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+# Improved Nano Syntax Highlighting Files
+
+This repository holds ``{lang}.nanorc`` files that have improved definitions of syntax highlighting for various languages.
+
+## Installation
+
+There are three ways to install this repo.
+
+### 1. Automatic installer
+
+Copy the following code to download and run the installer script:
+
+```sh
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scopatz/nanorc/master/install.sh | sh
+```
+
+If your machine doesn't have `curl` command, use this code:
+
+```sh
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scopatz/nanorc/master/install.sh -O- | sh
+```
+
+#### Note
+
+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 with *lower* precedence than the ones provided by the standard package.
+
+### 2. Package managers
+
+The follow table lists all systems with this package published.
+Feel free to add your official package manager.
+
+> Systems that are based in others' package managers or repositories are compatible. For example: `pacman` based systems are compatible with `Arch Linux`.
+
+| System | Command |
+| ---------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| Arch Linux | `pacman -S nano-syntax-highlighting` |
+
+### 3. Clone repo (copy the files)
+
+The files should be placed inside of the `~/.nano/` directory.
+
+You can put the files in another directory inside the correct `.nano` folder.
+For example: `~/.nano/nanorc/`.
+For readability will use `$install_path` for the path of your choose (in *system wide* the path is always `/usr/share/nano-syntax-highlighting/`).
+
+For user, only run:
+
+`git clone git@github.com:scopatz/nanorc.git $install_path` or
+`git clone https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc.git $install_path`
+
+For system wide, run:
+
+`sudo git clone https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc.git $install_path`
+
+## Configuration
+
+After installation, you need to inform `nano` to used the new highlight files.
+The configuration file is located at `~/.nanorc`, for users, and at `/etc/nanorc`, for system wide.
+If this file doesn't exist, create a new one.
+
+Again there are three ways:
+
+### 1. Include all
+
+Append the content of the folder in one line, with wildcard:
+
+`echo "include $install_path/*.nanorc" >> ~/.nanorc` or
+`echo "include $install_path/*.nanorc" >> /etc/nanorc`
+
+### 2. Include/append our `nanorc` file
+
+Simply run:
+
+`cat $install_path/nanorc >> ~/.nanorc` or
+`cat $install_path/nanorc >> /etc/nanorc`
+
+### 3. One by one
+
+Add your preferable languages one by onento the file. For example:
+
+```
+## C/C++
+include "~/.nano/c.nanorc"
+```
+
+## Tricks & Tweaks
+
+### MacOS
+
+`\<` and `\>` are regular character escapes on MacOS.
+The bug is fixed in Nano, but this might be a problem if you are using an older version
+If this is the case, replace them respectively with `[[:<:]]` and `[[:>:]]`.
+This is reported in [Issue 52](https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc/issues/52).
+
+### Why not include the original files?
+
+It is a good question, but the way that nano reads the files matters.
+In other words, the regex instructions should be in a _specific order_ (you can see that in some nanorc files).
+So, if we `include` or `extendsyntax` (yes, there is also this command) the colors or other things won't be work well.
+The best way to do is copying and editing the original files (if it is needed).
+Please see this [issue](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?5698).
+But if some original nanorc file needs an update, feel free to [patch it](https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?func=additem&group=nano)!
+
+### My shortcut is not working!
+
+Please see this [issue](https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56994).
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+Some of these files are derived from the original [Nano](https://www.nano-editor.org) editor [repo](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git)
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