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2005.06.30 - GNU nano 1.3.8 floats at its own level. This release
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contains several new features. Among other things, you
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can now move to a specified column number as well as
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line number within a file, file backups saved in a
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backup directory will have unique names, the search and
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replace history routines should work more consistently,
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you can get a word count by pressing Meta-D at the edit
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window, and there's a new -E/--tabstospaces option to
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convert all typed tabs to spaces (--backupdir's short
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option has been changed to -C). In terms of bugfixes,
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this release contains fixes for minor problems with
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screen updates, UTF-8 display, and flow control; a fix
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for a segfault when displaying some lines ending with
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tabs; better handling of constant cursor position
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display; improved color parsing in the rcfile; and
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support for the "Regexp" toggle in tiny mode
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(-R/--regexp is gone, and --restricted's short option
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has been changed to -R), among other things. Enjoy.
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2005.04.10 - GNU nano 1.3.7 claws its way to the top. This release
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mostly contains bugfixes for the massive amount of new
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code in 1.3.6. Among other things, nano builds with
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debug support again; going into the help browser at the
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"Read File" prompt no longer kicks you out of the prompt
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after you exit the help browser; paragraph searching no
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longer skips over certain cases of single-line
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paragraphs; the titlebar no longer cuts off some UTF-8
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strings prematurely; and the text displayed in the help
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browser is now wrapped as it was in nano 1.2.x, taking
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UTF-8 support into account. New features include an
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--enable/disable-utf8 configure option to explicitly
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turn detection of UTF-8 support on or off, and sample
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regexes for C++ as well as C. Have fun.
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2005.03.20 - GNU nano 1.3.6 "shout it from the rooftops" is released.
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This release finally includes the long-awaited support
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for UTF-8. Other new features include the ability to
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insert UTF-8 characters using verbatim input; the
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ability to delete all text from the cursor position to
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the end of the file via ^W^X as (patched) Pico does;
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improvements to input and output so that pasted text
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displays faster, improvements to the statusbar prompt so
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that more edit window shortcuts, including verbatim
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input and previous/next word search, work in it; a new
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option to allow using the formerly always-blank second
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line of the screen as part of the edit window; and the
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ability to refresh the help browser and file browser
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windows via Ctrl-L. Notable bug fixes include a fix for
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a segfault when using full justify, and a fix for the
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long-standing bug where nano would keep running if the
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terminal it was in died unexpectedly. Enjoy.
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2004.11.22 - GNU nano 1.3.5 hurls itself forward. New features in this
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release include the ability to replace only marked text
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when the mark is on, improvements to smooth scrolling so
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that it applies everywhere instead of just affecting the
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movement keys, improvements to how files are opened so
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that they are no longer displayed unnecessarily, support
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for multiple +LINE arguments in addition to multiple
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filenames on the command line, autodetection of the
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format to save a file in based on the format it was in
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when it was opened, the ability to toggle both ways
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between the "Read File" and "Execute Command" prompts
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and the "Search" and "Go to Line" prompts, and support
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for cross-compiling nano. As for bug fixes, the
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"tabsize" nanorc option works again, mouse clicks on the
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shortcut list trigger the right shortcuts again,
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tab-completing a filename with %'s in it no longer
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causes a segfault, the internal spell checker no longer
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skips words after the cursor position when the cursor is
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in the middle of the file, and spell checking of only
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marked text now works properly. Have fun with it.
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2004.08.17 - GNU nano 1.3.4 marches forth after a false start. This
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release mainly features fixes for the bugs that crept
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into the last release. Among other things, nano now
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compiles again with certain options, quoted justify now
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works properly on systems without regex.h, full justify
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no longer segfaults when used on a file with no
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paragraphs, previous paragraph searching works properly
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again, tab completion is properly disabled when needed
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in restricted mode, Ctrl-C is no longer disabled after
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using the alternate spell checker, the permissions of a
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newly created file now match those of nano 1.2.x again,
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and replacing all text in a file now properly updates
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the screen in all cases. New features include sample
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regexes for patch files, improvements to the sample
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regexes for C files, and support for strings
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greater than 1023 characters and/or containing nulls in
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.nano_history. Additionally, the full justify keystroke
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has been changed to match current Pico, and whitespace
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display mode is now turned off by default. Enjoy.
