Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago

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New to Nano editor? Start here: youtube.com/watch?v=NCisjUG4OL4

People think Nano is for beginners and can do only basic editing. But Nano editor has so many hidden features and most users are simply unaware of them.

This video will show some of those interesting Nano editing tweaks that should help you get more out of this amazing terminal-based text editor.

For your reference, video is divided into following chapters:


00:00 Introduction
00:43 Using mouse
01:25 Display a scrollbar
01:55 Show line numbers
02:25 Add a minibar
03:01 Focus mode
03:47 Autosave at exit
04:27 Auto backup
05:06 Spellcheck
05:46 Open file at certain place
06:10 Read only mode