Re: [Help-nano] nano for Windows doesn't find .nanorc

[Ronald Fischer]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014, at 19:22, Chris Allegretta wrote:
> Hey Ronald,
> 
> Please try naming your file nano.rc and see if it does as you expect

Thanks; actually this is only half of the story. The other point is that
the Windows version of nano ignores SYSCONFDIR (it only looks into
HOME), so HOME must be set also. But this is explained too in the FAQ
you are mentioning.

> per http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/faq.html#3.9.1

Ronald


> On 11/10/14, Ronald Fischer <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Using nano 2.2.6 Windows 7.
> >
> > Compiled options: --disable-mouse --enable-color --enable-extra
> > --enable-multib
> > uffer --enable-nanorc
> >
> > I have the following environment variable setting:
> >
> >   set SYSCONFDIR=c:/conf
> >
> > and c:/conf contains my .nanorc.
> >
> > Nano does however not honor the settings in .nanorc. Is there something
> > special I need to observe when defining the SYSCONFDIR?
> >
> > Ronald
> >