GNU nano

GNU nano
¹
is Nano's ANOther editor, inspired by
Pico
²
.

Dependencies

Required

• Pacman
  ³

1. Install

NOTE

nano-syntax-highlighting replaces and expands the default syntax highlighting.

2. Configure

2.1. nanorc

NOTE

• /etc/nanorc is a configuration file included during installation
• Customize
  nano
  ⁴
  with
  nanorc
  ⁵
  (~/.config/nano/nanorc)

2.2. Syntax highlighting

NOTE

• Write include declarations on top of ~/.config/nano/nanorc
• /usr/share/nano/*.nanorc contains predefined syntax highlighting rules
• /usr/share/nano-syntax-highlighting/*.nanorc replaces and expands above rules

2.3. Set as default editor

NOTE

• $EDITOR is used when $VISUAL fails
• This replaces vi with nano to edit with other programs
• Use sudo EDITOR=nano visudo to edit sudoers file (/etc/sudoers)

References

• Text editor
  • GNU nano
    ¹
  • nano(1)
    ⁴
  • nanorc(5)
    ⁵
  • Pico
    ²
• Pacman
  ³