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NANORC(5)                     File Formats Manual                    NANORC(5)

NAME
       nanorc - GNU nano's configuration file

DESCRIPTION
       The  nanorc  files  contain  the default settings for nano, a small and
       friendly editor.  They should be in Unix format, not in DOS or Mac for-
       mat.   During  startup,  if  --rcfile  is not given, nano will read two
       files: first the system-wide settings, from /etc/nanorc (the exact path
       might  be  different  on  your system), and then the user-specific set-
       tings, either from ~/.nanorc or  from  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nano/nanorc  or
       from  ~/.config/nano/nanorc,  whichever is encountered first.  If --rc-
       file is given, nano will read just the specified settings file.

NOTICE
       Since version 4.0, nano by default:

           o does not automatically hard-wrap lines that become overlong,
           o includes the line below the title bar in the editing area,
           o does linewise (smooth) scrolling.

       To get the old, Pico behavior back, you can use set breaklonglines, set
       emptyline, and set jumpyscrolling.

OPTIONS
       The  configuration  file  accepts  a  series of set and unset commands,
       which can be used to configure nano on startup without  using  command-
       line  options.   Additionally, there are some commands to define syntax
       highlighting and to rebind keys -- see the  two  separate  sections  on
       those.   nano  reads  one  command per line.  All commands and keywords
       should be written in lowercase.

       Options in nanorc files take precedence over nano's defaults, and  com-
       mand-line  options override nanorc settings.  Also, options that do not
       take an argument are unset by default.  So using the unset  command  is
       only  needed  when wanting to override a setting of the system's nanorc
       file in your own nanorc.  Options that take an argument cannot  be  un-
       set.

       Quotes  inside  the characters  parameters below should not be escaped.
       The last double quote on the line will be seen as the closing quote.

       The supported commands and arguments are:

       set afterends
          Make Ctrl+Right stop at word ends instead of beginnings.

       set allow_insecure_backup
          When backing up files, allow the backup to succeed even if its  per-
          missions  can't  be  (re)set  due to special OS considerations.  You
          should NOT enable this option unless you are sure you need it.

       set atblanks
          When soft line wrapping is enabled, make  it  wrap  lines  at  blank
          characters  (tabs  and  spaces) instead of always at the edge of the
          screen.

       set autoindent
          Automatically indent a newly created line to the same number of tabs
          and/or  spaces as the previous line (or as the next line if the pre-
          vious line is the beginning of a paragraph).

       set backup
          When saving a file, create a backup file by adding a  tilde  (~)  to
          the file's name.

       set backupdir directory
          Make and keep not just one backup file, but make and keep a uniquely
          numbered one every time a file is saved -- when backups are  enabled
          with  set backup or --backup or -B.  The uniquely numbered files are
          stored in the specified directory.

       set boldtext
          Use bold instead of reverse video for the title bar, status bar, key
          combos, function tags, line numbers, and selected text.  This can be
          overridden by setting the options titlecolor, statuscolor, keycolor,
          functioncolor, numbercolor, and selectedcolor.

       set brackets "characters"
          Set the characters treated as closing brackets when justifying para-
          graphs.  This may not include blank characters.  Only closing  punc-
          tuation  (see set punct), optionally followed by the specified clos-
          ing brackets, can end sentences.  The default value is ""')>]}".

       set breaklonglines
          Automatically hard-wrap the current line when it becomes overlong.

       set casesensitive
          Do case-sensitive searches by default.

       set constantshow
          Constantly display the cursor position  in  the  status  bar.   This
          overrides the option quickblank.

       set cutfromcursor
          Use  cut-from-cursor-to-end-of-line  by  default, instead of cutting
          the whole line.

       set emptyline
          Do not use the line below the title bar, leaving it entirely blank.

       set errorcolor fgcolor,bgcolor
          Use this color combination for the status bar when an error  message
          is displayed.  The default value is brightwhite,red.  See set title-
          color for valid color names.

       set fill number
          Set the target width for justifying and automatic  hard-wrapping  at
          this  number  of  columns.  If the value is 0 or less, wrapping will
          occur at the width of the screen minus number columns, allowing  the
          wrap  point to vary along with the width of the screen if the screen
          is resized.  The default value is -8.

       set functioncolor fgcolor,bgcolor
          Specify the color combination to use for the  function  descriptions
          in  the  two help lines at the bottom of the screen.  See set title-
          color for more details.

