Modern keybindings for the nano editor

nanorc

# Copy/paste the following lines into the "nanorc" file
# File is usually located at: /etc/nanorc

# Set some colors
# set element fgcolor,bgcolor
set titlecolor black,green
set statuscolor black,green
set errorcolor brightwhite,red
set selectedcolor black,green
set stripecolor ,yellow
set numbercolor green
set keycolor cyan
set functioncolor green

# Set some functions
set mouse
set autoindent
set linenumbers
set morespace
set multibuffer
#set nohelp            # perhaps comment out until comfortable
set quickblank
set regexp
set smooth
set suspend
set tabsize 4


# Set keybindings
unbind ^K main
unbind ^U main
unbind ^W main

bind ^O insert main
bind ^S writeout main
bind ^Q exit main
bind ^A help main

bind ^P prevword main
bind ^N nextword main
bind ^B firstline main
bind ^E lastline main
bind ^L gotoline main
bind ^J curpos main

bind ^Space mark main
bind ^X cut main
bind ^C copytext main
bind ^V paste main

bind ^F whereis main
bind ^G searchagain main
bind ^H replace main

bind ^Z undo main
bind ^Y redo main

bind M-A nohelp main
bind M-L constupdate main

bind M-Z suspend main