RE: Does Nano use X11?

Joshua Dearing <[email protected]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:23:54 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.editors.nano.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thank you, with your help I'm now able to use Nano!

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From: Chris Allegretta <[email protected]>=20
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 13:14
To: Joshua Dearing <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Does Nano use X11?

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On 2023-09-14 11:46, Joshua Dearing wrote:
> Hello,
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> Would anyone help me by telling me if Nano uses/requires X11? I'm not=20
> very familiar with Linux, but I've been told Nano requires X11, and=20
> thus I can't use it. Is this true? I spent quiet a bit of time=20
> researching, but nothing I've found says Nano requires X11, however=20
> I'm not sure if I'm just missing something simple.
>=20
> If it does indeed use X11, is there perhaps a way for me to build it=20
> myself without the X11 usage?

Hello. Nano only requires (n)curses to build in terms of UI libraries.=20
Have a nice day.