2017.03.31 - GNU nano 2.8.0 "Axat" makes it easier to move around in
softwrapped lines: the Up and Down keys now step from
visual row to visual row instead of jumping between
logical lines, and the Home and End keys now move to
the start and end of a row, and only when already
there, then to the start and end of the logical line.
Furthermore, the screen can now scroll per row instead
of always per logical line. On an entirely different
front: nano now makes use of gnulib, to make it build
on more platforms. In short: there were many internal
changes, not many user-visible ones (apart form the
new softwrap navigation). The conversion to gnulib
was done by Mike Frysinger, the softwrap overhaul by
David Ramsey.
GNU nano is a simple and easy-to-use editor for the terminal.
https://nano-editor.org/
The tarball and its signature are here:
https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-2.8.0.tar.xz
https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-2.8.0.tar.xz.asc
Specific bugs that were fixed mostly concern softwrap:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47667 (making PageUp+PageDown immobile)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49100 (scrolling on extremely long lines)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49384 (moving right on very long lines)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50415 (cursor placement after spell check)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50403 (character counts with Unicode Input)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50389 (spotlighting across row boundaries)
Changes between v2.7.5 and v2.8.0:
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Benno Schulenberg (57):
bindings: accept "q" and "x" to exit from help viewer and file browser
bindings: group the three search-again shortcuts together
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.0 release
docs: mention some more differences with Pico in the Info document
files: drop the pointless "[from ./]" from the insert-file prompt
files: on second thought... keep the "[from ./]"
input: count a manually entered unicode as one character
moving: don't try to redraw lines that have gone outside the viewport
moving: /do/ redraw the prior line when the viewport hasn't changed
moving: the current chunk cannot be beyond the last chunk of a line
oops -- that's what you get when you don't test things before pushing
painting: don't try to start highlighting before column zero
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
screen: don't push the longer-line indicator ($) to the next row
spelling: keep the cursor at end-of-line if it was there
startup: add option 'nopauses' to disable pausing after a warning
tweaks: add a warning for a condition that should never occur
tweaks: avoid a few needless reallocations
tweaks: chuck some debugging stuff and some useless asserts
tweaks: condense some declarations by reshuffling
tweaks: correct some formatting irregularities in the FAQ
tweaks: don't loop over an initializer
tweaks: don't optimize for the wrong case
tweaks: don't turn the mark off before it's needed
tweaks: ehm... the warning is more important for the softwrap case
tweaks: elide an intermediate variable
tweaks: elide a small intermediate buffer
tweaks: elide a variable
tweaks: elide two variables, and condense some statements
tweaks: factor out a bit of common code
tweaks: fix compilation with --enable-tiny --enable-help
tweaks: frob a couple of comments
tweaks: frob some parentheses and other things, to be more consistent
tweaks: gettextize a forgotten error message
tweaks: make WhereIsNext available in browser in tiny version
tweaks: mark a message for translation
tweaks: optimize determining the number of columns that a text spans
tweaks: reduce the scope of five variables, and frob some comments
tweaks: remove a disabled warning, and adjust a translator hint
tweaks: rename and shorten a small helper function
tweaks: rename a variable and invert its logic
tweaks: rename a variable, drop a false assert, and reshuffle a bit
tweaks: rename three variables, to better distinguish bytes from columns
tweaks: rename two variables, to be more distinctive
tweaks: reshuffle some lines and adjust some comments
tweaks: reshuffle some more lines and improve four comments
tweaks: reshuffle some statements, to avoid double assignments
tweaks: reshuffle the bindings to group things more logically
tweaks: reshuffle three statements, and shorten a comment
tweaks: reshuffle two declarations for a more consistent order
