.nanorc

# ~/.nanorc
# https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nanorc.5.html

# Author: Aamnah
# Lastmod: 2026-04-14

# If you get 'Unknown flag' errors then you're probably on macOS which uses an older version of nano (2.0.6)
# You can install the latest version with Homebrew: brew install nano

set linenumbers
set tabsize 4
set tabstospaces
set autoindent           # new lines will keep previous line's indent
set mouse                # click to move cursor, select with drag
set constantshow         # always show cursor position in status bar
set historylog           # remember search/replace history
set positionlog          # reopen files at last cursor position
set smarthome            # Home jumps to first non-whitespace, then col 0
set softwrap             # wrap long lines visually without inserting breaks
set indicator            # scrollbar-like indicator on the right
include "/usr/share/nano/*.nanorc"   # syntax highlighting

# COLORS
# Valid names for the foreground and background colors are:
# Legacy palette: normal, white, black, blue, green, red, cyan, yellow, magenta
# Extended palette (since 6.0+): normal, pink, purple, mauve, lagoon, mint, lime, peach orange, latte, rosy, beet, plum, sea, sky, slate, teal, sage, brown, ocher, sand, tawny, brick, crimson, grey/gray
# where normal means the default foreground or background color.
# The name of the foreground color may be prefixed with bright. And either "fgcolor" or ",bgcolor" may be left out.

# Interface elements — format: set <element> <fg>,<bg>
# set titlecolor fgcolor,bgcolor
set titlecolor     white,black
set statuscolor    black,lightyellow
set errorcolor     white,red
set selectedcolor  black,grey
set stripecolor    normal,slate         # column guide (if set)
set numbercolor    gray,normal          # line numbers — dim grey
set keycolor       cyan,normal          # shortcut key combos in the two help lines at the bottom
set functioncolor  green,normal         # function descriptions in the two help lines at the bottom of the screen
set promptcolor    white,black
set scrollercolor  slate,normal
set minicolor      white,black