From 2a1752738108894f9210802ca3516aa27355840f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 16:47:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] tweaks: indenting text files with tabs is not a good idea The tabsize can vary by configuring editor or viewer, but the text has some kind of intended alignment. Also, change the indentation a bit, to make things line up more neatly. --- NEWS | 2810 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- README | 92 +- 2 files changed, 1451 insertions(+), 1451 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 192a19a4..e033c42c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,1720 +1,1720 @@ 2018.01.02 - GNU nano 2.9.2 "Pussy Riot" correctly displays the Modified - state when undoing/redoing (also when the file was saved - somewhere midway), improves the undoing of an automatic - linefeed at EOF, fixes a build issue on the BSDs, shows - the cursor again when compiled with --withslang, renames - the option 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks' because it will - now snip trailing whitespace also while you are typing - (and hard-wrapping is enabled), continues pushing words - to the next line much longer (when hard-wrapping), makes - and indent and unindent a marked region, - allows unindenting when not all lines are indented, lets a - region marked with Shift persist when indenting/unindenting - or commenting/uncommenting it, and in those cases excludes - the last line of the region when it is not visibly marked - (which makes for a more intuitive behavior). + state when undoing/redoing (also when the file was saved + somewhere midway), improves the undoing of an automatic + linefeed at EOF, fixes a build issue on the BSDs, shows + the cursor again when compiled with --withslang, renames + the option 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks' because it will + now snip trailing whitespace also while you are typing + (and hard-wrapping is enabled), continues pushing words + to the next line much longer (when hard-wrapping), makes + and indent and unindent a marked region, + allows unindenting when not all lines are indented, lets a + region marked with Shift persist when indenting/unindenting + or commenting/uncommenting it, and in those cases excludes + the last line of the region when it is not visibly marked + (which makes for a more intuitive behavior). 2017.11.27 - GNU nano 2.9.1 "Damyatta" fixes a bug where, when the mark - is on, ^S would overwrite the file with just the marked - region. This release further clears the "Modified" flag - when all edits are undone, adds or updates some magic - strings, and does not forget when the cursor was last - at line 1, column 1. + is on, ^S would overwrite the file with just the marked + region. This release further clears the "Modified" flag + when all edits are undone, adds or updates some magic + strings, and does not forget when the cursor was last + at line 1, column 1. 2017.11.18 - GNU nano 2.9.0 "Eta" introduces the ability to record and - replay keystrokes (M-: to start and stop recording, M-; - to play the macro back), makes ^Q and ^S do something - useful by default (^Q starts a backward search, and ^S - saves the current file), changes ^W to start always a - forward search, shows the number of open buffers (when - more than one) in the title bar, no longer asks to press - Enter when there are errors in an rc file, retires the - options '--quiet' and 'set quiet' and 'set backwards', - makes indenting and unindenting undoable, will look in - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME for a nanorc file and in $XDG_DATA_HOME - for the history files, adds a history stack for executed - commands (^R^X), does not overwrite the position-history - file of another nano, and fixes a score of tiny bugs. + replay keystrokes (M-: to start and stop recording, M-; + to play the macro back), makes ^Q and ^S do something + useful by default (^Q starts a backward search, and ^S + saves the current file), changes ^W to start always a + forward search, shows the number of open buffers (when + more than one) in the title bar, no longer asks to press + Enter when there are errors in an rc file, retires the + options '--quiet' and 'set quiet' and 'set backwards', + makes indenting and unindenting undoable, will look in + $XDG_CONFIG_HOME for a nanorc file and in $XDG_DATA_HOME + for the history files, adds a history stack for executed + commands (^R^X), does not overwrite the position-history + file of another nano, and fixes a score of tiny bugs. 2017.08.27 - GNU nano 2.8.7 "Fragrance" fixes a lockup when tabs are - wider than the screen, makes indenting + unindenting - more predictable by retaining relative indentations, - allows pasting (^U) at a prompt, allows triple quotes - in Python to not be followed by a character, does not - scroll three pages on a roll of the mouse wheel, binds - Alt+Up and Alt+Down to findprevious and findnext, and - fixes some hard-to-describe issues with softwrapping - and boundary-crossing tabs. Enjoy. + wider than the screen, makes indenting + unindenting + more predictable by retaining relative indentations, + allows pasting (^U) at a prompt, allows triple quotes + in Python to not be followed by a character, does not + scroll three pages on a roll of the mouse wheel, binds + Alt+Up and Alt+Down to findprevious and findnext, and + fixes some hard-to-describe issues with softwrapping + and boundary-crossing tabs. Enjoy. 2017.07.21 - GNU nano 2.8.6 "Kekulé" offers a new feature: the ability - to do softwrapping between words -- at whitespace -- - instead of always at the edge of the screen. This can - be activated with -a or --atblanks or 'set atblanks' - together with the softwrap option. This release further - fixes a handful of rare display glitches, fixes a build - failure on AIX, harmonizes the quoting rules in the rc - files, and renames the option 'cut' to 'cutfromcursor' - (please update your nanorc files before 2020). + to do softwrapping between words -- at whitespace -- + instead of always at the edge of the screen. This can + be activated with -a or --atblanks or 'set atblanks' + together with the softwrap option. This release further + fixes a handful of rare display glitches, fixes a build + failure on AIX, harmonizes the quoting rules in the rc + files, and renames the option 'cut' to 'cutfromcursor' + (please update your nanorc files before 2020). 2017.06.25 - GNU nano 2.8.5 "Farouche" avoids a crash when waking from - a suspension that was induced from the outside, allows - negative line and column numbers on the command line, - avoids some flickering when resizing the screen while - in the file browser, opens files in the order they were - mentioned on the command line, and does not pretend to - have woken from suspension when receiving a SIGCONT. + a suspension that was induced from the outside, allows + negative line and column numbers on the command line, + avoids some flickering when resizing the screen while + in the file browser, opens files in the order they were + mentioned on the command line, and does not pretend to + have woken from suspension when receiving a SIGCONT. 2017.05.21 - GNU nano 2.8.4 "Our Version of Events" includes the nanorc - man page again. + man page again. 2017.05.18 - GNU nano 2.8.3 "Hirsch" fixes a misplacement of the spotlight - during interactive replacing, avoids build failures on AIX - and Solaris, fixes a crash on Solaris, speeds up backwards - searching, improves PHP syntax highlighting, and no longer - asks “save anyway?” when the user ^Q discards the buffer. + during interactive replacing, avoids build failures on AIX + and Solaris, fixes a crash on Solaris, speeds up backwards + searching, improves PHP syntax highlighting, and no longer + asks “save anyway?” when the user ^Q discards the buffer. 2017.05.04 - GNU nano 2.8.2 "Krats" adds another new feature: it makes - the ^G help texts searchable with ^W. Apart from that, - it fixes a crash when resizing the window in the middle - of verbatim input, avoids an unlikely crash when used - without UTF-8 support in some locales, avoids redrawing - the screen twice when switching between buffers while - line numbers are active, and works around a coloring - bug on musl. Plus tweaks to the documentation; plus - translation updates for fifteen languages. + the ^G help texts searchable with ^W. Apart from that, + it fixes a crash when resizing the window in the middle + of verbatim input, avoids an unlikely crash when used + without UTF-8 support in some locales, avoids redrawing + the screen twice when switching between buffers while + line numbers are active, and works around a coloring + bug on musl. Plus tweaks to the documentation; plus + translation updates for fifteen languages. 2017.04.12 - GNU nano 2.8.1 "Ellert" fixes build failures on MacOS and - on musl, fixes scrolling problems in softwrap mode when - double-width characters on row boundaries are involved, - shows double-width characters as ">" and "<" when split - across two rows, moves the cursor more predictably (at - the cost of sometimes putting it on the second "half" - of a character), avoids creating lines that consist of - only blanks when using autoindent, makes ^Home and ^End - go to the start and end of the file (on terminals that - support those keystrokes), places the cursor better when - linting, lets the linter ask only once whether to open - an included file, and adds bindings for ^Up and ^Down - in the file browser. Don't sit on your hands. + on musl, fixes scrolling problems in softwrap mode when + double-width characters on row boundaries are involved, + shows double-width characters as ">" and "<" when split + across two rows, moves the cursor more predictably (at + the cost of sometimes putting it on the second "half" + of a character), avoids creating lines that consist of + only blanks when using autoindent, makes ^Home and ^End + go to the start and end of the file (on terminals that + support those keystrokes), places the cursor better when + linting, lets the linter ask only once whether to open + an included file, and adds bindings for ^Up and ^Down + in the file browser. Don't sit on your hands. 2017.03.31 - GNU nano 2.8.0 "Axat" makes it easier to move around in - softwrapped lines: the Up and Down keys now step from - visual row to visual row instead of jumping between - logical lines, and the Home and End keys now move to - the start and end of a row, and only when already - there, then to the start and end of the logical line. - Furthermore, the screen can now scroll per row instead - of always per logical line. On an entirely different - front: nano now makes use of gnulib, to make it build - on more platforms. In short: there were many internal - changes, not many user-visible ones (apart from the - new softwrap navigation). The conversion to gnulib - was done by Mike Frysinger, the softwrap overhaul by - David Ramsey. + softwrapped lines: the Up and Down keys now step from + visual row to visual row instead of jumping between + logical lines, and the Home and End keys now move to + the start and end of a row, and only when already + there, then to the start and end of the logical line. + Furthermore, the screen can now scroll per row instead + of always per logical line. On an entirely different + front: nano now makes use of gnulib, to make it build + on more platforms. In short: there were many internal + changes, not many user-visible ones (apart from the + new softwrap navigation). The conversion to gnulib + was done by Mike Frysinger, the softwrap overhaul by + David Ramsey. 2017.02.23 - GNU nano 2.7.5 "Nijntje" can properly search and replace - the \B and \b regex anchors, correctly repaints things - when multiline regexes with identical start and end are - involved, fixes a crash with zero-length regex matches, - does replacements at the edges of a marked region right, - no longer hides double-width characters at the head of - softwrapped rows, displays at most three warnings at - startup, and documents the ability to read a file from - standard input. Come tickle my ears. + the \B and \b regex anchors, correctly repaints things + when multiline regexes with identical start and end are + involved, fixes a crash with zero-length regex matches, + does replacements at the edges of a marked region right, + no longer hides double-width characters at the head of + softwrapped rows, displays at most three warnings at + startup, and documents the ability to read a file from + standard input. Come tickle my ears. 2017.01.10 - GNU nano 2.7.4 "Red dress" undoes deletions in an orderly - manner again (bug was introduced in previous version), - sets the preferred x position for vertical movements - more consistently, avoids some scrolling problems in - softwrap mode, installs the Info manual also when your - system lacks 'makeinfo', and corrects the behavior of - the beginning-of-word anchor (\<) in regex searches. + manner again (bug was introduced in previous version), + sets the preferred x position for vertical movements + more consistently, avoids some scrolling problems in + softwrap mode, installs the Info manual also when your + system lacks 'makeinfo', and corrects the behavior of + the beginning-of-word anchor (\<) in regex searches. 2016.12.28 - GNU nano 2.7.3 "Ontbijtkoek" wipes away a handful of bugs: - your editor is now able to handle filenames that contain - newlines, avoids a brief flash of color when switching - between buffers that are governed by different syntaxes, - makes the Shift+Ctrl+Arrow keys select text again on a - Linux console, is more resistant against malformations - in the positionlog file, and does not crash when ^C is - typed on systems where it produces the code KEY_CANCEL. - Oh, and it no longer mistakenly warns about editing an - unlocked file just after saving a new one. That's it. - Tastes great with thick butter. + your editor is now able to handle filenames that contain + newlines, avoids a brief flash of color when switching + between buffers that are governed by different syntaxes, + makes the Shift+Ctrl+Arrow keys select text again on a + Linux console, is more resistant against malformations + in the positionlog file, and does not crash when ^C is + typed on systems where it produces the code KEY_CANCEL. + Oh, and it no longer mistakenly warns about editing an + unlocked file just after saving a new one. That's it. + Tastes great with thick butter. 2016.12.12 - GNU nano 2.7.2 "Shemesh! Shemesh!" brings another feature: - the ability to complete with one keystroke (^] by default) - a fragment of a word to a full word existing elsewhere in - the current buffer. Besides, this release fixes two bugs - related to using line numbers in softwrap mode, allows to - use the PageUp and PageDown keys together with Shift on - VTE-based terminals, stops the help lines from flickering - during interactive replacing, makes a 'set fill' override - an earlier 'set nowrap', properly restores the selected - region after an external spell check, and improves a few - other tidbits. If you should find any more bugs, please - run 'man nano | grep bugs' and report them there. + the ability to complete with one keystroke (^] by default) + a fragment of a word to a full word existing elsewhere in + the current buffer. Besides, this release fixes two bugs + related to using line numbers in softwrap mode, allows to + use the PageUp and PageDown keys together with Shift on + VTE-based terminals, stops the help lines from flickering + during interactive replacing, makes a 'set fill' override + an earlier 'set nowrap', properly restores the selected + region after an external spell check, and improves a few + other tidbits. If you should find any more bugs, please + run 'man nano | grep bugs' and report them there. 2016.10.29 - GNU nano 2.7.1 "Leuven" adds an often-asked-for feature: the - ability to display line numbers beside the text. This can - be activated with -l or --linenumbers on the command line, - or with 'set linenumbers' in your nanorc, or toggled with - M-#. The coloring of these numbers can be chosen via the - option 'set numbercolor'. This release furthermore fixes - some bugs with scrolling in softwrap mode, is more strict - in the parsing of key rebindings, and marks a new buffer - as modified when the output of a command (^R ^X) has been - read into it. Come and check it out! + ability to display line numbers beside the text. This can + be activated with -l or --linenumbers on the command line, + or with 'set linenumbers' in your nanorc, or toggled with + M-#. The coloring of these numbers can be chosen via the + option 'set numbercolor'. This release furthermore fixes + some bugs with scrolling in softwrap mode, is more strict + in the parsing of key rebindings, and marks a new buffer + as modified when the output of a command (^R ^X) has been + read into it. Come and check it out! 2016.09.01 - GNU nano 2.7.0 "Suni" adds a new feature: allowing text to be - selected by holding Shift together with the cursor keys. - Besides that, nano now works also when run in very tiny - terminals (down to one line, one column), and improves - the handling of the prompt in cramped spaces. Not much, - but it's time to get it out there. + selected by holding Shift together with the cursor keys. + Besides that, nano now works also when run in very tiny + terminals (down to one line, one column), and improves + the handling of the prompt in cramped spaces. Not much, + but it's time to get it out there. 2016.08.10 - nano 2.6.3 "Marika" makes the Ctrl+Arrow keys work also on - a Linux virtual console, takes as verbatim only the very - first keystroke after M-V, removes any lock files that it - holds when dying, doesn't abort when a word contains digits - (when using the default speller), fixes a small sorting bug - in the file browser, makes searching case-insensitively in - a UTF-8 locale a little faster, and doesn't enter invalid - bytes when holding down both Alt keys. Santé! + a Linux virtual console, takes as verbatim only the very + first keystroke after M-V, removes any lock files that it + holds when dying, doesn't abort when a word contains digits + (when using the default speller), fixes a small sorting bug + in the file browser, makes searching case-insensitively in + a UTF-8 locale a little faster, and doesn't enter invalid + bytes when holding down both Alt keys. Santé! 2016.07.28 - nano 2.6.2 "Le vent nous portera" adds two new features: the - keystrokes Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down for jumping between blocks - of text, and the option 'wordchars' for specifying which - characters (beside alphanumeric ones) should be considered - word-forming. Further, it provides feedback during Unicode - input (M-V followed by a six-digit hexadecimal number which - must start with 0 or 10), avoids a crash when resizing the - window during Verbatim input, doesn't drop a keystroke after - having been suspended, and replaces the beginning-of-line - anchor (^) just once per line. There are also several tiny - improvements in screen rendering and key handling. Come get - your hair tousled! + keystrokes Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down for jumping between blocks + of text, and the option 'wordchars' for specifying which + characters (beside alphanumeric ones) should be considered + word-forming. Further, it provides feedback during Unicode + input (M-V followed by a six-digit hexadecimal number which + must start with 0 or 10), avoids a crash when resizing the + window during Verbatim input, doesn't drop a keystroke after + having been suspended, and replaces the beginning-of-line + anchor (^) just once per line. There are also several tiny + improvements in screen rendering and key handling. Come get + your hair tousled! 2016.06.27 - nano 2.6.1 "Stampede" is chiefly a translation update, but also - adds one little feature (the ability to use negative numbers - with Go To Line: -1 meaning the first line from the bottom), - includes syntax highlighting for Rust, and fixes three tiny - bugs (but in such far corners of the editor that they aren't - even worth mentioning). + adds one little feature (the ability to use negative numbers + with Go To Line: -1 meaning the first line from the bottom), + includes syntax highlighting for Rust, and fixes three tiny + bugs (but in such far corners of the editor that they aren't + even worth mentioning). 