nano

nano is an Ubuntu/Debian-provided text editor.

$ which nano
# /usr/bin/nano
$ nano --version

Configuration

To see the options available for configuration, take a look at the manual: man nanorc

# ~/.nanorc
set atblanks
set autoindent
set guidestripe 80
set linenumbers
#set mouse
#set nohelp
set softwrap
set tabsize 2
set tabstospaces
set trimblanks

Syntax Highlighting

# ~/.nanorc
include /usr/share/nano/*.nanorc
include /usr/share/nano/extra/*.nanorc