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David Lawrence Ramsey2c86dc62004-11-22 17:55:17 +000012004.11.22 - GNU nano 1.3.5 hurls itself forward. New features in this
2 release include the ability to replace only marked text
3 when the mark is on, improvements to smooth scrolling so
4 that it applies everywhere instead of just affecting the
5 movement keys, improvements to how files are opened so
6 that they are no longer displayed unnecessarily, support
7 for multiple +LINE arguments in addition to multiple
8 filenames on the command line, autodetection of the
9 format to save a file in based on the format it was in
10 when it was opened, the ability to toggle both ways
11 between the "Read File" and "Execute Command" prompts
12 and the "Search" and "Go to Line" prompts, and support
13 for cross-compiling nano. As for bug fixes, the
14 "tabsize" nanorc option works again, mouse clicks on the
15 shortcut list trigger the right shortcuts again,
16 tab-completing a filename with %'s in it no longer
17 causes a segfault, the internal spell checker no longer
18 skips words after the cursor position when the cursor is
19 in the middle of the file, and spell checking of only
20 marked text now works properly. Have fun with it.
21
David Lawrence Ramseyc6718cf2004-08-17 20:38:44 +0000222004.08.17 - GNU nano 1.3.4 marches forth after a false start. This
23 release mainly features fixes for the bugs that crept
24 into the last release. Among other things, nano now
25 compiles again with certain options, quoted justify now
26 works properly on systems without regex.h, full justify
27 no longer segfaults when used on a file with no
28 paragraphs, previous paragraph searching works properly
29 again, tab completion is properly disabled when needed
30 in restricted mode, Ctrl-C is no longer disabled after
31 using the alternate spell checker, the permissions of a
32 newly created file now match those of nano 1.2.x again,
33 and replacing all text in a file now properly updates
34 the screen in all cases. New features include sample
35 regexes for patch files, improvements to the sample
36 regexes for C files, and support for strings
37 greater than 1023 characters and/or containing nulls in
38 .nano_history. Additionally, the full justify keystroke
39 has been changed to match current Pico, and whitespace
40 display mode is now turned off by default. Enjoy.
41
David Lawrence Ramseye1151562004-06-28 13:17:33 +0000422004.06.28 - GNU nano 1.3.3 marches forth. There are several new
43 features in this release, including a restricted mode
44 that provides better security than just setting an
45 operating directory, the ability to justify the entire
46 file at once, support for a "smart" home key that can
47 leap from the beginning of text on a line to the true
48 beginning of the line (or the reverse) in one stroke,
49 support for specifying an alternative spell checker in
50 $SPELL, the ability to specify the characters used to
51 display spaces and tabs so that they can easily be told
52 apart, and the ability to specify the characters marking
53 the ends of sentences as used in justification. There
54 are also several bug fixes; among other things,
55 justification now keeps spaces at the ends of all but
56 the last line of a paragraph as Pico does, saving a
57 marked selection no longer changes the current filename
58 to the filename the selection was saved under, resizing
59 now works better and no longer corrupts the screen under
60 slang, and the movement functions now avoid doing
61 unnecessary redraws and hence work faster. In short,
62 there are a lot of new things to play with. Enjoy.
63
David Lawrence Ramseyf70f0cf2004-03-31 18:42:52 +0000642004.03.31 - GNU nano 1.3.2 is prepared for the void. New features in
65 this release include the ability to spell-check only
66 marked text and the ability to save all backup files in
67 a specified directory instead of wherever the original
68 files are. Bug fixes include a fix for a segfault when
69 replacing certain regular expressions, fixes for some
70 misbehavior when doing searches, minor fixes to verbatim
71 input mode and keyboard input in general, better
72 handling of window resizes at certain times, and
73 allowing the mark to be saved properly again when
74 switching between multiple file buffers. nano has also
75 been ported to the Tandem NonStop Kernel. Have fun.
76
David Lawrence Ramseyfa1497b2004-01-09 23:22:02 +0000772004.01.09 - GNU nano 1.3.1 is outside the gates. This release
78 features, among other things, fixes for the input
79 routines to deal with some problems they had, a
80 reorganized shortcut list for the help browser, minor
81 Pico compatibility improvements for the file browser,
82 fixes for misbehavior when replacing certain regular
83 expressions, and the ability to highlight those regular
84 expressions properly. It also allows searching without
85 prompting to work in view mode, adds support for glib
86 2.x for those systems that need it, updates the .spec
87 file for the 1.3 branch, prompts you first when you try
88 to save a file under a different name, and adds a new
89 verbatim input mode that acts as ^V does under vi, but
90 with additional Pico compatibility (explained in the
91 FAQ). Basically, a bunch of fixes and a few new
92 features for your editor of choice. Enjoy.
