nano-8.0

[Bruce Dubbs]

New major version.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Improvements in GNU nano

Since 8.0:

• To accommodate newcomers, ^{F now starts a forward search.}
• Option --modernbindings makes ^{Q quit,} X cut, ^{C copy,} V paste, ^{Z undo,} Y redo, ^{O open a file, and} G find again, among others.
• M-Home/M-End put the cursor on the first/last row in the viewport.
• With nano filename:number the given file will be opened with the cursor on the given line number.

Changes between v7.2 and v8.0:

• input: scroll on mousewheel events instead of moving the cursor
• rcfile: map the gray #rgb codes (#111 to #EEE) to the xterm grayscale
• new feature: interpret also <filename>:<linenumber> when opening a file
• bindings: allow speller and friends to be rebound also in restricted mode
• bindings: in the tiny version, bind M-6 only in main, not at the prompts
• bindings: let <Alt+Home/End> move the cursor to top/bottom of viewport
• bindings: let M-" place/remove an anchor, and let M-' jump to one
• bindings: let M-& show the ncurses version+patch, as a small Easter egg
• bindings: make ^{F start a forward search by default}
• bindings: make ^{F start a forward search by default}
• bindings: set up modern bindings also when binary's name starts with "e"
• bindings: show ^{- instead of} / for 'flipgoto' when on a Linux console
• bindings: with --modern, do not let ^QQ quit nano without saving
• bindings: with --modern, use ^{H for Help when the terminal allows it}
• browser: report an error instead of crashing when the folder disappears
• browser: restore typing position at prompt after "^{R name} T ^F V ^C"
• bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.0 release
• chars: add a helper function for stripping leading blanks from a string
• copyright: update the years for the FSF
• display: add a wnoutrefresh() call for NetBSD, to force a cursor update
• display: do not attempt to draw a line that is outside the viewport
• display: draw a new magic line rightaway when there are multiline regexes
• display: show the help lines down to the tiniest possible terminal size
• docs: add a caveat in the FAQ about bracketed pastes
• docs: add a clarifying note to the description of --tabstospaces
• docs: add an example binding for normalizing Unicode to the sample nanorc
• docs: add a reference to the 'help-nano' mailing list
• docs: add M-C and M-Z to the cheatsheet, and reshuffle for balance
• docs: add ^TS (spell check) and M-S (softwrap) to the cheatsheet
• docs: add two examples of custom key bindings to the nanorc manpage
• docs: adjust an example help line in the README to the current state
• docs: adjust the cheatsheet for the changed meanings of ^F, B, M-F, M-B
• docs: clarify that a fileregex is matched against the absolute filename
• docs: delete a remark about libvte that is no longer relevant
• docs: describe nano more specifically as a text editor
• docs: document the <filename>:<linenumber> thing for cursor positioning
• docs: document the new bindable functions 'toprow' and 'bottomrow'
• docs: document the new --modernbindings option
• docs: fix a ten-year-old typo, reported by correctmost
• docs: improve the description of the 'flipexecute' bindable function
• docs: in a synopsis, use braces around a choice of required parts
• docs: in the sample nanorc, set the guidestripe to a soft grey
• docs: mention backreferences (for replacements with regular expressions)
• docs: mention how to get the old behavior of ^F, B, M-F, and M-B back
• docs: mention that a restricted nano does not access the history files
• docs: mention that 'light' background colors do not work on Linux console
• docs: mention that --modernbindings overrides --preserve
• docs: mention the changed meanings of ^F/B and also in the texi manual
• docs: mention the missing two options that override --bold
• docs: say "mini bar", not "minibar", when referring to the actual bar
• docs: trim stuff that is more than five years old from the changelog
• docs: use a space after #, like everywhere else in the sample nanorc
• editing: adjust the mark before trimming redundant blanks
• execute: show "Older" and "Newer" in the help lines, to allow rebinding
• feedback: drop an unnecessary warning, to not bother the user
• feedback: lowercase a letter, as the phrase is not a full sentence
• feedback: raise the level of "Macro is empty", to match similar messages
• feedback: suppress filename and linecount when --zero is active
• feedback: suppress format-conversion messages for --zero and --mini
• files: do not allow M-U to remove text read from standard input
• files: run chmod and chown on the descriptor, not on the filename
• formatter: do not crash when the formatter command is empty
• general: include the Copy function (M-6 or ^{C) into the tiny version}
• general: let the constant-show toggle override the zero-interface mode
• gnulib: update to current upstream state, to make a fresh checkout work
• gnulib: update to its current upstream state
• help: give the "Replace with" prompt its own help text
• help: mention M-Home and M-End in the help text and help lines
• help: rebalance the help items when --preserve is used
• help: restore ^{H and} D as the primary shortcuts for Backspace and Delete
• help: show ^F/B as primary shortcuts for search, not as secondary
• indicator: do not oversize the scroller when softwrapping
• input: avoid hanging after a 39-character paste on a VSCode terminal
• input: flush the keystroke buffer upon any kind of error condition
• input: for one bump of the mousewheel scroll two lines, not three
• input: intercept a spurious keycode and say what the actual problem is
• input: let the handler of string binds return a byte whenever possible
• input: neutralize two spurious keycodes from VTE terminals
