GNU nano 5.0 released
Version 5.0 of the GNU nano text editor is out; it contains a number of
improvements to the editing experience. "
With --indicator (or -q or 'set indicator') nano will show a kind of scrollbar on the righthand side of the screen to indicate where in the buffer the viewport is located and how much it covers."
| From: | Benno Schulenberg <bensberg-AT-telfort.nl> | |
| To: | nano-devel-AT-gnu.org, info-nano-AT-gnu.org | |
| Subject: | [ANNOUNCE] nano-5.0 is released | |
| Date: | Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:02:47 +0200 | |
| Message-ID: | <8e258147-0335-a823-45ff-b912eb322bc3__43832.6199118578$1596031893$gmane$org@telfort.nl> | |
| Cc: | info-gnu-AT-gnu.org | |
| Archive-link: | Article |
2020.07.29 - GNU nano 5.0 "Among the fields of barley" • With --indicator (or -q or 'set indicator') nano will show a kind of scrollbar on the righthand side of the screen to indicate where in the buffer the viewport is located and how much it covers. • With <Alt+Insert> any line can be "tagged" with an anchor, and <Alt+PageUp> and <Alt+PageDown> will jump to the nearest anchor. When using line numbers, an anchor is shown as "+" in the margin. • The Execute Command prompt is now directly accessible from the main menu (with ^T, replacing the Spell Checker). The Linter, Formatter, Spell Checker, Full Justification, Suspension, and Cut-Till-End functions are available in this menu too. • On terminals that support at least 256 colors, nine new color names are available: pink, purple, mauve, lagoon, mint, lime, peach, orange, and latte. These do not have lighter versions. • For the color names red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta, white, and black, the prefix 'light' gives a brighter color. Prefix 'bright' is deprecated, as it means both bold AND light. • All color names can be preceded with "bold," and/or "italic," (in that order) to get a bold and/or italic typeface. • With --bookstyle (or -O or 'set bookstyle') nano considers any line that begins with whitespace as the start of a paragraph. • Refreshing the screen with ^L now works in every menu. • In the main menu, ^L also centers the line with the cursor. • Toggling the help lines with M-X now works in all menus except in the help viewer and the linter. • At a filename prompt, the first <Tab> lists the possibilities, and these are listed near the bottom instead of near the top. • Bindable function 'curpos' has been renamed to 'location'. • Long option --tempfile has been renamed to --saveonexit. • Short option -S is now a synonym of --softwrap. • The New Buffer toggle (M-F) has become non-persistent. Options --multibuffer and 'set multibuffer' still make it default to on. • Backup files will retain their group ownership (when possible). • Data is synced to disk before "... lines written" is shown. • The raw escape sequences for F13 to F16 are no longer recognized. • Distro-specific syntaxes, and syntaxes of less common languages, have been moved down to subdirectory syntax/extra/. The affected distros and others may wish to move wanted syntaxes one level up. • Syntaxes for Markdown, Haskell, and Ada were 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/latest/nano-5.0.tar.xz https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-5.0.tar.xz.asc Specific issues that were addressed in this release: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56226 (cutting "touched" next line) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56525 (allow using 'italic' in syntax [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57061 (print baked-in nanorc path [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57402 (justifying ignored leading blanks) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57577 (a kind of bookmarks [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57956 (some kind of scrollbar [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58088 (with -L, M-6 could copy repeatedly) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58130 (syntax for Markdown and Haskell [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58357 (lone CR in DOS file mistreated as LF) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58383 (backup always had user's default group) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58410 (poor error message on undeletable file) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58424 ('chan' in Go file was not highlighted) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58439 (backup file could get appended to) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58442 (user could not change mind after "No") https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58443 (^C was mistakenly understood as "Yes") https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58469 (^L did not work at a prompt) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58471 (let M-X work nearly everywhere [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58481 (possible miscoloring after replacement) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58489 (cursor could sit on status bar in help) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58490 (unknown sequence was silent at prompt) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58503 (separate 'bold' from 'bright' [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58619 (<Tab> pointlessly showed . and ..) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58620 (let <Tab> show list near bottom [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58627 (show the list after one <Tab> [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58632 (restricted mode could leak info) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58642 (potential data loss upon crash) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58685 (warn about read-only file [wish]) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58714 (invalid Unicode gave wrong feedback) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58730 (pasting at Unicode prompt did not work) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58731 (<Alt+numeric operator> entered letter) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58788 (<Esc><Esc> sequence not always reset) https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58799 (older compilers do not know "\e") https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58818 (<Esc><Esc> sequence failed in macro) Changes between v4.9 and v5.0: ------------------------------ Marco Diego Aurélio Mesquita (4): new feature: bindable functions for toggling and jumping to "bookmarks" bindings: hard-bind the bookmark functions to M-Ins and M-PgUp/M-PgDn display: support the position indicator also when --softwrap is used files: make the M-F (New Buffer) toggle non-persistent Michalis Kokologiannakis (3): files: improve the backup procedure to ensure no data is lost tweaks: adjust some indentation after the previous change tweaks: move the backup code to a separate function Ryan Westlund (2): syntax: go: highlight the chan keyword, and the special +build comment syntax: haskell: new file -- coloring rules for Haskell programs Andreas K. Foerster (1): syntax: ada: new file -- coloring rules for Ada 2012 files Pedro Victor de Brito Cordeiro (1): tweaks: make parameter names in prototypes match those in the definitions Benno Schulenberg (375): anchor: do not let a full justification transfer an anchor to the top anchor: do not let piping and spelling transfer an anchor to the top anchor: during full justification preserve anchors as during single ones backup: do not understand ^C as "Yes" when asking whether to continue backup: when rereading the original file fails, ask the user what to do bindings: add mistakenly removed M-J (Full Justify) back to the main menu bindings: add ^Z (Suspend) to the "Execute Command" menu bindings: allow toggling the help lines at several prompts and in browser bindings: allow typing digits on the numeric keypad by holding Shift bindings: make ^L (Refresh) work at all the prompts too bindings: make ^T invoke the "Execute Command" menu, and ^T^T the Speller bindings: remove the Full-Justify function from the Search menu bindings: stop <Alt+operator> on the keypad from entering spurious letter bindings: stop supporting <Esc> <Esc> <numeric slash> without NumLock build: allow compilation to succeed on curses without italic support build: do not let --disable-speller exclude also the formatter code build: fix compilation for --enable-tiny --enable-color --enable-nanorc build: fix compilation when configured with --disable-color build: fix compilation when configured with --disable-speller build: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny build: fix compilation when configured with --enable-tiny build: fix miscompilation for --enable-{tiny,color,nanorc} build: fix the Makefile after two header files were renamed build: make a deeper clone of gnulib (when building from git) build: make ./configure report which global nanorc file will be used build: replace the non-standard backslash escape "\e" with "\x1B" build: stop distributing a nano.spec file build: use a more dependable method for detecting a build from git bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.0 release color: avoid allocating emptiness when there are no multiline regexes color: when syntax coloring is toggled back on, calculate multiline data colors: move purple one step away from magenta, and use a darker mauve copying: change the implementation, away from cutting plus copying back copying: do not forget to update the screen when M-6 is pressed copying: when using M-6, copy the final line in the buffer just once copying: with --nonewlines, don't add a final newline to the cutbuffer counting: count words and characters without partitioning the file counting: count words correctly also when --wordchars is used cutting: change the implementation of cutting to not use partitioning cutting: overhaul the pasting routine, to not make use of partitioning display: avoid an additional redrawing when redrawing the screen display: blank the status bar for a copy operation, like for cut & paste display: do not try to draw content when there is no open buffer yet display: reposition the cursor after an error message also in a help text docs: complete the renaming of 'tempfile' to 'saveonexit' docs: copy