93
David Lawrence Ramsey133f7b12003-10-22 17:15:12 +0000942003.10.22 - GNU nano 1.3.0 is loosed upon the world. This is the first
95 release in the unstable 1.3.x series, and as such it
96 includes a lot of new features, including the addition
97 of a -d option for those FreeBSD users with Backspace
98 keys that act like Delete keys, the ability to repeat
99 the last search without prompting, the ability to search
100 for the beginning or end of a paragraph, new smooth
101 paging routines to go with the smooth scrolling
102 routines, and various improvements to the input and
103 display routines to make them behave more intuitively.
104 It also includes the usual load of bugfixes. Enjoy.
105
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +00001062003.08.11 - GNU nano 1.2.2 is released, only four months since the
Chris Allegretta33642142003-08-12 01:49:20 +0000107 last version :-). This release includes fixes for
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000108 broken regex detection, search history recall, and
109 keypad handling with -K. Debugging strings are no
110 longer translated and comments denote where translations
111 should be as short as possible (i.e, the statusbar).
112 There are new examples for syntax highlighting, and
113 documentation updates and fixes. The 1.3.0 CVS tree
114 will be opening soon for all your nano desires, so stay
115 tuned!
Chris Allegretta33642142003-08-12 01:49:20 +0000116
Chris Allegrettaaa459312003-04-20 16:20:15 +00001172003.04.19 - Happy Easter! GNU nano 1.2.1 is released. This release
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000118 features a new check for broken regexec()
Chris Allegrettaaa459312003-04-20 16:20:15 +0000119 implementations and some variable, function and macro
120 cleanups. Fixes are included for search history,
121 cutting marked text, alt keyboard mode, and the usual
122 translation and documentation updates.
123
Chris Allegretta2b4ead92003-02-20 01:56:02 +00001242003.02.19 - GNU nano 1.2.0 is released. Few changes from pre3, just
125 some doc and translation updates, and bugfixes for
126 justify and file conversion. For those of you who
127 haven't kept up with the 1.1 unstable series, v1.2
128 brings nanorc support, color syntax highlighting,
129 multiple file buffers, search/replace history and much
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000130 much more. Please read the UPGRADE file for details,
131 and enjoy GNU nano 1.2.0.
Chris Allegretta2b4ead92003-02-20 01:56:02 +0000132
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +00001332003.02.13 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre3 "The last testing version, no
Chris Allegretta7ba32792003-02-14 03:09:35 +0000134 really!" is released. This release includes fixes for
135 wrapping (again), resizing, color syntax highlighting,
136 rcfile parsing, the mouse code, more memory leaks, and
137 some reversion of the code to get the user's home
138 directory (nano will now again rely on $HOME). There
139 are also translation updates, a new manual page for the
140 nanorc file, and an UPGRADE file detailing the changes
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000141 since version 1.0. Please submit reports for any bugs
Chris Allegretta7ba32792003-02-14 03:09:35 +0000142 you might find to the development team
143 (nano-devel@gnu.org), and enjoy nano almost-1.2.0 ;-)
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000144
Chris Allegretta5c8c2762003-02-03 15:21:27 +00001452003.02.03 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre2 "bugs in my pockets, bugs in my
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000146 shoes" is released. There are, not surprisingly, only
147 bugfixes in this release as we move toward the stable
148 1.2.0 release. Fixes are included for translatable
149 string format, subexpression replacement, constant
150 cursor position, invalid search regexes, justify, screen
151 state on SIGHUP and SIGTERM, cutting to end cuts with
152 long lines, many file browser and operating directory
153 bugs, memory and file descriptor leaks, marker code,
154 spell checker, the mouse code with long lines, multiple
155 buffers and non-file open errors, replacement string
156 length, and a silly but serious history message crash.
157 There is also a drastic improvement in CPU utilization
158 for the color regex code.
Chris Allegretta5c8c2762003-02-03 15:21:27 +0000159 Depending on the number of bugs found in this
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000160 release, there may be a 1.1.99pre3 or RC1, or just a
161 1.2.0 release. Most of the major bugs seem to have been
162 worked out, so if you are waiting for a good time to
163 test nano before the official 1.2.0 release, this would
164 be the one to use. Happy bug hunting!
Chris Allegretta5c8c2762003-02-03 15:21:27 +0000165
Chris Allegrettad46f5442003-01-17 21:47:33 +00001662003.01.17 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre1 "enough already" has been released.
167 This release is, barring bug fixes and documentation
168 updates, what version 1.2.0 has looked like, feature
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000169 wise. There will very likely be bugs, just due the
170 volume of changes made in this release. Search and
171 replace string history has been added, including an
172 option to log history to ~/.nano_history (-H,
173 --historylog). Because of this, the Pico incompatible
174 search/replace string behavior that used to be the
175 default has been deleted. The old "pico" flag (-p) is
176 now compatible with Pico's "preserve" mode for allowing
177 flow control characters; by default this version ignores
178 both ^Q and ^S. The --disable-wrapping-as-root
179 configure option has been forward ported from version
180 1.0.x, and a new flag to enable all extra options
181 (--enable-all) has been added. The internal spell
182 checker has been improved, meaning you will now be
183 prompted only once for each unique capitalization of a
184 given word.
