display routines to make them behave more intuitively.
It also includes the usual load of bugfixes. Enjoy.
-2003.08.11 - GNU nano 1.2.2 is released, only four months since the
+2003.08.11 - GNU nano 1.2.2 is released, only four months since the
last version :-). This release includes fixes for
- broken regex detection, search history recall, and
- keypad handling with -K. Debugging strings are no
- longer translated and comments denote where translations
- should be as short as possible (i.e. the statusbar).
- There are new examples for syntax highlighting, and
- documentation updates and fixes. The 1.3.0 CVS
- tree will be opening soon for all your nano desires, so
- stay tuned!
+ broken regex detection, search history recall, and
+ keypad handling with -K. Debugging strings are no
+ longer translated and comments denote where translations
+ should be as short as possible (i.e, the statusbar).
+ There are new examples for syntax highlighting, and
+ documentation updates and fixes. The 1.3.0 CVS tree
+ will be opening soon for all your nano desires, so stay
+ tuned!
2003.04.19 - Happy Easter! GNU nano 1.2.1 is released. This release
- features a new check for broken regexec()
+ features a new check for broken regexec()
implementations and some variable, function and macro
cleanups. Fixes are included for search history,
cutting marked text, alt keyboard mode, and the usual
haven't kept up with the 1.1 unstable series, v1.2
brings nanorc support, color syntax highlighting,
multiple file buffers, search/replace history and much
- much more. Please reade the UPGRADE file for details,
- and enjoy GNU nano 1.2.0.
+ much more. Please read the UPGRADE file for details,
+ and enjoy GNU nano 1.2.0.
-2003.02.13 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre3 "The last testing version, no
+2003.02.13 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre3 "The last testing version, no
really!" is released. This release includes fixes for
wrapping (again), resizing, color syntax highlighting,
rcfile parsing, the mouse code, more memory leaks, and
directory (nano will now again rely on $HOME). There
are also translation updates, a new manual page for the
nanorc file, and an UPGRADE file detailing the changes
- since version 1.0. Please submit reports for any bugs
+ since version 1.0. Please submit reports for any bugs
you might find to the development team
(nano-devel@gnu.org), and enjoy nano almost-1.2.0 ;-)
-
+
2003.02.03 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre2 "bugs in my pockets, bugs in my
- shoes" is released. There are, not suprisingly,
- only bugfixes in this release as we move toward the
- stable 1.2.0 release. Fixes are included for
- translable string format, subexpression replacement,
- constant cursor position, invalid search regexes,
- justify, screen state on SIGHUP and SIGTERM, cutting
- to end cuts with long lines, many file browser and
- operating directory bugs, memory and file descriptor
- leaks, marker code, spell checker, the mouse code
- with long lines, multiple buffers and non-file
- open errors, replacement string length, and a
- silly but serious history message crash. There is
- also a drastic improvement in CPU utliization for
- the color regex code.
+ shoes" is released. There are, not surprisingly, only
+ bugfixes in this release as we move toward the stable
+ 1.2.0 release. Fixes are included for translatable
+ string format, subexpression replacement, constant
+ cursor position, invalid search regexes, justify, screen
+ state on SIGHUP and SIGTERM, cutting to end cuts with
+ long lines, many file browser and operating directory
+ bugs, memory and file descriptor leaks, marker code,
+ spell checker, the mouse code with long lines, multiple
+ buffers and non-file open errors, replacement string
+ length, and a silly but serious history message crash.
+ There is also a drastic improvement in CPU utilization
+ for the color regex code.
Depending on the number of bugs found in this
- release, there may be a 1.1.99pre3 or RC1, or just
- a 1.2.0 release. Most of the major bugs seem to have
- been worked out, so if you are waiting for a good time
- to test nano before the official 1.2.0 release, this
- would be the one to use. Happy bug hunting!
+ release, there may be a 1.1.99pre3 or RC1, or just a
+ 1.2.0 release. Most of the major bugs seem to have been
+ worked out, so if you are waiting for a good time to
+ test nano before the official 1.2.0 release, this would
+ be the one to use. Happy bug hunting!
