Re: revisiting ^F for Search

On 2023-02-19 22:56, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> So, the second patch instead adds an option (--hipperkeys), that
> changes nano's bindings to be more like what most people know from
> modern desktop programs: ^Q for Quit, ^O for Open file, ^F for Find,
> ^Z for undo, and so on.
> 
> The second patch also makes it so that --hipperkeys is activated
> when nano's binary starts with the letter "e".  This allows using
> the newer bindings without having to pass any option by making a
> one-time symlink to the nano binary.  For example:
> 
>     cd /usr/local/bin && sudo ln -s nano eta

Revolutionizing nano! For me, this means that in installs for remote machines where there is only occasional editing, I will just do: ln -s /usr/local/bin/nano /usr/local/bin/e

Cheers,
Peter