the 4.9.1 news item from the release branch docs: copy the 4.9.2 news item from the release branch docs: copy the 4.9.3 news item from the release branch docs: document the --indicator (-q) and 'set indicator' options docs: document the new -O/--bookstyle and 'set bookstyle' options docs: explain how anchors work, and document their bindable functions docs: improve some descriptions concerning the file browser docs: in the sample nanorc file, refer instead of duplicating docs: mention that doing a full-buffer operation wipes away all anchors docs: mention that M-X toggle is special, because available in most menus docs: mention that the dedicated cursor-moving keys are not rebindable docs: mention the nine new color names, and "bold" plus "italic" docs: note Marco as the original author of the bookmarking code docs: reduce the TODO file to a reference to the bug tracker on Savannah docs: stop mentioning that --wordchars overrides --wordbounds docs: use 'bold' and 'light' instead of 'bright' in the sample nanorc feedback: beep also at a prompt when receiving an unknown escape sequence feedback: do not list "." and ".." as possible <Tab><Tab> completions feedback: indicate an anchor with a "+" in the line-number margin feedback: show a message also when trying to copy an empty region feedback: show the cursor position also at startup in an empty buffer feedback: skip wiping the prompt bar when the shortcut printed a message files: also when creating a backup fails, ask the user whether to proceed files: ask the user whether to proceed every time a backup fails files: before prompting, show also the reason why the backup failed files: disallow tabbing when in restricted mode files: do not append but truncate when allowing insecure backups files: do not let a stray CR in a DOS file trigger Mac format files: do not make a failsafe backup when in restricted mode files: give a more precise warning when deleting an existing backup fails files: ignore errors when calling chmod() on a backup file files: ignore errors when calling chown() on a backup file files: ignore errors when calling futimens() on a backup file files: list possible completions after just one <Tab> instead of two files: make a backup only when requested, not an unrequested failsafe one files: make better use of the last row when there are many completions files: make filtering of the entire buffer into a new buffer work again files: never report a file as being of mixed format files: reinitialize the palette only when the syntax actually changed files: remove two superfluous calls for shielding temp files from others files: show a warning when writing a backup fails, before prompting files: show possible tab completions near the bottom of the edit window files: take into account that also closing a backup file can fail files: trigger the Easter egg only when "zzy" is typed at the prompt files: warn the root user when all the write bits are missing files: write out a marked region without partitioning the buffer general: make five tools accessible through the "Execute Command" menu general: rename "bookmark" to "anchor", to sound less permanent gnulib: update to its current upstream state help: describe what has been added to the "Execute Command" menu help: pair the items in the two bottom lines better in the tiny version help: put the two toggles first in the "Execute Command" menu history: don't send error messages to the screen; store them in the queue history: take into account that closing a file can fail history: take into account that statting a file can fail too indicator: recompute the extra rows also for cut/paste/split/join indicator: recompute the extra rows also when justifying and resizing indicator: rework how the "scrollbar" is computed when softwrapping input: interpret an escape sequence only when it starts with "[" or "O" input: reset the counters when a three-digit sequence is not completed input: stop recognizing the raw escape sequences for F13 to F16 locking: ignore the insecure-backup flag when creating a lock file locking: prevent a symlink attack by not opening an existing lock file memory: plug a leak, by freeing the cutbuffer after a bracketed paste menus: remove unneeded words and shortenings from key labels new feature: a position-plus-portion indicator on the righthand side oops -- restore an accidentally changed file options: add --indicator and -q for switching on the scroll-bar thing options: add -O/--bookstyle to make leading whitespace mean new paragraph options: let --afterends affect also the deleting of words (Ctrl+Delete) options: make -S the short synonym of --softwrap options: rename --tempfile to --saveonexit, to be far clearer options: stop recognizing the obsolete --morespace and --smooth po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files prompt: at Yes-No, do not treat a screen resize as an invalid keystroke rcfile: accept prefix "light" to make a color brighter without bolding it rcfile: add bindable function 'execute', for access to "Execute Command" rcfile: allow specifying a bright background color (with prefix "light") rcfile: complain when an essential key binding is missing rcfile: do not complain when "bright" is used with a background color rcfile: introduce nine new named colors, from "pink" to "latte" rcfile: introduce the modifier "bold", for specifying bolding separately rcfile: introduce the modifier 'italic', for slanted text rcfile: rename bindable function 'curpos' to 'location' rcfile: rename 'extcmd' to 'execute', to be more readable and fitting rcfile: report the first bad color element, not a later one that is okay rcfile: restore terminal settings when exiting upon excessive unbindings replacing: recalculate the multiline coloring info when needed scrolling: add a function and a key binding to center the cursor line speller: take into account that statting a file can fail [coverity] startup: allow presetting case-sensitive search also in the tiny version startup: check stdout instead of stdin when probing for a Linux console startup: enter curses mode before reading the nanorc files startup: initialize colors only when the terminal is capable of colors syntax: css: color multiline comments correctly syntax: default: colorize embedded control codes syntax: email: rename file and syntax, away from the mistaken 'mutt' syntax: markdown: do not colorize text between two bold words as italic syntax: markdown: new file -- coloring rules for Markdown files syntax: mgp: drop the almost-empty MagicPoint file and syntax syntax: move distro-specific files down to a subdirectory, syntax/extra/ syntax: nanorc: colorize 'bright' anyway, so existing syntaxes look okay syntax: nanorc: colorize the new named colors too, from "mint" to "mauve" syntax: nanorc: stop colorizing 'bright', even though it's still accepted syntax: sql: condense some regexes, and reduce their number syntax: sql: rename the file to match the name of the syntax syntaxes: move the rules for Fortran and Povray files down to extra/ syntaxes: remove some stuff that has been commented out for a long time syntaxes: remove some superfluous outer parentheses from regexes syntaxes: remove unneeded backslash escapes before quotes syntaxes: uniformize the initial comment tabbing: beep at the first listing, and when there are zero possibilities tabbing: properly terminate the answer when the sole match is a folder text: retain a bookmark when two lines are joined or something is cut tweaks: add a condition, so that two ifs can be elided tweaks: add a helpful message for when pkg.m4 is missing during a build tweaks: add a helping variable, in order to unwrap three lines tweaks: add a helping variable, to slightly condense the code tweaks: add a symbol, in order to condense three function calls tweaks: add four early returns for read/write errors of history files tweaks: add four more translator hints tweaks: add two comments, and improve another tweaks: adjust comments and indentation after the previous change tweaks: adjust the conditional help-item pairing for absence of speller tweaks: adjust the file format indicator in a quicker way tweaks: adjust the indentation after the previous change tweask: adjust the indentation after the previous change tweaks: avoid a compiler warning tweaks: avoid a function call when a simple boolean will do tweaks: avoid an unnecessary refresh for zero or just one completion tweaks: avoid a warning about an unused variable in the tiny version tweaks: avoid checking a variable three times for each pass in the loop tweaks: avoid unneeded calls of free() by reallocating the full name tweaks: call init_pair() just once for each pair number tweaks: call the spotlighting routines only for the relevant line tweaks: call use_default_colors() just once for each run tweaks: cascade the ifs properly: without increasing the indentation tweaks: change a helping variable, to make two blocks still more similar tweaks: change a 'switch' to 'if', to elide a dummy 'return' tweaks: close opened files when something goes wrong [coverity] tweaks: condense a bit of code, by reusing an existing variable tweaks: condense a comment, and express a condition in a different way tweaks: condense a comment, and reshuffle a few lines tweaks: condense a comment, and reshuffle some conditions tweaks: condense and improve some comments tweaks: condense some cases to a single line, for more clarity tweaks: condense the code a little further, by grouping things better tweaks: correct a comment, and avoid third repetition of some conditions tweaks: correct a comment, and drop a redundant (because nested) #ifdef tweaks: correct some comments, as VT100 and such have smaller keypads tweaks: correct two spelling mistakes [codespell] tweaks: delete a ChangeLog that is no longer updated and is incomplete tweaks: delete another pointless ChangeLog tweaks: delete a now-unused function tweaks: delete some unneeded code, and rename the function accordingly tweaks: delete the now-unused partitioning and unpartitioning routines tweaks: delete two functions that are never executed tweaks: do not use 'switch' when there are just two possibilities tweaks: do not use the string "stat()" in any of the comments tweaks: don't bother overwriting a CR -- decreasing the length is enough tweaks: don't bother statting the lock file before unlinking it tweaks: don't bother using the exclusive