How can I disable these colors?Ĭolours are loaded through the nanorc framework. Sometimes, if I manage to open a file, the text is unreadable due to its colors.

You cannot use the mouse for moving the cursor position. You can use arrow keys, Page Up / Page Down and Home / End as in gedit. It drops you in edit mode as soon as it opens.

How to edit? I heard that you've to enter some commands to begin editing in vi, is this true for nano too?Īs above, no. How can I quit the editor without saving the changes?Ĭtrl + X, then N when it asks if you want to save. Press Y when it asks, and Enter to confirm the filename. Otherwise, Ctrl + X will prompt you if you've made changes. How can I save the file?į3 will let you save without exiting. Note: you won't be able to save unless you have write permissions for that file. Open and file and you're set to start editing: nano filename When you see ^G (et al) it means Ctrl + G. nano can do some pretty nice things so you might want to pootle around in there for a bit.

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