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 04/06/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there.  The only new feature is a
 		configure option for those who want to disable all
 		word wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping.  Bug fixes
 		this release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n,
 		and several fixes in the file browser including a
 		segfault on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work
 		properly, and nano now sorts files case insensitively
 		like pilot.  Have fun with it.

 03/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released!  The autoindent wrapping bug
 		has been fixed, as well as strange bug when using Pico
 		mode and regex search.  There have also been some minor
 		spelling and documentation updates.  As stated on the
 		website, there are currently no known bugs with nano, but
 		some will pop up eventually and they will be addressed in
 		subsequent releases.  We hope you enjoy this first stable
 		release of nano, and as always, feedback is welcome!
 		nano@nano-editor.org.

 02/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes!  The most important
 		being that nano is now officially a GNU program.  Some
 		changes have been made for GNU compatibility (like the
 		default list of shortcuts, "^G Get Help" is now Listed and
 		"^_ Goto Line" is not).  The Yes/No/All keys have
 		finally been internationalized also.   All in all, quite
 		a few changes, considering nano is supposed to be in a code
 		freeze.  But there are the usual helping of bugfixes, a
 		nasty bug when cutting text in -k mode and some
 		compatibility issues with older ncurses libraries have also
 		been fixed.  All in all, a lot to see.

 01/31/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released.  Not surprisingly, all that is
 		new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes.  There were a few
 		cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate
 		functions, but most is just fixing.  Specifically, there
 		is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for
 		resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit
 		mode.  Other fixes include some more tab completion
 		segfaults, and an silly segfault that occurred when
 		successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after an
 		initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward 1.0 we
 		travel.

 01/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released.  This is the first pre-1.0
 		release of nano, and is also the first release since the
 		code freeze for nano 1.0.  Don't expect (or request) any
 		new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes,
 		optimizations and doc/translation updates.  For fixes, a
 		nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home directory
 		(~), some checks for the NumLock key making the keypad
 		go awry, window size sanity checks, many autoconf fixes,
 		and support for the KDE konsole keypad layout.  Have fun.

 01/07/2001 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!" release.
 		It includes one new feature that Pico has had forever, a
 		built-in file browser.  Since not everyone may want this
 		option, there is a --disable-browser option to the
 		configure script as well.  Other changes include slightly
 		different keypad handling, and a bugfix for crashes when
 		tab completion in certain instances.  Have fun and Happy
 		New Year!

 12/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.24 is released.  This version contains the last of
 		the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a
 		nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for
 		reading, among other fixes.  Nano also now cowardly
 		refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like
 		trying to open /dev/zero.  New features include being
 		Able to use Meta-Meta-<key> as Control-<key>, better
 		HURD support, and some new flags have been added for Pico
 		compatibility.  Upgrading to this version is highly
 		recommended.

 12/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release.  The
 		main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal
 		fix for the security issue in nano with following symbolic
 		links.  Hopefully this will fix the problem permanently.
 		The --nofollow option also works again for those who
 		are real security nuts.  There are also some display and
 		search fixes, and the --disable-spell function was renamed
 		to --disable-speller to be in line with nano and pico's
 		"speller" term.

 12/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and
 		additions than imaginable.  The most important change is
 		a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could
 		lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because
 		of an error or signal.  Also there are better checks when
 		saving files.
 		    As for new features, username tab completion is
 		now working well, the internal spell checker code has been
 		tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the
 		justify formatted your text, and there are more
 		options for configure, including --disable-spell and
 		--disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like
 		surprises).  All in all, a whole lot of changes in
 		a little over a week.

 11/23/2000 - Happy Thanksgiving!  Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was
 		a big turkey" release.  It fixes several bugs introduced
 		by the previous version, as well as a few long-
 		standing display bugs.  All 0.9.20 users are strongly
 		encouraged to upgrade to this release.

 11/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door.  Probably the biggest
 		change is the brand new way nano displays previous search
 		and replace strings (they are now editable!)  This is a
 		break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so if you
 		don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the command
 		line or Meta-P within nano) still works the "old"
 		way.
 		    Other new features include being able to deal with
 		search strings of any length, a new internal spell feature
 		(courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion when
 		reading in or writing out files!  There's also the usual
 		billion or so bug fixes.  Feedback on this release is
 		welcome because so much has changed, especially with the
 		previous string display in search and replace. Email ->
 		nano@nano-editor.org <-. If you like something, don't like
 		something, or just want to order a pizza, let us know!