2016.06.17 - nano 2.6.0 "Rubicon" fixes more than fifty little bugs -- and - some of them not so little. It improves moving about in - the file browser, corrects failings of the internal spell - checker, adds a new feature (comment/uncomment lines, with - default binding M-3), makes some error messages clearer, - shows more of a file when positionlog is used and the cursor - is near the end, displays all error messages at startup if - there are multiple ones, does not misinterpret keystrokes - when typing very fast, is less eager to trim the filename - on narrow terminals, speeds up case-insensitive searches, - and allows to abort re-searches. Among bunches of other - things. It is worth the trouble to upgrade. + some of them not so little. It improves moving about in + the file browser, corrects failings of the internal spell + checker, adds a new feature (comment/uncomment lines, with + default binding M-3), makes some error messages clearer, + shows more of a file when positionlog is used and the cursor + is near the end, displays all error messages at startup if + there are multiple ones, does not misinterpret keystrokes + when typing very fast, is less eager to trim the filename + on narrow terminals, speeds up case-insensitive searches, + and allows to abort re-searches. Among bunches of other + things. It is worth the trouble to upgrade. 2016.02.25 - GNU nano 2.5.3 "Alphys" is released. This release - contains fixes for bugs like: stray cursor positioning - errors, many many memory leaks including file reading, - using the file browser, searching for multibyte characters, - history completion, and many other places. - New features include the ability to trim whitespace - from the ends of lines when justifying text, see nanorc(5) - option justifytrim for deets. As always thank you for your - continued support of nano, and keep sparing. + contains fixes for bugs like: stray cursor positioning + errors, many many memory leaks including file reading, + using the file browser, searching for multibyte characters, + history completion, and many other places. + New features include the ability to trim whitespace + from the ends of lines when justifying text, see nanorc(5) + option justifytrim for deets. As always thank you for your + continued support of nano, and keep sparing. 2016.02.12 - GNU nano 2.5.2 is carrying too many dogs. This release includes - several fixes for various memory leaks, position history - size growth, and a long standing issue with using - nano under sudo creating root-owned files. There are also - the usual bevy of documentation and other miscellaneous - fixes and touchups. Upgrade today while supplies last, - operators are standing by! + several fixes for various memory leaks, position history + size growth, and a long standing issue with using + nano under sudo creating root-owned files. There are also + the usual bevy of documentation and other miscellaneous + fixes and touchups. Upgrade today while supplies last, + operators are standing by! 2016.01.11 - GNU nano 2.5.1 "Salzburg" is released. It includes fixes - for a syntax-highlighting bug and a positionlog bug, it - disables a time-eating multiline regex in the C syntax, - and it adds an escape hatch to the WriteOut menu when - --tempfile is used: the discardbuffer command, ^Q. It - also has translation updates for fifteen languages, and - a small fix in the softwrap code. So... you are heartily - invited to upgrade. Enjoy! + for a syntax-highlighting bug and a positionlog bug, it + disables a time-eating multiline regex in the C syntax, + and it adds an escape hatch to the WriteOut menu when + --tempfile is used: the discardbuffer command, ^Q. It + also has translation updates for fifteen languages, and + a small fix in the softwrap code. So... you are heartily + invited to upgrade. Enjoy! 2015.12.05 - GNU nano 2.5.0 "Karma", the first release of the 2.5 series, - is now available. Please note that as of this release, - there will no longer be separate stable and unstable - branches. The development team will prioritize bug fixes - as needed, and make new releases in proportion to the - severity of the bugs which are fixed. - This release includes all of the fixes now in - 2.4.3, as well as color syntax highlighting improvements, - undo fixes, and many more improvements! Thank you for - using nano! + is now available. Please note that as of this release, + there will no longer be separate stable and unstable + branches. The development team will prioritize bug fixes + as needed, and make new releases in proportion to the + severity of the bugs which are fixed. + This release includes all of the fixes now in + 2.4.3, as well as color syntax highlighting improvements, + undo fixes, and many more improvements! Thank you for + using nano! 2015.11.18 - GNU nano 2.4.3 "Apocalypse" is now available for your - downloading pleasure. This release includes a myriad - of fixes including several memory leaks, issues with - color syntax highlighting, search/replace, file - insertion and help menu bugs. Many thanks to - Benno Schulenberg for tireless efforts on the vast - majority of fixes for some time now. As always please - report bugs via the Savannah page, and remember to - Share and Enjoy. + downloading pleasure. This release includes a myriad + of fixes including several memory leaks, issues with + color syntax highlighting, search/replace, file + insertion and help menu bugs. Many thanks to + Benno Schulenberg for tireless efforts on the vast + majority of fixes for some time now. As always please + report bugs via the Savannah page, and remember to + Share and Enjoy. 2015.07.05 - GNU nano 2.4.2 "Portorož" is released. This release - includes several fixes, including the ability to resize - when in modes other than the main editing window, - proper displaying of invalid UTF-8 bytes, new syntax - definitions for Elisp, Guile, and PostgreSQL, and - better display of shortcuts in the help menu and file - browser. Thanks for your patience and using nano! + includes several fixes, including the ability to resize + when in modes other than the main editing window, + proper displaying of invalid UTF-8 bytes, new syntax + definitions for Elisp, Guile, and PostgreSQL, and + better display of shortcuts in the help menu and file + browser. Thanks for your patience and using nano! 2015.04.14 - GNU nano 2.4.1 "Glitch Gremlin" is released. This release - includes several fixes for issues with the file browser - menu, linter and formatter functions, spell checker, - undo/redo with some specific marked-cutting situations, - and some small improvements to the color syntax - highlighting definitions. There are also various - documentation and code comment updates included, and - finally, fixes for compilation on non-GNU/Linux systems - and certain configure combinations. Toasters! + includes several fixes for issues with the file browser + menu, linter and formatter functions, spell checker, + undo/redo with some specific marked-cutting situations, + and some small improvements to the color syntax + highlighting definitions. There are also various + documentation and code comment updates included, and + finally, fixes for compilation on non-GNU/Linux systems + and certain configure combinations. Toasters! 2015.03.22 - GNU nano 2.4.0 "lizf" is released. This is the first - stable release in many years, and brings together many - new features from the 2.3 series, including: - a fully functional undo system (now enabled by default), - vim-compatible file locking, linter support, formatter - support, syntax highlighting flexibility, and many fixes - for issues reported since 2.2. Many sincere thanks - to all of the bug reports, patches, well wishes and - contributions from everyone who has continued to - support us. Thank you for using nano! + stable release in many years, and brings together many + new features from the 2.3 series, including: + a fully functional undo system (now enabled by default), + vim-compatible file locking, linter support, formatter + support, syntax highlighting flexibility, and many fixes + for issues reported since 2.2. Many sincere thanks + to all of the bug reports, patches, well wishes and + contributions from everyone who has continued to + support us. Thank you for using nano! 2015.02.27 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre3 "Ashley" is released. This is likely - to be the last release before the next major (2.4.0) - release. Please test it out and send us any feedback - via the Savannah bug page for nano - (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano). This - release includes fixes for rebinding toggles via - nanorc, several memory alignment fixes, and documentation - and build updates. As always thank you for using - nano - Share and Enjoy! + to be the last release before the next major (2.4.0) + release. Please test it out and send us any feedback + via the Savannah bug page for nano + (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano). This + release includes fixes for rebinding toggles via + nanorc, several memory alignment fixes, and documentation + and build updates. As always thank you for using + nano - Share and Enjoy! 2015.02.06 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre2 "Snowblind" is released. This release - contains only fixes, including: a long-standing problem - with cutting in nano-tiny, several memory alignment - improvements, and issues with leftover file locks. Please - keep reporting bugs so we can get a happy and healthy - 2.4.0 soon. Thanks for using nano! + contains only fixes, including: a long-standing problem + with cutting in nano-tiny, several memory alignment + improvements, and issues with leftover file locks. Please + keep reporting bugs so we can get a happy and healthy + 2.4.0 soon. Thanks for using nano! 2015.01.06 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre1 "Junior" is released. As the first - 2.4 release candidate there will be fewer new features - but many bugfixes going forward. This release contains - new support for language reformatters like Go's gofmt - command which takes the place of the spelling checker. - Fixes in this release include many syntax highlighting - fixes and improvements, and documentation formatting updates. - As always please report bugs via the Savannah bug page for - nano (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano), so we can - release a super awesome and bug-free 2.4.0 soon! + 2.4 release candidate there will be fewer new features + but many bugfixes going forward. This release contains + new support for language reformatters like Go's gofmt + command which takes the place of the spelling checker. + Fixes in this release include many syntax highlighting + fixes and improvements, and documentation formatting updates. + As always please report bugs via the Savannah bug page for + nano (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano), so we can + release a super awesome and bug-free 2.4.0 soon! 2014.07.17 - GNU nano 2.3.6 "Columbo" is released. This release - contains a fix for installing internationalization - files. Also included are scattered documentation - (in particular man page) fixes, and a few touchups - to syntax highlighting definitions. Oh, just one - more thing, thanks for using nano! + contains a fix for installing internationalization + files. Also included are scattered documentation + (in particular man page) fixes, and a few touchups + to syntax highlighting definitions. Oh, just one + more thing, thanks for using nano! 2014.07.11 - GNU nano 2.3.5 "lucky day" is released. This release - contains many visible and under-the-hood fixes for - components such as file locking, more fixes to the - undo system, and you no longer have to explicitly ask - nano to have undo/redo support as it now defaults to - being enabled. Other notable fixes include a better - handling of --tempfile mode, and better handling of - command line arguments when also attempting to specify - +. As always, please file any bugs you - find via https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano - and thanks for using nano. + contains many visible and under-the-hood fixes for + components such as file locking, more fixes to the + undo system, and you no longer have to explicitly ask + nano to have undo/redo support as it now defaults to + being enabled. Other notable fixes include a better + handling of --tempfile mode, and better handling of + command line arguments when also attempting to specify + +. As always, please file any bugs you + find via https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano + and thanks for using nano. 2014.06.02 - GNU nano 2.3.4 won't leave you high, won't leave you dry. - This release contains only a small number of fixes, but - in particular allows nano to compile on non-UTF-8 curses - implementations (i.e. libncursesw). Other small fixes to - the undo implementation and the default syntax config are - also included. As always, Share and Enjoy! + This release contains only a small number of fixes, but + in particular allows nano to compile on non-UTF-8 curses + implementations (i.e. libncursesw). Other small fixes to + the undo implementation and the default syntax config are + also included. As always, Share and Enjoy! 2014.05.28 - GNU nano 2.3.3 is in its right place. This release contains - many many improvements to the core system, including - substantial improvements to the undo/redo code, UTF-8 - handling, the configure script, and display of shortcuts - on very wide terminals. New features include the - ability to write to named pipes (--noread), as well as - linter support (see the nanorc man page for details). Also - included are much improved syntax highlighting code, and - configurations for JSON, texinfo, Go, and a default syntax - for catch-all highlighting. Finally, nano now has the - ability to set the color of the title bar, status bar, and - shortcut keys (e.g. "^X") and their descriptions. Again - see the nanorc page for details. There's much more, too - much to include here, but please keep those reports and - general feedback coming! Thank you for helping us help - you help us all. + many many improvements to the core system, including + substantial improvements to the undo/redo code, UTF-8 + handling, the configure script, and display of shortcuts + on very wide terminals. New features include the + ability to write to named pipes (--noread), as well as + linter support (see the nanorc man page for details). Also + included are much improved syntax highlighting code, and + configurations for JSON, texinfo, Go, and a default syntax + for catch-all highlighting. Finally, nano now has the + ability to set the color of the title bar, status bar, and + shortcut keys (e.g. "^X") and their descriptions. Again + see the nanorc page for details. There's much more, too + much to include here, but please keep those reports and + general feedback coming! Thank you for helping us help + you help us all. 2013.03.22 - GNU nano 2.3.2 "Annoy your coworkers for fun and profit" is - released. This release introduces vim-style file locking - (though not backup/restore), useful when using nano in a - multi-editor environment. Feedback is welcome if you run - into any issues with this new code. Other new features - include additional support for word boundary checking when - cross compiling, fixes for trying to go to an invalid - line number, and the usual documentation tweaks. + released. This release introduces vim-style file locking + (though not backup/restore), useful when using nano in a + multi-editor environment. Feedback is welcome if you run + into any issues with this new code. Other new features + include additional support for word boundary checking when + cross compiling, fixes for trying to go to an invalid + line number, and the usual documentation tweaks. 2011.05.10 - GNU nano 2.3.1 "I'm in space" is released. This - release includes some fixes for the new libmagic code, as - well as a fix for improper character counts when using - auto-indent. Also included are new syntax highlighting - definitions for RPM spec and Lua files. Thanks for - using nano and keep circulating the tapes. + release includes some fixes for the new libmagic code, as + well as a fix for improper character counts when using + auto-indent. Also included are new syntax highlighting + definitions for RPM spec and Lua files. Thanks for + using nano and keep circulating the tapes. 2011.02.26 - GNU nano 2.3.0 "Septic surprise" is released. This first - release in the 2.3 unstable series brings several new - features. First, libmagic support for syntax highlighting - has been added on top of the existing file extension - and header support already available. Secondly, cursor - position can be saved between editing sessions with - the -P or --poslog command-line flag, or via 'set poslog' - in your .nanorc. Also included are some fixes for - compilation with g++, and better handling of issues - writing the backup file, which should reduce the need - for the 'set allow_insecure_backup' nanorc option. - Don't stop, get it get it, don't stop, get it get it. + release in the 2.3 unstable series brings several new + features. First, libmagic support for syntax highlighting + has been added on top of the existing file extension + and header support already available. Secondly, cursor + position can be saved between editing sessions with + the -P or --poslog command-line flag, or via 'set poslog' + in your .nanorc. Also included are some fixes for + compilation with g++, and better handling of issues + writing the backup file, which should reduce the need + for the 'set allow_insecure_backup' nanorc option. + Don't stop, get it get it, don't stop, get it get it. 2010.11.22 - GNU nano 2.2.6 "Pimp my BBS" wants you to go to - www.desertbus.org and donate a few bucks for the great - Child's Play Charity! This is just a small release to - update a bug where restricted mode was not particularly - restricted since key bindings were introduced. It also - signals the return of win32 builds which now feature - nanorc support; please see the FAQ for details of how - to enable it, this feature is a bit of a kludge for now. - Remember that when all else fails, USE SPACE JUMP. + www.desertbus.org and donate a few bucks for the great + Child's Play Charity! This is just a small release to + update a bug where restricted mode was not particularly + restricted since key bindings were introduced. It also + signals the return of win32 builds which now feature + nanorc support; please see the FAQ for details of how + to enable it, this feature is a bit of a kludge for now. + Remember that when all else fails, USE SPACE JUMP. 2010.08.05 - GNU nano 2.2.5 "Inactivity timeout" is now available. - This release includes slightly less restrictive checking - when writing files in strange environments (e.g. when - being used out of crontab). For very strange situations - (such as where you cannot change the permissions on the - file you're writing), there is a new rc file option - 'allow_insecure_backup' to be even more permissive and - allow the write to proceed. Also included are some - syntax highlighting updates, and that is about it. - Keep fighting the good fight children. + This release includes slightly less restrictive checking + when writing files in strange environments (e.g. when + being used out of crontab). For very strange situations + (such as where you cannot change the permissions on the + file you're writing), there is a new rc file option + 'allow_insecure_backup' to be even more permissive and + allow the write to proceed. Also included are some + syntax highlighting updates, and that is about it. + Keep fighting the good fight children. 2010.04.15 - GNU nano 2.2.4 is nobody's fool. First and foremost, - this release includes some security fixes due to - an assessment of nano's vulnerability to symlink attacks - on open files. The CVEs fixed with this release are - CVE-2010-1160 and CVE-2010-1161. Also included are fixes - for various crash modes when using the spell checker - on new files in multibuffer mode (surely you've used - that combination recently? no?) as well as a fixing - the 'file was modified' message when saving to a - new filename (since how would nano know?). And - the list would not be complete without our - third-times-the-charm fixes to page up/down due to - the soft wrapping code. The lone new feature - included is a new syntax highlighting definition for - cmake-related files. Please do consider upgrading to - this release if still using the 2.0 series since - fixes for that version are still forthcoming. + this release includes some security fixes due to + an assessment of nano's vulnerability to symlink attacks + on open files. The CVEs fixed with this release are + CVE-2010-1160 and CVE-2010-1161. Also included are fixes + for various crash modes when using the spell checker + on new files in multibuffer mode (surely you've used + that combination recently? no?) as well as a fixing + the 'file was modified' message when saving to a + new filename (since how would nano know?). And + the list would not be complete without our + third-times-the-charm fixes to page up/down due to + the soft wrapping code. The lone new feature + included is a new syntax highlighting definition for + cmake-related files. Please do consider upgrading to + this release if still using the 2.0 series since + fixes for that version are still forthcoming. 