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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. It further uses smooth scrolling by default, and by
12 default includes the line below the title bar into the editing area.
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 Quotes inside the characters parameters below should not be escaped.
43 The last double quote on the line will be seen as the closing quote.
44 The supported commands and arguments are:
46 set afterends
49 Make Ctrl+Right stop at word ends instead of beginnings.
50 set allow_insecure_backup
52 When backing up files, allow the backup to succeed even if its per‐
53 missions can't be (re)set due to special OS considerations. You
54 should NOT enable this option unless you are sure you need it.
55 set atblanks
57 When soft line wrapping is enabled, make it wrap lines at blank
58 characters (tabs and spaces) instead of always at the edge of the
59 screen.
60 set autoindent
62 Automatically indent a newly created line to the same number of tabs
63 and/or spaces as the previous line (or as the next line if the pre‐
64 vious line is the beginning of a paragraph).
65 set backup
67 When saving a file, create a backup file by adding a tilde (~) to
68 the file's name.
69 set backupdir directory
71 Make and keep not just one backup file, but make and keep a uniquely
72 numbered one every time a file is saved -- when backups are enabled
73 with set backup or --backup or -B. The uniquely numbered files are
74 stored in the specified directory.
75 set boldtext
77 Use bold instead of reverse video for the title bar, status bar, key
78 combos, function tags, line numbers, and selected text. This can be
79 overridden by setting the options titlecolor, statuscolor, keycolor,
80 functioncolor, numbercolor, and selectedcolor.
81 set brackets "characters"
83 Set the characters treated as closing brackets when justifying para‐
84 graphs. This may not include blank characters. Only closing punc‐
85 tuation (see set punct), optionally followed by the specified clos‐
86 ing brackets, can end sentences. The default value is ""')>]}".
87 set breaklonglines
89 Automatically hard-wrap the current line when it becomes overlong.
90 set casesensitive
92 Do case-sensitive searches by default.
93 set constantshow
95 Constantly display the cursor position in the status bar. This
96 overrides the option quickblank.
97 set cutfromcursor
99 Use cut-from-cursor-to-end-of-line by default, instead of cutting
100 the whole line.
101 set emptyline
103 Do not use the line below the title bar, leaving it entirely blank.
104 set errorcolor fgcolor,bgcolor
106 Use this color combination for the status bar when an error message
107 is displayed. The default value is brightwhite,red. See set title‐
108 color for valid color names.
109 set fill number
111 Set the target width for justifying and automatic hard-wrapping at
112 this number of columns. If the value is 0 or less, wrapping will
113 occur at the width of the screen minus number columns, allowing the
114 wrap point to vary along with the width of the screen if the screen
115 is resized. The default value is -8.
116 set functioncolor fgcolor,bgcolor
118 Specify the color combination to use for the function descriptions
119 in the two help lines at the bottom of the screen. See set title‐
120 color for more details.
121 set guidestripe number
123 Draw a vertical stripe at the given column, to help judge the width
124 of the text. (The color of the stripe can be changed with set
125 stripecolor.)
126 set historylog
128 Save the last hundred search strings and replacement strings and
129 executed commands, so they can be easily reused in later sessions.
130 set jumpyscrolling
132 Scroll the buffer contents per half-screen instead of per line.
133 set keycolor fgcolor,bgcolor
135 Specify the color combination to use for the shortcut key combos in
136 the two help lines at the bottom of the screen. See set titlecolor
137 for more details.
138 set linenumbers
140 Display line numbers to the left of the text area.
141 set locking
143 Enable vim-style lock-files for when editing files.
144 set matchbrackets "characters"
146 Set the opening and closing brackets that can be found by bracket
147 searches. This may not include blank characters. The opening set
148 must come before the closing set, and the two sets must be in the
149 same order. The default value is "(<[{)>]}".
150 set morespace
152 Deprecated option since it has become the default setting. When
153 needed, use unset emptyline instead.
154 set mouse
156 Enable mouse support, if available for your system. When enabled,
157 mouse clicks can be used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a
158 double click), and execute shortcuts. The mouse will work in the X
159 Window System, and on the console when gpm is running. Text can
160 still be selected through dragging by holding down the Shift key.
161 set multibuffer
163 When reading in a file with ^R, insert it into a new buffer by
164 default.
165 set noconvert
167 Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format.
