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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 release. 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 cant think of a release description"
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release. There are the usual gala of display bugfixes,
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a 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 version 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 whlie 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 wont 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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rediculous 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 a --emable-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 stabillity 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. Forrunately 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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visibilitiy, 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 occuring, 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 relase 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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internationaliation (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, --autoondent), 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 resizeability (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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