Chris Allegrettad46f5442003-01-17 21:47:33 +0000185 There have also been lots of bug fixes,
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000186 including the "trying to insert a directory name in
Chris Allegrettad46f5442003-01-17 21:47:33 +0000187 multibuffer mode bug", the ugly spell checker scrolling,
188 the color code, cutting text crashes, justification,
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000189 deleting the "magic line" via replace, and cursor
190 positioning on the statusbar. There have also been the
191 usual helping of translation and documentation updates.
Chris Allegrettad46f5442003-01-17 21:47:33 +0000192 Please send all new feedback on this release
193 direct to the development list (nano-devel@gnu.org).
194
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000019510/24/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.12 "Make Jordi happy" is released. This
196 release demonstrated that nano is starting to freeze for
197 version 1.2. New features include a Meta-Y toggle for
198 syntax highlighting, pluralized i18n, and a handler for
199 SIGTERM. Nano now ignores XOFF (^S) to stop accidental
200 lock-ups, and no longer references malloc.h.
Chris Allegretta22578932002-10-25 03:14:11 +0000201 Also included are fixes for zero-length regex
202 matches, segfaults with --disable-mouse, justification,
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000203 memory corruption with the browser, version and help
204 cmdline output, and translation updates. Aside from the
205 (currently up in the air) search history behavior, the
206 next version of nano should be 1.1.99pre1. Have fun!
Chris Allegretta22578932002-10-25 03:14:11 +0000207
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000020810/01/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.11 "Oddball" is released. This release
209 features a new version of gettext, a new and improved
210 syntax highlighting engine, and some updates for the
211 nanorc.sample file. The toggles for case sensitivity
212 (Meta-C) and regular expressions (Meta-R) have changed
213 in the search and replace prompts, multibuffer status is
214 now displayed and can be toggled from the insert file
215 menu, and some wrapping behavior that changed in 1.1.10
216 has reverted. The --enable-color warning was also made
217 less severe, as the color syntax code has improved, and
218 nano now uses extended regexes in the .nanorc file.
219 Also included are fixes for various memory
220 leaks, the operating directory option, username tab
221 completion, the page_up and down arrow, go to previous
222 word and next word, nanorc parser and line wrapping
223 code. Have fun!
Chris Allegretta6866f6f2002-10-02 00:20:19 +0000224
Chris Allegretta70bb8862002-07-24 01:34:13 +000022507/25/2002 - At long last! GNU nano 1.1.10 "What didn't we break?" is
226 released. This version of GNU nano features version
227 0.11.2 of gettext, building with automake 1.6, some new
228 code for displaying control characters, browser
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000229 improvements, a new backup file option (-B, --backup), a
230 new option to ignore rc files (-I,--ignorercfiles),
Chris Allegretta70bb8862002-07-24 01:34:13 +0000231 compatibility with -pedantic, handling null characters
232 before EOF, a slightly sportier nanorc.sample and more.
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000233 Fixes are included included for justification,
234 the reading and writing file routines, resizing and fill
235 length, millions of memory leaks, the usage screen was
Chris Allegretta70bb8862002-07-24 01:34:13 +0000236 updated, and the the --quotestr and --regexp really work
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000237 now ;-) Enjoy :)
Chris Allegretta70bb8862002-07-24 01:34:13 +0000238
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000023905/12/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.9 is released, happy Mother's Day! This
240 release includes many new features, including a prepend
241 mode (^O,M-P), a new "syntax" command in the .nanorc to
242 allow multiple syntax highlighting types, and a new -Y,
243 --syntax flag to set a specific one if there's no
244 filename regex to match it against (i.e, w/mutt). The
245 ^space and M-space keys will now show up in the help
246 menu, which itself has been tweaked a bit, and many more
247 configure options should now cooperate (like the odd
248 pairing of --enable-tiny and --enable-multibuffer). The
249 marker should now work when using multiple buffers, and
250 the huge memory leak in color syntax highlighting has
251 been fixed. A lot of new stuff for everyone's favorite
252 text editor ;) Have fun!
Chris Allegretta8b75a782002-05-13 00:09:30 +0000253
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000025403/30/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.8 is released. New features include an
Chris Allegretta4ceb30c2002-03-30 16:56:53 +0000255 "Insert Output of External Command", ^R^X, and a .spec
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000256 file is now included in the distribution. There are
257 cleanups in the usage code, fixes for regex parsing, the
258 file browser, the NO_CONVERT auto-detect, indented
259 justification, the internal spell checker, and a serious
260 bug where reading a file of 0 lines would hang nano.
261 Also, the "show position" code now shows the starting
Chris Allegretta4ceb30c2002-03-30 16:56:53 +0000262 column as 1 instead of 0. Have fun!
