2018.01.29 - GNU nano 2.9.3 "Córdoba" fixes a segfault with trimblanks
that could occur when a typed space caused the word after
it to be pushed to the next line. It further makes macros
work also when your keyboard still emits escape sequences,
adds the options -M and --trimblanks for the command line,
recognizes key combos with Shift on a few more terminals,
no longer shows dots in certain prompt texts when visible
witespace is turned on, fixes two corner cases when doing
replacements in a marked region, allows to open a named
pipe again when using --noread, and accurately detects
a needed color change when a line contains a start match
but not a corresponding end match any more. Plus some
other small fry.
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-2.9.3.tar.xz
https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-2.9.3.tar.xz.asc
Specific bugs that were fixed in this release:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?48659 (queued commands were not executed)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52789 (tip of region was excluded by replace)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52791 (replacing did not start at tip)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52834 (specific configuration did not compile)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52863 (wrong three digits did not reset state)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52871 (certain nanorc errors got misreported)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52896 (opening a named pipe was not allowed)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52925 (a needed color change went undetected)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52930 (configure passed over missing curses.h)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52943 (<Shift+Tab> did not work on Manjaro)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52948 (trimblanks could crash after <Space>)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52960 (<Shift+PageUp> unknown when using -K)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52967 (visible whitespace in some prompts)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52972 (<Ctrl+End> did not work on urxvt)
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?52997 (status bar not cleared on NetBSD)
Nano has complete translations (or nearly so) for five more languages
(the language name is followed by the name of the last translator):
Catalan -- Jordi Mallach
Hungarian -- Balázs Úr
Italian -- Marco Colombo
Norwegian -- Johnny A. Solbu (Bokmaal)
Portuguese -- Pedro Albuquerque (Portugal)
Changes between v2.9.2 and v2.9.3:
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Brand Huntsman (1):
startup: parse interface colors when they are read, not when initialized
Benno Schulenberg (67):
build: fix compilation when configured with --enable-{tiny,color,nanorc}
build: fix compilation with --enable-tiny --enable-justify
build: fix the source URL in the spec file
build: let ./configure fail (not just warn) when curses.h is missing
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 2.9.3 release
copyright: update the years for the FSF
display: wipe the status bar when doing a total refresh
docs: remove the note about needing a recent ncurses for macros to work
docs: update the FAQ for the changed default location of history files
docs: update the TODO file to the current state of affairs
gnulib: update to its current upstream state
help: don't get stuck when there is an unwrappable piece of text
input: consume only the actual length of an escape sequence
input: fully reset state when a three-digit character code is cut short
input: make <Shift+Tab> do an unindent also on a Manjaro console
input: recognize escape sequences for <Shift+PageUp> and <Shift+PageDown>
input: recognize more escape sequences for <Shift+Home> and <Shift+End>
input: recognize the deviant keycode for <Ctrl+End> in urxvt
options: recognize -M and --trimblanks on the command line
painting: look for an end match only after a start match, if any
po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
prompt: show whitespace only in the filename, not in the whole line
replacing: don't skip the first character of a backwards-marked region
search: suppress the occurrence at the cursor only when replacing
startup: allow a named pipe as file argument when --noread is used
startup: make an error message succinct and to the point
startup: move the initialization of colors, so any error gets printed
syntax: go: colorize only valid octal numbers
syntax: lua: do not color debug.setinfo as it doesn't exist
syntax: nanohelp: color also the Sh-Tab key combo
tweaks: change a 'do' to a 'while', and return early to elide an 'if'
tweaks: check for the type of terminal far earlier
tweaks: condense a condition and a comment, and reshuffle a line
tweaks: condense and rewrap some comments, and reindent two lines
tweaks: condense the conditional compilation of shortcut reassignments
tweaks: don't bother freeing the key buffer, just reallocate it
tweaks: don't bother to reallocate when the keybuffer size decreases
tweaks: drop a superfluous parameter, as it is always 1
tweaks: drop a useless assert, and don't abort over an unhandled option
tweaks: drop two unneeded initializations, and trim a comment
tweaks: elide a tiny intermediate buffer, and rename two variables
tweaks: exclude --trimblanks when no wrapping or justifying is configured
tweaks: fully include Savefile and Wherewas in the tiny version
tweaks: indenting text files with tabs is not a good idea
tweaks: mark the two blocks that have a deviant indentation
tweaks: move a bunch of comments to the lines that they refer to
tweaks: move two functions to their proper place, orderingwise
tweaks: remove a fragment of dead code
tweaks: remove a handful of redundant (because always true) asserts
tweaks: remove a superfluous case -- there can never be four digits
tweaks: remove a superfluous check, as we insert always one code
tweaks: rename a function, for aptness, and drop a superfluous check
tweaks: rename a function, to be more distinct
tweaks: rename a variable, and further condense some comments
tweaks: rename a variable, for more contrast
tweaks: rename a variable, to better fit its usage
tweaks: rename two variables, and swap their declaration order
tweaks: rename two variables, for preciseness and shortness
tweaks: reshuffle a couple of lines
tweaks: reshuffle a couple of lines, to make a bit more sense
tweaks: reshuffle some stuff, and avoid a memory leak
tweaks: reshuffle two condition series, to look better
tweaks: rewrap a bunch of lines in the NEWS file
tweaks: set a modifier in a single place, for conciseness
tweaks: swap the row and col parameters to a more consistent order
tweaks: transform a parameter, from a pointer to the value itself
wrapping: don't trim a blank character that the user just typed
--
Benno
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