 10/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.19 is the "Chris is getting married in less than
 		a week and needs a distraction" release.  There are only
 		a few actual code changes, mainly portability and compiler
 		warning fixes.  Nano now also supports PDCurses, which
 		enables easily-built nano executables for Windows NT
 		and 95/98 for the brave.  The official nano site has
 		changed (again) as well, check out www.nano-editor.org for
 		all the latest nano schtuff.

 09/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed.  It has some new keyboard
 		handling code, cygwin support out of the box, and
 		a more portable handler for the NOHELP toggle.  There
 		is also a fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying
 		to insert a directory instead of a normal file would
 		destroy the contents of the editor.  A must-see.  Four
 		stars.

 09/04/2000 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a
 		quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!)
 		New features include better (not yet perfect) binary
 		display support and toggle support for most of the program
 		flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k and M-e for
 		-c, -i, -x, -p, -w, -k, and -R).

 08/09/2000 - Nano 0.9.16, after some struggling, is released.  This release
 		should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug.  The
 		"cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is the
 		"cutting text on the last line" bug.  Nice symmetry there
 		huh?  Also the --tabsize argument should now work as well
 		as by using -T.

 08/03/2000 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description"
 		release.  There are the usual gala of display bugfixes,
 		a fix for the the nasty bug in -k mode that could create a
 		loop in the file being edited, and some other code
 		cleanup.  Also, the -T option should now work regardless
 		of the curses library used.  Yay.

 07/27/2000 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should
 		be skipped as a version number" release.  One typo
 		caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or
 		-k caused both flags to be used). The -k code is also now
 		closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please
 		note that this code is not finished yet.  Working on this
 		code has made me realize that there is not enough
 		abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that
 		for the next release.  Until then, have fun with this
 		version.

 07/23/2000 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the
 		-k option from Pico (cut to end of line).  The majority
 		of changes in this release are bugfixes, however, including
 		the usual display fixes and fixes for writing to symbolic
 		links and un-writeable files.  Barring any other major
 		changes, this should be the feature set for nano 1.0,
 		whenever it might be released =-)

 07/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.12 (The "lucky day" release) is bursting with new
 		features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor.  For
 		changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now
 		^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico.
 		^W^T is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility.
 		As for new features, the wonderful/hated magic line
 		code has returned with a vengeance!  Also, regular
 		expression searches and replaces have been incorporated
 		via the -R flag.  And, of course, there are the usual
 		helping of display and other bug fixes to top it all
 		off.

 06/20/2000 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy
 		routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code
 		and almost all of the display routines.  There are many
 		improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in
 		general, but there may be bugs lurking yet.  Also, after
 		many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the
 		displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize).  Note that
 		this function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the
 		editor, the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal
 		width  (usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look
 		smaller or bigger while in the editor.  New in the
 		translation department is an Indonesian translation (id).

 06/06/2000 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT when
 		using "run and terminate" flags (for example, --help).
 		There are also some minor documentation updates.  This
 		version of nano is the most stable in quite some time, and
 		is likely to be the most stable for awhile.  Users are
 		encouraged to upgrade to this version.

 05/31/2000 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support,
 		more portability, and a ton of bugfixes.  While
 		nano is not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of
 		code quality, it gets a quantum leap closer with this
 		release.

 05/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix
 		the resize crash people have been experiencing.  It also
 		offers a new input method that should allow nano to do
 		things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys)
 		and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards.  There
 		are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups.  Have
 		fun with it.

 05/14/2000 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long
 		line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink
 		behavior (i.e. symlinks weren't being followed by
 		default).  Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out soon
 		and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the year,
 		but who knows.

 05/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5
 		uncovered.  There are improvements (and some remaining
 		segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more
 		display optimizations.  I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2
 		are the most stable versions of nano to date, but this one
 		may not be too bad =-)

 05/01/2000 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text
 		to be at least somewhat reasonable.  Much
 		code profiling has been done to reduce the
 		ridiculous number of redundant display updates.  This
 		will probably expose a lot of bugs that can then be
 		fixed, so this release is probably not for the faint
 		of heart.  For anyone curious, I would call nano 0.9.2
 		the most stable version recently, so use that if you're
 		not particularly concerned with being on the bleeding
 		edge.

