Can't enter CTRL-X to quit nano

[Anders Nylund]

Or any other of the nano control key combos nano uses eg. to save the document which makes it completely impossible to use nano in the terminal app. If there is a way to enter any other control+key sequence than ctrl+r/c/a/z then I can't find it.

[Filippo Scognamiglio (flscogna)]

Definitely agreed. The only way to add shortcut, is through json profiles; there is no other option at the moment. I believe the right way to fix this is to create a nano profile, but if we find it useful somewhere else we'll add ctrl+x to the control bar.

[Anders Nylund (nylund-anders)]

Actually nano uses loads of ctrl+key combos so adding ctrl+x would only make it possible to quit nano, not to actually use it. Why not simply add a ctrl key? There are numerous other programs where you need it, and ssh:ing into a server to fix something and then realizing you can't even quit the program you opened is no fun.

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

After seeing how much people use nano, it would seem wise for us to add CTRL+X to the CTRL bar, but also makes sense to have a nano specific bar.

[Randy Olive (randy-jr-olive)]

I would have liked to see either a nano specific toolbar, or, in the settings, the option to define my own ctrl+"" for the toolbar. I wrote a huge piece of text in nano only to abandon it after I realized I couldn't save or quit.

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

Marking fixed as we have a nano terminal overlay by default.