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tweaks: reword the description of the disadvantages of Pico 

Also reword a list of features to exclude the ones that only
make sense when contrasting nano with Pico.
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wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.
First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use
the GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on the GPL, and (before using the Apache License) it had unclear
redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included restrictions on redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico
with many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like were not included in many GNU/Linux distributions. Furthermore,
go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were unavailable until some features (like go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were
recently or require a command-line flag. Yuck. unavailable for a long time or require a command-line flag. Yuck.
Nano aimed to solve these problems by: 1) being truly free software Nano aimed to solve these problems by: 1) being truly free software
by using the GPL, 2) emulating the functionality of Pico as closely by using the GPL, 2) emulating the functionality of Pico as closely

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@node Introduction @node Introduction
@chapter Introduction @chapter Introduction
GNU @command{nano} is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text GNU @command{nano} is a small and friendly text editor. Besides
editing, @command{nano} offers many extra features, such as an interactive basic text editing, @command{nano} offers features like undo/redo,
search-and-replace, undo/redo, syntax coloring, smooth scrolling, syntax coloring, interactive search-and-replace, auto-indentation,
auto-indentation, go-to-line-and-column-number, feature toggles, line numbers, word completion, file locking, backup files, and
file locking, backup files, and internationalization support. internationalization support.
The original goal for @command{nano} was to be a complete bug-for-bug The original goal for @command{nano} was to be a complete bug-for-bug
emulation of Pico. But currently the goal is to be as compatible emulation of Pico. But currently the goal is to be as compatible