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2019.03.24 - GNU nano 4.0 "Thy Rope of Sands"
• An overlong line is no longer automatically hard-wrapped.
• Smooth scrolling (one line at a time) has become the default.
• A newline character is no longer automatically added at end of buffer.
• The line below the title bar is by default part of the editing space.
• Option --breaklonglines (-b) turns automatic hard-wrapping back on.
• Option --jumpyscrolling (-j) gives the chunky, half-screen scrolling.
• Option --finalnewline (-f) brings back the automatic newline at EOF.
• Option --emptyline (-e) leaves the line below the title bar unused.
• <Alt+Up> and <Alt+Down> now do a linewise scroll instead of a findnext.
• Any number of justifications can be undone (like all other operations).
• When marked text is justified, it becomes a single, separate paragraph.
• Option --guidestripe=<number> draws a vertical bar at the given column.
• Option --fill=<number> no longer turns on automatic hard-wrapping.
• When a line continues offscreen, it now ends with a highlighted ">".
• The halfs of a split two-column character are shown as "[" and "]".
• A line now scrolls horizontally one column earlier.
• The bindable functions 'cutwordleft' and 'cutwordright' were renamed
to 'chopwordleft' and 'chopwordright' as they don't use the cutbuffer.
• The paragraph-jumping functions were moved from Search to Go-to-Line.
• Option --rebinddelete is able to compensate for more misbindings.
• Options --morespace and --smooth are obsolete and thus ignored.
• The --disable-wrapping-as-root configure option was removed.
2018.11.11 - GNU nano 3.2 "Het kromme hout" changes the default binding
for the linter to M-B so that the spell checker (^T) can
always be used, and changes (when linting) the text in the
title bar and the color of the status bar to make linting
mode more obvious. It also adds a bindable 'zap' function
for deleting a line or marked region without changing the
cutbuffer, adds --zap to bind the <Del> and <Backspace>
keys to the zap function when something is marked, and
hard-binds <Alt+Del> to 'zap'. Furthermore, it shows the
cursor also in the help viewer (when --showcursor is used),
renames the bindable functions 'prevhistory' to 'older' and
'nexthistory' to 'newer' (update your nanorcs when needed),
reads the nanorc files also in restricted mode to allow
customization by the user (if this should not be allowed,
use --ignorercfiles in addition to --restricted), allows
in view mode to open also other files (if this should not
be allowed, use --restricted in addition to --view), makes
resizes respect a relative --fill again, no longer binds
F13...F15 by default, properly re-highlights a misspelled
word after invoking help in the internal spell checker,
and does not skip Unicode characters in string binds.
2018.09.18 - GNU nano 3.1 "Je faisais des bonds comme ça!" fixes a
misbinding of ^H on some terminals and some systems,
does not leave stray stuff after the prompt upon exit
when having suspended nano while using --constantshow,
and does not allow to toggle to Replace in view mode.
2018.09.09 - GNU nano 3.0 "Water Flowing Underground" speeds up the
reading of a file by seventy percent, roughly doubles the
speed of handling ASCII text, changes the way words at line
boundaries are deleted, makes <Ctrl+Delete> wipe the next
word and <Ctrl+Shift+Delete> the preceding word, binds M-Q
to 'findprevious' by default (the Tabs-to-Spaces toggle is
placed on M-O, and the More-Space toggle is fully removed),
makes an external spell check undoable, shows the correct
number of lines on the status bar when opening multiple
files, removes the 'formatter' command, removes the
'searchagain' bindable function (M-W is now bound to
'findnext' by default), moves the No-Convert toggle to the
Insert menu, removes the Backup and New-Buffer toggles from
the main menu (they remain in the Write-Out and Insert
menus, respectively), is more precise in what it accepts as
a rebindable key name, ignores any presses of <Esc> before
a valid command keystroke, recognizes some more escape
sequences for modified editing-pad keys, does not hide
rcfile error messages on a Linux console, renames the
bindable functions 'copytext' to 'copy' and 'uncut' to
'paste', and avoids a possible hang during a Full-Justify.
2018.06.02 - GNU nano 2.9.8 "Espresso" brings the ability to filter the
buffer (or the marked region) through an external command
(^R^X and prefix the command with the pipe symbol, "|"), is
better at detecting and maintaining paragraphs, is able to
justify //-style comments, fixes a crash when the binding
of a key to a string lacks a closing quote, gives feedback
about the number of lines written also when prepending or
appending, and fixes a couple of bugs with the linter.
2018.05.15 - GNU nano 2.9.7 "Hvide Sande" adds the option '--afterends'
for making Ctrl+Right (the nextword function) stop at word
ends instead of beginnings, accepts multibyte letters for
the Yes/No/All answers, does emergency saves of changed
buffers in the unlikely event that nano crashes, adds the
until-now missing bindable function 'linenumbers', and
renames the toggles 'constupdate' to 'constantshow' and
'cuttoend' to 'cutfromcursor', for consistency with the
corresponding options -- adjust your nanorc files soon.
2018.04.27 - GNU nano 2.9.6 "Gomance" fixes a crash in word completion,
makes --enable-altrcname work again, improves the fluidity
of scrolling when using the touchpad, tweaks the syntaxes
for shell scripts and PO files, makes a replacing session
go always forward by default, no longer inserts a newline
after an external spell check of a selected region, always
accepts the English Y and N (and A) at a yes-no prompt in
any locale, and solves a few hypothetical bugs.
