Nano text editor - How to bring back on the syntax coloring?

Question

I am using the Nano text editor.

Before, there was color on every command I typed, but now I don't know what buttons I pressed as there are no more colors.

How to bring back on the syntax coloring?

Answer 1

You probably pressed Meta+Y, that Meta usually is Right Alt, so Right Alt+Y.

Press it again to undo the change.

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You can also force colors temporarily with; taken from the --help:

 -Y <name>    --syntax=<name>     Syntax definition to use for coloring

Usage:

nano -Y sh assign

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Also, implicitly, the file must be marked executable in order for the syntax coloring to come up automatically, so just a quick check:

ls -l assign