Using Nano?

[Jude DaShiell]

The capslock key combined with u for previous line capslock i for current 
line and capslock o for next line ought to help on that laptop layout. 
On Wed, 24 Jun 2015, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:

> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 03:30:19
> From: Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
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> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> Subject: Re: Using Nano?
> 
> Hello,
> Wow, the edit cursor does not move along with the review cursor... 
> That's horrible.
> How does one navigate? Is nano not the editor you use?
> I'm used to having one hand on the arrow keys and the other on the ctrl 
> and meta keys. But it seems as if I can't navigate by word at all. 
> Ctrl+up and down take me to the top and bottom of the document, 
> ctrl+mod+left and right (ctrl+home and ctrl+end) take me to the start 
> and end of the line, but ctrl+left and right don't do anything. A guide 
> I read said that ctrl+space and meta+space would move me by word, but 
> that didn't work for me.
> What text editor do you guys normally use for config files, writing 
> python scripts and whatnot?
> If I don't wish to type the file, is there a way to open the file 
> without typing the name? Is there a way to copy and paste lines in the 
> terminal?
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://www.brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
> On 6/24/2015 1:12 AM, Gregory Nowak wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:52:26PM +0200, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> Is there a way to root the editing cursor to the review cursor when
>>> one is in Nano?
>> Not as far as I know.
>>
>>> Is there also a way to open up a text editor while one is on the
>>> commandline?
>> Yes, by typing the editor's name and pressing enter. To bring up nano,
>>> type nano and press enter.
>>> How does one normally edit scripts?
>> Probably the easiest way is to type the script name after the editor
>> name, and pressing enter. To edit a script called myscript in nano, on
>> the command-line you'd type:
>> nano myscript
>> and press enter.
>>
>>> thank you,
>> You're welcome.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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