 04/25/2000 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last
 		line code and related segfaults.  It also now has
 		much better handling for 8-bit characters.  The
 		--enable-tiny code also produces a smaller executable.

 04/19/2000 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release.  It
 		underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing
 		more bugs than they fix.  The most important change
 		to this version of nano is the removal of the "magic
 		line".  You will no longer see a blank line at the end of
 		the file. If you want a new line at the end of your file,
 		you'll have to hit enter to get one.

 		NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO.  Unfortunately,
 		this feature has been causing many many problems with nano
 		so it is being removed for the time being, and perhaps
 		indefinitely.

 		Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make
 		nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the
 		marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the
 		slang libraries instead of ncurses.

 04/15/2000 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if
 		nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute
 		path.  The bug was in the new code for checking whether
 		nano is invoked as pico.

 04/14/2000 - 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in.  The
 		option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace
 		(^T) is now available, and nano now displays the
 		more Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico'
 		(i.e. if pico is a symlink to nano).  There is an
 		important change to the handling of symbolic links
 		as well.  Now, nano does the "correct" thing and
 		automatically writes to the object of the symlink,
 		rather than replace the symlink with the updated file.
 		This behavior is still available with the --nofollow
 		or -l flags.
 		    Other new things include a fix for the infamous
 		"recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the wrapping
 		code.

 04/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and
 		a much better refresh setup (It's still not great, but...)
 		There should also be more stability editing long lines,
 		as there was a stupid mistake in the update_line
 		call.  Silly me =)

 03/22/2000 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8
 		to reflect the current stagnant status of the project.
 		Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because
 		(a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and
 		(b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is quite
 		negligible.  Fortunately, this release marks the first
 		release since I have acquired ownership of the nano pages
 		on SourceForge.  Here's hoping SF will get us some more
 		visibility, translators and patches.

 03/12/2000 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though)
 		to my new home into Albany. Thus I should now have more
 		time to work on nano.  Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what
 		broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both
 		i18n and many bugfixes.  It is VERY likely something broke
 		this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply the i18n
 		stuff properly, so *it* may not even work.

 		I would like to announce that I'm going to need
 		translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other
 		languages than English (or even better, if your native
 		language is not English) and you would like to submit a
 		translation file to me, please feel free to do so.  If you
 		do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS file as
 		the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on it is
 		yours to take care of and keep up to date.

 03/01/2000 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous
 		release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released.  The crashing
 		behavior was still occurring, and this most recent fix also
 		fixes some other wrapping problems, so here you go.
 		There may be another release soon, there may not be, is
 		that vague enough? =)

 02/25/2000 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the end
 		of a page has ceased, thankfully.  I'm also moving next
 		weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new
 		version of nano next week =-)

 02/11/2000 - Okay, here we go again.  Aside from a few minor fixes and
 		some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much
 		different in this version of nano.  I haven't gotten much
 		feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing or does
 		no one care?  Write and let me know! =)

 02/08/2000 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there has
 		been more than three days since the last release.  New
 		features include an initial help mode (YAY!), hopefully
 		much more support for i18n out of the box, and a flag
 		for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists
 		displayed. This release also marks the new nano
 		distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email
 		address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc.

 02/02/2000 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release,
 		but I may be changing jobs very soon.  I will release
 		version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet).  I
 		expect things to settle down by the end of next week, and
 		then I can try to start on the i18n support and help menu;
 		look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to 0.9.0.

 01/28/2000 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward
 		internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G).  I
 		will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in the
 		next version, and will implement the help system with
 		i18n built into it shortly after that.  Please don't
 		hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're sure the
 		fault lies with nano =-).

 01/25/2000 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a
 		little portable, mmmmkay?' release.  There are many
 		portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn for
 		his patches.  I removed the broken do_spell behavior with
 		the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call 'ispell'
 		until I write a better method to handle the output of the
 		normal 'spell' command.

 01/24/2000 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features. Among them are a
 		new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile
 		flag like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary
 		spelling program support.  The spelling function tries
 		to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you
 		can specify another spelling program with -s or --speller.