2018.03.29 - GNU nano 2.9.5 "Kiša pada" changes the way the Scroll-Up
and Scroll-Down commands work (M-- and M-+): instead of
keeping the cursor in the same screen position they now
keep the cursor in the same text position (if possible).
This version further adds a new color name, "normal",
which gives the default foreground or background color,
which is useful when you want to undo some overzealous
painting by earlier syntax regexes. Bug fixes include:
a segfault when trying to insert a file in restricted
mode, the reading in of a new file being "undoable", a
slight miswrapping of help texts when --linenumbers was
used, and the shell syntax coloring the word "tar" in
file names.
2018.03.08 - GNU nano 2.9.4 "Isabel" allows binding a key to a string
(any piece of text and/or commands), permits customizing
the color of error messages with 'set errorcolor', colors
those error messages by default in bright white on red,
makes <Enter> at the bottom of the screen scroll just one
row when --smooth is used, does not fail when redoing a
file insertion, and cancels a Shift-selection when any
cursor key is pressed without Shift even when the cursor
cannot move. Further, it treats tabs fully the same as
spaces when doing automatic hard-wrapping, allows syntax
names to be unquoted, and removes two deprecated options
and six deprecated bindable function names.
2018.01.29 - GNU nano 2.9.3 "Córdoba" fixes a segfault with trimblanks
that could occur when a typed space caused the word after
it to be pushed to the next line. It further makes macros
work also when your keyboard still emits escape sequences,
adds the options -M and --trimblanks for the command line,
recognizes key combos with Shift on a few more terminals,
no longer shows dots in certain prompt texts when visible
whitespace is turned on, fixes two corner cases when doing
replacements in a marked region, allows to open a named
pipe again when using --noread, and accurately detects
a needed color change when a line contains a start match
but not a corresponding end match any more. Plus some
other small fry.
2018.01.02 - GNU nano 2.9.2 "Pussy Riot" correctly displays the Modified
state when undoing/redoing (also when the file was saved
somewhere midway), improves the undoing of an automatic
linefeed at EOF, fixes a build issue on the BSDs, shows
the cursor again when compiled with --withslang, renames
the option 'justifytrim' to 'trimblanks' because it will
now snip trailing whitespace also while you are typing
(and hard-wrapping is enabled), continues pushing words
to the next line much longer (when hard-wrapping), makes
<Tab> and <Shift+Tab> indent and unindent a marked region,
allows unindenting when not all lines are indented, lets a
region marked with Shift persist when indenting/unindenting
or commenting/uncommenting it, and in those cases excludes
the last line of the region when it is not visibly marked
(which makes for a more intuitive behavior).
2017.11.27 - GNU nano 2.9.1 "Damyatta" fixes a bug where, when the mark
is on, ^S would overwrite the file with just the marked
region. This release further clears the "Modified" flag
when all edits are undone, adds or updates some magic
strings, and does not forget when the cursor was last
at line 1, column 1.
2017.11.18 - GNU nano 2.9.0 "Eta" introduces the ability to record and
replay keystrokes (M-: to start and stop recording, M-;
to play the macro back), makes ^Q and ^S do something
useful by default (^Q starts a backward search, and ^S
saves the current file), changes ^W to start always a
forward search, shows the number of open buffers (when
more than one) in the title bar, no longer asks to press
Enter when there are errors in an rc file, retires the
options '--quiet' and 'set quiet' and 'set backwards',
makes indenting and unindenting undoable, will look in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME for a nanorc file and in $XDG_DATA_HOME
for the history files, adds a history stack for executed
commands (^R^X), does not overwrite the position-history
file of another nano, and fixes a score of tiny bugs.
2017.08.27 - GNU nano 2.8.7 "Fragrance" fixes a lockup when tabs are
wider than the screen, makes indenting + unindenting
more predictable by retaining relative indentations,
allows pasting (^U) at a prompt, allows triple quotes
in Python to not be followed by a character, does not
scroll three pages on a roll of the mouse wheel, binds
Alt+Up and Alt+Down to findprevious and findnext, and
fixes some hard-to-describe issues with softwrapping
and boundary-crossing tabs. Enjoy.
2017.07.21 - GNU nano 2.8.6 "Kekulé" offers a new feature: the ability
to do softwrapping between words -- at whitespace --
instead of always at the edge of the screen. This can
be activated with -a or --atblanks or 'set atblanks'
together with the softwrap option. This release further
fixes a handful of rare display glitches, fixes a build
failure on AIX, harmonizes the quoting rules in the rc
files, and renames the option 'cut' to 'cutfromcursor'
(please update your nanorc files before 2020).
2017.06.25 - GNU nano 2.8.5 "Farouche" avoids a crash when waking from
a suspension that was induced from the outside, allows
negative line and column numbers on the command line,
avoids some flickering when resizing the screen while
in the file browser, opens files in the order they were
mentioned on the command line, and does not pretend to
have woken from suspension when receiving a SIGCONT.
2017.05.21 - GNU nano 2.8.4 "Our Version of Events" includes the nanorc
man page again.
