| Jordi Mallach | aebfac8 | 2003-02-13 12:50:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | GNU nano upgrading information |
| 2 | ============================== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Visible changes since 1.0 |
| 5 | ------------------------- |
| 6 | * Editor Features |
| 7 | - Complete Pico compatibility (--pico has been removed, and -p means |
| 8 | something else, see below). |
| Jordi Mallach | e2a9e3c | 2003-03-24 13:09:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | - nanorc support (see nanorc.sample included in sources). |
| Jordi Mallach | aebfac8 | 2003-02-13 12:50:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | - Smooth scrolling (-S). |
| 11 | - Searching of matching brace/bracket/etc. |
| 12 | - Help for all editor features. |
| 13 | - Color syntax highlighting support. |
| 14 | - Quote string support, useful for mail agents, etc (-Q). |
| 15 | - Insertion of output of external commands. |
| 16 | - Optional enabling of XON and XOFF control characters (-p). |
| 17 | - Tons of bugfixes/enhancements for already existing features. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | * File Handling |
| 20 | - Overwriting and appending or prepending to files. |
| 21 | - Writing marked text to separate files. |
| 22 | - Multiple file buffers (-F). |
| 23 | - Converting from and to DOS/Mac file format (-D/-M, -N to disable). |
| 24 | - Better control character handling. |
| 25 | - Creation of backup files (-B). |
| 26 | - Search/replace history (-H). |
| 27 | |
| 28 | See the GNU nano manual for detailed information on each feature. |