 01/17/00 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this
 		release' release.  It's the busy time at work for me, so
 		please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get
 		included in the next immediate version of nano.  I'm sure
 		all the changes in this release will cause a few bugs, so
 		0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those bugs.

 		Things added this release include resizability (kinda),
 		new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command
 		line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes.

 01/15/00 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release.  It now loads
 		large files much faster than previous versions, and is
 		even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather
 		rudimentary tests. Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the
 		read_byte patch!

 01/09/00 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed
 		to nano.  The new homepage is at
 		http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano.  Please
 		update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that
 		jazz.

 $Id$
	04/06/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there. The only new feature is a
	configure option for those who want to disable all
	word wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes
	this release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n,
	and several fixes in the file browser including a
	segfault on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work
	properly, and nano now sorts files case insensitively
	like pilot. Have fun with it.

	03/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug
	has been fixed, as well as strange bug when using Pico
	mode and regex search. There have also been some minor
	spelling and documentation updates. As stated on the
	website, there are currently no known bugs with nano, but
	some will pop up eventually and they will be addressed in
	subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy this first stable
	release of nano, and as always, feedback is welcome!
	nano@nano-editor.org.

	02/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most important
	being that nano is now officially a GNU program. Some
	changes have been made for GNU compatibility (like the
	default list of shortcuts, "^G Get Help" is now Listed and
	"^_ Goto Line" is not). The Yes/No/All keys have
	finally been internationalized also. All in all, quite
	a few changes, considering nano is supposed to be in a code
	freeze. But there are the usual helping of bugfixes, a
	nasty bug when cutting text in -k mode and some
	compatibility issues with older ncurses libraries have also
	been fixed. All in all, a lot to see.

	01/31/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released. Not surprisingly, all that is
	new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes. There were a few
	cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate
	functions, but most is just fixing. Specifically, there
	is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for
	resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit
	mode. Other fixes include some more tab completion
	segfaults, and an silly segfault that occurred when
	successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after an
	initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward 1.0 we
	travel.

	01/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released. This is the first pre-1.0
	release of nano, and is also the first release since the
	code freeze for nano 1.0. Don't expect (or request) any
	new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes,
	optimizations and doc/translation updates. For fixes, a
	nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home directory
	(~), some checks for the NumLock key making the keypad
	go awry, window size sanity checks, many autoconf fixes,
	and support for the KDE konsole keypad layout. Have fun.

	01/07/2001 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!" release.
	It includes one new feature that Pico has had forever, a
	built-in file browser. Since not everyone may want this
	option, there is a --disable-browser option to the
	configure script as well. Other changes include slightly
	different keypad handling, and a bugfix for crashes when
	tab completion in certain instances. Have fun and Happy
	New Year!

	12/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.24 is released. This version contains the last of
	the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a
	nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for
	reading, among other fixes. Nano also now cowardly
	refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like
	trying to open /dev/zero. New features include being
	Able to use Meta-Meta-<key> as Control-<key>, better
	HURD support, and some new flags have been added for Pico
	compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly
	recommended.

	12/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release. The
	main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal
	fix for the security issue in nano with following symbolic
	links. Hopefully this will fix the problem permanently.
	The --nofollow option also works again for those who
	are real security nuts. There are also some display and
	search fixes, and the --disable-spell function was renamed
	to --disable-speller to be in line with nano and pico's
	"speller" term.

	12/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and
	additions than imaginable. The most important change is
	a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could
	lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because
	of an error or signal. Also there are better checks when
	saving files.
	As for new features, username tab completion is
	now working well, the internal spell checker code has been
	tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the
	justify formatted your text, and there are more
	options for configure, including --disable-spell and
	--disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like
	surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in
	a little over a week.

	11/23/2000 - Happy Thanksgiving! Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was
	a big turkey" release. It fixes several bugs introduced
	by the previous version, as well as a few long-
	standing display bugs. All 0.9.20 users are strongly
	encouraged to upgrade to this release.

