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Changes between v2.7.5 and v2.8.0:
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Benno Schulenberg (56):
bindings: accept "q" and "x" to exit from help viewer and file browser
bindings: group the three search-again shortcuts together
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.0 release
docs: mention some more differences with Pico in the Info document
files: drop the pointless "[from ./]" from the insert-file prompt
files: on second thought... keep the "[from ./]"
input: count a manually entered unicode as one character
moving: don't try to redraw lines that have gone outside the viewport
moving: /do/ redraw the prior line when the viewport hasn't changed
moving: the current chunk cannot be beyond the last chunk of a line
oops -- that's what you get when you don't test things before pushing
painting: don't try to start highlighting before column zero
screen: don't push the longer-line indicator ($) to the next row
spelling: keep the cursor at end-of-line if it was there
startup: add option 'nopauses' to disable pausing after a warning
tweaks: add a warning for a condition that should never occur
tweaks: avoid a few needless reallocations
tweaks: chuck some debugging stuff and some useless asserts
tweaks: condense some declarations by reshuffling
tweaks: correct some formatting irregularities in the FAQ
tweaks: don't loop over an initializer
tweaks: don't optimize for the wrong case
tweaks: don't turn the mark off before it's needed
tweaks: ehm... the warning is more important for the softwrap case
tweaks: elide an intermediate variable
tweaks: elide a small intermediate buffer
tweaks: elide a variable
tweaks: elide two variables, and condense some statements
tweaks: factor out a bit of common code
tweaks: fix compilation with --enable-tiny --enable-help
tweaks: frob a couple of comments
tweaks: frob some parentheses and other things, to be more consistent
tweaks: gettextize a forgotten error message
tweaks: make WhereIsNext available in browser in tiny version
tweaks: mark a message for translation
tweaks: optimize determining the number of columns that a text spans
tweaks: reduce the scope of five variables, and frob some comments
tweaks: remove a disabled warning, and adjust a translator hint
tweaks: rename and shorten a small helper function
tweaks: rename a variable and invert its logic
tweaks: rename a variable, drop a false assert, and reshuffle a bit
tweaks: rename three variables, to better distinguish bytes from columns
tweaks: rename two variables, to be more distinctive
tweaks: reshuffle some lines and adjust some comments
tweaks: reshuffle some more lines and improve four comments
tweaks: reshuffle some statements, to avoid double assignments
tweaks: reshuffle the bindings to group things more logically
tweaks: reshuffle three statements, and shorten a comment
tweaks: reshuffle two declarations for a more consistent order
tweaks: shorten a bit of logic
tweaks: simplify and correct a computation
tweaks: suggest a separate color scheme for root
tweaks: trim a displayable string in a more efficient manner
tweaks: use two extra variables to make it clearer what is being done
usage: don't mention +LINE,COLUMN as an option, because it isn't
wrapping: add the correct char length when skipping consecutive blanks
David Lawrence Ramsey (52):
configure: don't check for the existence of iswspace() anymore
display: don't compensate for chunks before firstcolumn
display: don't draw more chunks than the screen can hold
display: limit an optimization to non-softwrap mode
display: make PageUp/PageDown use the correct beginning of the viewport
docs: update README.GIT for gnulib-related changes
files: revamp the insertion of a file, to be more like pasting text
moving: determine the correct leftedge when paging up/down too
replacing: fix spotlight() to highlight words properly in softwrap mode
softwrap: account for firstcolumn in reset_cursor()
softwrap: account for firstcolumn when checking for offscreen current
softwrap: account for firstcolumn when scrolling up a line
softwrap: account for softwrap in get_page_start()
softwrap: account for softwrapped chunks when adding text
softwrap: account for softwrap when checking whether current is offscreen
softwrap: add two chunk-iterator functions
softwrap: adjust firstcolumn when the window width changes
softwrap: count softwrapped chunks properly in do_gotolinecolumn()
softwrap: count softwrapped chunks properly in do_uncut_text()
softwrap: count softwrapped chunks properly in read_file()
softwrap: improve End's behavior with softwrapped chunks
softwrap: improve Home's behavior with softwrapped lines
softwrap: improve Left and Right's behavior with softwrapped chunks
softwrap: improve PageUp and PageDown's behavior with softwrapped chunks
softwrap: improve Up and Down's behavior with softwrapped chunks
softwrap: iterate through softwrapped chunks better in do_mouse()
softwrap: iterate through softwrapped chunks in adjust_viewport()
softwrap: iterate through softwrapped chunks in edit_scroll()
softwrap: move the updating of a softwrapped line to a new function
softwrap: prepare for a more flexible viewport
softwrap: remove and replace workarounds for firstcolumn
softwrap: save and restore firstcolumn when copying text
softwrap: save and restore firstcolumn when internally spell-fixing text
softwrap: save and restore firstcolumn when replacing text
softwrap: save firstcolumn when justifying, restore it when unjustifying
speller: fix replacing marked text in the alternate spell checker
syntax: nanorc: color also the option "linenumbers" as being valid
tweaks: add a parameter to do_home() and do_end()
tweaks: fix a comment typo
tweaks: mention nano's ability to read from standard input in usage()
tweaks: move comments outside of if blocks in break_line()
tweaks: prepare for improvements to do_home() and do_end()
tweaks: remove cluttering #ifdefs from break_line()
tweaks: rename need_horizontal_scroll() to line_needs_update()
tweaks: slightly optimize an allocation in display_string()
tweaks: stop converting text once we overshoot span columns
undo: fix undoing/redoing insertions, since they no longer do partitioning
usage: mention the -g/--showcursor option
weeding: remove ensure_line_is_visible()
weeding: remove maxlines and related code
weeding: remove partitioning and related stuff from do_insertfile()
weeding: remove partitioning and related stuff from do_justify()
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (1):
tweaks: make sure calls to <ctype.h> functions/macros use "unsigned char"
Mike Frysinger (19):
add an explicit test for set_escdelay()
