## Sample initialization file for GNU nano. ## ## Please note that you must have configured nano with --enable-nanorc ## for this file to be read! Also note that this file should not be in ## DOS or Mac format, and that characters specially interpreted by the ## shell should not be escaped here. ## ## To make sure an option is disabled, use "unset <option>". ## ## For the options that take parameters, the default value is given. ## Other options are unset by default. ## ## Quotes inside string parameters don't have to be escaped with ## backslashes. The last double quote in the string will be treated as ## its end. For example, for the "brackets" option, ""')>]}" will match ## ", ', ), >, ], and }. ## Silently ignore problems with unknown directives in the nanorc file. ## Useful when your nanorc file might be read on systems with multiple ## versions of nano installed (e.g. your home directory is on NFS). # set quiet ## Use auto-indentation. set autoindent ## Back up files to the current filename plus a tilde. # set backup ## The directory to put unique backup files in. # set backupdir "" ## Do backwards searches by default. # set backwards ## Use bold text instead of reverse video text. # set boldtext ## The characters treated as closing brackets when justifying ## paragraphs. They cannot contain blank characters. Only closing ## punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end ## sentences. set brackets ""')>]}" ## Do case-sensitive searches by default. # set casesensitive ## Constantly display the cursor position in the statusbar. Note that ## this overrides "quickblank". set constantshow ## (The old form, 'const', is deprecated.) ## Use cut-to-end-of-line by default. set cut ## Set the line length for wrapping text and justifying paragraphs. ## If the value is 0 or less, the wrapping point will be the screen ## width less this number. # set fill -8 ## Remember the used search/replace strings for the next session. set historylog ## Make the justify command kill whitespace at the end of lines. # set justifytrim ## Display line numbers to the left of the text. set linenumbers ## Enable vim-style lock-files. This is just to let a vim user know you ## are editing a file [s]he is trying to edit and vice versa. There are ## no plans to implement vim-style undo state in these files. set locking ## The opening and closing brackets that can be found by bracket ## searches. They cannot contain blank characters. The former set must ## come before the latter set, and both must be in the same order. set matchbrackets "(<[{)>]}" ## Use the blank line below the titlebar as extra editing space. # set morespace ## Enable mouse support, if available for your system. When enabled, ## mouse clicks can be used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a ## double click), and execute shortcuts. The mouse will work in the X ## Window System, and on the console when gpm is running. # set mouse ## Switch on multiple file buffers (inserting a file will put it into ## a separate buffer). set multibuffer ## Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format. # set noconvert ## Don't display the helpful shortcut lists at the bottom of the screen. # set nohelp ## Don't add newlines to the ends of files. # set nonewlines ## Don't wrap text at all. set nowrap ## Set operating directory. nano will not read or write files outside ## this directory and its subdirectories. Also, the current directory ## is changed to here, so any files are inserted from this dir. A blank ## string means the operating-directory feature is turned off. # set operatingdir "" ## Remember the cursor position in each file for the next editing session. # set positionlog ## (The old form, 'poslog', is deprecated.) ## Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S). # set preserve ## The characters treated as closing punctuation when justifying ## paragraphs. They cannot contain blank characters. Only closing ## punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end ## sentences. # set punct "!.?" ## Do quick statusbar blanking. Statusbar messages will disappear after ## 1 keystroke instead of 26. Note that "const" overrides this. # set quickblank ## 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. ## If you have extended regular expression support, the default is: # set quotestr "^([ ]*[#:>\|}])+" ## Otherwise: # set quotestr "> " ## Fix Backspace/Delete confusion problem. # set rebinddelete ## Fix numeric keypad key confusion problem. set rebindkeypad ## Do extended regular expression searches by default. # set regexp ## Put the cursor on the highlighted item in the file browser; ## useful for people who use a braille display. # set showcursor ## Make the Home key smarter. When Home is pressed anywhere but at the ## very beginning of non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor ## will jump to that beginning (either forwards or backwards). If the ## cursor is already at that position, it will jump to the true ## beginning of the line. set smarthome ## Use smooth scrolling as the default. # set smooth ## Enable soft line wrapping (AKA full-line display). set softwrap ## Use this spelling checker instead of the internal one. This option ## does not properly have a default value. # set speller "aspell -x -c" ## Allow nano to be suspended. set suspend ## Use this tab size instead of the default; it must be greater than 0. set tabsize 4 ## Convert typed tabs to spaces. set tabstospaces ## Save automatically on exit; don't prompt. # set tempfile ## Disallow file modification. Why would you want this in an rcfile? ;) # set view ## The two single-column characters used to display the first characters ## of tabs and spaces. 187 in ISO 8859-1 (0000BB in Unicode) and 183 in ## ISO-8859-1 (0000B7 in Unicode) seem to be good values for these. ## The default when in a UTF-8 locale: # set whitespace "»·" ## The default otherwise: # set whitespace ">." ## Detect word boundaries differently by treating punctuation ## characters as parts of words. # set wordbounds ## The characters (besides alphanumeric ones) that should be considered ## as parts of words. This option does not have a default value. When ## set, it overrides option 'set wordbounds'. # set wordchars "<_>." ## Paint the interface elements of nano. ## These are examples; by default there are no colors. set titlecolor brightwhite,blue set numbercolor cyan set statuscolor brightwhite,green set keycolor green set functioncolor yellow ## Setup of syntax coloring. ## ## Format: ## ## syntax "short description" ["filename regex" ...] ## ## The "none" syntax is reserved; specifying it on the command line is ## the same as not having a syntax at all. The "default" syntax is ## special: it takes no filename regexes, and applies to files that ## don't match any other syntax's filename regexes. ## ## color foreground,background "regex" ["regex"...] ## or ## icolor foreground,background "regex" ["regex"...] ## ## "color" will do case-sensitive matches, while "icolor" will do ## case-insensitive matches. ## ## Valid colors: white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, cyan. ## For foreground colors, you may use the prefix "bright" to get a ## stronger highlight. ## ## To use multi-line regexes, use the start="regex" end="regex" ## [start="regex" end="regex"...] format. ## ## If your system supports transparency, not specifying a background ## color will use a transparent color. If you don't want this, be sure ## to set the background color to black or white. ## ## All regexes should be extended regular expressions. ## ## If you wish, you may put your syntax definitions in separate files. ## You can make use of such files as follows: ## ## include "/path/to/syntax_file.nanorc" ## ## Unless otherwise noted, the name of the syntax file (without the ## ".nanorc" extension) should be the same as the "short description" ## name inside that file. These names are kept fairly short to make ## them easier to remember and faster to type using nano's -Y option. ## ## To include all existing syntax definitions, you can do: include "/usr/share/nano/*.nanorc" ## Key bindings. ## See nanorc(5) (section REBINDING KEYS) for more details on this. ## ## The following five functions are not bound to any key by default. ## You may wish to choose different keys than the ones suggested here. ## Custom bindings # ctrl-s to save # alt-c to copy highlighted text # alt-x to cut highlighted text # alt-v to paste text bind ^S savefile main bind M-C copytext main bind M-X cut main bind M-V uncut main # bind M-Q findprevious main # bind M-W findnext main # bind M-B cutwordleft main # bind M-N cutwordright main ## Set this if your Backspace key sends Del most of the time. # bind Del backspace all