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2004.06.28 - GNU nano 1.3.3 marches forth. There are several new
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features in this release, including a restricted mode
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that provides better security than just setting an
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operating directory, the ability to justify the entire
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file at once, support for a "smart" home key that can
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leap from the beginning of text on a line to the true
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beginning of the line (or the reverse) in one stroke,
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support for specifying an alternative spell checker in
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$SPELL, the ability to specify the characters used to
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display spaces and tabs so that they can easily be told
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apart, and the ability to specify the characters marking
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the ends of sentences as used in justification. There
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are also several bug fixes; among other things,
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justification now keeps spaces at the ends of all but
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the last line of a paragraph as Pico does, saving a
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marked selection no longer changes the current filename
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to the filename the selection was saved under, resizing
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now works better and no longer corrupts the screen under
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slang, and the movement functions now avoid doing
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unnecessary redraws and hence work faster. In short,
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there are a lot of new things to play with. Enjoy.
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2004.03.31 - GNU nano 1.3.2 is prepared for the void. New features in
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this release include the ability to spell-check only
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marked text and the ability to save all backup files in
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a specified directory instead of wherever the original
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files are. Bug fixes include a fix for a segfault when
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replacing certain regular expressions, fixes for some
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misbehavior when doing searches, minor fixes to verbatim
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input mode and keyboard input in general, better
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handling of window resizes at certain times, and
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allowing the mark to be saved properly again when
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switching between multiple file buffers. nano has also
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been ported to the Tandem NonStop Kernel. Have fun.
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2004.01.09 - GNU nano 1.3.1 is outside the gates. This release
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features, among other things, fixes for the input
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routines to deal with some problems they had, a
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reorganized shortcut list for the help browser, minor
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Pico compatibility improvements for the file browser,
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fixes for misbehavior when replacing certain regular
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expressions, and the ability to highlight those regular
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expressions properly. It also allows searching without
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prompting to work in view mode, adds support for glib
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2.x for those systems that need it, updates the .spec
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file for the 1.3 branch, prompts you first when you try
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to save a file under a different name, and adds a new
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verbatim input mode that acts as ^V does under vi, but
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with additional Pico compatibility (explained in the
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FAQ). Basically, a bunch of fixes and a few new
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features for your editor of choice. Enjoy.
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2003.10.22 - GNU nano 1.3.0 is loosed upon the world. This is the first
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release in the unstable 1.3.x series, and as such it
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includes a lot of new features, including the addition
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of a -d option for those FreeBSD users with Backspace
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keys that act like Delete keys, the ability to repeat
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the last search without prompting, the ability to search
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for the beginning or end of a paragraph, new smooth
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paging routines to go with the smooth scrolling
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routines, and various improvements to the input and
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display routines to make them behave more intuitively.
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It also includes the usual load of bugfixes. Enjoy.
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2003.08.11 - GNU nano 1.2.2 is released, only four months since the
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last version :-). This release includes fixes for
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broken regex detection, search history recall, and
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keypad handling with -K. Debugging strings are no
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longer translated and comments denote where translations
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should be as short as possible (i.e, the statusbar).
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There are new examples for syntax highlighting, and
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documentation updates and fixes. The 1.3.0 CVS tree
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will be opening soon for all your nano desires, so stay
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tuned!
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2003.04.19 - Happy Easter! GNU nano 1.2.1 is released. This release
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features a new check for broken regexec()
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implementations and some variable, function and macro
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cleanups. Fixes are included for search history,
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cutting marked text, alt keyboard mode, and the usual
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translation and documentation updates.
