[Info-nano] [ANNOUNCE] nano-5.3 is released

[Benno Schulenberg]

2020.10.07 - GNU nano 5.3  "Revolution!"

• Option 'set stateflags' makes nano show the state of auto-indenting,
  the mark, hard-wrapping, macro recording, and soft-wrapping in the
  title bar.  The flags take the place of "Modified", and a modified
  buffer is instead indicated by an asterisk (*) after its name.
• Nano no longer by default tries using libmagic to determine the type
  of a file (when neither filename nor first line gave a clue), because
  in most cases it is a waste of time.  It requires using the option
  --magic or -! or 'set magic' to make nano try libmagic.
• The color of the indicator can be changed with 'set scrollercolor'.


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-5.3.tar.xz
  https://nano-editor.org/dist/v5/nano-5.3.tar.xz.asc


Specific issues that were addressed in this release:
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49771  (Slang clips some escape sequences)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57953  (show state info in title bar [Wish])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58997  (self-built wide ncurses not detected)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59028  (an option to switch off magic [Wish])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59041  (configurable color of indicator [Wish])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59059  (equivalent filenames were unsorted)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59064  (small issues in man pages)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59070  (--enable-libmagic should require color)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59071  (with Slang, resuming entered bad byte)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59073  (improper resume from external SIGSTOP)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59077  (with Slang, bad resume from SIGSTOP)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59078  (with Slang, ^S failed after resuming)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59091  (cursor often disappears on bterm)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59109  (feedback in browser stayed too long)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59110  (^G Help is pointless in tiny version)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59119  ("Unbound key" shown for too long)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59178  (resizing could hide current line)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59180  (searching could hide current line)


Changes between v5.2 and v5.3:
------------------------------

Hussam al-Homsi (5):
      syntax: c: colorize also one-character constants, and the null directive
      syntax: c: colorize also the keywords that start with an underscore
      syntax: c: colorize also the 'restrict' keyword, and the #line directive
      tweaks: reorder a member of 'funcstruct', to save 8 bytes of padding
      tweaks: stop casting the return of malloc() and friends

Arturo Borrero González (1):
      syntax: nftables: include author and license lines