2003.01.17 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre1 "enough already" has been released.
This release is, barring bug fixes and documentation
updates, what version 1.2.0 has looked like, feature
- wise. There will very likely be bugs, just due the
- volume of changes made in this release. Search
- and replace string history has been added, including an
- option to log history to ~/.nano_history (-H,
- --historylog). Because of this, the pico incompatible
- search/replace string behavior that used to be the
- default has been deleted. The old "pico" flag (-p)
- is now compatible with Pico's "preserve" mode for
- allowing flow control characters; by default this
- version ignores both ^Q and ^S. The
- --disable-wrapping-as-root configure option has been
- forward ported from version 1.0.x, and a new flag to
- enable all extra options (--enable-all) has been added.
- The internal spell checker has been improved, meaning
- you will now be prompted only once for each unique
- capitalization of a given word.
+ wise. There will very likely be bugs, just due the
+ volume of changes made in this release. Search and
+ replace string history has been added, including an
+ option to log history to ~/.nano_history (-H,
+ --historylog). Because of this, the Pico incompatible
+ search/replace string behavior that used to be the
+ default has been deleted. The old "pico" flag (-p) is
+ now compatible with Pico's "preserve" mode for allowing
+ flow control characters; by default this version ignores
+ both ^Q and ^S. The --disable-wrapping-as-root
+ configure option has been forward ported from version
+ 1.0.x, and a new flag to enable all extra options
+ (--enable-all) has been added. The internal spell
+ checker has been improved, meaning you will now be
+ prompted only once for each unique capitalization of a
+ given word.
There have also been lots of bug fixes,
- including the "trying to insert a directory name in
+ including the "trying to insert a directory name in
multibuffer mode bug", the ugly spell checker scrolling,
the color code, cutting text crashes, justification,
- deleting the "magic line" via replace, and cursor
- positioning on the statusbar. There have also been
- the usual helping of translation and documentation
- updates.
+ deleting the "magic line" via replace, and cursor
+ positioning on the statusbar. There have also been the
+ usual helping of translation and documentation updates.
Please send all new feedback on this release
direct to the development list (nano-devel@gnu.org).
-10/24/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.12 "Make Jordi happy" is released. This
- release demonstrated that nano is starting to freeze for
- version 1.2. New features include a Meta-Y toggle
- for syntax highlighting, pluralized i18n, and a handler
- for SIGTERM. Nano now ignores XOFF (^S) to stop
- accidental lock-ups, and no longer references malloc.h.
+10/24/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.12 "Make Jordi happy" is released. This
+ release demonstrated that nano is starting to freeze for
+ version 1.2. New features include a Meta-Y toggle for
+ syntax highlighting, pluralized i18n, and a handler for
+ SIGTERM. Nano now ignores XOFF (^S) to stop accidental
+ lock-ups, and no longer references malloc.h.
Also included are fixes for zero-length regex
matches, segfaults with --disable-mouse, justification,
- memory corruption with the browser, version and help
- cmdline output, and translation updates. Aside from
- the (currently up in the air) search history behavior,
- the next version of nano should be 1.1.99pre1. Have
- fun!
-
-10/01/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.11 "Oddball" is released. This release
- features a new version of gettext, a new and improved syntax
- highlighting engine, and some updates for the nanorc.sample
- file. The toggles for case sensitivity (Meta-C) and regular
- expressions (Meta-R) have changed in the search and replace
- prompts, multibuffer status is now displayed and can be
- toggled from the insert file menu, and some wrapping behavior
- that changed in 1.1.10 has reverted. The --enable-color
- warning was also made less severe, as the color syntax code
- has improved, and nano now uses extended regexes in the
- .nanorc file.
- Also included are fixes for various memory leaks,
- the operating directory option, username tab completion,
- the page_up and down arrow, go to previous word and next
- word, nanorc parser and line wrapping code. Have fun!
-
+ memory corruption with the browser, version and help
+ cmdline output, and translation updates. Aside from the
+ (currently up in the air) search history behavior, the
+ next version of nano should be 1.1.99pre1. Have fun!