       set guidestripe number
          Draw a vertical stripe at the given column, to help judge the  width
          of  the  text.   (The  color  of  the stripe can be changed with set
          stripecolor.)

       set historylog
          Save the last hundred search strings and replacement strings and ex-
          ecuted commands, so they can be easily reused in later sessions.

       set jumpyscrolling
          Scroll the buffer contents per half-screen instead of per line.

       set keycolor fgcolor,bgcolor
          Specify  the color combination to use for the shortcut key combos in
          the two help lines at the bottom of the screen.  See set  titlecolor
          for more details.

       set linenumbers
          Display line numbers to the left of the text area.

       set locking
          Enable vim-style lock-files for when editing files.

       set matchbrackets "characters"
          Set  the  opening  and closing brackets that can be found by bracket
          searches.  This may not include blank characters.  The  opening  set
          must  come  before  the closing set, and the two sets must be in the
          same order.  The default value is "(<[{)>]}".

       set morespace
          Deprecated option since it has become  the  default  setting.   When
          needed, use unset emptyline instead.

       set mouse
          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.   Text  can
          still be selected through dragging by holding down the Shift key.

       set multibuffer
          When  reading  in a file with ^R, insert it into a new buffer by de-
          fault.

       set noconvert
          Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format.

       set nohelp
          Don't display the two help lines at the bottom of the screen.

       set nonewlines
          Don't automatically add a newline when a text does not end with one.
          (This can cause you to save non-POSIX text files.)

       set nopauses
          Obsolete option.  Ignored.

       set nowrap
          Deprecated  option  since  it  has become the default setting.  When
          needed, use unset breaklonglines instead.

       set numbercolor fgcolor,bgcolor
          Specify the color combination to use for line numbers.  See set  ti-
          tlecolor for more details.

       set operatingdir directory
          nano  will only read and write files inside directory and its subdi-
          rectories.  Also, the current directory is changed to here, so files
          are  inserted from this directory.  By default, the operating direc-
          tory feature is turned off.

       set positionlog
          Save the cursor position of files  between  editing  sessions.   The
          cursor  position  is  remembered  for  the  200 most-recently edited
          files.

       set preserve
          Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).

       set punct "characters"
          Set the characters treated as closing  punctuation  when  justifying
          paragraphs.   This may not include blank characters.  Only the spec-
          fified closing punctuation, optionally followed by closing  brackets
          (see brackets), can end sentences.  The default value is "!.?".

       set quickblank
          Do quick status-bar blanking: status-bar messages will disappear af-
          ter 1 keystroke instead of 25.  The  option  constantshow  overrides
          this.

       set quotestr "regex"
          Set  the regular expression for matching the quoting part of a line.
          The default value is  "^([ \t]*([!#%:;>|}]|//))+".   (Note  that  \t
          stands  for an actual Tab character.)  This makes it possible to re-
          justify blocks of quoted text when composing email,  and  to  rewrap
          blocks of line comments when writing source code.

       set rawsequences
          Interpret  escape  sequences  directly (instead of asking ncurses to
          translate them).  If you need this option to get  your  keyboard  to
          work  properly,  please  report  a  bug.  Using this option disables
          nano's mouse support.

       set rebinddelete
          Interpret the Delete and Backspace keys  differently  so  that  both
          Backspace and Delete work properly.  You should only use this option
          when on your system either Backspace acts like Delete or Delete acts
          like Backspace.

       set regexp
          Do  regular-expression  searches by default.  Regular expressions in
          nano are of the extended type (ERE).

       set selectedcolor fgcolor,bgcolor
          Specify the color combination to use for selected text.  See set ti-
          tlecolor for more details.

       set showcursor
          Put  the  cursor on the highlighted item in the file browser, to aid
          braille users.

       set smarthome
          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 begin-
          ning of the line.

       set smooth
          Deprecated option since it has become  the  default  setting.   When
          needed, use unset jumpyscrolling instead.

       set softwrap
          Enable soft line wrapping for easier viewing of very long lines.

       set speller "program [argument ...]"
          Use  the  given program to do spell checking and correcting, instead
          of using the built-in corrector that calls hunspell or GNU spell.

       set statuscolor fgcolor,bgcolor
          Specify the color combination to use for the status  bar.   See  set
          titlecolor for more details.

       set stripecolor fgcolor,bgcolor
          Specify  the  color  combination  to  use  for  the vertical guiding
          stripe.  See set titlecolor for more details.

