In the new version 5.5, the nano project expands its text editor for the command line with several new functions. Among other things, set minibar removes the title bar of the program and instead adds a bar at the bottom with information about the open document. Here you can find the name of the file, the position of the cursor and the character under the latter. In addition, nano displays information here that would otherwise be output by state flags , including automatic indentation, hard or soft line breaks and macro recordings.

Furthermore, with set promptcolor the color palette of the prompt bar can be changed so that the user can use it can be better distinguished from the new minibar – the latter always uses the colors of the title bar. Another new function concerns the search: With the option set markmatch nano always places the cursor at the end of a found term and hides it until the next entry by the user. The latter can be prevented manually with set showcursor .

With the new release, the developers also have one function removed: S-Lang no longer supports the project. All information on this and the new version 5.5 can be found on the project website. GNU nano appears as free software under the open source license GPLv3 and is included with many Linux distributions, but can also be used with BSDs and macOS. Version 5.0 was released in the middle 2020 and introduced several new functions for programmers.

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