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SIGTERMer

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nano and ctrl+z (solved)

i'm posting this problem here because it probably has been addressed time after time but i can't seem to find an answer.

I can't send nano to the background with ctrl+z
can anyone help?

thanks

Last edited by SIGTERMer (2009-04-29 08:33:13)

evr

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Re: nano and ctrl+z (solved)

why are you wanting to send nano to the background?  Have you tried the 'screen' command?  It might be what you're looking for if you want to have nano running and still access the commandline.

SIGTERMer

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Re: nano and ctrl+z (solved)

what "screen", please elaborate?

i have a habit of sending stuff to the background when i work, and have no problem with gdb, python, gnuplot.
nano is the only program that refuses to be sent to the background and nanorc doesn't seem to have anything to do with it

any suggestions?

mikesd

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Re: nano and ctrl+z (solved)

Screen is a terminal multiplexer. Very handy piece of software. There are plenty of threads about customising it's appearance.

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evr

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Re: nano and ctrl+z (solved)

sorry i wasn't more specific.  basically screen allows you to detach running programs from the terminal, which allows them to stay running in the background while you do other things.  So if you started nano with

screen nano

if you wanted to go back to the terminal, you could detach the screen by hitting: CTRL+A+D

and if you wanted to reattach the screen and use nano again, you would run the command:

 screen -r

it's a very handy little program once you get used to it.

MoonSwan

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Re: nano and ctrl+z (solved)

Check the nanorc file and make sure the "allow nano to suspend" line is uncommented too.

quarkup

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Re: nano and ctrl+z (solved)

mine works fine now.

Last edited by quarkup (2009-04-28 21:58:07)

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SIGTERMer

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From: South Sura, Kuwait

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Re: nano and ctrl+z (solved)

Check the nanorc file and make sure the "allow nano to suspend" line is uncommented too.

i can't believe i missed that when i searched in the rc file. thanks MoonSwan (and everyone else who tried t help)

MoonSwan

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Re: nano and ctrl+z (solved)

You're welcome, don't forget to mark this solved too.