2017.05.18 - GNU nano 2.8.3 "Hirsch" fixes a misplacement of the spotlight
during interactive replacing, avoids build failures on AIX
and Solaris, fixes a crash on Solaris, speeds up backwards
searching, improves PHP syntax highlighting, and no longer
asks “save anyway?” when the user ^Q discards the buffer.
2017.05.04 - GNU nano 2.8.2 "Krats" adds another new feature: it makes
the ^G help texts searchable with ^W. Apart from that,
it fixes a crash when resizing the window in the middle
of verbatim input, avoids an unlikely crash when used
without UTF-8 support in some locales, avoids redrawing
the screen twice when switching between buffers while
line numbers are active, and works around a coloring
bug on musl. Plus tweaks to the documentation; plus
translation updates for fifteen languages.
2017.04.12 - GNU nano 2.8.1 "Ellert" fixes build failures on MacOS and
on musl, fixes scrolling problems in softwrap mode when
double-width characters on row boundaries are involved,
shows double-width characters as ">" and "<" when split
across two rows, moves the cursor more predictably (at
the cost of sometimes putting it on the second "half"
of a character), avoids creating lines that consist of
only blanks when using autoindent, makes ^Home and ^End
go to the start and end of the file (on terminals that
support those keystrokes), places the cursor better when
linting, lets the linter ask only once whether to open
an included file, and adds bindings for ^Up and ^Down
in the file browser. Don't sit on your hands.
2017.03.31 - GNU nano 2.8.0 "Axat" makes it easier to move around in
softwrapped lines: the Up and Down keys now step from
visual row to visual row instead of jumping between
logical lines, and the Home and End keys now move to
the start and end of a row, and only when already
there, then to the start and end of the logical line.
Furthermore, the screen can now scroll per row instead
of always per logical line. On an entirely different
front: nano now makes use of gnulib, to make it build
on more platforms. In short: there were many internal
changes, not many user-visible ones (apart from the
new softwrap navigation). The conversion to gnulib
was done by Mike Frysinger, the softwrap overhaul by
David Ramsey.
2017.02.23 - GNU nano 2.7.5 "Nijntje" can properly search and replace
the \B and \b regex anchors, correctly repaints things
when multiline regexes with identical start and end are
involved, fixes a crash with zero-length regex matches,
does replacements at the edges of a marked region right,
no longer hides double-width characters at the head of
softwrapped rows, displays at most three warnings at
startup, and documents the ability to read a file from
standard input. Come tickle my ears.
2017.01.10 - GNU nano 2.7.4 "Red dress" undoes deletions in an orderly
manner again (bug was introduced in previous version),
sets the preferred x position for vertical movements
more consistently, avoids some scrolling problems in
softwrap mode, installs the Info manual also when your
system lacks 'makeinfo', and corrects the behavior of
the beginning-of-word anchor (\<) in regex searches.
2016.12.28 - GNU nano 2.7.3 "Ontbijtkoek" wipes away a handful of bugs:
your editor is now able to handle filenames that contain
newlines, avoids a brief flash of color when switching
between buffers that are governed by different syntaxes,
makes the Shift+Ctrl+Arrow keys select text again on a
Linux console, is more resistant against malformations
in the positionlog file, and does not crash when ^C is
typed on systems where it produces the code KEY_CANCEL.
Oh, and it no longer mistakenly warns about editing an
unlocked file just after saving a new one. That's it.
Tastes great with thick butter.
2016.12.12 - GNU nano 2.7.2 "Shemesh! Shemesh!" brings another feature:
the ability to complete with one keystroke (^] by default)
a fragment of a word to a full word existing elsewhere in
the current buffer. Besides, this release fixes two bugs
related to using line numbers in softwrap mode, allows to
use the PageUp and PageDown keys together with Shift on
VTE-based terminals, stops the help lines from flickering
during interactive replacing, makes a 'set fill' override
an earlier 'set nowrap', properly restores the selected
region after an external spell check, and improves a few
other tidbits. If you should find any more bugs, please
run 'man nano | grep bugs' and report them there.
2016.10.29 - GNU nano 2.7.1 "Leuven" adds an often-asked-for feature: the
ability to display line numbers beside the text. This can
be activated with -l or --linenumbers on the command line,
or with 'set linenumbers' in your nanorc, or toggled with
M-#. The coloring of these numbers can be chosen via the
option 'set numbercolor'. This release furthermore fixes
some bugs with scrolling in softwrap mode, is more strict
in the parsing of key rebindings, and marks a new buffer
as modified when the output of a command (^R^X) has been
read into it. Come and check it out!
2016.09.01 - GNU nano 2.7.0 "Suni" adds a new feature: allowing text to
be selected by holding Shift together with the cursor keys.
Besides that, nano now works also when run in very tiny
terminals (down to one line, one column), and improves
the handling of the prompt in cramped spaces. Not much,
but it's time to get it out there.
2016.08.10 - nano 2.6.3 "Marika" makes the Ctrl+Arrow keys work also on
a Linux virtual console, takes as verbatim only the very
first keystroke after M-V, removes any lock files that it
holds when dying, doesn't abort when a word contains digits
(when using the default speller), fixes a small sorting bug
in the file browser, makes searching case-insensitively in
a UTF-8 locale a little faster, and doesn't enter invalid
bytes when holding down both Alt keys. Santé!