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2003.02.19 - GNU nano 1.2.0 is released. Few changes from pre3, just
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some doc and translation updates, and bugfixes for
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justify and file conversion. For those of you who
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haven't kept up with the 1.1 unstable series, v1.2
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brings nanorc support, color syntax highlighting,
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multiple file buffers, search/replace history and much
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much more. Please read the UPGRADE file for details,
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and enjoy GNU nano 1.2.0.
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2003.02.13 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre3 "The last testing version, no
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really!" is released. This release includes fixes for
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wrapping (again), resizing, color syntax highlighting,
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rcfile parsing, the mouse code, more memory leaks, and
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some reversion of the code to get the user's home
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directory (nano will now again rely on $HOME). There
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are also translation updates, a new manual page for the
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nanorc file, and an UPGRADE file detailing the changes
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since version 1.0. Please submit reports for any bugs
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you might find to the development team
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(nano-devel@gnu.org), and enjoy nano almost-1.2.0 ;-)
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2003.02.03 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre2 "bugs in my pockets, bugs in my
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shoes" is released. There are, not surprisingly, only
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bugfixes in this release as we move toward the stable
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1.2.0 release. Fixes are included for translatable
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string format, subexpression replacement, constant
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cursor position, invalid search regexes, justify, screen
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state on SIGHUP and SIGTERM, cutting to end cuts with
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long lines, many file browser and operating directory
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bugs, memory and file descriptor leaks, marker code,
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spell checker, the mouse code with long lines, multiple
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buffers and non-file open errors, replacement string
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length, and a silly but serious history message crash.
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There is also a drastic improvement in CPU utilization
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for the color regex code.
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Depending on the number of bugs found in this
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release, there may be a 1.1.99pre3 or RC1, or just a
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1.2.0 release. Most of the major bugs seem to have been
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worked out, so if you are waiting for a good time to
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test nano before the official 1.2.0 release, this would
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be the one to use. Happy bug hunting!
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2003.01.17 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre1 "enough already" has been released.
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This release is, barring bug fixes and documentation
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updates, what version 1.2.0 has looked like, feature
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wise. There will very likely be bugs, just due the
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volume of changes made in this release. Search and
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replace string history has been added, including an
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option to log history to ~/.nano_history (-H,
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--historylog). Because of this, the Pico incompatible
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search/replace string behavior that used to be the
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default has been deleted. The old "pico" flag (-p) is
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now compatible with Pico's "preserve" mode for allowing
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flow control characters; by default this version ignores
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both ^Q and ^S. The --disable-wrapping-as-root
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configure option has been forward ported from version
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1.0.x, and a new flag to enable all extra options
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(--enable-all) has been added. The internal spell
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checker has been improved, meaning you will now be
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prompted only once for each unique capitalization of a
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given word.
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There have also been lots of bug fixes,
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including the "trying to insert a directory name in
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multibuffer mode bug", the ugly spell checker scrolling,
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the color code, cutting text crashes, justification,
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deleting the "magic line" via replace, and cursor
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positioning on the statusbar. There have also been the
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usual helping of translation and documentation updates.
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Please send all new feedback on this release
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direct to the development list (nano-devel@gnu.org).
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10/24/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.12 "Make Jordi happy" is released. This
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release demonstrated that nano is starting to freeze for
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version 1.2. New features include a Meta-Y toggle for
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syntax highlighting, pluralized i18n, and a handler for
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SIGTERM. Nano now ignores XOFF (^S) to stop accidental
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lock-ups, and no longer references malloc.h.
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Also included are fixes for zero-length regex
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matches, segfaults with --disable-mouse, justification,
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memory corruption with the browser, version and help
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cmdline output, and translation updates. Aside from the
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(currently up in the air) search history behavior, the
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next version of nano should be 1.1.99pre1. Have fun!
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10/01/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.11 "Oddball" is released. This release
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features a new version of gettext, a new and improved
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syntax highlighting engine, and some updates for the
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nanorc.sample file. The toggles for case sensitivity
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(Meta-C) and regular expressions (Meta-R) have changed
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in the search and replace prompts, multibuffer status is
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now displayed and can be toggled from the insert file
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menu, and some wrapping behavior that changed in 1.1.10
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has reverted. The --enable-color warning was also made
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less severe, as the color syntax code has improved, and
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nano now uses extended regexes in the .nanorc file.
