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<dt><code>set unix</code></dt>
<dd><p>Save a file by default in Unix format.  This overrides nano&rsquo;s
default behavior of saving a file in the format that it had.
(This option has no effect when you also use <code>set noconvert</code>.)
</p>
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<dt><code>set whitespace &quot;<var>characters</var>&quot;</code></dt>
<dd><p>Set the two characters used to indicate the presence of tabs and
spaces.  They must be single-column characters.  The default pair
for a UTF-8 locale i