From 6c7fd88a572af259c249edfb6782af8686eeaa82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benno Schulenberg Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:38:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add missing markup for the 3.x and 2.9.x news items --- news.php | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-) diff --git a/news.php b/news.php index 712d8cc..0c87c1f 100644 --- a/news.php +++ b/news.php @@ -526,35 +526,34 @@
2018 November 11 - GNU nano 3.2 "Het kromme hout"
-This release changes the default binding -for the linter to M-B so that the spell checker (^T) can +This release changes the default binding for the linter to +M-B so that the spell checker (^T) can always be used, and changes (when linting) the text in the title bar and the color of the status bar to make linting mode more obvious. It also adds a bindable 'zap' function for deleting a line or marked region without changing the -cutbuffer, adds --zap to bind the <Del> and <Backspace> +cutbuffer, adds --zap to bind the <Del> and <Backspace> keys to the zap function when something is marked, and hard-binds <Alt+Del> to 'zap'. Furthermore, it shows the -cursor also in the help viewer (when --showcursor is used), +cursor also in the help viewer (when --showcursor is used), renames the bindable functions 'prevhistory' to 'older' and 'nexthistory' to 'newer' (update your nanorcs when needed), reads the nanorc files also in restricted mode to allow customization by the user (if this should not be allowed, -use --ignorercfiles in addition to --restricted), allows +use --ignorercfiles in addition to --restricted), allows in view mode to open also other files (if this should not -be allowed, use --restricted in addition to --view), makes -resizes respect a relative --fill again, no longer binds -F13...F15 by default, properly re-highlights a misspelled +be allowed, use --restricted in addition to --view), makes +resizes respect a relative --fill again, no longer binds +F13...F15 by default, properly re-highlights a misspelled word after invoking help in the internal spell checker, and does not skip Unicode characters in string binds.
2018 September 18 - GNU nano 3.1 "Je faisais des bonds comme ça!"
-This release fixes a -misbinding of ^H on some terminals and some systems, -does not leave stray stuff after the prompt upon exit -when having suspended nano while using --constantshow, +This release fixes a misbinding of ^H on some terminals and +some systems, does not leave stray stuff after the prompt upon exit +when having suspended nano while using --constantshow, and does not allow to toggle to Replace in view mode.
@@ -564,13 +563,13 @@ This release speeds up the reading of a file by seventy percent, roughly doubles the speed of handling ASCII text, changes the way words at line boundaries are deleted, makes <Ctrl+Delete> wipe the next -word and <Ctrl+Shift+Delete> the preceding word, binds M-Q +word and <Ctrl+Shift+Delete> the preceding word, binds M-Q to 'findprevious' by default (the Tabs-to-Spaces toggle is -placed on M-O, and the More-Space toggle is fully removed), +placed on M-O, and the More-Space toggle is fully removed), makes an external spell check undoable, shows the correct number of lines on the status bar when opening multiple files, removes the 'formatter' command, removes the -'searchagain' bindable function (M-W is now bound to +'searchagain' bindable function (M-W is now bound to 'findnext' by default), moves the No-Convert toggle to the Insert menu, removes the Backup and New-Buffer toggles from the main menu (they remain in the Write-Out and Insert @@ -587,7 +586,7 @@ bindable functions 'copytext' to 'copy' and 'uncut' to
This release brings the ability to filter the buffer (or the marked region) through an external command -(^R^X and prefix the command with the pipe symbol, "|"), is +(^R^X and prefix the command with the pipe symbol, "|"), is better at detecting and maintaining paragraphs, is able to justify //-style comments, fixes a crash when the binding of a key to a string lacks a closing quote, gives feedback @@ -597,8 +596,8 @@ appending, and fixes a couple of bugs with the linter.
2018 May 15 - GNU nano 2.9.7 "Hvide Sande"
-This release adds the option '--afterends' -for making Ctrl+Right (the nextword function) stop at word +This release adds the option --afterends for making +<Ctrl+Right> (the nextword function) stop at word ends instead of beginnings, accepts multibyte letters for the Yes/No/All answers, does emergency saves of changed buffers in the unlikely event that nano crashes, adds the @@ -610,20 +609,20 @@ corresponding options -- adjust your nanorc files soon.
2018 April 27 - GNU nano 2.9.6 "Gomance"
-This release fixes a crash in word completion, -makes --enable-altrcname work again, improves the fluidity +This release fixes a crash in word completion, makes +--enable-altrcname work again, improves the fluidity of scrolling when using the touchpad, tweaks the syntaxes for shell scripts and PO files, makes a replacing session go always forward by default, no longer inserts a newline -after an external spell check of a selected region, always -accepts the English Y and N (and A) at a yes-no prompt in -any locale, and solves a few hypothetical bugs. +after an external spell check of a selected region, always accepts +the English Y and N (and A) at a yes-no +prompt in any locale, and solves a few hypothetical bugs.
