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Comment 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!

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

Comment on is it been almost a year?? by Ines Ferreira

Ines Ferreira — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:23:37 +0000

Good luck!

Comment on How to create and remove a soft link, symlink or symbolic link by a2j

a2j — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:37:15 +0000

try “rm linkname” instead of “rm linkname/”

Comment on How to create and remove a soft link, symlink or symbolic link by Brian

Brian — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:40:28 +0000

# this works
rm linkname
# versus
rm linkname/

Basically you need to tell it its a file not a dir (/)

Comment on How to create and remove a soft link, symlink or symbolic link by sislii

sislii — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:14:09 +0000

Thank you very much! I was having an awful job trying to remove the the symlink and it was as simple as getting rid of the trailing slash. You’ve saved me some hair-pulling. Thanks again.

Comment on How to create and remove a soft link, symlink or symbolic link by Brian Stempin

Brian Stempin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:41:33 +0000

Your problem is that you’re using tab completion, which automatically appends a ‘/’ to the end of your symlink. Syntactically, this appears to be a directory to rm. If you simply say “rm linkname” (without any trailing slash), the command will work.

Comment on Nano – Shortcuts, syntax highlight and .nanorc config file – pt2 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!

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

Comment on Nano – Shortcuts, syntax highlight and nanorc config file – pt1 by nano editor keyboard shortcuts | Zen of Linux

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