these closing brackets, can end sentences. # set brackets ""')>]}" ## Automatically hard-wrap the current line when it becomes overlong. # set breaklonglines ## Do case-sensitive searches by default. # set casesensitive ## Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar. Note that ## this overrides "quickblank". # set constantshow ## Use cut-from-cursor-to-end-of-line by default. # set cutfromcursor ## Do not use the line below the title bar, leaving it entirely blank. # set emptyline ## Enable hard-wrapping and set the target width, both for automatic ## line wrapping and for justifying paragraphs. If the value is 0 or ## less, the wrapping point will be the screen width minus this number. # set fill -8 ## Ensure that a non-empty buffer ends with a newline character. # set finalnewline ## Remember the used search/replace strings for the next session. # set historylog ## Scroll the buffer contents per half-screen instead of per line. # set jumpyscrolling ## Display line numbers to the left of the text. # set linenumbers ## Enable vim-style lock-files. This is just to let a vim user know you ## are editing a file [s]he is trying to edit and vice versa. There are ## no plans to implement vim-style undo state in these files. # set locking ## The opening and closing brackets that can be found by bracket ## searches. They cannot contain blank characters. The former set must ## come before the latter set, and both must be in the same order. # set matchbrackets "(<[{)>]}" ## Enable mouse support, if available for your system. When enabled, ## mouse clicks can be used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a ## double click), and execute shortcuts. The mouse will work in the X ## Window System, and on the console when gpm is running. # set mouse ## Switch on multiple file buffers (inserting a file will put it into ## a separate buffer). # set multibuffer ## Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format. # set noconvert ## Don't display the helpful shortcut lists at the bottom of the screen. # set nohelp ## Don't pause between warnings at startup. Which means that only the ## last one will be readable (when there are multiple ones). # set nopauses ## Set operating directory. nano will not read or write files outside ## this directory and its subdirectories. Also, the current directory ## is changed to here, so any files are inserted from this dir. A blank ## string means the operating-directory feature is turned off. # set operatingdir "" ## Remember the cursor position in each file for the next editing session. # set positionlog ## Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S). # set preserve ## The characters treated as closing punctuation when justifying ## paragraphs. They cannot contain blank characters. Only closing ## punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end ## sentences. # set punct "!.?" ## Do quick status-bar blanking. Status-bar messages will disappear after ## 1 keystroke instead of 26. Note that "constantshow" overrides this. # set quickblank ## The regular expression that matches quoting characters in email ## or line-comment introducers in source code. The default is: # set quotestr "^([ ]*([!#%:;>|}]|//|--))+" ## Try to work around a mismatching terminfo terminal description. # set rawsequences ## Fix Backspace/Delete confusion problem. # set rebinddelete ## Do extended regular expression searches by default. # set regexp ## Put the cursor on the highlighted item in the file browser, and show ## the cursor in the help viewer; useful for people who use a braille ## display and people with poor vision. # set showcursor ## Make the Home key smarter. When Home is pressed anywhere but at the ## very beginning of non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor ## will jump to that beginning (either forwards or backwards). If the ## cursor is already at that position, it will jump to the true ## beginning of the line. # set smarthome ## Enable soft line wrapping (AKA full-line display). # set softwrap ## Use this spelling checker instead of the internal one. This option ## does not have a default value. # set speller "aspell -x -c" ## Allow nano to be suspended. # set suspend ## Use this tab size instead of the default; it must be greater than 0. # set tabsize 8 ## Convert typed tabs to spaces. # set tabstospaces ## Save automatically on exit; don't prompt. # set tempfile ## Snip whitespace at the end of lines when justifying or hard-wrapping. # set trimblanks ## Disallow file modification. Why would you want this in an rcfile? ;) # set view ## The two single-column characters used to display the first characters ## of tabs and spaces. 