263
Chris Allegretta97489d22002-03-05 23:47:44 +000026403/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.7 "lets change everything and see what breaks"
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000265 is released. New features include new flags
Chris Allegretta97489d22002-03-05 23:47:44 +0000266 -N,--noconvert to stop any file format conversion and
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000267 -Q, --quotestr for the new quoted text justification, a
268 new tempnam() implementation to avoid silly warnings,
Chris Allegretta97489d22002-03-05 23:47:44 +0000269 DOS and Mac file options in the Write File dialog,
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000270 multiple save files (file.1) for abnormal exits, ^C now
271 shows column as well as character position, and
Chris Allegretta97489d22002-03-05 23:47:44 +0000272 multibuffer allows duplicate files, even unnamed ones.
273 Also, the static shortcut and toggle lengths are
274 history, nano now reads $SYSCONFDIR/nanorc if rc file
275 support is enabled, and nano is now built with (and
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000276 requires for rebuilding) autoconf 2.5.
Chris Allegretta97489d22002-03-05 23:47:44 +0000277 This release also includes fixes for some memory
David Lawrence Ramsey1eadebe2004-01-25 21:36:38 +0000278 leaks, detecting DOS and Mac file format, justification,
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000279 suspending keys, search & replace under various
Chris Allegretta97489d22002-03-05 23:47:44 +0000280 conditions, variable width for shortcuts, and the usual
281 ton of translation updates.
282
Chris Allegretta491029e2002-01-25 17:02:32 +000028301/25/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.6 is released. Lots of new features in this
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000284 release. New Meta-keys were added as alternates for
Chris Allegretta05f40652002-01-23 02:37:36 +0000285 control sequences: Meta-A for the marker key (^^), and
286 Meta-G for the 'goto dir' key in the file browser (^_).
287 The color syntax highlighting now supports multiple
288 lines via start="regex" end="regex" syntax, and the
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000289 .nanorc regex format itself has changed. Also, the
Chris Allegretta05f40652002-01-23 02:37:36 +0000290 gettext code was upgraded to version 0.10.40, and nano
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000291 will now display a message if only occurrence of a given
292 search exists.
Chris Allegretta05f40652002-01-23 02:37:36 +0000293 For bugfixes, there are fixes for spelling,
294 stray newlines in the usage() function, suspend issues
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000295 with tcsh, auto-indent and wrapping clashes, ugly code
Chris Allegretta05f40652002-01-23 02:37:36 +0000296 in rcfile.c, global variable compatibility with AIX.
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000297 There are also oodles of translation updates. Have fun
298 with it.
Chris Allegretta05f40652002-01-23 02:37:36 +0000299
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000030001/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.5 is out. The main new feature in this
301 release is the changed behavior of the keypad. Nano now
Chris Allegrettabdea41e2002-01-05 18:54:43 +0000302 does the Right Thing and used keypad() by default. If
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000303 you wish to use the keypad arrow keys in certain
304 terminals, you may use the -K or --keypad flag to use
305 the old behavior. Users of other OSes should see better
306 handling of their non-keypad keys in this release. Other
307 changes include more Hurd fixes, fixes parsing the
308 .nanorc, display fixes for the color syntax
Chris Allegrettabdea41e2002-01-05 18:54:43 +0000309 highlighting, gettext stabilization and many translation
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000310 updates. This is almost like a stable release, much
311 like in the 0.9.x series when every other release was
312 the most stable one :) Have fun!
313
31412/11/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.4 is released. This release contains
Chris Allegretta7bf25092001-12-12 02:44:40 +0000315 rudimentary color syntax support (but it's still
316 broken), compatibility fixes for the Hurd and FreeBSD,
317 spell checker and wrapping fixes, and more. It seems
318 that the amount of interest in the code is inversely
319 proportional to the amount of time since last release,
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000320 so it's time to show the world all the changes since
Chris Allegretta7bf25092001-12-12 02:44:40 +0000321 1.1.3 ;) Have fun with it!
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000322
32310/26/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.3 is released. As far as new features go,
324 the help system is now available for all functions in
325 the editor. Also, nano will also now print a message on
326 the status bar when it automatically converts a file
327 from Mac or DOS format, and trying to load a file that
328 has already been loaded in multibuffer mode will now
329 also cause an error message. There is now a "goto
330 previous word" which you can use by hitting Meta-Space
331 Bar.
332 As for fixes, a SEVERE bug in the null_at code
333 which discarded the memory address of reallocated memory
334 has been fixed. This is probably the biggest bug fix in
335 well over the last year of development. There are also
336 some display fixes for when the screen shouldn't center
337 itself on cut or uncut text. Also, the comments in the
338 header files incorrectly said that nano was distributed
339 under version 1 of the GPL when the accompanying license
340 was the GPLv2.
Chris Allegrettadc57bba2001-10-26 16:14:45 +0000341 If you're using nano-1.1, it is highly
Chris Allegrettad46f5442003-01-17 21:47:33 +0000342 recommended you upgrade to this release. If using 1.0,
Chris Allegrettadc57bba2001-10-26 16:14:45 +0000343 wait for version 1.0.6 which should be available early
344 next week. Enjoy!
