The nano package contains a small, simple text editor which aims to replace Pico, the default editor in the Pine package.
Download (HTTP): http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v1.2/nano-1.2.2.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/editor/nano-1.2.2.tar.gz
Download size: 876 KB
Estimated Disk space required: 4.4 MB
Estimated build time: 0.04 SBU
Install nano by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \ --enable-color --enable-multibuffer --enable-nanorc && make && make install && mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/nano/examples && cp nanorc.sample /usr/share/doc/nano/examples |
/etc/nanorc, ~/.nanorc
Example Configuration
set autoindent set const set fill 72 set historylog set multibuffer set nohelp set regexp set smooth set suspend |
Another example is in the /usr/share/doc/nano/examples directory in the nanorc.sample file. It includes color configurations and has some documentation included in the comments.