flag when creating a lock file tweaks: don't check for escape sequences that start with a lowercase "o" tweaks: don't use a symbol for other purposes tweaks: do the conversion of -1 to a specific color just once tweaks: do the saving of histories in a single place tweaks: drop an unneeded assignment, and reshuffle a few lines tweaks: drop a superfluous check for a non-zero length tweaks: drop obsolete 'nano.spec' from .gitignore file, and reshuffle tweaks: drop two redundant conditions, and improve three comments tweaks: drop two unneeded assignments tweaks: drop two unneeded wnoutrefresh() calls in the spotlight routines tweaks: elide a function that is called just once tweaks: elide a function that is too sparse tweaks: elide another parameter, relevant in just three menus tweaks: elide a now-unused parameter -- it is always FALSE tweaks: elide an unneeded call of strlen(), and copy NUL byte with string tweaks: elide an unneeded global variable tweaks: elide an unneeded parameter, and rename the other tweaks: elide an unneeded variable, as there is nothing beyond '*place' tweaks: elide an unused parameter, and rename the other and a variable tweaks: elide a parameter, by calling the relevant function beforehand tweaks: elide a parameter that is relevant for only one menu (Goto Dir) tweaks: elide a redundant intermediate function tweaks: elide a variable and be more direct, and rename another tweaks: elide a variable, and shortcircuit a return tweaks: elide a variable, by returning the result directly tweaks: elide a wrapper function, by checking a precondition earlier tweaks: elide three functions that are called just once tweaks: elide three parameters, as they are the same for both calls tweaks: elide two ifs for the most likely case, when defaults are allowed tweaks: elide two redundant calls of strchr() tweaks: exclude a bit of bracketed-paste code from the tiny version tweaks: exclude an unneeded fragment of code from the tiny version tweaks: exit from the writing loop as soon as the last line is reached tweaks: fix twenty typos, in old Changelogs and in some comments tweaks: fold translation of all modified keypad keystrokes together tweaks: fold two blocks into each other, to elide three overlapping cases tweaks: for each version, mention the changes to the PO files last tweaks: get rid of a bunch of annoying casts, and thus condense the code tweaks: group the exiting routines together, and condense the comments tweaks: handle the double escapes directly, instead of going round again tweaks: handle two similar things in the same way tweaks: implement the anchor routines in a different way tweaks: improve a comment, rename a function, and elide a parameter tweaks: improve a comment, reshuffle a scroll command, elide a variable tweaks: improve four comments tweaks: improve several comments, and rewrap two lines tweaks: improve some comments, and reshuffle an assignment tweaks: improve some comments and whitespace, and reshuffle a few lines tweaks: improve three comments, drop one, and unwrap a line tweaks: improve two comments, and reshuffle some lines for conciseness tweaks: invert a condition, to have two clauses in a more logical order tweaks: invert a condition, to see the similarity between the two modes tweaks: make an early return for zero matches, and rename a variable tweaks: make an error message more accurate and reduce it to its essence tweaks: make three hard-bindings of special keys more efficiently tweaks: move a copyright notice to a better place, and improve it tweaks: move a fragment of code to the one branch that needs it tweaks: move a function to a more logical place tweaks: move a function to before the one that calls it tweaks: move a function to before the one that calls it tweaks: move a function, to be in the order in which they are called tweaks: move a function to the file where it is used the most tweaks: move an 'if', to not call leftedge_for() when not softwrapping tweaks: move an initialization function to before the one that calls it tweaks: move two functions, to have them in a more logical order tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change tweaks: order three menu names in the documentation slightly better tweaks: plug a leak, by always freeing the full filename [valgrind] tweaks: rake a common statement to the end of the case tweaks: recalculate the multiline info just once when doing "Replace All" tweaks: reduce the indentation after the previous change tweaks: remove an incorrect mention of umask() from a comment tweaks: remove an unneeded call of wnoutrefresh() tweaks: remove an unneeded cursor movement, and rename a variable tweaks: remove an unneeded element from the openfilestruct tweaks: remove a redundant cursor movement, remove a redundant condition tweaks: remove a superfluous check on the length of the key buffer tweaks: remove a superfluous global variable tweaks: remove some superfluous conditions tweaks: remove three unneeded while loops from two input routines tweaks: remove two calls of umask() by specifying permissions directly tweaks: remove two redundant conditions, and make a more direct return tweaks: remove two superfluous assignments tweaks: remove