       set suspend
          Allow nano to be suspended.

       set tabsize number
          Use a tab size of number columns.   The  value  of  number  must  be
          greater than 0.  The default value is 8.

       set tabstospaces
          Convert typed tabs to spaces.

       set tempfile
          Save automatically on exit, don't prompt.

       set titlecolor fgcolor,bgcolor
          Specify the color combination to use for the title bar.  Valid names
          for the foreground and background colors are:  white,  black,  blue,
          green,  red, cyan, yellow, magenta, and normal -- where normal means
          the default foreground or background color.  The name of  the  fore-
          ground  color  may be prefixed with bright.  And either "fgcolor" or
          ",bgcolor" may be left out.

       set trimblanks
          Remove trailing whitespace from wrapped lines when  automatic  hard-
          wrapping occurs or when text is justified.

       set unix
          Save  a  file  by default in Unix format.  This overrides nano's de-
          fault behavior of saving a file in the format that  it  had.   (This
          option has no effect when you also use set noconvert.)

       set view
          Disallow  file  modification:  read-only mode.  This mode allows the
          user to open also other files for viewing,  unless  --restricted  is
          given on the command line.

       set whitespace "characters"
          Set  the  two  characters  used to indicate the presence of tabs and
          spaces.  They must be single-column characters.   The  default  pair
          for a UTF-8 locale is ">>.", and for other locales ">.".

       set wordbounds
          Detect  word  boundaries differently by treating punctuation charac-
          ters as parts of words.

       set wordchars "characters"
          Specify which other  characters  (besides  the  normal  alphanumeric
          ones)  should  be  considered as parts of words.  This overrides the
          option wordbounds.

       set zap
          Let an unmodified Backspace or Delete erase the marked  region  (in-
          stead of a single character, and without affecting the cutbuffer).

SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING
       Coloring the different syntactic elements of a file is done via regular
       expressions (see the color command below).  This is  inherently  imper-
       fect,  because  regular  expressions  are  not powerful enough to fully
       parse a file.  Nevertheless, regular expressions can do a lot  and  are
       easy to make, so they are a good fit for a small editor like nano.

       All regular expressions in nano are POSIX extended regular expressions.
       This means that ., ?, *, +, ^, $, and several other characters are spe-
       cial.  The period . matches any single character, ? means the preceding
       item is optional, * means the preceding item may  be  matched  zero  or
       more  times,  +  means  the  preceding item must be matched one or more
       times, ^ matches the beginning of a line, and $ the end, \< matches the
       start of a word, and \> the end, and \s matches a blank.  It also means
       that lookahead and lookbehind are not possible.  A complete explanation
       can be found in the manual page of GNU grep: man grep.

       For  each kind of file a separate syntax can be defined via the follow-
       ing commands:

       syntax name ["fileregex" ...]
              Start the definition of a syntax with this name.  All subsequent
              color  and other such commands will be added to this syntax, un-
              til a new syntax command is encountered.

              When nano is run, this syntax will be automatically activated if
              the  current  filename  matches  the extended regular expression
              fileregex.  Or the syntax can be explicitly activated  by  using
              the -Y or --syntax command-line option followed by the name.

              The  syntax  default  is special: it takes no fileregex, and ap-
              plies to files that don't match any syntax's regexes.  The  syn-
              tax  none  is reserved; specifying it on the command line is the
              same as not having a syntax at all.

       header "regex" ...
              If from all defined syntaxes no fileregex matched, then  compare
              this  regex  (or  regexes) against the first line of the current
              file, to determine whether this syntax should be used for it.

       magic "regex" ...
              If no fileregex matched and no header regex matched either, then
              compare  this  regex (or regexes) against the result of querying
              the magic database about the current file, to determine  whether
              this  syntax  should  be  used for it.  (This functionality only
              works when libmagic is installed  on  the  system  and  will  be
              silently ignored otherwise.)

       formatter program [argument ...]
              Run  the  given program on the full contents of the current buf-
              fer.  (The current buffer is written out to  a  temporary  file,
              the  program  is  run on it, and then the temporary file is read
              back in, replacing the contents of the buffer.)

       linter program [argument ...]
              Use the given program to run a syntax check on the current  buf-
              fer.

