2021.10.06 - GNU nano 5.9 "El manicomio ha decidido: mañana sol!"
• The extension of a filename is added to the name of a corresponding temporary file, so that spell checking a C file, for example, will check only the comments and strings (when using 'aspell'). • The process number is added to the name of an emergency save file, so that when multiple nanos die they will not fight over a filename. • Undoing a cutting operation will restore an anchor that was located in the cut area to its original line. • When using --locking, saving a new buffer will create a lock file. • Syntax highlighting for YAML files has been added. 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-5.9.tar.xz https://nano-editor.org/dist/v5/nano-5.9.tar.xz.asc Some extra syntax files can be found at: https://nano-editor.org/more-syntaxes/ Specific issues that were addressed in this release: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60853 (dying on an unwritable file looped) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60868 (strange description of --positionlog) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60902 ("Out of curses" when two nanos died) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61056 (add extension to temp file [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61064 (hypothetical crash when prepending) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61146 (no lock file when saving new buffer) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61147 ("Someone else..." goes too quickly) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61162 (undoing a cut didn't restore anchors) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61234 (saving to a fifo gave error message) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61235 (with --backup, saving to a fifo hung) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61236 (prepending to a fifo hung) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61237 (killing nano could disable Ctrl+C) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61273 (^W^V did not work in file browser) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61274 (^W^V did not work in help viewer) A plot of the number of bugs that were fixed in the last three years against the version (or group of versions) in which they were introduced: x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Changes between v5.8 and v5.9: ------------------------------ Hussam al-Homsi (3): docs: correct the default value of the errorcolor option syntax: perl, ruby: remove arbitrary highlighting of here documents tweaks: change 'return ++var;' to 'return var + 1;' David Michael (2): syntax: gentoo: highlight additional EAPI 7/8 variables syntax: gentoo: remove some obsolete keywords and add some new ones Benno Schulenberg (89): browser: make the keystrokes ^W^Y and ^W^V work again build: ensure that mkstemps() is available by importing the gnulib module build: help Haiku find the header files that define mkstemps() bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.9 release copyright: update to the current year for significantly changed files cutting: copy anchors into the cutbuffer, so that undo can restore them docs: add a paragraph at the start of the README about what nano is docs: add a simulated "screenshot" of nano to the README docs: add some details to the bug-reporting paragraph in the README docs: correct the descriptions of how to invoke the spell checker docs: don't use "light" after "bold", as the latter often implies "light" docs: improve the description of the spotlighting of a search match docs: improve the description of the 'tabstospaces' option docs: improve the descriptions of several bindable functions docs: improve the recipe in the FAQ for dealing with Alt+Up on a console docs: indent the paragraphs in the FAQ that list commands to be typed docs: list the default color combo for 'spotlightcolor' in sample nanorc docs: mention how to properly colorize all types in nano's source code docs: mention in the README which licenses cover nano's code and docs docs: move the notice in the main man page, to try and catch other eyes docs: refer to the FAQ when <Alt+Up> does nothing on a Linux console docs: replace a non-problem in the FAQ with something possibly useful docs: spell "filename" as a single word, like in most other occurrences feedback: use a smaller diamond to represent an anchor, to not overflow feedback: when not in curses mode, just skip displaying any message feedback: when not in curses mode, write error messages to the terminal files: add the original file's suffix to the name of a temporary file files: check for a fifo only when it is an existing file files: check the result of fdopen(), to avoid a possible crash files: do not call fsync() on a fifo, to avoid a spurious error message files: exclude the call of fsync() from the tiny version files: give the user time to absorb a warning about someone else editing files: making a backup of a fifo makes no sense, so do not try that files: prepending to a fifo makes no sense, so do not try that files: when the buffer is nameless, include the PID in name of dump file files: when there is a slash after the dot, then there is no extension files: write a lock file also for a freshly saved buffer general: prevent die() from getting recursed into gnulib: update to its current upstream state help: make the keystrokes ^W^Y and ^W^V work again history: emit a warning when file cannot be made private [coverity] input: give up on the input stream only after millions of errors memory: free any allocated strings, also in the emergency code path po: delete the ancient PO files for Indonesian and Nynorsk po: permit the Indonesian PO file to come back -- there was a big update po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files shutdown: when dying, do not install/restore a handler for Ctrl+C startup: if TERM is unset, try falling back to VT220 instead of failing syntax: nanorc: recognize also the template of the sample nanorc file syntax: rust: update the license to GPL3 or newer syntax: yaml: allow any character in tags except whitespace syntax: yaml: allow double colon in key & do not colorize unspaced colon syntax: yaml: allow slash and period in key names syntax: yaml: colorize backslash-escaped characters as valid or invalid syntax: yaml: colorize the question mark of complex mappings too syntax: yaml: colorize the two known directives syntax: yaml: new file -- coloring rules for YAML files tweaks: add Schiermonnikoog to the list of friendly islands tweaks: adjust a description of 'showcursor', to match the other ones tweaks: adjust three parameters -- two were mistaken, one superfluous tweaks: correct two typos and a spello [codespell] tweaks: fix a typo tweaks: fold two lines into two others, for conciseness tweaks: harmonize the indentations in the FAQ somewhat tweaks: in comments, say "buffer" instead of "file" where appropriate tweaks: instead of "one" use "you", like in the rest of the man page tweaks: remove a redundant feedback message tweaks: rename a defined type, to fit within the general pattern tweaks: rename a function, to be more fitting tweaks: rename a parameter and invert its logic tweaks: rename a parameter, to fit better what it is used for tweaks: rename a variable and flip its logic, to avoid two negations tweaks: rename a variable, away form an abbreviation tweaks: rename a variable, to be more grammatical tweaks: rename a variable, to be more visible and to match others tweaks: rename a variable, to make more sense tweaks: rename three variables, to follow the general scheme tweaks: reshuffle a few lines, for esthetics and to elide an #ifdef tweaks: reshuffle a few lines to avoid an #ifdef and unbalanced braces tweaks: reshuffle a fragment of code, to prepare for the next change tweaks: reshuffle some code to elide a variable, and improve a comment tweaks: reshuffle some lines and adjust some indentation tweaks: reshuffle some lines to elide a variable tweaks: restore a quote that was accidentally deleted four months ago tweaks: rewrap three lines, for esthetics tweaks: slightly reword or rewrap some comments in the sample nanorc tweaks: try chmodding a dump file only when it was actually written tweaks: use five symbolic names, to make eight function calls clearer usage: improve the description of the --positionlog option -- Benno
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