2010.02.11 - GNU nano 2.2.3 "fumbling toward stability" is released. - This release contains a fix for only one bug, but a - rather irritating one: when paging up/down with smooth - scrolling, the cursor position was not being preserved - due to a bug in 2.2.2. With such a targeted fix - like this what could POSSIBLY go WRONG? Hahaha. - Enjoy and if you find new bugs, as always please - use Savannah's bug tracker. - http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano + This release contains a fix for only one bug, but a + rather irritating one: when paging up/down with smooth + scrolling, the cursor position was not being preserved + due to a bug in 2.2.2. With such a targeted fix + like this what could POSSIBLY go WRONG? Hahaha. + Enjoy and if you find new bugs, as always please + use Savannah's bug tracker. + http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano 2010.01.17 - GNU nano 2.2.2 is released for you, you, you. This - release includes fixes for: crashes when writing - backup files in certain conditions, improper - screen centering when moving up/down in various - combination of smooth scrolling and soft wrapping modes, - a search crash on the armel arch, and issues with - lots of keybinding customizations causing crashing - particularly on FreeBSD. Also included are better - help menu entries for forward/back in the file browser, - some man page tweaks and one assert fix. As always, - share and enjoy! + release includes fixes for: crashes when writing + backup files in certain conditions, improper + screen centering when moving up/down in various + combination of smooth scrolling and soft wrapping modes, + a search crash on the armel arch, and issues with + lots of keybinding customizations causing crashing + particularly on FreeBSD. Also included are better + help menu entries for forward/back in the file browser, + some man page tweaks and one assert fix. As always, + share and enjoy! 2009.12.12 - GNU nano 2.2.1 "DLR strikes back" is open for business. - This release fixes many bugs, including: missing - keybindings for page up/down and GotoDir in the browser, - ^P/^N in the help menu, and restoration of M-W as the - default re-search binding. Other fixes include several - issues with compiler warnings and configure options, and - documentation updates, including the nano texinfo manual, - nano and nanorc man pages, and UPGRADE file, and some - missing syntax highlighting entries for the sample nanorc. - And no release would be complete without the latest round - of 'final' soft wrapping fixes! Finally, nano will no - longer print a warning when attempting to insert the - contents of a read-only file into an existing buffer. - Enjoy and Happy Hanukkah. + This release fixes many bugs, including: missing + keybindings for page up/down and GotoDir in the browser, + ^P/^N in the help menu, and restoration of M-W as the + default re-search binding. Other fixes include several + issues with compiler warnings and configure options, and + documentation updates, including the nano texinfo manual, + nano and nanorc man pages, and UPGRADE file, and some + missing syntax highlighting entries for the sample nanorc. + And no release would be complete without the latest round + of 'final' soft wrapping fixes! Finally, nano will no + longer print a warning when attempting to insert the + contents of a read-only file into an existing buffer. + Enjoy and Happy Hanukkah. 2009.11.30 - GNU nano 2.2.0 "Doc Brown" is released! The culmination - of almost two years of development and hot on the heels - of nano's 10th birthday is available for all your - editing needs! Bugs fixed since the last release - include several fixes for tiny mode (involving both - the help keys and replace menu text), more 'final' - fixes for soft wrapping, and several typo and documentation - updates including nanorc tweaks and a new syntax - highlighting file for makefiles. Also included is a long - standing fix for random crashing when using nanorc on - FreeBSD, and nano will no longer clear the screen on - suspend to maintain compatibility with other *nix editors. - For those who haven't been playing along at home, please - see the official web page for the summary of new - features since 2.0. Special thanks to all who have - submitted bug reports recently in support of our new - stable release, and apologies for all those bugs we - didn't yet find :-) Peace to all. + of almost two years of development and hot on the heels + of nano's 10th birthday is available for all your + editing needs! Bugs fixed since the last release + include several fixes for tiny mode (involving both + the help keys and replace menu text), more 'final' + fixes for soft wrapping, and several typo and documentation + updates including nanorc tweaks and a new syntax + highlighting file for makefiles. Also included is a long + standing fix for random crashing when using nanorc on + FreeBSD, and nano will no longer clear the screen on + suspend to maintain compatibility with other *nix editors. + For those who haven't been playing along at home, please + see the official web page for the summary of new + features since 2.0. Special thanks to all who have + submitted bug reports recently in support of our new + stable release, and apologies for all those bugs we + didn't yet find :-) Peace to all. 2009.11.21 - GNU nano 2.1.99pre2 is available for a special pre-Black - Friday discount. Included are some (hopefully - final) fixes for issues with last page display - caused by the soft wrapping code, and a fix for - a long standing issue with hitting the Home key when - going through the search history. On the features - front, nano will now attempt to retain the proper - ownership and permissions when trying to create a - .save file due to receiving a signal. Nano can also - now unbind keys from one or more menus via the 'unbind' - keyword. Finally, passing --fill or --nowrap on - the command line will now override any related - .nanorc entries. Speak now or forever hold your bugs! + Friday discount. Included are some (hopefully + final) fixes for issues with last page display + caused by the soft wrapping code, and a fix for + a long standing issue with hitting the Home key when + going through the search history. On the features + front, nano will now attempt to retain the proper + ownership and permissions when trying to create a + .save file due to receiving a signal. Nano can also + now unbind keys from one or more menus via the 'unbind' + keyword. Finally, passing --fill or --nowrap on + the command line will now override any related + .nanorc entries. Speak now or forever hold your bugs! 2009.11.15 - GNU nano 2.1.99pre1 "take a bow" is out there, man, it's - out there all right. This release contains mainly - bugfixes, underscoring that we are preparing for the - next stable series release. Included are many fixes - for the new soft wrapping code, compiler warning tweaks, - and the modification time warning no longer triggers - when saving a file as a new name. Also include are - some fixes for various nanorc options, and there are - surely more bugs to find before we call the code base - stable, so please keep those reports coming! + out there all right. This release contains mainly + bugfixes, underscoring that we are preparing for the + next stable series release. Included are many fixes + for the new soft wrapping code, compiler warning tweaks, + and the modification time warning no longer triggers + when saving a file as a new name. Also include are + some fixes for various nanorc options, and there are + surely more bugs to find before we call the code base + stable, so please keep those reports coming! 2009.09.14 - GNU nano 2.1.11 is on very thin ice, very thin ice, very thin - ice. This release includes two new features: first, nano - will check whether the current file is writable when it - is opened, and warn if it is not on the status bar. Secondly, - a new soft-wrapping (AKA full line display) option is - available, which will attempt to fully display the contents - of lines longer than the width of the screen without the - usual truncation and a '$' symbol at the end of the line. - It can be enabled via Meta-$ inside the editor, via the - -$ or --softwrap command line flags, or "set softwrap" - in your .nanorc). As always please report any bugs to the - nano Savannah project page - (http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano) - Remember: data loss happens, back up your files. + ice. This release includes two new features: first, nano + will check whether the current file is writable when it + is opened, and warn if it is not on the status bar. Secondly, + a new soft-wrapping (AKA full line display) option is + available, which will attempt to fully display the contents + of lines longer than the width of the screen without the + usual truncation and a '$' symbol at the end of the line. + It can be enabled via Meta-$ inside the editor, via the + -$ or --softwrap command line flags, or "set softwrap" + in your .nanorc). As always please report any bugs to the + nano Savannah project page + (http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano) + Remember: data loss happens, back up your files. 2009.07.28 - GNU nano 2.1.10 "Ellie" is released. This version includes - various fixes for portability including some older HP-UX - compiler combos, various compiler warnings, and some crash - fixes in the undo code. On the topic of the latter item, - the undo code is now marked as experimental since it can - cause severe stability and memory issues, and thus now - requires a flag (-u, --undo) in order to enable it. - Please feel free to continue to test the undo code and - thanks again for using nano for your text editing needs. - Go team Nano! + various fixes for portability including some older HP-UX + compiler combos, various compiler warnings, and some crash + fixes in the undo code. On the topic of the latter item, + the undo code is now marked as experimental since it can + cause severe stability and memory issues, and thus now + requires a flag (-u, --undo) in order to enable it. + Please feel free to continue to test the undo code and + thanks again for using nano for your text editing needs. + Go team Nano! 2009.02.16 - GNU nano 2.1.9 wonders what all that glass is doing on the - floor! This release is primarily meant as a less buggy - version of 2.1.8, particularly for issues with the new - sped-up syntax highlighting code. Other fixes include - configure-time detection of groff HTML support before - attempting to generate the HTML version of man pages, - and using ~ or ~username syntax in .nanorc should now - work again. Also, nano will now only ask for one - acknowledgement of errors it encounters when parsing - nanorc files, and a new flag -q (--quiet) will silence - these messages altogether. Give it a go, and happy - birthday lenny! + floor! This release is primarily meant as a less buggy + version of 2.1.8, particularly for issues with the new + sped-up syntax highlighting code. Other fixes include + configure-time detection of groff HTML support before + attempting to generate the HTML version of man pages, + and using ~ or ~username syntax in .nanorc should now + work again. Also, nano will now only ask for one + acknowledgement of errors it encounters when parsing + nanorc files, and a new flag -q (--quiet) will silence + these messages altogether. Give it a go, and happy + birthday lenny! 2009.02.07 - GNU nano 2.1.8 "unsafe at any speed" is released. This - release include some long overdue performance - improvements in syntax color highlighting, the ability - to abort running searches (useful mainly when - editing very large files) and the ability to use nano - like a pager for viewing standard input (i.e. "nano -"). - Additionally, there are gentoo syntax highlighting - updates and fixes for issues with reading files - in a directory with strange parent directory permissions. - The key bindings code was also substantially changed - in order to be more ISO-C compatible. Be sure to use - the Savannah page not only for bug reports but for any - features you would like to see before the next stable - series is released. Have fun with it! + release include some long overdue performance + improvements in syntax color highlighting, the ability + to abort running searches (useful mainly when + editing very large files) and the ability to use nano + like a pager for viewing standard input (i.e. "nano -"). + Additionally, there are gentoo syntax highlighting + updates and fixes for issues with reading files + in a directory with strange parent directory permissions. + The key bindings code was also substantially changed + in order to be more ISO-C compatible. Be sure to use + the Savannah page not only for bug reports but for any + features you would like to see before the next stable + series is released. Have fun with it! 2008.11.10 - GNU nano 2.1.7 "Effingham" is ready to make good on those - campaign promises of lower bug rates and 50% more pie. - This release includes a new check for external - modifications when saving a file, some code and - documentation cleanups, and more bug fixes for - the new undo code (but we continue to welcome your bug - reports via the Savannah bug page at - http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano. - Come get some. + campaign promises of lower bug rates and 50% more pie. + This release includes a new check for external + modifications when saving a file, some code and + documentation cleanups, and more bug fixes for + the new undo code (but we continue to welcome your bug + reports via the Savannah bug page at + http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano. + Come get some. 2008.10.03 - GNU nano 2.1.6 was for new features before it was against - them. This release includes more undo capability, - several new syntax highlighting configurations including - Objective C, OCaml, and Fortran, and a new capability - to activate highlighting based on the 1st line of the - file being edited. Also, the new default configure - options now include color syntax highlighting, .nanorc - support, multibuffer and extras. These items can still - be disabled and are not enabled with --enable-tiny. Bug - fixes include better signal handling under Cygwin, and - that's about it. Again please remember to - submit bug reports via Savannah at - http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano - as undo functions certainly need more testing. - Bon appetit. + them. This release includes more undo capability, + several new syntax highlighting configurations including + Objective C, OCaml, and Fortran, and a new capability + to activate highlighting based on the 1st line of the + file being edited. Also, the new default configure + options now include color syntax highlighting, .nanorc + support, multibuffer and extras. These items can still + be disabled and are not enabled with --enable-tiny. Bug + fixes include better signal handling under Cygwin, and + that's about it. Again please remember to + submit bug reports via Savannah at + http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano + as undo functions certainly need more testing. + Bon appetit. 2008.08.30 - GNU nano 2.1.5 is ready to lead on day one. This release - contains a better fix for incorrectly reported successful - writes on full filesystems, more helpful messages when - an internal error occurs in the undo code, and fixes for - various combinations of configure-time options and - compiler flags. Also included is new support for - changing the rc file name at configure time, and using - GNU-style regexes for word-boundaries on systems which - do not support them natively, as well as the ever popular - translation updates. Rock the tarball. + contains a better fix for incorrectly reported successful + writes on full filesystems, more helpful messages when + an internal error occurs in the undo code, and fixes for + various combinations of configure-time options and + compiler flags. Also included is new support for + changing the rc file name at configure time, and using + GNU-style regexes for word-boundaries on systems which + do not support them natively, as well as the ever popular + translation updates. Rock the tarball. 2008.08.09 - GNU nano 2.1.4 "I told you so!" is released. This release - includes fixes for several severe issues with the new - undo/redo code. Also the behavior of writing files when - using backup mode has changed as well: if writing the - backup file fails, nano will not attempt to write the - current file. This should help folks who enjoy "extreme - text editing", i.e. editing files on file systems which - are likely to run out of space; see Savannah bug #24000. - Have fun with it! + includes fixes for several severe issues with the new + undo/redo code. Also the behavior of writing files when + using backup mode has changed as well: if writing the + backup file fails, nano will not attempt to write the + current file. This should help folks who enjoy "extreme + text editing", i.e. editing files on file systems which + are likely to run out of space; see Savannah bug #24000. + Have fun with it! 2008.08.04 - GNU nano 2.1.3 "least stable version ever" is released. This - release includes new (and experimental) undo and redo - functionality for most text operations. The default - key bindings are Meta-U for undo and Meta-E for redo, but - these can be remapped using the new 2.1 keybinding code. - Also included are some fixes for configuring using wide - curses, crashing when invoking the help menu with - certain locales, and not saving the search history when - compiled with configure options. + release includes new (and experimental) undo and redo + functionality for most text operations. The default + key bindings are Meta-U for undo and Meta-E for redo, but + these can be remapped using the new 2.1 keybinding code. + Also included are some fixes for configuring using wide + curses, crashing when invoking the help menu with + certain locales, and not saving the search history when + compiled with configure options. 2008.04.24 - GNU nano 2.1.2 "New York City" is released. This release - contains fixes for binding bad keys, some - configure-specific compilation failures, and more issues - with the new input back end and in particular the status - bar. Also fixed are some long standing issues with - compiling on AIX, and a segfault when making the terminal - window too small. Rest in Peace Tim and George! + contains fixes for binding bad keys, some + configure-specific compilation failures, and more issues + with the new input back end and in particular the status + bar. Also fixed are some long standing issues with + compiling on AIX, and a segfault when making the terminal + window too small. Rest in Peace Tim and George! 2008.04.01 - GNU nano 2.1.1 won't get fooled again. This release contains - fixes for the new user-rebindable keys (in particular - bracket match which was mis-bound), and various - problems with translations and configure-related - compilation problems are now fixed as well. - It also contains new syntax highlighting - definitions for TCL, PHP, Gentoo and Debian-related - files, and some documentation updates as well. - Please continue to send reports with the key - binding code to the Savannah page - (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano). + fixes for the new user-rebindable keys (in particular + bracket match which was mis-bound), and various + problems with translations and configure-related + compilation problems are now fixed as well. + It also contains new syntax highlighting + definitions for TCL, PHP, Gentoo and Debian-related + files, and some documentation updates as well. + Please continue to send reports with the key + binding code to the Savannah page + (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano). 