2018 March 29 - GNU nano 2.9.5 "Kiša pada"
-This release changes the way the Scroll-Up -and Scroll-Down commands work (M-- and M-+): instead of +This release changes the way the Scroll-Up and Scroll-Down +commands work (M-- and M-+): instead of keeping the cursor in the same screen position they now keep the cursor in the same text position (if possible). This version further adds a new color name, "normal", @@ -631,10 +630,9 @@ which gives the default foreground or background color, which is useful when you want to undo some overzealous painting by earlier syntax regexes. Bug fixes include: a segfault when trying to insert a file in restricted -mode, the reading in of a new file being "undoable", a -slight miswrapping of help texts when --linenumbers was -used, and the shell syntax coloring the word "tar" in -file names. +mode, the reading in of a new file being "undoable", a slight +miswrapping of help texts when --linenumbers was used, +and the shell syntax coloring the word "tar" in file names.
2018 March 8 - GNU nano 2.9.4 "Isabel"
@@ -644,8 +642,8 @@ This release allows binding a key to a string the color of error messages with 'set errorcolor', colors those error messages by default in bright white on red, makes <Enter> at the bottom of the screen scroll just one -row when --smooth is used, does not fail when redoing a -file insertion, and cancels a Shift-selection when any +row when --smooth is used, does not fail when redoing +a file insertion, and cancels a Shift-selection when any cursor key is pressed without Shift even when the cursor cannot move. Further, it treats tabs fully the same as spaces when doing automatic hard-wrapping, allows syntax @@ -659,12 +657,12 @@ This release fixes a segfault with trimblanks that could occur when a typed space caused the word after it to be pushed to the next line. It further makes macros work also when your keyboard still emits escape sequences, -adds the options -M and --trimblanks for the command line, +adds the options -M and --trimblanks for the command line, recognizes key combos with Shift on a few more terminals, no longer shows dots in certain prompt texts when visible whitespace is turned on, fixes two corner cases when doing replacements in a marked region, allows to open a named -pipe again when using --noread, and accurately detects +pipe again when using --noread, and accurately detects a needed color change when a line contains a start match but not a corresponding end match any more. Plus some other small fry. @@ -676,9 +674,9 @@ This release correctly displays the Modified state when undoing/redoing (also when the file was saved somewhere midway), improves the undoing of an automatic linefeed at EOF, fixes a build issue on the BSDs, shows -the cursor again when compiled with --withslang, renames -the option 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks' because it will -now snip trailing whitespace also while you are typing +the cursor again when compiled with --withslang, +renames the option 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks' because it +wil now snip trailing whitespace also while you are typing (and hard-wrapping is enabled), continues pushing words to the next line much longer (when hard-wrapping), makes <Tab> and <Shift+Tab> indent and unindent a marked region, @@ -691,8 +689,8 @@ the last line of the region when it is not visibly marked
2017 November 27 - GNU nano 2.9.1 "Damyatta"
-This release fixes a bug where, when the mark -is on, ^S would overwrite the file with just the marked +This release fixes a bug where, when the mark is on, +^S would overwrite the file with just the marked region. This release further clears the "Modified" flag when all edits are undone, adds or updates some magic strings, and does not forget when the cursor was last @@ -701,19 +699,19 @@ at line 1, column 1.
2017 November 18 - GNU nano 2.9.0 "Eta"
-This release introduces the ability to record and -replay keystrokes (M-: to start and stop recording, M-; -to play the macro back), makes ^Q and ^S do something -useful by default (^Q starts a backward search, and ^S -saves the current file), changes ^W to start always a -forward search, shows the number of open buffers (when +This release introduces the ability to record and replay keystrokes +(M-: to start and stop recording, M-; to play the +macro back), makes ^Q and ^S do something useful +by default (^Q starts a backward search, and ^S +saves the current file), changes ^W to start always +a forward search, shows the number of open buffers (when more than one) in the title bar, no longer asks to press Enter when there are errors in an rc file, retires the -options '--quiet' and 'set quiet' and 'set backwards', +options --quiet and 'set quiet' and 'set backwards', makes indenting and unindenting undoable, will look in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME for a nanorc file and in $XDG_DATA_HOME for the history files, adds a history stack for executed -commands (^R^X), does not overwrite the position-history +commands (^R^X), does not overwrite the position-history file of another nano, and fixes a score of tiny bugs.
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