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  11 <center><b>Overview</b></center><br>
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  15 (<A HREF="overview2.0.php">2.0 release</A>)
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  23 <blockquote>The nano project was started because of a few problems with
  24 the otherwise wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.&nbsp;
  25 GNU nano aims to emulate Pico while providing extra functionality.&nbsp;
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  27 Features of GNU nano:
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  33 <font>Autoconf support.</font></li>
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  36 <font>Truly free license (GNU GPL).&nbsp;</font></li>
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  39 <font>Goto-line# command without a flag.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  42 <font>Case-sensitive search function.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  45 <font>Interactive search and replace.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  48 <font>2/3 - 1/8 size of Pico binary.</font></li>
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  53 <font>Slang and ncurses support.</font></li>
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  55 <li>
  56 <font>Autoindent abillity.</font></li>
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  58 <li>
  59 <font>Displayed tab width option.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  62 <font>Regular expression search and replace.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  64 <li>
  65 <font>Toggles for command-line flags via Meta keys.&nbsp;</font></li>
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  68 <font>Tab completion when reading/writing files.</font>&nbsp;</li>
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  73 <p>The main disadvantage is a lack of mailer integration, but this is also
  74 a strength.&nbsp;</blockquote>
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