2025.08.21 - GNU nano 8.6 "reason alone was a defective compass"
• The GotoLine menu accepts the prefixes ++ and -- for jumping a number of lines forward or backward. • Anchors are not forgotten when a line number is given on the command line. 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-8.6.tar.xz https://nano-editor.org/dist/v8/nano-8.6.tar.xz.asc Specific issues that were addressed in this release: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67272 (giving a line number wiped anchors) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67293 (resizing browser cleared help lines) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67294 (resizing browser used old width) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67405 (completing a word could fail) Changes between v8.5 and v8.6: ------------------------------ Benno Schulenberg (23): browser: let a refresh also reread the file list, like it used to browser: redo the layout only when an actual resize occurred browser: redo the layout when the window _might_ have resized bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.6 release completion: don't stop looking for candidates one byte too early display: when resizing, redraw the bottom bars also when in file browser docs: document the ++/-- prefix feature for the `gotoline` function gnulib: update to its current upstream state history: do not forget anchors when line number is given on command line new feature: interpret a line number prefixed with ++ or -- as relative po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files rcfile: accept also {}} in a string bind, for symmetry with {{} syntax: po: colorize also the %b and %B format specifiers tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change tweaks: put two related checks together, like they are elsewhere tweaks: remove a check for a symbol that never gets defined tweaks: rename a parameter, and invert its logic tweaks: reshuffle a condition to a better place, like it is elsewhere tweaks: reshuffle a few lines, for density and to elide an 'else' tweaks: reshuffle some lines, to group things better tweaks: split the goto function into an interactive and command-line one tweaks: swap two symbolic menu names, for giggles tweaks: use a direct parameter instead of an intermediary boolean -- Benno
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