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Also included are fixes for various memory
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leaks, the operating directory option, username tab
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completion, the page_up and down arrow, go to previous
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word and next word, nanorc parser and line wrapping
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code. Have fun!
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07/25/2002 - At long last! GNU nano 1.1.10 "What didn't we break?" is
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released. This version of GNU nano features version
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0.11.2 of gettext, building with automake 1.6, some new
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code for displaying control characters, browser
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improvements, a new backup file option (-B, --backup), a
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new option to ignore rc files (-I,--ignorercfiles),
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compatibility with -pedantic, handling null characters
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before EOF, a slightly sportier nanorc.sample and more.
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Fixes are included included for justification,
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the reading and writing file routines, resizing and fill
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length, millions of memory leaks, the usage screen was
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updated, and the the --quotestr and --regexp really work
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now ;-) Enjoy :)
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05/12/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.9 is released, happy Mother's Day! This
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release includes many new features, including a prepend
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mode (^O,M-P), a new "syntax" command in the .nanorc to
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allow multiple syntax highlighting types, and a new -Y,
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--syntax flag to set a specific one if there's no
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filename regex to match it against (i.e, w/mutt). The
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^space and M-space keys will now show up in the help
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menu, which itself has been tweaked a bit, and many more
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configure options should now cooperate (like the odd
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pairing of --enable-tiny and --enable-multibuffer). The
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marker should now work when using multiple buffers, and
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the huge memory leak in color syntax highlighting has
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been fixed. A lot of new stuff for everyone's favorite
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text editor ;) Have fun!
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03/30/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.8 is released. New features include an
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"Insert Output of External Command", ^R^X, and a .spec
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file is now included in the distribution. There are
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cleanups in the usage code, fixes for regex parsing, the
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file browser, the NO_CONVERT auto-detect, indented
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justification, the internal spell checker, and a serious
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bug where reading a file of 0 lines would hang nano.
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Also, the "show position" code now shows the starting
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column as 1 instead of 0. Have fun!
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03/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.7 "lets change everything and see what breaks"
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is released. New features include new flags
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-N,--noconvert to stop any file format conversion and
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-Q, --quotestr for the new quoted text justification, a
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new tempnam() implementation to avoid silly warnings,
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DOS and Mac file options in the Write File dialog,
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multiple save files (file.1) for abnormal exits, ^C now
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shows column as well as character position, and
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multibuffer allows duplicate files, even unnamed ones.
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Also, the static shortcut and toggle lengths are
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history, nano now reads $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc if rc file
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support is enabled, and nano is now built with (and
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requires for rebuilding) autoconf 2.5.
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This release also includes fixes for some memory
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leaks, detecting DOS and Mac file format, justification,
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suspending keys, search & replace under various
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conditions, variable width for shortcuts, and the usual
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ton of translation updates.
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01/25/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.6 is released. Lots of new features in this
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release. New Meta-keys were added as alternates for
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control sequences: Meta-A for the marker key (^^), and
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Meta-G for the 'goto dir' key in the file browser (^_).
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The color syntax highlighting now supports multiple
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lines via start="regex" end="regex" syntax, and the
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.nanorc regex format itself has changed. Also, the
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gettext code was upgraded to version 0.10.40, and nano
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will now display a message if only occurrence of a given
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search exists.
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For bugfixes, there are fixes for spelling,
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stray newlines in the usage() function, suspend issues
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with tcsh, auto-indent and wrapping clashes, ugly code
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in rcfile.c, global variable compatibility with AIX.
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There are also oodles of translation updates. Have fun
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with it.