add support for gnulib
assume getopt_long support is always available
assume regex.h support is always available
configure: require autoconf-2.69/automake-1.14
configure: require gettext-0.18.3, and drop our bundled m4 files
drop the getdelim/getline fallback functions
drop the glib fallback for snprintf/vsnprintf
drop the isblank/iswblank fallback functions
drop the wchar.h/wctype.h/stdarg.h checks
drop various str fallback functions
fix build on systems without pwd.h
handle builds on systems without termios.h
handle deficient signal systems
pull in the glob module from gnulib
pull in the lstat module from gnulib
pull in the nl_langinfo & wcwidth modules from gnulib
pull in the sys_wait module from gnulib
tweaks: disable gnulib's workaround for the globbing of broken symlinks
Changes between v2.7.4 and v2.7.5:
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Benno Schulenberg (65):
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.5 release
files: leave out the confusing "[from ./]" when prompting for a command
general: stop the spell checker from crashing after the changes in search
justify: reduce the character count when trimming trailing spaces
painting: account for index maybe being zero after the preceding change
painting: advance only when both start /and/ end match are zero-length
painting: do not bluntly ignore zero-length start matches -- handle them
painting: do not let a match for 'end' overlap a match for 'start'
painting: don't look at the current multidata when coloring a line
painting: make use of the multidata of the preceding line
painting: mark an unpaired start match as CWOULDBE
painting: properly detect a change in start/end matches
painting: properly look for a new start match only after the end match
painting: stay within the line when skipping zero-length matches
painting: when skipping a zero-length match, skip a character, not a byte
rcfile: don't accept empty regexes for syntax coloring
replacing: compensate cursor position only for replacements /before/ it
replacing: detect when the whole region has already been covered
replacing: don't go outside of the selected region
replacing: ignore the first match when the user said no
replacing: start at the region's edge instead of one step before it
replacing: stop searching in a region when edge of buffer is reached
screen: don't compare a character index with a column position
screen: ehm... no, that was wrong: page_start /is/ a column position
search: begin from where we are, to be able to find the first \B
search: make the \b and \B anchors work correctly in both directions
spelling: correctly adjust the length of a single-line region
spelling: don't unnecessarily fiddle with the viewport
startup: report an error when the given line or column number is invalid
statusbar: display at most three consecutive alert messages
tweaks: adjust some comments, reshuffle a line, and use a while loop
tweaks: adjust two comments, to be more accurate
tweaks: adjust whitespace after preceding changes
tweaks: and rename another variable, to keep in style
tweaks: chuck some obscuring debugging stuff
tweaks: condense a comment, rename a variable, and use a while loop
tweaks: differentiate single-regex matches from paired-regex matches
tweaks: discard the now unused multidata-resetting routine
tweaks: elide a variable plus its corresponding dark logic
tweaks: fiddle with some wordings in the texinfo document
tweaks: free an option string also when it was invalid
tweaks: move a comment and rewrap a line
tweaks: normalize some paragraph formatting in the FAQ
tweaks: rearrange some code to separate softwrap and normal mode more
tweaks: rename a function, and drop an unneeded parameter
tweaks: rename a function, to show it refers to screen rows
tweaks: rename another variable, to be shorter
tweaks: rename a variable and condense an if
tweaks: rename a variable -- lines refers to buffer, rows to screen
tweaks: rename a variable, to be more general
tweaks: rename a variable, to be more general and match one elsewhere
tweaks: rename some variables, to better distinguish rows from lines
tweaks: rename some variables, to show they refer to screen rows
tweaks: rename two variables, and always pass a valid result back
tweaks: rename two variables, to avoid double negatives
tweaks: reshuffle an assignment and trim some comments
tweaks: reshuffle a test to a better place
tweaks: reshuffle three variables
tweaks: scrap a bunch of debugging lines -- they obscure the logic
tweaks: scrap some debugging stuff
tweaks: slightly speed up the change detection for multiline matches
tweaks: swap two blocks of code to reduce the number of #ifdefs
tweaks: update some copyright years
tweaks: use a cheaper way to detect an end-of-line
tweaks: use a subtraction instead of a counter
David Lawrence Ramsey (16):
docs: mention the ability to read from stdin
screen: don't hide two-column characters at left edge in softwrap mode
tweaks: adjust and correct some comments
tweaks: always directly do a refresh when the margin changes
tweaks: do a comparison a bit differently in do_output() and do_deletion()
tweaks: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny
tweaks: improve comments and formatting in update_line()
tweaks: let update_line() return the correct value on error
tweaks: reduce duplicate code in new_magicline() and move_to_filestruct()
tweaks: rename a variable and adjust some types in edit_scroll()
tweaks: rename a variable in edit_redraw(), to make sense
tweaks: rename a variable in edit_scroll(), to make sense
tweaks: rename mouse_x & mouse_y to mouse_col & mouse_row in do_mouse()
tweaks: rename the functions for moving to and copying from a buffer
tweaks: rewrap two lines and fix two typos
tweaks: split the grafting code off from copy_from_buffer()
Mike Frysinger (3):
syntax: c++: add override keyword
syntax: gentoo: flag mixed whitespace
syntax: gentoo: match .eblit files too
Changes between v2.7.3 and v2.7.4:
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Benno Schulenberg (48):
build: check for GNU-style word-boundary support also in the tiny version
build: include the old Changelogs in the tarball
build: install the Info and Html manuals even when 'makeinfo' is missing
build: move all documentation into a single directory
build: move the syntax files out of the doc/ directory
build: rename the sample config file, so it will be colored like a nanorc
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.4 release
copy: properly set preferred x position when region was marked backwards
cut: indicate a buffer as modified only if actually something was deleted
docs: add a new Changelog -- a list of the short commit messages
