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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of NANORC</TITLE>
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<H1>NANORC</H1>
Section: File Formats (5)<BR>Updated: February 9, 2003<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
<A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">Return to Main Contents</A><HR>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
nanorc - GNU nano's rcfile
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>/etc/nanorc</B>
<B>$HOME/.nanorc</B>
<BR>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
This manual page documents GNU <B>nano</B>'s rcfile.
<P>
<B>nano</B> is a small, free and friendly editor which aims to replace
Pico, the default editor included in the non-free Pine package. Rather
than just copying Pico's look and feel, <B>nano</B> also implements some
missing (or disabled by default) features in Pico, such as "search and
replace" and "go to line number".
<P>
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
The configuration file accepts a series of "set" and "unset" commands,
which can be used to configure nano on startup without using the
command-line options. Additionally, the "syntax" and "color" keywords
are used to define syntax highlighting rules for different text patterns.
GNU nano will read one command per line.
<P>
Options in rcfiles take precedence over nano's defaults, and command line
options override rcfile settings.
<P>
The supported commands and arguments are:
<P>
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<DT><B>set/unset autoindent</B><DD>
Use auto-indentation.
<DT><B>set/unset backup</B><DD>
Create backup files in filename~.
<DT><B>set/unset const</B><DD>
Constantly update the cursor position.
<DT><B>set/unset cut</B><DD>
Use cut to end of line with ^K by default.
<DT><B>set fill </B><I>n</I><DD>
Set the column where lines will be wrapped at to <I>n</I>.
<DT><B>set/unset keypad</B><DD>
Use alternate keypad routines.
<DT><B>set/unset multibuffer</B><DD>
Allow inserting files into their own buffers.
<DT><B>set/unset noconvert</B><DD>
Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format.
<DT><B>set/unset nofollow</B><DD>
Don't follow symlinks when writing files.
<DT><B>set/unset nohelp</B><DD>
Don't display the help lists at the bottom of the screen.
<DT><B>set/unset nowrap</B><DD>
Don't wrap text at all.
<DT><B>set operatingdir "</B><I>directory</I>"<DD>
Set operating directory (chroots the user to <I>directory</I> and below).
<DT><B>set/unset preserve</B><DD>
Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).
<DT><B>set quotestr "</B><I>string</I>"<DD>
The email-quote string. This is a "regular expression" if your
system supports them, otherwise a literal string.
Default value is set quotestr "^([ ]*[|>:}#])+" if you have regexps,
otherwise set quotestr "> ".
<DT><B>set/unset regexp</B><DD>
Do regular expression searches by default.
<DT><B>set/unset smooth</B><DD>
Use smooth scrolling by default.
<DT><B>set speller </B><I>spellprog</I><DD>
Use spelling checker <I>spellprog</I> instead of the default (spell).
<DT><B>set/unset suspend</B><DD>
Allow nano to be suspended with ^Z.
<DT><B>set tabsize </B><I>n</I><DD>
Use a tab size of <I>n</I> instead of the default (8); must be greater
than 0.
<DT><B>set/unset tempfile</B><DD>
Save automatically on exit, don't prompt.
<DT><B>set/unset historylog</B><DD>
Enable ~/.nano_history for saving and reading search/replace strings.
<DT><B>set/unset view</B><DD>
Disallow file modification.
<DT><B>syntax </B><I>str</I> [<I>fileregex</I> ... ]
<DD>
Defines a syntax named <I>str</I> which can be activated via the
<B>-Y</B> flag, or will be automatically activated if the current
filename matches <I>fileregex</I>. All following <B>color</B> statements
will apply to <I>syntax</I> until a new syntax is defined.
<DT><B>color </B><I>fgcolor</I>[,<I>bgcolor</I>] <I>regex</I> ...
<DD>
For the currently defined syntax, display all expressions matching
<I>regex</I> with foreground color <I>fgcolor</I> and optional background
color <I>bgcolor</I>. Legal colors for foreground and background color are:
white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, and cyan. You may use
the prefix "bright" to force a stronger color highlight. If your
terminal supports transparency, not specifying a <I>bgcolor</I> tells
<B>nano</B> to attempt to use a transparent background.
<DT><B>color </B><I>fgcolor</I>[,<I>bgcolor</I>] start=<I>sr</I> end=<I>er</I>
<DD>
Display expressions which start with <I>sr</I> and end with <I>er</I>
with foreground color <I>fgcolor</I> and optional
background color <I>bgcolor</I>. This allows syntax highlighting to span
multiple lines. Note that all subsequent instances of <I>sr</I> after
an initial <I>sr</I> is found will be highlighted until the first
instance of <I>er</I>.
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<P>
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT><B><A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+nano">nano</A></B>(1)<DD>
</DL>
<P>
<I>/usr/share/doc/nano/examples/nanorc.sample</I> (or equivalent on your system)
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Chris Allegretta <<A HREF="mailto:chrisa@asty.org">chrisa@asty.org</A>>, et al (see AUTHORS and THANKS for
details).
This manual page was written by Jordi Mallach <<A HREF="mailto:jordi@gnu.org">jordi@gnu.org</A>>.
<P>
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<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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