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(nano.info)Building and Configure Options

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Building and Configure Options
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   Building nano from source is fairly straightforward if you are
familiar with compiling programs with autoconf support:

   tar xvfz nano-x.y.z.tar.gz (where x.y.z is the version of nano) cd
nano-x.y.z/ ./configure make make install

   if you are looking to optimize nano for size, you may want to
consider the following command line options:

`--disable-tabcomp'
     Disable the tab completion code when reading or writing files.

`--disable-justify'
     Disable the justify (^J)/unjustify (^U) functions in the editor.

`--disable-speller'
     Disables spell checker ability.

`--disable-help'
     Disables the help function (^G).  Disabling this option makes the
     binary much smaller, but makes it difficult for new users to learn
     more than very basic things about using the editor.

`--disable-browser'
     Disables the mini file browser (^O) when reading or writing files.

`--enable-tiny'
     This options disables all the above.  It also disables some of the
     larger internals of the editor, like the marker code (^^) and the
     cut to line (-k) option which it depends on to work properly.  It
     also disables the function toggles and mouse support.

`--disable-wrapping'
     Disables all word wrapping in the editor.  This also eliminates the
     -w command line flag, as nonwrapping is then the default behavior.