docs: bring some air into the FAQ, so that <Ctrl+Up/Down> become useful
docs: fix some spellos and trim some trailing tabs in the old Changelog
docs: rename the Changelogs to indicate which periods they cover
docs: snip some obsolete items from the FAQ, and normalize its dates
docs: standardize the dates in the old Changelog
inserting: adjust the desired x position (don't restore the old one)
screen: examine the whole line when painting, to set the correct info
search: make a regex with a beginning-of-word anchor work correctly
softwrap: don't scroll half a page when just a few lines will do
softwrap: when pasting an overlong line, ensure it is fully visible
softwrap: when typing M-/, ensure the last line is fully visible
syntax: html: be more precise with tags, and paint attribute names
tweaks: adjust whitespace after the previous change
tweaks: chuck a couple of useless asserts
tweaks: condense two ifs to a single one
tweaks: discard some conditional compilation
tweaks: don't compare a character offset with a column position
tweaks: don't use a variable for two different purposes
tweaks: fix compilation when configured with --disable-wrapping
tweaks: frob some comments, and transform one variable
tweaks: frob some comments, elide a variable, and use 'while' loops
tweaks: if there is no end match, there is nothing to paint
tweaks: miscellaneous frobbings
tweaks: rearrange and reindent some lines in the painting routines
tweaks: remove the cluttering conditional compilation of a parameter
tweaks: rename another variable, to show it refers to columns not chars
tweaks: rename a variable, chuck an assert, and frob a comment
tweaks: rename three painting variables, to be more distinct
tweaks: rename two variables, for distinguishing characters from columns
tweaks: rename two variables to be just one as they play the same role
tweaks: rename two variables, to be more telling
tweaks: reshuffle a statement to a better place and condense some comments
tweaks: set the length of a search match in a clearer manner
tweaks: slightly condense a function and its comment
tweaks: terminate lots of sentences with a period in the old Changelog
tweaks: the starting point for painting /cannot/ be offscreen
tweaks: when allow_tabs is FALSE, allow_files is irrelevant
undo: properly create separate items for deletes at different positions
David Lawrence Ramsey (7):
screen: properly place the cursor after inserting a file
softwrap: ensure the current line is fully visible after inserting a file
tweaks: avoid an unnecessary fiddling with current_y in do_mouse()
tweaks: line numbers are ssize_t, not int
tweaks: move a setting, fix a type, and rearrange a line in do_mouse()
weeding: remove another unnecessary setting of openfile->current_y
weeding: remove unnecessary settings of openfile->current_y
Felix Janda (1):
speller: fix build when tiny build is enabled
Changes between v2.7.2 and v2.7.3:
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Arturo Borrero González (1):
syntax: nftables: add two new families, and add set references
Benno Schulenberg (62):
binding: use plain codes instead of function calls for the jumping keys
binding: use the code for the Enter directly instead of a function call
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.7.3 release
chars: optimize for the most common case
chars: use memory on the stack instead of calling malloc() and free()
docs: clarify the difference between "Esc Esc ddd" and "M-V xxxxxx"
files: don't change embedded newlines into nulls in filenames
files: show newlines in filenames as ^J also in error messages
general: simplify the detection of a SIGWINCH
history: avoid crashing when the positionlog file is malformed
history: don't bother encoding search items -- they cannot contain newlines
history: encode newlines in filenames as nulls
history: search for the two position numbers from EOL instead of BOL
history: search items *can* contain newlines -- encoded NUL bytes
input: detect again when both Shift and Ctrl are being held on a VT
input: discard a verbatim 0x0A or 0x00 byte, depending on the mode
input: don't crash when receiving a KEY_CANCEL
locking: disable an annoying warning
memory: don't bother making a snug fit for things that will be freed soon
oops: forgot to add and amend this to the previous commit
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
prompt: do not treat a leading newline in a filename specially
prompt: represent newlines as ^J instead of breaking the bar
screen: display byte value 0x0A in the right places as ^@ or as ^J
screen: draw new content immediately, to prevent color flashes
screen: show an embedded newline in filenames as ^J instead of ^@
text: avoid a crash when a spell-checked line has gotten shorter
text: discard the undo stack after formatting and after spell checking
titlebar: always pass a pathname through display_string()
tweaks: adjust some comments and indentation and ordering
tweaks: chuck a special case, and reduce the scope of two variables
tweaks: condense the setting of three flags
tweaks: conditionalize a function that is not used in the tiny version
tweaks: delete a bunch of unneeded asserts
tweaks: don't bother making the next line of an end point NULL
tweaks: don't bother reallocating a string of which there is only one
tweaks: don't bother trimming the final newline from a position item
tweaks: drive closer to the edge
tweaks: elide a counter and a comparison
tweaks: elide a function that is called just once
tweaks: move a setting to a better place -- it needs setting just once
tweaks: put some prototypes in the proper order, and move a bit of code
tweaks: remove pointless or obscuring asserts
tweaks: rename a function to describe what it does
tweaks: rename a function to something less abbrevy
tweaks: rename a variable and rewrap two lines
tweaks: rename a variable to be shorter and clearer
tweaks: rename five variables, for uniformity with a few others
tweaks: rename four variables, for density and aptness
tweaks: rename three variables, for visibility
tweaks: rename three variables, to be more fitting
tweaks: rename two variables, for self-documentation
tweaks: retype, rename, and reshuffle a function
tweaks: start searching at a better place
tweaks: use a faster comparison
tweaks: use a slightly faster comparison
tweaks: use memory on the stack instead of calling malloc() and free()
tweaks: write two pieces of conditionalized code like all others
undo: there are just two forms of deletion: backspacing and deleting
utils: go on to parse the line number even if the column number is bad
utils: slightly speed up the calculation of the size of a buffer
