Merge pull request #147 from sledgeh/master

Update README. Better install manual.
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@ -4,15 +4,28 @@ Improved Nano Syntax Highlighting Files
This repository holds ``{lang}.nanorc`` files that have improved This repository holds ``{lang}.nanorc`` files that have improved
definitions of syntax highlighting for various languages. definitions of syntax highlighting for various languages.
1. Copy files
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These should be placed inside of the ``~/.nano/`` directory. These should be placed inside of the ``~/.nano/`` directory.
Alternatively:: Or for system-wide installation ``/usr/share/nano-syntax-highlighting/``.
In other words::
git clone git@github.com:scopatz/nanorc.git ~/.nano git clone git@github.com:scopatz/nanorc.git ~/.nano
*Note - if you have any issues, alternatively use:: *Note - if you have any issues (ssh was not properly configured), alternatively use::
git clone https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc.git ~/.nano git clone https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc.git ~/.nano
*System wide will look like so*::
sudo git clone https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc.git /usr/share/nano-syntax-highlighting/
2. Configure ``nano``
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Once there you should add the languages you want to your Once there you should add the languages you want to your
nano configuration file ``~/.nanorc``. For example:: nano configuration file ``~/.nanorc``. For example::
@ -25,6 +38,17 @@ You can also append the contents of ``~/.nano/nanorc`` into your
cat ~/.nano/nanorc >> ~/.nanorc cat ~/.nano/nanorc >> ~/.nanorc
Or to be less verbose, append content of the folder in one line with wildcard::
## For all users
$ echo "include $install_path/*.nanorc" >> /etc/nanorc
## For current user
$ echo "include $install_path/*.nanorc" >> ~/.nanorc
where ``$install_path`` is ``/usr/share/nano-syntax-highlighting`` or ``~/.nano/`` or ...
1a. Automatic installer
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Finally, you can run an automatic installer using the following code:: Finally, you can run an automatic installer using the following code::
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scopatz/nanorc/master/install.sh | sh $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scopatz/nanorc/master/install.sh | sh
@ -37,3 +61,12 @@ or alternatively::
some syntax definitions which exist in Nano upstream may be preferable to the ones provided by this package. some syntax definitions which exist in Nano upstream may be preferable to the ones provided by this package.
The install.sh script may be run with ``-l`` or ``--lite`` to insert the included syntax definitions from this package The install.sh script may be run with ``-l`` or ``--lite`` to insert the included syntax definitions from this package
with lower precedence than the ones provided by the standard package. with lower precedence than the ones provided by the standard package.
1b. Distributive specific installation via package managers
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On **Arch Linux** and other *pacman/aur* based systems it is possible to::
$ yaourt nano-syntax-highlight
Then you need to mannually add ``.nanorc``-s to user's ``~/.nanorc`` or system ``/etc/nanorc``. See **$2**