GNU nano is a text editor for Unix-like computing systems or operating environments using a command line interface . It emulates the Pico text editor, part of the Pine email client, and also provides additional functionality. Unlike Pico, nano is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Released as free software by Chris Allegretta in 1999, nano became part of the GNU Project in 2001. The logo resembles the lowercase form of the Greek letter Eta (η) .
16-1220: [REDACTED] Look up nano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nano, Nano-, NANO or NaNo may refer to: People [ edit ] Nano (singer) (born 1988), Japanese-American J-pop singer Nano Omar (born 1986), Swedish singer Nano Riantiarno (born 1949), Indonesian director Agnese Nano (born 1965), Italian actress Fatos Nano (born 1952), former Prime Minister of Albania Lourdes Flores Nano (born 1959), Peruvian politician Nano Macedo (born 1982), Spanish football winger, full name Fernando Macedo da Silva Rodilla Nano Mesa (born 1995), Spanish football forward, full name Alexander Mesa Travieso Nano Rivas (born 1980), Spanish football defender, full name Victoriano Rivas Álvaro Nano (Egyptian footballer) (born 1985), Egyptian football defender/midfielder, full name Mohamed Mahmoud Nano (footballer, born 1982) , Spanish football winger, full name Fernando Macedo da Silva Rodilla Nano (footballer, born 1984) , Spanish football defender, full name Mariano González Maroto Science and technology [ edit ] GNU nano ,
32-580: A graphics card Silver Nano , an antibacterial technology VIA Nano , a central processing unit (CPU) Microsoft Nano Server, an installation option for Windows Server 2016 Transport [ edit ] Tata Nano , a car FlyNano Nano , a Finnish ultralight aircraft Fiction [ edit ] Nano Shinonome, a character in the Japanese comedy manga series Nichijou Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall The New Adventures of Nanoboy , an animated TV series Nano (comics) ,
48-524: A graphics card Silver Nano , an antibacterial technology VIA Nano , a central processing unit (CPU) Microsoft Nano Server, an installation option for Windows Server 2016 Transport [ edit ] Tata Nano , a car FlyNano Nano , a Finnish ultralight aircraft Fiction [ edit ] Nano Shinonome, a character in the Japanese comedy manga series Nichijou Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall The New Adventures of Nanoboy , an animated TV series Nano (comics) ,
64-611: A member of the Fearsome Five from DC Comics Nano Eiai from the manga Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo Other [ edit ] Beretta Nano , a micro compact pistol Magnetic nano , (often nicknamed 'nano'), a tiny container used in geocaching NaNo, National Novel, related to the National Novel Writing Month See also [ edit ] Nanos (disambiguation) GNU nano Topics referred to by
80-461: A member of the Fearsome Five from DC Comics Nano Eiai from the manga Kimi no koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo Other [ edit ] Beretta Nano , a micro compact pistol Magnetic nano , (often nicknamed 'nano'), a tiny container used in geocaching NaNo, National Novel, related to the National Novel Writing Month See also [ edit ] Nanos (disambiguation) GNU nano Topics referred to by
96-516: A naming conflict with the existing Unix utility tip . The name comes from the system of SI prefixes , in which nano is 1000 times larger than pico . In February 2001, nano became a part of the GNU Project . GNU nano implements several features that Pico lacks, including syntax highlighting , line numbers, regular expression search and replace, line-by-line scrolling, multiple buffers, indenting groups of lines, rebindable key support, and
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144-1276: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages nano [REDACTED] Look up nano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nano, Nano-, NANO or NaNo may refer to: People [ edit ] Nano (singer) (born 1988), Japanese-American J-pop singer Nano Omar (born 1986), Swedish singer Nano Riantiarno (born 1949), Indonesian director Agnese Nano (born 1965), Italian actress Fatos Nano (born 1952), former Prime Minister of Albania Lourdes Flores Nano (born 1959), Peruvian politician Nano Macedo (born 1982), Spanish football winger, full name Fernando Macedo da Silva Rodilla Nano Mesa (born 1995), Spanish football forward, full name Alexander Mesa Travieso Nano Rivas (born 1980), Spanish football defender, full name Victoriano Rivas Álvaro Nano (Egyptian footballer) (born 1985), Egyptian football defender/midfielder, full name Mohamed Mahmoud Nano (footballer, born 1982) , Spanish football winger, full name Fernando Macedo da Silva Rodilla Nano (footballer, born 1984) , Spanish football defender, full name Mariano González Maroto Science and technology [ edit ] GNU nano ,
160-426: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages GNU nano GNU nano was first created in 1999 with the name TIP (a recursive acronym for TIP Isn't Pico ), by Chris Allegretta. His motivation was to create a free software replacement for Pico, which was not distributed under a free-software license . The name was changed to nano on January 10, 2000, to avoid
176-535: The move and called it a " fork ". On 19 August 2016, Chris Allegretta announced the return of the project to the GNU family, following concessions from GNU on copyright assignment for Nano specifically, which happened when version 2.7.0 was released in September 2016. GNU nano, like Pico, is keyboard -oriented, controlled with control keys . For example, Ctrl + O saves the current file; Ctrl + W goes to
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#1732775797496192-624: The other active members of the nano project decided in consensus to leave the GNU Project, because of their objections over the Free Software Foundation 's copyright assignment policy, and their belief that decentralized copyright ownership does not impede the ability to enforce the GNU General Public License. The step was acknowledged by Debian and Arch Linux , while the GNU Project resisted
208-551: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nano . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nano&oldid=1258876465 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
224-551: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nano . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nano&oldid=1258876465 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
240-455: The search menu. GNU nano puts a two-line "shortcut bar" at the bottom of the screen, listing many of the commands available in the current context. For a complete list, Ctrl + G gets the help screen. Unlike Pico, nano uses meta keys to toggle its behavior. For example, Meta + S toggles smooth scrolling mode on and off. Almost all features that can be selected from the command line can be dynamically toggled. On keyboards without
256-484: The undoing and redoing of edit changes. On 11 August 2003, Chris Allegretta officially handed the source code maintenance of nano to David Lawrence Ramsey. On 20 December 2007, with the release of 2.0.7, Ramsey stepped down as nano's maintainer. The license was also upgraded to GPL-3.0-or-later . The project is currently maintained by Benno Schulenberg. On version 2.6.0 in June 2016, the current principal developer and
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