bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.0 release

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 <filename>:<linenumber> 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 <Alt+Home/End> 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 <filename>:<linenumber> 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 <Tab> 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 <style> tag
+      tweaks: add an extra variable, to avoid reusing one for another purpose
+      tweaks: add another translator hint, to help avoid overlong key tags
+      tweaks: adjust a comment for the changed handling of gray #rgb codes
+      tweaks: avoid calling isblank()/isalpha() on what could be a signed char
+      tweaks: condense the code that searches for a colon plus line number
+      tweaks: delete a redundant fragment of code from do_replace_loop()
+      tweaks: elide a redundant variable
+      tweaks: express an 'if' more concisely, and add two blank lines
+      tweaks: implement the fix of the previous commit somewhat differently
+      tweaks: improve three translator hints
+      tweaks: make two strings equal to a third, to slightly ease translation
+      tweaks: move two static declarations to the only function that uses them
+      tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change
+      tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous changes
+      tweaks: pull a fragment of code a bit forward, to enable the next commit
+      tweaks: remove two pairs of unneeded braces, and normalize a line
+      tweaks: rename a function and variable, to describe better what they do
+      tweaks: rename a function, for contrast, and update antiquated comments
+      tweaks: rename a struct element, to avoid a theoretical name collision
+      tweaks: rename a symbol (to be clearer), and add three missing comments
+      tweaks: rename a variable, away from an abbreviation
+      tweaks: rename a variable, away from an abbreviation
+      tweaks: rename a variable, to be a bit more indicative
+      tweaks: rename a variable, to be clearer when seen in context
+      tweaks: rename a variable, to be more readable
+      tweaks: rename a variable, to better indicate what it represents
+      tweaks: rename two variables, to be clearer and to match others
+      tweaks: reshuffle four lines, to allow folding some #ifdefs together
+      tweaks: reshuffle three fragments of code, moving related things together
+      tweaks: rewrap a comment, and reshuffle seven declarations
+      tweaks: rewrap two old news items
+      tweaks: shrink the set of characters recognized as line-column separator
+      tweaks: slightly improve a comment, to be more accurate
+      tweaks: slightly reword the help text for the Replace-With prompt
+      tweaks: ungettextize three strings, to make a translator hint right again
+      tweaks: use a pair of parentheses to clarify the order of operations
+      undo: force a screen refresh also for the special case Bsp-at-EOF
+      undo: prevent a use-after-free, reported by `correctmost`
+      undo: recompute the multidata when a piece of text is replaced
+      undo the prelast commit in order to redo it with a fuller commit message
+      verbatim: avoid referencing an uninitialized value
+      wrapping: delete only single characters, not a possibly marked region
+
+Jordi Mallach (1):
+      docs: fix "availabilty" typo in the manual and the nanorc manpage
+
+Mateusz Kazimierczuk (1):
+      options: add -? as a synonym of -h (--help)  [reverted]
+
+Matteo Raso (1):
+      syntax: python: colorize decorators specially
+
+Mike Frysinger (2):
+      build: link in $(GETRANDOM_LIB) from gnulib
+      gnulib: import canonicalize-lgpl for realpath
+
+
 Changes between v7.1 and v7.2:
 ------------------------------
 

IMPROVEMENTS

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Improvements in GNU nano
 ========================
 
+Since 8.0:
+  - To accommodate newcomers, ^F now starts a forward search.
+  - Option --modernbindings makes ^Q quit, ^X cut, ^C copy, ^V paste,
+    ^Z undo, ^Y redo, ^O open a file, and ^G find again, among others.
+  - M-Home/M-End put the cursor on the first/last row in the viewport.
+  - With `nano filename:number` the given file will be opened with the
+    cursor on the given line number.
+
 Since 7.0:
   - String binds may contain bindable function names between braces.
   - Word completion looks for candidates in all open buffers.