168 set nohelp
170 Don't display the two help lines at the bottom of the screen.
171 set nonewlines
173 Don't automatically add a newline when a text does not end with one.
174 (This can cause you to save non-POSIX text files.)
175 set nopauses
177 Don't pause between warnings at startup. This means that only the
178 last one will be visible (when there are multiple ones).
179 set nowrap
181 Deprecated option since it has become the default setting. When
182 needed, use unset breaklonglines instead.
183 set numbercolor fgcolor,bgcolor
185 Specify the color combination to use for line numbers. See set
186 titlecolor for more details.
187 set operatingdir directory
189 nano will only read and write files inside directory and its subdi‐
190 rectories. Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files
191 are inserted from this directory. By default, the operating direc‐
192 tory feature is turned off.
193 set positionlog
195 Save the cursor position of files between editing sessions. The
196 cursor position is remembered for the 200 most-recently edited
197 files.
198 set preserve
200 Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).
201 set punct "characters"
203 Set the characters treated as closing punctuation when justifying
204 paragraphs. This may not include blank characters. Only the spec‐
205 fified closing punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets
206 (see brackets), can end sentences. The default value is "!.?".
207 set quickblank
209 Do quick status-bar blanking: status-bar messages will disappear
210 after 1 keystroke instead of 25. The option constantshow overrides
211 this.
212 set quotestr "regex"
214 Set the regular expression for matching the quoting part of a line.
215 The default value is "^([ \t]*([!#%:;>|}]|//))+". (Note that \t
216 stands for an actual Tab character.) This makes it possible to
217 rejustify blocks of quoted text when composing email, and to rewrap
218 blocks of line comments when writing source code.
219 set rawsequences
221 Interpret escape sequences directly (instead of asking ncurses to
222 translate them). If you need this option to get your keyboard to
223 work properly, please report a bug. Using this option disables
224 nano's mouse support.
225 set rebinddelete
227 Interpret the Delete and Backspace keys differently so that both
228 Backspace and Delete work properly. You should only use this option
229 when on your system either Backspace acts like Delete or Delete acts
230 like Backspace.
231 set regexp
233 Do regular-expression searches by default. Regular expressions in
234 nano are of the extended type (ERE).
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 "characters"
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 "characters"
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).
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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 All regular expressions in nano are extended regular expressions (ERE).
333 This means that ., ?, *, +, ^, $, and several other characters are spe‐
334 cial. The period . matches any single character, ? means the preceding
335 item is optional, * means the preceding item may be matched zero or
336 more times, + means the preceding item must be matched one or more
337 times, ^ matches the beginning of a line, and $ the end, \< matches the
338 start of a word, and \> the end, and \s matches a blank. It also means
339 that lookahead and lookbehind are not possible. A complete explanation
340 can be found in the manual page of GNU grep: man grep.
341 For each kind of file a separate syntax can be defined via the follow‐
343 ing commands:
344 syntax name ["fileregex" ...]
346 Start the definition of a syntax with this name. All subsequent
347 color and other such commands will be added to this syntax,
348 until a new syntax command is encountered.
349 When nano is run, this syntax will be automatically activated if
351 the current filename matches the extended regular expression
352 fileregex. Or the syntax can be explicitly activated by using
353 the -Y or --syntax command-line option followed by the name.
354 The syntax default is special: it takes no fileregex, and
356 applies to files that don't match any syntax's regexes. The
357 syntax none is reserved; specifying it on the command line is
358 the same as not having a syntax at all.
359 header "regex" ...
361 If from all defined syntaxes no fileregex matched, then compare
362 this regex (or regexes) against the first line of the current
363 file, to determine whether this syntax should be used for it.
364 magic "regex" ...
366 If no fileregex matched and no header regex matched either, then
367 compare this regex (or regexes) against the result of querying
368 the magic database about the current file, to determine whether
369 this syntax should be used for it. (This functionality only
370 works when libmagic is installed on the system and will be
371 silently ignored otherwise.)
372 linter program [arg ...]
374 Use the given program to run a syntax check on the current buf‐
375 fer.