2008.03.18 - GNU nano 2.1.0 "under old mismanagement" is released. - This first release in the 2.1 development series - introduces rebindable keys for most actions inside - the editor. Please see the nanorc(5) page for - more information on configuring key bindings. Please - also report all keybinding bugs (crashes, missing - menu functions) using the Savannah bug tracker URL, - https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano and - thanks for sticking with us! + This first release in the 2.1 development series + introduces rebindable keys for most actions inside + the editor. Please see the nanorc(5) page for + more information on configuring key bindings. Please + also report all keybinding bugs (crashes, missing + menu functions) using the Savannah bug tracker URL, + https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano and + thanks for sticking with us! 2007.12.20 - GNU nano 2.0.7 keeps its balance. This release fixes - several bugs, among others: a segfault and several - cursor positioning problems when uncutting text or - inserting files into the current buffer; a problem where - the total number of characters would be miscalculated - when replacing single-byte characters with multibyte - ones; several minor issues with the statusbar prompt - involving text display and mouse support; and several - oddities when tab-completing in the middle of a line. - It also improves autodetection of DOS and Mac format - files, properly supports the mouse wheel when using a - version of ncurses built with the --enable-ext-mouse - option, fixes some problems under NetBSD curses, adds a - lot of translation updates, and adds more minor - documentation updates. Slang curses emulation support - has also been changed to turn off all the options that - --enable-tiny does, as it's hopelessly broken otherwise. - Finally, nano is now licensed under the GNU GPL version - 3 or later, and its documentation is now dual-licensed - under the GNU GPL version 3 or later and the GNU FDL - version 1.2 or later. Have fun. + several bugs, among others: a segfault and several + cursor positioning problems when uncutting text or + inserting files into the current buffer; a problem where + the total number of characters would be miscalculated + when replacing single-byte characters with multibyte + ones; several minor issues with the statusbar prompt + involving text display and mouse support; and several + oddities when tab-completing in the middle of a line. + It also improves autodetection of DOS and Mac format + files, properly supports the mouse wheel when using a + version of ncurses built with the --enable-ext-mouse + option, fixes some problems under NetBSD curses, adds a + lot of translation updates, and adds more minor + documentation updates. Slang curses emulation support + has also been changed to turn off all the options that + --enable-tiny does, as it's hopelessly broken otherwise. + Finally, nano is now licensed under the GNU GPL version + 3 or later, and its documentation is now dual-licensed + under the GNU GPL version 3 or later and the GNU FDL + version 1.2 or later. Have fun. 2007.04.26 - GNU nano 2.0.6 "that was quick" is released. This release - fixes a potential segfault after justifying text marked - from the bottom up. It also adds one more minor - documentation update. Enjoy. + fixes a potential segfault after justifying text marked + from the bottom up. It also adds one more minor + documentation update. Enjoy. 2007.04.22 - GNU nano 2.0.5 braces for impact. Among other things, this - release fixes various problems (including a segfault) - when trying to open or save a file in a directory - beginning with "~" that isn't a home directory; fixes a - problem where a file with no name could be saved over an - existing filename with no warning about overwriting it; - properly disallows opening directories or device files - from "include" commands in nanorc files; no longer - displays a misleading prompt when trying to save in - restricted mode with the mark on; and properly supports - the Cancel and Shift-Cancel keys. It also improves - several color syntaxes to highlight trailing whitespace, - just as the Java syntax does, and adds yet more minor - documentation updates. Have fun. + release fixes various problems (including a segfault) + when trying to open or save a file in a directory + beginning with "~" that isn't a home directory; fixes a + problem where a file with no name could be saved over an + existing filename with no warning about overwriting it; + properly disallows opening directories or device files + from "include" commands in nanorc files; no longer + displays a misleading prompt when trying to save in + restricted mode with the mark on; and properly supports + the Cancel and Shift-Cancel keys. It also improves + several color syntaxes to highlight trailing whitespace, + just as the Java syntax does, and adds yet more minor + documentation updates. Have fun. 2007.04.06 - GNU nano 2.0.4 heralds the dawn. This release contains - proper support for the Ctrl-[arrow key], Shift-[arrow - key], and F13-F16 keys under Xfce's Terminal. It also - adds still more minor documentation updates. Enjoy. + proper support for the Ctrl-[arrow key], Shift-[arrow + key], and F13-F16 keys under Xfce's Terminal. It also + adds still more minor documentation updates. Enjoy. 2007.01.29 - GNU nano 2.0.3 flows toward its ending. This release - contains several minor optimizations to make the - executable a little smaller under some circumstances, - some translation updates, improvements to the color - syntax for Python, and still more minor documentation - updates. Have fun. + contains several minor optimizations to make the + executable a little smaller under some circumstances, + some translation updates, improvements to the color + syntax for Python, and still more minor documentation + updates. Have fun. 2006.12.20 - GNU nano 2.0.2 forges ahead. This release fixes a segfault - when trying to save in a nonexistent directory; fixes - handling of strings containing nulls at the "Write File", - "Insert File", "Execute Command", and "Go to Directory" - prompts; fixes several minor memory leaks; fixes two - more potential compilation warnings; adds a few - translation updates; and adds a few more minor - documentation updates. Enjoy. + when trying to save in a nonexistent directory; fixes + handling of strings containing nulls at the "Write File", + "Insert File", "Execute Command", and "Go to Directory" + prompts; fixes several minor memory leaks; fixes two + more potential compilation warnings; adds a few + translation updates; and adds a few more minor + documentation updates. Enjoy. 2006.11.20 - GNU nano 2.0.1 emerges from its cocoon. This release - contains several bugfixes: saving one file over another - will now always warn about overwriting it, overwriting - a file is no longer possible when saving a new file in - restricted mode, and zero-length Unicode characters are - now highlighted properly when nano is built without - regular expression support. It also adds several minor - documentation updates. Have fun with it. + contains several bugfixes: saving one file over another + will now always warn about overwriting it, overwriting + a file is no longer possible when saving a new file in + restricted mode, and zero-length Unicode characters are + now highlighted properly when nano is built without + regular expression support. It also adds several minor + documentation updates. Have fun with it. 2006.11.06 - GNU nano 2.0.0 does its little dance. This release adds - documentation updates and a few cosmetic tweaks. - For those who haven't been following nano 1.3 - development, there are a ton of new features, including - support for UTF-8, moving to a specified line and column - instead of just a line, improved color syntax - highlighting, inserting previously untypeable characters - using "Verbatim Input" mode, and copying text into the - cutbuffer without cutting it. There are also fixes for - some long-standing bugs, such as the "NumLock glitch" - from nano 1.2.x, and the inability to unjustify text - after resizing. Finally, there are also a ton of - translation updates and new translations, as well as new - color syntaxes. See the UPGRADE file for more - information, and enjoy the new stable release. + documentation updates and a few cosmetic tweaks. + For those who haven't been following nano 1.3 + development, there are a ton of new features, including + support for UTF-8, moving to a specified line and column + instead of just a line, improved color syntax + highlighting, inserting previously untypeable characters + using "Verbatim Input" mode, and copying text into the + cutbuffer without cutting it. There are also fixes for + some long-standing bugs, such as the "NumLock glitch" + from nano 1.2.x, and the inability to unjustify text + after resizing. Finally, there are also a ton of + translation updates and new translations, as well as new + color syntaxes. See the UPGRADE file for more + information, and enjoy the new stable release. 2006.10.25 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre3 learns to appreciate life. This - release fixes a bug where the screen sometimes wouldn't - be updated properly after copying text into the - cutbuffer, fixes a potential warning while compiling, - and fixes a few other minor inconsistencies. Have fun. + release fixes a bug where the screen sometimes wouldn't + be updated properly after copying text into the + cutbuffer, fixes a potential warning while compiling, + and fixes a few other minor inconsistencies. Have fun. 2006.10.02 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre2 crosses the threshold. This release - fixes a few more bugs: cursor positioning after leaving - the statusbar prompt has been fixed, and verbatim input - at the statusbar prompt now properly handles newlines. - Enjoy. + fixes a few more bugs: cursor positioning after leaving + the statusbar prompt has been fixed, and verbatim input + at the statusbar prompt now properly handles newlines. + Enjoy. 2006.08.29 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre1 passes through the flames. This - release fixes various bugs in the last version: the - mouse support properly ignores everything except clicks - of the left mouse button; the statusbar is now blanked - properly when it should be; indenting and unindenting - operate on the current line when the mark is off; nano - should build on Tru64, NetBSD, and other systems that - use termcap instead of terminfo in their curses - libraries; the built-in file browser now properly - navigates file lists that take up only one row; the - cursor position is now completely restored after - inserting a file into the current buffer, and after - inserting the output of a command into a new buffer; the - ^X shortcut at the search prompt has been removed, as - official Pico doesn't include it and it's too easily - confused with Exit; the screen is updated properly after - scrolling a line without moving the cursor; the keyboard - input routines behave more consistently; and so on. - Have fun with it. + release fixes various bugs in the last version: the + mouse support properly ignores everything except clicks + of the left mouse button; the statusbar is now blanked + properly when it should be; indenting and unindenting + operate on the current line when the mark is off; nano + should build on Tru64, NetBSD, and other systems that + use termcap instead of terminfo in their curses + libraries; the built-in file browser now properly + navigates file lists that take up only one row; the + cursor position is now completely restored after + inserting a file into the current buffer, and after + inserting the output of a command into a new buffer; the + ^X shortcut at the search prompt has been removed, as + official Pico doesn't include it and it's too easily + confused with Exit; the screen is updated properly after + scrolling a line without moving the cursor; the keyboard + input routines behave more consistently; and so on. + Have fun with it. 2006.06.26 - GNU nano 1.3.12 escapes the darkness. This release - contains the last new features that nano will have - before 2.0: copying text into the cutbuffer without - cutting it, indenting lines of marked text with a single - keystroke, reworked help text that should be easier for - new users, searching for filenames in the file browser, - the ability to include color regexes in files separate - from nanorc files, etc. It also contains many bugfixes. - Text can now be unjustified after justifying it and - resizing the window; the screen is now cleared when - suspending; the "default" color syntax is now handled - properly at all times; lines of text containing tabs are - now wrapped at the right place; double-column characters - are now properly displayed when past the right edge of - the screen; invalid multiline color regexes are now - ignored; and so on. Enjoy. + contains the last new features that nano will have + before 2.0: copying text into the cutbuffer without + cutting it, indenting lines of marked text with a single + keystroke, reworked help text that should be easier for + new users, searching for filenames in the file browser, + the ability to include color regexes in files separate + from nanorc files, etc. It also contains many bugfixes. + Text can now be unjustified after justifying it and + resizing the window; the screen is now cleared when + suspending; the "default" color syntax is now handled + properly at all times; lines of text containing tabs are + now wrapped at the right place; double-column characters + are now properly displayed when past the right edge of + the screen; invalid multiline color regexes are now + ignored; and so on. Enjoy. 2006.03.30 - GNU nano 1.3.11 awakens from its fever dream. This release - focuses mostly on bugfixes, which include better - handling of the cursor at the statusbar prompt, support - for certain combinations of Shift and keypad keys in - both normal and --rebindkeypad mode, a fix for a minor - display problem after some searches, a real fix for a - long-standing segfault when displaying overly long - lines, and a real fix for nano's not hanging up properly - in xterm under certain circumstances. There are also - several new features, such as the ability to set the - characters used as brackets when searching for matching - brackets, and tab completion of directories at the "Go - To Directory" prompt. Have fun. + focuses mostly on bugfixes, which include better + handling of the cursor at the statusbar prompt, support + for certain combinations of Shift and keypad keys in + both normal and --rebindkeypad mode, a fix for a minor + display problem after some searches, a real fix for a + long-standing segfault when displaying overly long + lines, and a real fix for nano's not hanging up properly + in xterm under certain circumstances. There are also + several new features, such as the ability to set the + characters used as brackets when searching for matching + brackets, and tab completion of directories at the "Go + To Directory" prompt. Have fun. 2005.12.23 - GNU nano 1.3.10 rises to the surface. This release - contains several new features as well as fixes for - several longstanding bugs. The former include the - ability to scroll up or down single lines without - scrolling the cursor, reworked bracket searching code - that doesn't require regular expression support, - reworked command execution code that uses $SHELL if - available instead of hardcoding "/bin/sh", and the - ability to no longer add newlines to files that don't - end in them via the -L/--nonewlines option. The latter - include fixes to the statusbar prompt so that mouse - clicks work properly on it, fixes to the Yes/No/All - prompt so that mouse clicks on it work properly when - -O/--morespace is used, and fixes to the resize handling - so that nano dies properly when the terminal is too - small to display a prompt. Enjoy. + contains several new features as well as fixes for + several longstanding bugs. The former include the + ability to scroll up or down single lines without + scrolling the cursor, reworked bracket searching code + that doesn't require regular expression support, + reworked command execution code that uses $SHELL if + available instead of hardcoding "/bin/sh", and the + ability to no longer add newlines to files that don't + end in them via the -L/--nonewlines option. The latter + include fixes to the statusbar prompt so that mouse + clicks work properly on it, fixes to the Yes/No/All + prompt so that mouse clicks on it work properly when + -O/--morespace is used, and fixes to the resize handling + so that nano dies properly when the terminal is too + small to display a prompt. Enjoy. 2005.10.23 - GNU nano 1.3.9 breaks through the wall. This release - includes major enhancements as well as bugfixes. The - enhancements include better handling of invalid UTF-8, - expansion of the word count option to also count lines - and characters in the file or selection, more efficient - screen update routines, a readded -K/--rebindkeypad - option to work around numeric keypad problems on - terminals that don't show the usual NumLock glitch, a - new -W/--wordbounds option to properly detect words - containing punctuation when moving among them, and - massive improvements to the color code such as handling - of unspecified foreground colors, more efficient memory - usage for color regexes, and new reserved syntaxes - "default" and "none". The bugfixes include fixes for - the rewritten history code, fixes for potential line - numbering problems on 64-bit platforms, fixes for a few - long-standing minor display problems, a fix for erroneous - hangups occurring while waiting for input, and a fix for - a segfault when displaying certain overly long lines. - Have fun with it. + includes major enhancements as well as bugfixes. The + enhancements include better handling of invalid UTF-8, + expansion of the word count option to also count lines + and characters in the file or selection, more efficient + screen update routines, a readded -K/--rebindkeypad + option to work around numeric keypad problems on + terminals that don't show the usual NumLock glitch, a + new -W/--wordbounds option to properly detect words + containing punctuation when moving among them, and + massive improvements to the color code such as handling + of unspecified foreground colors, more efficient memory + usage for color regexes, and new reserved syntaxes + "default" and "none". The bugfixes include fixes for + the rewritten history code, fixes for potential line + numbering problems on 64-bit platforms, fixes for a few + long-standing minor display problems, a fix for erroneous + hangups occurring while waiting for input, and a fix for + a segfault when displaying certain overly long lines. + Have fun with it. 2005.06.30 - GNU nano 1.3.8 floats at its own level. This release - contains several new features. Among other things, you - can now move to a specified column number as well as - line number within a file, file backups saved in a - backup directory will have unique names, the search and - replace history routines should work more consistently, - you can get a word count by pressing Meta-D at the edit - window, and there's a new -E/--tabstospaces option to - convert all typed tabs to spaces (--backupdir's short - option has been changed to -C). In terms of bugfixes, - this release contains fixes for minor problems with - screen updates, UTF-8 display, and flow control; a fix - for a segfault when displaying some lines ending with - tabs; better handling of constant cursor position - display; improved color parsing in the rcfile; and - support for the "Regexp" toggle in tiny mode - (-R/--regexp is gone, and --restricted's short option - has been changed to -R), among other things. Enjoy. + contains several new features. Among other things, you + can now move to a specified column number as well as + line number within a file, file backups saved in a + backup directory will have unique names, the search and + replace history routines should work more consistently, + you can get a word count by pressing Meta-D at the edit + window, and there's a new -E/--tabstospaces option to + convert all typed tabs to spaces (--backupdir's short + option has been changed to -C). In terms of bugfixes, + this release contains fixes for minor problems with + screen updates, UTF-8 display, and flow control; a fix + for a segfault when displaying some lines ending with + tabs; better handling of constant cursor position + display; improved color parsing in the rcfile; and + support for the "Regexp" toggle in tiny mode + (-R/--regexp is gone, and --restricted's short option + has been changed to -R), among other things. Enjoy. 