nano.md

NANO

It's not a great editor. But I know a lot of folks just don't have the time to get comfortable with vi/vim. If that's you, and you need to be in a terminal-only situation, just use Nano. It's there. It's easy. Here are some things to make it easier. (Also, definitely grab my .nanorc and these syntax highlighting files to make your Nano experience a little less gross and bland!)

• Files
  • nano file.ext opens (or creates) that file
  • CTRL+o Y ENTER saves changes
  • ALT+> switches to next file buffer
  • ALT+< switches to previous
  • CTRL+X quits
• Navigation
  • CTRL+a moves to beginning of line
  • CTRL+e moves to end of line
  • CTRL+v goes down one page
  • CTRL+y goes up one page
  • ALT+\ to beginning of file
  • ALT+/ to the end
  • ALT+g to jump to a line
  • ALT+] to jump to matching symbol (like vim's %)
  • ALT+a ALT+} selects and indents that block
  • ALT+a ALT+{ selecets and outdents that block
• Operations
  • ALT+a to select or deselect a block
  • ALT+a ALT+^ copy that block to primary (clipboard)
  • ALT+a CTRL+k cut to same
  • CTRL+k Cut from cursor to the end of the line
  • CTRL+u Uncut (paste)
  • CTRL+w to search for a string
  • ALT+w to repeat the search
  • ALT+r to search and replace