====== Nano Text Editor ==
===== Links ==

[[http://tuxradar.com/content/text-editing-nano-made-easy|Text editing with Nano made easy]] - [[http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano.html|nano Command Manual]]

===== Enable Syntax Highlighting ==

If not already presetn, copy ''/usr/doc/nano-<version>/nanorc.sample'' to ''/etc/nanorc''. Then, and at the end of the file, uncomment the include files for the languages which you want to be syntax highlighted. E.g.:

  include "/usr/share/nano/c.nanorc"

===== Enable PHP Syntax Highlighting ==

Nano (2.0.9 and older) doesn't ship wiht a syntax highlighting file for PHP by default. So copy the following to ''/usr/local/share/nano/php.nanorc'':

<code nanorc>
syntax "php" "\.php[2345s~]?$"
color brightblue "(.*)\("
color cyan "\$[a-zA-Z_0-9$]*|[=!<>]"
color green "(var|class|function|echo|case|break|default|exit|switch|if|else|elseif|@|while)\s"
color green "[.,{}();]"
color red "('[^']*')|(\"[^"]*\")"
color brightyellow "(#.*|//.*)$"
color brightyellow start="/\*" end="\*/"
color brightblue "(<\?(php)?|\?>)"
color white start="\?>" end="<\?(php)?"
</code>

(This is a slightly modified version of the original from [[http://wiki.linuxhelp.net/index.php/Nano_Syntax_Highlighting#PHP|linuxhelp.net]])

Now include the file in ''/etc/nanorc'' by adding this line:

<code nanorc>
include "/usr/local/share/nano/php.nanorc"
</code>

===== Undo Functionality ==

...seems missing in versions prior to 2.1

===== Important Key Shortcuts ==

| Meta-W | Repaeat lasst search |
| Meta-L | Toggle Long Line Wrapping |
| Meta-C | Always show cursor position on/off |