345
Chris Allegretta03260b42001-10-04 01:24:07 +000034610/03/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.2 is out there. Many new features in this
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000347 release, including support for auto-converting from DOS
348 and Mac formatted files, as well as toggles for writing
349 out files in these formats. Pico's -o flag has been
350 implemented, as has some new smooth scrolling code
351 (which can be used in place of the default jerky
352 scrolling behavior). Also, there is now a "find
353 matching bracket/brace/etc" feature (Meta-]). The
354 .nanorc file now accepts setting the tabsize, and the
355 help text at the bottom of the editor is now better
356 spaced out in the search/replace prompts. There are
357 also the usual helping of bugfixes, translation updates
358 and, surely a bug or two. You better get ready!
Chris Allegretta03260b42001-10-04 01:24:07 +0000359
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000036007/28/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.1 is released. Our second 1.1 unstable
361 release features many bugfixes from the initial release,
362 in particular fixes for the multibuffer code, and
363 various compiler macro fixes. The shortcut lists for
Chris Allegretta0e8c8d82001-07-29 01:16:27 +0000364 the search and replace prompts are a little more logical
365 (with cancel the last option again), and the included
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000366 gettext was re-downgraded to 0.10.35 due to problems on
367 the PPC platform. GNU nano now includes its own aclocal
368 macros in the m4/ directory to allow rebuilding the
369 configure script to work on platforms regardless of
Chris Allegretta0e8c8d82001-07-29 01:16:27 +0000370 their gettext version.
371
Chris Allegretta9a748602001-07-15 16:07:23 +000037207/15/2001 - GNU nano 1.1.0 is released. This is the first release
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000373 in the 1.1.x unstable series of GNU nano. It
374 incorporates all changes up to the 1.0.3 release, and
375 also includes many many new features, including
376 appending to as well as overwriting files, writing
377 marked text to a separate file, dynamic wrap length,
378 lots more compatibility with Pico, and new optional
379 features like .nanorc file support and multiple file
380 buffers! All in all, plenty of new stuff that's sure to
381 introduce lots of bugs ;-) Have fun with it, but be
382 careful, unstable means unstable.
Chris Allegretta9a748602001-07-15 16:07:23 +0000383
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000038404/06/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there. The only new feature is a
385 configure option for those who want to disable all word
386 wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes this
387 release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n, and
388 several fixes in the file browser including a segfault
389 on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work properly,
390 and nano now sorts files case insensitively like Pilot.
391 Have fun with it.
Chris Allegretta38068cd2001-04-06 20:04:23 +0000392
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000039303/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug
Chris Allegretta4aa302f2001-03-18 18:50:04 +0000394 has been fixed, as well as strange bug when using Pico
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000395 mode and regex search. There have also been some minor
Chris Allegretta4aa302f2001-03-18 18:50:04 +0000396 spelling and documentation updates. As stated on the
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000397 website, there are currently no known bugs with nano,
398 but some will pop up eventually and they will be
399 addressed in subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy
400 this first stable release of nano, and as always,
401 feedback is welcome! nano@nano-editor.org.
Chris Allegretta4aa302f2001-03-18 18:50:04 +0000402
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000040302/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most
404 important being that nano is now officially a GNU
405 program. Some changes have been made for GNU
406 compatibility (like the default list of shortcuts, "^G
407 Get Help" is now Listed and "^_ Goto Line" is not). The
408 Yes/No/All keys have finally been internationalized
409 also. All in all, quite a few changes, considering nano
410 is supposed to be in a code freeze. But there are the
411 usual helping of bugfixes, a nasty bug when cutting text
412 in -k mode and some compatibility issues with older
413 ncurses libraries have also been fixed. All in all, a
414 lot to see.
Chris Allegrettaf4a98642001-02-19 05:28:00 +0000415
Chris Allegretta90e04042001-01-31 18:01:24 +000041601/31/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released. Not surprisingly, all that is
417 new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes. There were a few
418 cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate
419 functions, but most is just fixing. Specifically, there
420 is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for
421 resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit
422 mode. Other fixes include some more tab completion
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000423 segfaults, and an silly segfault that occurred when
424 successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e, after
425 an initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward
426 1.0 we travel.
Chris Allegretta90e04042001-01-31 18:01:24 +0000427
Chris Allegretta9d6f3f32001-01-21 02:35:03 +000042801/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released. This is the first pre-1.0
Chris Allegretta9faa3f12001-01-18 04:37:09 +0000429 release of nano, and is also the first release since the
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000430 code freeze for nano 1.0. Don't expect (or request) any
Chris Allegretta9faa3f12001-01-18 04:37:09 +0000431 new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes,
432 optimizations and doc/translation updates. For fixes, a
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000433 nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home
434 directory (~), some checks for the NumLock key making
435 the keypad go awry, window size sanity checks, many
436 autoconf fixes, and support for the KDE konsole keypad
437 layout. Have fun.
