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PHP, CSS And XML Syntax Highlighting In Nano (Linux Text Editor)

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A few days ago I was telling you about using syntax highlighting in Nano (Linux command line text editor). Unfortunately Nano doesn't come with syntax highlighting for some of the most used languages such as CSS, PHP and XML by default.

But thanks to Sckyzo, you can have syntax highlighting in Nano for those too. The package which will be downloaded using the command below will download syntax highlighting plugins for: PHP, CSS, XML, xorg.conf and Generic .conf. To install them all, simply paste this in a terminal:

Use Syntax Highlighting In Nano Editor [Quick Linux Tip]

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Nano is an easy to use Linux shell text editor. Here is a very easy to follow tip to get syntax highlighting in Nano.