       comment "string"
              Use  the given string for commenting and uncommenting lines.  If
              the string contains a vertical bar or pipe character  (|),  this
              designates  bracket-style comments; for example, "/*|*/" for CSS
              files.  The characters before the pipe are prepended to the line
              and the characters after the pipe are appended at the end of the
              line.  If no pipe character  is  present,  the  full  string  is
              prepended;  for  example, "#" for Python files.  If empty double
              quotes are specified, the  comment/uncomment  function  is  dis-
              abled; for example, "" for JSON.  The default value is "#".

       tabgives "string"
              Make  the  <Tab>  key produce the given string.  Useful for lan-
              guages like Python that want to see only spaces for indentation.
              This overrides the setting of the tabstospaces option.

       color fgcolor,bgcolor "regex" ...
              Paint all pieces of text that match the extended regular expres-
              sion regex with the given foreground and background  colors,  at
              least  one  of  which must be specified.  Valid color names are:
              white, black, blue, green, red, cyan, yellow, magenta, and  nor-
              mal  --  where normal means the default foreground or background
              color.  You may use the prefix bright for the  foreground  color
              to  get  a stronger highlight.  If your terminal supports trans-
              parency, not specifying a bgcolor tells nano to attempt to use a
              transparent background.

              All coloring commands are applied in the order in which they are
              specified, which means that later  commands  can  recolor  stuff
              that was colored earlier.

       icolor fgcolor,bgcolor "regex" ...
              Same as above, except that the matching is case insensitive.

       color fgcolor,bgcolor start="fromrx" end="torx"
              Paint  all  pieces  of text whose start matches extended regular
              expression fromrx and whose end matches extended regular expres-
              sion  torx  with  the given foreground and background colors, at
              least one of which must be specified.  This means that, after an
              initial instance of fromrx, all text until the first instance of
              torx will be colored.  This allows syntax highlighting  to  span
              multiple lines.

       icolor fgcolor,bgcolor start="fromrx" end="torx"
              Same as above, except that the matching is case insensitive.

       include "syntaxfile"
              Read  in  self-contained  color  syntaxes from syntaxfile.  Note
              that syntaxfile may contain only the above commands, from syntax
              to icolor.

       extendsyntax name command argument ...
              Extend  the  syntax previously defined as name with another com-
              mand.  This allows adding a new color,  icolor,  header,  magic,
              formatter,  linter,  comment,  or tabgives command to an already
              defined syntax -- useful when you want  to  slightly  improve  a
              syntax  defined in one of the system-installed files (which nor-
              mally are not writable).

REBINDING KEYS
       Key bindings can be changed via the following three commands:

          bind key function menu
                 Rebinds the given key to the given function in the given menu
                 (or in all menus where the function exists when all is used).

          bind key "string" menu
                 Makes  the  given  key  produce the given string in the given
                 menu (or in all menus where the key exists when all is used).
                 The  string can consist of text or commands or a mix of them.
                 (To enter a command into the string,  precede  its  keystroke
                 with M-V.)

          unbind key menu
                 Unbinds  the given key from the given menu (or from all menus
                 where the key exists when all is used).

       The format of key should be one of:

          ^X     where X is a Latin letter, or one of several ASCII characters
                 (@, ], \, ^, _), or the word "Space".  Example: ^C.

          M-X    where X is any ASCII character except [, or the word "Space".
                 Example: M-8.

          Sh-M-X where X is a Latin letter.   Example:  Sh-M-U.   By  default,
                 each Meta+letter keystroke does the same as the corresponding
                 Shift+Meta+letter.  But when any  Shift+Meta  bind  is  made,
                 that will no longer be the case, for all letters.

          FN     where N is a numeric value from 1 to 24.  Example: F10.  (Of-
                 ten, F13 to F24 can be typed as F1 to F12 with Shift.)

          Ins or Del.

       Rebinding ^M (Enter) or ^I (Tab) is probably not a good idea.  On  some
       terminals it's not possible to rebind ^H (unless --raw is used) because
       its keycode is identical to that of the Backspace key.