2016.07.28 - nano 2.6.2 "Le vent nous portera" adds two new features: the
keystrokes Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down for jumping between blocks
of text, and the option 'wordchars' for specifying which
characters (beside alphanumeric ones) should be considered
word-forming. Further, it provides feedback during Unicode
input (M-V followed by a six-digit hexadecimal number which
must start with 0 or 10), avoids a crash when resizing the
window during Verbatim input, doesn't drop a keystroke after
having been suspended, and replaces the beginning-of-line
anchor (^) just once per line. There are also several tiny
improvements in screen rendering and key handling. Come get
your hair tousled!
2016.06.27 - nano 2.6.1 "Stampede" is chiefly a translation update, but
also adds one little feature (the ability to use negative
numbers with Go To Line: -1 meaning the first line from the
bottom), includes syntax highlighting for Rust, and fixes
three tiny bugs (but in such far corners of the editor that
they aren't even worth mentioning).
2016.06.17 - nano 2.6.0 "Rubicon" fixes more than fifty little bugs --
and some of them not so little. It improves moving about
in the file browser, corrects failings of the internal spell
checker, adds a new feature (comment/uncomment lines, with
default binding M-3), makes some error messages clearer,
shows more of a file when positionlog is used and the cursor
is near the end, displays all error messages at startup if
there are multiple ones, does not misinterpret keystrokes
when typing very fast, is less eager to trim the filename
on narrow terminals, speeds up case-insensitive searches,
and allows to abort re-searches. Among bunches of other
things. It is worth the trouble to upgrade.
2016.02.25 - GNU nano 2.5.3 "Alphys" is released. This release contains
fixes for bugs like: stray cursor positioning errors, many
many memory leaks including during file reading, using the
file browser, searching for multibyte characters, history
completion, and many other places.
New features include the ability to trim whitespace
from the ends of lines when justifying text, see nanorc(5)
option justifytrim for deets. As always thank you for your
continued support of nano, and keep sparing.
2016.02.12 - GNU nano 2.5.2 is carrying too many dogs. This release
includes several fixes for various memory leaks, position-
history size growth, and a long standing issue with using
nano under sudo creating root-owned files. There are also
the usual bevy of documentation and other miscellaneous
fixes and touchups. Upgrade today while supplies last,
operators are standing by!
2016.01.11 - GNU nano 2.5.1 "Salzburg" is released. It includes fixes
for a syntax-highlighting bug and a positionlog bug, it
disables a time-eating multiline regex in the C syntax,
and it adds an escape hatch to the WriteOut menu when
--tempfile is used: the discardbuffer command, ^Q. It
also has translation updates for fifteen languages, and
a small fix in the softwrap code. So... you are heartily
invited to upgrade. Enjoy!
2015.12.05 - GNU nano 2.5.0 "Karma", the first release of the 2.5 series,
is now available. Please note that as of this release,
there will no longer be separate stable and unstable
branches. The development team will prioritize bug fixes
as needed, and make new releases in proportion to the
severity of the bugs which are fixed.
This release includes all of the fixes now in 2.4.3, as
well as color syntax highlighting improvements, undo fixes,
and many more improvements! Thank you for using nano!
2015.11.18 - GNU nano 2.4.3 "Apocalypse" is now available for your
downloading pleasure. This release includes a myriad
of fixes including several memory leaks, issues with
color syntax highlighting, search/replace, file insertion
and help menu bugs. Many thanks to Benno Schulenberg for
tireless efforts on the vast majority of fixes for some
time now. As always please report bugs via the Savannah
page, and remember to Share and Enjoy.
2015.07.05 - GNU nano 2.4.2 "Portorož" is released. This release
includes several fixes, including the ability to resize
when in modes other than the main editing window, proper
displaying of invalid UTF-8 bytes, new syntax definitions
for Elisp, Guile, and PostgreSQL, and better display of
shortcuts in the help viewer and file browser. Thanks
for your patience and using nano!
2015.04.14 - GNU nano 2.4.1 "Glitch Gremlin" is released. This release
includes several fixes for issues with the file browser
menu, linter and formatter functions, spell checker,
undo/redo with some specific marked-cutting situations,
and some small improvements to the color syntax
highlighting definitions. There are also various
documentation and code comment updates included, and
finally, fixes for compilation on non-GNU/Linux systems
and certain configure combinations. Toasters!
2015.03.22 - GNU nano 2.4.0 "lizf" is released. This is the first
stable release in many years, and brings together many
new features from the 2.3 series, including:
a fully functional undo system (now enabled by default),
vim-compatible file locking, linter support, formatter
support, syntax highlighting flexibility, and many fixes
for issues reported since 2.2. Many sincere thanks
to all of the bug reports, patches, well wishes and
contributions from everyone who has continued to
support us. Thank you for using nano!
2015.02.27 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre3 "Ashley" is released. This is likely
to be the last release before the next major (2.4.0)
release. Please test it out and send us any feedback
via Savannah (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano).
This release includes fixes for rebinding toggles via
nanorc, several memory alignment fixes, and documentation
and build updates. As always thank you for using nano -
Share and Enjoy!
2015.02.06 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre2 "Snowblind" is released. This release
contains only fixes, including: a long-standing problem
with cutting in nano-tiny, several memory alignment
improvements, and issues with leftover file locks. Please
keep reporting bugs so we can get a happy and healthy
2.4.0 soon. Thanks for using nano!
