Nano, the minimalist editor for quick and lightweight editing
Table of Contents 1. Why Nano? 2. Pasting from the clipboard 3. Moving between lines 4. Plugins or no plugins? 5. Setting as the default editor 6. Why NOT Nano? 1. Why Nano? Nano is a command line text editor, known for being one of the simplest and most intuitive available in the GNU/Linux world. It is found in most Linux distributions and is a tool that anyone can use “at first glance.” At the bottom of the screen is a description of the most commonly used commands, where the symbol ^ represents the Ctrl key and the symbol “M” indicates the Alt key (which was once called Meta and is still called that in Emacs). For example: ^O means: press Ctrl + O to save the current document. Another example: M-U means: press Alt + U to undo the last command. The Ctrl + Enter key activates the links contained within the documents opened in Nano. Here is the “main menu” in English: The wider the terminal window, the more commands are displayed. ...