       Valid function names to be bound are:

          help
            Invokes the help viewer.

          cancel
            Cancels the current command.

          exit
            Exits from the program (or  from  the  help  viewer  or  the  file
            browser).

          writeout
            Writes the current buffer to disk, asking for a name.

          savefile
            Writes the current file to disk without prompting.

          insert
            Inserts  a file into the current buffer (at the current cursor po-
            sition), or into a new buffer when option multibuffer is set.

          whereis
            Starts a forward search for text in the current buffer --  or  for
            filenames  matching  a  string  in  the  current  list in the file
            browser.

          wherewas
            Starts a backward search for text in the current buffer -- or  for
            filenames  matching  a  string  in  the  current  list in the file
            browser.

          findprevious
            Searches the next occurrence in the backward direction.

          findnext
            Searches the next occurrence in the forward direction.

          replace
            Interactively replaces text within the current buffer.

          cut
            Cuts and stores the current line (or the marked region).

          copy
            Copies the current line (or the marked  region)  without  deleting
            it.

          paste
            Pastes  the  currently  stored text into the current buffer at the
            current cursor position.

          zap
            Throws away the current line (or the marked region).  (This  func-
            tion is bound by default to <Meta+Delete>.)

          chopwordleft
            Deletes from the cursor position to the beginning of the preceding
            word.  (This function is bound by default to  <Shift+Ctrl+Delete>.
            If  your  terminal  produces ^H for <Ctrl+Backspace>, you can make
            <Ctrl+Backspace> delete the word to the left of the cursor by  re-
            binding ^H to this function.)

          chopwordright
            Deletes  from  the  cursor  position  to the beginning of the next
            word.  (This function is bound by default to <Ctrl+Delete>.)

          cutrestoffile
            Cuts all text from the cursor position till the end of the buffer.

          mark
            Sets the mark at the current position, to  start  selecting  text.
            Or, when it is set, unsets the mark.

          curpos
            Shows the current cursor position: the line, column, and character
            positions.

          wordcount
            Counts the number of words, lines and characters  in  the  current
            buffer.

          speller
            Invokes  a  spell-checking program, either the default hunspell or
            GNU spell, or the one defined by --speller or set speller.

          formatter
            Invokes a full-buffer-processing program (if the active syntax de-
            fines one).

          linter
            Invokes  a  syntax-checking  program (if the active syntax defines
            one).

          justify
            Justifies the current paragraph.  A paragraph is a group  of  con-
            tiguous  lines  that, apart from possibly the first line, all have
            the same indentation.  The beginning of a paragraph is detected by
            either this lone line with a differing indentation or by a preced-
            ing blank line.

          fulljustify
            Justifies the entire current buffer.

          indent
            Indents (shifts to the right) the currently marked text.

          unindent
            Unindents (shifts to the left) the currently marked text.

          comment
            Comments or uncomments the current line or marked lines, using the
            comment style specified in the active syntax.

          complete
            Completes  the  fragment  before  the  cursor to a full word found
            elsewhere in the current buffer.

          left
            Goes left one position (in the editor or browser).

          right
            Goes right one position (in the editor or browser).

          up
            Goes one line up (in the editor or browser).

          down
            Goes one line down (in the editor or browser).

          scrollup
            Scrolls the viewport up one row  (meaning  that  the  text  slides
            down)  while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if pos-
            sible.

          scrolldown
            Scrolls the viewport down one row (meaning that  the  text  slides
            up)  while keeping the cursor in the same text position, if possi-
            ble.

          prevword
            Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.

          nextword
            Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.

          home
            Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

          end
            Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.

          beginpara
            Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current paragraph.

          endpara
            Moves the cursor to the end of the current paragraph.

          prevblock
            Moves the cursor to the beginning  of  the  current  or  preceding
            block of text.  (Blocks are separated by one or more blank lines.)

          nextblock
            Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next block of text.

          pageup
            Goes up one screenful.

          pagedown
            Goes down one screenful.

          firstline
            Goes to the first line of the file.

          lastline
            Goes to the last line of the file.

          gotoline
            Goes  to a specific line (and column if specified).  Negative num-
            bers count from the end of the file (and end of the line).

          findbracket
            Moves the cursor to the bracket (brace,  parenthesis,  etc.)  that
            matches (pairs) with the one under the cursor.

          prevbuf
            Switches to editing/viewing the previous buffer when multiple buf-
            fers are open.

          nextbuf
            Switches to editing/viewing the next buffer when multiple  buffers
            are open.

          verbatim
            Inserts the next keystroke verbatim into the file.

          tab
            Inserts a tab at the current cursor location.

          enter
            Inserts a new line below the current one.

          delete
            Deletes the character under the cursor.

          backspace
            Deletes the character before the cursor.

          recordmacro
            Starts the recording of keystrokes -- the keystrokes are stored as
            a macro.  When already recording, the recording is stopped.

          runmacro
            Replays the keystrokes of the last recorded macro.

