nano: Feature Toggles

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1 6 Feature Toggles
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1 Toggles allow you to change on-the-fly certain aspects of the editor
1 which would normally be specified via command-line options.  They are
1 invoked via Meta-key sequences (⇒Commands for more info).  The
1 following global toggles are available:
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1 ‘Backup Files’
1      ‘Meta-B’ toggles the ‘-B’ (‘--backup’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Constant Cursor Position Display’
1      ‘Meta-C’ toggles the ‘-c’ (‘--constantshow’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Multiple File Buffers’
1      ‘Meta-F’ toggles the ‘-F’ (‘--multibuffer’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Smart Home Key’
1      ‘Meta-H’ toggles the ‘-A’ (‘--smarthome’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Auto Indent’
1      ‘Meta-I’ toggles the ‘-i’ (‘--autoindent’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Cut From Cursor To End-of-Line’
1      ‘Meta-K’ toggles the ‘-k’ (‘--cutfromcursor’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Long-Line Wrapping’
1      ‘Meta-L’ toggles the ‘-w’ (‘--nowrap’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Mouse Support’
1      ‘Meta-M’ toggles the ‘-m’ (‘--mouse’) command-line option.
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1 ‘No Conversion From DOS/Mac Format’
1      ‘Meta-N’ toggles the ‘-N’ (‘--noconvert’) command-line option.
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1 ‘More Space For Editing’
1      ‘Meta-O’ toggles the ‘-O’ (‘--morespace’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Whitespace Display’
1      ‘Meta-P’ toggles the displaying of whitespace (⇒Whitespace).
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1 ‘Tabs To Spaces’
1      ‘Meta-Q’ toggles the ‘-E’ (‘--tabstospaces’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Smooth Scrolling’
1      ‘Meta-S’ toggles the ‘-S’ (‘--smooth’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Expert/No Help’
1      ‘Meta-X’ toggles the ‘-x’ (‘--nohelp’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Color Syntax Highlighting’
1      ‘Meta-Y’ toggles color syntax highlighting (if your nanorc defines
1      syntaxes — ⇒Syntax Highlighting).
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1 ‘Suspension’
1      ‘Meta-Z’ toggles the ‘-z’ (‘--suspend’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Line Numbers’
1      ‘Meta-#’ toggles the ‘-l’ (‘--linenumbers’) command-line option.
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1 ‘Soft Wrapping’
1      ‘Meta-$’ toggles the ‘-$’ (‘--softwrap’) command-line option.
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