2021.02.24 - GNU nano 5.6 "Wielewaal" • A search match gets highlighted (in black on yellow by default), in addition to placing the cursor at the start of the match. The color combination can be changed with 'set highlightcolor'. By default the cursor is hidden until the next keystroke, but it can be forced on with --showcursor / 'set showcursor'. • Option --markmatch / 'set markmatch' has been removed. • Cursor position and character code are displayed in the minibar only when option --constantshow / 'set constantshow' is used, and their display can be toggled with M-C. • The state flags are displayed in the minibar only when option --stateflags / 'set stateflags' is used.
GNU nano is a simple and easy-to-use editor for on the terminal. https://nano-editor.org/ https://nano-editor.org/manual.html A concise overview of nano's shortcut keystrokes: https://nano-editor.org/cheatsheet.html The tarball and its signature are here: https://nano-editor.org/dist/v5/nano-5.6.tar.xz https://nano-editor.org/dist/v5/nano-5.6.tar.xz.asc Specific issues that were addressed in this release: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59945 (multiline coloring could be too slow) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59948 (possible miscoloring after jumping) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59981 (cursor was sometimes not centered) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59982 (pasting could result in miscoloring) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60012 (more miscoloring after jumping) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60074 (needed color change went undetected) Changes between v5.5 and v5.6: ------------------------------ Benno Schulenberg (53): build: avoid a warning about duplicate symbol when building from tarball build: detect a build from git also when building out of tree build: include a workaround only for versions of ncurses that need it bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.6 release color: do not look for another 'end' match after already finding one color: give highlighted text its own color, to not look like marked text color: recompile the file-probing regexes a little faster with REG_NOSUB color: use bright yellow to highlight a search match color: use inverse video for highlighting when there are no colors debug: add timing instruments to cache precalculation and screen refresh display: for a large paste or insertion, recalculate the multiline cache docs: correct the description of --quickblank for the changed base value docs: correct the formatting of a comment in the sample nanorc docs: correct the word order for Alt+D in the cheat sheet -- it changed docs: mention the new 'set highlightcolor' option docs: remove all mentions of --markmatch and 'set markmatch' docs: say that --minibar is modified by --constantshow and --stateflags feedback: make Full Justify show a message also when using --minibar gnulib: update to its current upstream state minibar: show a message a little longer when --quickblank isn't used minibar: show cursor position + character code only with --constantshow minibar: show the state flags only when --stateflags is used minibar: suppress the toggling feedback for M-C, but show it for M-Y/M-P options: remove --markmatch and 'set markmatch', as the behavior is gone painting: always do backtracking for the first row of the screen painting: trigger a refresh when a second start match appears on a line painting: trigger fewer unneeded full-screen refreshes painting: when finding an end match, set its multidata right away po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files scrolling: keep centering after large paste, also when line numbers widen search: just highlight the found occurrence, instead of marking it search: make highlighting the standard, non-changeable behavior tweaks: avoid the vague possibility of advancing beyond end-of-line tweaks: be slightly more efficient in marking lines as WOULDBE tweaks: call wattron()/wattroff() only when actually painting something tweaks: correct a comment, improve another, and trim some verbosity tweaks: don't bother comparing virgin multidata with current situation tweaks: don't bother initializing freshly allocated multidata tweaks: don't bother wiping the multidata before recomputing it tweaks: elide a function that is now just one line tweaks: frob a condition, to be more concise, and reshuffle another tweaks: frob some comments, and adjust indentation after previous change tweaks: frob some comments, and reshuffle two fragments of code tweaks: frob two fragments of code, to be more readable tweaks: make a skipping condition more precise tweaks: remove an old fix that was made superfluous by a recent fix tweaks: remove a strangely placed warning tweaks: rename six symbols, to be more straightforward tweaks: reshuffle some code, and reduce the scope of a variable tweaks: reshuffle three conditions into a better order tweaks: rewrap and reindent a few lines tweaks: rewrap two lines, for esthetics tweaks: stop evaluating a rule when the match is offscreen to the right -- Benno
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