After it's set up, use the following command to download the CVS tree:
$ cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout nano
-If you want to download the stable CVS branch, add "-r nano_1_0_branch":
-$ cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout -r nano_1_0_branch nano
+If you want to download the stable CVS branch, add "-r nano_1_2_branch":
+$ cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout -r nano_1_2_branch nano
Once you have the sources in the "nano" directory, cd into it, and
execute the "autogen.sh" script in the top directory. This will set up