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## 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
".
##
## 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 }.
## Make the 'nextword' function (Ctrl+Right) stop at word ends
## instead of at beginnings.
# set afterends
## When soft line wrapping is enabled, make it wrap lines at blanks
## (tabs and spaces) instead of always at the edge of the screen.
# set atblanks
## Automatically indent a newly created line to the same number of
## tabs and/or spaces as the preceding line -- or as the next line
## if the preceding line is the beginning of a paragraph.
# set autoindent
## Back up files to the current filename plus a tilde.
# set backup
## The directory to put unique backup files in.
# set backupdir ""
## Use bold text instead of reverse video text.
# set boldtext
## The characters treated as closing brackets when justifying paragraphs.
## This may not include any blank characters. Only closing punctuation,
## optionally followed by these closing brackets, can end sentences.
# set brackets ""')>]}"
## Do case-sensitive searches by default.
# set casesensitive
## Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar. Note that
## this overrides "quickblank".
# set constantshow
## Use cut-from-cursor-to-end-of-line by default.
# set cutfromcursor
## (The old form, 'cut', is deprecated.)
## 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
## 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 title bar 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 automatically add a newline when a file does not end with one.
# set nonewlines
## Don't pause between warnings at startup. Which means that only the
## last one will be readable (when there are multiple ones).
# set nopauses
## 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
## 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 status-bar blanking. Status-bar messages will disappear after
## 1 keystroke instead of 26. Note that "constantshow" overrides this.
# set quickblank
## The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs.
## This is an extended regular expression. The default is:
# 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 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 8
## Convert typed tabs to spaces.
# set tabstospaces
## Save automatically on exit; don't prompt.
# set tempfile
## Snip whitespace at the end of lines when justifying or hard-wrapping.
# set trimblanks
## (The old form, 'justifytrim', is deprecated.)
## 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, except for errorcolor.
# set titlecolor brightwhite,blue
# set statuscolor brightwhite,green
# set errorcolor brightwhite,red
# set selectedcolor brightwhite,magenta
# set numbercolor cyan
# set keycolor cyan
# set functioncolor green
## In root's .nanorc you might want to use:
# set titlecolor brightwhite,magenta
# set statuscolor brightwhite,magenta
# set errorcolor brightwhite,red
# set selectedcolor brightwhite,cyan
# set numbercolor magenta
# set keycolor brightmagenta
# set functioncolor magenta
## 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 two functions are not bound to any key by default.
## You may wish to choose other keys than the ones suggested here.
# 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