version: properly mention --disable-wordcomp if it was used
David Lawrence Ramsey (2):
tweaks: adjust the type of two arguments
tweaks: elide two unneeded variables from line numbering mode
Changes between v2.7.1 and v2.7.2:
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Benno Schulenberg (53):
binding: allow to rebind the word-completion function, and document it
binding: always initialize some keycode variables to a standard value
build: add configure option --disable-wordcomp to disable word completion
build: clean out the revision.h file, to make 'make distcheck' pass
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.7.2
docs: correct and improve the description of --disable-wrapping
docs: harmonize the indentation of the README, and tweak some wordings
docs: mention that a foreground color can be bright
docs: mention that libncursesw5-dev is needed for building from git
docs: note Sumedh as the author of the word-completion feature
docs: tweak some lines in the NEWS file
files: trying to open a non-existent file will never succeed
input: add the shifted PageUp and PageDown keycodes produced by VTE
input: distinguish <Alt+Left> from <Alt+Right> on an rxvt terminal
input: distinguish <Shift+Home> from <Home> on an rxvt terminal
mouse: use the correct screen width for calculating the cursor position
oops: the yesno prompt for replacing does not want a visible cursor
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
prompt: remove two fragments of dead code
rcfile: actually avoid opening directories and devices
rcfile: actually don't try to open things that cannot be syntax files
rcfile: check the vital shortcuts just once, not for every included file
rcfile: let a 'set fill' reenable hardwrapping
screen: do a refresh before changing the value of 'focusing'
screen: don't hide the cursor when --constantshow is used
screen: don't request an update of the edit window for every yesno prompt
screen: don't restore the previous menu after a yesno prompt
screen: remove an unneeded blanking of the statusbar
screen: switch the cursor back on only in the main loop
screen: use the correct width to determine whether a softwrap occurred
spelling: correctly restore the selected region
startup: activate restricted mode earlier, so --help will reflect it
syntax: don't leave the number after 'fill' and 'tabsize' in red
syntax: give the statistics part of a git patch a different color
tweaks: add a few translator hints
tweaks: correct the wording of a string
tweaks: delete some obscuring debugging stuff
tweaks: factor out a small function
tweaks: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny
tweaks: get rid of some spurious textual references to edit_refresh()
tweaks: miscellaneous frobbings and rewrappings
tweaks: move a cursor-on switch to a more logical place (again)
tweaks: move a switching on of the cursor to a more logical place
tweaks: remove a bit of obscuring conditional compilation
tweaks: remove an annoying conditional compilation of an argument
tweaks: remove a superfluous cleanup call
tweaks: remove some cluttering conditional compilation
tweaks: remove some more annoying conditional compilation
tweaks: rename two variables to make more sense
tweaks: replace some unneeded direct calls of edit_refresh()
tweaks: reshuffle some things in a more linear manner
tweaks: reshuffle three initializations and trim some comments
tweaks: use a while loop when the end point is not known in advance
David Lawrence Ramsey (8):
docs: add info about Slang to README.GIT, and improve info about glib2
files: give feedback when restricted mode prevents overwriting a file
general: gettextize three overlooked statusbar messages
input: make Shift+Alt+Arrow work properly on rxvt and Eterm terminals
input: properly check the full escape sequences for all keys
moving: always account for the margin when in line numbering mode
tweaks: adjust the type of four lockfile variables
tweaks: conditionalize a bit of softwrap code
Mike Frysinger (3):
configure: fix ncurses lib symbol checking
syntax: avoid using black colors
syntax: gentoo: various updates
Sumedh Pendurkar (1):
new feature: complete a fragment to a longer word found in the buffer
Changes between v2.7.0 and v2.7.1:
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Benno Schulenberg (71):
binding: fix some duplicated carets and too restrictive menus
binding: properly conditionalize the UTF-8 parts
binding: supply the keycode for most special keys directly
binding: use arrows instead of words to designate the cursor keys
browser: add the option showcursor, to place the cursor on the highlight
build: avoid an annoying warning at configure time
build: avoid updated PO files being remerged upon every make
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.7.1
docs: add 'linenumbers' and 'numbercolor' to the sample nanorc
docs: add 'set linenumbers' and '--linenumbers' to the texinfo document
docs: brush up the TODO list
docs: mark some rebindable function names as deprecated
docs: mention the existence of the toggles in the man page
docs: refresh some info in the FAQ
docs: remove a reference that was only valid on Debian systems
files: alert about an unwritable file also in the tiny version
files: mark a new buffer as modified after inserting command output
general: add the option -g/--showcursor, to match Pico
general: include word-jumping and block-jumping into the tiny version
history: slate the search-history migration for removal
input: don't return zero when some function is completely unbound
input: handle the "resize key" in a better way
input: keep the Ctrl+Arrow keys working when their synonyms are unbound
moving: adjust the Y position to correspond with the changed X position
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
rcfile: add an option to customize the color of line numbers
screen: defeat a VTE bug by doing an extra cursor move and update
screen: keep the help items aligned in more configurations
screen: keep the help items nicely lined up also in the tiny version
screen: move the margin determination to the main loop
screen: refresh when a new magicline is added in line-numbering mode
screen: repaint the edit window in a single place -- the main loop
screen: suppress line numbers when the terminal is very narrow
scrolling: don't put the last line at the bottom when softwrap in on
scrolling: use a comparison that will work also in softwrap mode
softwrap: ensure the current line is fully visible when moving in it
softwrap: initialize 'editwincols' early, for computing the number of wraps
softwrap: scroll 'enough' whenever it surpasses 'amount'
softwrap: scroll the current line fully into view when jumping words
