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12/11/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.4 is released. This release contains
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rudimentary color syntax support (but it's still
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broken), compatibility fixes for the Hurd and FreeBSD,
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spell checker and wrapping fixes, and more. It seems
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that the amount of interest in the code is inversely
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proportional to the amount of time since last release,
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so it's time to show the world all the changes since
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1.1.3 ;) Have fun with it!
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10/26/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.3 is released. As far as new features go,
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the help system is now available for all functions in the
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editor. Also, nano will also now print a message on
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the status bar when it automatically converts a file from
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Mac or DOS format, and trying to load a file that
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has already been loaded in multibuffer mode will now also
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cause an error message. There is now a "goto previous
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word" which you can use by hitting Meta-Space Bar.
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As for fixes, a SEVERE bug in the
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null_at code which discarded the memory address of
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reallocated memory has been fixed. This is probably
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the biggest bug fix in well over the last year of
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development. There are also some display fixes for when
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the screen shouldn't center itself on cut or uncut text.
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Also, the comments in the header files incorectly said
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that nano was distributed under version 1 of the GPL when
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the accompanying license was the GPLv2.
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If you're using nano-1.1, it is highly
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recommeneded you upgrade to this release. If using 1.0,
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wait for version 1.0.6 which should be available early
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next week. Enjoy!
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10/03/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.2 is out there. Many new features in this
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release, including support for auto-converting from
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DOS and Mac formatted files, as well as toggles for
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writing out files in these formats. Pico's -o flag has
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been implemented, as has some new smooth scrolling code
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(which can be used in place of the default jerky scrolling
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behavior). Also, there is now a "find matching
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bracket/brace/etc" feature (Meta-]). The .nanorc file
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now accepts setting the tabsize, and the help text at the
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bottom of the editor is now better spaced out in the
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search/replace prompts. There are also the usual helping
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of bugfixes, translation updates and, surely a bug or two.
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You better get ready!
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07/28/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.1 is released. Our second 1.1 unstable release
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features many bugfixes from the initial release, in
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particular fixs for the multibuffer code, and various
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compiler macro fixes. The shortcut lists for
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the search and replace prompts are a little more logical
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(with cancel the last option again), and the included
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gettext was re-downgraded to 0.10.35 due to problems
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on the PPC platform. GNU nano now includes its own
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aclocal macros in the m4/ directory to allow rebuilding
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the configure script to work on platforms regardless of
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their gettext version.
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07/15/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.0 is released. This is the first release
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in the 1.1.x unstable series of GNU nano. It
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incorporates all changes up to the 1.0.3 release,
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and also includes many many new features, including
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appending to as well as overwriting files, writing
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marked text to a separate file, dynamic wrap length,
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lots more compatibility with Pico, and new optional
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features like .nanorc file support and multiple file
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buffers! All in all, plenty of new stuff that's sure
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to introduce lots of bugs ;-) Have fun with it, but
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be careful, unstable means unstable.
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04/06/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there. The only new feature is a
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configure option for those who want to disable all
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word wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes
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this release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n,
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and several fixes in the file browser including a
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segfault on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work
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properly, and nano now sorts files case insensitively
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like pilot. Have fun with it.
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03/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug
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has been fixed, as well as strange bug when using Pico
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mode and regex search. There have also been some minor
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spelling and documentation updates. As stated on the
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website, there are currently no known bugs with nano, but
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some will pop up eventually and they will be addressed in
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subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy this first stable
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release of nano, and as always, feedback is welcome!
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nano@nano-editor.org.
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02/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most important
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being that nano is now officially a GNU program. Some
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changes have been made for GNU compatibility (like the
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default list of shortcuts, "^G Get Help" is now Listed and
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"^_ Goto Line" is not). The Yes/No/All keys have
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finally been internationalized also. All in all, quite
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a few changes, considering nano is supposed to be in a code
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freeze. But there are the usual helping of bugfixes, a
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nasty bug when cutting text in -k mode and some
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compatibility issues with older ncurses libraries have also
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been fixed. All in all, a lot to see.
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01/31/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released. Not surprisingly, all that is
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new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes. There were a few
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cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate
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functions, but most is just fixing. Specifically, there
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is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for
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resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit
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mode. Other fixes include some more tab completion
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segfaults, and an silly segfault that occurred when
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successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after an
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initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward 1.0 we
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travel.
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01/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released. This is the first pre-1.0
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release of nano, and is also the first release since the
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code freeze for nano 1.0. Don't expect (or request) any
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new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes,
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optimizations and doc/translation updates. For fixes, a
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nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home directory
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(~), some checks for the NumLock key making the keypad
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go awry, window size sanity checks, many autoconf fixes,
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and support for the KDE konsole keypad layout. Have fun.
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01/07/2001 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!" release.
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It includes one new feature that Pico has had forever, a
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built-in file browser. Since not everyone may want this
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option, there is a --disable-browser option to the
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configure script as well. Other changes include slightly
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different keypad handling, and a bugfix for crashes when
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tab completion in certain instances. Have fun and Happy
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New Year!
