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 Improved Nano Syntax Highlighting Files
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-This repository holds {lang}.nanorc files that have imporved 
+This repository holds {lang}.nanorc files that have improved 
 definitions of syntax highlighting for various languages.
 These should be placed inside of the ``~/.nano/`` directory.