2024.07.12 - GNU nano 8.1 "de dag van de bitterkoekjespudding"
• The idiom `nano filename:linenumber` is understood only when the option --colonparsing (or 'set colonparsing') is used. • Modern bindings are *not* activated when nano's invocation name starts with "e", as it jars with Debian's alternatives system. • New bindable function 'cycle' first centers the current row, then moves it to the top of the viewport, then to the bottom. It is bound by default to ^L. • Option --listsyntaxes/-z lists the names of available syntaxes. 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/v8/nano-8.1.tar.xz https://nano-editor.org/dist/v8/nano-8.1.tar.xz.asc Specific issues that were addressed in this release: https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65676 (wrong feedback with --mini plus new file) https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65779 (option to list available syntaxes [wish]) https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65781 (behavior for file:40:20 was inconsistent) https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65782 (--colonparsing could mangle a path) https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65810 (sniffing "e" broke Debian's editor symlink) https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65819 ({backup} could sidestep --restricted) https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65832 (a string bind choked on non-ASCII initial) https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65859 ({tab} did not indent marked region) https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65860 (--softwrap could misplace cursor) Changes between v8.0 and v8.1: ------------------------------ Jaroslav Fowkes (1): syntax: fortran: fix a typo (a missing backslash) Benno Schulenberg (57): bindings: let ^L put the cursor line at center, then top, then bottom build: check for the correct function in an #ifdef build: require version 0.20 of gettext for building nano from git build: use the standard `autoreconf` invocation bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.1 release docs: add 'set colonparsing' to the sample nanorc docs: add the Alt+Home/Alt+End shortcuts to the cheatsheet docs: avert hyphenation of the technical words "ncurses" and "terminfo" docs: correct the description of --bold, as function tags are unaffected docs: document the new --listsyntaxes (-z) option docs: don't say any more that -z was removed, as it has been repurposed docs: explain the behavior of the new function `cycle` docs: explain the details of --colonparsing / -@ / 'set colonparsing' docs: extend the FAQ item about urxvt modified keys, with M-Home/M-End docs: properly escape a literal '@' in the texi document docs: remove the 'filename:linenumber' format from the synopsis files: avoid mistakenly setting the column number to a given line number files: look for digits and colons starting from the end of the filename files: when a filename with a colon and digits exists, open that file files: with --rectrict, prevent invoking the browser and toggling backups general: disable the type-ahead checking that ncurses normally does gnulib: update to its current upstream state help: regroup the `center` item, placing it with the new `cycle` help: show option -Y/--syntax in --help output also in restricted mode input: drop recognition of the urxvt escape sequences for M-Home/M-End input: make sure that a string-bind return value is non-negative input: provide for urxvt setting a high bit or sending an extra escape input: recognize the raw Xterm escape sequences for Alt+Home and Alt+End minibar: do not falsely report that a new, empty file is in Mac format moving: use edit_scroll() only when scrolling one row is enough new feature: add bindable function `cycle` that pushes cursor line around new feature: option -z lists the names of available syntaxes options: remove the deprecated synonym -$ of -S/--softwrap options: require --colonparsing/-@ to parse colon+number after a filename po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files rcfile: remove old bindable function 'nowrap', alias of 'breaklonglines' startup: do not activate --modernbindings when name starts with "e" syntaxes: mention the original author of most of the syntax files syntax: man: colorize some of the things that manipulate hyphenation syntax: patch: recognize also the .rej extension text: do not check for <Tab> + mark while getting input but in do_tab() tweaks: add a space after a '+', for consistent formatting tweaks: discard a bracketed paste in the help viewer with fewer beeps tweaks: drop two redundant conditions tweaks: elide unhelpful occurrences of the word "will" tweaks: exclude the colon-parsing code from the tiny version tweaks: extend the deprecation period of 'set nowrap' and prefix 'bright' tweaks: implement do_center() with a single call instead of three tweaks: in FAQ, use 'id' attribute instead of empty anchor with 'name' tweaks: make a comment more accurate, and unabbreviate a variable name tweaks: make the inclusion condition for do_center() more strict tweaks: remove the now unneeded special keycode INDENT_KEY tweaks: reshuffle a declaration, adjust a comment, normalize indentation tweaks: reshuffle some lines, to put vaguely related things together tweaks: rewrap some lines, for more even lengths tweaks: simplify a condition, to match the same condition five lines back tweaks: slightly reword a phrase in the explanation of --colonparsing -- Benno
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