Comments on: Nano – Shortcuts, syntax highlight and .nanorc config file – pt2

By: Pedro Carvalho

Pedro Carvalho — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0000

Hello there Sam!
So let’s do this together then!
Actually that line has a type! 2 years it has passed! thank you calling me to attention. It should read:
“Next the include files for the sintax highlighting. Just comment the include lines you’ll think it wont be useful.”

And you can comment with putting a “#” at the beggining of the line.

So step by step:
1. get the syntax highlight packs
2. extract them to a directory of your choice
3. on your ~/.nanorc include the ones you need
ex: if you have lolcode.nanorc in “~/.nano/syntaxhightlight/lolcode.nanorc”
you can include it with in your .nanorc like this:

include “~/.nano/syntaxhighlight/lolcode.nanorc”

if dont want it just:

#include “~/.nano/syntaxhighlight/lolcode.nanorc”

4. your done!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:16:14 +0000

Hi I’m a complete and utter newb at using nano. All I know is coming from blogs like this one, and forums from the net. Can you please take a moment to walk me through the steps on how to enable syntax lighting in laymen terms?
Like you put ” Next the include files for the sintax highlighting. just comment the include lines you’ll think will be useful.” Ummmm, how do I comment the include lines? Do you mean remove the ‘//’? Do I put all this inside the terminal? SOrry

By: Zen of Linux

Zen of Linux — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:01:35 +0000

Today, your post was again helpful reference, for the n-th time! Thank you!

By: xjustice

xjustice — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:56:11 +0000

Thanks for the info.
I always forgot to un-comment the ‘include’ line from the /etc/nanorc file

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By: zubfatal

zubfatal — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:39:47 +0000

Very nice! i prefer nano over vi since i always fuckup in vi heh. I recently read about syntax highlightning in nano, and most of the .nanorc files were already installed, but a few were missing, such as css.nanorc but not any more

Thanks.

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By: Pasci

Pasci — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:19:30 +0000

Great..
Just discovered nano syntax highlighting..
Thanks

By: Pedro Carvalho

Pedro Carvalho — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:03:33 +0000

i’m glad it can help you! have fun with nano!

By: meathive

meathive — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:38:59 +0000

I just learned about the highlighting and such, too. Your post really helps, thanks!