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6 nanorc - GNU nano's configuration file
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10 Starting with version 4.0, nano no longer hard-wraps an overlong line
11 by default, uses smooth scrolling by default, and by default makes use
12 of the line below the title bar.
13 If you want the old, Pico behavior back, you can use set breaklong‐
15 lines, set jumpyscrolling, and set emptyline.
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19 The nanorc file contains the default settings for nano, a small and
20 friendly editor. The file should be in Unix format, not in DOS or Mac
21 format. During startup, nano will first read the system-wide settings,
22 from /etc/nanorc (the exact path might be different on your system),
23 and then the user-specific settings, either from ~/.nanorc or from
24 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nano/nanorc or from ~/.config/nano/nanorc, whichever
25 is encountered first.
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29 The configuration file accepts a series of set and unset commands,
30 which can be used to configure nano on startup without using command-
31 line options. Additionally, there are some commands to define syntax
32 highlighting and to rebind keys -- see the two separate sections on
33 those. nano reads one command per line.
34 Options in nanorc files take precedence over nano's defaults, and com‐
36 mand-line options override nanorc settings. Also, options that do not
37 take an argument are unset by default. So using the unset command is
38 only needed when wanting to override a setting of the system's nanorc
39 file in your own nanorc. Options that take an argument cannot be
40 unset.
41 Below, the string parameters need to be enclosed in double quotes.
43 Quotes inside these string parameters don't have to be escaped with
44 backslashes. The last double quote in the string will be treated as
45 its end. For example, for the brackets option, ""')>]}" will match ",
46 ', ), >, ], and }.
47 The supported commands and arguments are:
49 set afterends
52 Make Ctrl+Right stop at word ends instead of beginnings.
53 set allow_insecure_backup
55 When backing up files, allow the backup to succeed even if its per‐
56 missions can't be (re)set due to special OS considerations. You
57 should NOT enable this option unless you are sure you need it.
58 set atblanks
60 When soft line wrapping is enabled, make it wrap lines at blank
61 characters (tabs and spaces) instead of always at the edge of the
62 screen.
63 set autoindent
65 Automatically indent a newly created line to the same number of tabs
66 and/or spaces as the previous line (or as the next line if the pre‐
67 vious line is the beginning of a paragraph).
68 set backup
70 When saving a file, create a backup file by adding a tilde (~) to
71 the file's name.
72 set backupdir directory
74 Make and keep not just one backup file, but make and keep a uniquely
75 numbered one every time a file is saved -- when backups are enabled
76 with set backup or --backup or -B. The uniquely numbered files are
77 stored in the specified directory.
78 set boldtext
80 Use bold instead of reverse video for the title bar, status bar, key
81 combos, function tags, line numbers, and selected text. This can be
82 overridden by setting the options titlecolor, statuscolor, keycolor,
83 functioncolor, numbercolor, and selectedcolor.
84 set brackets string
86 Set the characters treated as closing brackets when justifying para‐
87 graphs. This may not include blank characters. Only closing punc‐
88 tuation (see set punct), optionally followed by the specified clos‐
89 ing brackets, can end sentences. The default value is ""')>]}".
90 set breaklonglines
92 Automatically hard-wrap the current line when it becomes overlong.
93 set casesensitive
95 Do case-sensitive searches by default.
96 set constantshow
98 Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar. This
99 overrides the option quickblank.
100 set cutfromcursor
102 Use cut-from-cursor-to-end-of-line by default, instead of cutting
103 the whole line.
104 set emptyline
106 Do not use the line below the title bar, leaving it entirely blank.
107 set errorcolor fgcolor,bgcolor
109 Use this color combination for the status bar when an error message
110 is displayed. See set titlecolor for valid color names.
111 set fill number
113 Set the target width for justifying and automatic hard-wrapping at
114 this number of columns. If the value is 0 or less, wrapping will
115 occur at the width of the screen minus number columns, allowing the
116 wrap point to vary along with the width of the screen if the screen
117 is resized. The default value is -8.
118 set functioncolor fgcolor,bgcolor
120 Specify the color combination to use for the function descriptions
121 in the two help lines at the bottom of the screen. See set title‐
122 color for more details.
