nano/doc/cheatsheet.html
Benno Schulenberg a2f7e31ba2 new document: a condensed overview of nano's shortcut keystrokes
It's in a two-column format that fits on a single page, and uses the
more widely known Ctrl+X and Alt+X notations (instead of ^X and M-X).

The file is published on https://nano-editor.org/cheatsheet.html.
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<h1 align="center">Overview of nano's shortcuts &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</h1>
<h3 align="center">The editor's keystrokes and their functions &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</h3>
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<b>File handling</b>
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<tr><td>Ctrl+S &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Save current file</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+O </td><td> Offer to write file ("Save as")</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+R </td><td> Insert a file into current one</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+X </td><td> Close buffer, exit from nano</td></tr>
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<b>Editing</b>
<table><tbody>
<tr><td>Ctrl+K &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Cut current line into cutbuffer</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+6</td><td>Copy current line into cutbuffer</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+U</td><td>Paste contents of cutbuffer</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+T</td><td>Cut until end of buffer</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+]</td><td>Complete current word</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+3</td><td>Comment/uncomment line/region</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+U</td><td>Undo last action</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+E</td><td>Redo last undone action</td></tr>
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<b>Search and replace</b>
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<tr><td>Ctrl+Q &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Start backward search</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+W</td><td>Start forward search</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+Q</td><td>Find next occurrence backward</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+W</td><td>Find next occurrence forward</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+R</td><td>Start a replacing session</td></tr>
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<b>Deletion</b>
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<tr><td>Ctrl+H</td><td>Delete character before cursor &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+D</td><td>Delete character under cursor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+Shift+Del &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Delete word to the left</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+Del</td><td>Delete word to the right</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+Del</td><td>Delete current line</td></tr>
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<b>Operations</b>
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<tr><td>Ctrl+T &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Run a spell check</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+J</td><td>Justify paragraph or region</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+J</td><td>Justify entire buffer</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+B</td><td>Run a syntax check</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+:</td><td>Start/stop recording of macro</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+;</td><td>Replay macro</td></tr>
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<b>Moving around</b>
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<tr><td>Ctrl+B &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>One character backward</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+F</td><td>One character forward</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+⯇</td><td>One word backward</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+⯈</td><td>One word forward</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+A</td><td>To start of line</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+E</td><td>To end of line</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+P</td><td>One line up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+N</td><td>One line down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+⯅</td><td>To previous block</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+⯆</td><td>To next block</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+Y</td><td>One page up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+V</td><td>One page down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+\</td><td>To top of buffer</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+/</td><td>To end of buffer</td></tr>
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<b>Special movement</b>
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<tr><td>Alt+G &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Go to specified line</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+]</td><td>Go to complementary bracket</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+⯅</td><td>Scroll viewport up</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+⯆</td><td>Scroll viewport down</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+&lt;</td><td>Switch to preceding buffer</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+&gt;</td><td>Switch to succeeding buffer</td></tr>
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<b>Information</b>
<table><tbody>
<tr><td>Ctrl+C &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Report cursor position</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+D</td><td>Report word/line/char count</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+G</td><td>Display help text</td></tr>
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<b>Various</b>
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<tr><td>Alt+A</td><td>Turn the mark on/off</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tab</td><td>Indent marked region</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shift+Tab &nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td>Unindent marked region</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+P</td><td>Turn visible whitespace on/off</td></tr>
<tr><td>Alt+V</td><td>Enter next keystroke verbatim</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+L</td><td>Refresh the screen</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ctrl+Z</td><td>Suspend nano</td></tr>
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