376 comment "string"
378 Use the given string for commenting and uncommenting lines. If
379 the string contains a vertical bar or pipe character (|), this
380 designates bracket-style comments; for example, "/*|*/" for CSS
381 files. The characters before the pipe are prepended to the line
382 and the characters after the pipe are appended at the end of the
383 line. If no pipe character is present, the full string is
384 prepended; for example, "#" for Python files. If empty double
385 quotes are specified, the comment/uncomment function is dis‐
386 abled; for example, "" for JSON. The default value is "#".
387 color fgcolor,bgcolor "regex" ...
389 Display all pieces of text that match the extended regular
390 expression regex with foreground color fgcolor and background
391 color bgcolor, at least one of which must be specified. Valid
392 names for foreground and background colors are: white, black,
393 blue, green, red, cyan, yellow, magenta, and normal -- where
394 normal means the default foreground or background color. You
395 may use the prefix bright to get a stronger color highlight for
396 the foreground. If your terminal supports transparency, not
397 specifying a bgcolor tells nano to attempt to use a transparent
398 background.
399 icolor fgcolor,bgcolor "regex" ...
401 Same as above, except that the matching is case insensitive.
402 color fgcolor,bgcolor start="fromrx" end="torx"
404 Display all pieces of text whose start matches extended regular
405 expression fromrx and whose end matches extended regular expres‐
406 sion torx with foreground color fgcolor and background color
407 bgcolor, at least one of which must be specified. This means
408 that, after an initial instance of fromrx, all text until the
409 first instance of torx will be colored. This allows syntax
410 highlighting to span multiple lines.
411 icolor fgcolor,bgcolor start="fromrx" end="torx"
413 Same as above, except that the matching is case insensitive.
414 include "syntaxfile"
416 Read in self-contained color syntaxes from syntaxfile. Note
417 that syntaxfile may contain only the above commands, from syntax
418 to icolor.
419 extendsyntax name command [arg ...]
421 Extend the syntax previously defined as name with another com‐
422 mand. This allows adding a new color, icolor, header, magic,
423 comment, or linter command to an already defined syntax -- use‐
424 ful when you want to slightly improve a syntax defined in one of
425 the system-installed files (which normally are not writable).
426 Note: the formatter command has been removed. It was superseded by a
429 more general mechanism: the filtering of buffer or marked text through
430 an external command. Such filtering is done by typing ^R^X and then
431 preceding your formatter command with the pipe symbol (|). It has the
432 added advantage that the operation can be undone.
433 If you use such a formatting command regularly, you could assign the
435 relevant series of keystrokes to a single key in your nanorc:
436 bind M-F "^R^X|yourformatcommand^M" main
438 (Note that the ^R, ^X, and ^M are each a single, literal control char‐
440 acter. You can enter them by preceding each with M-V.)
441
444 Key bindings can be changed via the following three commands:
445 bind key function menu
447 Rebinds the key key to a new function named function in the
448 context of menu menu (or in all menus where the function
449 exists by using all).
450 bind key "string" menu
452 Makes the given key produce the given string in the given
453 menu (or in all menus where the key exists when all is used).
454 The string can consist of text or commands or a mix of them.
455 (To enter a command into the string, precede its keystroke
456 with M-V.)
457 unbind key menu
460 Unbinds the key key from the menu named menu (or from all
461 menus where it exists by using all).
462 The format of key should be one of:
465 ^ followed by a Latin letter, by one of several ASCII characters
467 (@, ], \, ^, or _), or by the word "Space". Example: ^C.
468 M- followed by any ASCII character except [, or by the word "Space".
470 Example: M-C.
471 F followed by a numeric value from 1 to 16. Example: F10.
473 the word "Ins" or the word "Del".
475 Valid function names to be bound are:
478 help
480 Invokes the help viewer.
481 cancel
483 Cancels the current command.
484 exit
486 Exits from the program (or from the help viewer or the file
487 browser).
488 writeout
490 Writes the current buffer to disk, asking for a name.
491 savefile
493 Writes the current file to disk without prompting.
494 insert
496 Inserts a file into the current buffer (at the current cursor
497 position), or into a new buffer when option multibuffer is set.
498 whereis
500 Starts a forward search for text in the current buffer -- or for
501 filenames matching a string in the current list in the file
502 browser.
503 wherewas
505 Starts a backward search for text in the current buffer -- or for
506 filenames matching a string in the current list in the file
507 browser.