2005.04.10 - GNU nano 1.3.7 claws its way to the top. This release - mostly contains bugfixes for the massive amount of new - code in 1.3.6. Among other things, nano builds with - debug support again; going into the help browser at the - "Read File" prompt no longer kicks you out of the prompt - after you exit the help browser; paragraph searching no - longer skips over certain cases of single-line - paragraphs; the titlebar no longer cuts off some UTF-8 - strings prematurely; and the text displayed in the help - browser is now wrapped as it was in nano 1.2.x, taking - UTF-8 support into account. New features include an - --enable/disable-utf8 configure option to explicitly - turn detection of UTF-8 support on or off, and sample - regexes for C++ as well as C. Have fun. + mostly contains bugfixes for the massive amount of new + code in 1.3.6. Among other things, nano builds with + debug support again; going into the help browser at the + "Read File" prompt no longer kicks you out of the prompt + after you exit the help browser; paragraph searching no + longer skips over certain cases of single-line + paragraphs; the titlebar no longer cuts off some UTF-8 + strings prematurely; and the text displayed in the help + browser is now wrapped as it was in nano 1.2.x, taking + UTF-8 support into account. New features include an + --enable/disable-utf8 configure option to explicitly + turn detection of UTF-8 support on or off, and sample + regexes for C++ as well as C. Have fun. 2005.03.20 - GNU nano 1.3.6 "shout it from the rooftops" is released. - This release finally includes the long-awaited support - for UTF-8. Other new features include the ability to - insert UTF-8 characters using verbatim input; the - ability to delete all text from the cursor position to - the end of the file via ^W^X as (patched) Pico does; - improvements to input and output so that pasted text - displays faster, improvements to the statusbar prompt so - that more edit window shortcuts, including verbatim - input and previous/next word search, work in it; a new - option to allow using the formerly always-blank second - line of the screen as part of the edit window; and the - ability to refresh the help browser and file browser - windows via Ctrl-L. Notable bug fixes include a fix for - a segfault when using full justify, and a fix for the - long-standing bug where nano would keep running if the - terminal it was in died unexpectedly. Enjoy. + This release finally includes the long-awaited support + for UTF-8. Other new features include the ability to + insert UTF-8 characters using verbatim input; the + ability to delete all text from the cursor position to + the end of the file via ^W^X as (patched) Pico does; + improvements to input and output so that pasted text + displays faster, improvements to the statusbar prompt so + that more edit window shortcuts, including verbatim + input and previous/next word search, work in it; a new + option to allow using the formerly always-blank second + line of the screen as part of the edit window; and the + ability to refresh the help browser and file browser + windows via Ctrl-L. Notable bug fixes include a fix for + a segfault when using full justify, and a fix for the + long-standing bug where nano would keep running if the + terminal it was in died unexpectedly. Enjoy. 2004.11.22 - GNU nano 1.3.5 hurls itself forward. New features in this - release include the ability to replace only marked text - when the mark is on, improvements to smooth scrolling so - that it applies everywhere instead of just affecting the - movement keys, improvements to how files are opened so - that they are no longer displayed unnecessarily, support - for multiple +LINE arguments in addition to multiple - filenames on the command line, autodetection of the - format to save a file in based on the format it was in - when it was opened, the ability to toggle both ways - between the "Read File" and "Execute Command" prompts - and the "Search" and "Go to Line" prompts, and support - for cross-compiling nano. As for bug fixes, the - "tabsize" nanorc option works again, mouse clicks on the - shortcut list trigger the right shortcuts again, - tab-completing a filename with %'s in it no longer - causes a segfault, the internal spell checker no longer - skips words after the cursor position when the cursor is - in the middle of the file, and spell checking of only - marked text now works properly. Have fun with it. + release include the ability to replace only marked text + when the mark is on, improvements to smooth scrolling so + that it applies everywhere instead of just affecting the + movement keys, improvements to how files are opened so + that they are no longer displayed unnecessarily, support + for multiple +LINE arguments in addition to multiple + filenames on the command line, autodetection of the + format to save a file in based on the format it was in + when it was opened, the ability to toggle both ways + between the "Read File" and "Execute Command" prompts + and the "Search" and "Go to Line" prompts, and support + for cross-compiling nano. As for bug fixes, the + "tabsize" nanorc option works again, mouse clicks on the + shortcut list trigger the right shortcuts again, + tab-completing a filename with %'s in it no longer + causes a segfault, the internal spell checker no longer + skips words after the cursor position when the cursor is + in the middle of the file, and spell checking of only + marked text now works properly. Have fun with it. 2004.08.17 - GNU nano 1.3.4 marches forth after a false start. This - release mainly features fixes for the bugs that crept - into the last release. Among other things, nano now - compiles again with certain options, quoted justify now - works properly on systems without regex.h, full justify - no longer segfaults when used on a file with no - paragraphs, previous paragraph searching works properly - again, tab completion is properly disabled when needed - in restricted mode, Ctrl-C is no longer disabled after - using the alternate spell checker, the permissions of a - newly created file now match those of nano 1.2.x again, - and replacing all text in a file now properly updates - the screen in all cases. New features include sample - regexes for patch files, improvements to the sample - regexes for C files, and support for strings greater - than 1023 characters and/or containing nulls in - .nano_history. Additionally, the full justify keystroke - has been changed to match current Pico, and whitespace - display mode is now turned off by default. Enjoy. + release mainly features fixes for the bugs that crept + into the last release. Among other things, nano now + compiles again with certain options, quoted justify now + works properly on systems without regex.h, full justify + no longer segfaults when used on a file with no + paragraphs, previous paragraph searching works properly + again, tab completion is properly disabled when needed + in restricted mode, Ctrl-C is no longer disabled after + using the alternate spell checker, the permissions of a + newly created file now match those of nano 1.2.x again, + and replacing all text in a file now properly updates + the screen in all cases. New features include sample + regexes for patch files, improvements to the sample + regexes for C files, and support for strings greater + than 1023 characters and/or containing nulls in + .nano_history. Additionally, the full justify keystroke + has been changed to match current Pico, and whitespace + display mode is now turned off by default. Enjoy. 2004.06.28 - GNU nano 1.3.3 marches forth. There are several new - features in this release, including a restricted mode - that provides better security than just setting an - operating directory, the ability to justify the entire - file at once, support for a "smart" Home key that can - leap from the beginning of text on a line to the true - beginning of the line (or the reverse) in one stroke, - support for specifying an alternative spell checker in - $SPELL, the ability to specify the characters used to - display spaces and tabs so that they can easily be told - apart, and the ability to specify the characters marking - the ends of sentences as used in justification. There - are also several bug fixes; among other things, - justification now keeps spaces at the ends of all but - the last line of a paragraph as Pico does, saving a - marked selection no longer changes the current filename - to the filename the selection was saved under, resizing - now works better and no longer corrupts the screen under - slang, and the movement functions now avoid doing - unnecessary redraws and hence work faster. In short, - there are a lot of new things to play with. Enjoy. + features in this release, including a restricted mode + that provides better security than just setting an + operating directory, the ability to justify the entire + file at once, support for a "smart" Home key that can + leap from the beginning of text on a line to the true + beginning of the line (or the reverse) in one stroke, + support for specifying an alternative spell checker in + $SPELL, the ability to specify the characters used to + display spaces and tabs so that they can easily be told + apart, and the ability to specify the characters marking + the ends of sentences as used in justification. There + are also several bug fixes; among other things, + justification now keeps spaces at the ends of all but + the last line of a paragraph as Pico does, saving a + marked selection no longer changes the current filename + to the filename the selection was saved under, resizing + now works better and no longer corrupts the screen under + slang, and the movement functions now avoid doing + unnecessary redraws and hence work faster. In short, + there are a lot of new things to play with. Enjoy. 2004.03.31 - GNU nano 1.3.2 is prepared for the void. New features in - this release include the ability to spell-check only - marked text and the ability to save all backup files in - a specified directory instead of wherever the original - files are. Bug fixes include a fix for a segfault when - replacing certain regular expressions, fixes for some - misbehavior when doing searches, minor fixes to verbatim - input mode and keyboard input in general, better - handling of window resizes at certain times, and - allowing the mark to be saved properly again when - switching between multiple file buffers. nano has also - been ported to the Tandem NonStop Kernel. Have fun. + this release include the ability to spell-check only + marked text and the ability to save all backup files in + a specified directory instead of wherever the original + files are. Bug fixes include a fix for a segfault when + replacing certain regular expressions, fixes for some + misbehavior when doing searches, minor fixes to verbatim + input mode and keyboard input in general, better + handling of window resizes at certain times, and + allowing the mark to be saved properly again when + switching between multiple file buffers. nano has also + been ported to the Tandem NonStop Kernel. Have fun. 2004.01.09 - GNU nano 1.3.1 is outside the gates. This release - features, among other things, fixes for the input - routines to deal with some problems they had, a - reorganized shortcut list for the help browser, minor - Pico compatibility improvements for the file browser, - fixes for misbehavior when replacing certain regular - expressions, and the ability to highlight those regular - expressions properly. It also allows searching without - prompting to work in view mode, adds support for glib - 2.x for those systems that need it, updates the .spec - file for the 1.3 branch, prompts you first when you try - to save a file under a different name, and adds a new - verbatim input mode that acts as ^V does under vi, but - with additional Pico compatibility (explained in the - FAQ). Basically, a bunch of fixes and a few new - features for your editor of choice. Enjoy. + features, among other things, fixes for the input + routines to deal with some problems they had, a + reorganized shortcut list for the help browser, minor + Pico compatibility improvements for the file browser, + fixes for misbehavior when replacing certain regular + expressions, and the ability to highlight those regular + expressions properly. It also allows searching without + prompting to work in view mode, adds support for glib + 2.x for those systems that need it, updates the .spec + file for the 1.3 branch, prompts you first when you try + to save a file under a different name, and adds a new + verbatim input mode that acts as ^V does under vi, but + with additional Pico compatibility (explained in the + FAQ). Basically, a bunch of fixes and a few new + features for your editor of choice. Enjoy. 2003.10.22 - GNU nano 1.3.0 is loosed upon the world. This is the first - release in the unstable 1.3.x series, and as such it - includes a lot of new features, including the addition - of a -d option for those FreeBSD users with Backspace - keys that act like Delete keys, the ability to repeat - the last search without prompting, the ability to search - for the beginning or end of a paragraph, new smooth - paging routines to go with the smooth scrolling - routines, and various improvements to the input and - display routines to make them behave more intuitively. - It also includes the usual load of bugfixes. Enjoy. + release in the unstable 1.3.x series, and as such it + includes a lot of new features, including the addition + of a -d option for those FreeBSD users with Backspace + keys that act like Delete keys, the ability to repeat + the last search without prompting, the ability to search + for the beginning or end of a paragraph, new smooth + paging routines to go with the smooth scrolling + routines, and various improvements to the input and + display routines to make them behave more intuitively. + It also includes the usual load of bugfixes. Enjoy. 2003.08.11 - GNU nano 1.2.2 is released, only four months since the - last version :-). This release includes fixes for - broken regex detection, search history recall, and - keypad handling with -K. Debugging strings are no - longer translated and comments denote where translations - should be as short as possible (i.e. the statusbar). - There are new examples for syntax highlighting, and - documentation updates and fixes. The 1.3.0 CVS tree - will be opening soon for all your nano desires, so stay - tuned! + last version :-). This release includes fixes for + broken regex detection, search history recall, and + keypad handling with -K. Debugging strings are no + longer translated and comments denote where translations + should be as short as possible (i.e. the statusbar). + There are new examples for syntax highlighting, and + documentation updates and fixes. The 1.3.0 CVS tree + will be opening soon for all your nano desires, so stay + tuned! 2003.04.19 - Happy Easter! GNU nano 1.2.1 is released. This release - features a new check for broken regexec() - implementations and some variable, function and macro - cleanups. Fixes are included for search history, - cutting marked text, alt keyboard mode, and the usual - translation and documentation updates. + features a new check for broken regexec() + implementations and some variable, function and macro + cleanups. Fixes are included for search history, + cutting marked text, alt keyboard mode, and the usual + translation and documentation updates. 2003.02.19 - GNU nano 1.2.0 is released. Few changes from pre3, just - some doc and translation updates, and bugfixes for - justify and file conversion. For those of you who - haven't kept up with the 1.1 unstable series, v1.2 - brings nanorc support, color syntax highlighting, - multiple file buffers, search/replace history and much - much more. Please read the UPGRADE file for details, - and enjoy GNU nano 1.2.0. + some doc and translation updates, and bugfixes for + justify and file conversion. For those of you who + haven't kept up with the 1.1 unstable series, v1.2 + brings nanorc support, color syntax highlighting, + multiple file buffers, search/replace history and much + much more. Please read the UPGRADE file for details, + and enjoy GNU nano 1.2.0. 2003.02.13 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre3 "The last testing version, no - really!" is released. This release includes fixes for - wrapping (again), resizing, color syntax highlighting, - rcfile parsing, the mouse code, more memory leaks, and - some reversion of the code to get the user's home - directory (nano will now again rely on $HOME). There - are also translation updates, a new manual page for the - nanorc file, and an UPGRADE file detailing the changes - since version 1.0. Please submit reports for any bugs - you might find to the development team - (nano-devel@gnu.org), and enjoy nano almost-1.2.0 ;-) + really!" is released. This release includes fixes for + wrapping (again), resizing, color syntax highlighting, + rcfile parsing, the mouse code, more memory leaks, and + some reversion of the code to get the user's home + directory (nano will now again rely on $HOME). There + are also translation updates, a new manual page for the + nanorc file, and an UPGRADE file detailing the changes + since version 1.0. Please submit reports for any bugs + you might find to the development team + (nano-devel@gnu.org), and enjoy nano almost-1.2.0 ;-) 2003.02.03 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre2 "bugs in my pockets, bugs in my - shoes" is released. There are, not surprisingly, only - bugfixes in this release as we move toward the stable - 1.2.0 release. Fixes are included for translatable - string format, subexpression replacement, constant - cursor position, invalid search regexes, justify, screen - state on SIGHUP and SIGTERM, cutting to end cuts with - long lines, many file browser and operating directory - bugs, memory and file descriptor leaks, marker code, - spell checker, the mouse code with long lines, multiple - buffers and non-file open errors, replacement string - length, and a silly but serious history message crash. - There is also a drastic improvement in CPU utilization - for the color regex code. - Depending on the number of bugs found in this - release, there may be a 1.1.99pre3 or RC1, or just a - 1.2.0 release. Most of the major bugs seem to have been - worked out, so if you are waiting for a good time to - test nano before the official 1.2.0 release, this would - be the one to use. Happy bug hunting! + shoes" is released. There are, not surprisingly, only + bugfixes in this release as we move toward the stable + 1.2.0 release. Fixes are included for translatable + string format, subexpression replacement, constant + cursor position, invalid search regexes, justify, screen + state on SIGHUP and SIGTERM, cutting to end cuts with + long lines, many file browser and operating directory + bugs, memory and file descriptor leaks, marker code, + spell checker, the mouse code with long lines, multiple + buffers and non-file open errors, replacement string + length, and a silly but serious history message crash. + There is also a drastic improvement in CPU utilization + for the color regex code. + Depending on the number of bugs found in this + release, there may be a 1.1.99pre3 or RC1, or just a + 1.2.0 release. Most of the major bugs seem to have been + worked out, so if you are waiting for a good time to + test nano before the official 1.2.0 release, this would + be the one to use. Happy bug hunting! 2003.01.17 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre1 "enough already" has been released. - This release is, barring bug fixes and documentation - updates, what version 1.2.0 has looked like, feature - wise. There will very likely be bugs, just due the - volume of changes made in this release. Search and - replace string history has been added, including an - option to log history to ~/.nano_history (-H, - --historylog). Because of this, the Pico incompatible - search/replace string behavior that used to be the - default has been deleted. The old "pico" flag (-p) is - now compatible with Pico's "preserve" mode for allowing - flow control characters; by default this version ignores - both ^Q and ^S. The --disable-wrapping-as-root - configure option has been forward ported from version - 1.0.x, and a new flag to enable all extra options - (--enable-all) has been added. The internal spell - checker has been improved, meaning you will now be - prompted only once for each unique capitalization of a - given word. - There have also been lots of bug fixes, - including the "trying to insert a directory name in - multibuffer mode bug", the ugly spell checker scrolling, - the color code, cutting text crashes, justification, - deleting the "magic line" via replace, and cursor - positioning on the statusbar. There have also been the - usual helping of translation and documentation updates. - Please send all new feedback on this release - direct to the development list (nano-devel@gnu.org). + This release is, barring bug fixes and documentation + updates, what version 1.2.0 has looked like, feature + wise. There will very likely be bugs, just due the + volume of changes made in this release. Search and + replace string history has been added, including an + option to log history to ~/.nano_history (-H, + --historylog). Because of this, the Pico incompatible + search/replace string behavior that used to be the + default has been deleted. The old "pico" flag (-p) is + now compatible with Pico's "preserve" mode for allowing + flow control characters; by default this version ignores + both ^Q and ^S. The --disable-wrapping-as-root + configure option has been forward ported from version + 1.0.x, and a new flag to enable all extra options + (--enable-all) has been added. The internal spell + checker has been improved, meaning you will now be + prompted only once for each unique capitalization of a + given word. + There have also been lots of bug fixes, + including the "trying to insert a directory name in + multibuffer mode bug", the ugly spell checker scrolling, + the color code, cutting text crashes, justification, + deleting the "magic line" via replace, and cursor + positioning on the statusbar. There have also been the + usual helping of translation and documentation updates. + Please send all new feedback on this release + direct to the development list (nano-devel@gnu.org). 