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Initial revision git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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GNU nano -- a simple editor, inspired by Pico
1.1 version and note added to README that this is the unstable branch git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@591 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
2001-04-07 17:50:03 +00:00
docs: add a paragraph at the start of the README about what nano is Suggested-by: Lars Wirzenius -- https://liw.fi/readme-review/
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Purpose
Finally got rid of TIP from README and updated the Overview which people always quote from git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@430 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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docs: add a paragraph at the start of the README about what nano is Suggested-by: Lars Wirzenius -- https://liw.fi/readme-review/
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Nano is a small and simple text editor for use on the terminal.
It copied the interface and key bindings of the Pico editor but
added several missing features: undo/redo, syntax highlighting,
line numbers, softwrapping, multiple buffers, selecting text by
holding Shift, search-and-replace with regular expressions, and
several other conveniences.
Origin
The nano project was started in 1999 because of a few "problems"
with the wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor.
Finally got rid of TIP from README and updated the Overview which people always quote from git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@430 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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First and foremost was its license: the Pine suite does not use
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the GPL, and (before using the Apache License) it had unclear
restrictions on redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico
were not included in many GNU/Linux distributions. Furthermore,
some features (like go-to-line-number or search-and-replace) were
unavailable for a long time or require a command-line flag. Yuck.
Initial revision git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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Nano aimed to solve these problems by: 1) being truly free software
by using the GPL, 2) emulating the functionality of Pico as closely
docs: adjust the wording of the README to be factually correct That is: don't say that nano doesn't change the file contents by default. Also, correct the style of the preceding paragraph.
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as is reasonable, and 3) including extra functionality by default.
docs: stop implying that nano wants to be fully compatible with Pico
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docs: adjust the wording of the README to be factually correct That is: don't say that nano doesn't change the file contents by default. Also, correct the style of the preceding paragraph.
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Nowadays, nano wants to be a generally useful editor with sensible
defaults (linewise scrolling, no automatic line breaking).
Nano is now a GNU package git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@534 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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The nano editor is an official GNU package. For more information on
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GNU and the Free Software Foundation, please see https://www.gnu.org/.
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Initial revision git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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How to compile and install nano
docs: adjust for the changed name of the header-file package on Debian Also, be more complete, reword a few things, and stop mentioning Slang.
2020-10-11 14:29:40 +00:00
Download the latest nano source tarball, and then:
Fixing the explanation of how to subscribe to a mailing list. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@5121 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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docs: adjust the compilation instructions to two-digit version numbers
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tar -xvf nano-x.y.tar.gz
cd nano-x.y
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./configure
make
make install
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docs: adjust for the changed name of the header-file package on Debian Also, be more complete, reword a few things, and stop mentioning Slang.
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You will need the header files of ncurses installed for ./configure
to succeed -- get them from libncurses-dev (Debian) or ncurses-devel
(Fedora) or a similarly named package. Use --prefix with ./configure
to override the default installation directory of /usr/local.
Fixing the explanation of how to subscribe to a mailing list. git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@5121 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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docs: adjust for the changed name of the header-file package on Debian Also, be more complete, reword a few things, and stop mentioning Slang.
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After installation you may want to copy the doc/sample.nanorc file
to your home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it
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according to your taste.
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Initial revision git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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Web Page
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https://nano-editor.org/
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docs: harmonize the indentation of the README, and tweak some wordings
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Mailing Lists
Initial revision git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
2000-06-06 05:53:49 +00:00
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There are three nano-related mailing-lists.
minor fixes for the README git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@1618 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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tweaks: indenting text files with tabs is not a good idea The tabsize can vary by configuring editor or viewer, but the text has some kind of intended alignment. Also, change the indentation a bit, to make things line up more neatly.
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+ info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list used to announce
new nano versions or other important info about the project.
docs: adjust for the changed name of the header-file package on Debian Also, be more complete, reword a few things, and stop mentioning Slang.
2020-10-11 14:29:40 +00:00
tweaks: indenting text files with tabs is not a good idea The tabsize can vary by configuring editor or viewer, but the text has some kind of intended alignment. Also, change the indentation a bit, to make things line up more neatly.
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+ help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without
wanting to hear about the technical details of its development.
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tweaks: indenting text files with tabs is not a good idea The tabsize can vary by configuring editor or viewer, but the text has some kind of intended alignment. Also, change the indentation a bit, to make things line up more neatly.
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+ nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people that make nano
and a general development discussion list, with moderate traffic.
docs: harmonize the indentation of the README, and tweak some wordings
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To subscribe, send email to <name>-request@gnu.org with a subject
of "subscribe", where <name> is the list you want to subscribe to.
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docs: insert links to the mailing-list archives into the README To make those archives easier to find.
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The archives of the development and help mailing lists are here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-nano/
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Bug Reports
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If you find a bug, please file a detailed description of the problem
on nano's bug tracker: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano.
Initial revision git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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copyright: update the years, use ranges, and explain this usage The interval 2013-2017 for the Free Software Foundation is valid because in those years there were releases with changes by either Chris or David, and the GNU maintainers guide advises to mention a new year in all files of a package, not just in the ones that actually changed, and be done with it for the rest of the year.
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Copyright Years
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When in any file of this package a copyright notice mentions a
year range (such as 1999-2011), it is a shorthand for a list of
all the years in that interval.