From ce5513b009a4c639d3a0b057fa0de94cd82e14e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 10:01:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.0 release --- ChangeLog | 181 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IMPROVEMENTS | 8 ++ NEWS | 25 ++++++ README | 2 +- configure.ac | 2 +- doc/faq.html | 2 +- doc/nano.1 | 2 +- doc/nano.texi | 10 +-- doc/nanorc.5 | 2 +- doc/rnano.1 | 2 +- roll-a-release.sh | 2 +- syntax/default.nanorc | 4 +- 12 files changed, 228 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6d0548f0..20d85b1f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,184 @@ +Changes between v7.2 and v8.0: +------------------------------ + +Andy Koppe (2): + input: scroll on mousewheel events instead of moving the cursor + rcfile: map the gray #rgb codes (#111 to #EEE) to the xterm grayscale + +Benjamin Valentin (1): + new feature: interpret also : when opening a file + +Benno Schulenberg (155): + bindings: allow speller and friends to be rebound also in restricted mode + bindings: in the tiny version, bind M-6 only in main, not at the prompts + bindings: let move the cursor to top/bottom of viewport + bindings: let M-" place/remove an anchor, and let M-' jump to one + bindings: let M-& show the ncurses version+patch, as a small Easter egg + bindings: make ^F start a forward search by default + bindings: make ^F start a forward search by default + bindings: set up modern bindings also when binary's name starts with "e" + bindings: show ^- instead of ^/ for 'flipgoto' when on a Linux console + bindings: with --modern, do not let ^Q^Q quit nano without saving + bindings: with --modern, use ^H for Help when the terminal allows it + browser: report an error instead of crashing when the folder disappears + browser: restore typing position at prompt after "^R name ^T ^F ^V ^C" + bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.0 release + chars: add a helper function for stripping leading blanks from a string + copyright: update the years for the FSF + display: add a wnoutrefresh() call for NetBSD, to force a cursor update + display: do not attempt to draw a line that is outside the viewport + display: draw a new magic line rightaway when there are multiline regexes + display: show the help lines down to the tiniest possible terminal size + docs: add a caveat in the FAQ about bracketed pastes + docs: add a clarifying note to the description of --tabstospaces + docs: add an example binding for normalizing Unicode to the sample nanorc + docs: add a reference to the 'help-nano' mailing list + docs: add M-C and M-Z to the cheatsheet, and reshuffle for balance + docs: add ^T^S (spell check) and M-S (softwrap) to the cheatsheet + docs: add two examples of custom key bindings to the nanorc manpage + docs: adjust an example help line in the README to the current state + docs: adjust the cheatsheet for the changed meanings of ^F, ^B, M-F, M-B + docs: clarify that a fileregex is matched against the absolute filename + docs: delete a remark about libvte that is no longer relevant + docs: describe nano more specifically as a text editor + docs: document the : thing for cursor positioning + docs: document the new bindable functions 'toprow' and 'bottomrow' + docs: document the new --modernbindings option + docs: fix a ten-year-old typo, reported by `correctmost` + docs: improve the description of the 'flipexecute' bindable function + docs: in a synopsis, use braces around a choice of required parts + docs: in the sample nanorc, set the guidestripe to a soft grey + docs: mention backreferences (for replacements with regular expressions) + docs: mention how to get the old behavior of ^F, ^B, M-F, and M-B back + docs: mention that a restricted nano does not access the history files + docs: mention that 'light' background colors do not work on Linux console + docs: mention that --modernbindings overrides --preserve + docs: mention the changed meanings of ^F/^B and also in the texi manual + docs: mention the missing two options that override --bold + docs: say "mini bar", not "minibar", when referring to the actual bar + docs: trim stuff that is more than five years old from the changelog + docs: use a space after #, like everywhere else in the sample nanorc + editing: adjust the mark before trimming redundant blanks + execute: show "Older" and "Newer" in the help lines, to allow rebinding + feedback: drop an unnecessary warning, to not bother the user + feedback: lowercase a letter, as the phrase is not a full sentence + feedback: raise the level of "Macro is empty", to match similar messages + feedback: suppress filename and linecount when --zero is active + feedback: suppress format-conversion messages for --zero and --mini + files: do not allow M-U to remove text read from standard input + files: run `chmod` and `chown` on the descriptor, not on the filename + formatter: do not crash when the formatter command is empty + general: include the Copy function (M-6 or ^C) into the tiny version + general: let the constant-show toggle override the zero-interface mode + gnulib: update to current upstream state, to make a fresh checkout work + gnulib: update to its current upstream state + help: give the "Replace with" prompt its own help text + help: mention M-Home and M-End in the help text and help lines + help: rebalance the help items when --preserve is used + help: restore ^H and ^D as the primary shortcuts for Backspace and Delete + help: show ^F/^B as primary shortcuts for search, not as secondary + indicator: do not oversize the scroller when softwrapping + input: avoid hanging after a 39-character paste on a VSCode terminal + input: flush the keystroke buffer upon any kind of error condition + input: for one bump of the mousewheel scroll two lines, not three + input: intercept a spurious keycode and say what the actual problem is + input: let the handler of string binds return a byte whenever possible + input: neutralize two spurious keycodes from VTE terminals + input: prevent 'macro_length' from underflowing when hammering M-: + input: recognize certain escape sequences for F13 to F16 again + input: snip the `recordmacro` and `runmacro` keystrokes in a better way + input: store key codes in the macro buffer as they come in from ncurses + input: store keystroke in macro buffer only when about to interpret it [reverted] + justify: keep as much of the marked region onscreen as possible + justify: keep the cursor at the original end of a marked region + justify: recompute the multidata for paragraphs larger than the viewport + justify: set the correct starting point also with --cutfromcursor + justify: set `x = 0` for the undo item, for when using --cutfromcursor + linter: do not mess up the input stream when the linter command is empty + linter: use a format string, to deflect format-string attacks + memory: prevent a leak by freeing a possibly already existing color combo + minibar: mention the file format when it's DOS or Mac + moving: preserve horizontal position when jumping to top or bottom row + new feature: functions that jump to the top or bottom of the viewport + new feature: option --modernbindings sets up more widespread key bindings + options: make --modernbindings actually override --preserve + rcfile: add bindable functions for moving the cursor to top or bottom row + rcfile: avoid crashing on an include path that is way too long + replacing: stash the string to be replaced while asking for replacement + revert the previous commit -- forget about -? as a synonym for --help + screen: recalculate the multidata when detecting the need for it + search: avoid a crash after a nested search, reported by `correctmost` + search: avoid crashing after searching a help text during a regex replace + shutdown: ignore a modified buffer when in view mode + softwrap: adjust start-of-screen when the 'edittop' line is hard-wrapped + softwrap: realign start-of-screen when redoing an automatic hard-wrap + softwrap: remember the actual breaking point when wrapping at blanks + startup: use a format string, to deflect format-string attacks + syntax: c: require a preceding blank when a line comment contains a quote + syntax: javascript: recognize also the .mjs extension + syntax: makefile: ensure that the key always produces a tab + syntax: makefile, sh: recognize also a fresh Makefile and fresh .profile + syntax: nanorc: colorize {toprow} and {bottomrow} for string binds + syntax: sh: recognize more shells than `sh` on a shebang line for busybox + tweaks: add a comment that refers to the VTE spurious-code issue + tweaks: add a missing 'type' attribute to a