123 set guidestripe number
125 Draw a vertical stripe at the given column, to help judge the width
126 of the text. (The color of the stripe can be changed with set
127 stripecolor.)
128 set historylog
130 Save the last hundred search strings and replacement strings and
131 executed commands, so they can be easily reused in later sessions.
132 set jumpyscrolling
134 Scroll the buffer contents per half-screen instead of per line.
135 set keycolor fgcolor,bgcolor
137 Specify the color combination to use for the shortcut key combos in
138 the two help lines at the bottom of the screen. See set titlecolor
139 for more details.
140 set linenumbers
142 Display line numbers to the left of the text area.
143 set locking
145 Enable vim-style lock-files for when editing files.
146 set matchbrackets string
148 Set the opening and closing brackets that can be found by bracket
149 searches. This may not include blank characters. The opening set
150 must come before the closing set, and the two sets must be in the
151 same order. The default value is "(<[{)>]}".
152 set morespace
154 Deprecated option since it has become the default setting. When
155 needed, use unset emptyline instead.
156 set mouse
158 Enable mouse support, if available for your system. When enabled,
159 mouse clicks can be used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a
160 double click), and execute shortcuts. The mouse will work in the X
161 Window System, and on the console when gpm is running. Text can
162 still be selected through dragging by holding down the Shift key.
163 set multibuffer
165 When reading in a file with ^R, insert it into a new buffer by
166 default.
167 set noconvert
169 Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format.
170 set nohelp
172 Don't display the two help lines at the bottom of the screen.
173 set nonewlines
175 Don't automatically add a newline when a file does not end with one.
176 set nopauses
178 Don't pause between warnings at startup. This means that only the
179 last one will be visible (when there are multiple ones).
180 set nowrap
182 Deprecated option since it has become the default setting. When
183 needed, use unset breaklonglines instead.
184 set numbercolor fgcolor,bgcolor
186 Specify the color combination to use for line numbers. See set
187 titlecolor for more details.
188 set operatingdir directory
190 nano will only read and write files inside directory and its subdi‐
191 rectories. Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files
192 are inserted from this directory. By default, the operating direc‐
193 tory feature is turned off.
194 set positionlog
196 Save the cursor position of files between editing sessions. The
197 cursor position is remembered for the 200 most-recently edited
198 files.
199 set preserve
201 Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).
202 set punct string
204 Set the characters treated as closing punctuation when justifying
205 paragraphs. This may not include blank characters. Only the spec‐
206 fified closing punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets
207 (see brackets), can end sentences. The default value is "!.?".
208 set quickblank
210 Do quick status-bar blanking: status-bar messages will disappear
211 after 1 keystroke instead of 25. The option constantshow overrides
212 this.
213 set quotestr regex
215 Set the regular expression for matching the quoting part of a line.
216 The default value is "^([ \t]*([!#%:;>|}]|//|--))+". (Note that \t
217 stands for an actual Tab character.) This makes it possible to
218 rejustify blocks of quoted text when composing email, and to rewrap
219 blocks of line comments when writing source code.
220 set rawsequences
222 Interpret escape sequences directly (instead of asking ncurses to
223 translate them). If you need this option to get your keyboard to
224 work properly, please report a bug. Using this option disables
225 nano's mouse support.
226 set rebinddelete
228 Interpret the Delete and Backspace keys differently so that both
229 Backspace and Delete work properly. You should only use this option
230 when on your system either Backspace acts like Delete or Delete acts
231 like Backspace.
232 set regexp
234 Do extended regular expression searches by default.
235 set selectedcolor fgcolor,bgcolor
237 Specify the color combination to use for selected text. See set
238 titlecolor for more details.
239 set showcursor
241 Put the cursor on the highlighted item in the file browser, to aid
242 braille users.
243 set smarthome
245 Make the Home key smarter. When Home is pressed anywhere but at the
246 very beginning of non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor
247 will jump to that beginning (either forwards or backwards). If the
248 cursor is already at that position, it will jump to the true begin‐
249 ning of the line.
250 set smooth
252 Deprecated option since it has become the default setting. When
253 needed, use unset jumpyscrolling instead.
254 set softwrap
256 Enable soft line wrapping for easier viewing of very long lines.
257 set speller program
259 Use the given program to do spell checking and correcting, instead
260 of the built-in corrector that calls spell.
