Subj : Nano
To   : BARRY MARTIN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Tue Sep 10 2024 09:27:00

>  > Ctrl_Z might be useful: in LibreOffice it will clear the last 'section'
>  > entered, though sometmes I'm not sure what it considers a section so may
>  > have to Ctrl_Z more than once.
>  EV> CTRL-Z is called Undo.

> That'll work!  Nano, a terminal editor in  Linux, uses ^K to Kill a line
> and ^U to paste it back in, or Undo.  ...With the BBS stuff on Virtual
> Windows I use SEdit for the word processor and ^Y is the line killer and
> ^U is Undo.  -- Have to be careful to remember where one is!!

Can you use that key sequence to effectively cut and paste the text
elsewhere, or does the ^U always put it back in the place where it was
killed from?

I used to know nano pretty well when it was the default editor for email
and news postings on my old shell account ~30 years ago.  I am trying to
relearn it now.  ;)

Mike


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