+
+10/01/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.11 "Oddball" is released. This release
+ features a new version of gettext, a new and improved
+ syntax highlighting engine, and some updates for the
+ nanorc.sample file. The toggles for case sensitivity
+ (Meta-C) and regular expressions (Meta-R) have changed
+ in the search and replace prompts, multibuffer status is
+ now displayed and can be toggled from the insert file
+ menu, and some wrapping behavior that changed in 1.1.10
+ has reverted. The --enable-color warning was also made
+ less severe, as the color syntax code has improved, and
+ nano now uses extended regexes in the .nanorc file.
+ Also included are fixes for various memory
+ leaks, the operating directory option, username tab
+ completion, the page_up and down arrow, go to previous
+ word and next word, nanorc parser and line wrapping
+ code. Have fun!
07/25/2002 - At long last! GNU nano 1.1.10 "What didn't we break?" is
released. This version of GNU nano features version
0.11.2 of gettext, building with automake 1.6, some new
code for displaying control characters, browser
- improvements, a new backup file option (-B, --backup),
- a new option to ignore rc files (-I,--ignorercfiles),
+ improvements, a new backup file option (-B, --backup), a
+ new option to ignore rc files (-I,--ignorercfiles),
compatibility with -pedantic, handling null characters
before EOF, a slightly sportier nanorc.sample and more.
- Fixes are included included for justification, the
- reading and writing file routines, resizing and fill
- length, millions of memory leaks, the usage screen was
+ Fixes are included included for justification,
+ the reading and writing file routines, resizing and fill
+ length, millions of memory leaks, the usage screen was
updated, and the the --quotestr and --regexp really work
- now ;-) Enjoy :)
-
-05/12/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.9 is released, happy Mother's Day! This release
- includes many new features, including a prepend mode
- (^O,M-P), a new "syntax" command in the .nanorc to allow
- multiple syntax highlighting types, and a new -Y, --syntax
- flag to set a specific one if there's no filename regex to
- match it against (i.e. w/mutt). The ^space and M-space keys
- will now show up in the help menu, which itself has been
- tweaked a bit, and many more configure options should now
- cooperate (like the odd pairing of --enable-tiny and
- --enable-multibuffer). The marker should now work
- when using multiple buffers, and the huge memory leak in
- color syntax highlighting has been fixed. A lot of
- new stuff for everyone's favorite text editor ;) Have fun!
-
-03/30/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.8 is released. New features include an
+ now ;-) Enjoy :)
+
+05/12/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.9 is released, happy Mother's Day! This
+ release includes many new features, including a prepend
+ mode (^O,M-P), a new "syntax" command in the .nanorc to
+ allow multiple syntax highlighting types, and a new -Y,
+ --syntax flag to set a specific one if there's no
+ filename regex to match it against (i.e, w/mutt). The
+ ^space and M-space keys will now show up in the help
+ menu, which itself has been tweaked a bit, and many more
+ configure options should now cooperate (like the odd
+ pairing of --enable-tiny and --enable-multibuffer). The
+ marker should now work when using multiple buffers, and
+ the huge memory leak in color syntax highlighting has
+ been fixed. A lot of new stuff for everyone's favorite
+ text editor ;) Have fun!
+
+03/30/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.8 is released. New features include an
"Insert Output of External Command", ^R^X, and a .spec
- file is now included in the distribution. There are
- cleanups in the usage code, fixes for regex parsing,
- the file browser, the NO_CONVERT auto-detect, indented
- justification, the internal spell checker, and a serious
- bug where reading a file of 0 lines would hang nano.
- Also, the "show position" code now shows the starting
+ file is now included in the distribution. There are
+ cleanups in the usage code, fixes for regex parsing, the
+ file browser, the NO_CONVERT auto-detect, indented
+ justification, the internal spell checker, and a serious
+ bug where reading a file of 0 lines would hang nano.
+ Also, the "show position" code now shows the starting
column as 1 instead of 0. Have fun!
