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verve

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Registered: 2008-09-08

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Looking for a nano clone with coloring[SOLVED]

I'm looking for a nice nano type app that does coloring like showing commented lines in different color.

Last edited by verve (2008-09-08 23:53:36)

ralvez

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From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,718

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Re: Looking for a nano clone with coloring[SOLVED]

If you are looking for a GUI type application kwrite may do.
If you are looking for something more CLI style but powerful then gvim or vim will surely make you happy.

R.

jdhore

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From: NYC

Registered: 2007-08-01

Posts: 156

Re: Looking for a nano clone with coloring[SOLVED]

Or, if you're still a nano fan, download nano-syntax-highlighting from the AUR...It comes with some nice syntax hilighting options for many different types of files.

SamC

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From: Calgary

Registered: 2008-05-13

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Re: Looking for a nano clone with coloring[SOLVED]

Or you could try the instructions here: http://wiki.linuxhelp.net/index.php/Nan … ghlighting

Edit: Nevermind, what jdhore said is basically the same.

Last edited by SamC (2008-09-08 23:26:22)

Spent

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From: Baltimore

Registered: 2004-05-16

Posts: 14

Re: Looking for a nano clone with coloring[SOLVED]

You can have syntax highlighting in nano without downloading anything.

Just edit /etc/nanorc

Near the end of the file just uncomment the syntaxes you want to use.

There are a lot of other features you can also uncomment, like my favorite...  smooth scrolling.

verve

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Registered: 2008-09-08

Posts: 30

Re: Looking for a nano clone with coloring[SOLVED]

Or, if you're still a nano fan, download nano-syntax-highlighting from the AUR...It comes with some nice syntax hilighting options for many different types of files.

Thanks