2017.07.21 - GNU nano 2.8.6 "Kekulé" offers a new feature: the ability
to do softwrapping between words -- at whitespace --
instead of always at the edge of the screen. This can
be activated with -a or --atblanks or 'set atblanks'
together with the softwrap option. This release further
fixes a handful of rare display glitches, fixes a build
failure on AIX, harmonizes the quoting rules in the rc
files, and renames the option 'cut' to 'cutfromcursor'
(please update your nanorc files before 2020).
GNU nano is a simple and easy-to-use editor for on the terminal.
https://nano-editor.org/
The tarball and its signature are here:
https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-2.8.6.tar.xz
https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-2.8.6.tar.xz.asc
Specific bugs that were fixed in this release:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49440 (double-width characters not shown)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49959 (softwrap at word boundaries [request])
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51335 (misplaced cursor with --so --co --noh)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51348 (build failure on Solaris)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51355 (commenting could not be disabled)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51356 (^X in help lines showing wrong word)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51357 (^T in help lines does not adapt)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51358 (status bar was sometimes not cleared)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51369 (misencodings in the HTML docs)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51370 (inconsistent quoting for 'comment')
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51394 (misparsing of argument of 'comment')
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51407 (indenting leaves target x unchanged)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51427 (some spaces spilling onto next line)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51457 (word for ^X changes when resizing)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51477 (entry of invalid byte upon resume)
Changes between v2.8.5 and v2.8.6:
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David Lawrence Ramsey (29):
display: when converting tabs, don't go beyond the screen width
docs: consistently describe the -U/-c and -r/-w overrides
docs: mention that boldtext can be overridden also for function tags
docs: mention the default values for comment and whitespace directives
moving: fix the cursor jumping back and forth with non-smooth paging
moving: make vertical movement account for varying chunk width
new feature: allow lines to be softwrapped at whitespace
replacing: make spotlight() account for varying chunk width
softwrap: add new functions for chunks of varying width
softwrap: don't flag EOL too early, nor break continuous text too early
softwrap: in do_mouse(), keep the cursor before a softwrap breakpoint
softwrap: make the changes to actually allow the chunk width to vary
softwrap: prepare for allowing the chunk width to vary
softwrap: remove unneeded caps on the number of chunks to move
syntax: nanorc: properly color a "fill" option with a negative value
text: adjust the comments in do_indent() and do_unindent()
text: make do_unindent() an exact copy of do_indent()
text: make sure commenting is disabled when comment "" was specified
text: normalize the indentation in do_indent() and do_unindent()
text: remove indent-related code from do_unindent()
text: remove the last usage of cols in do_indent() and do_unindent()
text: remove unindent-related code from do_indent()
text: remove unneeded references to cols from the indentation routines
text: update placewewant properly when indenting/unindenting
tweaks: correct a parameter type, and correct two empty initializations
tweaks: fix a typo in NEWS
tweaks: only compensate for a partially-offscreen line in softwrap mode
tweaks: remove unneeded braces, and mark empty parameter list as void
usage: a dash doesn't have to come first among the filenames
Benno Schulenberg (59):
build: for Solaris, tell the linker to use a threading lib
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.8.6 release
display: avoid a jumpy cursor by redrawing bottom bars only when needed
display: when back in the main loop, always redraw the help lines
display: wipe stale messages from the status bar straightaway
docs: add some more mark-up to the Info document
docs: be more precise about when a dash is given instead of a filename
docs: drop the cluttering Info-style links from the HTML manual
docs: improve cross references and mark-up in the Info document
docs: improve some spacing, especially of the synopsis in the PDF
docs: make the guillemot and the middle dot appear correctly in HTML
docs: move the descriptions of 'header' and 'magic' next to 'syntax'
docs: remove the mention of backslashes for the argument of 'comment'
docs: reword the explanation of the 'syntax' command
docs: use real cross references in the Info document
docs: use the @command and @option mark-up more consistently
files: don't bother counting rows when opening a fresh buffer
files: warn more conspicuously when the file on disk has changed
gnulib: update to its current state
input: recognize the Ctrl+Arrow key sequences from Haiku's Terminal
options: recognize -a and --atblanks on the command line
options: rename --cut to --cutfromcursor, to be clearer
pasting: restore the cap on the number of chunks to move backward
po: regenerate POT file and PO files
rcfile: don't require backslashing in the argument of 'comment'
screen: defeat a VTE/Konsole bug also for the case of --constantshow
screen: retain the same help-line tags when the window is resized
softwrap: when possible, go back a whole bunch of chunks at a time
startup: don't try parsing color names that were not specified
startup: in default mode, display the tail of the file as Pico does
suspension: prevent entering an invalid byte upon resume (with S-Lang)
syntax: gentoo: make it clearer that the file contains two syntaxes
syntax: man, groff: fix the string that introduces a comment
syntax: nanorc: don't color numeric arguments specially
syntax: nanorc: don't color the argument of 'linter' as if invalid
syntax: texinfo: cover also some special cases like @U, @OE and @TeX
tweaks: adjust an error message so it fits all possible cases
tweaks: avoid a clang warning about an expression being treated as NULL
tweaks: avoid a failure with black diamonds in a PDF
tweaks: avoid an unused-variable warning for the tiny version
tweaks: chuck some debugging stuff
tweaks: chuck two useless asserts, and elide a call to strncasecmp()
tweaks: correct two conditions for conditional compilation
tweaks: drop a bunch of useless asserts
tweaks: elide unneeded calls of get_last_chunk_leftedge()
tweaks: fix compilation with --enable-tiny
tweaks: move an include to the file that actually makes use of it
tweaks: put declarations always first, so it will compile on Haiku
tweaks: recognize the empty string as comment inhibitor, instead of NULL
tweaks: remove two superfluous includes
tweaks: rename a constant, to match the corresponding option
tweaks: rename another constant, to be more precise
tweaks: rename a variable, to have more contrast
tweaks: rename four functions, to be more distinct
tweaks: rename two variables, to make a little sense
tweaks: reshuffle some things to condense the code
tweaks: simplify the parsing of color combinations
tweaks: spell an option correctly in NEWS
tweaks: swap ^X and ^L in the help lines of the help viewer
--
Benno
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