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01/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.5 is out. The main new feature in this
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release is the changed behavior of the keypad. Nano now
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does the Right Thing and used keypad() by default. If
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you wish to use the keypad arrow keys in certain
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terminals, you may use the -K or --keypad flag to use
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the old behavior. Users of other OSes should see better
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handling of their non-keypad keys in this release. Other
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changes include more Hurd fixes, fixes parsing the
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.nanorc, display fixes for the color syntax
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highlighting, gettext stabilization and many translation
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updates. This is almost like a stable release, much
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like in the 0.9.x series when every other release was
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the most stable one :) Have fun!
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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
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the editor. Also, nano will also now print a message on
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the status bar when it automatically converts a file
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from Mac or DOS format, and trying to load a file that
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has already been loaded in multibuffer mode will now
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also cause an error message. There is now a "goto
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previous word" which you can use by hitting Meta-Space
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Bar.
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As for fixes, a SEVERE bug in the null_at code
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which discarded the memory address of reallocated memory
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has been fixed. This is probably the biggest bug fix in
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well over the last year of development. There are also
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some display fixes for when the screen shouldn't center
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itself on cut or uncut text. Also, the comments in the
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header files incorrectly said that nano was distributed
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under version 1 of the GPL when the accompanying license
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was the GPLv2.
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If you're using nano-1.1, it is highly
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recommended 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 DOS
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and Mac formatted files, as well as toggles for writing
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out files in these formats. Pico's -o flag has been
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implemented, as has some new smooth scrolling code
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(which can be used in place of the default jerky
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scrolling behavior). Also, there is now a "find
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matching bracket/brace/etc" feature (Meta-]). The
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.nanorc file now accepts setting the tabsize, and the
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help text at the bottom of the editor is now better
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spaced out in the search/replace prompts. There are
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also the usual helping of bugfixes, translation updates
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and, surely a bug or two. You better get ready!
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07/28/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.1 is released. Our second 1.1 unstable
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release features many bugfixes from the initial release,
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in particular fixes for the multibuffer code, and
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various 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 on
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the PPC platform. GNU nano now includes its own aclocal
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macros in the m4/ directory to allow rebuilding the
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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, and
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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 to
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introduce lots of bugs ;-) Have fun with it, but be
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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 word
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wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes this
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release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n, and
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several fixes in the file browser including a segfault
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on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work properly,
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and nano now sorts files case insensitively like Pilot.
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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,
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but some will pop up eventually and they will be
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addressed in subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy
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this first stable release of nano, and as always,
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feedback is welcome! nano@nano-editor.org.
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02/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most
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important being that nano is now officially a GNU
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program. Some changes have been made for GNU
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|
compatibility (like the default list of shortcuts, "^G
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Get Help" is now Listed and "^_ Goto Line" is not). The
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Yes/No/All keys have finally been internationalized
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also. All in all, quite a few changes, considering nano
|
|
is supposed to be in a code freeze. But there are the
|
|
usual helping of bugfixes, a nasty bug when cutting text
|
|
in -k mode and some compatibility issues with older
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|
ncurses libraries have also 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
|
|
cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate
|
|
functions, but most is just fixing. Specifically, there
|
|
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 initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward
|
|
1.0 we 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
|
|
new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes,
|
|
optimizations and doc/translation updates. For fixes, a
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|
nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home
|
|
directory (~), some checks for the NumLock key making
|
|
the keypad go awry, window size sanity checks, many
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|
autoconf fixes, 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!"
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|
release. It includes one new feature that Pico has had
|
|
forever, a built-in file browser. Since not everyone
|
|
may want this option, there is a --disable-browser
|
|
option to the configure script as well. Other changes
|
|
include slightly different keypad handling, and a bugfix
|
|
for crashes when tab completion in certain instances.
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|
Have fun and Happy New Year!
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|
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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
|
|
nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for
|
|
reading, among other fixes. Nano also now cowardly
|
|
refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like
|
|
trying to open /dev/zero. New features include being
|
|
Able to use Meta-Meta-<key> as Control-<key>, better
|
|
HURD support, and some new flags have been added for
|
|
Pico compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly
|
|
recommended.