2002.10.24 - GNU nano 1.1.12 "Make Jordi happy" is released. This - release demonstrates that nano is starting to freeze for - version 1.2. New features include a Meta-Y toggle for - syntax highlighting, pluralized i18n, and a handler for - SIGTERM. Nano now ignores XOFF (^S) to stop accidental - lock-ups, and no longer references malloc.h. - Also included are fixes for zero-length regex - matches, segfaults with --disable-mouse, justification, - memory corruption with the browser, version and help - cmdline output, and translation updates. Aside from the - (currently up in the air) search history behavior, the - next version of nano should be 1.1.99pre1. Have fun! + release demonstrates that nano is starting to freeze for + version 1.2. New features include a Meta-Y toggle for + syntax highlighting, pluralized i18n, and a handler for + SIGTERM. Nano now ignores XOFF (^S) to stop accidental + lock-ups, and no longer references malloc.h. + Also included are fixes for zero-length regex + matches, segfaults with --disable-mouse, justification, + memory corruption with the browser, version and help + cmdline output, and translation updates. Aside from the + (currently up in the air) search history behavior, the + next version of nano should be 1.1.99pre1. Have fun! 2002.10.01 - GNU nano 1.1.11 "Oddball" is released. This release - features a new version of gettext, a new and improved - syntax highlighting engine, and some updates for the - nanorc.sample file. The toggles for case sensitivity - (Meta-C) and regular expressions (Meta-R) have changed - in the search and replace prompts, multibuffer status is - now displayed and can be toggled from the insert file - menu, and some wrapping behavior that changed in 1.1.10 - has reverted. The --enable-color warning was also made - less severe, as the color syntax code has improved, and - nano now uses extended regexes in the .nanorc file. - Also included are fixes for various memory - leaks, the operating directory option, username tab - completion, the page_up and down arrow, go to previous - word and next word, nanorc parser and line wrapping - code. Have fun! + features a new version of gettext, a new and improved + syntax highlighting engine, and some updates for the + nanorc.sample file. The toggles for case sensitivity + (Meta-C) and regular expressions (Meta-R) have changed + in the search and replace prompts, multibuffer status is + now displayed and can be toggled from the insert file + menu, and some wrapping behavior that changed in 1.1.10 + has reverted. The --enable-color warning was also made + less severe, as the color syntax code has improved, and + nano now uses extended regexes in the .nanorc file. + Also included are fixes for various memory + leaks, the operating directory option, username tab + completion, the page_up and down arrow, go to previous + word and next word, nanorc parser and line wrapping + code. Have fun! 2002.07.25 - At long last! GNU nano 1.1.10 "What didn't we break?" is - released. This version of GNU nano features version - 0.11.2 of gettext, building with automake 1.6, some new - code for displaying control characters, browser - improvements, a new backup file option (-B, --backup), a - new option to ignore rc files (-I, --ignorercfiles), - compatibility with -pedantic, handling null characters - before EOF, a slightly sportier nanorc.sample and more. - Fixes are included for justification, - the reading and writing file routines, resizing and fill - length, millions of memory leaks, the usage screen was - updated, and the --quotestr and --regexp really work - now ;-) Enjoy :) + released. This version of GNU nano features version + 0.11.2 of gettext, building with automake 1.6, some new + code for displaying control characters, browser + improvements, a new backup file option (-B, --backup), a + new option to ignore rc files (-I, --ignorercfiles), + compatibility with -pedantic, handling null characters + before EOF, a slightly sportier nanorc.sample and more. + Fixes are included for justification, + the reading and writing file routines, resizing and fill + length, millions of memory leaks, the usage screen was + updated, and the --quotestr and --regexp really work + now ;-) Enjoy :) 2002.05.12 - GNU nano 1.1.9 is released, happy Mother's Day! This - release includes many new features, including a prepend - mode (^O,M-P), a new "syntax" command in the .nanorc to - allow multiple syntax highlighting types, and a new -Y, - --syntax flag to set a specific one if there's no - filename regex to match it against (i.e. w/mutt). The - ^space and M-space keys will now show up in the help - menu, which itself has been tweaked a bit, and many more - configure options should now cooperate (like the odd - pairing of --enable-tiny and --enable-multibuffer). The - marker should now work when using multiple buffers, and - the huge memory leak in color syntax highlighting has - been fixed. A lot of new stuff for everyone's favorite - text editor ;) Have fun! + release includes many new features, including a prepend + mode (^O,M-P), a new "syntax" command in the .nanorc to + allow multiple syntax highlighting types, and a new -Y, + --syntax flag to set a specific one if there's no + filename regex to match it against (i.e. w/mutt). The + ^space and M-space keys will now show up in the help + menu, which itself has been tweaked a bit, and many more + configure options should now cooperate (like the odd + pairing of --enable-tiny and --enable-multibuffer). The + marker should now work when using multiple buffers, and + the huge memory leak in color syntax highlighting has + been fixed. A lot of new stuff for everyone's favorite + text editor ;) Have fun! 2002.03.30 - GNU nano 1.1.8 is released. New features include an - "Insert Output of External Command", ^R^X, and a .spec - file is now included in the distribution. There are - cleanups in the usage code, fixes for regex parsing, the - file browser, the NO_CONVERT auto-detect, indented - justification, the internal spell checker, and a serious - bug where reading a file of 0 lines would hang nano. - Also, the "show position" code now shows the starting - column as 1 instead of 0. Have fun! + "Insert Output of External Command", ^R^X, and a .spec + file is now included in the distribution. There are + cleanups in the usage code, fixes for regex parsing, the + file browser, the NO_CONVERT auto-detect, indented + justification, the internal spell checker, and a serious + bug where reading a file of 0 lines would hang nano. + Also, the "show position" code now shows the starting + column as 1 instead of 0. Have fun! 2002.03.05 - GNU nano 1.1.7 "let's change everything and see what breaks" - is released. New features include the new flags - -N, --noconvert (to stop any file format conversion) and - -Q, --quotestr (for the new quoted text justification), - a new tempnam() implementation to avoid silly warnings, - DOS and Mac file options in the Write File dialog, - multiple save files (file.1) for abnormal exits, - ^C now showing column as well as character position, and - multibuffer allowing duplicate files, even unnamed ones. - Also, the static shortcut and toggle lengths are history, - nano now reads SYSCONFDIR/nanorc if rc file support is - enabled, and nano is now built with (and for rebuilding - requires) autoconf 2.5. - This release also includes fixes for some memory - leaks, detecting DOS and Mac file format, justification, - suspending keys, search & replace under various - conditions, variable width for shortcuts, and the usual - ton of translation updates. + is released. New features include the new flags + -N, --noconvert (to stop any file format conversion) and + -Q, --quotestr (for the new quoted text justification), + a new tempnam() implementation to avoid silly warnings, + DOS and Mac file options in the Write File dialog, + multiple save files (file.1) for abnormal exits, + ^C now showing column as well as character position, and + multibuffer allowing duplicate files, even unnamed ones. + Also, the static shortcut and toggle lengths are history, + nano now reads SYSCONFDIR/nanorc if rc file support is + enabled, and nano is now built with (and for rebuilding + requires) autoconf 2.5. + This release also includes fixes for some memory + leaks, detecting DOS and Mac file format, justification, + suspending keys, search & replace under various + conditions, variable width for shortcuts, and the usual + ton of translation updates. 2002.01.25 - GNU nano 1.1.6 is released. Lots of new features in this - release. New Meta-keys were added as alternates for - control sequences: Meta-A for the marker key (^^), and - Meta-G for the 'goto dir' key in the file browser (^_). - The color syntax highlighting now supports multiple - lines via start="regex" end="regex" syntax, and the - .nanorc regex format itself has changed. Also, the - gettext code was upgraded to version 0.10.40, and nano - will now display a message if only occurrence of a given - search exists. - For bugfixes, there are fixes for spelling, - stray newlines in the usage() function, suspend issues - with tcsh, auto-indent and wrapping clashes, ugly code - in rcfile.c, global variable compatibility with AIX. - There are also oodles of translation updates. Have fun - with it. + release. New Meta-keys were added as alternates for + control sequences: Meta-A for the marker key (^^), and + Meta-G for the 'goto dir' key in the file browser (^_). + The color syntax highlighting now supports multiple + lines via start="regex" end="regex" syntax, and the + .nanorc regex format itself has changed. Also, the + gettext code was upgraded to version 0.10.40, and nano + will now display a message if only occurrence of a given + search exists. + For bugfixes, there are fixes for spelling, + stray newlines in the usage() function, suspend issues + with tcsh, auto-indent and wrapping clashes, ugly code + in rcfile.c, global variable compatibility with AIX. + There are also oodles of translation updates. Have fun + with it. 2002.01.05 - GNU nano 1.1.5 is out. The main new feature in this - release is the changed behavior of the keypad. Nano now - does the Right Thing and used keypad() by default. If - you wish to use the keypad arrow keys in certain - terminals, you may use the -K or --keypad flag to use - the old behavior. Users of other OSes should see better - handling of their non-keypad keys in this release. - Other changes include more Hurd fixes, fixes parsing - the .nanorc, display fixes for the color syntax - highlighting, gettext stabilization and many translation - updates. This is almost like a stable release, much - like in the 0.9.x series when every other release was - the most stable one :) Have fun! + release is the changed behavior of the keypad. Nano now + does the Right Thing and used keypad() by default. If + you wish to use the keypad arrow keys in certain + terminals, you may use the -K or --keypad flag to use + the old behavior. Users of other OSes should see better + handling of their non-keypad keys in this release. + Other changes include more Hurd fixes, fixes parsing + the .nanorc, display fixes for the color syntax + highlighting, gettext stabilization and many translation + updates. This is almost like a stable release, much + like in the 0.9.x series when every other release was + the most stable one :) Have fun! 2001.12.11 - GNU nano 1.1.4 is released. This release contains - rudimentary color syntax support (but it's still - broken), compatibility fixes for the Hurd and FreeBSD, - spell checker and wrapping fixes, and more. It seems - that the amount of interest in the code is inversely - proportional to the amount of time since last release, - so it's time to show the world all the changes since - 1.1.3 ;) Have fun with it! + rudimentary color syntax support (but it's still + broken), compatibility fixes for the Hurd and FreeBSD, + spell checker and wrapping fixes, and more. It seems + that the amount of interest in the code is inversely + proportional to the amount of time since last release, + so it's time to show the world all the changes since + 1.1.3 ;) Have fun with it! 2001.10.26 - GNU nano 1.1.3 is released. As far as new features go, - the help system is now available for all functions in - the editor. Also, nano will also now print a message on - the status bar when it automatically converts a file - from Mac or DOS format, and trying to load a file that - has already been loaded in multibuffer mode will now - also cause an error message. There is now a "goto - previous word" which you can use by hitting Meta-Space - Bar. - As for fixes, a SEVERE bug in the null_at code - which discarded the memory address of reallocated memory - has been fixed. This is probably the biggest bug fix in - well over the last year of development. There are also - some display fixes for when the screen shouldn't center - itself on cut or uncut text. Also, the comments in the - header files incorrectly said that nano was distributed - under version 1 of the GPL when the accompanying license - was the GPLv2. - If you're using nano-1.1, it is highly - recommended you upgrade to this release. If using 1.0, - wait for version 1.0.6 which should be available early - next week. Enjoy! + the help system is now available for all functions in + the editor. Also, nano will also now print a message on + the status bar when it automatically converts a file + from Mac or DOS format, and trying to load a file that + has already been loaded in multibuffer mode will now + also cause an error message. There is now a "goto + previous word" which you can use by hitting Meta-Space + Bar. + As for fixes, a SEVERE bug in the null_at code + which discarded the memory address of reallocated memory + has been fixed. This is probably the biggest bug fix in + well over the last year of development. There are also + some display fixes for when the screen shouldn't center + itself on cut or uncut text. Also, the comments in the + header files incorrectly said that nano was distributed + under version 1 of the GPL when the accompanying license + was the GPLv2. + If you're using nano-1.1, it is highly + recommended you upgrade to this release. If using 1.0, + wait for version 1.0.6 which should be available early + next week. Enjoy! 2001.10.03 - GNU nano 1.1.2 is out there. Many new features in this - release, including support for auto-converting from DOS - and Mac formatted files, as well as toggles for writing - out files in these formats. Pico's -o flag has been - implemented, as has some new smooth scrolling code - (which can be used in place of the default jerky - scrolling behavior). Also, there is now a "find - matching bracket/brace/etc" feature (Meta-]). The - .nanorc file now accepts setting the tabsize, and the - help text at the bottom of the editor is now better - spaced out in the search/replace prompts. There are - also the usual helping of bugfixes, translation updates - and, surely a bug or two. You better get ready! + release, including support for auto-converting from DOS + and Mac formatted files, as well as toggles for writing + out files in these formats. Pico's -o flag has been + implemented, as has some new smooth scrolling code + (which can be used in place of the default jerky + scrolling behavior). Also, there is now a "find + matching bracket/brace/etc" feature (Meta-]). The + .nanorc file now accepts setting the tabsize, and the + help text at the bottom of the editor is now better + spaced out in the search/replace prompts. There are + also the usual helping of bugfixes, translation updates + and, surely a bug or two. You better get ready! 2001.07.28 - GNU nano 1.1.1 is released. Our second 1.1 unstable - release features many bugfixes from the initial release, - in particular fixes for the multibuffer code, and - various compiler macro fixes. The shortcut lists for - the search and replace prompts are a little more logical - (with cancel the last option again), and the included - gettext was re-downgraded to 0.10.35 due to problems on - the PPC platform. GNU nano now includes its own aclocal - macros in the m4/ directory to allow rebuilding the - configure script to work on platforms regardless of - their gettext version. + release features many bugfixes from the initial release, + in particular fixes for the multibuffer code, and + various compiler macro fixes. The shortcut lists for + the search and replace prompts are a little more logical + (with cancel the last option again), and the included + gettext was re-downgraded to 0.10.35 due to problems on + the PPC platform. GNU nano now includes its own aclocal + macros in the m4/ directory to allow rebuilding the + configure script to work on platforms regardless of + their gettext version. 2001.07.15 - GNU nano 1.1.0 is released. This is the first release - in the 1.1.x unstable series of GNU nano. It - incorporates all changes up to the 1.0.3 release, and - also includes many many new features, including - appending to as well as overwriting files, writing - marked text to a separate file, dynamic wrap length, - lots more compatibility with Pico, and new optional - features like .nanorc file support and multiple file - buffers! All in all, plenty of new stuff that's sure to - introduce lots of bugs ;-) Have fun with it, but be - careful, unstable means unstable. + in the 1.1.x unstable series of GNU nano. It + incorporates all changes up to the 1.0.3 release, and + also includes many many new features, including + appending to as well as overwriting files, writing + marked text to a separate file, dynamic wrap length, + lots more compatibility with Pico, and new optional + features like .nanorc file support and multiple file + buffers! All in all, plenty of new stuff that's sure to + introduce lots of bugs ;-) Have fun with it, but be + careful, unstable means unstable. 2001.07.01 - GNU nano 1.0.3 is the "mutt" release. This release - features oodles of bug fixes with cutting text, - especially with the -k (cut to end) option. There is - also a new suspend handler which should make nano play - better with mutt (the code for which came from mutt - itself; many many thanks to Jordi Mallach and Tom Lear - for working late into the night fixing this). Nano now - also features mutt's case insensitive string compare - function for more speed and less memory usage. Two new - translations are included, Ukrainian and Russian. + features oodles of bug fixes with cutting text, + especially with the -k (cut to end) option. There is + also a new suspend handler which should make nano play + better with mutt (the code for which came from mutt + itself; many many thanks to Jordi Mallach and Tom Lear + for working late into the night fixing this). Nano now + also features mutt's case insensitive string compare + function for more speed and less memory usage. Two new + translations are included, Ukrainian and Russian. 2001.05.12 - GNU nano 1.0.2 is the "just the bugfixes ma'am" release. - The most noticeable fixes are for display errors using - page up/down with the marker code, and view mode (-v) - not stopping the replace function. Other fixes include - being able to use the arrow keys while holding down the - ctrl key in certain TERMs, and there are many - documentation updates and spelling tweaks. We also have - a new Galician translation (provided by Jacobo Tarrío). - Have fun with it! + The most noticeable fixes are for display errors using + page up/down with the marker code, and view mode (-v) + not stopping the replace function. Other fixes include + being able to use the arrow keys while holding down the + ctrl key in certain TERMs, and there are many + documentation updates and spelling tweaks. We also have + a new Galician translation (provided by Jacobo Tarrío). + Have fun with it! 2001.04.06 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there. The only new feature is a - configure option for those who want to disable all word - wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes this - release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n, and - several fixes in the file browser including a segfault - on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work properly, - and nano now sorts files case insensitively like Pilot. - Have fun with it. + configure option for those who want to disable all word + wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes this + release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n, and + several fixes in the file browser including a segfault + on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work properly, + and nano now sorts files case insensitively like Pilot. + Have fun with it. 2001.03.22 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug - has been fixed, as well as a strange bug when using Pico - mode and regex search. There have also been some minor - spelling and documentation updates. As stated on the - website, there are currently no known bugs with nano, - but some will pop up eventually and they will be - addressed in subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy - this first stable release of nano, and as always, - feedback is welcome! + has been fixed, as well as a strange bug when using Pico + mode and regex search. There have also been some minor + spelling and documentation updates. As stated on the + website, there are currently no known bugs with nano, + but some will pop up eventually and they will be + addressed in subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy + this first stable release of nano, and as always, + feedback is welcome! 