03/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.7 "lets change everything and see what breaks"
- is released. New features include new flags
+ is released. New features include new flags
-N,--noconvert to stop any file format conversion and
- -Q, --quotestr for the new quoted text justification,
- a new tempnam() implementation to avoid silly warnings,
+ -Q, --quotestr for the new quoted text justification, a
+ new tempnam() implementation to avoid silly warnings,
DOS and Mac file options in the Write File dialog,
- multiple save files (file.1) for abnormal exits, ^C
- now shows column as well as character position, and
+ multiple save files (file.1) for abnormal exits, ^C now
+ shows column as well as character position, and
multibuffer allows duplicate files, even unnamed ones.
Also, the static shortcut and toggle lengths are
history, nano now reads $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc if rc file
support is enabled, and nano is now built with (and
- requires for rebuilding) autoconf 2.5.
+ requires for rebuilding) autoconf 2.5.
This release also includes fixes for some memory
leaks, detecting DOS and mac file format, justification,
- suspending keys, search & replace under various
+ suspending keys, search & replace under various
conditions, variable width for shortcuts, and the usual
ton of translation updates.
01/25/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.6 is released. Lots of new features in this
- release. New Meta-keys were added as alternates for
+ release. New Meta-keys were added as alternates for
control sequences: Meta-A for the marker key (^^), and
Meta-G for the 'goto dir' key in the file browser (^_).
The color syntax highlighting now supports multiple
lines via start="regex" end="regex" syntax, and the
- .nanorc regex format itself has changed. Also, the
+ .nanorc regex format itself has changed. Also, the
gettext code was upgraded to version 0.10.40, and nano
- will now display a message if only occurrence of a
- given search exists.
+ will now display a message if only occurrence of a given
+ search exists.
For bugfixes, there are fixes for spelling,
stray newlines in the usage() function, suspend issues
- with tcsh, auto-indent and wrapping clashes, ugly code
+ with tcsh, auto-indent and wrapping clashes, ugly code
in rcfile.c, global variable compatibility with AIX.
- There are also oodles of translation updates.
- Have fun with it.
+ There are also oodles of translation updates. Have fun
+ with it.
-01/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.5 is out. The main new feature in this
- release is the changed behavior of the keypad. Nano now
+01/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.5 is out. The main new feature in this
+ release is the changed behavior of the keypad. Nano now
does the Right Thing and used keypad() by default. If
- you wish to use the keypad arrow keys in certain
- terminals, you may use the -K or --keypad flag to
- use the old behavior. Users of other OSes should see
- better handling of their non-keypad keys in this
- release. Other changes include more Hurd fixes, fixes
- parsing the .nanorc, display fixes for the color syntax
+ you wish to use the keypad arrow keys in certain
+ terminals, you may use the -K or --keypad flag to use
+ the old behavior. Users of other OSes should see better
+ handling of their non-keypad keys in this release. Other
+ changes include more Hurd fixes, fixes parsing the
+ .nanorc, display fixes for the color syntax
highlighting, gettext stabilization and many translation
- updates. This is almost like a stable release, much like
- in the 0.9.x series when every other release was the
- most stable one :) Have fun!
-
-12/11/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.4 is released. This release contains
+ updates. This is almost like a stable release, much
+ like in the 0.9.x series when every other release was
+ the most stable one :) Have fun!
+
+12/11/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.4 is released. This release contains
rudimentary color syntax support (but it's still
broken), compatibility fixes for the Hurd and FreeBSD,
spell checker and wrapping fixes, and more. It seems
that the amount of interest in the code is inversely
proportional to the amount of time since last release,
- so it's time to show the world all the changes since
+ so it's time to show the world all the changes since
1.1.3 ;) Have fun with it!
-
-10/26/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.3 is released. As far as new features go,
- the help system is now available for all functions in the
- editor. Also, nano will also now print a message on
- the status bar when it automatically converts a file from
- Mac or DOS format, and trying to load a file that
- has already been loaded in multibuffer mode will now also
- cause an error message. There is now a "goto previous
- word" which you can use by hitting Meta-Space Bar.
- As for fixes, a SEVERE bug in the
- null_at code which discarded the memory address of
- reallocated memory has been fixed. This is probably
- the biggest bug fix in well over the last year of
- development. There are also some display fixes for when
- the screen shouldn't center itself on cut or uncut text.