softwrap: scroll when searching lands on an overlong bottom line
startup: allow to rebind the RegExp toggle also in the tiny version
startup: always initialize 'margin' and 'editwincols'
syntax: make the contents of the X-Bugs field in a PO file stand out
syntax: show another deprecated keyword (replace2) in red
syntax: show deprecated keywords in red, and 'wordchars' in green
tweaks: adjust some comments and reduce the scope of some variables
tweaks: adjust some indentation
tweaks: adjust some whitespace and a comment
tweaks: compile two parameters unconditionally
tweaks: don't bother redrawing some lines when whole screen will be redrawn
tweaks: don't spread a statement over multiple lines unnecessarily
tweaks: elide an unneeded variable
tweaks: elide a parameter that is always FALSE
tweaks: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny
tweaks: frob a few comments
tweaks: make several small adjustments to the documentation
tweaks: make tiny nano a teeny bit smaller
tweaks: move a variable that doesn't need to be global
tweaks: preen some comments, and reshuffle a few ifdefs
tweaks: remove a band-aid condition that is no longer needed
tweaks: remove a bit of duplication
tweaks: remove a superfluous blanking of the statusbar
tweaks: remove a superfluous setting, and add a comment
tweaks: remove a useless cursor movement
tweaks: rename a function to better describe what it does
tweaks: rename a variable, for consistency
tweaks: reshuffle a couple of items
tweaks: reshuffle an if statement
tweaks: reshuffle some ifdefs, for less fragmentation
tweaks: stop compiling the whole_word_only parameter conditionally
tweaks: use hard-baked keycodes where possible
Faissal Bensefia (1):
new feature: the ability to show line numbers before the text
Rishabh Dave (2):
rcfile: reject key names that are wrong or too long
rcfile: reject rebindings that have no effect or have side effects
Changes between v2.6.3 and v2.7.0:
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Benno Schulenberg (47):
AUTHORS: add Mahyar Abbaspour and Mike Scalora for their contributions
bottombar: only count help items that have a shortcut bound to them
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.7.0
docs: explain how to contribute code
files: close a lockfile after reading it
input: ignore the resize "key", to prevent reporting an unbound key
input: look at the modifier keys only when compiled on Linux
input: unset a softmark whenever a character is typed
moving: make PgUp and PgDown functional also in very flat terminals
new feature: allow text selection by holding Shift with the cursor keys
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
prompt: don't crash when the terminal is less than four columns wide
prompt: leave always at least the last character of the answer visible
prompt: mouse clicks that moved the cursor need no further processing
prompt: recompose the statusbar text whenever the window size changes
prompt: set up the prepared answer before allowing to change it
prompt: show a trailing $ when the tail of the answer is offscreen
prompt: use angular brackets as continuation mark, as Pico does
prompt: work around a VTE bug by outdancing an ncurses optimization
restore the GNU marker in nano's name
screen: continue to function also in a terminal with very few lines
screen: don't die when the window is narrower than four columns
screen: retain the placewewant also when using an alternate speller
startup: don't crash when dying early
statusbar: leave out the brackets when the message is very long
tweaks: adjust indentation after previous change
tweaks: adjust indentation after previous change
tweaks: adjust some braces and indentations
tweaks: adjust some comments and remove needless asserts
tweaks: don't bother avoiding unneeded rewrites of the promptbar
tweaks: don't bother trimming the prompt again
tweaks: elide a variable and rename some others
tweaks: fix compilation when configured with --with-slang
tweaks: fix compilation with --disable-histories
tweaks: fix compilation with --enable-tiny again
tweaks: improve some indentation and reshuffle a few lines
tweaks: make a call in one place instead of in four different ones
tweaks: remove an unneeded check, reshuffle some things, add a comment
tweaks: rename a function and adjust indentation
tweaks: rename three variables
tweaks: rename two variables, to make some sense
tweaks: reshuffle some stuff in a more logical order
tweaks: reshuffle some things, and remove a misplaced comment
tweaks: simplify the determination of the number of shown help items
tweaks: use a separate function to ask ncurses for keycodes
update the copyright notices
update the license text to the preferred version
Changes between v2.6.2 and v2.6.3:
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Benno Schulenberg (53):
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.6.3
chars: don't persist when only one of the compared sequences is invalid
chars: make searching case-insensitively some ten percent faster
chars: properly compare strings of different lengths
chars: remove a special case that never occurs
chars: remove superfluous afterchecks
chars: straighten out the flow of a loop, so it is easier to follow
debug: add a timing instrument to the main search routine
docs: tweak some spacing and spelling
files: avoid a warning about not being able to write a lockfile
files: make allowances for 32-bit PIDs
input: after an Esc, don't discard starter byte of a multibyte sequence
input: be more strict in recognizing certain escape sequences
input: don't bother putting a keycode into byte range
input: don't use a function call when a literal value will do
input: fix a pasto from eight years ago, from commit e347efb
input: ingest as verbatim just one control code or one or two escapes
input: make the Ctrl+Arrow keys work on a Linux console
locking: remove any lock files when dying
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
screen: don't look at placewewant but at where we actually were and are
screen: remove redundant redrawings of the entire edit window
shortcuts: group the setting of key string and keycode into one function
shortcuts: remove any unnecessary classifying of keys
spelling: don't abort when a misspelled word isn't found, just note it
spelling: don't consider digits as word parts, because GNU spell doesn't
tweaks: add a variable, in preparation for making returning easier
tweaks: adjust indentation after previous changes
tweaks: adjust indentation after the previous changes
tweaks: check earlier on for sufficient length of the sequence
tweaks: compile a parameter unconditionally