2001.02.19 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most important - being that nano is now officially a GNU program. Some - changes have been made for GNU compatibility (like in the - default list of shortcuts: "^G Get Help" is now listed - and "^_ Goto Line" is not). The Yes/No/All keys have - finally been internationalized also. All in all, quite - a few changes, considering nano is supposed to be in - a code freeze. But there are the usual helping of - bugfixes, a nasty bug when cutting text in -k mode and - some compatibility issues with older ncurses libraries - have also been fixed. All in all, a lot to see. + being that nano is now officially a GNU program. Some + changes have been made for GNU compatibility (like in the + default list of shortcuts: "^G Get Help" is now listed + and "^_ Goto Line" is not). The Yes/No/All keys have + finally been internationalized also. All in all, quite + a few changes, considering nano is supposed to be in + a code freeze. But there are the usual helping of + bugfixes, a nasty bug when cutting text in -k mode and + some compatibility issues with older ncurses libraries + have also been fixed. All in all, a lot to see. 2001.01.31 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released. Not surprisingly, all that is - new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes. There were a few - cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate - functions, but most is just fixing. Specifically, there - is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for - resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit - mode. Other fixes include some more tab completion - segfaults, and a silly segfault that occurred when - successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after - an initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward - 1.0 we travel. + new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes. There were a few + cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate + functions, but most is just fixing. Specifically, there + is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for + resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit + mode. Other fixes include some more tab completion + segfaults, and a silly segfault that occurred when + successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after + an initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward + 1.0 we travel. 2001.01.17 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released. This is the first pre-1.0 - release of nano, and is also the first release since the - code freeze for nano 1.0. Don't expect (or request) any - new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes, - optimizations and doc/translation updates. For fixes, a - nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home - directory (~), some checks for the NumLock key making - the keypad go awry, window size sanity checks, many - autoconf fixes, and support for the KDE Konsole keypad - layout. Have fun. + release of nano, and is also the first release since the + code freeze for nano 1.0. Don't expect (or request) any + new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes, + optimizations and doc/translation updates. For fixes, a + nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home + directory (~), some checks for the NumLock key making + the keypad go awry, window size sanity checks, many + autoconf fixes, and support for the KDE Konsole keypad + layout. Have fun. 2001.01.07 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!" - release. It includes one new feature that Pico has had - forever, a built-in file browser. Since not everyone - may want this option, there is a --disable-browser - option to the configure script as well. Other changes - include slightly different keypad handling, and a bugfix - for crashes when tab completion in certain instances. - Have fun and Happy New Year! + release. It includes one new feature that Pico has had + forever, a built-in file browser. Since not everyone + may want this option, there is a --disable-browser + option to the configure script as well. Other changes + include slightly different keypad handling, and a bugfix + for crashes when tab completion in certain instances. + Have fun and Happy New Year! 2000.12.18 - Nano 0.9.24 is released. This version contains the last of - the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a - nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for - reading, among other fixes. Nano also now cowardly - refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like - trying to open /dev/zero. New features include being - Able to use Meta-Meta- as Control-, better - HURD support, and some new flags have been added for - Pico compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly - recommended. + the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a + nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for + reading, among other fixes. Nano also now cowardly + refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like + trying to open /dev/zero. New features include being + Able to use Meta-Meta- as Control-, better + HURD support, and some new flags have been added for + Pico compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly + recommended. 2000.12.08 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release. The - main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal - fix for the security issue in nano with following - symbolic links. Hopefully this will fix the problem - permanently. The --nofollow option also works again for - those who are real security nuts. There are also some - display and search fixes, and the --disable-spell - function was renamed to --disable-speller to be in line - with nano and Pico's "speller" term. + main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal + fix for the security issue in nano with following + symbolic links. Hopefully this will fix the problem + permanently. The --nofollow option also works again for + those who are real security nuts. There are also some + display and search fixes, and the --disable-spell + function was renamed to --disable-speller to be in line + with nano and Pico's "speller" term. 2000.12.02 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and - additions than imaginable. The most important change is - a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could - lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because of - an error or signal. Also there are better checks when - saving files. - As for new features, username tab completion is now - working well, the internal spell checker code has been - tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the - justify formatted your text, and there are more options - for configure, including --disable-spell and - --disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like - surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in a - little over a week. + additions than imaginable. The most important change is + a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could + lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because of + an error or signal. Also there are better checks when + saving files. + As for new features, username tab completion is now + working well, the internal spell checker code has been + tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the + justify formatted your text, and there are more options + for configure, including --disable-spell and + --disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like + surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in a + little over a week. 2000.11.23 - Happy Thanksgiving! Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was - a big turkey" release. It fixes several bugs introduced - by the previous version, as well as a few long- standing - display bugs. All 0.9.20 users are strongly encouraged - to upgrade to this release. + a big turkey" release. It fixes several bugs introduced + by the previous version, as well as a few long- standing + display bugs. All 0.9.20 users are strongly encouraged + to upgrade to this release. 2000.11.18 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door. Probably the biggest - change is the brand new way nano displays previous - search and replace strings (they are now editable!) - This is a break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so - if you don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the - command line or Meta-P within nano) still works the - "old" way. - Other new features include being able to deal with - search strings of any length, a new internal spell - feature (courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion - when reading in or writing out files! There's also the - usual billion or so bug fixes. Feedback on this release - is welcome because so much has changed, especially with - the previous string display in search and replace. - Email -> nano@nano-editor.org <-. If you like - something, don't like something, or just want to order a - pizza, let us know! + change is the brand new way nano displays previous + search and replace strings (they are now editable!) + This is a break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so + if you don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the + command line or Meta-P within nano) still works the + "old" way. + Other new features include being able to deal with + search strings of any length, a new internal spell + feature (courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion + when reading in or writing out files! There's also the + usual billion or so bug fixes. Feedback on this release + is welcome because so much has changed, especially with + the previous string display in search and replace. + Email -> nano@nano-editor.org <-. If you like + something, don't like something, or just want to order a + pizza, let us know! 2000.10.02 - Nano 0.9.19 is the "Chris is getting married in less than - a week and needs a distraction" release. There are only - a few actual code changes, mainly portability and - compiler warning fixes. Nano now also supports - PDCurses, which enables easily-built nano executables - for Windows NT and 95/98 for the brave. The official - nano site has changed (again) as well, check out - www.nano-editor.org for all the latest nano schtuff. + a week and needs a distraction" release. There are only + a few actual code changes, mainly portability and + compiler warning fixes. Nano now also supports + PDCurses, which enables easily-built nano executables + for Windows NT and 95/98 for the brave. The official + nano site has changed (again) as well, check out + www.nano-editor.org for all the latest nano schtuff. 2000.09.18 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed. It has some new keyboard - handling code, Cygwin support out of the box, and a more - portable handler for the NOHELP toggle. There is also a - fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying to insert - a directory instead of a normal file would destroy the - contents of the editor. A must-see. Four stars. + handling code, Cygwin support out of the box, and a more + portable handler for the NOHELP toggle. There is also a + fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying to insert + a directory instead of a normal file would destroy the + contents of the editor. A must-see. Four stars. 2000.09.04 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a - quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!) - New features include better (not yet perfect) binary - display support and toggle support for most of the - program flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k - and M-e for -c, -i, -z, -x, -p, -w, -m, -k, and -R). + quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!) + New features include better (not yet perfect) binary + display support and toggle support for most of the + program flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k + and M-e for -c, -i, -z, -x, -p, -w, -m, -k, and -R). 2000.08.09 - Nano 0.9.16, after some struggling, is released. This - release should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug. - The "cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is - the "cutting text on the last line" bug. Nice symmetry - there huh? Also the --tabsize argument should now work - as well as by using -T. + release should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug. + The "cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is + the "cutting text on the last line" bug. Nice symmetry + there huh? Also the --tabsize argument should now work + as well as by using -T. 2000.08.03 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description" - release. There are the usual gala of display bugfixes, - a fix for the nasty bug in -k mode that could create - a loop in the file being edited, and some other code - cleanup. Also, the -T option should now work regardless - of the curses library used. Yay. + release. There are the usual gala of display bugfixes, + a fix for the nasty bug in -k mode that could create + a loop in the file being edited, and some other code + cleanup. Also, the -T option should now work regardless + of the curses library used. Yay. 2000.07.27 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should - be skipped as a version number" release. One typo - caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or - -k caused both flags to be used). The -k code is also - now closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please - note that this code is not finished yet. Working on - this code has made me realize that there is not enough - abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that - for the next release. Until then, have fun with this - version. + be skipped as a version number" release. One typo + caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or + -k caused both flags to be used). The -k code is also + now closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please + note that this code is not finished yet. Working on + this code has made me realize that there is not enough + abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that + for the next release. Until then, have fun with this + version. 2000.07.23 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the - -k option from Pico (cut to end of line). The majority - of changes in this release are bugfixes, however, - including the usual display fixes and fixes for writing - to symbolic links and unwritable files. Barring any - other major changes, this should be the feature set for - nano 1.0, whenever it might be released =-) + -k option from Pico (cut to end of line). The majority + of changes in this release are bugfixes, however, + including the usual display fixes and fixes for writing + to symbolic links and unwritable files. Barring any + other major changes, this should be the feature set for + nano 1.0, whenever it might be released =-) 2000.07.07 - Nano 0.9.12 (the "lucky day" release) is bursting with - new features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor. For - changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now - ^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico. ^W^T - is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility. As for - new features, the wonderful/hated magic line code has - returned with a vengeance! Also, regular expression - searches and replaces have been incorporated via the -R - flag. And, of course, there are the usual helping of - display and other bug fixes to top it all off. + new features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor. For + changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now + ^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico. ^W^T + is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility. As for + new features, the wonderful/hated magic line code has + returned with a vengeance! Also, regular expression + searches and replaces have been incorporated via the -R + flag. And, of course, there are the usual helping of + display and other bug fixes to top it all off. 2000.06.20 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy - routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code - and almost all of the display routines. There are many - improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in - general, but there may be bugs lurking yet. Also, after - many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the - displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize). Note that this - function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the editor, - the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal width - (usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look - smaller or bigger while in the editor. New in the - translation department is an Indonesian translation - (id). + routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code + and almost all of the display routines. There are many + improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in + general, but there may be bugs lurking yet. Also, after + many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the + displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize). Note that this + function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the editor, + the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal width + (usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look + smaller or bigger while in the editor. New in the + translation department is an Indonesian translation + (id). 2000.06.06 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT - when using "run and terminate" flags (for example, - --help). There are also some minor documentation - updates. This version of nano is the most stable in - quite some time, and is likely to be the most stable for - awhile. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this - version. + when using "run and terminate" flags (for example, + --help). There are also some minor documentation + updates. This version of nano is the most stable in + quite some time, and is likely to be the most stable for + awhile. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this + version. 2000.05.31 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support, - more portability, and a ton of bugfixes. While nano is - not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of code quality, - it gets a quantum leap closer with this release. + more portability, and a ton of bugfixes. While nano is + not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of code quality, + it gets a quantum leap closer with this release. 2000.05.18 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix - the resize crash people have been experiencing. It also - offers a new input method that should allow nano to do - things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys) - and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards. There - are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups. - Have fun with it. + the resize crash people have been experiencing. It also + offers a new input method that should allow nano to do + things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys) + and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards. There + are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups. + Have fun with it. 2000.05.14 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long - line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink - behavior (i.e. symlinks weren't being followed by - default). Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out - soon and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the - year, but who knows. + line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink + behavior (i.e. symlinks weren't being followed by + default). Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out + soon and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the + year, but who knows. 