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|
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12/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release. The
|
|
main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal
|
|
fix for the security issue in nano with following
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|
symbolic links. Hopefully this will fix the problem
|
|
permanently. The --nofollow option also works again for
|
|
those who are real security nuts. There are also some
|
|
display and search fixes, and the --disable-spell
|
|
function was renamed to --disable-speller to be in line
|
|
with nano and Pico's "speller" term.
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|
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|
12/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and
|
|
additions than imaginable. The most important change is
|
|
a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could
|
|
lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because of
|
|
an error or signal. Also there are better checks when
|
|
saving files.
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|
As for new features, username tab completion is now
|
|
working well, the internal spell checker code has been
|
|
tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the
|
|
justify formatted your text, and there are more options
|
|
for configure, including --disable-spell and
|
|
--disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like
|
|
surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in a
|
|
little over a week.
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|
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|
11/23/2000 - Happy Thanksgiving! Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was
|
|
a big turkey" release. It fixes several bugs introduced
|
|
by the previous version, as well as a few long- standing
|
|
display bugs. All 0.9.20 users are strongly encouraged
|
|
to upgrade to this release.
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|
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|
11/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door. Probably the biggest
|
|
change is the brand new way nano displays previous
|
|
search and replace strings (they are now editable!)
|
|
This is a break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so
|
|
if you don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the
|
|
command line or Meta-P within nano) still works the
|
|
"old" way.
|
|
Other new features include being able to deal with
|
|
search strings of any length, a new internal spell
|
|
feature (courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion
|
|
when reading in or writing out files! There's also the
|
|
usual billion or so bug fixes. Feedback on this release
|
|
is welcome because so much has changed, especially with
|
|
the previous string display in search and replace.
|
|
Email -> nano@nano-editor.org <-. If you like
|
|
something, don't like 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
|
|
a week and needs a distraction" release. There are only
|
|
a few actual code changes, mainly portability and
|
|
compiler warning fixes. Nano now also supports
|
|
PDCurses, which enables easily-built nano executables
|
|
for Windows NT and 95/98 for the brave. The official
|
|
nano site has changed (again) as well, check out
|
|
www.nano-editor.org for all the latest nano schtuff.
|
|
|
|
09/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed. It has some new keyboard
|
|
handling code, Cygwin support out of the box, and a more
|
|
portable handler for the NOHELP toggle. There is also a
|
|
fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying to insert
|
|
a directory instead of a normal file would destroy the
|
|
contents of the editor. A must-see. Four stars.
|
|
|
|
09/04/2000 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a
|
|
quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!)
|
|
New features include better (not yet perfect) binary
|
|
display support and toggle support for most of the
|
|
program flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k
|
|
and M-e for -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 should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug.
|
|
The "cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is
|
|
the "cutting text on the last line" bug. Nice symmetry
|
|
there huh? Also the --tabsize argument should now work
|
|
as well as by using -T.
|
|
|
|
08/03/2000 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description"
|
|
release. There are the usual gala of display bugfixes,
|
|
a fix for the the nasty bug in -k mode that could create
|
|
a loop in the file being edited, and some other code
|
|
cleanup. Also, the -T option should now work regardless
|
|
of the curses library used. Yay.
|
|
|
|
07/27/2000 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should
|
|
be skipped as a version number" release. One typo
|
|
caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or
|
|
-k caused both flags to be used). The -k code is also
|
|
now closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please
|
|
note that this code is not finished yet. Working on
|
|
this code has made me realize that there is not enough
|
|
abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that
|
|
for the next release. Until then, have fun with this
|
|
version.
|
|
|
|
07/23/2000 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the
|
|
-k option from Pico (cut to end of line). The majority
|
|
of changes in this release are bugfixes, however,
|
|
including the usual display fixes and fixes for writing
|
|
to symbolic links and un-writable files. Barring any
|
|
other major changes, this should be the feature set for
|
|
nano 1.0, whenever it might be released =-)
|
|
|
|
07/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.12 (The "lucky day" release) is bursting with new
|
|
features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor. For
|
|
changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now
|
|
^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico. ^W^T
|
|
is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility. As for
|
|
new features, the wonderful/hated magic line code has
|
|
returned with a vengeance! Also, regular expression
|
|
searches and replaces have been incorporated via the -R
|
|
flag. And, of course, there are the usual helping of
|
|
display and other bug fixes to top it all off.
