Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | |
Chris Allegretta | c46dd81 | 2001-02-14 14:28:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | GNU nano - an enhanced clone of the Pico text editor. |
Chris Allegretta | 6e28537 | 2001-04-07 17:50:03 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | |
Chris Allegretta | 1e6fb08 | 2000-12-27 15:46:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | Overview |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | |
Chris Allegretta | 1e6fb08 | 2000-12-27 15:46:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | The nano project was started because of a few "problems" with the |
| 7 | wonderfully easy-to-use and friendly Pico text editor. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | First and foremost is its license: the Pine suite does not use the |
David Lawrence Ramsey | f0b3009 | 2004-01-10 06:02:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | GPL or a GPL-friendly license, and has unclear restrictions on |
| 11 | redistribution. Because of this, Pine and Pico are not included |
| 12 | with many GNU/Linux distributions. Also, other features (like goto |
| 13 | line number or search and replace) were unavailable until recently |
| 14 | or require a command line flag. Yuck. |
Chris Allegretta | 1e6fb08 | 2000-12-27 15:46:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | nano aims to solve these problems by emulating the functionality of |
Chris Allegretta | 88520c9 | 2001-05-05 17:45:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | Pico as closely as possible while addressing the problems above and |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | perhaps providing other extra functionality. |
Chris Allegretta | c46dd81 | 2001-02-14 14:28:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | |
David Lawrence Ramsey | f0b3009 | 2004-01-10 06:02:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | The nano editor is now an official GNU package. For more |
| 21 | information on GNU and the Free Software Foundation please see |
| 22 | http://www.gnu.org. |
David Lawrence Ramsey | d5be947 | 2004-01-10 06:12:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | How to compile and install nano |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Download the nano source code, then: |
| 27 | tar zxvf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz |
| 28 | cd nano-x.y.z |
| 29 | ./configure |
| 30 | make |
| 31 | make install |
David Lawrence Ramsey | d5be947 | 2004-01-10 06:12:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | |
David Lawrence Ramsey | f0b3009 | 2004-01-10 06:02:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the |
Chris Allegretta | 9560bb5 | 2001-02-13 05:18:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | default installation directory of /usr/local. |
David Lawrence Ramsey | d5be947 | 2004-01-10 06:12:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | Web Page |
| 37 | |
Chris Allegretta | 66989d6 | 2000-09-27 03:16:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | http://www.nano-editor.org |
David Lawrence Ramsey | d5be947 | 2004-01-10 06:12:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | Mailing List and Bug Reports |
| 41 | |
Chris Allegretta | db3dc57 | 2002-02-01 13:40:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | Savannah hosts all the nano-related mailing-lists. |
David Lawrence Ramsey | f0b3009 | 2004-01-10 06:02:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | |
Chris Allegretta | db3dc57 | 2002-02-01 13:40:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | + info-nano@gnu.org is a very low traffic list |
David Lawrence Ramsey | ce364e2 | 2004-03-03 01:25:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 45 | used to announce new nano versions or other important |
David Lawrence Ramsey | f0b3009 | 2004-01-10 06:02:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | information about the project. |
Chris Allegretta | db3dc57 | 2002-02-01 13:40:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | + help-nano@gnu.org is for those seeking to get help without |
| 48 | wanting to hear about the technical details of its |
| 49 | development. |
| 50 | + nano-devel@gnu.org is the list used by the people |
David Lawrence Ramsey | ce364e2 | 2004-03-03 01:25:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 51 | that make nano and a general development discussion list, with |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | moderate traffic. |
David Lawrence Ramsey | f0b3009 | 2004-01-10 06:02:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | |
| 54 | To subscribe, send email to nano-<name>-request@gnu.org with a |
| 55 | subject of "subscribe", where <name> is the list you want to |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | subscribe to. |
David Lawrence Ramsey | f0b3009 | 2004-01-10 06:02:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | For general bug reports, send a description of the problem to |
Chris Allegretta | 66989d6 | 2000-09-27 03:16:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | nano@nano-editor.org or directly to the development list. |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | |
| 61 | Current Status |
| 62 | |
David Lawrence Ramsey | f0b3009 | 2004-01-10 06:02:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | GNU nano has reached its second major milestone, 1.2.x. |
| 64 | Development of new features will continue in the 1.3.x branch, |
| 65 | while 1.2.x versions will be dedicated to bugfixing and |
| 66 | polishing. |
Chris Allegretta | 802c6ef | 2001-07-11 02:49:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | |
Chris Allegretta | a2ea193 | 2000-06-06 05:53:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | Chris Allegretta (chrisa@asty.org) |
Chris Allegretta | c87a411 | 2000-08-07 02:16:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | |
| 70 | $Id$ |