unneeded variables after the previous change tweaks: rename a function, and move it to before the one that calls it tweaks: rename a function, and move it to before the one that calls it tweaks: rename a function, to be more correct tweaks: rename a function, to be more general and clearer tweaks: rename a function, to be more precise, and reshuffle it tweaks: rename a function, to be more precise, and reshuffle some things tweaks: rename a function, to better describe what it does tweaks: rename a function, to leave the old names behind tweaks: rename a function, to match with the boolean that guards it tweaks: rename a function, to not shadow a variable, and elide parameter tweaks: rename a parameter and a variable, to be more meaningful tweaks: rename a struct element, to be shorter and preciser tweaks: rename a symbol, and actually use it where it is needed tweaks: rename a symbol, away from a double abbreviation tweaks: rename a symbol, from a phrase to a noun tweaks: rename a symbol, to be more accurate, and reshuffle two lines tweaks: rename a symbol, to better suit its purpose, and reduce its scope tweaks: rename a variable, and condense a comment tweaks: rename a variable, and normalize the indentation tweaks: rename a variable, and reduce the scope of two others tweaks: rename a variable, for more contrast with the function name tweaks: rename a variable, for shortness and contrast tweaks: rename a variable, improve a comment, and reshuffle a few things tweaks: rename a variable, to avoid overrepetition of 'backup' tweaks: rename a variable, to better describe what it holds tweaks: rename a variable, to better fit related ones tweaks: rename a variable, to make more sense tweaks: rename a variable, to not refer to a row as a "line" tweaks: rename one of the flag symbols, to be clearer tweaks: rename two functions and a variable, and improve two comments tweaks: rename two functions, and rename and reshuffle a parameter tweaks: rename two functions, to better indicate what they do tweaks: rename two header files, to be distinct and not an abbreviation tweaks: rename two labels, for brevity tweaks: rename two parameters, away from abbreviations tweaks: rename two parameters, away from an abbreviation tweaks: rename two parameters, to be more fitting tweaks: rename two variables, and reduce the scope of a third tweaks: rename two variables, away from abbreviations tweaks: rename two variables, to avoid a repetitive prefix tweaks: rename two variables, to be shorter and without abbreviations tweaks: reshuffle a bit of code, to elide an #ifndef tweaks: reshuffle a condition, for symmetry tweaks: reshuffle a condition, to avoid a repetition of code tweaks: reshuffle a condition, to make a little more sense tweaks: reshuffle a declaration and six calls of free(), to avoid a leak tweaks: reshuffle a few lines, and remove a few unneeded comments tweaks: reshuffle a few lines, for conciseness tweaks: reshuffle a few lines, to elide an 'if' from the most common path tweaks: reshuffle a fragment of code, to elide a 'goto' tweaks: reshuffle an assignment, for conciseness, and rename a variable tweaks: reshuffle and trim a comment, and remove unneeded pair of braces tweaks: reshuffle a statement, to have major initialization in nano.c tweaks: reshuffle some code, to avoid needlessly calling a function tweaks: reshuffle some conditions, to straighten the logic tweaks: reshuffle some lines, for esthetics tweaks: reshuffle some lines, to better separate the three cases tweaks: rewrap a few lines in old news items, for more balanced lines tweaks: separate a symbol from its definition by two spaces tweaks: shorten an error message, to be appropriate in all situations tweaks: shorten the name of a symbol, to match its bindable function tweaks: simplify an error message, by mentioning just the main point tweaks: simplify the counting of characters in a section tweaks: skip the conversion to multibyte for plain ASCII codes tweaks: slightly improve a comment and the ordering of some lines tweaks: slightly improve the grouping of shortcuts in some help texts tweaks: three escapes is the same as either zero escapes or one escape tweaks: trim an ASCII case, as the function is called only for UTF-8 tweaks: trim some oververbose comments -- they overshadow the code tweaks: uniformize some old translator credits tweaks: update a translator hint, and add another tweaks: update three translator hints, add two, and frob three strings tweaks: use a better symbol than 'ERR' to signify a valid hex digit tweaks: use knowledge of Unicode to skip the general multibyte conversion tweaks: use three switches instead of cascading ifs, for brevity undo: choose the proper x positions to place the cursor and rejoin lines undo: when undoing a line cut, place the cursor back where it was usage: unabbreviate option arguments where possible verbatim: show an error message when an invalid Unicode code is entered verbatim: turn bracketed-paste mode off while waiting for input -- Benno -- If you have a working or partly working program that you'd like to offer to the GNU project as a GNU package, see https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html.