tweaks: condense three asserts into a single one
tweaks: consistently use a parameter instead of a struct element
tweaks: correct one comment, and adjust another
tweaks: don't bother setting meta_key to false when a key is invalid
tweaks: don't optimize for a special case -- it is far too seldom
tweaks: don't use a function call when reference to the variable will do
tweaks: elide the global variable 'func_key'
tweaks: move some debugging stuff, and move modified editing keys too
tweaks: move the modified editing keys again
tweaks: normalize some indentation
tweaks: normalize some whitespace and adjust several comments
tweaks: reduce two comparisons to a single one
tweaks: remove some unnecessary keycodes from a switch statement
tweaks: rename a function, and adjust some comments
tweaks: rename a struct element, to be more fitting
tweaks: rename three constants, for clarity, and hardcode two others
tweaks: replace a three-case switch with an if and an else
tweaks: reshuffle two ifs for a little more speed
tweaks: restore earlier conditions to prevent superfluous redrawings
tweaks: return quicker from the key parsing routine
tweaks: unconditionally compile a couple of parameters
usage: show that the option --wordchars needs an argument
Rishabh Dave (1):
shortcuts: zero the value of 'toggle' for keys that are not toggles
Changes between v2.6.1 and v2.6.2:
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Benno Schulenberg (81):
browser: elide another call of opendir()
browser: trim all trailing slashes (just in case there are more)
build: refresh the git description whenever something is recompiled
build-sys: ignore the revision header file
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.6.2
chars: delete a now-unused function
chars: don't try to see a character in an empty line
chars: invalid sequences are not blank, nor text, nor punctuation
chars: look at bytes in their context, so only valid sequences are accepted
chars: measure invalid sequences and unassigned codepoints more quickly
chars: plug a gushing memory leak
chars: represent the high-bit controls more intelligibly
chars: speed up the determination whether something is a control character
chars: speed up two reverse-searching routines a bit
chars: the representation of a control character is always two bytes
color: forget about aborting the precalculation for multiline regexes
color: integrate the hilite attribute into the pair number
color: push the resets further when start and end match are equal
color: refresh the screen whenever the active syntax changes
credits: don't bother blanking the second line nor the help lines
debug: remove duplicate information
files: beep whenever writing out a file fails
input: accept only the four iTerm sequences that actually get handled
input: add some missing keycodes to the parsing routine
input: consider only O, o and [ as starters of multi-character sequences
input: don't crash when the window is resized during verbatim input
input: don't drop a keystroke on the floor when the terminal resizes
input: don't drop the first byte when user starts typing during loading
input: elide an extra buffer for inserting stuff into the text
input: plug a memory leak
input: report keystroke M-[ as being unbindable instead of just unbound
input: treat Ctrl+Alt+key different from Esc followed by Ctrl+key
moving: don't do an automatic smart home with Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down
new feature: add the option --wordchars, to set extra word characters
new feature: functions to jump to previous or following block of text
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
screen: again, look at the bytes in their context
screen: avoid converting each character twice from multibyte to wide
screen: avoid looking up the width of whitespace and control codes
screen: don't check for every character whether there is still enough space
screen: don't simulate a sigwinch but directly reinitialize the screen
screen: elide another intermediate buffer for every visible character
screen: elide the intermediate buffer for every single character
screen: include a workaround only when compiling against older ncurses
search: match a beginning-of-line anchor just once per line
tweaks: adjust a comment for removed definitions
tweaks: adjust a couple of comments
tweaks: adjust indentation after the previous change, and edit comments
tweaks: avoid a runtime error when compiled with -fsanitize=undefined
tweaks: avoid two compiler warnings
tweaks: compute the sizes of the subwindows in a more direct manner
tweaks: correct a comment
tweaks: delete an element that is always FALSE and never used
tweaks: don't bother resetting the Unicode code holder
tweaks: don't call a thing malloc... when it doesn't call malloc()
tweaks: elide a bit of code duplication
tweaks: elide a typedef, as it now has just one element
tweaks: elide two unneeded variables
tweaks: factor out a common condition
tweaks: fix compilation with --enable-tiny
tweaks: fuse two handlings of a delete key, and fix a comment
tweaks: improve a few comments
tweaks: improve two comments
tweaks: move a debug statement to its proper place, and improve aspect
tweaks: put all the movement functions together
tweaks: put similar things together
tweaks: put some case labels closer to their statements
tweaks: put the case labels (the keycodes) in a more sensible order
tweaks: rearrange a function in my style, and rename a variable
tweaks: reduce the scope of two variables
tweaks: rename another variable, for aptness
tweaks: rename a variable and a type, to be less confusing
tweaks: rename a variable to be more accurate
tweaks: rename a variable, to clarify it refers to columns, not to bytes
tweaks: rename a variable -- to match others and to be more concise
tweaks: rename two variables, to match others
tweaks: shuffle the resetting of a counter to the tail of the routine
tweaks: straighten out the flow of a loop
tweaks: trim some comments, and simplify a condition
tweaks: use mallocstrcpy() instead of strdup(), for a graceful death
utils: don't bother to check line and column for NULL
David Lawrence Ramsey (1):
input: provide feedback on the Unicode digits typed so far
Dirkjan Ochtman (1):
syntax: allow capital letters in Rust struct/trait names
Rishabh Dave (4):
browser: elide a variable by fusing the uses of 'newpath' and 'path'
browser: select an inaccessible directory also when tabbed
tweaks: reduce the number of wattron/wattrof calls
utils: accept mistypings and common separators between line and column
Changes between v2.6.0 and v2.6.1:
----------------------------------
Benno Schulenberg (20):
browser: don't use a term that is not explained in the documentation