	11/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door. Probably the biggest
	change is the brand new way nano displays previous search
	and replace strings (they are now editable!) This is a
	break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so if you
	don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the command
	line or Meta-P within nano) still works the "old"
	way.
	Other new features include being able to deal with
	search strings of any length, a new internal spell feature
	(courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion when
	reading in or writing out files! There's also the usual
	billion or so bug fixes. Feedback on this release is
	welcome because so much has changed, especially with the
	previous string display in search and replace. Email ->
	nano@nano-editor.org <-. If you like something, don't like
	something, or just want to order a pizza, let us know!

	10/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.19 is the "Chris is getting married in less than
	a week and needs a distraction" release. There are only
	a few actual code changes, mainly portability and compiler
	warning fixes. Nano now also supports PDCurses, which
	enables easily-built nano executables for Windows NT
	and 95/98 for the brave. The official nano site has
	changed (again) as well, check out www.nano-editor.org for
	all the latest nano schtuff.

	09/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed. It has some new keyboard
	handling code, cygwin support out of the box, and
	a more portable handler for the NOHELP toggle. There
	is also a fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying
	to insert a directory instead of a normal file would
	destroy the contents of the editor. A must-see. Four
	stars.

	09/04/2000 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a
	quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!)
	New features include better (not yet perfect) binary
	display support and toggle support for most of the program
	flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k and M-e for
	-c, -i, -x, -p, -w, -k, and -R).

	08/09/2000 - Nano 0.9.16, after some struggling, is released. This release
	should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug. The
	"cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is the
	"cutting text on the last line" bug. Nice symmetry there
	huh? Also the --tabsize argument should now work as well
	as by using -T.

	08/03/2000 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description"
	release. There are the usual gala of display bugfixes,
	a fix for the the nasty bug in -k mode that could create a
	loop in the file being edited, and some other code
	cleanup. Also, the -T option should now work regardless
	of the curses library used. Yay.

	07/27/2000 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should
	be skipped as a version number" release. One typo
	caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or
	-k caused both flags to be used). The -k code is also now
	closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please
	note that this code is not finished yet. Working on this
	code has made me realize that there is not enough
	abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that
	for the next release. Until then, have fun with this
	version.

	07/23/2000 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the
	-k option from Pico (cut to end of line). The majority
	of changes in this release are bugfixes, however, including
	the usual display fixes and fixes for writing to symbolic
	links and un-writeable files. Barring any other major
	changes, this should be the feature set for nano 1.0,
	whenever it might be released =-)

	07/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.12 (The "lucky day" release) is bursting with new
	features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor. For
	changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now
	^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico.
	^W^T is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility.
	As for new features, the wonderful/hated magic line
	code has returned with a vengeance! Also, regular
	expression searches and replaces have been incorporated
	via the -R flag. And, of course, there are the usual
	helping of display and other bug fixes to top it all
	off.

	06/20/2000 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy
	routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code
	and almost all of the display routines. There are many
	improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in
	general, but there may be bugs lurking yet. Also, after
	many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the
	displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize). Note that
	this function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the
	editor, the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal
	width (usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look
	smaller or bigger while in the editor. New in the
	translation department is an Indonesian translation (id).

	06/06/2000 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT when
	using "run and terminate" flags (for example, --help).
	There are also some minor documentation updates. This
	version of nano is the most stable in quite some time, and
	is likely to be the most stable for awhile. Users are
	encouraged to upgrade to this version.

	05/31/2000 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support,
	more portability, and a ton of bugfixes. While
	nano is not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of
	code quality, it gets a quantum leap closer with this
	release.

	05/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix
	the resize crash people have been experiencing. It also
	offers a new input method that should allow nano to do
	things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys)
	and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards. There
	are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups. Have
	fun with it.

	05/14/2000 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long
	line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink
	behavior (i.e. symlinks weren't being followed by
	default). Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out soon
	and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the year,
	but who knows.

	05/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5
	uncovered. There are improvements (and some remaining
	segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more
	display optimizations. I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2
	are the most stable versions of nano to date, but this one
	may not be too bad =-)

	05/01/2000 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text
	to be at least somewhat reasonable. Much
	code profiling has been done to reduce the
	ridiculous number of redundant display updates. This
	will probably expose a lot of bugs that can then be
	fixed, so this release is probably not for the faint
	of heart. For anyone curious, I would call nano 0.9.2
	the most stable version recently, so use that if you're
	not particularly concerned with being on the bleeding
	edge.

