GNU nano
GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Command line interface
- Terminal-based
- Search and Replace
- Automatic Indentation
- No Tracking
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Recent News
- POX published news article about GNU nano
GNU nano 9.1 released with old Mac file format removal, viewport search tweaks, and moreGNU nano 9.1, released more than two months after the 9.0 milestone, introduces several notable cha...
- POX published news article about GNU nano
GNU nano 9.0 adds smarter horizontal scrolling, rebindable keys & better mouse navigationGNU nano 9.0 “Le bonheur est dans le pré” has been released, introducing major enhancements focused...
- POX published news article about GNU nano
GNU nano 8.5 “Sigourney” brings saved anchors, new keystrokes and improved syntax coloringGNU nano 8.5, code-named “Sigourney”, delivers key editing improvements for command-line users. Anc...
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jadervasque added GNU nano as alternative to PlainForge- idkwhatname reviewed GNU nano
Not really for the advanced users, but it's very solid for everyone else
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What is GNU nano?
GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Besides basic text editing, nano offers many extra features like an interactive search and replace, go to line and column number, auto-indentation, feature toggles, internationalization support, and filename tab completion.
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Comments and Reviews
Small, simple, text-based, utf8 capable. It just keeps working.
Terrible as editor.
Not really for the advanced users, but it's very solid for everyone else
I find Nano much easier than Vim or Emacs, but I use it only if there is no graphical user interface available. Normally, I prefer Geany as an editor with a GUI.
Nano is my go to editor for anything in the command line, as well as for programming. Its integration, keyboard commands, interface and speed are all perfect. The fact that it has syntax highlighting is also a super useful feature!
Nano is very useful for simple text editing in the command line of Linux
How to not learn Vim and still get a useful text editor