mirror of git://git.sv.gnu.org/nano.git
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GNU nano - an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor.
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Overview
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The nano project was started because of a few "problems" with the
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wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.
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First and foremost is its license: the Pine suite does not use the
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GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on
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redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included with
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many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like goto line
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number or search and replace) were unavailable until recently or
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require a command line flag. Yuck.
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nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of
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Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and
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perhaps providing other extra functionality.
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The nano editor is now an official GNU package. For more information
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on GNU and the Free Software Foundation please see http://www.gnu.org.
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How to compile and install nano
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Download the nano source code, then:
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tar zxvf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz
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cd nano-x.y.z
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./configure
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make
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make install
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It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the
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default installation directory of /usr/local.
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Web Page
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http://www.nano-editor.org
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Mailing List and Bug Reports
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Savannah hosts all the nano-related mailing-lists.
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+ info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list
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used to announce new Nano versions or other important information
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about the project.
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+ help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without
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wanting to hear about the technical details of its
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development.
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+ nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people
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that make Nano and a general development discussion list, with
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moderate traffic.
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To subscribe, send email to nano-<name>-request@gnu.org
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with a subject of "subscribe", where <name> is the list you want to
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subscribe to.
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For general bug reports, send a description of the problem to
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nano@nano-editor.org or directly to the development list.
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Current Status
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This is the 1.1 or unstable branch of nano. New features
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will be added and things will be changed around and basically
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stability is not guaranteed. If this is not what you're
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interested in, please use the latest 1.0.x release of nano.
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New features in this branch include:
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+ .nanorc file support (--enable-nanorc configure option,
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see sample.nanorc file)
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+ Negative -r value for "#cols from right", allows dynamic adjustment
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of wrap margin based on window size.
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+ Write marked text to separate file (^O after selecting with ^^).
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+ Append to file (Meta-A at write file menu).
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+ Multiple file buffers! (--enable-multibuffer configure option,
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--multibuffer, -F cmdline flag, Meta-F toggle, then ^R to load).
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+ Better compatibility with Pico. Mouse mode now supports clicking
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shortcuts and files in browser, search toggles that are Pico
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extensions moved to Meta keys so as to not interfere with Pico
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control sequences.
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+ Smooth scrolling through files, instead of the jerky half-page
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down, half-page up method. This is available by using the
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-S or --smooth switch, or the Meta-S toggle.
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+ Better non-*nix file support. GNU nano now automatically
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converts files from DOS format or Mac format to standard file
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format. It can also write files in either format by using the
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appropriate command line (-D, --dos or -M, --mac) or toggle
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(Meta-D, Meta-O).
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Chris Allegretta (chrisa@asty.org)
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