How to enable syntax highlighting for nano in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)?
According to what I found so far on Google is that it has got to do with /.nanorc
file. I have no idea how to get it or make it?
When I try to find nano
in my terminal this is what I get:
Notra:~ Sukhvir$ whereis nano
/usr/bin/nano
According to what I found on Internet this is the file I need to edit:
~/.nanorc
But how do I get to it/how to open it/if I don't have it then how to make it?
I am a bit new to programming folks, so step-by-step instructions will be highly appreciated.
I need it for C
mainly.
According to what I found online, I have to paste this into the .nanorc
file:
include "/usr/share/nano/nanorc.nanorc"
include "/usr/share/nano/c.nanorc"
However this will not work because there is no such directory as /usr/share/nano
.
I also just did ls /usr/share/
and according to the results there is no nano
in that directory. Is this a Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) issue or an issue on my Mac?
Here are some steps to help you out.
/usr/local/share/
called 'nano' like this:mkdir /usr/local/share/nano
nano /usr/local/share/nano/c.nanorc`
http://code.google.com/p/nanosyntax/source/browse/trunk/syntax-nanorc/c.nanorc
nano ~/.nanorc
include "/usr/local/share/nano/c.nanorc"
Now, when you open up C files, you should see syntax highlighting. You can add additional syntax highlighting for different types of files using the same method. Just add more lines to your ~/.nanorc
file.
Note that depending on your user permissions, you may have to precede some of the above commands with sudo and then enter your root password.