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| 2 | <title>GNU nano: Overview</title> |
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| 11 | <center><b>Overview</b></center><br> |
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| 13 | (<A HREF="overview2.6.php">2.6 release</A>) |
| 14 | (<A HREF="overview2.4.php">2.4 release</A>) |
| 15 | (<A HREF="overview2.2.php">2.2 release</A>) |
| 16 | (<A HREF="overview2.0.php">2.0 release</A>) |
| 17 | (<A HREF="overview1.2.php">1.2 release</A>) |
| 18 | (<A HREF="overview1.0.php"><b>1.0 release</b></A>) |
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| 24 | <blockquote>The nano project was started because of a few problems with |
| 25 | the otherwise wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. |
| 26 | GNU nano aims to emulate Pico while providing extra functionality. |
| 27 | <br><br> |
| 28 | Features of GNU nano: |
| 29 | <br> |
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| 33 | <li> |
| 34 | <font>Autoconf support.</font></li> |
| 35 | |
| 36 | <li> |
| 37 | <font>Truly free license (GNU GPL). </font></li> |
| 38 | |
| 39 | <li> |
| 40 | <font>Goto-line# command without a flag. </font></li> |
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| 42 | <li> |
| 43 | <font>Case-sensitive search function. </font></li> |
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| 45 | <li> |
| 46 | <font>Interactive search and replace. </font></li> |
| 47 | |
| 48 | <li> |
| 49 | <font>2/3 - 1/8 size of Pico binary.</font></li> |
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| 52 | <td> |
| 53 | <li> |
| 54 | <font>Slang and ncurses support.</font></li> |
| 55 | |
| 56 | <li> |
| 57 | <font>Autoindent abillity.</font></li> |
| 58 | |
| 59 | <li> |
| 60 | <font>Displayed tab width option. </font></li> |
| 61 | |
| 62 | <li> |
| 63 | <font>Regular expression search and replace. </font></li> |
| 64 | |
| 65 | <li> |
| 66 | <font>Toggles for command-line flags via Meta keys. </font></li> |
| 67 | |
| 68 | <li> |
| 69 | <font>Tab completion when reading/writing files.</font> </li> |
| 70 | </td> |
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| 74 | <p>The main disadvantage is a lack of mailer integration, but this is also |
| 75 | a strength. </blockquote> |
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