use nano from Git Bash on Windows :D
this is a great post telling you exactly how to install nano for git bash
for cmd shell you can just use Chocolatey and type
$ cinst nano- If you missed my protip on Chocolatey check it out
For git bash
you can go the gnu nano homepage and download the
WinNT/9x binary, .zip format.
its near the bottom on the left currently.or just type in a cmd or git bash shell
$ curl -L -O http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/NT/nano-2.2.6.zipthen unzip the file using
$ unzip nano-2.2.6.zip -d nanothen
$ mv nano ~/path/to/git/shareand then type echo ' with an open single quote then you can hit enter and get a carriage return then write each line of the file. at the end close with the ' then > fileName ... almost there!
echo '
>#!/bin/sh
>exec /share/nano/nano.exe "$@"
>' > nanoMake sure to save this file with no extension. JUST nano
- Then move the
nanoshell script you made to somewhere on your path. You can make a/binfolder in your root and place add it to your path.
$ mv nano ~/binThen you can call this script from git bash using just nano.
- Restart your shell session and type
$ nano fileName- and Rejoice with the new ability of nano-power from git bash. Hooray!
Written by Jupiter St John
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I tried following the steps. Downloaded and unzipped successfully but get an error when moving nano. it says "mv: cannot move nano to c/users/username/path/to/git/shared"
Any help?
Thanks
@sadiqsaleem09 It was a typo. I fixed it above please see, it should be path/to/git/share NOT path/to/git/shared . I apologize for the confusion.
@jwebcat
Thanks for clarifying it. Two things happened. First I got the same error. But I still continued following the later instructions. I was able to create and move the nano shell script. I was able to call the script from gitbash; however there was a delay of 30s. Otherwise nano works perfectly.
Managed to download and unzip Nano. Wasn't able to move nano. an error said
mv: cannot move nano' to/c/Users/Admin/path/to/git/share'
I ended up skipping the " mv nano ~/path/to/git/share " step.
Instead I did the following
1) Find the unzipped nano folder from my user root directory "C:\Users\Admin"
2) Find the the GIT directory located C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\share
3) Drag the unzipped nano folder to the Git/share directory
4) continue with tutorial above..
Hope it helps anyone else experiencing the same issue I had.
-Peace
I think I know what might be the problem with the mv problem. All folders in Program Files need administrative privileges to modify/copy/move files. In theory if you ran Git bash with admin rights it should work.
@manio143 correct you are my good man
Selected archive for Windows doesn't work properly.
http://www.nano-editor.org/download.php
This archive works fine.
http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.4/NT/nano-2.4.1.zip
It worked and I am a total novice! Thanks a lot for the detailed instructions.
The tips in comments helped too.
All worked fine for me apart when actually using the nano script:
$ nano totoTells:
Redirection is not supported
Seems to be a known issue
