Subj : Nano To : Mike Powell From : Barry Martin Date : Sat Sep 14 2024 07:12:00 Hi Mike! > 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. MP> Thanks, I will have to try that! There is also a Mark function used to copy/move large portions. I cheat a bit and do a multiline ^K followed by a single ^U which pastes in the several lines. > 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! MP> Well, that was ~30 years ago and muscle memory on computers seems MP> to go away once you replace one utility with another. ;) Probably just as well: "well I _used_ to hit ". ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .