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Re: Windows Users - Unwanted?
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Liu Hao |
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Re: Windows Users - Unwanted? |
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Fri, 8 Jan 2021 15:27:58 +0800 |
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在 2021/1/8 上午6:55, Gavin Holt 写道:
> Hi,
>
> I would love to use Nano on Windows it is "just enough" editor for my liking.
> The interface is crystal clear and consistent. Its nice to see a quick simple
> console based program still under active development.
>
> From your site the last windows binary is 2.7.5 with some "Not available in
> Windows yet" messages. I am very grateful to lhmouse for compiling the later
> releases for windows (github.com/lhmouse/nano-win/releases/tag/v5.4) as I
> have no wish to install+wrangle a compiler. This works well in the legacy
> CMD.exe console and with syntax highlighting it's beautiful.
>
Thank you for the appreciation.
> However, the Windows version is limited and I'm told this is due to a lack of
> a 'sys.fork' function. This limits the advanced functions (format, lint,
> spell, execute), but also prevents the use of an external clip.exe to link
> the Nano CutBuffer and the Windows system clipboard. The gitForWindows
> project does allow the advanced features of Nano 4.9, but with the
> multi-gigabyte overhead of msys - not a trade I care to make.
>
> I can live without the advanced functions, but cut/copy is painful using the
> console system menu. Is there any easy way to code a link to the
> undelying/Windows system clipboard, without breaking the build for other
> operating systems?
>
No. Please consider contribute a patch if it is necessary for you.
Note that not only is this the case on Windows, it is also how I use nano on
Linux. Copy-n-pasting
across multiple instances of nano is not possible without an X window (for
example, on a VT). But it
is possible to open another file in another buffer in the same instance with
C-R followed by M-F,
then select & copy text around.
> I guess there must be more to it, but many other cross-platform projects
> produce "all the features - on all the operating systems".
>
> Kind Regards Gavin Holt
>
Well, it depends on what should be considered 'the features'. Personally, I
think it the fact that
'nano does not interfere with system clipboards' that is the feature, and there
is no reason to
change it.
--
Best regards,
LH_Mouse
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