My version of nano has an option to swtich to regex search with the meta character + R. In cygwin on Windows, the meta-key is alt, so I hit ctrl+\ to get into search-and-replace mode, and then alt+r to swtich to regex search.
On Mac, Homebrew (brew) will allow you to easily upgrade nano to a newer version than the one that came with Mac OSX. Install brew, then install a new version of nano from the Terminal. brew install nano Installing this way includes the /usr/local/share/nano folder containing the default syntax highlight files. See also the extra … Read more
Put “set multibuffer” into ~/.nanorc or start nano with -F. Toggle this inside nano with alt-F. You can now read files into their own buffer with ctrl-R. Use alt-comma and alt-period to go forward and backward in the file list.
Boot2Docker is based on Tiny Linux which uses tce-load to install packages. The list of packages in the repository can be found here: http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/tcz_2x.html You’ll see that the nano packages is nano.tcz , so you’ll run something like: tce-load -wi nano This article: http://lowtek.ca/roo/2015/modify-boot2docker-iso/ should also be helpful along with this one: http://www.gerrelt.nl/RaspberryPi/wordpress/tutorial-unpluggable-squeezelite-player-on-tinycore/#Search_and_install_NANO_extension
Meta (M) symbol is the Esc key in OSX. To undo a change in nano, press ESC and then U (i.e. one after another, not together). Note that UNDO is not supported in the default MacOS provided nano (V2.0.6) — to get the latest version: brew install homebrew/dupes/nano
That screen is just a text editor and those options at the bottom, represent commands, tipically its the ctrl key + the letter for the command. To make the commit you should write your commit message, then press ctrl+o to write your message, and then ctrl+x to exit that screen. To avoid that screen you … Read more
M refers to the meta key, which is not present on most keyboards. (Its use in software is for primarily historical reasons.) Usually, the meta key is emulated by another key on your keyboard. On Windows and Linux, it is usually the Alt key. On Mac OS X, that key (aka Option) already has other … Read more
Nano to Shell: 1. Using mouse to mark the text. 2. Right-Click the mouse in the Shell. Within Nano: 1. CTRL+6 (or CTRL+Shift+6 or hold Shift and move cursor) for Mark Set and mark what you want (the end could do some extra help). 2. ALT+6 for copying the marked text. 3. CTRL+u at the … Read more
You can use Ctrl+K to cut a line, move to destination position and press Ctrl+U to paste it.