|
|
|
|
06/20/2000 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy
|
|
routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code
|
|
and almost all of the display routines. There are many
|
|
improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in
|
|
general, but there may be bugs lurking yet. Also, after
|
|
many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the
|
|
displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize). Note that this
|
|
function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the editor,
|
|
the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal width
|
|
(usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look
|
|
smaller or bigger while in the editor. New in the
|
|
translation department is an Indonesian translation
|
|
(id).
|
|
|
|
06/06/2000 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT
|
|
when using "run and terminate" flags (for example,
|
|
--help). There are also some minor documentation
|
|
updates. This version of nano is the most stable in
|
|
quite some time, and is likely to be the most stable for
|
|
awhile. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this
|
|
version.
|
|
|
|
05/31/2000 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support,
|
|
more portability, and a ton of bugfixes. While nano is
|
|
not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of code quality,
|
|
it gets a quantum leap closer with this release.
|
|
|
|
05/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix
|
|
the resize crash people have been experiencing. It also
|
|
offers a new input method that should allow nano to do
|
|
things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys)
|
|
and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards. There
|
|
are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups.
|
|
Have fun with it.
|
|
|
|
05/14/2000 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long
|
|
line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink
|
|
behavior (i.e, symlinks weren't being followed by
|
|
default). Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out
|
|
soon and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the
|
|
year, but who knows.
|
|
|
|
05/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5
|
|
uncovered. There are improvements (and some remaining
|
|
segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more display
|
|
optimizations. I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2 are the
|
|
most stable versions of nano to date, but this one may
|
|
not be too bad =-)
|
|
|
|
05/01/2000 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text
|
|
to be at least somewhat reasonable. Much code profiling
|
|
has been done to reduce the ridiculous number of
|
|
redundant display updates. This will probably expose a
|
|
lot of bugs that can then be fixed, so this release is
|
|
probably not for the faint of heart. For anyone
|
|
curious, I would call nano 0.9.2 the most stable version
|
|
recently, so use that if you're not particularly
|
|
concerned with being on the bleeding edge.
|
|
|
|
04/25/2000 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last
|
|
line code and related segfaults. It also now has much
|
|
better handling for 8-bit characters. The --enable-tiny
|
|
code also produces a smaller executable.
|
|
|
|
04/19/2000 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release. It
|
|
underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing
|
|
more bugs than they fix. The most important change to
|
|
this version of nano is the removal of the "magic line".
|
|
You will no longer see a blank line at the end of the
|
|
file. If you want a new line at the end of your file,
|
|
you'll have to hit enter to get one.
|
|
|
|
NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO.
|
|
Unfortunately, this feature has been causing many many
|
|
problems with nano so it is being removed for the time
|
|
being, and perhaps indefinitely.
|
|
|
|
Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make
|
|
nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the
|
|
marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the
|
|
slang libraries instead of ncurses.
|
|
|
|
04/15/2000 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if
|
|
nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute
|
|
path. The bug was in the new code for checking whether
|
|
nano is invoked as 'pico'.
|
|
|
|
04/14/2000 - 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in. The
|
|
option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace (^T)
|
|
is now available, and nano now displays the more
|
|
Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico' (i.e, if
|
|
'pico' is a symlink to nano). There is an important
|
|
change to the handling of symbolic links as well. Now,
|
|
nano does the "correct" thing and automatically writes
|
|
to the object of the symlink, rather than replace the
|
|
symlink with the updated file. This behavior is still
|
|
available with the --nofollow or -l flags.
|
|
Other new things include a fix for the infamous
|
|
"recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the
|
|
wrapping code.
