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| GNU nano -- an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor |
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| Overview |
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| The nano project was started because of a few "problems" with the |
| wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. |
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| First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use |
| the GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on |
| redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included |
| with many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like |
| go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were unavailable until |
| recently or require a command-line flag. Yuck. |
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| nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of |
| Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and |
| providing other extra functionality. |
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| The nano editor is an official GNU package. For more information on |
| GNU and the Free Software Foundation, please see http://www.gnu.org/. |
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| How to compile and install nano |
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| Download the nano source code, then: |
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| tar xvzf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz |
| cd nano-x.y.z |
| ./configure |
| make |
| make install |
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| It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the |
| default installation directory of /usr/local. |
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| If you haven't configured with the --disable-nanorc option, after |
| installation you may want to copy the doc/sample.nanorc file to |
| your home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it |
| according to your taste. |
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| Web Page |
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| https://nano-editor.org/ |
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| Mailing Lists |
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| There are three nano-related mailing-lists. |
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| + info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list used to announce |
| new nano versions or other important info about the project. |
| + help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without |
| wanting to hear about the technical details of its development. |
| + nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people that make nano |
| and a general development discussion list, with moderate traffic. |
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| To subscribe, send email to <name>-request@gnu.org with a subject |
| of "subscribe", where <name> is the list you want to subscribe to. |
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| Bug Reports |
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| To report a bug, please file a description of the problem on nano's |
| bug tracker (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano -- hover on |
| "Bugs", then click "Submit new"). The issue may have already been |
| reported, so please look first. |
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| Current Status |
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| Since version 2.5.0, GNU nano has abandoned the distinction between |
| a stable and a development branch: it is now on a "rolling" release |
| -- fixing bugs and adding new features go hand in hand. |
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| Copyright Years |
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| When in any file of this package a copyright notice mentions a |
| year range (such as 1999-2011), it is a shorthand for a list of |
| all the years in that interval. |