Syntax highlight in nano

[Pavel Yermolenko]

Hello,

How to add syntax highlighting in nano ?

I created file .nanorc and added there

include /usr/share/nano/java.nanorc

But it didn't work.

Thanks.

[Pavel Yermolenko]

In the file /etc/nanorc there is following line:

## To include all existing syntax definitions, you can do:
include "/usr/share/nano/*.nanorc"

Here is the content of /usr/share/nano/:

debian@beaglebone:~$ ls /usr/share/nano/ -l
total 180
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  882 Jun 12  2019 asm.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  555 Jun 12  2019 autoconf.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342 Jun 12  2019 awk.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  712 Jun 12  2019 changelog.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  788 Jun 12  2019 cmake.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1748 Jun 12  2019 c.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  344 Jun 12  2019 css.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  757 Jun 12  2019 debian.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  414 Jun 12  2019 default.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1108 Jun 12  2019 elisp.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1967 Jun 12  2019 fortran.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4226 Jun 12  2019 gentoo.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1317 Jun 12  2019 go.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  710 Jun 12  2019 groff.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  587 Jun 12  2019 guile.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1211 Jun 12  2019 html.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  653 Jun 12  2019 java.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  763 Jun 12  2019 javascript.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  878 Jun 12  2019 json.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2459 Jun 12  2019 lua.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  535 Jun 12  2019 makefile.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  453 Jun 12  2019 man.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  198 Jun 12  2019 mgp.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  185 Jun 12  2019 mutt.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  388 Jun 12  2019 nanohelp.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2675 Jun 12  2019 nanorc.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  791 Jun 12  2019 nftables.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1696 Jun 12  2019 objc.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  859 Jun 12  2019 ocaml.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  590 Jun 12  2019 patch.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1457 Jun 12  2019 perl.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1070 Jun 12  2019 php.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  919 Jun 12  2019 po.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3046 Jun 12  2019 postgresql.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  632 Jun 12  2019 pov.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1199 Jun 12  2019 python.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1506 Jun 12  2019 ruby.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1116 Jun 12  2019 rust.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1489 Jun 12  2019 sh.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1924 Jun 12  2019 spec.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2181 Jun 12  2019 tcl.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  463 Jun 12  2019 texinfo.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  200 Jun 12  2019 tex.nanorc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  527 Jun 12  2019 xml.nanorc
debian@beaglebone:~$

But there is no syntax coloring for any of languages.

Where is the problem ?

Thanks

[Pavel Yermolenko]

BTW, the vim editor does not provide syntax highlighting either.

[jose...@gmail.com]

If you provide appropriate config, vim will give you syntax highlight.

I always add in my boards the following config in /etc/vim/vimrc.local:

let g:skip_defaults_vim = 1

syntax on

set background=dark

set modeline

set modelines=3

set mouse=

BR,

José Gonçalves

[Pavel Yermolenko]

Thanks.

I edited /etc/vim/vimrc.

Here is what I get.

Where are colors in this so-called highlighting.

Regards,

Pavel.

[jose...@gmail.com]

Have you installed the full vim version ?

$ sudo apt install vim

By default, some Debian images only have installed the vim-tiny package, that does not have support to syntax highlight.

Other thing that may affect the presentation of color is the usage of a serial terminal.

If you can, login via SSH to test if, in this way, you get colors on your terminal.

[Pavel Yermolenko]

Yes the absence of colors is only when using serial terminal.

With ssh it's Ok, both in vim and nano.

Thanks !

[jonnymo]

I usually put the .vimrc under my user folder.

Ex:

   touch ~/.vimrc

Then edit it there.

Cheers,

Jon

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