187 in ISO 8859-1 (0000BB in Unicode) and 183 in ## ISO-8859-1 (0000B7 in Unicode) seem to be good values for these. ## The default when in a UTF-8 locale: # set whitespace "»·" ## The default otherwise: # set whitespace ">." ## Detect word boundaries differently by treating punctuation ## characters as parts of words. # set wordbounds ## The characters (besides alphanumeric ones) that should be considered ## as parts of words. This option does not have a default value. When ## set, it overrides option 'set wordbounds'. # set wordchars "<_>." ## Let an unmodified Backspace or Delete erase the marked region (instead ## of a single character, and without affecting the cutbuffer). # set zap ## Paint the interface elements of nano. These are examples; ## by default there are no colors, except for errorcolor. # set titlecolor brightwhite,blue # set statuscolor brightwhite,green # set errorcolor brightwhite,red # set selectedcolor brightwhite,magenta # set stripecolor ,yellow # set numbercolor cyan # set keycolor cyan # set functioncolor green ## In root's .nanorc you might want to use: # set titlecolor brightwhite,magenta # set statuscolor brightwhite,magenta # set errorcolor brightwhite,red # set selectedcolor brightwhite,cyan # set stripecolor ,yellow # set numbercolor magenta # set keycolor brightmagenta # set functioncolor magenta ## Setup of syntax coloring. ## ## Format: ## ## syntax "short description" ["filename regex" ...] ## ## The "none" syntax is reserved; specifying it on the command line is ## the same as not having a syntax at all. The "default" syntax is ## special: it takes no filename regexes, and applies to files that ## don't match any other syntax's filename regexes. ## ## color foreground,background "regex" ["regex"...] ## or ## icolor foreground,background "regex" ["regex"...] ## ## "color" will do case-sensitive matches, while "icolor" will do ## case-insensitive matches. ## ## Valid color names ares: white, black, normal, red, blue, green, ## yellow, magenta, cyan. For foreground colors, you may use the ## prefix "bright" to get a stronger highlight. ## ## To use multi-line regexes, use the start="regex" end="regex" ## [start="regex" end="regex"...] format. ## ## If your system supports transparency, not specifying a background ## color will use a transparent color. If you don't want this, be sure ## to set the background color to black or white. ## ## All regexes should be extended regular expressions. ## ## If you wish, you may put your syntax definitions in separate files. ## You can make use of such files as follows: ## ## include "/path/to/syntax_file.nanorc" ## ## Unless otherwise noted, the name of the syntax file (without the ## ".nanorc" extension) should be the same as the "short description" ## name inside that file. These names are kept fairly short to make ## them easier to remember and faster to type using nano's -Y option. ## To include all existing syntax definitions, you can do: # include "@PKGDATADIR@/*.nanorc" ## Key bindings. ## See nanorc(5) (section REBINDING KEYS) for more details on this. ## The <Ctrl+Delete> keystroke deletes the word to the right of the cursor. ## On some terminals the <Ctrl+Backspace> keystroke produces ^H, which is ## the ASCII character for backspace, so it is bound by default to the ## backspace function. The <Backspace> key itself produces a different ## keycode, which is hard-bound to the backspace function. So, if you ## normally use <Backspace> for backspacing and not ^H, you can make ## <Ctrl+Backspace> delete the word to the left of the cursor with: # bind ^H chopwordleft main ## If you would like nano to have keybindings that are more "usual", ## such as ^O for Open, ^F for Find, ^H for Help, and ^Q for Quit, ## then uncomment these: #bind ^Q exit all #bind ^H help all #bind ^H exit help #bind ^F whereis all #bind ^G findnext all #bind ^B wherewas all #bind ^D findprevious all #bind ^R replace main #bind ^W writeout main #bind ^O insert main #unbind ^V all #unbind ^Y all #bind M-X flipnewbuffer all #bind ^X cut all #bind ^C copy all #bind ^V paste all #bind ^P curpos main #bind ^T gotoline main #bind ^T gotodir browser #bind ^Y speller main #unbind ^K all #unbind ^U all #bind M-R redo main #bind ^U undo main #bind ^E redo main #unbind M-J main #unbind M-T main #set multibuffer