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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of NANORC</TITLE>
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<H1>NANORC</H1>
Section: File Formats (5)<BR>Updated: August 24, 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>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>
The <I>nanorc</I> file contains the default settings for <B>nano</B>.
During startup, <B>nano</B> will first read its system-wide settings from
<I>SYSCONFDIR/nanorc</I>,
and then user-specific settings from
<I>~/.nanorc</I>.
<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>
Options are unset by default, except for options that take an argument.
<P>
The supported commands and arguments are:
<P>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT><B>set/unset autoindent</B><DD>
Use auto-indentation.
<DT><B>set/unset backup</B><DD>
Create backup files in
<I>filename~</I>.
<DT><B>set/unset const</B><DD>
Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar.
<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>
Wrap lines at column number <I>n</I>. If <I>n</I> is 0 or less, the line
length will be the screen width less <I>n</I>. The default value is -8.
<DT><B>set/unset historylog</B><DD>
Enable
<I>~/.nano_history</I>
for saving and reading search/replace strings.
<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>
<B>nano</B> will only read and write files inside <I>directory</I> and its
subdirectories. Also, the current directory is changed to here, so
files are inserted from this dir. By default the operating directory
feature is turned off.
<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, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs. This
is an "extended regular expression" if your system supports them,
otherwise a literal string. The default value is
<P>
<TT> </TT>set quotestr "^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+"<BR>
<P>
if you have regexps, otherwise set quotestr "> ". Note that '\t'
above stands for a literal Tab character.
<DT><B>set/unset rebinddelete</B><DD>
Interpret the Delete key differently so that both Backspace and Delete
work properly. You should only need to use this option if Backspace
acts like Delete on your system.
<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 built-in one, which
calls <I>spell</I>.
<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 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>.
<I>
<P>
</DL>
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<H2>FILES</H2>
<DL COMPACT>
<DT><I>SYSCONFDIR/nanorc</I>
<DD>
System-wide configuration file
<DT><I>~/.nanorc</I>
<DD>
Per-user configuration file
</DL>
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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
<I>AUTHORS</I>
and
<I>THANKS</I>
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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<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
<DL>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">FILES</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHOR</A><DD>
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