2015.01.06 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre1 "Junior" is released. As the first
2.4 release candidate there will be fewer new features
but many bugfixes going forward. This release contains
new support for language reformatters like Go's gofmt
command which takes the place of the spelling checker.
Fixes in this release include many syntax highlighting
fixes and improvements, and documentation formatting updates.
As always please report bugs via the Savannah bug page for
nano (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano), so we can
release a super awesome and bug-free 2.4.0 soon!
2014.07.17 - GNU nano 2.3.6 "Columbo" is released. This release
contains a fix for installing internationalization
files. Also included are scattered documentation
(in particular man page) fixes, and a few touchups
to syntax highlighting definitions. Oh, just one
more thing, thanks for using nano!
2014.07.11 - GNU nano 2.3.5 "lucky day" is released. This release
contains many visible and under-the-hood fixes for
components such as file locking, more fixes to the
undo system, and you no longer have to explicitly ask
nano to have undo/redo support as it now defaults to
being enabled. Other notable fixes include a better
handling of --tempfile mode, and better handling of
command line arguments when also attempting to specify
+<line number>. As always, please file any bugs you
find via https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano
and thanks for using nano.
2014.06.02 - GNU nano 2.3.4 won't leave you high, won't leave you dry.
This release contains only a small number of fixes, but
in particular allows nano to compile on non-UTF-8 curses
implementations (i.e. libncursesw). Other small fixes to
the undo implementation and the default syntax config are
also included. As always, Share and Enjoy!
2014.05.28 - GNU nano 2.3.3 is in its right place. This release contains
many many improvements to the core system, including
substantial improvements to the undo/redo code, UTF-8
handling, the configure script, and display of shortcuts
on very wide terminals. New features include the
ability to write to named pipes (--noread), as well as
linter support (see the nanorc man page for details). Also
included are much improved syntax highlighting code, and
configurations for JSON, texinfo, Go, and a default syntax
for catch-all highlighting. Finally, nano now has the
ability to set the color of the title bar, status bar, and
shortcut keys (e.g. "^X") and their descriptions. Again
see the nanorc page for details. There's much more, too
much to include here, but please keep those reports and
general feedback coming! Thank you for helping us help
you help us all.
2013.03.22 - GNU nano 2.3.2 "Annoy your coworkers for fun and profit" is
released. This release introduces vim-style file locking
(though not backup/restore), useful when using nano in a
multi-editor environment. Feedback is welcome if you run
into any issues with this new code. Other new features
include additional support for word boundary checking when
cross compiling, fixes for trying to go to an invalid
line number, and the usual documentation tweaks.
2011.05.10 - GNU nano 2.3.1 "I'm in space" is released. This release
includes some fixes for the new libmagic code, as well as
a fix for improper character counts when using auto-indent.
Also included are new syntax highlighting definitions for
RPM spec and Lua files. Thanks for using nano and keep
circulating the tapes.
2011.02.26 - GNU nano 2.3.0 "Septic surprise" is released. This first
release in the 2.3 unstable series brings several new
features. First, libmagic support for syntax highlighting
has been added on top of the existing file extension and
header support already available. Secondly, cursor position
can be saved between editing sessions with the -P or --poslog
command-line flag, or via 'set poslog' in your .nanorc. Also
included are some fixes for compilation with g++, and better
handling of issues writing the backup file, which should
reduce the need for the 'set allow_insecure_backup' nanorc
option. Don't stop, get it get it, don't stop, get it get it.
2010.11.22 - GNU nano 2.2.6 "Pimp my BBS" wants you to go to
www.desertbus.org and donate a few bucks for the great
Child's Play Charity! This is just a small release to
update a bug where restricted mode was not particularly
restricted since key bindings were introduced. It also
signals the return of win32 builds which now feature
nanorc support; please see the FAQ for details of how
to enable it, this feature is a bit of a kludge for now.
Remember that when all else fails, USE SPACE JUMP.
2010.08.05 - GNU nano 2.2.5 "Inactivity timeout" is now available.
This release includes slightly less restrictive checking
when writing files in strange environments (e.g. when
being used out of crontab). For very strange situations
(such as where you cannot change the permissions on the
file you're writing), there is a new rc file option
'allow_insecure_backup' to be even more permissive and
allow the write to proceed. Also included are some
syntax highlighting updates, and that is about it.
Keep fighting the good fight children.
2010.04.15 - GNU nano 2.2.4 is nobody's fool. First and foremost,
this release includes some security fixes due to
an assessment of nano's vulnerability to symlink attacks
on open files. The CVEs fixed with this release are
CVE-2010-1160 and CVE-2010-1161. Also included are fixes
for various crash modes when using the spell checker
on new files in multibuffer mode (surely you've used
that combination recently? no?) as well as a fixing
the 'file was modified' message when saving to a
new filename (since how would nano know?). And
the list would not be complete without our
third-times-the-charm fixes to page up/down due to
the soft wrapping code. The lone new feature
included is a new syntax highlighting definition for
cmake-related files. Please do consider upgrading to
this release if still using the 2.0 series since
fixes for that version are still forthcoming.
2010.02.11 - GNU nano 2.2.3 "fumbling toward stability" is released.
