X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?p=nano-editor.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=news.php;h=5325f05ded6630fdc91ae8b6ebf147456a2b399b;hp=a26aa7e05929acf85292137bac6cae8f560264a2;hb=b6208c46eecc22c2fd5538b10d79b971a9a1aa22;hpb=e4b8cef1c1a8a9754f48982c99ee87515e33bdc1;ds=inline diff --git a/news.php b/news.php index a26aa7e..5325f05 100644 --- a/news.php +++ b/news.php @@ -6,14 +6,224 @@
- |
+
+ + + +2017 May 4 + +GNU nano 2.8.2 "Krats" adds another new feature: it makes +the ^G help texts searchable with ^W. Apart from that, +it fixes a crash when resizing the window in the middle +of verbatim input, avoids an unlikely crash when used +without UTF-8 support in some locales, avoids redrawing +the screen twice when switching between buffers while +line numbers are active, and works around a coloring +bug on musl. Plus tweaks to the documentation; plus +translation updates for fifteen languages. + + + +2017 April 12 + +GNU nano 2.8.1 "Ellert" fixes build failures on MacOS and +on musl, fixes scrolling problems in softwrap mode when +double-width characters on row boundaries are involved, +shows double-width characters as ">" and "<" when split +across two rows, moves the cursor more predictably (at +the cost of sometimes putting it on the second "half" +of a character), avoids creating lines that consist of +only blanks when using autoindent, makes ^Home and ^End +go to the start and end of the file (on terminals that +support those keystrokes), places the cursor better when +linting, lets the linter ask only once whether to open +an included file, and adds bindings for ^Up and ^Down +in the file browser. Don't sit on your hands. + + + +2017 March 31 + +GNU nano 2.8.0 "Axat" makes it easier to move around in +softwrapped lines: the Up and Down keys now step from +visual row to visual row instead of jumping between +logical lines, and the Home and End keys now move to +the start and end of a row, and only when already +there, then to the start and end of the logical line. +Furthermore, the screen can now scroll per row instead +of always per logical line. On an entirely different +front: nano now makes use of gnulib, to make it build +on more platforms. In short: there were many internal +changes, not many user-visible ones (apart form the +new softwrap navigation). The conversion to gnulib +was done by Mike Frysinger, the softwrap overhaul by +David Ramsey. + + + +2017 February 23 + +GNU nano 2.7.5 "Nijntje" can properly search and replace +the \B and \b regex anchors, correctly repaints things +when multiline regexes with identical start and end are +involved, fixes a crash with zero-length regex matches, +does replacements at the edges of a marked region right, +no longer hides double-width characters at the head of +softwrapped rows, displays at most three warnings at +startup, and documents the ability to read a file from +standard input. Come tickle my ears. + + + +2017 January 10 + +GNU nano 2.7.4 "Red dress" undoes deletions in an orderly +manner again (bug was introduced in previous version), +sets the preferred x position for vertical movements +more consistently, avoids some scrolling problems in +softwrap mode, installs the Info manual also when your +system lacks 'makeinfo', and corrects the behavior of +the beginning-of-word anchor (\<) in regex searches. + + + +2016 December 28 + +GNU nano 2.7.3 "Ontbijtkoek" wipes away a handful of bugs: +your editor is now able to handle filenames that contain +newlines, avoids a brief flash of color when switching +between buffers that are governed by different syntaxes, +makes the Shift+Ctrl+Arrow keys select text again on a +Linux console, is more resistant against malformations +in the positionlog file, and does not crash when ^C is +typed on systems where it produces the code KEY_CANCEL. +Oh, and it no longer mistakenly warns about editing an +unlocked file just after saving a new one. That's it. +Tastes great with thick butter. + + + +2016 December 12 + +GNU nano 2.7.2 "Shemesh! Shemesh!" brings another feature: +the ability to complete with one keystroke (^] by default) +a fragment of a word to a full word existing elsewhere in +the current buffer. Besides, this release fixes two bugs +related to using line numbers in softwrap mode, allows to +use the PageUp and PageDown keys together with Shift on +VTE-based terminals, stops the help lines from flickering +during interactive replacing, makes a 'set fill' override +an earlier 'set nowrap', properly restores the selected +region after an external spell check, and improves a few +other tidbits. If you should find any more bugs, please +run 'man nano | grep bugs' and report them there. + + + +2016 October 29 + +GNU nano 2.7.1 "Leuven" adds an often-asked-for feature: the +ability to display line numbers beside the text. This can +be activated with -l or --linenumbers on the command line, +or with 'set linenumbers' in your nanorc, or toggled with +M-#. The coloring of these numbers can be chosen via the +option 'set numbercolor'. This release furthermore fixes +some bugs with scrolling in softwrap mode, is more strict +in the parsing of key rebindings, and marks a new buffer +as modified when the output of a command (^R ^X) has been +read into it. Come and check it out! + + + +2016 September 1 + +GNU nano 2.7.0 "Suni" adds a new feature: allowing text to be +selected by holding Shift together with the cursor keys. +Besides that, nano now works also when run in very tiny +terminals (down to one line, one column), and improves +the handling of the prompt in cramped spaces. Not much, +but it's time to get it out there. + +With this release we return to GNU. For just a little while +we dreamt we were tigers. But we are back in the herd, +back to a healthy diet of fresh green free grass. + + + +2016 August 10 + +nano 2.6.3 "Marika" makes the Ctrl+Arrow keys work also on +a Linux virtual console, takes as verbatim only the very +first keystroke after M-V, removes any lock files that it +holds when dying, doesn't abort when a word contains digits +(when using the default speller), fixes a small sorting bug +in the file browser, makes searching case-insensitively in +a UTF-8 locale a little faster, and doesn't enter invalid +bytes when holding down both Alt keys. Santé! + + + +2016 July 28 + +nano 2.6.2 "Le vent nous portera" adds two new features: the +keystrokes Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down for jumping between blocks +of text, and the option 'wordchars' for specifying which +characters (beside alphanumeric ones) should be considered +word-forming. Further, it provides feedback during Unicode +input (M-V followed by a six-digit hexadecimal number which +must start with 0 or 10), avoids a crash when resizing the +window during Verbatim input, doesn't drop a keystroke after +having been suspended, and replaces the beginning-of-line +anchor (^) just once per line. There are also several tiny +improvements in screen rendering and key handling. +Come get your hair tousled! + + + +2016 June 27 + +nano 2.6.1 "Stampede" is chiefly a translation update, but also +adds one little feature (the ability to use negative numbers +with Go To Line: -1 meaning the first line from the bottom), +includes syntax highlighting for Rust, and fixes three tiny +bugs (but in such far corners of the editor that they aren't +even worth mentioning). + + + +2016 June 17 + +nano 2.6.0 "Rubicon" fixes more than fifty little bugs -- and +some of them not so little. It improves moving about in +the file browser, corrects failings of the internal spell +checker, adds a new feature (comment/uncomment lines, with +default binding M-3), makes some error messages clearer, +shows more of a file when positionlog is used and the cursor +is near the end, displays all error messages at startup if +there are multiple ones, does not misinterpret keystrokes +when typing very fast, is less eager to trim the filename +on narrow terminals, speeds up case-insensitive searches, +and allows to abort re-searches. Among bunches of other +things. It is worth the trouble to upgrade. + +And, with this release, we take leave of the herd... +Bye! And thanks for all the grass! + + |
-Please see the Savannah project's -news section to obtain the most recent nano news and information. -+ + +