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2016-01-12 Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
* NEWS: Fix some typos and whitespace, and normalize the dates.
GNU nano 2.5.1 - 2016.01.11
2016-01-10 Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>

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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 highliting entries for the sample nanorc.
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
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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 hittig the home key when
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
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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 Savananh bug page at
reports via the Savannah bug page at
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano.
Come get some.
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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.
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
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2008.03.18 - GNU nano 2.1.0 "under old mismanagement" is released.
This first release in the 2.1 development series
introduces rebinadble keys for most actions inside
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
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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
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
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Please send all new feedback on this release
direct to the development list (nano-devel@gnu.org).
10/24/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.12 "Make Jordi happy" is released. This
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
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(currently up in the air) search history behavior, the
next version of nano should be 1.1.99pre1. Have fun!
10/01/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.11 "Oddball" is released. This release
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
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word and next word, nanorc parser and line wrapping
code. Have fun!
07/25/2002 - At long last! GNU nano 1.1.10 "What didn't we break?" is
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
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updated, and the --quotestr and --regexp really work
now ;-) Enjoy :)
05/12/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.9 is released, happy Mother's Day! This
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,
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been fixed. A lot of new stuff for everyone's favorite
text editor ;) Have fun!
03/30/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.8 is released. New features include an
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
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Also, the "show position" code now shows the starting
column as 1 instead of 0. Have fun!
03/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.7 "lets change everything and see what breaks"
2002.03.05 - GNU nano 1.1.7 "lets change everything and see what breaks"
is released. New features include new flags
-N, --noconvert to stop any file format conversion and
-Q, --quotestr for the new quoted text justification, a
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conditions, variable width for shortcuts, and the usual
ton of translation updates.
01/25/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.6 is released. Lots of new features in this
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 (^_).
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There are also oodles of translation updates. Have fun
with it.
01/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.5 is out. The main new feature in this
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
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!
12/11/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.4 is released. This release contains
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
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so it's time to show the world all the changes since
1.1.3 ;) Have fun with it!
10/26/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.3 is released. As far as new features go,
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
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wait for version 1.0.6 which should be available early
next week. Enjoy!
10/03/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.2 is out there. Many new features in this
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
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also the usual helping of bugfixes, translation updates
and, surely a bug or two. You better get ready!
07/28/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.1 is released. Our second 1.1 unstable
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
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configure script to work on platforms regardless of
their gettext version.
07/15/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.0 is released. This is the first release
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
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introduce lots of bugs ;-) Have fun with it, but be
careful, unstable means unstable.
07/01/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.3 is the "mutt" release. This release
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
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function for more speed and less memory usage. Two new
translations are included, Ukrainian and Russian.
05/12/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.2 is the "just the bugfixes ma'am" release.
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
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a new Galician translation (provided by Jacobo Tarrío).
Have fun with it!
04/06/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there. The only new feature is a
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
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and nano now sorts files case insensitively like Pilot.
Have fun with it.
03/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug
2001.03.22 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug
has been fixed, as well as strange bug when using Pico
mode and regex search. There have also been some minor
spelling and documentation updates. As stated on the
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this first stable release of nano, and as always,
feedback is welcome! nano@nano-editor.org.
02/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most
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 the default list of shortcuts, "^G
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ncurses libraries have also been fixed. All in all, a
lot to see.
01/31/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released. Not surprisingly, all that is
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
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an initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward
1.0 we travel.
01/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released. This is the first pre-1.0
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,
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autoconf fixes, and support for the KDE konsole keypad
layout. Have fun.
01/07/2001 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!"
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
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for crashes when tab completion in certain instances.
Have fun and Happy New Year!
12/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.24 is released. This version contains the last of
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
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Pico compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly
recommended.
12/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release. The
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
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function was renamed to --disable-speller to be in line
with nano and Pico's "speller" term.
12/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and
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
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surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in a
little over a week.
11/23/2000 - Happy Thanksgiving! Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was
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.
11/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door. Probably the biggest
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
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something, don't like something, or just want to order a
pizza, let us know!
10/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.19 is the "Chris is getting married in less than
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
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nano site has changed (again) as well, check out
www.nano-editor.org for all the latest nano schtuff.
09/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed. It has some new keyboard
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.
09/04/2000 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a
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, -x, -p, -w, -k, and -R).
08/09/2000 - Nano 0.9.16, after some struggling, is released. This
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.
08/03/2000 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description"
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.
07/27/2000 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should
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
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for the next release. Until then, have fun with this
version.
07/23/2000 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the
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 un-writable files. Barring any
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 =-)
07/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.12 (The "lucky day" release) is bursting with new
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
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flag. And, of course, there are the usual helping of
display and other bug fixes to top it all off.
06/20/2000 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy
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
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translation department is an Indonesian translation
(id).
06/06/2000 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT
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
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awhile. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this
version.
05/31/2000 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support,
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.
05/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix
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)
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are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups.
Have fun with it.
05/14/2000 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long
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.
05/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5
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 =-)
05/01/2000 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text
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
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recently, so use that if you're not particularly
concerned with being on the bleeding edge.
04/25/2000 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last
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.
04/19/2000 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release. It
2000.04.19 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$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".
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marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the
slang libraries instead of ncurses.
04/15/2000 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if
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'.
04/14/2000 - 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in. The
2000.04.14 - 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
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"recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the
wrapping code.
04/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and
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 =)
03/22/2000 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8
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
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nano pages on SourceForge. Here's hoping SF will get us
some more visibility, translators and patches.
03/12/2000 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though)
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
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file as the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on
it is yours to take care of and keep up to date.
03/01/2000 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous
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? =)
02/25/2000 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the
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 =-)
02/11/2000 - Okay, here we go again. Aside from a few minor fixes and
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! =)
02/08/2000 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there
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
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distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email
address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc.
02/02/2000 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release,
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,
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menu; look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to
0.9.0.
01/28/2000 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward
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
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don't hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're
sure the fault lies with nano =-).
01/25/2000 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a
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
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'ispell' until I write a better method to handle the
output of the normal 'spell' command.
01/24/2000 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features. Among them are a
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
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can specify another spelling program with -s or
--speller.
01/17/00 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this
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
@ -1462,16 +1462,14 @@
new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command
line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes.
01/15/00 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release. It now
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!
01/09/00 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed
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.
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