This release contains a fix for only one bug, but a
rather irritating one: when paging up/down with smooth
scrolling, the cursor position was not being preserved
due to a bug in 2.2.2. With such a targeted fix
like this what could POSSIBLY go WRONG? Hahaha.
Enjoy and if you find new bugs, as always please
use Savannah's bug tracker.
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano
2010.01.17 - GNU nano 2.2.2 is released for you, you, you. This
release includes fixes for: crashes when writing
backup files in certain conditions, improper
screen centering when moving up/down in various
combination of smooth scrolling and soft wrapping modes,
a search crash on the armel arch, and issues with
lots of keybinding customizations causing crashing
particularly on FreeBSD. Also included are better
help menu entries for forward/back in the file browser,
some man page tweaks and one assert fix. As always,
share and enjoy!
2009.12.12 - GNU nano 2.2.1 "DLR strikes back" is open for business.
This release fixes many bugs, including: missing
keybindings for page up/down and GotoDir in the browser,
^P/^N in the help menu, and restoration of M-W as the
default re-search binding. Other fixes include several
issues with compiler warnings and configure options, and
documentation updates, including the nano texinfo manual,
nano and nanorc man pages, and UPGRADE file, and some
missing syntax highlighting entries for the sample nanorc.
And no release would be complete without the latest round
of 'final' soft wrapping fixes! Finally, nano will no
longer print a warning when attempting to insert the
contents of a read-only file into an existing buffer.
Enjoy and Happy Hanukkah.
2009.11.30 - GNU nano 2.2.0 "Doc Brown" is released! The culmination
of almost two years of development and hot on the heels
of nano's 10th birthday is available for all your
editing needs! Bugs fixed since the last release
include several fixes for tiny mode (involving both
the help keys and replace menu text), more 'final'
fixes for soft wrapping, and several typo and documentation
updates including nanorc tweaks and a new syntax
highlighting file for makefiles. Also included is a long
standing fix for random crashing when using nanorc on
FreeBSD, and nano will no longer clear the screen on
suspend to maintain compatibility with other *nix editors.
For those who haven't been playing along at home, please
see the official web page for the summary of new
features since 2.0. Special thanks to all who have
submitted bug reports recently in support of our new
stable release, and apologies for all those bugs we
didn't yet find :-) Peace to all.
2009.11.21 - GNU nano 2.1.99pre2 is available for a special pre-Black
Friday discount. Included are some (hopefully final)
fixes for issues with last page display caused by the
soft wrapping code, and a fix for a long standing issue
with hitting the Home key when going through the search
history. On the features front, nano will now attempt to
retain the proper ownership and permissions when trying
to create a .save file due to receiving a signal. Nano
can now also unbind keys from one or more menus via the
'unbind' keyword. Finally, passing --fill or --nowrap on
the command line will now override any related .nanorc
entries. Speak now or forever hold your bugs!
2009.11.15 - GNU nano 2.1.99pre1 "take a bow" is out there, man, it's
out there all right. This release contains mainly
bugfixes, underscoring that we are preparing for the
next stable series release. Included are many fixes
for the new soft wrapping code, compiler warning tweaks,
and the modification time warning no longer triggers
when saving a file as a new name. Also include are
some fixes for various nanorc options, and there are
surely more bugs to find before we call the code base
stable, so please keep those reports coming!
2009.09.14 - GNU nano 2.1.11 is on very thin ice, very thin ice, very
thin ice. This release includes two new features: first,
nano will check whether the current file is writable when
it is opened, and warn if it is not on the status bar.
Secondly, a new soft-wrapping (AKA full-line display)
option is available, which will attempt to fully display
the contents of lines longer than the width of the screen
without the usual truncation and a '$' symbol at the end
of the line. It can be enabled via Meta-$ inside the
editor, via the -$ or --softwrap command-line flags,
or via "set softwrap" in your .nanorc. As always,
please report any bugs to the nano Savannah project page
(http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano)
Remember: data loss happens, back up your files.
2009.07.28 - GNU nano 2.1.10 "Ellie" is released. This version includes
various fixes for portability including some older HP-UX
compiler combos, various compiler warnings, and some crash
fixes in the undo code. On the topic of the latter item,
the undo code is now marked as experimental since it can
cause severe stability and memory issues, and thus now
requires a flag (-u, --undo) in order to enable it.
Please feel free to continue to test the undo code and
thanks again for using nano for your text editing needs.
Go team Nano!
2009.02.16 - GNU nano 2.1.9 wonders what all that glass is doing on the
floor! This release is primarily meant as a less buggy
version of 2.1.8, particularly for issues with the new
sped-up syntax highlighting code. Other fixes include
configure-time detection of groff HTML support before
attempting to generate the HTML version of man pages,
and using ~ or ~username syntax in .nanorc should now
work again. Also, nano will now only ask for one
acknowledgement of errors it encounters when parsing
nanorc files, and a new flag -q (--quiet) will silence
these messages altogether. Give it a go, and happy
birthday lenny!
2009.02.07 - GNU nano 2.1.8 "unsafe at any speed" is released. This
release include some long overdue performance
improvements in syntax color highlighting, the ability
to abort running searches (useful mainly when
editing very large files) and the ability to use nano
like a pager for viewing standard input (i.e. "nano -").
