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										 |  |  | ## Sample initialization file for GNU nano. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## Please note that you must have configured nano with --enable-nanorc | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## for this file to be read!  Also note that this file should not be in | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## DOS or Mac format, and that characters specially interpreted by the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## shell should not be escaped here. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## To make sure an option is disabled, use "unset <option>". | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## For the options that take parameters, the default value is given. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## Other options are unset by default. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## Quotes inside string parameters don't have to be escaped with | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## backslashes.  The last double quote in the string will be treated as | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## its end.  For example, for the "brackets" option, ""')>]}" will match | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## ", ', ), >, ], and }. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Silently ignore problems with unknown directives in the nanorc file. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## Useful when your nanorc file might be read on systems with multiple | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## versions of nano installed (e.g. your home directory is on NFS). | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set quiet | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Use auto-indentation. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set autoindent | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Back up files to the current filename plus a tilde. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set backup | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## The directory to put unique backup files in. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set backupdir "" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Do backwards searches by default. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set backwards | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Use bold text instead of reverse video text. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set boldtext | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## The characters treated as closing brackets when justifying | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## paragraphs.  They cannot contain blank characters.  Only closing | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## sentences. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set brackets ""')>]}" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Do case-sensitive searches by default. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set casesensitive | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Constantly display the cursor position in the statusbar.  Note that | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## this overrides "quickblank". | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set const | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Use cut-to-end-of-line by default. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set cut | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Set the line length for wrapping text and justifying paragraphs. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## If the value is 0 or less, the wrapping point will be the screen | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## width less this number. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set fill -8 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Enable ~/.nano_history for saving and reading search/replace strings. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set historylog | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Enable vim-style lock-files.  This is just to let a vim user know you | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## are editing a file [s]he is trying to edit and vice versa. There are | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## no plans to implement vim-style undo state in these files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set locking | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## The opening and closing brackets that can be found by bracket | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## searches.  They cannot contain blank characters.  The former set must | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## come before the latter set, and both must be in the same order. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set matchbrackets "(<[{)>]}" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Use the blank line below the titlebar as extra editing space. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set morespace | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Enable mouse support, if available for your system.  When enabled, | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## mouse clicks can be used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## double click), and execute shortcuts.  The mouse will work in the X | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## Window System, and on the console when gpm is running. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set mouse | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Switch on multiple file buffers (inserting a file will put it into | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## a separate buffer). | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set multibuffer | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set noconvert | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Don't follow symlinks when writing files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set nofollow | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Don't display the helpful shortcut lists at the bottom of the screen. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set nohelp | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Don't add newlines to the ends of files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set nonewlines | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Don't wrap text at all. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set nowrap | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Set operating directory.  nano will not read or write files outside | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## this directory and its subdirectories.  Also, the current directory | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## is changed to here, so any files are inserted from this dir.  A blank | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## string means the operating-directory feature is turned off. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set operatingdir "" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Remember the cursor position in each file for the next editing session. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set poslog | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S). | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set preserve | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## The characters treated as closing punctuation when justifying | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## paragraphs.  They cannot contain blank characters.  Only closing | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## sentences. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set punct "!.?" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Do quick statusbar blanking.  Statusbar messages will disappear after | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## 1 keystroke instead of 26.  Note that "const" overrides this. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set quickblank | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## This is an extended regular expression if your system supports them, | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## otherwise a literal string. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## If you have extended regular expression support, the default is: | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set quotestr "^([ 	]*[#:>\|}])+" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Otherwise: | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set quotestr "> " | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Fix Backspace/Delete confusion problem. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set rebinddelete | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Fix numeric keypad key confusion problem. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set rebindkeypad | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Do extended regular expression searches by default. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set regexp | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Make the Home key smarter.  When Home is pressed anywhere but at the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## very beginning of non-whitespace characters on a line, the cursor | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## will jump to that beginning (either forwards or backwards).  If the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## cursor is already at that position, it will jump to the true | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## beginning of the line. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set smarthome | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Use smooth scrolling as the default. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set smooth | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Enable soft line wrapping (AKA full-line display). | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set softwrap | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Use this spelling checker instead of the internal one.  This option | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## does not properly have a default value. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set speller "aspell -x -c" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Allow nano to be suspended. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set suspend | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Use this tab size instead of the default; it must be greater than 0. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set tabsize 8 | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Convert typed tabs to spaces. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set tabstospaces | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Save automatically on exit; don't prompt. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # set tempfile | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Enable the new (EXPERIMENTAL) generic undo code, not just for line | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## cuts. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set undo | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Disallow file modification.  Why would you want this in an rcfile? ;) | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set view | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## The two single-column characters used to display the first characters | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## of tabs and spaces.  187 in ISO 8859-1 (0000BB in Unicode) and 183 in | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## ISO-8859-1 (0000B7 in Unicode) seem to be good values for these. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## The default when in a UTF-8 locale: | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set whitespace "»·" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## The default otherwise: | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set whitespace ">." | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Detect word boundaries more accurately by treating punctuation | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## characters as parts of words. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set wordbounds | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Paint the interface elements of nano. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## This is an example; by default there are no colors. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set titlecolor brightwhite,blue | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set statuscolor brightwhite,green | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set keycolor green | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # set functioncolor yellow | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Setup of syntax coloring. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## Format: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## syntax "short description" ["filename regex" ...] | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## The "none" syntax is reserved; specifying it on the command line is | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## the same as not having a syntax at all.  The "default" syntax is | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## special: it takes no filename regexes, and applies to files that | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## don't match any other syntax's filename regexes. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## color foreground,background "regex" ["regex"...] | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## or | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## icolor foreground,background "regex" ["regex"...] | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## "color" will do case-sensitive matches, while "icolor" will do | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## case-insensitive matches. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## Valid colors: white, black, red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, cyan. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## For foreground colors, you may use the prefix "bright" to get a | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## stronger highlight. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## To use multi-line regexes, use the start="regex" end="regex" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## [start="regex" end="regex"...] format. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## If your system supports transparency, not specifying a background | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## color will use a transparent color.  If you don't want this, be sure | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## to set the background color to black or white. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## All regexes should be extended regular expressions. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## If you wish, you may put your syntax definitions in separate files. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## You can make use of such files as follows: | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## include "/path/to/syntax_file.nanorc" | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ## Unless otherwise noted, the name of the syntax file (without the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## ".nanorc" extension) should be the same as the "short description" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## name inside that file.  These names are kept fairly short to make | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## them easier to remember and faster to type using nano's -Y option. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## To include all existing syntax definitions, you can do: | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | include "/usr/share/nano/*.nanorc" | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Key bindings. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ## See nanorc(5) for more details on this. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Here are a few samples to get you going. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | # bind M-W nowrap main | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # bind M-A casesens search | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # bind ^S research main | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ## Set this if your backspace key sends Del most of the time. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # bind Del backspace all |