508 findprevious
510 Searches the next occurrence in the backward direction.
511 findnext
513 Searches the next occurrence in the forward direction.
514 replace
516 Interactively replaces text within the current buffer.
517 cut
519 Cuts and stores the current line (or the marked region).
520 copy
522 Copies the current line (or the marked region) without deleting
523 it.
524 paste
526 Pastes the currently stored text into the current buffer at the
527 current cursor position.
528 zap
530 Throws away the current line (or the marked region). (This func‐
531 tion is bound by default to <Meta+Delete>.)
532 chopwordleft
534 Deletes from the cursor position to the beginning of the preceding
535 word. (This function is bound by default to <Shift+Ctrl+Delete>.
536 If your terminal produces ^H for <Ctrl+Backspace>, you can make
537 <Ctrl+Backspace> delete the word to the left of the cursor by
538 rebinding ^H to this function.)
539 chopwordright
541 Deletes from the cursor position to the beginning of the next
542 word. (This function is bound by default to <Ctrl+Delete>.)
543 cutrestoffile
545 Cuts all text from the cursor position till the end of the buffer.
546 mark
548 Sets the mark at the current position, to start selecting text.
549 Or, when it is set, unsets the mark.
550 curpos
552 Shows the current cursor position: the line, column, and character
553 positions.
554 wordcount
556 Counts the number of words, lines and characters in the current
557 buffer.
558 speller
560 Invokes a spell-checking program, either the default one, or the
561 one defined by --speller or set speller.
562 linter
564 Invokes a syntax-checking program (if the active syntax defines
565 one).
566 justify
568 Justifies the current paragraph. A paragraph is a group of con‐
569 tiguous lines that, apart from possibly the first line, all have
570 the same indentation. The beginning of a paragraph is detected by
571 either this lone line with a differing indentation or by a preced‐
572 ing blank line.
573 fulljustify
575 Justifies the entire current buffer.
576 indent
578 Indents (shifts to the right) the currently marked text.
579 unindent
581 Unindents (shifts to the left) the currently marked text.
582 comment
584 Comments or uncomments the current line or marked lines, using the
585 comment style specified in the active syntax.
586 complete
588 Completes the fragment before the cursor to a full word found
589 elsewhere in the current buffer.
590 left
592 Goes left one position (in the editor or browser).
593 right
595 Goes right one position (in the editor or browser).
596 up
598 Goes one line up (in the editor or browser).
599 down
601 Goes one line down (in the editor or browser).
602 scrollup
604 Scrolls the viewport up one row (meaning that the text slides
605 down) while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if pos‐
606 sible.
607 scrolldown
609 Scrolls the viewport down one row (meaning that the text slides
610 up) while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possi‐
611 ble.
612 prevword
614 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
615 nextword
617 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
618 home
620 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
621 end
623 Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
624 beginpara
626 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current paragraph.
627 endpara
629 Moves the cursor to the end of the current paragraph.
630 prevblock
632 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current or preceding
633 block of text. (Blocks are separated by one or more blank lines.)
634 nextblock
636 Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next block of text.
637 pageup
639 Goes up one screenful.
640 pagedown
642 Goes down one screenful.
643 firstline
645 Goes to the first line of the file.
646 lastline
648 Goes to the last line of the file.
649 gotoline
651 Goes to a specific line (and column if specified). Negative num‐
652 bers count from the end of the file (and end of the line).
653 findbracket
655 Moves the cursor to the bracket (brace, parenthesis, etc.) that
656 matches (pairs) with the one under the cursor.
657 prevbuf
659 Switches to editing/viewing the previous buffer when multiple buf‐
660 fers are open.
661 nextbuf
663 Switches to editing/viewing the next buffer when multiple buffers
664 are open.
665 verbatim
667 Inserts the next keystroke verbatim into the file.
668 tab
670 Inserts a tab at the current cursor location.
671 enter
673 Inserts a new line below the current one.
674 delete
676 Deletes the character under the cursor.
677 backspace
679 Deletes the character before the cursor.
680 recordmacro
682 Starts the recording of keystrokes -- the keystrokes are stored as
683 a macro. When already recording, the recording is stopped.
684 runmacro
686 Replays the keystrokes of the last recorded macro.
687 undo
689 Undoes the last performed text action (add text, delete text,
690 etc).
691 redo
693 Redoes the last undone action (i.e., it undoes an undo).
694 refresh
696 Refreshes the screen.
697 suspend
699 Suspends the editor (if the suspending function is enabled, see
700 the "suspendenable" entry below).
