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.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
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.\" nano.1 is Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
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.\" 2006 by Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
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.\"
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.\" This is free documentation, see the latest version of the GNU
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.\" General Public License for copying conditions. There is NO
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.\" warranty.
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.\"
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.\" $Id$
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.TH NANO 1 "version 1.9.99pre1" "July 12, 2006"
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.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
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.\"
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.SH NAME
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nano \- Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B nano
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.I [OPTIONS]\ [[\+LINE,COLUMN]\ FILE]...
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.br
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page briefly documents the \fBnano\fP command.
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.PP
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.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
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.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invoke bold face and italics,
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.\" respectively.
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\fBnano\fP 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, \fBnano\fP 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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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \+\fILINE\fP,\fICOLUMN\fP
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Places cursor at line number \fILINE\fP and column number \fICOLUMN\fP
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(at least one of which must be specified) on startup, instead of the
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default of line 1, column 1.
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.TP
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.B \-?
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Same as \fB-h (\-\-help)\fP.
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.TP
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.B \-A (\-\-smarthome)
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Make the Home key smarter. When Home is pressed anywhere but at the
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very beginning of non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor will
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jump to that beginning (either forwards or backwards). If the cursor is
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already at that position, it will jump to the true beginning of the
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line.
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.TP
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.B \-B (\-\-backup)
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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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.TP
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.B \-C \fIdir\fP (\-\-backupdir=\fIdir\fP)
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Set the directory where \fBnano\fP puts unique backup files if file
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backups are enabled.
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.TP
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.B \-D (\-\-boldtext)
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Use bold text instead of reverse video text.
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.TP
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.B \-E (\-\-tabstospaces)
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Convert typed tabs to spaces.
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.TP
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.B \-F (\-\-multibuffer)
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Enable multiple file buffers, if available.
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.TP
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.B \-H (\-\-historylog)
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Log search and replace strings to \fI~/.nano_history\fP, so they can be
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retrieved in later sessions, if nanorc support is available.
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.TP
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.B \-I (\-\-ignorercfiles)
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Don't look at \fISYSCONFDIR/nanorc\fP or \fI~/.nanorc\fP, if nanorc
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support is available.
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.TP
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.B \-K (\-\-rebindkeypad)
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Interpret the numeric keypad keys so that they all work properly. You
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should only need to 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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.TP
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.B \-L (\-\-nonewlines)
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Don't add newlines to the ends of files.
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.TP
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.B \-N (\-\-noconvert)
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Disable automatic conversion of files from DOS/Mac format.
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.TP
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.B \-O (\-\-morespace)
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Use the blank line below the titlebar as extra editing space.
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.TP
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.B \-Q \fIstr\fP (\-\-quotestr=\fIstr\fP)
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Set the quoting string for justifying. The default is
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"\fI^([\ \\t]*[#:>\\|}])+\fP" if extended regular expression support is
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available, or "\fI>\ \fP" otherwise. Note that \fI\\t\fP stands for a
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Tab.
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.TP
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.B \-R (\-\-restricted)
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Restricted mode: don't read or write to any file not specified on the
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command line; read any nanorc files; allow suspending; allow a file
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to be appended to, prepended to, or saved under a different name if it
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already has one; or use backup files or spell checking. Also accessible
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by invoking \fBnano\fP with any name beginning with 'r' (e.g. "rnano").
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.TP
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.B \-S (\-\-smooth)
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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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.TP
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.B \-T \fIcols\fP (\-\-tabsize=\fIcols\fP)
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Set the size (width) of a tab to \fIcols\fP columns. The value of
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\fIcols\fP must be greater than 0. The default value is 8.
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.TP
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.B \-U (\-\-quickblank)
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Do quick statusbar blanking. Statusbar messages will disappear after 1
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keystroke instead of 25. Note that \fB-c\fP overrides this.
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.TP
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.B \-V (\-\-version)
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Show the current version number and exit.
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.TP
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.B \-W (\-\-wordbounds)
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Detect word boundaries more accurately by treating punctuation
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characters as part of a word.
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.TP
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.B \-Y \fIstr\fP (\-\-syntax=\fIstr\fP)
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Specify a specific syntax highlighting from the \fInanorc\fP to use, if
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available.