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+2024.05.01 - GNU nano 8.0 "Grus grus"
+• By default ^F is bound to starting a forward search, and ^B to
+  starting a backward search, while M-F and M-B repeat the search
+  in the corresponding direction.  (See the documentation if you
+  want the old bindings back.)
+• Command-line option --modernbindings (-/) makes ^Q quit, ^X cut,
+  ^C copy, ^V paste, ^Z undo, ^Y redo, ^O open a file, ^W write a
+  file, ^R replace, ^G find again, ^D find again backwards, ^A set
+  the mark, ^T jump to a line, ^P show the position, and ^E execute.
+• Above modern bindings are activated also when the name of nano's
+  executable (or a symlink to it) starts with the letter "e".
+• To open a file at a certain line number, one can now use also
+  `nano filename:number`, besides `nano +number filename`.
+• <Alt+Home> and <Alt+End> put the cursor on the first and last
+  row in the viewport, while retaining the horizontal position.
+• When the three digits in an #RGB color code are all the same,
+  the code is mapped to the xterm grey scale, giving access to
+  fourteen levels of grey instead of just four.
+• For easier access, M-" is bound to placing/removing an anchor,
+  and M-' to jumping to the next anchor.
+• Whenever an error occurs, the keystroke buffer is cleared, thus
+  stopping the execution of a macro or a string bind.
+• The mousewheel scrolls the viewport instead of moving the cursor.
+
+
 2023.01.18 - GNU nano 7.2 "Boer doe mij 't hekke lös!"
 • <Shift+Insert> is prevented from pasting in view mode.
 

README

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Appearance
     In rough ASCII graphics, this is what nano's screen looks like:
 
    ____________________________________________________________________
-  |  GNU nano 7.2                  filename                  Modified  |
+  |  GNU nano 8.0                  filename                  Modified  |
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
   | This is the text window, displaying the contents of a 'buffer',    |
   | the contents of the file you are editing.                          |

configure.ac

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 
-AC_INIT([GNU nano], [7.2], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
+AC_INIT([GNU nano], [8.0], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nano.c])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.14])

doc/faq.html

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 <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>7.2</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>8.0</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 7.2" "January 2023"
+.TH NANO 1 "version 8.0" "May 2024"
 
 .SH NAME
 nano \- Nano's ANOther text editor, inspired by Pico

doc/nano.texi

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ The complete manual for the GNU nano text editor.
 @end documentdescription
 
 @smallbook
-@set EDITION 0.7
+@set EDITION 0.8
-@set VERSION 7.2
+@set VERSION 8.0
-@set UPDATED January 2023
+@set UPDATED May 2024
 
 @dircategory Editors
 @direntry
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The complete manual for the GNU nano text editor.
 
 @title GNU @command{nano}
 @subtitle a small and friendly text editor
-@subtitle version 7.2
+@subtitle version 8.0
 
 @author Chris Allegretta
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ For suggesting improvements: @email{nano-devel@@gnu.org}
 @node Top
 @top
 
-This manual documents GNU @command{nano}, version 7.2.
+This manual documents GNU @command{nano}, version 8.0.
 
 @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 7.2" "January 2023"
+.TH NANORC 5 "version 8.0" "May 2024"
 
 .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 7.2" "January 2023"
+.TH RNANO 1 "version 8.0" "May 2024"
 
 .SH NAME
 rnano \- a restricted nano

roll-a-release.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION="7.2"
+VERSION="8.0"
 
 ./configure -C --enable-tiny &&  make &&  ./configure -C &&
 

syntax/default.nanorc

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ comment "#"
 color ,red " +	+"
 
 # Nano's release motto, then name plus version.
-color italic,lime "\<[Nn]ano [1-7]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]* "[^"]+""
+color italic,lime "\<[Nn]ano [1-8]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]* "[^"]+""
-color brightred "\<(GNU )?[Nn]ano [1-7]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]*\>"
+color brightred "\<(GNU )?[Nn]ano [1-8]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]*\>"
 
 # Dates
 color latte "\<[12][0-9]{3}\.(0[1-9]|1[012])\.(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])\>"