701 casesens
703 Toggles whether searching/replacing ignores or respects the case
704 of the given characters.
705 regexp
707 Toggles whether searching/replacing uses literal strings or regu‐
708 lar expressions.
709 backwards
711 Toggles whether searching/replacing goes forward or backward.
712 older
714 Retrieves the previous (earlier) entry at a prompt.
715 newer
717 Retrieves the next (later) entry at a prompt.
718 flipreplace
720 Toggles between searching for something and replacing something.
721 flipgoto
723 Toggles between searching for text and targeting a line number.
724 flipexecute
726 Toggles between inserting a file and executing a command.
727 flippipe
729 When executing a command, toggles whether the current buffer (or
730 marked region) is piped to the command.
731 flipnewbuffer
733 Toggles between inserting into the current buffer and into a new
734 empty buffer.
735 flipconvert
737 When reading in a file, toggles between converting and not con‐
738 verting it from DOS/Mac format. Converting is the default.
739 dosformat
741 When writing a file, switches to writing a DOS format (CR/LF).
742 macformat
744 When writing a file, switches to writing a Mac format.
745 append
747 When writing a file, appends to the end instead of overwriting.
748 prepend
750 When writing a file, 'prepends' (writes at the beginning) instead
751 of overwriting.
752 backup
754 When writing a file, creates a backup of the current file.
755 discardbuffer
757 When about to write a file, discard the current buffer without
758 saving. (This function is bound by default only when option
759 --tempfile is in effect.)
760 browser
762 Starts the file browser, allowing to select a file from a list.
763 gotodir
765 Goes to a directory to be specified, allowing to browse anywhere
766 in the filesystem.
767 firstfile
769 Goes to the first file when using the file browser (reading or
770 writing files).
771 lastfile
773 Goes to the last file when using the file browser (reading or
774 writing files).
775 nohelp
777 Toggles the presence of the two-line list of key bindings at the
778 bottom of the screen.
779 constantshow
781 Toggles the constant display of the current line, column, and
782 character positions.
783 softwrap
785 Toggles the displaying of overlong lines on multiple screen lines.
786 linenumbers
788 Toggles the display of line numbers in front of the text.
789 whitespacedisplay
791 Toggles the showing of whitespace.
792 nosyntax
794 Toggles syntax highlighting.
795 smarthome
797 Toggles the smartness of the Home key.
798 autoindent
800 Toggles whether a newly created line will contain the same amount
801 of leading whitespace as the preceding line -- or as the next line
802 if the preceding line is the beginning of a paragraph.
803 cutfromcursor
805 Toggles whether cutting text will cut the whole line or just from
806 the current cursor position to the end of the line.
807 nowrap
809 Toggles whether long lines will be hard-wrapped to the next line.
810 tabstospaces
812 Toggles whether typed tabs will be converted to spaces.
813 mouse
815 Toggles mouse support.
816 suspendenable
818 Toggles whether the suspend sequence (normally ^Z) will suspend
819 the editor window.
820 Valid menu sections are:
823 main
825 The main editor window where text is entered and edited.
826 search
828 The search menu (AKA whereis).
829 replace
831 The 'search to replace' menu.
832 replacewith
834 The 'replace with' menu, which comes up after 'search to replace'.
835 yesno
837 The 'yesno' menu, where the Yes/No/All/Cancel question is asked.
838 gotoline
840 The 'goto line (and column)' menu.
841 writeout
843 The 'write file' menu.
844 insert
846 The 'insert file' menu.
847 extcmd
849 The menu for inserting output from an external command, reached
850 from the insert menu.
851 help
853 The help-viewer menu.
854 spell
856 The interactive spell checker Yes/no menu.
857 linter
859 The linter menu.
860 browser
862 The file browser for inserting or writing a file.
863 whereisfile
865 The 'search for a file' menu in the file browser.
866 gotodir
868 The 'go to directory' menu in the file browser.
869 all
871 A special name that encompasses all menus. For bind it means all
872 menus where the specified function exists; for unbind it means all
873 menus where the specified key exists.
874
877 /etc/nanorc
878 System-wide configuration file.
879 ~/.nanorc or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nano/nanorc or ~/.config/nano/nanorc
881 Per-user configuration file.
882
885 nano(1)
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