-4.1. Alt+Up does nothing on a Linux console. How can I make it scroll?
4.2. How can I make Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right select words on urxvt?
- 4.3. Ack! My numeric keypad's keys don't work properly when NumLock is off! What can I do?
+ 4.3. How do I remove an unwanted Byte Order Mark?
4.4. With what keystroke can I paste text from the clipboard into nano?
4.5. How do I select text for or paste text from the clipboard when nano's mouse support is turned on?
4.6. When I paste text into a document, each line gets indented further than the last. Why? And how can I stop this?
@@ -219,8 +219,9 @@ URxvt.keysym.S-Page_Up: \033[5;2~ URxvt.keysym.S-Page_Down: \033[6;2~Then run xrdb ~/.Xresources and restart your urxvt terminal. Now Ctrl+Shift+Left and Ctrl+Shift+Right will select words, Alt+Up and Alt+Down will scroll the text without moving the cursor, and several such things more.
+You can use the -K or --rawsequences option on the command line, or add the line set rawsequences to your .nanorc. However, nano's mouse support will be disabled if you do any of these things.
To check whether a file contains a Byte Order Mark (BOM), open the file and type Ctrl+Home. If there is a BOM, the status bar will tell you so. Now type Delete to remove the BOM, and ^S to save the file.
+If you've accidentally deleted a Byte Order Mark from a file that needs it, and you want to restore it, then type: Ctrl+Home Alt+V feff Enter. Verify that the BOM is back with Ctrl+Home, and save the file with ^S. (Note that on Unix, files should not contain a BOM.)
In most desktop environments Shift+Insert pastes the contents of the clipboard.