12/17/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.7 is released. The m4/ dir was backported from 1.1 so that nano should be rebuildable regardless of the version of gettext installed on a system. The "prompt even though replaced word didn't change" bug in the spell checker is fixed, there are some compatibility fixes for the Hurd, and a few updated translations are included. Have fun! 10/29/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.6 [XGP] is released. As this is a stable release, there aren't a lot of new features, but the "do previous word" function (Meta-Space) has been backported from nano 1.1. The biggest bug fix is the huge bug in null_at which was discarding reallocated memory addresses. This one bug probably accounted for a good portion of the (seemingly) random crashes in nano. There were some minor fixes in the cutting code, and some display fixes also. The source code headers have also been fixed from saying "GPL version 1" to "GPL version 2", which is the correct version for the COPYING file that's been included in nano forever. The null_at bugfix is probably the biggest bugfix in well over a year. Thus it is HIGHLY recommended all users of nano upgrade to this version of nano. 10/03/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.5 is released. This release is mostly to add and update translations, there is now a new Dutch translation, a new Danish translation, and updates for Italian, Finnish and Catalian. There are also a few minor bugfixes for cutting marked text. Enjoy! 08/24/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.4 is released. This is the first release in almost two months, and the biggest fixes are for search strings when switching back and forth from Pico mode. There are also new translations for Norwegian and Swedish, and some new keystroke handlers in the main editor and file browser. Have fun with it! 07/01/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.3 is the "mutt" release. This release features oodles of bug fixes with cutting text, especially with the -k (cut to end) option. There is also a new suspend handler which should make nano play better with mutt (the code for which came from mutt itself; many many thanks to Jordi Mallach and Tom Lear for working late into the night fixing this). Nano now also features mutt's case insensitive string compare function for more speed and less memory usage. Two new translations are included, Ukranian and Russian. 05/12/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.2 is the "just the bugfixes ma'am" release. The most noticeable fixes are for display errors using page up/down with the marker code, and view mode (-v) not stopping the replace function. Other fixes include being able to use the arrow keys while holding down the ctrl key in certain TERMs, and there are many documentation updates and spelling tweaks. We also have a new Galician translation (provided by Jacobo Tarrío). Have fun with it! 04/06/2001 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there. The only new feature is a configure option for those who want to disable all word wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping. Bug fixes this release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n, and several fixes in the file browser including a segfault on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work properly, and nano now sorts files case insensitively like pilot. Have fun with it. 03/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released! The autoindent wrapping bug has been fixed, as well as strange bug when using Pico mode and regex search. There have also been some minor spelling and documentation updates. As stated on the website, there are currently no known bugs with nano, but some will pop up eventually and they will be addressed in subsequent releases. We hope you enjoy this first stable release of nano, and as always, feedback is welcome! nano@nano-editor.org. 02/19/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes! The most important being that nano is now officially a GNU program. Some changes have been made for GNU compatibility (like the default list of shortcuts, "^G Get Help" is now Listed and "^_ Goto Line" is not). The Yes/No/All keys have finally been internationalized also. All in all, quite a few changes, considering nano is supposed to be in a code freeze. But there are the usual helping of bugfixes, a nasty bug when cutting text in -k mode and some compatibility issues with older ncurses libraries have also been fixed. All in all, a lot to see. 01/31/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released. Not surprisingly, all that is new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes. There were a few cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate functions, but most is just fixing. Specifically, there is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit mode. Other fixes include some more tab completion segfaults, and an silly segfault that occurred when successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after an initial write error). Slowly but surely, on toward 1.0 we travel. 01/17/2001 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released. This is the first pre-1.0 release of nano, and is also the first release since the code freeze for nano 1.0. Don't expect (or request) any new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes, optimizations and doc/translation updates. For fixes, a nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home directory (~), some checks for the NumLock key making the keypad go awry, window size sanity checks, many autoconf fixes, and support for the KDE konsole keypad layout. Have fun. 01/07/2001 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!" release. It includes one new feature that Pico has had forever, a built-in file browser. Since not everyone may want this option, there is a --disable-browser option to the configure script as well. Other changes include slightly different keypad handling, and a bugfix for crashes when tab completion in certain instances. Have fun and Happy New Year! 12/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.24 is released. This version contains the last of the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for reading, among other fixes. Nano also now cowardly refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like trying to open /dev/zero. New features include being Able to use Meta-Meta-<key> as Control-<key>, better HURD support, and some new flags have been added for Pico compatibility. Upgrading to this version is highly recommended. 12/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release. The main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal fix for the security issue in nano with following symbolic links. Hopefully this will fix the problem permanently. The --nofollow option also works again for those who are real security nuts. There are also some display and search fixes, and the --disable-spell function was renamed to --disable-speller to be in line with nano and pico's "speller" term. 12/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and additions than imaginable. The most important change is a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because of an error or signal. Also there are better checks when saving files. As for new features, username tab completion is now working well, the internal spell checker code has been tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the justify formatted your text, and there are more options for configure, including --disable-spell and --disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like surprises). All in all, a whole lot of changes in a little over a week. 11/23/2000 - Happy Thanksgiving! Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was a big turkey" release. It fixes several bugs introduced by the previous version, as well as a few long- standing display bugs. All 0.9.20 users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to this release. 11/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door. Probably the biggest change is the brand new way nano displays previous search and replace strings (they are now editable!) This is a break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so if you don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the command line or Meta-P within nano) still works the "old" way. Other new features include being able to deal with search strings of any length, a new internal spell feature (courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion when reading in or writing out files! There's also the usual billion or so bug fixes. Feedback on this release is welcome because so much has changed, especially with the previous string display in search and replace. Email -> nano@nano-editor.org <-. If you like something, don't like something, or just want to order a pizza, let us know! 10/02/2000 - Nano 0.9.19 is the "Chris is getting married in less than a week and needs a distraction" release. There are only a few actual code changes, mainly portability and compiler warning fixes. Nano now also supports PDCurses, which enables easily-built nano executables for Windows NT and 95/98 for the brave. The official nano site has changed (again) as well, check out www.nano-editor.org for all the latest nano schtuff. 09/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed. It has some new keyboard handling code, cygwin support out of the box, and a more portable handler for the NOHELP toggle. There is also a fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying to insert a directory instead of a normal file would destroy the contents of the editor. A must-see. Four stars. 09/04/2000 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!) New features include better (not yet perfect) binary display support and toggle support for most of the program flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k and M-e for -c, -i, -x, -p, -w, -k, and -R). 08/09/2000 - Nano 0.9.16, after some struggling, is released. This release should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug. The "cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is the "cutting text on the last line" bug. Nice symmetry there huh? Also the --tabsize argument should now work as well as by using -T. 08/03/2000 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description" release. There are the usual gala of display bugfixes, a fix for the the nasty bug in -k mode that could create a loop in the file being edited, and some other code cleanup. Also, the -T option should now work regardless of the curses library used. Yay. 07/27/2000 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should be skipped as a version number" release. One typo caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or -k caused both flags to be used). The -k code is also now closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please note that this code is not finished yet. Working on this code has made me realize that there is not enough abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that for the next release. Until then, have fun with this version. 07/23/2000 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the -k option from Pico (cut to end of line). The majority of changes in this release are bugfixes, however, including the usual display fixes and fixes for writing to symbolic links and un-writeable files. Barring any other major changes, this should be the feature set for nano 1.0, whenever it might be released =-) 07/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.12 (The "lucky day" release) is bursting with new features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor. For changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now ^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico. ^W^T is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility. As for new features, the wonderful/hated magic line code has returned with a vengeance! Also, regular expression searches and replaces have been incorporated via the -R flag. And, of course, there are the usual helping of display and other bug fixes to top it all off. 06/20/2000 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code and almost all of the display routines. There are many improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in general, but there may be bugs lurking yet. Also, after many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize). Note that this function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the editor, the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal width (usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look smaller or bigger while in the editor. New in the translation department is an Indonesian translation (id). 06/06/2000 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT when using "run and terminate" flags (for example, --help). There are also some minor documentation updates. This version of nano is the most stable in quite some time, and is likely to be the most stable for awhile. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. 05/31/2000 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support, more portability, and a ton of bugfixes. While nano is not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of code quality, it gets a quantum leap closer with this release. 05/18/2000 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix the resize crash people have been experiencing. It also offers a new input method that should allow nano to do things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys) and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards. There are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups. Have fun with it. 05/14/2000 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink behavior (i.e. symlinks weren't being followed by default). Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out soon and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the year, but who knows. 05/08/2000 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5 uncovered. There are improvements (and some remaining segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more display optimizations. I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2 are the most stable versions of nano to date, but this one may not be too bad =-) 05/01/2000 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text to be at least somewhat reasonable. Much code profiling has been done to reduce the ridiculous number of redundant display updates. This will probably expose a lot of bugs that can then be fixed, so this release is probably not for the faint of heart. For anyone curious, I would call nano 0.9.2 the most stable version recently, so use that if you're not particularly concerned with being on the bleeding edge. 04/25/2000 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last line code and related segfaults. It also now has much better handling for 8-bit characters. The --enable-tiny code also produces a smaller executable. 