|
|
|
|
04/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and
|
|
a much better refresh setup (It's still not great,
|
|
but...) There should also be more stability editing
|
|
long lines, as there was a stupid mistake in the
|
|
update_line call. Silly me =)
|
|
|
|
03/22/2000 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8
|
|
to reflect the current stagnant status of the project.
|
|
Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because
|
|
(a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and
|
|
(b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is
|
|
quite negligible. Fortunately, this release marks the
|
|
first release since I have acquired ownership of the
|
|
nano pages on SourceForge. Here's hoping SF will get us
|
|
some more visibility, translators and patches.
|
|
|
|
03/12/2000 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though)
|
|
to my new home into Albany. Thus I should now have more
|
|
time to work on nano. Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what
|
|
broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both
|
|
i18n and many bugfixes. It is VERY likely something
|
|
broke this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply
|
|
the i18n stuff properly, so *it* may not even work.
|
|
|
|
I would like to announce that I'm going to need
|
|
translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other
|
|
languages than English (or even better, if your native
|
|
language is not English) and you would like to submit a
|
|
translation file to me, please feel free to do so. If
|
|
you do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS
|
|
file as the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on
|
|
it is yours to take care of and keep up to date.
|
|
|
|
03/01/2000 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous
|
|
release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released. The
|
|
crashing behavior was still occurring, and this most
|
|
recent fix also fixes some other wrapping problems, so
|
|
here you go. There may be another release soon, there
|
|
may not be, is that vague enough? =)
|
|
|
|
02/25/2000 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the
|
|
end of a page has ceased, thankfully. I'm also moving
|
|
next weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new
|
|
version of nano next week =-)
|
|
|
|
02/11/2000 - Okay, here we go again. Aside from a few minor fixes and
|
|
some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much
|
|
different in this version of nano. I haven't gotten
|
|
much feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing
|
|
or does no one care? Write and let me know! =)
|
|
|
|
02/08/2000 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there
|
|
has been more than three days since the last release.
|
|
New features include an initial help mode (YAY!),
|
|
hopefully much more support for i18n out of the box, and
|
|
a flag for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists
|
|
displayed. This release also marks the new nano
|
|
distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email
|
|
address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc.
|
|
|
|
02/02/2000 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release,
|
|
but I may be changing jobs very soon. I will release
|
|
version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet). I
|
|
expect things to settle down by the end of next week,
|
|
and then I can try to start on the i18n support and help
|
|
menu; look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to
|
|
0.9.0.
|
|
|
|
01/28/2000 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward
|
|
internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G). I
|
|
will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in
|
|
the next version, and will implement the help system
|
|
with i18n built into it shortly after that. Please
|
|
don't hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're
|
|
sure the fault lies with nano =-).
|
|
|
|
01/25/2000 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a
|
|
little portable, mmmmkay?' release. There are many
|
|
portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn
|
|
for his patches. I removed the broken do_spell behavior
|
|
with the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call
|
|
'ispell' until I write a better method to handle the
|
|
output of the normal 'spell' command.
|
|
|
|
01/24/2000 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features. Among them are a
|
|
new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile flag
|
|
like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary
|
|
spelling program support. The spelling function tries
|
|
to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you
|
|
can specify another spelling program with -s or
|
|
--speller.
|
|
|
|
01/17/00 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this
|
|
release' release. It's the busy time at work for me, so
|
|
please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get
|
|
included in the next immediate version of nano. I'm
|
|
sure all the changes in this release will cause a few
|
|
bugs, so 0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those
|
|
bugs.
|
|
|
|
Things added this release include resizability (kinda),
|
|
new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command
|
|
line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes.
|
|
|
|
01/15/00 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release. It now
|
|
loads large files much faster than previous versions,
|
|
and is even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather
|
|
rudimentary tests. Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the
|
|
read_byte patch!
|
|
|
|
01/09/00 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed
|
|
to nano. The new homepage is at
|
|
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano. Please
|
|
update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that
|
|
jazz.
|
|
|
|
$Id$
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