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[ANNOUNCE] nano-5.6 is released
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Benno Schulenberg |
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[ANNOUNCE] nano-5.6 is released |
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Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:28:51 +0100 |
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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:
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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
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Benno
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