nano: Feature Toggles
6 Feature Toggles
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Toggles allow you to change on-the-fly certain aspects of the editor
which would normally be specified via command-line options. They are
invoked via Meta-key sequences (
Commands for more info). The
following global toggles are available:
‘Backup Files toggle’
‘Meta-B’ toggles the ‘-B’ (‘--backup’) command-line option.
‘Constant Cursor Position Display toggle’
‘Meta-C’ toggles the ‘-c’ (‘--constantshow’) command-line option.
‘Multiple File Buffers toggle’
‘Meta-F’ toggles the ‘-F’ (‘--multibuffer’) command-line option.
‘Smart Home Key toggle’
‘Meta-H’ toggles the ‘-A’ (‘--smarthome’) command-line option.
‘Auto Indent toggle’
‘Meta-I’ toggles the ‘-i’ (‘--autoindent’) command-line option.
‘Cut From Cursor To End-of-Line toggle’
‘Meta-K’ toggles the ‘-k’ (‘--cutfromcursor’) command-line option.
‘Long-Line Wrapping toggle’
‘Meta-L’ toggles the ‘-w’ (‘--nowrap’) command-line option.
‘Mouse Support toggle’
‘Meta-M’ toggles the ‘-m’ (‘--mouse’) command-line option.
‘No Conversion From DOS/Mac Format toggle’
‘Meta-N’ toggles the ‘-N’ (‘--noconvert’) command-line option.
‘More Space For Editing toggle’
‘Meta-O’ toggles the ‘-O’ (‘--morespace’) command-line option.
‘Whitespace Display toggle’
‘Meta-P’ toggles the whitespace-display mode (Whitespace).
‘Tabs To Spaces toggle’
‘Meta-Q’ toggles the ‘-E’ (‘--tabstospaces’) command-line option.
‘Smooth Scrolling toggle’
‘Meta-S’ toggles the ‘-S’ (‘--smooth’) command-line option.
‘Expert/No Help toggle’
‘Meta-X’ toggles the ‘-x’ (‘--nohelp’) command-line option.
‘Color Syntax Highlighting toggle’
‘Meta-Y’ toggles color syntax highlighting (if your nanorc defines
syntaxes — Syntax Highlighting).
‘Suspension toggle’
‘Meta-Z’ toggles the ‘-z’ (‘--suspend’) command-line option.
‘Line Numbers toggle’
‘Meta-#’ toggles the ‘-l’ (‘--linenumbers’) command-line option.
‘Soft Wrapping toggle’
‘Meta-$’ toggles the ‘-$’ (‘--softwrap’) command-line option.
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