Chris Allegretta9faa3f12001-01-18 04:37:09 +0000438
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000043901/07/2001 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!"
440 release. It includes one new feature that Pico has had
441 forever, a built-in file browser. Since not everyone
442 may want this option, there is a --disable-browser
443 option to the configure script as well. Other changes
444 include slightly different keypad handling, and a bugfix
445 for crashes when tab completion in certain instances.
446 Have fun and Happy New Year!
Chris Allegretta16991442001-01-07 22:06:11 +0000447
Chris Allegretta88520c92001-05-05 17:45:54 +000044812/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.24 is released. This version contains the last of
Chris Allegretta66149e72000-12-19 02:51:06 +0000449 the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a
450 nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for
451 reading, among other fixes. Nano also now cowardly
452 refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like
453 trying to open /dev/zero. New features include being
454 Able to use Meta-Meta-<key> as Control-<key>, better
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000455 HURD support, and some new flags have been added for
456 Pico compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly
Chris Allegretta66149e72000-12-19 02:51:06 +0000457 recommended.
458
Chris Allegretta88167602000-12-09 00:07:06 +000045912/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release. The
460 main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000461 fix for the security issue in nano with following
462 symbolic links. Hopefully this will fix the problem
463 permanently. The --nofollow option also works again for
464 those who are real security nuts. There are also some
465 display and search fixes, and the --disable-spell
466 function was renamed to --disable-speller to be in line
467 with nano and Pico's "speller" term.
Chris Allegretta88167602000-12-09 00:07:06 +0000468
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000046912/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and
Chris Allegrettaac139dd2000-12-02 21:31:17 +0000470 additions than imaginable. The most important change is
471 a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000472 lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because of
473 an error or signal. Also there are better checks when
Chris Allegrettaac139dd2000-12-02 21:31:17 +0000474 saving files.
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000475 As for new features, username tab completion is now
476 working well, the internal spell checker code has been
Chris Allegrettaac139dd2000-12-02 21:31:17 +0000477 tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000478 justify formatted your text, and there are more options
479 for configure, including --disable-spell and
Chris Allegretta9ee2a0d2000-12-02 21:50:57 +0000480 --disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000481 surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in a
482 little over a week.
Chris Allegrettaac139dd2000-12-02 21:31:17 +0000483
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000048411/23/2000 - Happy Thanksgiving! Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was
Chris Allegretta71366cd2000-11-23 21:04:27 +0000485 a big turkey" release. It fixes several bugs introduced
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000486 by the previous version, as well as a few long- standing
487 display bugs. All 0.9.20 users are strongly encouraged
488 to upgrade to this release.
Chris Allegretta71366cd2000-11-23 21:04:27 +0000489
49011/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door. Probably the biggest
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000491 change is the brand new way nano displays previous
492 search and replace strings (they are now editable!)
493 This is a break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so
494 if you don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the
495 command line or Meta-P within nano) still works the
496 "old" way.
Chris Allegretta44b52ca2000-11-18 16:46:14 +0000497 Other new features include being able to deal with
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000498 search strings of any length, a new internal spell
499 feature (courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion
500 when reading in or writing out files! There's also the
501 usual billion or so bug fixes. Feedback on this release
502 is welcome because so much has changed, especially with
503 the previous string display in search and replace.
504 Email -> nano@nano-editor.org <-. If you like
505 something, don't like something, or just want to order a
506 pizza, let us know!
Chris Allegretta44b52ca2000-11-18 16:46:14 +0000507
Chris Allegretta07e97d62000-10-03 01:52:50 +000050810/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.19 is the "Chris is getting married in less than
509 a week and needs a distraction" release. There are only
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000510 a few actual code changes, mainly portability and
511 compiler warning fixes. Nano now also supports
512 PDCurses, which enables easily-built nano executables
513 for Windows NT and 95/98 for the brave. The official
514 nano site has changed (again) as well, check out
515 www.nano-editor.org for all the latest nano schtuff.
Chris Allegretta07e97d62000-10-03 01:52:50 +0000516
Chris Allegretta629edad2000-09-19 00:27:19 +000051709/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed. It has some new keyboard
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000518 handling code, Cygwin support out of the box, and a more
519 portable handler for the NOHELP toggle. There is also a
520 fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying to insert
521 a directory instead of a normal file would destroy the
522 contents of the editor. A must-see. Four stars.
Chris Allegretta629edad2000-09-19 00:27:19 +0000523
Chris Allegretta423cbfd2000-09-04 16:21:29 +000052409/04/2000 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a
525 quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!)
526 New features include better (not yet perfect) binary
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000527 display support and toggle support for most of the
528 program flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k
529 and M-e for -c, -i, -x, -p, -w, -k, and -R).
Chris Allegretta423cbfd2000-09-04 16:21:29 +0000530
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000053108/09/2000 - Nano 0.9.16, after some struggling, is released. This
532 release should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug.
