## DOS or Mac format, and that characters specially interpreted by the
## shell should not be escaped here.
##
-## To make sure a value is disabled, use "unset <option>".
+## To make sure an option is disabled, use "unset <option>".
##
## For the options that take parameters, the default value is given.
## Other options are unset by default.
## Silently ignore problems with unknown directives in the nanorc file.
## Useful when your nanorc file might be read on systems with multiple
-## versions of nano installed (e.g. your home directory is on NFS)
+## versions of nano installed (e.g. your home directory is on NFS).
# set quiet
## Use auto-indentation.
## paragraphs. They cannot contain blank characters. Only closing
## punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end
## sentences.
-##
# set brackets ""')>]}"
-## Do case sensitive searches by default.
+## Do case-sensitive searches by default.
# set casesensitive
## Constantly display the cursor position in the statusbar. Note that
## this overrides "quickblank".
# set const
-## Use cut to end of line by default.
+## Use cut-to-end-of-line by default.
# set cut
## Set the line length for wrapping text and justifying paragraphs.
-## If fill is 0 or less, the line length will be the screen width less
-## this number.
-##
+## If the value is 0 or less, the wrapping point will be the screen
+## width less this number.
# set fill -8
## Enable ~/.nano_history for saving and reading search/replace strings.
## The opening and closing brackets that can be found by bracket
## searches. They cannot contain blank characters. The former set must
## come before the latter set, and both must be in the same order.
-##
# set matchbrackets "(<[{)>]}"
## Use the blank line below the titlebar as extra editing space.
## mouse clicks can be used to place the cursor, set the mark (with a
## double click), and execute shortcuts. The mouse will work in the X
## Window System, and on the console when gpm is running.
-##
# set mouse
## Allow multiple file buffers (inserting a file will put it into a
## separate buffer). You must have configured with --enable-multibuffer
## for this to work.
-##
# set multibuffer
## Don't convert files from DOS/Mac format.
## Set operating directory. nano will not read or write files outside
## this directory and its subdirectories. Also, the current directory
## is changed to here, so any files are inserted from this dir. A blank
-## string means the operating directory feature is turned off.
-##
+## string means the operating-directory feature is turned off.
# set operatingdir ""
+## Remember the cursor position in each file for the next editing session.
+# set poslog
+
## Preserve the XON and XOFF keys (^Q and ^S).
# set preserve
## paragraphs. They cannot contain blank characters. Only closing
## punctuation, optionally followed by closing brackets, can end
## sentences.
-##
# set punct "!.?"
## Do quick statusbar blanking. Statusbar messages will disappear after
## 1 keystroke instead of 26. Note that "const" overrides this.
-##
# set quickblank
## The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs.
## This is an extended regular expression if your system supports them,
-## otherwise a literal string. Default:
+## otherwise a literal string.
+## If you have extended regular expression support, the default is:
# set quotestr "^([ ]*[#:>\|}])+"
-## if you have extended regular expression support, otherwise:
+## Otherwise:
# set quotestr "> "
## Fix Backspace/Delete confusion problem.
## Use smooth scrolling as the default.
# set smooth
-## Enable soft line wrapping (AKA full line display).
+## Enable soft line wrapping (AKA full-line display).
# set softwrap
## Use this spelling checker instead of the internal one. This option
## does not properly have a default value.
-##
# set speller "aspell -x -c"
## Allow nano to be suspended.