bump version numbers and add a news item for 2.6.1
docs: adjust the description of the verbatim function
linter: refresh the edit window in order to actually place the cursor
main: let the main loop restore the main menu, if needed
moving: allow specifying negative numbers in "Go To Line"
moving: ignore any number when ^Y or ^V is given
po: make the linguas script regenerate the POT file
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
tabs: compute the number of required spaces without iterating
tweaks: add a reporter's name
tweaks: add a translator hint
tweaks: elide an impossible case
tweaks: elide an intermediate copy of some line data
tweaks: elide an unneeded variable
tweaks: fix a date and an email address
tweaks: normalize a type, and rewrap a line
tweaks: reshuffle two lines and improve two comments
tweaks: rewrap a bunch of lines and some comments
tweaks: try to distinguish between keystrokes and characters
Jordi Mallach (2):
docs: bump pointers to the newest version available
docs: use https for nano-editor.org, and drop the www
Luke Francl (1):
syntaxes: add highlighting rules for Rust
Rishabh Dave (1):
browser: don't seem to enter a directory when it is inaccessible
Changes between v2.5.3 and v2.6.0 since 2016 April 1:
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Benno Schulenberg (192):
all: eradicate SVN's $Id$ tags
backups: take an unlikely condition into account
browser: add a binding for the refresh function
browser: after getting a mouse click, don't try any further interpretation
browser, files: use full path in error message when in confined mode
browser: fix a memory leak
browser: keep the highlight in the same spot or column, when possible
browser: make Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right jump to left and right column
browser: make the calculation of files-per-line a straightforward one
browser: provide tab completion also outside of the working directory
browser: rearrange the search loop to elide two unneeded variables
browser: show a message when getcwd() fails, instead of just beeping
browser: show an error message when selecting an inaccessible directory
browser: use the reselection mechanism also after resizing and after help
browser: when nothing was found, restore the global search flags
build-sys: detect a build from git and show its short commit hash
build-sys: identify a build from git not as one from svn
build-sys: ignore .patch, .orig and .swp files
chars: a control character can never be an invalid multibyte sequence
chars: ensure that files are sorted also when strncasecmp() is strange
chars: make comparing multibyte strings twice as fast
chars: the representation of control characters is always two columns wide
docs: add a list of the important changes since version 2.2.6
docs: mention that pkg-config is needed when building from git
docs: rename a file, to be less confusing
docs: update the version number for the upcoming release
files: allocate enough space for the prompt when finding a lock file
files: do not call free on the result of dirname
files: do not use two variables for two different purposes each
files: don't reuse a variable that may have been modified by dirname()
files: fix a memory leak
files: free all the multidata when a file is saved, then recompute it
files: handle systems that disallow NULL as first parameter of getcwd
files: it is fine to "change" the name of a nameless buffer
files: limit the number of attempts at climbing up the directory tree
files: make an 'if' more transparent and snip an unneeded condition
files: miscellaneous tweaks of braces, comments, and variable names
files: prevent dereferencing a possible (although very unlikely) NULL
files: prune a message to be less than 76 characters
files: recompute the multidata only when the applicable syntax changed
files: remove a redundant condition
files: remove a superfluous condition, and do not ignore a "No"
files: remove the special 'quiet' mechanism for not overwriting messages
files: report an unwritable file in a separate message
files: rewrap en reindent some lines
files: tweak the function tail() and rename two variables
files: upgrade the locking errors, so they will not be overwritten
files: when opening a buffer, make sure to expand a tilde in its name
files: when the requested operating directory cannot be set, fail
files: when writing a lockfile fails, continue loading the file
help: add an extra blank line to the lists of searching shortcuts
help: bring some air into the lists of shortcuts, giving the eye a hold
help: only speak of Control and Meta sequences
i18n: advise the translators about the maximum length of some strings
i18n: gather three more translatable strings into the POT file
input: after an unknown sequence, reenable cursor only when in main menu
input: distinguish an unknown escape sequence from an unbound key
input: don't allocate too much, and don't move too many
input: don't take multiple keystrokes to be a single sequence
input: give more detailed feedback when an unbound key is struck
input: properly restore waiting mode, or retain non-waiting mode
input: simplify a bit of code, reducing a four-case switch to a single if
input: trim some oververbose comments
input: write a few ifs more compactly
inserting: differentiate not finding a file from not finding a string
inserting: don't bother zero-terminating every single character
inserting: prune a duplicate variable
inserting: prune some superfluous settings, and do one differently
inserting: reshuffle some conditions for a teeny bit more speed
inserting: strip a carriage return before copying the line
inserting: treat also the final \r of a Mac file as a newline
justify: enable cursor display also for the first keystroke afterward
keyboard: reshuffle some lines to avoid an empty while
locking: don't try to read more bytes than the buffer can hold
po: correctly advertise whether new PO files have arrived
po: delete an obsolete script
po: regenerated POT file, and updated PO files from TP
prompt: properly save and restore the x position in the statusbar
rcfile: disallow 'bind' and 'unbind' in an included file
rcfile: make an error message equal to another, and more informative
README.GIT: reformat the text a bit
remove the GNU marker from nano's name
replacing: properly detect when we've rereached the starting position
screen: a full refresh is only needed when softwrap is on
screen: avoid redrawing a line twice
screen: catch a window resize also when the keyboard is in nodelay mode
screen: check for the most frequent character first: a space
screen: concentrate the setting of placewewant
