bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.4 release

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+Changes between v5.3 and v5.4:
+------------------------------
+
+Benno Schulenberg (31):
+      bindings: accept b for scrolling back up in help viewer and file browser
+      build: exclude a workaround for VTE/Konsole when using a recent ncurses
+      build: include a workaround for VTE only when using an older libvte
+      bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.4 release
+      copyright: update to the current year for significantly changed files
+      docs: adjust for the changed name of the header-file package on Debian
+      docs: use standard-compliant HTML entities for the four arrows
+      feedback: abort when user tries to open multiple files in tiny version
+      gnulib: update to its current upstream state
+      help: allow the penultimate item extra space when the number is uneven
+      help: show all valid help items also in the Write-Out menu
+      linting: avoid putting the cursor beyond the end of the line
+      moving: skip combining characters and other zero-width characters
+      options: do not spew out the help text when an option is not recognized
+      prompt: skip over combining characters also when editing a search string
+      rcfile: stop accepting 'set view' in a nanorc file, and undocument it
+      statusbar: properly pluralize the line+word+character count report
+      tweaks: avoid copying an option's argument when there is no need
+      tweaks: normalize the formatting after the previous two changes
+      tweaks: rename two variables and improve two comments
+      tweaks: rename two variables, one for contrast, another for visibility
+      tweaks: reshuffle a fragment of code, for clarity
+      tweaks: reshuffle a line, elide two braces, and adjust the indentation
+      tweaks: reshuffle three lines and elide braces after the previous change
+      tweaks: slightly shorten a loop, to place the actual action outside of it
+      tweaks: use the standard symbols for the three standard file descriptors
+      utils: die when trying to allocate zero bytes
+      weeding: remove another unneeded workaround for VTE
+      weeding: remove a workaround for early versions of ncurses-6.0
+      weeding: remove a workaround for versions of ncurses before 5.9
+      weeding: remove a workaround for VTE that is not needed
+
+
 Changes between v5.2 and v5.3:
 ------------------------------
 

IMPROVEMENTS

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Improvements in GNU nano
 ========================
 
 Since 5.0:
+  - The cursor skips over combining characters, <Del> deletes them together
+    with the character they combine with, but <Bsp> deletes them separately.
   - For using libmagic the option --magic or -! or 'set magic' is required.
   - With --stateflags the state of some things is shown in the title bar.
   - M-Bsp deletes a word leftward.

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020.12.02 - GNU nano 5.4 "Terre des hommes"
+• Moving the cursor now skips over combining characters (and other
+  zero-width characters).  Deleting a character deletes also any
+  succeeding zero-width characters, but backspacing deletes just
+  one character at a time.
+
 2020.10.07 - GNU nano 5.3 "Revolution!"
 • Option 'set stateflags' makes nano show the state of auto-indenting,
   the mark, hard-wrapping, macro recording, and soft-wrapping in the

doc/faq.html

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 <h3><a name="1.3"></a>1.3. Why the name change from TIP?</h3>
 <blockquote><p>On January 10, 2000, TIP was officially renamed to nano because of a namespace conflict with another program called 'tip'. The original 'tip' program &quot;establishes a full duplex terminal connection to a remote host&quot;, and was included with many older Unix systems (and newer ones like Solaris). The conflict was not noticed at first because there is no 'tip' utility included with most GNU/Linux distributions (where nano was developed).</p></blockquote>
 <h3><a name="1.4"></a>1.4. What is the current version of nano?</h3>
-<blockquote><p>The current version of nano <i>should</i> be <b>5.3</b>.  Of course, you should always check the <a href="https://nano-editor.org/">nano homepage</a> to see what the latest and greatest version is.</p></blockquote>
+<blockquote><p>The current version of nano <i>should</i> be <b>5.4</b>.  Of course, you should always check the <a href="https://nano-editor.org/">nano homepage</a> to see what the latest and greatest version is.</p></blockquote>
 <h3><a name="1.5"></a>1.5. I want to read the man page without having to download the program!</h3>
 <blockquote><p>Jeez, demanding, aren't we? Okay, look <a href="https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano.1.html">here</a>.</p></blockquote>
 <hr width="100%">

doc/nano.1

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\"   Documentation License along with this program.  If not, see
 .\"   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .\"
-.TH NANO 1 "version 5.3" "October 2020"
+.TH NANO 1 "version 5.4" "December 2020"
 
 .SH NAME
 nano \- Nano's ANOther editor, inspired by Pico

doc/nano.texi

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 @smallbook
 @set EDITION 0.5
-@set VERSION 5.3
+@set VERSION 5.4
-@set UPDATED October 2020
+@set UPDATED December 2020
 
 @dircategory Editors
 @direntry
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 @titlepage
 @title GNU @command{nano}
 @subtitle a small and friendly text editor
-@subtitle version 5.3
+@subtitle version 5.4
 
 @author Chris Allegretta
 @page
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ e-mail: @email{chrisa@@asty.org}@*
 @node Top
 @top
 
-This manual documents the GNU @command{nano} editor, version 5.3.
+This manual documents the GNU @command{nano} editor, version 5.4.
 
 @menu
 * Introduction::

doc/nanorc.5

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\"   Documentation License along with this program.  If not, see
 .\"   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .\"
-.TH NANORC 5 "version 5.3" "October 2020"
+.TH NANORC 5 "version 5.4" "December 2020"
 
 .SH NAME
 nanorc \- GNU nano's configuration file

doc/rnano.1

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\"   Documentation License along with this program.  If not, see
 .\"   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .\"
-.TH RNANO 1 "version 5.3" "October 2020"
+.TH RNANO 1 "version 5.4" "December 2020"
 
 .SH NAME
 rnano \- a restricted nano

roll-a-release.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION="5.3"
+VERSION="5.4"
 
 ./configure -C --enable-tiny &&  make &&  ./configure -C &&