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  11 <center><b>Overview</b></center><br>
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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.&nbsp;
  26 GNU nano aims to emulate Pico while providing extra functionality.&nbsp;
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  28 Features of GNU nano:
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  34 <font>Autoconf support.</font></li>
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  37 <font>Truly free license (GNU GPL).&nbsp;</font></li>
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  40 <font>Goto-line# command without a flag.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  43 <font>Case-sensitive search function.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  46 <font>Interactive search and replace.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  48 <li>
  49 <font>2/3 - 1/8 size of Pico binary.</font></li>
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  54 <font>Slang and ncurses support.</font></li>
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  56 <li>
  57 <font>Autoindent abillity.</font></li>
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  59 <li>
  60 <font>Displayed tab width option.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  63 <font>Regular expression search and replace.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  66 <font>Toggles for command-line flags via Meta keys.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  69 <font>Tab completion when reading/writing files.</font>&nbsp;</li>
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  74 <p>The main disadvantage is a lack of mailer integration, but this is also
  75 a strength.&nbsp;</blockquote>
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