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2 <title>GNU nano: Overview</title>
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11 <center><b>Overview</b>
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21 <blockquote>The nano project was started because of a few problems with
22 the otherwise wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.
23 GNU nano aims to emulate Pico while providing extra functionality.
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31 <font>Autoconf support.</font></li>
34 <font>Truly free license (GNU GPL). </font></li>
37 <font>Goto-line# command without a flag. </font></li>
40 <font>Case-sensitive search function. </font></li>
43 <font>Interactive search and replace. </font></li>
46 <font>2/3 - 1/8 size of Pico binary.</font></li>
51 <font>Slang and ncurses support.</font></li>
54 <font>Autoindent abillity.</font></li>
57 <font>Displayed tab width option. </font></li>
60 <font>Regular expression search and replace. </font></li>
63 <font>Toggles for command-line flags via Meta keys. </font></li>
66 <font>Tab completion when reading/writing files.</font> </li>
71 <p>The main disadvantage is a lack of mailer integration, but this is also
72 a strength. </blockquote>
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