          undo
            Undoes the last performed text  action  (add  text,  delete  text,
            etc).

          redo
            Redoes the last undone action (i.e., it undoes an undo).

          refresh
            Refreshes the screen.

          suspend
            Suspends  the  editor  (if the suspending function is enabled, see
            the "suspendenable" entry below).

          casesens
            Toggles whether searching/replacing ignores or respects  the  case
            of the given characters.

          regexp
            Toggles  whether searching/replacing uses literal strings or regu-
            lar expressions.

          backwards
            Toggles whether searching/replacing goes forward or backward.

          older
            Retrieves the previous (earlier) entry at a prompt.

          newer
            Retrieves the next (later) entry at a prompt.

          flipreplace
            Toggles between searching for something and replacing something.

          flipgoto
            Toggles between searching for text and targeting a line number.

          flipexecute
            Toggles between inserting a file and executing a command.

          flippipe
            When executing a command, toggles whether the current  buffer  (or
            marked region) is piped to the command.

          flipnewbuffer
            Toggles  between  inserting into the current buffer and into a new
            empty buffer.

          flipconvert
            When reading in a file, toggles between converting  and  not  con-
            verting it from DOS/Mac format.  Converting is the default.

          dosformat
            When writing a file, switches to writing a DOS format (CR/LF).

          macformat
            When writing a file, switches to writing a Mac format.

          append
            When writing a file, appends to the end instead of overwriting.

          prepend
            When  writing a file, 'prepends' (writes at the beginning) instead
            of overwriting.

          backup
            When writing a file, creates a backup of the current file.

          discardbuffer
            When about to write a file, discard  the  current  buffer  without
            saving.   (This  function  is  bound  by  default only when option
            --tempfile is in effect.)

          browser
            Starts the file browser, allowing to select a file from a list.

          gotodir
            Goes to a directory to be specified, allowing to  browse  anywhere
            in the filesystem.

          firstfile
            Goes  to  the  first  file when using the file browser (reading or
            writing files).

          lastfile
            Goes to the last file when using  the  file  browser  (reading  or
            writing files).

          nohelp
            Toggles  the  presence of the two-line list of key bindings at the
            bottom of the screen.

          constantshow
            Toggles the constant display of  the  current  line,  column,  and
            character positions.

          softwrap
            Toggles the displaying of overlong lines on multiple screen lines.

          linenumbers
            Toggles the display of line numbers in front of the text.

          whitespacedisplay
            Toggles the showing of whitespace.

          nosyntax
            Toggles syntax highlighting.

          smarthome
            Toggles the smartness of the Home key.

          autoindent
            Toggles  whether a newly created line will contain the same amount
            of leading whitespace as the preceding line -- or as the next line
            if the preceding line is the beginning of a paragraph.

          cutfromcursor
            Toggles  whether cutting text will cut the whole line or just from
            the current cursor position to the end of the line.

          nowrap
            Toggles whether long lines will be hard-wrapped to the next line.

          tabstospaces
            Toggles whether typed tabs will be converted to spaces.

          mouse
            Toggles mouse support.

          suspendenable
            Toggles whether the suspend sequence (normally  ^Z)  will  suspend
            the editor window.

       Valid menu sections are:

          main
            The main editor window where text is entered and edited.

          search
            The search menu (AKA whereis).

          replace
            The 'search to replace' menu.

          replacewith
            The 'replace with' menu, which comes up after 'search to replace'.

          yesno
            The 'yesno' menu, where the Yes/No/All/Cancel question is asked.

          gotoline
            The 'goto line (and column)' menu.

          writeout
            The 'write file' menu.

          insert
            The 'insert file' menu.

          extcmd
            The  menu  for  inserting output from an external command, reached
            from the insert menu.

          help
            The help-viewer menu.

          spell
            The menu of the integrated spell checker where the user can edit a
            misspelled word.

          linter
            The linter menu.

          browser
            The file browser for inserting or writing a file.

          whereisfile
            The 'search for a file' menu in the file browser.

          gotodir
            The 'go to directory' menu in the file browser.

          all
            A  special name that encompasses all menus.  For bind it means all
            menus where the specified function exists; for unbind it means all
            menus where the specified key exists.

FILES
       /etc/nanorc
              System-wide configuration file.

       ~/.nanorc or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nano/nanorc or ~/.config/nano/nanorc
              Per-user configuration file.

SEE ALSO
       nano(1)

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