533 The "cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is
534 the "cutting text on the last line" bug. Nice symmetry
535 there huh? Also the --tabsize argument should now work
536 as well as by using -T.
Chris Allegrettaba96f7a2000-08-09 21:38:28 +0000537
Chris Allegretta88520c92001-05-05 17:45:54 +000053808/03/2000 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description"
Chris Allegretta0bf4e142000-08-04 02:42:04 +0000539 release. There are the usual gala of display bugfixes,
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000540 a fix for the the nasty bug in -k mode that could create
541 a loop in the file being edited, and some other code
Chris Allegretta0bf4e142000-08-04 02:42:04 +0000542 cleanup. Also, the -T option should now work regardless
543 of the curses library used. Yay.
544
Chris Allegrettaa1a55c72000-07-28 00:36:03 +000054507/27/2000 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should
546 be skipped as a version number" release. One typo
547 caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000548 -k caused both flags to be used). The -k code is also
549 now closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please
550 note that this code is not finished yet. Working on
551 this code has made me realize that there is not enough
Chris Allegrettaa1a55c72000-07-28 00:36:03 +0000552 abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that
553 for the next release. Until then, have fun with this
554 version.
555
Chris Allegrettaedebbe62000-07-23 16:45:20 +000055607/23/2000 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the
Chris Allegretta231d3d62000-07-22 19:33:19 +0000557 -k option from Pico (cut to end of line). The majority
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000558 of changes in this release are bugfixes, however,
559 including the usual display fixes and fixes for writing
560 to symbolic links and un-writable files. Barring any
561 other major changes, this should be the feature set for
562 nano 1.0, whenever it might be released =-)
Chris Allegretta231d3d62000-07-22 19:33:19 +0000563
Chris Allegrettae955dae2000-07-07 22:24:59 +000056407/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.12 (The "lucky day" release) is bursting with new
565 features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor. For
566 changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000567 ^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico. ^W^T
568 is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility. As for
569 new features, the wonderful/hated magic line code has
570 returned with a vengeance! Also, regular expression
571 searches and replaces have been incorporated via the -R
572 flag. And, of course, there are the usual helping of
573 display and other bug fixes to top it all off.
Chris Allegrettae955dae2000-07-07 22:24:59 +0000574
Chris Allegretta4da1fc62000-06-21 03:00:43 +000057506/20/2000 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy
Chris Allegretta37985882000-06-20 00:39:20 +0000576 routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code
577 and almost all of the display routines. There are many
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000578 improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in
Chris Allegretta37985882000-06-20 00:39:20 +0000579 general, but there may be bugs lurking yet. Also, after
580 many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000581 displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize). Note that this
582 function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the editor,
583 the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal width
584 (usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look
Chris Allegretta88520c92001-05-05 17:45:54 +0000585 smaller or bigger while in the editor. New in the
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000586 translation department is an Indonesian translation
587 (id).
Chris Allegretta37985882000-06-20 00:39:20 +0000588
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000058906/06/2000 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT
590 when using "run and terminate" flags (for example,
591 --help). There are also some minor documentation
592 updates. This version of nano is the most stable in
593 quite some time, and is likely to be the most stable for
594 awhile. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this
595 version.
Chris Allegretta2b26e0a2000-06-07 04:02:06 +0000596
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +000059705/31/2000 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support,
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000598 more portability, and a ton of bugfixes. While nano is
599 not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of code quality,
600 it gets a quantum leap closer with this release.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000601
60205/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix
603 the resize crash people have been experiencing. It also
604 offers a new input method that should allow nano to do
605 things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys)
Chris Allegretta88520c92001-05-05 17:45:54 +0000606 and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards. There
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000607 are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups.
608 Have fun with it.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000609
61005/14/2000 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long
611 line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000612 behavior (i.e, symlinks weren't being followed by
613 default). Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out
614 soon and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the
615 year, but who knows.
616
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +000061705/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5
618 uncovered. There are improvements (and some remaining
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000619 segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more display
620 optimizations. I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2 are the
621 most stable versions of nano to date, but this one may
622 not be too bad =-)
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000623
62405/01/2000 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000625 to be at least somewhat reasonable. Much code profiling
626 has been done to reduce the ridiculous number of
627 redundant display updates. This will probably expose a
628 lot of bugs that can then be fixed, so this release is
629 probably not for the faint of heart. For anyone
630 curious, I would call nano 0.9.2 the most stable version
631 recently, so use that if you're not particularly
632 concerned with being on the bleeding edge.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000633
63404/25/2000 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000635 line code and related segfaults. It also now has much
636 better handling for 8-bit characters. The --enable-tiny
637 code also produces a smaller executable.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000638
63904/19/2000 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release. It
640 underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000641 more bugs than they fix. The most important change to
642 this version of nano is the removal of the "magic line".
643 You will no longer see a blank line at the end of the
644 file. If you want a new line at the end of your file,
645 you'll have to hit enter to get one.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000646
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000647 NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO.