Additionally, there are gentoo syntax highlighting
updates and fixes for issues with reading files
in a directory with strange parent directory permissions.
The key bindings code was also substantially changed
in order to be more ISO-C compatible. Be sure to use
the Savannah page not only for bug reports but for any
features you would like to see before the next stable
series is released. Have fun with it!
2008.11.10 - GNU nano 2.1.7 "Effingham" is ready to make good on those
campaign promises of lower bug rates and 50% more pie.
This release includes a new check for external
modifications when saving a file, some code and
documentation cleanups, and more bug fixes for
the new undo code (but we continue to welcome
your bug reports via the Savannah bug page at
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano).
Come get some.
2008.10.03 - GNU nano 2.1.6 was for new features before it was against
them. This release includes more undo capability,
several new syntax highlighting configurations including
Objective C, OCaml, and Fortran, and a new capability
to activate highlighting based on the 1st line of the
file being edited. Also, the new default configure
options now include color syntax highlighting, .nanorc
support, multibuffer and extras. These items can still
be disabled and are not enabled with --enable-tiny. Bug
fixes include better signal handling under Cygwin, and
that's about it. Again please remember to
submit bug reports via Savannah at
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano
as undo functions certainly need more testing.
Bon appetit.
2008.08.30 - GNU nano 2.1.5 is ready to lead on day one. This release
contains a better fix for incorrectly reported successful
writes on full filesystems, more helpful messages when
an internal error occurs in the undo code, and fixes for
various combinations of configure-time options and
compiler flags. Also included is new support for
changing the rc file name at configure time, and using
GNU-style regexes for word-boundaries on systems which
do not support them natively, as well as the ever popular
translation updates. Rock the tarball.
2008.08.09 - GNU nano 2.1.4 "I told you so!" is released. This release
includes fixes for several severe issues with the new
undo/redo code. Also the behavior of writing files when
using backup mode has changed as well: if writing the
backup file fails, nano will not attempt to write the
current file. This should help folks who enjoy "extreme
text editing", i.e. editing files on file systems which
are likely to run out of space; see Savannah bug #24000.
Have fun with it!
2008.08.04 - GNU nano 2.1.3 "least stable version ever" is released. This
release includes new (and experimental) undo and redo
functionality for most text operations. The default
key bindings are Meta-U for undo and Meta-E for redo, but
these can be remapped using the new 2.1 keybinding code.
Also included are some fixes for configuring using wide
curses, crashing when invoking the help menu with
certain locales, and not saving the search history when
compiled with configure options.
2008.04.24 - GNU nano 2.1.2 "New York City" is released. This release
contains fixes for binding bad keys, some
configure-specific compilation failures, and more issues
with the new input back end and in particular the status
bar. Also fixed are some long standing issues with
compiling on AIX, and a segfault when making the terminal
window too small. Rest in Peace Tim and George!
2008.04.01 - GNU nano 2.1.1 won't get fooled again. This release contains
fixes for the new user-rebindable keys (in particular
bracket match which was mis-bound), and various
problems with translations and configure-related
compilation problems are now fixed as well.
It also contains new syntax highlighting
definitions for TCL, PHP, Gentoo and Debian-related
files, and some documentation updates as well.
Please continue to send reports with the key
binding code to the Savannah page
(https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano).
2008.03.18 - GNU nano 2.1.0 "under old mismanagement" is released.
This first release in the 2.1 development series
introduces rebindable keys for most actions inside
the editor. Please see the nanorc(5) page for
more information on configuring key bindings. Please
also report all keybinding bugs (crashes, missing
menu functions) using the Savannah bug tracker URL,
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano and
thanks for sticking with us!
2007.12.20 - GNU nano 2.0.7 keeps its balance. This release fixes
several bugs, among others: a segfault and several
cursor positioning problems when uncutting text or
inserting files into the current buffer; a problem where
the total number of characters would be miscalculated
when replacing single-byte characters with multibyte
ones; several minor issues with the statusbar prompt
involving text display and mouse support; and several
oddities when tab-completing in the middle of a line.
It also improves autodetection of DOS and Mac format
files, properly supports the mouse wheel when using a
version of ncurses built with the --enable-ext-mouse
option, fixes some problems under NetBSD curses, adds a
lot of translation updates, and adds more minor
documentation updates. Slang curses emulation support
has also been changed to turn off all the options that
--enable-tiny does, as it's hopelessly broken otherwise.
Finally, nano is now licensed under the GNU GPL version
3 or later, and its documentation is now dual-licensed
under the GNU GPL version 3 or later and the GNU FDL
version 1.2 or later. Have fun.
2007.04.26 - GNU nano 2.0.6 "that was quick" is released. This release
fixes a potential segfault after justifying text marked
from the bottom up. It also adds one more minor
documentation update. Enjoy.
2007.04.22 - GNU nano 2.0.5 braces for impact. Among other things, this
release fixes various problems (including a segfault)
when trying to open or save a file in a directory
beginning with "~" that isn't a home directory; fixes a
problem where a file with no name could be saved over an
existing filename with no warning about overwriting it;
properly disallows opening directories or device files
from "include" commands in nanorc files; no longer
displays a misleading prompt when trying to save in
restricted mode with the mark on; and properly supports
the Cancel and Shift-Cancel keys. It also improves
several color syntaxes to highlight trailing whitespace,
just as the Java syntax does, and adds yet more minor
documentation updates. Have fun.
