I wrote a Pascal syntax highlighting file for GNU nano
lazarus / 8-Other

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CarlosManuelM.Zumaya · 2026-04-04 21:40

Salutations! I hope all of you are having a great time. 

I'm aware that probably most of you use Lazarus, but maybe sometimes
you need to use the the default editor in GNU/Linux systems, which is
nano. I actually use this tool a lot, but it doesn't seem to have
native support for Pascal files. So I set about creating support for
Pascal in nano myself. Here is the repository with the '.nanorc' file:

https://codeberg.org/CarlosManuelMartinezZumayaRepos/pascalhighlight4n
ano

You can insert this file either into your '~/nanorc' folder or
'/usr/share/nano' folder. This should enable highlighting for '.pas'
files.

It would be polite from my part to clarify a couple of things: First,
Pascal isn't my primary language, so some definitions might be quite
incorrect. Also, nano's configuration files use regular expressions,
which aren't my strong suit, but I followed several references to
achieve a decent result. Anyway, I tried to make the file as
customizable as possible and even included links in case someone with
more experience (and intelligence) than me wants a more efficient
file.

That's all for now. I sincerely hope you find it useful.
Warm regards!

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Thaddy · 2026-04-05 06:08

Quote from: CarlosManuelM.Zumaya I'm aware that probably most of you
use Lazarus, but maybe sometimes you need to use the the default
editor in GNU/Linux systems, which is nano.

Happy Easter,

Very useful for us nano users.

Super!! Already using it: