Nano text editor

Nano is a text editor for Unix and Unix-like systems, licensed under the GNU General Public License. It is a free software clone of Pico, the editor of the [Pine email client]?. Nano aims to emulate the functionality and easy to use interface of Pico, but does not have the tight mailer integration of the Pine/Pico package.

It was first created in 1999 under the name TIP (TIP isn't Pico) by Chris Allegretta. His motivation was to create a free software replacement for Pico, since neither it nor Pine were distributed under a free software license. The name was officially changed to Nano on January 10, 2000 because of a name conflict with another Unix program. In February, 2001, Nano became an official part of the GNU project.

See also:

• GNU
• Pico text editor
• [Pine email client]?

External Links: [The GNU Nano Homepage]