Ryan Westlund (1):
      syntax: markdown: add author and license line

Benno Schulenberg (94):
      browser: make M-W/M-Q functional right after startup, if there is history
      browser: sort names that differ only in case with uppercase first
      browser: wipe the status bar before searching again with M-W or M-Q
      build: abort the update script if a PO file contains a control character
      build: avoid two compiler warnings when gnulib has been ripped out
      build: do not accept --enable-libmagic when not having color support
      build: do not let Slang translate escape sequences to key codes
      build: exclude bunches of raw escape sequences from the tiny version
      build: exclude --emptyline, --jumpyscrolling, and --noread from tiny nano
      build: exclude excessive version information from the tiny version
      build: exclude option --tabsize (-T) from the tiny version
      build: exclude reading a file from standard input from the tiny version
      build: exclude the three --help column headers from the tiny version
      build: include some raw sequences for the graphical Debian installer
      build: stop using an obsolete macro, and use 'void' for signal handlers
      build: to verify wide curses, probe for a function that cannot be a macro
      bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.3 release
      chars: reduce searching time with roughly 85 percent for plain ASCII
      display: do not unnecessarily wipe the status bar
      display: do not wipe the status bar when the terminal has just one row
      display: force the cursor to reappear after a message (when using Slang)
      display: force the cursor to reappear in a better way (when using Slang)
      display: skip a special-case refresh when a message was written
      docs: add a link to the website also to the info manual
      docs: add the customary (1) after the name of command-line programs
      docs: condense the descriptions of cutting and pasting
      docs: explain the purpose of -! / --magic / 'set magic'
      docs: explain the 'set scrollercolor' option, for coloring the indicator
      docs: explain what the options --stateflags (-%) and 'set stateflags' do
      docs: improve two wordings in the sample nanorc
      docs: mention that syntax definitions are available in /usr/share/nano/
      feedback: don't give a hint for <Bsp>, and not after an Alt+key was used
      feedback: in the tiny version, let M-H show the helpful hint too
      feedback: make an "Unbound key" message disappear on the next keystroke
      feedback: show a helpful message for ^G even when there is no help
      feedback: show helpful message for the first ^H at the top of the file
      gnulib: update to its current upstream state
      help: do not leave the cursor on the status bar after a search
      help: do not show "^G Help" in the tiny version when there is no help
      help: ensure the help lines are always drawn, also when using Slang
      help: in the tiny version, show Prev/Next Word before Backward/Forward
      help: nicely pair menu items also when built with just --disable-help
      new feature: option --stateflags to show some states in top-right corner
      options: add -? as a synonym of -h (--help), but leave it undocumented
      options: move --stateflags (-%) and --magic (-!) to the end of the list
      options: require --magic or 'set magic' to enable the use of libmagic
      po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
      rcfile: add 'set scrollercolor', for changing the color of the indicator
      suspension: do not enter an invalid byte upon resume (when using Slang)
      suspension: properly resume from an external SIGSTOP
      suspension: resume properly from an external SIGSTOP (when using Slang)
      suspension: switch off flow control at the right moment (for Slang)
      syntax: nanorc: stop coloring 'morespace' and 'smooth' as valid
      syntax: nanorc: stop coloring 'nopauses' and 'nowrap' as valid
      syntax: nanorc: stop coloring 'quiet' and 'backwards' and 'finalnewline'
      syntax: po: do not leave the occasional tab with a red background color
      syntax: po: highlight embedded control codes that shouldn't be there
      syntax: sh: recognize some shell scripts by their Emacs modeline
      syntaxes: add author and license lines to four of the files
      tweaks: add a hint for translators
      tweaks: add some comments to the C syntax, and sort some keywords
      tweaks: adjust some whitespace in the docs, and improve a comment
      tweaks: avoid a compiler warning when compiling with more than -O1
      tweaks: condense a bit of code
      tweaks: condense a bit of code after the previous change
      tweaks: correct some typos and spellos in the changelog
      tweaks: drop the unneeded saving and restoring of a global variable
      tweaks: dummy commit, to add some info about the previous one
      tweaks: elide a one-line function, after reducing it to a single call
      tweaks: fold one function into another, to elide an unneeded return value
      tweaks: harmonize the spelling of a compound word, and rewrap a section
      tweaks: harmonize the style of error messages and warnings in ./configure
      tweaks: make two of the changes that 'autoupdate' suggests
      tweaks: move three functions, to before the ones that call them
      tweaks: move two more functions, to before the ones that call them
      tweaks: move two more functions, to before the one that calls them
      tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change
      tweaks: remove an inconsistent newline from the end of an error message
      tweaks: remove an unused element from 'funcstruct', saving 8 more bytes
      tweaks: remove mistaken escape sequences for function keys on xterm
      tweaks: remove two stray comments and two lines that were commented out
      tweaks: rename another variable, away from being misnamed
      tweaks: rename four variables, reshuffle them, and correct one type
      tweaks: rename two elements of history struct, away from abbreviations
      tweaks: rename two variables, to be more distinct
      tweaks: replace two more occurrences of 'AC_TRY_RUN' with 'AC_RUN_IFELSE'
      tweaks: reshuffle a condition, to elide a blank string
      tweaks: reshuffle some lines after the previous change
      tweaks: reshuffle some lines and adjust indentation after previous change
      tweaks: reshuffle two lines and a function name, for a consistent order
      tweaks: rewrap nine more old NEWS items, for balanced line lengths
      tweaks: rewrap three NEWS items, for more balanced line lengths
      tweaks: stop 'autoupdate' from failing with "end of file in string"
      version: remove URL and email address from the --version output

-- 

Benno

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