On January 10, 2000, TIP was officially renamed to nano because of a namespace conflict with another program called 'tip'. The original 'tip' program "establishes a full duplex terminal connection to a remote host", 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).
+The current stable version of nano *should* be 2.4.2. Of course, you should always check the nano homepage to see what the latest and greatest version is.
The current stable version of nano *should* be 2.4.2. Of course, you should always check the nano homepage to see what the latest and greatest version is.
+Jeez, demanding, aren't we? Okay, look here.
Jeez, demanding, aren't we? Okay, look here.
The nano distribution can be downloaded at the following fine web and ftp sites:
+There are many reasons to use nano instead of Pico. A more complete list can be found at the nano homepage.
There are many reasons to use nano instead of Pico. A more complete list can be found at the nano homepage.
+Again, check out the nano homepage for a good summary of reasons. It really is a matter of personal preference as to which editor you should use. If you're the type of person who likes using the original version of a program, then Pico is the editor for you. If you don't mind sacrificing mailer integration with Pine, and are looking for a few more features, as well as a 'better' license in terms of adding your own changes, nano is the way to go.
Note that the last of these no longer applies to the new version of Pine, Alpine, which is under the Apache License, version 2.0.
Again, check out the nano homepage for a good summary of reasons. It really is a matter of personal preference as to which editor you should use. If you're the type of person who likes using the original version of a program, then Pico is the editor for you. If you don't mind sacrificing mailer integration with Pine, and are looking for a few more features, as well as a 'better' license in terms of adding your own changes, nano is the way to go.
Note that the last of these no longer applies to the new version of Pine, Alpine, which is under the Apache License, version 2.0.
The U of W license for older versions of Pine and Pico is not considered truly Free Software according to both the Free Software Foundation and the Debian Free Software Guidelines. The main problem regards the limitations on distributing derived works: according to UW, you can distribute their software, and you can modify it, but you can not do both, i.e. distribute modified binaries.
+That's fine. Send it our way! Better yet, fix a bug in the program or implement a cool feature and send us that instead (though cash is fine too).
That's fine. Send it our way! Better yet, fix a bug in the program or implement a cool feature and send us that instead (though cash is fine too).
The best place to submit bugs is to the Savannah bug tracker as you can check whether the bug you are submitting has already been submitted. diff --git a/doc/man/nano.1 b/doc/man/nano.1 index 28ab3b1c..5817be7b 100644 --- a/doc/man/nano.1 +++ b/doc/man/nano.1 @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Please report any other bugs that you encounter via https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano. .SH HOMEPAGE -http://www.nano-editor.org/ +https://nano-editor.org/ .SH SEE ALSO .PD 0 diff --git a/nano.spec.in b/nano.spec.in index 34223cc6..c9f9f4d5 100644 --- a/nano.spec.in +++ b/nano.spec.in @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Summary : a user-friendly editor, a Pico clone with enhancements License : GPLv3+ Group : Applications/Editors -URL : http://www.nano-editor.org/ -Source : http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.4/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz +URL : https://nano-editor.org/ +Source : https://nano-editor.org/dist/v2.4/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz BuildRoot : %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root BuildRequires : autoconf, automake, gettext-devel, ncurses-devel, texinfo diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c index f7753413..9c2699d7 100644 --- a/src/nano.c +++ b/src/nano.c @@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ void version(void) printf(" (C) 1999..2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n"); printf(_(" (C) 2014..%s the contributors to nano\n"), "2016"); printf( - _(" Email: nano@nano-editor.org Web: http://www.nano-editor.org/")); + _(" Email: nano@nano-editor.org Web: https://nano-editor.org/")); printf(_("\n Compiled options:")); #ifdef NANO_TINY diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c index 511c96a1..07c68a36 100644 --- a/src/winio.c +++ b/src/winio.c @@ -3224,7 +3224,7 @@ void do_credits(void) "", "", "", - "http://www.nano-editor.org/" + "https://nano-editor.org/" }; const char *xlcredits[XLCREDIT_LEN] = {