261 set statuscolor fgcolor,bgcolor
263 Specify the color combination to use for the status bar. See set
264 titlecolor for more details.
265 set stripecolor fgcolor,bgcolor
267 Specify the color combination to use for the vertical guiding
268 stripe. See set titlecolor for more details.
269 set suspend
271 Allow nano to be suspended.
272 set tabsize number
274 Use a tab size of number columns. The value of number must be
275 greater than 0. The default value is 8.
276 set tabstospaces
278 Convert typed tabs to spaces.
279 set tempfile
281 Save automatically on exit, don't prompt.
282 set titlecolor fgcolor,bgcolor
284 Specify the color combination to use for the title bar. Valid names
285 for the foreground and background colors are: white, black, blue,
286 green, red, cyan, yellow, magenta, and normal -- where normal means
287 the default foreground or background color. The name of the fore‐
288 ground color may be prefixed with bright. And either "fgcolor" or
289 ",bgcolor" may be left out.
290 set trimblanks
292 Remove trailing whitespace from wrapped lines when automatic hard-
293 wrapping occurs or when text is justified.
294 set unix
296 Save a file by default in Unix format. This overrides nano's
297 default behavior of saving a file in the format that it had. (This
298 option has no effect when you also use set noconvert.)
299 set view
301 Disallow file modification: read-only mode. This mode allows the
302 user to open also other files for viewing, unless --restricted is
303 given on the command line.
304 set whitespace string
306 Set the two characters used to indicate the presence of tabs and
307 spaces. They must be single-column characters. The default pair
308 for a UTF-8 locale is "»⋅", and for other locales ">.".
309 set wordbounds
311 Detect word boundaries differently by treating punctuation charac‐
312 ters as parts of words.
313 set wordchars string
315 Specify which other characters (besides the normal alphanumeric
316 ones) should be considered as parts of words. This overrides the
317 option wordbounds.
318 set zap
320 Let an unmodified Backspace or Delete erase the marked region
321 (instead of a single character, and without affecting the cut‐
322 buffer).
323
326 Coloring the different syntactic elements of a file is done via regular
327 expressions (see the color command below). This is inherently imper‐
328 fect, because regular expressions are not powerful enough to fully
329 parse a file. Nevertheless, regular expressions can do a lot and are
330 easy to make, so they are a good fit for a small editor like nano.
331 For each kind of file a separate syntax can be defined via the follow‐
333 ing commands:
334 syntax name ["fileregex" ...]
336 Start the definition of a syntax with this name. All subsequent
337 color and other such commands will be added to this syntax,
338 until a new syntax command is encountered.
339 When nano is run, this syntax will be automatically activated if
341 the current filename matches the extended regular expression
342 fileregex. Or the syntax can be explicitly activated by using
343 the -Y or --syntax command-line option followed by the name.
344 The syntax default is special: it takes no fileregex, and
346 applies to files that don't match any syntax's regexes. The
347 syntax none is reserved; specifying it on the command line is
348 the same as not having a syntax at all.
349 header "regex" ...
351 If from all defined syntaxes no fileregex matched, then compare
352 this regex (or regexes) against the first line of the current
353 file, to determine whether this syntax should be used for it.
354 magic "regex" ...
356 If no fileregex matched and no header regex matched either, then
357 compare this regex (or regexes) against the result of querying
358 the magic database about the current file, to determine whether
359 this syntax should be used for it. (This functionality only
360 works when libmagic is installed on the system and will be
361 silently ignored otherwise.)
362 linter program [arg ...]
364 Use the given program to run a syntax check on the current buf‐
365 fer.
366 comment "string"
368 Use the given string for commenting and uncommenting lines. If
369 the string contains a vertical bar or pipe character (|), this
370 designates bracket-style comments; for example, "/*|*/" for CSS
371 files. The characters before the pipe are prepended to the line
372 and the characters after the pipe are appended at the end of the
373 line. If no pipe character is present, the full string is
374 prepended; for example, "#" for Python files. If empty double
375 quotes are specified, the comment/uncomment function is dis‐
376 abled; for example, "" for JSON. The default value is "#".
377 color fgcolor,bgcolor "regex" ...