tweaks: shorten a bit of logic
tweaks: simplify and correct a computation
tweaks: suggest a separate color scheme for root
tweaks: trim a displayable string in a more efficient manner
tweaks: use two extra variables to make it clearer what is being done
usage: don't mention +LINE,COLUMN as an option, because it isn't
wrapping: add the correct char length when skipping consecutive blanks
David Lawrence Ramsey (52):
configure: don't check for the existence of iswspace() anymore
display: don't compensate for chunks before firstcolumn
display: don't draw more chunks than the screen can hold
display: limit an optimization to non-softwrap mode
display: make PageUp/PageDown use the correct beginning of the viewport
docs: update README.GIT for gnulib-related changes
files: revamp the insertion of a file, to be more like pasting text
moving: determine the correct leftedge when paging up/down too
replacing: fix spotlight() to highlight words properly in softwrap mode
softwrap: account for firstcolumn in reset_cursor()
softwrap: account for firstcolumn when checking for offscreen current
softwrap: account for firstcolumn when scrolling up a line
softwrap: account for softwrap in get_page_start()
softwrap: account for softwrapped chunks when adding text
softwrap: account for softwrap when checking whether current is offscreen
softwrap: add two chunk-iterator functions
softwrap: adjust firstcolumn when the window width changes
softwrap: count softwrapped chunks properly in do_gotolinecolumn()
softwrap: count softwrapped chunks properly in do_uncut_text()
softwrap: count softwrapped chunks properly in read_file()
softwrap: improve End's behavior with softwrapped chunks
softwrap: improve Home's behavior with softwrapped lines
softwrap: improve Left and Right's behavior with softwrapped chunks
softwrap: improve PageUp and PageDown's behavior with softwrapped chunks
softwrap: improve Up and Down's behavior with softwrapped chunks
softwrap: iterate through softwrapped chunks better in do_mouse()
softwrap: iterate through softwrapped chunks in adjust_viewport()
softwrap: iterate through softwrapped chunks in edit_scroll()
softwrap: move the updating of a softwrapped line to a new function
softwrap: prepare for a more flexible viewport
softwrap: remove and replace workarounds for firstcolumn
softwrap: save and restore firstcolumn when copying text
softwrap: save and restore firstcolumn when internally spell-fixing text
softwrap: save and restore firstcolumn when replacing text
softwrap: save firstcolumn when justifying, restore it when unjustifying
speller: fix replacing marked text in the alternate spell checker
syntax: nanorc: color also the option "linenumbers" as being valid
tweaks: add a parameter to do_home() and do_end()
tweaks: fix a comment typo
tweaks: mention nano's ability to read from standard input in usage()
tweaks: move comments outside of if blocks in break_line()
tweaks: prepare for improvements to do_home() and do_end()
tweaks: remove cluttering #ifdefs from break_line()
tweaks: rename need_horizontal_scroll() to line_needs_update()
tweaks: slightly optimize an allocation in display_string()
tweaks: stop converting text once we overshoot span columns
undo: fix undoing/redoing insertions, since they no longer do partitioning
usage: mention the -g/--showcursor option
weeding: remove ensure_line_is_visible()
weeding: remove maxlines and related code
weeding: remove partitioning and related stuff from do_insertfile()
weeding: remove partitioning and related stuff from do_justify()
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (1):
tweaks: make sure calls to <ctype.h> functions/macros use "unsigned char"
Mike Frysinger (19):
add an explicit test for set_escdelay()
add support for gnulib
assume getopt_long support is always available
assume regex.h support is always available
configure: require autoconf-2.69/automake-1.14
configure: require gettext-0.18.3, and drop our bundled m4 files
drop the getdelim/getline fallback functions
drop the glib fallback for snprintf/vsnprintf
drop the isblank/iswblank fallback functions
drop the wchar.h/wctype.h/stdarg.h checks
drop various str fallback functions
fix build on systems without pwd.h
handle builds on systems without termios.h
handle deficient signal systems
pull in the glob module from gnulib
pull in the lstat module from gnulib
pull in the nl_langinfo & wcwidth modules from gnulib
pull in the sys_wait module from gnulib
tweaks: disable gnulib's workaround for the globbing of broken symlinks
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