GNU nano 5.0 Open-Source Text Editor Released, This is What's New | Linux Today

GNU nano 5.0 Open-Source Text Editor Released, This is What’s New

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Marius Nestor
Jul 29, 2020

GNU nano 5.0 introduces a new –indicator parameter that displays some sort of scrollbar to show you where the viewport is located in the buffer and how much it covers, along with the –bookstyle parameter that makes nano consider any line that begins with a whitespace the start of a paragraph. It’s now possible to tag any line with an anchor using the Alt+Insert shortcut. You can then jump to the nearest anchor using Alt+PageUp and Alt+PageDown. GNU nano 5.0 also lest you access the Execute Command prompt directly from the main menu with ^T.

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Marius Nestor

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