Subj : Nano
To   : BARRY MARTIN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Sep 13 2024 08:34:00

> From my limited experience it's always the line the cursor is on.  The
> thing to watch is sometimes there seem to be two cursors: thea real one
> and the one where I think I am because I moved some place.  Not sure how
> to explain it but I've managed to do the I thought I was here thing.

> To move a line I've ^K (kills/deletes the whole line), then move to
> desired location and ^U to insert there.

Thanks, I will have to try that!

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

> It should come back like riding a bike: scraped kneeds and all! <bseg>

Well, that was ~30 years ago and muscle memory on computers seems to go
away once you replace one utility with another.  ;)

> For line numbering it's something like ALT_Shift_#  (or 3) -- I don't
> use it that often.  Have found sometimes the line numbers in an error
> message don't line up.  'Error line 30' might not be close, but could be
> because I tend to use a lot of comments, separators (series of
> ##########), and blank lines -- just to make it more readable.

Line numbering, I will have to try that also.

Thanks!
Mike

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