379 Display all pieces of text that match the extended regular
380 expression regex with foreground color fgcolor and background
381 color bgcolor, at least one of which must be specified. Valid
382 names for foreground and background colors are: white, black,
383 blue, green, red, cyan, yellow, magenta, and normal -- where
384 normal means the default foreground or background color. You
385 may use the prefix bright to get a stronger color highlight for
386 the foreground. If your terminal supports transparency, not
387 specifying a bgcolor tells nano to attempt to use a transparent
388 background.
389 icolor fgcolor,bgcolor "regex" ...
391 Same as above, except that the matching is case insensitive.
392 color fgcolor,bgcolor start="fromrx" end="torx"
394 Display all pieces of text whose start matches extended regular
395 expression fromrx and whose end matches extended regular expres‐
396 sion torx with foreground color fgcolor and background color
397 bgcolor, at least one of which must be specified. This means
398 that, after an initial instance of fromrx, all text until the
399 first instance of torx will be colored. This allows syntax
400 highlighting to span multiple lines.
401 icolor fgcolor,bgcolor start="fromrx" end="torx"
403 Same as above, except that the matching is case insensitive.
404 include "syntaxfile"
406 Read in self-contained color syntaxes from syntaxfile. Note
407 that syntaxfile may contain only the above commands, from syntax
408 to icolor.
409 extendsyntax name command [arg ...]
411 Extend the syntax previously defined as name with another com‐
412 mand. This allows adding a new color, icolor, header, magic,
413 comment, or linter command to an already defined syntax -- use‐
414 ful when you want to slightly improve a syntax defined in one of
415 the system-installed files (which normally are not writable).
416 Note: the formatter command has been removed. It was superseded by a
419 more general mechanism: the filtering of buffer or marked text through
420 an external command. Such filtering is done by typing ^R^X and then
421 preceding your formatter command with the pipe symbol (|). It has the
422 added advantage that the operation can be undone.
423 If you use such a formatting command regularly, you could assign the
425 relevant series of keystrokes to a single key in your nanorc:
426 bind M-F "^R^X|yourformatcommand^M" main
428 (Note that the ^R, ^X, and ^M are each a single, literal control char‐
430 acter. You can enter them by preceding each with M-V.)
431
434 Key bindings can be changed via the following three commands:
435 bind key function menu
437 Rebinds the key key to a new function named function in the
438 context of menu menu (or in all menus where the function
439 exists by using all).
440 bind key "string" menu
442 Makes the given key produce the given string in the given
443 menu (or in all menus where the key exists when all is used).
444 The string can consist of text or commands or a mix of them.
445 (To enter a command into the string, precede its keystroke
446 with M-V.)
447 unbind key menu
450 Unbinds the key key from the menu named menu (or from all
451 menus where it exists by using all).
452 The format of key should be one of:
455 ^ followed by a Latin letter, by one of several ASCII characters
457 (@, ], \, ^, or _), or by the word "Space". Example: ^C.
458 M- followed by any ASCII character except [, or by the word "Space".
460 Example: M-C.
461 F followed by a numeric value from 1 to 16. Example: F10.
463 the word "Ins" or the word "Del".
465 Valid function names to be bound are:
468 help
470 Invokes the help viewer.
471 cancel
473 Cancels the current command.
474 exit
476 Exits from the program (or from the help viewer or the file
477 browser).
478 writeout
480 Writes the current buffer to disk, asking for a name.
481 savefile
483 Writes the current file to disk without prompting.
484 insert
486 Inserts a file into the current buffer (at the current cursor
487 position), or into a new buffer when option multibuffer is set.
488 whereis
490 Starts a forward search for text in the current buffer -- or for
491 filenames matching a string in the current list in the file
492 browser.
493 wherewas
495 Starts a backward search for text in the current buffer -- or for
496 filenames matching a string in the current list in the file
497 browser.
498 findprevious
500 Searches the next occurrence in the backward direction.
501 findnext
503 Searches the next occurrence in the forward direction.
504 replace
506 Interactively replaces text within the current buffer.
507 cut
509 Cuts and stores the current line (or the marked region).
510 copy
512 Copies the current line (or the marked region) without deleting
513 it.
