2018.01.02 - GNU nano 2.9.2 "Pussy Riot" correctly displays the Modified
state when undoing/redoing (also when the file was saved
somewhere midway), improves the undoing of an automatic
linefeed at EOF, fixes a build issue on the BSDs, shows
the cursor again when compiled with --withslang, renames
the option 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks' because it will
now snip trailing whitespace also while you are typing
(and hard-wrapping is enabled), continues pushing words
to the next line much longer (when hard-wrapping), makes
<Tab> and <Shift+Tab> indent and unindent a marked region,
allows unindenting when not all lines are indented, lets a
region marked with Shift persist when indenting/unindenting
or commenting/uncommenting it, and in those cases excludes
the last line of the region when it is not visibly marked
(which makes for a more intuitive behavior).
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-2.9.2.tar.xz
https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-2.9.2.tar.xz.asc
Specific bugs that were fixed in this release:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52198 (trimming of tail spaces [request])
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52523 (undoing added magic lines)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52546 (build failure on macOS Sierra)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52576 (too quickly created a new wrapline)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52651 (missing cursor when using Slang)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52682 (arrow keys failed with --rebindkeypad)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52689 (Modified state not shown correctly)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52755 (prompt bar not getting wiped)
Nano has complete translations for the following thirteen languages
(the language name is followed by the name of the last translator):
Croat -- Božidar Putanec
Dutch -- Benno Schulenberg
Esperanto -- Benno Schulenberg
French -- Jean-Philippe Guérard
German -- Mario Blättermann
Irish -- Kevin Scannell
Japanese -- Takeshi Hamasaki
Portuguese -- Rafael Fontenelle (Brazil)
Romanian -- Mihai Cristescu
Spanish -- Antonio Ceballos
Turkish -- Mehmet Kececi
Ukrainian -- Yuri Chornoivan
Vietnamese -- Trần Ngọc Quân
Changes between v2.9.1 and v2.9.2:
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Benjamin Mintz (1):
syntax: python: add 'async', 'await', and 'nonlocal' as keywords
Liu Hao (1):
syntax: c: increase the color contrast of reminders like FIXME
Michael Francis (1):
syntax: php: function and variable names can contain uppercase and digits
Mike Frysinger (1):
syntax: javascript: add newer keywords and string syntax
Tom Levy (6):
syntax: go: fix word boundary before dot in number literal
syntax: go: sign of exponent in number literal is optional
syntax: lua: add new and missing standard library functions
syntax: lua: correct the word boundaries on standard library functions
syntax: lua: require at least one digit for hexadecimal numbers
syntax: lua: support fractional part and exponent for decimal and hex
David Lawrence Ramsey (3):
input: support backtab when Slang and/or --rebindkeypad is used
tweaks: use printf's z modifier for (s)size_t, instead of casting
undo: when adding text adds a magicline, an undo should remove both
Benno Schulenberg (63):
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.2 release
display: ensure that cursor is visible when compiled with --with-slang
docs: mention that the source code is best viewed with a tab size of 4
docs: say thanks to some fairly recent translators, and rename one
gnulib: pull in the fix for the missing stat include
gnulib: update to its current upstream state
help: show that "Tab" will indent, just like "Sh-Tab" will unindent
help: swap the order of the Complete and Comment functions
indenting: don't exclude last line of region when region is empty
indenting: keep affecting last line of marked region if it was at first
input: allow using <Tab> and <Shift+Tab> to (un)indent selected region
input: make <Ctrl+Shift+Arrow> work also when using --rebindkeypad
input: optimize a bit for non-shortcut keys, as they are most frequent
options: rename 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks', because it has morphed
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
prompt: blank the bar when a "continue?" is answered with No or ^C
syntaxes: remove redundant word-boundary markers
syntax: javascript: add some comments, and color explicit numbers too
syntax: javascript: add some keywords, and sort them more logically
syntax: javascript: color strings differently from major keywords
syntax: javascript: require that a comment is preceded by whitespace
syntax: lua: condense some regexes, tweak comments, reorder things
syntax: nanorc: don't color parts of valid strings as if invalid
syntax: python: color also the special values 'False', 'None', 'True'
text: allow unindenting when not all lines are indented
text: keep cursor at left edge when it IS there when indenting/commenting
text: let a Shift-selection persist when indenting and commenting
text: let indenting/commenting skip the last line if its x is zero
text: set and reset the Modified state correctly when undoing/redoing
tweaks: add a separate function that actually wipes the status bar
tweaks: avoid incrementing a variable that won't be used again later
tweaks: condense or rewrap a bunch of repetitious comments
tweaks: condense, reword, and rewrap a bunch of comments
tweaks: condense some debugging code, and rewrap a line
tweaks: convert the indentation of the NEWS file too
tweaks: convert the indentation to use only tabs
tweaks: drop some old debugging code plus a superfluous comment
tweaks: elide two parameters from the get_region() function
tweaks: elide two variables that are used just once
tweaks: factor out a piece of common code
tweaks: fix some whitespace errors, and convert alignment tabs to spaces
tweaks: fold some regexes into one another, for conciseness
tweaks: frob four comments, and rewrap two lines
tweaks: invert the logic of a variable, and rename it
tweaks: limit the resetting of "Modified" to writing a full buffer
tweaks: move some frequently-used keystrokes to the top of the list
tweaks: remove a redundant call of renumber()
tweaks: remove a superfluous condition
tweaks: remove a superfluous placing of a terminating nul byte
tweaks: remove some unneeded parentheses, and shorten two function calls
tweaks: remove two irrelevant conditions
tweaks: rename three variables, for more contrast and variety
tweaks: reshuffle a bit of common code, moving it to an existing function
tweaks: reshuffle another bit of code, for conciseness
tweaks: rewrap some lines and some comments, and trim two others
tweaks: slightly rename four functions, for aptness and variety
tweaks: strip some debugging stuff, and condense a bit of code
tweaks: trim another placing of a terminating nul byte
tweaks: use for git the more faithful "less -x1,5" suggested by Brand
tweaks: use spaces for alignment also in the THANKS file
wrapping: delete trailing blanks upon hardwrapping, when requested
wrapping: keep prepending to the same next line as long as possible
wrapping: we're still on the same line if the next line has not changed
--
Benno
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