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   Hi everyone,   
      
   I discovered this text file I wrote sometime last year and hope it will be   
   of help.   
      
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   Setting Up Nano With MultiMail Under Windows 10   
   Written by Sean Dennis (1:18/200@Fidonet // sysop@outpostbbs.net)   
      
   I use 64-bit Windows 10 on my laptop and use MultiMail v0.52, a console mode   
   offline mail reader for my offline mail needs.  I have been searching for a   
   good and easy-to-use console text editor with MultiMail (MM).  I've   
   discovered that Nano does a good job though it is a little involved to set   
   up initially but is well worth the effort.   
      
   First, you must get the right version of Nano.  Nano is a *NIX program   
   meaning that it is ported to the Windows platform.  There is a development   
   branch for Nano that allows for a standalone version (meaning a single EXE   
   and no cross-platform libraries such as Cygwin are needed) at this URL:   
      
   https://files.lhmouse.com/nano-win/   
      
   The version of Nano that I am currently using is:    
      
   nano-win_8303_v4.5-103-gb12aeeac   
      
   which is the current version as of this writing.   
      
   I use WinRAR which can handle the 7Zip archive format that this group uses   
   to store their Nano compiles.   
      
   When you open up the archive, there may be multiple versions available.    
   Pick one, go into that folder and then the bin folder.  Copy that executable   
   to somewhere in your path.  I created "C:\Program Files\nano" and put the   
   file in that folder.  Also note that there is a .nanorc file in the archive   
   at the root folder.  Copy that to your %USERPROFILE% directory which is   
   usually "C:\Users\".  In my case, it is "C:\Users\Sean".   
      
   From there, open Control Panel->System->Advanced system settings and click   
   the button labeled "Environmental Variables...".  Another window will pop   
   up.  In the top window within that window, highlight "Path" and then click   
   on the "Edit" button.  Click on the "New" button then add "C:\Program   
   Files\Nano" into the dialog box.  Click "OK" on that window and the two   
   previous windows.  That directory is now in your system's search path.  You   
   can also cheat and just drop the executable into C:\Windows\System32 if   
   you're lazy...   
      
   You will want to set up a few things in .nanorc first.  The important thing   
   for me was to turn on the soft wrapping of lines to make everything fit   
   properly in the editor for MultiMail to process it.   
      
   Open .nanorc in your %USERPROFILE% directory and uncomment the following   
   lines:   
      
   set atblanks   
   set softwrap   
   set smarthome   
   set trimblanks   
      
   Read the comments at each line about what those commands do.  I also used   
   the default color scheme with a minor change:   
      
   set titlecolor brightwhite,blue   
   set statuscolor brightwhite,green   
   set errorcolor brightwhite,red   
   set selectedcolor brightwhite,magenta   
   set stripecolor ,yellow   
   set numbercolor cyan   
   set keycolor yellow,blue   
   set functioncolor green   
      
   Open a shell window and run Nano.  It should pop up with the new colors.   
      
   Next, open mmail.rc in your MultiMail directory and edit the following line   
   to match this:   
      
   # Editor for replies = $EDITOR; or if not defined, start /w notepad   
   editor: nano   
      
   Your MultiMail is now configured to use Nano for a text editor.   
   ===   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
   ... The light of a hundred stars does not equal the light of the moon.   
   ___ MultiMail/Linux v0.52   
      
   --- Maximus/2 3.01   
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