514 paste
516 Pastes the currently stored text into the current buffer at the
517 current cursor position.
518 zap
520 Throws away the current line (or the marked region). (This func‐
521 tion is bound by default to <Meta+Delete>.)
522 chopwordleft
524 Deletes from the cursor position to the beginning of the preceding
525 word. (This function is bound by default to <Shift+Ctrl+Delete>.
526 If your terminal produces ^H for <Ctrl+Backspace>, you can make
527 <Ctrl+Backspace> delete the word to the left of the cursor by
528 rebinding ^H to this function.)
529 chopwordright
531 Deletes from the cursor position to the beginning of the next
532 word. (This function is bound by default to <Ctrl+Delete>.)
533 cutrestoffile
535 Cuts all text from the cursor position till the end of the buffer.
536 mark
538 Sets the mark at the current position, to start selecting text.
539 Or, when it is set, unsets the mark.
540 curpos
542 Shows the current cursor position: the line, column, and character
543 positions.
544 wordcount
546 Counts the number of words, lines and characters in the current
547 buffer.
548 speller
550 Invokes a spell-checking program, either the default one, or the
551 one defined by --speller or set speller.
552 linter
554 Invokes a syntax-checking program (if the active syntax defines
555 one).
556 justify
558 Justifies the current paragraph. A paragraph is a group of con‐
559 tiguous lines that, apart from possibly the first line, all have
560 the same indentation. The beginning of a paragraph is detected by
561 either this lone line with a differing indentation or by a preced‐
562 ing blank line.
563 fulljustify
565 Justifies the entire current buffer.
566 indent
568 Indents (shifts to the right) the currently marked text.
569 unindent
571 Unindents (shifts to the left) the currently marked text.
572 comment
574 Comments or uncomments the current line or marked lines, using the
575 comment style specified in the active syntax.
576 complete
578 Completes the fragment before the cursor to a full word found
579 elsewhere in the current buffer.
580 left
582 Goes left one position (in the editor or browser).
583 right
585 Goes right one position (in the editor or browser).
586 up
588 Goes one line up (in the editor or browser).
589 down
591 Goes one line down (in the editor or browser).
592 scrollup
594 Scrolls the viewport up one row (meaning that the text slides
595 down) while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if pos‐
596 sible.
597 scrolldown
599 Scrolls the viewport down one row (meaning that the text slides
600 up) while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possi‐
601 ble.
602 prevword
604 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
605 nextword
607 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
608 home
610 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
611 end
613 Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
614 beginpara
616 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current paragraph.
617 endpara
619 Moves the cursor to the end of the current paragraph.
620 prevblock
622 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current or preceding
623 block of text. (Blocks are separated by one or more blank lines.)
624 nextblock
626 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next block of text.
627 pageup
629 Goes up one screenful.
630 pagedown
632 Goes down one screenful.
633 firstline
635 Goes to the first line of the file.
636 lastline
638 Goes to the last line of the file.
639 gotoline
641 Goes to a specific line (and column if specified). Negative num‐
642 bers count from the end of the file (and end of the line).
643 findbracket
645 Moves the cursor to the bracket (brace, parenthesis, etc.) that
646 matches (pairs) with the one under the cursor.
647 prevbuf
649 Switches to editing/viewing the previous buffer when multiple buf‐
650 fers are open.
651 nextbuf
653 Switches to editing/viewing the next buffer when multiple buffers
654 are open.
655 verbatim
657 Inserts the next keystroke verbatim into the file.
658 tab
660 Inserts a tab at the current cursor location.
661 enter
663 Inserts a new line below the current one.
664 delete
666 Deletes the character under the cursor.
667 backspace
669 Deletes the character before the cursor.
670 recordmacro
672 Starts the recording of keystrokes -- the keystrokes are stored as
673 a macro. When already recording, the recording is stopped.
674 runmacro
676 Replays the keystrokes of the last recorded macro.
677 undo
679 Undoes the last performed text action (add text, delete text,
680 etc).
681 redo
683 Redoes the last undone action (i.e., it undoes an undo).
684 refresh
686 Refreshes the screen.
687 suspend
689 Suspends the editor (if the suspending function is enabled, see
690 the "suspendenable" entry below).