- Also, the comments in the header files incorectly said
- that nano was distributed under version 1 of the GPL when
- the accompanying license was the GPLv2.
+
+10/26/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.3 is released. As far as new features go,
+ the help system is now available for all functions in
+ the editor. Also, nano will also now print a message on
+ the status bar when it automatically converts a file
+ from Mac or DOS format, and trying to load a file that
+ has already been loaded in multibuffer mode will now
+ also cause an error message. There is now a "goto
+ previous word" which you can use by hitting Meta-Space
+ Bar.
+ As for fixes, a SEVERE bug in the null_at code
+ which discarded the memory address of reallocated memory
+ has been fixed. This is probably the biggest bug fix in
+ well over the last year of development. There are also
+ some display fixes for when the screen shouldn't center
+ itself on cut or uncut text. Also, the comments in the
+ header files incorrectly said that nano was distributed
+ under version 1 of the GPL when the accompanying license
+ was the GPLv2.
If you're using nano-1.1, it is highly
recommended you upgrade to this release. If using 1.0,
wait for version 1.0.6 which should be available early
next week. Enjoy!
10/03/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.2 is out there. Many new features in this
- release, including support for auto-converting from
- DOS and Mac formatted files, as well as toggles for
- writing out files in these formats. Pico's -o flag has
- been implemented, as has some new smooth scrolling code
- (which can be used in place of the default jerky scrolling
- behavior). Also, there is now a "find matching
- bracket/brace/etc" feature (Meta-]). The .nanorc file
- now accepts setting the tabsize, and the help text at the
- bottom of the editor is now better spaced out in the
- search/replace prompts. There are also the usual helping
- of bugfixes, translation updates and, surely a bug or two.
- You better get ready!
-
-07/28/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.1 is released. Our second 1.1 unstable release
- features many bugfixes from the initial release, in
- particular fixes for the multibuffer code, and various
- compiler macro fixes. The shortcut lists for
+ release, including support for auto-converting from DOS
+ and Mac formatted files, as well as toggles for writing
+ out files in these formats. Pico's -o flag has been
+ implemented, as has some new smooth scrolling code
+ (which can be used in place of the default jerky
+ scrolling behavior). Also, there is now a "find
+ matching bracket/brace/etc" feature (Meta-]). The
+ .nanorc file now accepts setting the tabsize, and the
+ help text at the bottom of the editor is now better
+ spaced out in the search/replace prompts. There are
+ also the usual helping of bugfixes, translation updates
+ and, surely a bug or two. You better get ready!
+
+07/28/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.1 is released. Our second 1.1 unstable
+ release features many bugfixes from the initial release,
+ in particular fixes for the multibuffer code, and
+ various compiler macro fixes. The shortcut lists for
the search and replace prompts are a little more logical
(with cancel the last option again), and the included
- gettext was re-downgraded to 0.10.35 due to problems
- on the PPC platform. GNU nano now includes its own
- aclocal macros in the m4/ directory to allow rebuilding
- the configure script to work on platforms regardless of
+ gettext was re-downgraded to 0.10.35 due to problems on
+ the PPC platform. GNU nano now includes its own aclocal
+ macros in the m4/ directory to allow rebuilding the
+ configure script to work on platforms regardless of
their gettext version.
07/15/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.0 is released. This is the first release
- in the 1.1.x unstable series of GNU nano. It
- incorporates all changes up to the 1.0.3 release,
- and also includes many many new features, including
- appending to as well as overwriting files, writing
- marked text to a separate file, dynamic wrap length,
- lots more compatibility with Pico, and new optional
- features like .nanorc file support and multiple file
- buffers! All in all, plenty of new stuff that's sure
- to introduce lots of bugs ;-) Have fun with it, but
- be careful, unstable means unstable.
-
-04/06/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there. The only new feature is a
- configure option for those who want to disable all
- word wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes
- this release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n,
- and several fixes in the file browser including a
- segfault on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work
- properly, and nano now sorts files case insensitively
- like pilot. Have fun with it.
