Nano Text Editor Course

Posted by aweber on Aug 19, 2009 5:57 AM EDT
BeginLinux.com; By Mike Weber
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Nano is an alternative text editor. The key sequences in nano are entered using the keyboard, making nano a "modeless" editor, unlike vim. With the exception of Control and Meta key sequences, all the keys will enter text into the file being edited. You do not have to switch modes at all. In addition, nano provides some text aids. The 2.0 release enhances the usability and features of nano. Centos still used version 1.3. UTF-8 support Improved color syntax highlighting Copy text without cutting Verbatim input mode Repeat last seach w/o confirmation (Meta-W) Spell check/replace selected text only Indent marked text Move to beginning/end of paragraph Search within the file browser Mixed file format auto-conversion

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