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Building nano from source is fairly straightforward if you are familiar
with compiling programs with autoconf support:
tar xvfz nano-x.y.z.tar.gz (where x.y.z is the version of nano)
cd nano-x.y.z/
./configure
make
make install
if you are looking to optimize nano for size, you may want to consider
the following command line options:
--disable-tabcomp
-
Disable the tab completion code when reading or writing files.
--disable-justify
-
Disable the justify (^J)/unjustify (^U) functions in the editor.
--disable-speller
-
Disables spell checker abillity.
--disable-help
-
Disables the help function (^G). Disabling this option maks the
binary much smaller, but makes it difficult for new users
to learn more than very basic things about using the editor.
--disable-browser
-
Disables the mini file browser (^O) when reading or writing files.
--enable-tiny
-
This options disables all the above. It also disables some of
the larger internals of the editor, like the marker code (^^) and
the cut to line (-k) option which it depends on to work properly.
It also disables the function toggles and mouse support.
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