	04/25/2000 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last
	line code and related segfaults. It also now has
	much better handling for 8-bit characters. The
	--enable-tiny code also produces a smaller executable.

	04/19/2000 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release. It
	underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing
	more bugs than they fix. The most important change
	to this version of nano is the removal of the "magic
	line". You will no longer see a blank line at the end of
	the file. If you want a new line at the end of your file,
	you'll have to hit enter to get one.

	NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO. Unfortunately,
	this feature has been causing many many problems with nano
	so it is being removed for the time being, and perhaps
	indefinitely.

	Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make
	nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the
	marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the
	slang libraries instead of ncurses.

	04/15/2000 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if
	nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute
	path. The bug was in the new code for checking whether
	nano is invoked as pico.

	04/14/2000 - 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in. The
	option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace
	(^T) is now available, and nano now displays the
	more Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico'
	(i.e. if pico is a symlink to nano). There is an
	important change to the handling of symbolic links
	as well. Now, nano does the "correct" thing and
	automatically writes to the object of the symlink,
	rather than replace the symlink with the updated file.
	This behavior is still available with the --nofollow
	or -l flags.
	Other new things include a fix for the infamous
	"recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the wrapping
	code.

	04/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and
	a much better refresh setup (It's still not great, but...)
	There should also be more stability editing long lines,
	as there was a stupid mistake in the update_line
	call. Silly me =)

	03/22/2000 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8
	to reflect the current stagnant status of the project.
	Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because
	(a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and
	(b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is quite
	negligible. Fortunately, this release marks the first
	release since I have acquired ownership of the nano pages
	on SourceForge. Here's hoping SF will get us some more
	visibility, translators and patches.

	03/12/2000 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though)
	to my new home into Albany. Thus I should now have more
	time to work on nano. Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what
	broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both
	i18n and many bugfixes. It is VERY likely something broke
	this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply the i18n
	stuff properly, so it may not even work.

	I would like to announce that I'm going to need
	translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other
	languages than English (or even better, if your native
	language is not English) and you would like to submit a
	translation file to me, please feel free to do so. If you
	do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS file as
	the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on it is
	yours to take care of and keep up to date.

	03/01/2000 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous
	release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released. The crashing
	behavior was still occurring, and this most recent fix also
	fixes some other wrapping problems, so here you go.
	There may be another release soon, there may not be, is
	that vague enough? =)

	02/25/2000 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the end
	of a page has ceased, thankfully. I'm also moving next
	weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new
	version of nano next week =-)

	02/11/2000 - Okay, here we go again. Aside from a few minor fixes and
	some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much
	different in this version of nano. I haven't gotten much
	feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing or does
	no one care? Write and let me know! =)

	02/08/2000 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there has
	been more than three days since the last release. New
	features include an initial help mode (YAY!), hopefully
	much more support for i18n out of the box, and a flag
	for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists
	displayed. This release also marks the new nano
	distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email
	address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc.

	02/02/2000 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release,
	but I may be changing jobs very soon. I will release
	version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet). I
	expect things to settle down by the end of next week, and
	then I can try to start on the i18n support and help menu;
	look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to 0.9.0.

	01/28/2000 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward
	internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G). I
	will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in the
	next version, and will implement the help system with
	i18n built into it shortly after that. Please don't
	hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're sure the
	fault lies with nano =-).

	01/25/2000 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a
	little portable, mmmmkay?' release. There are many
	portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn for
	his patches. I removed the broken do_spell behavior with
	the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call 'ispell'
	until I write a better method to handle the output of the
	normal 'spell' command.

	01/24/2000 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features. Among them are a
	new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile
	flag like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary
	spelling program support. The spelling function tries
	to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you
	can specify another spelling program with -s or --speller.

	01/17/00 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this
	release' release. It's the busy time at work for me, so
	please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get
	included in the next immediate version of nano. I'm sure
	all the changes in this release will cause a few bugs, so
	0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those bugs.

	Things added this release include resizability (kinda),
	new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command
	line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes.

	01/15/00 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release. It now loads
	large files much faster than previous versions, and is
	even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather
	rudimentary tests. Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the
	read_byte patch!

	01/09/00 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed
	to nano. The new homepage is at
	http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano. Please
	update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that
	jazz.

	$Id$