-
-03/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug
+ in the 1.1.x unstable series of GNU nano. It
+ incorporates all changes up to the 1.0.3 release, and
+ also includes many many new features, including
+ appending to as well as overwriting files, writing
+ marked text to a separate file, dynamic wrap length,
+ lots more compatibility with Pico, and new optional
+ features like .nanorc file support and multiple file
+ buffers! All in all, plenty of new stuff that's sure to
+ introduce lots of bugs ;-) Have fun with it, but be
+ careful, unstable means unstable.
+
+04/06/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there. The only new feature is a
+ configure option for those who want to disable all word
+ wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes this
+ release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n, and
+ several fixes in the file browser including a segfault
+ on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work properly,
+ and nano now sorts files case insensitively like Pilot.
+ Have fun with it.
+
+03/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug
has been fixed, as well as strange bug when using Pico
- mode and regex search. There have also been some minor
+ mode and regex search. There have also been some minor
spelling and documentation updates. As stated on the
- website, there are currently no known bugs with nano, but
- some will pop up eventually and they will be addressed in
- subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy this first stable
- release of nano, and as always, feedback is welcome!
- nano@nano-editor.org.
-
-02/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most important
- being that nano is now officially a GNU program. Some
- changes have been made for GNU compatibility (like the
- default list of shortcuts, "^G Get Help" is now Listed and
- "^_ Goto Line" is not). The Yes/No/All keys have
- finally been internationalized 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 ncurses libraries have also
- been fixed. All in all, a lot to see.
+ website, there are currently no known bugs with nano,
+ but some will pop up eventually and they will be
+ addressed in subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy
+ this first stable release of nano, and as always,
+ feedback is welcome! nano@nano-editor.org.
+
+02/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most
+ important being that nano is now officially a GNU
+ program. Some changes have been made for GNU
+ compatibility (like the default list of shortcuts, "^G
+ Get Help" is now Listed and "^_ Goto Line" is not). The
+ Yes/No/All keys have finally been internationalized
+ 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
+ ncurses libraries have also been fixed. All in all, a
+ lot to see.
01/31/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released. Not surprisingly, all that is
new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes. There were a few
is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for
resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit
mode. Other fixes include some more tab completion
- segfaults, and an silly segfault that occurred when
- successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after an
- initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward 1.0 we
- travel.
+ segfaults, and an silly segfault that occurred when
+ successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e, after
+ an initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward
+ 1.0 we travel.
01/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released. This is the first pre-1.0
release of nano, and is also the first release since the
- code freeze for nano 1.0. Don't expect (or request) any
+ 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
- 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 autoconf fixes,
- and support for the KDE konsole keypad layout. Have fun.
-
-01/07/2001 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!" 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. Have fun and Happy
- New Year!
+ 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
+ autoconf fixes, and support for the KDE konsole keypad
+ layout. Have fun.
+
+01/07/2001 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!"
+ 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.
+ Have fun and Happy New Year!
12/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.24 is released. This version contains the last of
the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a
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
+ HURD support, and some new flags have been added for
+ Pico compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly
recommended.
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 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.
-
-12/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and
+ fix for the security issue in nano with following
+ 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.
+
+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
+ lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because of
+ an error or signal. Also there are better checks when
saving files.
- As for new features, username tab completion is
- now working well, the internal spell checker code has been
+ 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
+ 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.
+ surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in a
+ little over a week.
-11/23/2000 - Happy Thanksgiving! Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was
+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.
+ 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.
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.
+ 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!
+ 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!
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.
+ 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.
+ 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).
+ 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).
-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.
+08/09/2000 - 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
+ 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
+ -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 =-)
+ 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.
+ ^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
+ 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
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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.
-
+ 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 =-)
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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
+ 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
+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.
+ 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.
+ "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 =)
+ 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.
+ (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
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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? =)
+ 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 =-)
+02/25/2000 - 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
+ 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.
+ 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 =-).
+ 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
+ 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.
+ 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.
+ 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
+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
projects / nano.git / commitdiff