Nano 3.2 New Features
A new version of Nano reads files 70% faster and brings several other features.
GNU nano is one of the most popular terminal-based text editors. Those who keep forgetting how to exit Vim find refuge with GNU Nano.
It's a godsend for beginners who need to deal with command-line editing, while experienced nano fans simply love it.
Some of the major new features of GNU nano 3.0 are:
- Reads files 70% faster
- ASCII text manipulation speed nearly doubled
- New shortcuts: Ctrl+Delete deletes the next word and Ctrl+Shift+Delete deletes the previous word
- Many other keyboard shortcut changes
- Shows the correct line count in the status bar when opening multiple files
- Ignores any keypresses before a valid command keypress
- Recognizes more escape sequences
- Prevents a possible crash when justifying text
Nano is the default text editor in Ubuntu and comes pre-installed with many other distributions. You can find it in the main repository of almost all Linux distributions.
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