648 Unfortunately, this feature has been causing many many
649 problems with nano so it is being removed for the time
650 being, and perhaps indefinitely.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000651
Chris Allegretta88520c92001-05-05 17:45:54 +0000652 Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000653 nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000654 marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000655 slang libraries instead of ncurses.
656
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000065704/15/2000 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if
658 nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute
659 path. The bug was in the new code for checking whether
Chris Allegretta6df90f52002-07-19 01:08:59 +0000660 nano is invoked as 'pico'.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000661
66204/14/2000 - 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in. The
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000663 option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace (^T)
664 is now available, and nano now displays the more
665 Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico' (i.e, if
666 'pico' is a symlink to nano). There is an important
667 change to the handling of symbolic links as well. Now,
668 nano does the "correct" thing and automatically writes
669 to the object of the symlink, rather than replace the
670 symlink with the updated file. This behavior is still
671 available with the --nofollow or -l flags.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000672 Other new things include a fix for the infamous
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000673 "recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the
674 wrapping code.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000675
67604/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000677 a much better refresh setup (It's still not great,
678 but...) There should also be more stability editing
679 long lines, as there was a stupid mistake in the
680 update_line call. Silly me =)
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000681
68203/22/2000 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8
683 to reflect the current stagnant status of the project.
684 Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because
685 (a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000686 (b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is
687 quite negligible. Fortunately, this release marks the
688 first release since I have acquired ownership of the
689 nano pages on SourceForge. Here's hoping SF will get us
690 some more visibility, translators and patches.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000691
69203/12/2000 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though)
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000693 to my new home into Albany. Thus I should now have more
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000694 time to work on nano. Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what
695 broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000696 i18n and many bugfixes. It is VERY likely something
697 broke this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply
698 the i18n stuff properly, so *it* may not even work.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000699
700 I would like to announce that I'm going to need
701 translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other
Chris Allegretta88520c92001-05-05 17:45:54 +0000702 languages than English (or even better, if your native
703 language is not English) and you would like to submit a
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000704 translation file to me, please feel free to do so. If
705 you do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS
706 file as the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on
707 it is yours to take care of and keep up to date.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000708
70903/01/2000 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000710 release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released. The
711 crashing behavior was still occurring, and this most
712 recent fix also fixes some other wrapping problems, so
713 here you go. There may be another release soon, there
714 may not be, is that vague enough? =)
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000715
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000071602/25/2000 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the
717 end of a page has ceased, thankfully. I'm also moving
718 next weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new
719 version of nano next week =-)
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000720
72102/11/2000 - Okay, here we go again. Aside from a few minor fixes and
722 some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000723 different in this version of nano. I haven't gotten
724 much feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing
725 or does no one care? Write and let me know! =)
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000726
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000072702/08/2000 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there
728 has been more than three days since the last release.
729 New features include an initial help mode (YAY!),
730 hopefully much more support for i18n out of the box, and
731 a flag for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists
732 displayed. This release also marks the new nano
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000733 distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email
734 address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc.
735
73602/02/2000 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release,
737 but I may be changing jobs very soon. I will release
738 version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet). I
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000739 expect things to settle down by the end of next week,
740 and then I can try to start on the i18n support and help
741 menu; look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to
742 0.9.0.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000743
74401/28/2000 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward
Chris Allegretta88520c92001-05-05 17:45:54 +0000745 internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G). I
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000746 will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in
747 the next version, and will implement the help system
748 with i18n built into it shortly after that. Please
749 don't hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're
750 sure the fault lies with nano =-).
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000751
75201/25/2000 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a
753 little portable, mmmmkay?' release. There are many
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000754 portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn
755 for his patches. I removed the broken do_spell behavior
756 with the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call
757 'ispell' until I write a better method to handle the
758 output of the normal 'spell' command.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000759
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000076001/24/2000 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features. Among them are a
761 new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile flag
762 like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000763 spelling program support. The spelling function tries
764 to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000765 can specify another spelling program with -s or
766 --speller.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000767
76801/17/00 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this
769 release' release. It's the busy time at work for me, so
770 please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +0000771 included in the next immediate version of nano. I'm
772 sure all the changes in this release will cause a few
773 bugs, so 0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those
774 bugs.
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000775
Chris Allegretta88520c92001-05-05 17:45:54 +0000776 Things added this release include resizability (kinda),
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000777 new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command
778 line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes.
779
David Lawrence Ramsey9e45a472004-01-06 17:12:28 +000078001/15/00 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release. It now
781 loads large files much faster than previous versions,
782 and is even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather
783 rudimentary tests. Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the
Chris Allegrettaa2ea1932000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000784 read_byte patch!
785
78601/09/00 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed
787 to nano. The new homepage is at
788 http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano. Please
789 update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that
790 jazz.
Chris Allegrettac87a4112000-08-07 02:16:24 +0000791
792$Id$