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12/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.24 is released. This version contains the last of
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the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a
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nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for
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reading, among other fixes. Nano also now cowardly
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refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like
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trying to open /dev/zero. New features include being
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Able to use Meta-Meta-<key> as Control-<key>, better
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HURD support, and some new flags have been added for Pico
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compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly
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recommended.
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12/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release. The
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main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal
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fix for the security issue in nano with following symbolic
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links. Hopefully this will fix the problem permanently.
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The --nofollow option also works again for those who
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are real security nuts. There are also some display and
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search fixes, and the --disable-spell function was renamed
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to --disable-speller to be in line with nano and pico's
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"speller" term.
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12/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and
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additions than imaginable. The most important change is
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a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could
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lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because
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of an error or signal. Also there are better checks when
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saving files.
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As for new features, username tab completion is
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now working well, the internal spell checker code has been
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tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the
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justify formatted your text, and there are more
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options for configure, including --disable-spell and
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--disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like
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surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in
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a little over a week.
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11/23/2000 - Happy Thanksgiving! Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was
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a big turkey" release. It fixes several bugs introduced
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by the previous version, as well as a few long-
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standing display bugs. All 0.9.20 users are strongly
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encouraged to upgrade to this release.
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11/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door. Probably the biggest
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change is the brand new way nano displays previous search
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and replace strings (they are now editable!) This is a
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break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so if you
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don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the command
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line or Meta-P within nano) still works the "old"
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way.
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Other new features include being able to deal with
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search strings of any length, a new internal spell feature
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(courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion when
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reading in or writing out files! There's also the usual
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billion or so bug fixes. Feedback on this release is
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welcome because so much has changed, especially with the
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previous string display in search and replace. Email ->
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nano@nano-editor.org <-. If you like something, don't like
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something, or just want to order a pizza, let us know!
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10/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.19 is the "Chris is getting married in less than
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a week and needs a distraction" release. There are only
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a few actual code changes, mainly portability and compiler
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warning fixes. Nano now also supports PDCurses, which
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enables easily-built nano executables for Windows NT
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and 95/98 for the brave. The official nano site has
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changed (again) as well, check out www.nano-editor.org for
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all the latest nano schtuff.
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09/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed. It has some new keyboard
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handling code, cygwin support out of the box, and
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a more portable handler for the NOHELP toggle. There
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is also a fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying
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to insert a directory instead of a normal file would
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destroy the contents of the editor. A must-see. Four
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stars.
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09/04/2000 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a
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quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!)
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New features include better (not yet perfect) binary
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display support and toggle support for most of the program
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flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k and M-e for
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-c, -i, -x, -p, -w, -k, and -R).
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08/09/2000 - Nano 0.9.16, after some struggling, is released. This release
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should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug. The
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"cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is the
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"cutting text on the last line" bug. Nice symmetry there
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huh? Also the --tabsize argument should now work as well
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as by using -T.
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08/03/2000 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description"
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release. There are the usual gala of display bugfixes,
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a fix for the the nasty bug in -k mode that could create a
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loop in the file being edited, and some other code
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cleanup. Also, the -T option should now work regardless
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of the curses library used. Yay.
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07/27/2000 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should
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be skipped as a version number" release. One typo
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caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or
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-k caused both flags to be used). The -k code is also now
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closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please
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note that this code is not finished yet. Working on this
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code has made me realize that there is not enough
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abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that
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for the next release. Until then, have fun with this
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version.
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07/23/2000 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the
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-k option from Pico (cut to end of line). The majority
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of changes in this release are bugfixes, however, including
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the usual display fixes and fixes for writing to symbolic
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links and un-writeable files. Barring any other major
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changes, this should be the feature set for nano 1.0,
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whenever it might be released =-)
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07/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.12 (The "lucky day" release) is bursting with new
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features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor. For
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changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now
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^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico.
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^W^T is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility.
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As for new features, the wonderful/hated magic line
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code has returned with a vengeance! Also, regular
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expression searches and replaces have been incorporated
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via the -R flag. And, of course, there are the usual
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helping of display and other bug fixes to top it all
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off.
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06/20/2000 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy
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routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code
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and almost all of the display routines. There are many
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improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in
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general, but there may be bugs lurking yet. Also, after
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many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the
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displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize). Note that
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this function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the
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editor, the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal
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width (usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look
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smaller or bigger while in the editor. New in the
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translation department is an Indonesian translation (id).
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06/06/2000 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT when
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using "run and terminate" flags (for example, --help).
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There are also some minor documentation updates. This
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version of nano is the most stable in quite some time, and
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is likely to be the most stable for awhile. Users are
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encouraged to upgrade to this version.
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05/31/2000 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support,
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more portability, and a ton of bugfixes. While
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nano is not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of
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code quality, it gets a quantum leap closer with this
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release.
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05/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix
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the resize crash people have been experiencing. It also
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offers a new input method that should allow nano to do
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things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys)
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and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards. There
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are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups. Have
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fun with it.