2000.05.08 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5 - uncovered. There are improvements (and some remaining - segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more display - optimizations. I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2 are the - most stable versions of nano to date, but this one may - not be too bad =-) + uncovered. There are improvements (and some remaining + segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more display + optimizations. I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2 are the + most stable versions of nano to date, but this one may + not be too bad =-) 2000.05.01 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text - to be at least somewhat reasonable. Much code profiling - has been done to reduce the ridiculous number of - redundant display updates. This will probably expose a - lot of bugs that can then be fixed, so this release is - probably not for the faint of heart. For anyone - curious, I would call nano 0.9.2 the most stable version - recently, so use that if you're not particularly - concerned with being on the bleeding edge. + to be at least somewhat reasonable. Much code profiling + has been done to reduce the ridiculous number of + redundant display updates. This will probably expose a + lot of bugs that can then be fixed, so this release is + probably not for the faint of heart. For anyone + curious, I would call nano 0.9.2 the most stable version + recently, so use that if you're not particularly + concerned with being on the bleeding edge. 2000.04.25 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last - line code and related segfaults. It also now has much - better handling for 8-bit characters. The --enable-tiny - code also produces a smaller executable. + line code and related segfaults. It also now has much + better handling for 8-bit characters. The --enable-tiny + code also produces a smaller executable. 2000.04.19 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release. It - underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing - more bugs than they fix. The most important change to - this version of nano is the removal of the "magic line". - You will no longer see a blank line at the end of the - file. If you want a new line at the end of your file, - you'll have to hit enter to get one. + underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing + more bugs than they fix. The most important change to + this version of nano is the removal of the "magic line". + You will no longer see a blank line at the end of the + file. If you want a new line at the end of your file, + you'll have to hit enter to get one. - NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO. - Unfortunately, this feature has been causing many many - problems with nano so it is being removed for the time - being, and perhaps indefinitely. + NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO. + Unfortunately, this feature has been causing many many + problems with nano so it is being removed for the time + being, and perhaps indefinitely. - Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make - nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the - marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the - slang libraries instead of ncurses. + Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make + nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the + marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the + slang libraries instead of ncurses. 2000.04.15 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if - nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute - path. The bug was in the new code for checking whether - nano is invoked as 'pico'. + nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute + path. The bug was in the new code for checking whether + nano is invoked as 'pico'. 2000.04.14 - Nano 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in. The - option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace (^T) - is now available, and nano now displays the more - Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico' (i.e. if - 'pico' is a symlink to nano). There is an important - change to the handling of symbolic links as well. Now, - nano does the "correct" thing and automatically writes - to the object of the symlink, rather than replace the - symlink with the updated file. This behavior is still - available with the --nofollow or -l flags. - Other new things include a fix for the infamous - "recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the - wrapping code. + option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace (^T) + is now available, and nano now displays the more + Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico' (i.e. if + 'pico' is a symlink to nano). There is an important + change to the handling of symbolic links as well. Now, + nano does the "correct" thing and automatically writes + to the object of the symlink, rather than replace the + symlink with the updated file. This behavior is still + available with the --nofollow or -l flags. + Other new things include a fix for the infamous + "recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the + wrapping code. 2000.04.07 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and - a much better refresh setup (It's still not great, - but...) There should also be more stability editing - long lines, as there was a stupid mistake in the - update_line call. Silly me =) + a much better refresh setup (It's still not great, + but...) There should also be more stability editing + long lines, as there was a stupid mistake in the + update_line call. Silly me =) 2000.03.22 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8 - to reflect the current stagnant status of the project. - Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because - (a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and - (b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is - quite negligible. Fortunately, this release marks the - first release since I have acquired ownership of the - nano pages on SourceForge. Here's hoping SF will get us - some more visibility, translators and patches. + to reflect the current stagnant status of the project. + Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because + (a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and + (b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is + quite negligible. Fortunately, this release marks the + first release since I have acquired ownership of the + nano pages on SourceForge. Here's hoping SF will get us + some more visibility, translators and patches. 2000.03.12 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though) - to my new home into Albany. Thus I should now have more - time to work on nano. Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what - broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both - i18n and many bugfixes. It is VERY likely something - broke this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply - the i18n stuff properly, so *it* may not even work. + to my new home into Albany. Thus I should now have more + time to work on nano. Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what + broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both + i18n and many bugfixes. It is VERY likely something + broke this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply + the i18n stuff properly, so *it* may not even work. - I would like to announce that I'm going to need - translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other - languages than English (or even better, if your native - language is not English) and you would like to submit a - translation file to me, please feel free to do so. If - you do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS - file as the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on - it is yours to take care of and keep up to date. + I would like to announce that I'm going to need + translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other + languages than English (or even better, if your native + language is not English) and you would like to submit a + translation file to me, please feel free to do so. If + you do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS + file as the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on + it is yours to take care of and keep up to date. 2000.03.01 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous - release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released. The - crashing behavior was still occurring, and this most - recent fix also fixes some other wrapping problems, so - here you go. There may be another release soon, there - may not be, is that vague enough? =) + release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released. The + crashing behavior was still occurring, and this most + recent fix also fixes some other wrapping problems, so + here you go. There may be another release soon, there + may not be, is that vague enough? =) 2000.02.25 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the - end of a page has ceased, thankfully. I'm also moving - next weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new - version of nano next week =-) + end of a page has ceased, thankfully. I'm also moving + next weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new + version of nano next week =-) 2000.02.11 - Okay, here we go again. Aside from a few minor fixes and - some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much - different in this version of nano. I haven't gotten - much feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing - or does no one care? Write and let me know! =) + some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much + different in this version of nano. I haven't gotten + much feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing + or does no one care? Write and let me know! =) 2000.02.08 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there - has been more than three days since the last release. - New features include an initial help mode (YAY!), - hopefully much more support for i18n out of the box, and - a flag for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists - displayed. This release also marks the new nano - distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email - address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc. + has been more than three days since the last release. + New features include an initial help mode (YAY!), + hopefully much more support for i18n out of the box, and + a flag for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists + displayed. This release also marks the new nano + distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email + address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc. 2000.02.02 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release, - but I may be changing jobs very soon. I will release - version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet)). I - expect things to settle down by the end of next week, - and then I can try to start on the i18n support and help - menu; look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to - 0.9.0. + but I may be changing jobs very soon. I will release + version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet)). I + expect things to settle down by the end of next week, + and then I can try to start on the i18n support and help + menu; look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to + 0.9.0. 2000.01.28 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward - internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G). I - will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in - the next version, and will implement the help system - with i18n built into it shortly after that. Please - don't hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're - sure the fault lies with nano =-). + internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G). I + will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in + the next version, and will implement the help system + with i18n built into it shortly after that. Please + don't hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're + sure the fault lies with nano =-). 2000.01.25 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a - little portable, mmmmkay?' release. There are many - portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn - for his patches. I removed the broken do_spell behavior - with the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call - 'ispell' until I write a better method to handle the - output of the normal 'spell' command. + little portable, mmmmkay?' release. There are many + portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn + for his patches. I removed the broken do_spell behavior + with the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call + 'ispell' until I write a better method to handle the + output of the normal 'spell' command. 2000.01.24 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features. Among them are a - new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile flag - like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary - spelling program support. The spelling function tries - to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you - can specify another spelling program with -s or - --speller. + new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile flag + like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary + spelling program support. The spelling function tries + to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you + can specify another spelling program with -s or + --speller. 2000.01.17 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this - release' release. It's the busy time at work for me, so - please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get - included in the next immediate version of nano. I'm - sure all the changes in this release will cause a few - bugs, so 0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those - bugs. + release' release. It's the busy time at work for me, so + please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get + included in the next immediate version of nano. I'm + sure all the changes in this release will cause a few + bugs, so 0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those + bugs. - Things added this release include resizability (kinda), - new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command - line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes. + Things added this release include resizability (kinda), + new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command + line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes. 2000.01.15 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release. It now - loads large files much faster than previous versions, - and is even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather - rudimentary tests. Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the - read_byte patch! + loads large files much faster than previous versions, + and is even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather + rudimentary tests. Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the + read_byte patch! 2000.01.09 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed - to nano. The new homepage is at - http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano. Please - update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that - jazz. + to nano. The new homepage is at + http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano. Please + update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that + jazz. diff --git a/README b/README index e769061e..45bccce0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,76 +1,76 @@ - GNU nano -- an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor + GNU nano -- an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor Overview - The nano project was started because of a few "problems" with the - wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. + The nano project was started because of a few "problems" with the + wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. - First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use - the GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on - redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included - with many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like - go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were unavailable until - recently or require a command-line flag. Yuck. + First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use + the GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on + redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included + with many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like + go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were unavailable until + recently or require a command-line flag. Yuck. - nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of - Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and - providing other extra functionality. + nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of + Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and + providing other extra functionality. - The nano editor is an official GNU package. For more information on - GNU and the Free Software Foundation, please see http://www.gnu.org/. + The nano editor is an official GNU package. For more information on + GNU and the Free Software Foundation, please see http://www.gnu.org/. How to compile and install nano - Download the nano source code, then: + Download the nano source code, then: - tar xvzf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz - cd nano-x.y.z - ./configure - make - make install + tar xvzf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz + cd nano-x.y.z + ./configure + make + make install - It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the - default installation directory of /usr/local. + It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the + default installation directory of /usr/local. - If you haven't configured with the --disable-nanorc option, after - installation you may want to copy the doc/sample.nanorc file to - your home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it - according to your taste. + If you haven't configured with the --disable-nanorc option, after + installation you may want to copy the doc/sample.nanorc file to + your home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it + according to your taste. Web Page - https://nano-editor.org/ + https://nano-editor.org/ Mailing Lists - There are three nano-related mailing-lists. + There are three nano-related mailing-lists. - + info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list used to announce - new nano versions or other important info about the project. - + help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without - wanting to hear about the technical details of its development. - + nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people that make nano - and a general development discussion list, with moderate traffic. + + info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list used to announce + new nano versions or other important info about the project. + + help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without + wanting to hear about the technical details of its development. + + nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people that make nano + and a general development discussion list, with moderate traffic. - To subscribe, send email to -request@gnu.org with a subject - of "subscribe", where is the list you want to subscribe to. + To subscribe, send email to -request@gnu.org with a subject + of "subscribe", where is the list you want to subscribe to. Bug Reports - To report a bug, please file a description of the problem on nano's - bug tracker (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano -- hover on - "Bugs", then click "Submit new"). The issue may have already been - reported, so please look first. + To report a bug, please file a description of the problem on nano's + bug tracker (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano -- hover on + "Bugs", then click "Submit new"). The issue may have already been + reported, so please look first. Current Status - Since version 2.5.0, GNU nano has abandoned the distinction between - a stable and a development branch: it is now on a "rolling" release - -- fixing bugs and adding new features go hand in hand. + Since version 2.5.0, GNU nano has abandoned the distinction between + a stable and a development branch: it is now on a "rolling" release + -- fixing bugs and adding new features go hand in hand. Copyright Years - When in any file of this package a copyright notice mentions a - year range (such as 1999-2011), it is a shorthand for a list of - all the years in that interval. + When in any file of this package a copyright notice mentions a + year range (such as 1999-2011), it is a shorthand for a list of + all the years in that interval.