GNU nano

GNU nano is a GPLed clone of the Pico text editor. It aims to emulate Pico as closely as possible, while possibly adding new features.

Nano has moved to Savannah. Please see http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/nano/ for current releases.

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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minnen Posted 2014-02-01

This is a great editor, got to know it on linux a while back and instantly like it, its super easy to use and can be carried on thumb drive everywhere without needing to install it on each setup. Recommended

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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Windows

Languages

English, German, Spanish

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Curses/Ncurses

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C Text Editors

Registered

2000-01-10

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