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.TP
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.B \-c (\-\-const)
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Constantly show the cursor position. Note that this overrides \fB-U\fP.
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.TP
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.B \-d (\-\-rebinddelete)
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Interpret the Delete key differently so that both Backspace and Delete
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work properly. You should only need to use this option if Backspace
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acts like Delete on your system.
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.TP
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.B \-h (\-\-help)
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Show a summary of command line options and exit.
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.TP
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.B \-i (\-\-autoindent)
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Indent new lines to the previous line's indentation. Useful when
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editing source code.
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.TP
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.B \-k (\-\-cut)
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Enable cut from cursor to end of line.
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.TP
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.B \-l (\-\-nofollow)
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If the file being edited is a symbolic link, replace the link with
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a new file instead of following it. Good for editing files in
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\fI/tmp\fP, perhaps?
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.TP
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.B \-m (\-\-mouse)
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Enable mouse support, if available for your system. When enabled, mouse
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clicks can be 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 Window
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System, and on the console when gpm is running.
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.TP
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.B \-o \fIdir\fP (\-\-operatingdir=\fIdir\fP)
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Set operating directory. Makes \fBnano\fP set up something similar to a
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chroot.
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.TP
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.B \-p (\-\-preserve)
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Preserve the XON and XOFF sequences (^Q and ^S) so they will be caught
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by the terminal.
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.TP
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.B \-r \fIcols\fP (\-\-fill=\fIcols\fP)
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Wrap lines at column \fIcols\fP. If this value is 0 or less, wrapping
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will occur at the width of the screen less \fIcols\fP columns, allowing
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the wrap point to vary along with the width of the screen if the screen
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is resized. The default value is -8.
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.TP
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.B \-s \fIprog\fP (\-\-speller=\fIprog\fP)
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Enable alternative spell checker command.
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.TP
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.B \-t (\-\-tempfile)
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Always save changed buffer without prompting. Same as Pico's \fB-t\fP
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option.
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.TP
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.B \-v (\-\-view)
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View file (read only) mode.
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.TP
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.B \-w (\-\-nowrap)
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Disable wrapping of long lines.
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.TP
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.B \-x (\-\-nohelp)
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Disable help screen at bottom of editor.
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.TP
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.B \-z (\-\-suspend)
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Enable suspend ability.
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.TP
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.B \-a, \-b, \-e, \-f, \-g, \-j
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Ignored, for compatibility with Pico.
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.SH INITIALIZATION FILE
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\fBnano\fP will read initialization files in the following order:
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\fISYSCONFDIR/nanorc\fP, then \fI~/.nanorc\fP. Please see
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\fBnanorc(5)\fP and the example file \fBnanorc.sample\fP, both of which
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should be provided with \fBnano\fP.
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.SH NOTES
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If no alternative spell checker command is specified on the command
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line or in one of the nanorc files, \fBnano\fP will check the
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\fBSPELL\fP environment variable for one.
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In some cases \fBnano\fP will try to dump the buffer into an emergency
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file. This will happen mainly if \fBnano\fP receives a SIGHUP or
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SIGTERM or runs out of memory. It will write the buffer into a file
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named \fInano.save\fP if the buffer didn't have a name already, or will
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add a ".save" suffix to the current filename. If an emergency file with
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that name already exists in the current directory, it will add ".save"
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plus a number (e.g. ".save.1") to the current filename in order to make
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it unique. In multibuffer mode, \fBnano\fP will write all the open
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buffers to their respective emergency files.
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.SH BUGS
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Please send any comments or bug reports to \fBnano@nano-editor.org\fP.
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The \fBnano\fP mailing list is available from \fBnano-devel@gnu.org\fP.
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To subscribe, email to \fBnano-devel-request@gnu.org\fP with a subject
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of "subscribe".
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.SH HOMEPAGE
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http://www.nano-editor.org/
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.PD 0
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.TP
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\fBnanorc\fP(5)
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.PP
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\fI/usr/share/doc/nano/\fP (or equivalent on your system)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>, et al (see \fIAUTHORS\fP and
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\fITHANKS\fP for details). This manual page was originally written by
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Jordi Mallach <jordi@gnu.org>, for the Debian system (but may be used by
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others).
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