691 casesens
693 Toggles whether searching/replacing ignores or respects the case
694 of the given characters.
695 regexp
697 Toggles whether searching/replacing uses literal strings or regu‐
698 lar expressions.
699 backwards
701 Toggles whether searching/replacing goes forward or backward.
702 older
704 Retrieves the previous (earlier) entry at a prompt.
705 newer
707 Retrieves the next (later) entry at a prompt.
708 flipreplace
710 Toggles between searching for something and replacing something.
711 flipgoto
713 Toggles between searching for text and targeting a line number.
714 flipexecute
716 Toggles between inserting a file and executing a command.
717 flippipe
719 When executing a command, toggles whether the current buffer (or
720 marked region) is piped to the command.
721 flipnewbuffer
723 Toggles between inserting into the current buffer and into a new
724 empty buffer.
725 flipconvert
727 When reading in a file, toggles between converting and not con‐
728 verting it from DOS/Mac format. Converting is the default.
729 dosformat
731 When writing a file, switches to writing a DOS format (CR/LF).
732 macformat
734 When writing a file, switches to writing a Mac format.
735 append
737 When writing a file, appends to the end instead of overwriting.
738 prepend
740 When writing a file, 'prepends' (writes at the beginning) instead
741 of overwriting.
742 backup
744 When writing a file, creates a backup of the current file.
745 discardbuffer
747 When about to write a file, discard the current buffer without
748 saving. (This function is bound by default only when option
749 --tempfile is in effect.)
750 browser
752 Starts the file browser, allowing to select a file from a list.
753 gotodir
755 Goes to a directory to be specified, allowing to browse anywhere
756 in the filesystem.
757 firstfile
759 Goes to the first file when using the file browser (reading or
760 writing files).
761 lastfile
763 Goes to the last file when using the file browser (reading or
764 writing files).
765 nohelp
767 Toggles the presence of the two-line list of key bindings at the
768 bottom of the screen.
769 constantshow
771 Toggles the constant display of the current line, column, and
772 character positions.
773 softwrap
775 Toggles the displaying of overlong lines on multiple screen lines.
776 linenumbers
778 Toggles the display of line numbers in front of the text.
779 whitespacedisplay
781 Toggles the showing of whitespace.
782 nosyntax
784 Toggles syntax highlighting.
785 smarthome
787 Toggles the smartness of the Home key.
788 autoindent
790 Toggles whether a newly created line will contain the same amount
791 of leading whitespace as the preceding line -- or as the next line
792 if the preceding line is the beginning of a paragraph.
793 cutfromcursor
795 Toggles whether cutting text will cut the whole line or just from
796 the current cursor position to the end of the line.
797 nowrap
799 Toggles whether long lines will be hard-wrapped to the next line.
800 tabstospaces
802 Toggles whether typed tabs will be converted to spaces.
803 mouse
805 Toggles mouse support.
806 suspendenable
808 Toggles whether the suspend sequence (normally ^Z) will suspend
809 the editor window.
810 Valid menu sections are:
813 main
815 The main editor window where text is entered and edited.
816 search
818 The search menu (AKA whereis).
819 replace
821 The 'search to replace' menu.
822 replacewith
824 The 'replace with' menu, which comes up after 'search to replace'.
825 yesno
827 The 'yesno' menu, where the Yes/No/All/Cancel question is asked.
828 gotoline
830 The 'goto line (and column)' menu.
831 writeout
833 The 'write file' menu.
834 insert
836 The 'insert file' menu.
837 extcmd
839 The menu for inserting output from an external command, reached
840 from the insert menu.
841 help
843 The help-viewer menu.
844 spell
846 The interactive spell checker Yes/no menu.
847 linter
849 The linter menu.
850 browser
852 The file browser for inserting or writing a file.
853 whereisfile
855 The 'search for a file' menu in the file browser.
856 gotodir
858 The 'go to directory' menu in the file browser.
859 all
861 A special name that encompasses all menus. For bind it means all
862 menus where the specified function exists; for unbind it means all
863 menus where the specified key exists.
864
867 /etc/nanorc
868 System-wide configuration file.
869 ~/.nanorc or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nano/nanorc or ~/.config/nano/nanorc
871 Per-user configuration file.
872
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