<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of NANORC</TITLE> </HEAD><BODY> <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> <A NAME="lbAB"> </A> <H2>NAME</H2> nanorc - GNU nano's rcfile <A NAME="lbAC"> </A> <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> <A NAME="lbAD"> </A> <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> </I><A NAME="lbAE"> </A> <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> <A NAME="lbAF"> </A> <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) <A NAME="lbAG"> </A> <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> <HR> <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> </DL> <HR> This document was created by <A HREF="http://localhost/cgi-bin/man/man2html">man2html</A>, using the manual pages.<BR> Time: 21:17:00 GMT, August 24, 2003 </BODY> </HTML>