screen: displaying the cursor position should not suppress it next time
screen: don't always set 'edit_refresh_needed' when adjusting edittop
screen: don't redraw some lines when doing a full refresh anyway
screen: don't redraw the current line unnecessarily
screen: elide a variable and serialize some logic for clarity
screen: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny
screen: improve the conditional placement of a help-line item
screen: make better use of the available space in the titlebar
screen: rename a variable, because 'disable' sounds too permanent
screen: rename 'edit_refresh_needed' to 'refresh_needed'
screen: when using positionlog, show as much of the file as possible
scrolling: catch the special case of reading a file from standard input
scrolling: center the cursor when inserted stuff does not fit on screen
scrolling: don't scroll too much when having to bridge blank lines
scrolling: elide a variable, to make clearer that edittop is being moved
search: avoid saving and restoring placewewant when bracket matching
search: don't set placewewant when we are just iterating
search: elide an unneeded function
search: find, and thus delete, only exact matches from history
search: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny
searching: don't keep track of current_y, but calculate it at the end
search: modify a function to take a length as parameter instead of a word
search: rename a variable and a function, for clarity and contrast
search: terminate the loop a tiny bit earlier when spell checking
search: untangle two lines and tweak two comments
search: when looking for whole words, examine the entire line
search: when polling the keyboard, consume all waiting keystrokes
softwrap: adjust for current_x when computing the amount to scroll
speller: don't proceed when the user aborts the searching
speller: simplify the calculation of the width of the misspelled word
spelling: don't partition the file for replacements in a marked region
spelling: gettextize the next-word message
spelling: if rereading the file fails, don't destroy the current buffer
spelling: pass the correct position of the cursor
spelling: retreat one x position, to not miss the first word
spelling: separate the fixing of different words with a short pause
startup: show an error message when argument of --operatingdir is invalid
statusbar: add a non-beeping message type that does not get overwritten
statusbar: prevent error messages from overwriting each other
syntax: don't call getcwd() with a NULL pointer
tabbing: avoid recalculating the length of the first match every time
tabbing: don't null-terminate a directory name on the slash but after it
tabbing: don't refresh the edit window when nothing was printed on it
tabbing: fix erroneous use of strnlenpt()
tabbing: make sure to refresh the edit window when returning to it
tabbing: refresh the edit window in case a previous tab listed names
tabbing: refresh the window also when Goto-Dir in browser was cancelled
tabbing: rename four variables, snipping a redundant part
text: add an undo item before starting to comment or uncomment lines
text: after undoing or redoing something, unset the mark
text: remove a pointless setting of an undo element; it is never used
text: remove a redundant undo element
text: store the new file size in the undo item also when joining lines
titlebar: snip two superfluous tests for having enough space
TODO: tidy up the punctuation
tweaks: add come comments and rename a variable
tweaks: adjust a couple of comments
tweaks: a few last tiny adjustments before release
tweaks: avoid a warning when configured with --disable-wrapping
tweaks: do an assignment in a more transparent way
tweaks: elide an unneeded variable
tweaks: elide four #ifdefs, improve one comment and unwrap some others
tweaks: elide unneeded intermediate assignments
tweaks: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny
tweaks: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny --enable-browser
tweaks: harmonize some indentations, elide an #ifdef, and rewrap a line
tweaks: harmonize the routine for tabs with the one for spaces
tweaks: improve a couple of comments
tweaks: improve a few comments
tweaks: improve a few comments
tweaks: make advancing and retreating more symmetrical
tweaks: make the conditions for statusbar blanking more transparent
tweaks: more consistently use * instead of [0] when checking for '\0'
tweaks: normalize some whitespace
tweaks: normalize some whitespace
tweaks: put some conditions in a better order: the main one first
tweaks: rearrange some key reading stuff in a clearer way
tweaks: reindent and rewrap a few lines, and shorten a comment
tweaks: remove an unnecessary intermediate assignment
tweaks: remove a redundant assignment
tweaks: remove a superfluous call of 'wnoutrefresh'
tweaks: remove a superfluous condition
tweaks: remove a superfluous setting of 'refresh_needed'
tweaks: remove the fiddling with an unrelated setting
tweaks: remove two redundant assignments
tweaks: rename a function, and move the sorting there too
tweaks: rename a variable, because nothing is returned there
tweaks: rename a variable, for aptness
tweaks: rename a variable, to indicate better what it contains
tweaks: rename a variable, to indicate what it contains
tweaks: rename some variables for contrast
tweaks: rename some variables to be more readable
tweaks: rename two more variables
tweaks: rename two variables, and elide a third
tweaks: rename two variables, to avoid using a name for different purposes
tweaks: reshuffle a few things
tweaks: trim or improve some comments, and rewrap two lines
tweaks: use an available macro to silence a compiler warning
undo: start renumbering from the head of the paste, not from its tail
utils: distinguish between width (columns) and length (bytes)
utils: provide a failure message for all uses of 'fsfromline'
utils: rename some variables, to match those in strnlenpt()
utils: snip a superfluous check for NULL
version: cover the copyrights that are not assigned to the FSF
Chris Allegretta (2):
add /intl to gitignore
rename README.SVN -> README.GIT and take out the branch details
Mike Frysinger (3):
more svn->git updates
README.GIT: update a few more points to match current tree
syntax: changelog: support more bug/issue styles
Mike Scalora (3):
keyboard: recognize four escape sequences produced by iTerm2
new feature: comment/uncomment current line or selected lines
text: keep the file size correct when undoing/redoing a comment/uncomment
Rishabh Dave (2):
browser: keep the same file selected when the directory contents change
browser: move all openings and closings of a directory to the same function