Gnu Nano releases version 6.0 of text editor, can now hide UI frippery

Text editor GNU Nano has reached version 6.0. The app’s last x.0 release emerged in July 2020 and was just the fifth full version in the project’s history. Version 6.0 debuted on December 15th and is named “Humor heeft ook zijn leuke kanten”. The Register believes that’s a phrase often uttered by Dutch comedian Herman …

[jake]

Re: Oh the humanity

Nano's been available on Cygwin since Nano was first made available ... Call it late 1999.

For your 32-bit Windows version, see github

... Note that I have never tried this version.

[Anonymous Coward]

Bring back Brief.

Best editor ever.

[Steve Graham]

I broke a few config files before I learned to put

set nowrap

set softwrap

in my .nanorc

[keithpeter]

@Mr Graham and all

When I - occasionally - ssh into a random Debian/Ubuntu based server and need to alter config files, I've reflexively started typing

$ nano --nowrap /etc/whatever.conf

Just one of those things.