• input: prevent 'macro_length' from underflowing when hammering M-:
• input: recognize certain escape sequences for F13 to F16 again
• input: snip the recordmacro and runmacro keystrokes in a better way
• input: store key codes in the macro buffer as they come in from ncurses
• input: store keystroke in macro buffer only when about to interpret it [reverted]
• justify: keep as much of the marked region onscreen as possible
• justify: keep the cursor at the original end of a marked region
• justify: recompute the multidata for paragraphs larger than the viewport
• justify: set the correct starting point also with --cutfromcursor
• justify: set x = 0 for the undo item, for when using --cutfromcursor
• linter: do not mess up the input stream when the linter command is empty
• linter: use a format string, to deflect format-string attacks
• memory: prevent a leak by freeing a possibly already existing color combo
• minibar: mention the file format when it's DOS or Mac
• moving: preserve horizontal position when jumping to top or bottom row
• new feature: functions that jump to the top or bottom of the viewport
• new feature: option --modernbindings sets up more widespread key bindings
• options: make --modernbindings actually override --preserve
• rcfile: add bindable functions for moving the cursor to top or bottom row
• rcfile: avoid crashing on an include path that is way too long
• replacing: stash the string to be replaced while asking for replacement
• revert the previous commit -- forget about -? as a synonym for --help
• screen: recalculate the multidata when detecting the need for it
• search: avoid a crash after a nested search, reported by correctmost
• search: avoid crashing after searching a help text during a regex replace
• shutdown: ignore a modified buffer when in view mode
• softwrap: adjust start-of-screen when the 'edittop' line is hard-wrapped
• softwrap: realign start-of-screen when redoing an automatic hard-wrap
• softwrap: remember the actual breaking point when wrapping at blanks
• startup: use a format string, to deflect format-string attacks
• syntax: c: require a preceding blank when a line comment contains a quote
• syntax: javascript: recognize also the .mjs extension
• syntax: makefile: ensure that the <Tab> key always produces a tab
• syntax: makefile, sh: recognize also a fresh Makefile and fresh .profile
• syntax: nanorc: colorize {toprow} and {bottomrow} for string binds
• syntax: sh: recognize more shells than sh on a shebang line for busybox
• tweaks: add a comment that refers to the VTE spurious-code issue
• tweaks: add a missing 'type' attribute to a <style> tag
• tweaks: add an extra variable, to avoid reusing one for another purpose
• tweaks: add another translator hint, to help avoid overlong key tags
• tweaks: adjust a comment for the changed handling of gray #rgb codes
• tweaks: avoid calling isblank()/isalpha() on what could be a signed char
• tweaks: condense the code that searches for a colon plus line number
• tweaks: delete a redundant fragment of code from do_replace_loop()
• tweaks: elide a redundant variable
• tweaks: express an 'if' more concisely, and add two blank lines
• tweaks: implement the fix of the previous commit somewhat differently
• tweaks: improve three translator hints
• tweaks: make two strings equal to a third, to slightly ease translation
• tweaks: move two static declarations to the only function that uses them
• tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change
• tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous changes
• tweaks: pull a fragment of code a bit forward, to enable the next commit
• tweaks: remove two pairs of unneeded braces, and normalize a line
• tweaks: rename a function and variable, to describe better what they do
• tweaks: rename a function, for contrast, and update antiquated comments
• tweaks: rename a struct element, to avoid a theoretical name collision
• tweaks: rename a symbol (to be clearer), and add three missing comments
• tweaks: rename a variable, away from an abbreviation
• tweaks: rename a variable, away from an abbreviation
• tweaks: rename a variable, to be a bit more indicative
• tweaks: rename a variable, to be clearer when seen in context
• tweaks: rename a variable, to be more readable
• tweaks: rename a variable, to better indicate what it represents
• tweaks: rename two variables, to be clearer and to match others
• tweaks: reshuffle four lines, to allow folding some #ifdefs together
• tweaks: reshuffle three fragments of code, moving related things together
• tweaks: rewrap a comment, and reshuffle seven declarations
• tweaks: rewrap two old news items
• tweaks: shrink the set of characters recognized as line-column separator
• tweaks: slightly improve a comment, to be more accurate
• tweaks: slightly reword the help text for the Replace-With prompt
• tweaks: ungettextize three strings, to make a translator hint right again
• tweaks: use a pair of parentheses to clarify the order of operations
• undo: force a screen refresh also for the special case Bsp-at-EOF
• undo: prevent a use-after-free, reported by correctmost
• undo: recompute the multidata when a piece of text is replaced
• undo the prelast commit in order to redo it with a fuller commit message
• verbatim: avoid referencing an uninitialized value
• wrapping: delete only single characters, not a possibly marked region
• docs: fix "availabilty" typo in the manual and the nanorc manpage
• options: add -? as a synonym of -h (--help) [reverted]
• syntax: python: colorize decorators specially
• build: link in $(GETRANDOM_LIB) from gnulib
• gnulib: import canonicalize-lgpl for realpath

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at commits

02a20ce543 Update to nano-8.0.
a43ab1531a Update to poppler-24.05.0.