2022.08.02 - GNU nano 6.4 "Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser" • The file browser does not crash when moving up to the root folder. • Softwrapping very long lines is done more efficiently. • Invoking the formatter does not blink the screen.
GNU nano is a simple and easy-to-use editor for on the terminal. https://nano-editor.org/manual.html A concise overview of nano's shortcut keystrokes: https://nano-editor.org/cheatsheet.html The tarball and its signature are here: https://nano-editor.org/dist/v6/nano-6.4.tar.xz https://nano-editor.org/dist/v6/nano-6.4.tar.xz.asc Specific issues that were addressed in this release: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62442 (softwrapping wasted some time) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62760 (typing Enter in root folder crashed) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?62789 (avoid flicker with formatter [wish]) Changes between v6.3 and v6.4: ------------------------------ LIU Hao (1): build: ignore errors from `git describe` Benno Schulenberg (25): bump version numbers and add a news item for the 6.4 release display: remember text and column positions when softwrapping a line docs: concisely describe how the linter behaves docs: remove the two notices about the changed defaults docs: rename README.GIT to README.hacking, so it's clearer what is meant docs: stop mentioning the obsoleted keywords that were removed files: designate the root directory with a simple "/", not with "//" formatter: instead of leaving curses, use full_refresh() to wipe messages gnulib: update to its current upstream state help: reshuffle two shortcuts so that more help-line items are paired options: stop accepting -z, as --suspendable has been dropped too po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files rcfile: remove five obsolete or deprecated keywords syntax: default: do not colorize a square or angle bracket after a URL syntax: perl: add missing keywords, and reduce the length of some lines syntax: python: mention an alternative linter in a comment tweaks: add a missing word to a news item tweaks: add a translator hint tweaks: improve a comment, and reshuffle two functions plus some lines tweaks: put each regex on separate line, to better show many keywords tweaks: rename a variable, to not be the same as a function name tweaks: rename two variables, to not contain the name of another tweaks: reshuffle a description and rewrap another tweaks: reshuffle a few lines, to group things better version: condense the copyright message, to not dominate the output -- Benno
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