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05/14/2000 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long
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line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink
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behavior (i.e. symlinks weren't being followed by
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default). Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out soon
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and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the year,
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but who knows.
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05/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5
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uncovered. There are improvements (and some remaining
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segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more
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display optimizations. I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2
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are the most stable versions of nano to date, but this one
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may not be too bad =-)
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05/01/2000 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text
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to be at least somewhat reasonable. Much
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code profiling has been done to reduce the
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ridiculous number of redundant display updates. This
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will probably expose a lot of bugs that can then be
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fixed, so this release is probably not for the faint
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of heart. For anyone curious, I would call nano 0.9.2
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the most stable version recently, so use that if you're
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not particularly concerned with being on the bleeding
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edge.
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04/25/2000 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last
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line code and related segfaults. It also now has
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much better handling for 8-bit characters. The
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--enable-tiny code also produces a smaller executable.
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04/19/2000 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release. It
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underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing
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more bugs than they fix. The most important change
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to this version of nano is the removal of the "magic
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line". You will no longer see a blank line at the end of
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the file. If you want a new line at the end of your file,
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you'll have to hit enter to get one.
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NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO. Unfortunately,
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this feature has been causing many many problems with nano
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so it is being removed for the time being, and perhaps
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indefinitely.
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Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make
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nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the
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marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the
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slang libraries instead of ncurses.
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04/15/2000 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if
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nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute
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path. The bug was in the new code for checking whether
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nano is invoked as pico.
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04/14/2000 - 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in. The
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option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace
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(^T) is now available, and nano now displays the
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more Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico'
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(i.e. if pico is a symlink to nano). There is an
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important change to the handling of symbolic links
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as well. Now, nano does the "correct" thing and
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automatically writes to the object of the symlink,
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rather than replace the symlink with the updated file.
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This behavior is still available with the --nofollow
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or -l flags.
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Other new things include a fix for the infamous
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"recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the wrapping
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code.
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04/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and
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a much better refresh setup (It's still not great, but...)
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There should also be more stability editing long lines,
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as there was a stupid mistake in the update_line
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call. Silly me =)
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03/22/2000 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8
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to reflect the current stagnant status of the project.
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Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because
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(a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and
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(b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is quite
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negligible. Fortunately, this release marks the first
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release since I have acquired ownership of the nano pages
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on SourceForge. Here's hoping SF will get us some more
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visibility, translators and patches.
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03/12/2000 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though)
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to my new home into Albany. Thus I should now have more
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time to work on nano. Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what
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broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both
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i18n and many bugfixes. It is VERY likely something broke
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this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply the i18n
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stuff properly, so *it* may not even work.
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I would like to announce that I'm going to need
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translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other
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languages than English (or even better, if your native
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language is not English) and you would like to submit a
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translation file to me, please feel free to do so. If you
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do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS file as
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the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on it is
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yours to take care of and keep up to date.
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03/01/2000 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous
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release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released. The crashing
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behavior was still occurring, and this most recent fix also
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fixes some other wrapping problems, so here you go.
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There may be another release soon, there may not be, is
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that vague enough? =)
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02/25/2000 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the end
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of a page has ceased, thankfully. I'm also moving next
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weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new
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version of nano next week =-)
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02/11/2000 - Okay, here we go again. Aside from a few minor fixes and
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some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much
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different in this version of nano. I haven't gotten much
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feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing or does
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no one care? Write and let me know! =)
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02/08/2000 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there has
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been more than three days since the last release. New
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features include an initial help mode (YAY!), hopefully
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much more support for i18n out of the box, and a flag
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for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists
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displayed. This release also marks the new nano
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distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email
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address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc.
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02/02/2000 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release,
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but I may be changing jobs very soon. I will release
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version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet). I
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expect things to settle down by the end of next week, and
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then I can try to start on the i18n support and help menu;
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look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to 0.9.0.
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01/28/2000 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward
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internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G). I
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will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in the
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next version, and will implement the help system with
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i18n built into it shortly after that. Please don't
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hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're sure the
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fault lies with nano =-).
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01/25/2000 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a
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little portable, mmmmkay?' release. There are many
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portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn for
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his patches. I removed the broken do_spell behavior with
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the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call 'ispell'
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until I write a better method to handle the output of the
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normal 'spell' command.
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01/24/2000 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features. Among them are a
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new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile
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flag like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary
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spelling program support. The spelling function tries
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to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you
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can specify another spelling program with -s or --speller.
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01/17/00 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this
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release' release. It's the busy time at work for me, so
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please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get
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included in the next immediate version of nano. I'm sure
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all the changes in this release will cause a few bugs, so
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0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those bugs.
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Things added this release include resizability (kinda),
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new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command
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line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes.
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01/15/00 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release. It now loads
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large files much faster than previous versions, and is
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even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather
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rudimentary tests. Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the
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read_byte patch!
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01/09/00 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed
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to nano. The new homepage is at
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http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano. Please
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update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that
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jazz.
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$Id$
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