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essential functions of the editor.
</p>
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<span id="Entering-Text"></span><span id="Entering-Text-1"></span><h3 class="section">3.2 Entering Text</h3>

<p><code>nano</code> is a &quot;modeless&quot; editor.  This means that all keystrokes,
with the exception of Control and Meta sequences, enter text into the
file being edited.
</p>
<p>Characters not present on the keyboard can be entered in two ways:
</p>
<ul>
<li> For characters with a single-byte code,
pressing the Esc key twice and then typing a thr