04/19/2000 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release. It underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing more bugs than they fix. The most important change to this version of nano is the removal of the "magic line". You will no longer see a blank line at the end of the file. If you want a new line at the end of your file, you'll have to hit enter to get one. NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO. Unfortunately, this feature has been causing many many problems with nano so it is being removed for the time being, and perhaps indefinitely. Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the slang libraries instead of ncurses. 04/15/2000 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute path. The bug was in the new code for checking whether nano is invoked as pico. 04/14/2000 - 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in. The option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace (^T) is now available, and nano now displays the more Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico' (i.e. if pico is a symlink to nano). There is an important change to the handling of symbolic links as well. Now, nano does the "correct" thing and automatically writes to the object of the symlink, rather than replace the symlink with the updated file. This behavior is still available with the --nofollow or -l flags. Other new things include a fix for the infamous "recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the wrapping code. 04/07/2000 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and a much better refresh setup (It's still not great, but...) There should also be more stability editing long lines, as there was a stupid mistake in the update_line call. Silly me =) 03/22/2000 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8 to reflect the current stagnant status of the project. Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because (a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and (b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is quite negligible. Fortunately, this release marks the first release since I have acquired ownership of the nano pages on SourceForge. Here's hoping SF will get us some more visibility, translators and patches. 03/12/2000 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though) to my new home into Albany. Thus I should now have more time to work on nano. Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both i18n and many bugfixes. It is VERY likely something broke this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply the i18n stuff properly, so *it* may not even work. I would like to announce that I'm going to need translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other languages than English (or even better, if your native language is not English) and you would like to submit a translation file to me, please feel free to do so. If you do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS file as the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on it is yours to take care of and keep up to date. 03/01/2000 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released. The crashing behavior was still occurring, and this most recent fix also fixes some other wrapping problems, so here you go. There may be another release soon, there may not be, is that vague enough? =) 02/25/2000 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the end of a page has ceased, thankfully. I'm also moving next weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new version of nano next week =-) 02/11/2000 - Okay, here we go again. Aside from a few minor fixes and some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much different in this version of nano. I haven't gotten much feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing or does no one care? Write and let me know! =) 02/08/2000 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there has been more than three days since the last release. New features include an initial help mode (YAY!), hopefully much more support for i18n out of the box, and a flag for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists displayed. This release also marks the new nano distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc. 02/02/2000 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release, but I may be changing jobs very soon. I will release version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet). I expect things to settle down by the end of next week, and then I can try to start on the i18n support and help menu; look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to 0.9.0. 01/28/2000 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G). I will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in the next version, and will implement the help system with i18n built into it shortly after that. Please don't hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're sure the fault lies with nano =-). 01/25/2000 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a little portable, mmmmkay?' release. There are many portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn for his patches. I removed the broken do_spell behavior with the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call 'ispell' until I write a better method to handle the output of the normal 'spell' command. 01/24/2000 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features. Among them are a new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile flag like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary spelling program support. The spelling function tries to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you can specify another spelling program with -s or --speller. 01/17/00 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this release' release. It's the busy time at work for me, so please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get included in the next immediate version of nano. I'm sure all the changes in this release will cause a few bugs, so 0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those bugs. Things added this release include resizability (kinda), new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes. 01/15/00 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release. It now loads large files much faster than previous versions, and is even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather rudimentary tests. Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the read_byte patch! 01/09/00 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed to nano. The new homepage is at http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano. Please update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that jazz. $Id: NEWS,v 1.28.2.6 2001/10/30 00:38:48 astyanax Exp $