2007.04.06 - GNU nano 2.0.4 heralds the dawn. This release contains
proper support for the Ctrl-[arrow key], Shift-[arrow
key], and F13-F16 keys under Xfce's Terminal. It also
adds still more minor documentation updates. Enjoy.
2007.01.29 - GNU nano 2.0.3 flows toward its ending. This release
contains several minor optimizations to make the
executable a little smaller under some circumstances,
some translation updates, improvements to the color
syntax for Python, and still more minor documentation
updates. Have fun.
2006.12.20 - GNU nano 2.0.2 forges ahead. This release fixes a segfault
when trying to save in a nonexistent directory; fixes
handling of strings containing nulls at the "Write File",
"Insert File", "Execute Command", and "Go to Directory"
prompts; fixes several minor memory leaks; fixes two
more potential compilation warnings; adds a few
translation updates; and adds a few more minor
documentation updates. Enjoy.
2006.11.20 - GNU nano 2.0.1 emerges from its cocoon. This release
contains several bugfixes: saving one file over another
will now always warn about overwriting it, overwriting
a file is no longer possible when saving a new file in
restricted mode, and zero-length Unicode characters are
now highlighted properly when nano is built without
regular expression support. It also adds several minor
documentation updates. Have fun with it.
2006.11.06 - GNU nano 2.0.0 does its little dance. This release adds
documentation updates and a few cosmetic tweaks.
For those who haven't been following nano 1.3
development, there are a ton of new features, including
support for UTF-8, moving to a specified line and column
instead of just a line, improved color syntax
highlighting, inserting previously untypeable characters
using "Verbatim Input" mode, and copying text into the
cutbuffer without cutting it. There are also fixes for
some long-standing bugs, such as the "NumLock glitch"
from nano 1.2.x, and the inability to unjustify text
after resizing. Finally, there are also a ton of
translation updates and new translations, as well as new
color syntaxes. See the UPGRADE file for more
information, and enjoy the new stable release.
2006.10.25 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre3 learns to appreciate life. This
release fixes a bug where the screen sometimes wouldn't
be updated properly after copying text into the
cutbuffer, fixes a potential warning while compiling,
and fixes a few other minor inconsistencies. Have fun.
2006.10.02 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre2 crosses the threshold. This release
fixes a few more bugs: cursor positioning after leaving
the statusbar prompt has been fixed, and verbatim input
at the statusbar prompt now properly handles newlines.
Enjoy.
2006.08.29 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre1 passes through the flames. This
release fixes various bugs in the last version: the
mouse support properly ignores everything except clicks
of the left mouse button; the statusbar is now blanked
properly when it should be; indenting and unindenting
operate on the current line when the mark is off; nano
should build on Tru64, NetBSD, and other systems that
use termcap instead of terminfo in their curses
libraries; the built-in file browser now properly
navigates file lists that take up only one row; the
cursor position is now completely restored after
inserting a file into the current buffer, and after
inserting the output of a command into a new buffer; the
^X shortcut at the search prompt has been removed, as
official Pico doesn't include it and it's too easily
confused with Exit; the screen is updated properly after
scrolling a line without moving the cursor; the keyboard
input routines behave more consistently; and so on.
Have fun with it.
2006.06.26 - GNU nano 1.3.12 escapes the darkness. This release
contains the last new features that nano will have
before 2.0: copying text into the cutbuffer without
cutting it, indenting lines of marked text with a single
keystroke, reworked help text that should be easier for
new users, searching for filenames in the file browser,
the ability to include color regexes in files separate
from nanorc files, etc. It also contains many bugfixes.
Text can now be unjustified after justifying it and
resizing the window; the screen is now cleared when
suspending; the "default" color syntax is now handled
properly at all times; lines of text containing tabs are
now wrapped at the right place; double-column characters
are now properly displayed when past the right edge of
the screen; invalid multiline color regexes are now
ignored; and so on. Enjoy.
2006.03.30 - GNU nano 1.3.11 awakens from its fever dream. This release
focuses mostly on bugfixes, which include better
handling of the cursor at the statusbar prompt, support
for certain combinations of Shift and keypad keys in
both normal and --rebindkeypad mode, a fix for a minor
display problem after some searches, a real fix for a
long-standing segfault when displaying overly long
lines, and a real fix for nano's not hanging up properly
in xterm under certain circumstances. There are also
several new features, such as the ability to set the
characters used as brackets when searching for matching
brackets, and tab completion of directories at the "Go
To Directory" prompt. Have fun.
2005.12.23 - GNU nano 1.3.10 rises to the surface. This release
contains several new features as well as fixes for
several longstanding bugs. The former include the
ability to scroll up or down single lines without
scrolling the cursor, reworked bracket searching code
that doesn't require regular expression support,
reworked command execution code that uses $SHELL if
available instead of hardcoding "/bin/sh", and the
ability to no longer add newlines to files that don't
end in them via the -L/--nonewlines option. The latter
include fixes to the statusbar prompt so that mouse
clicks work properly on it, fixes to the Yes/No/All
prompt so that mouse clicks on it work properly when
-O/--morespace is used, and fixes to the resize handling
so that nano dies properly when the terminal is too
small to display a prompt. Enjoy.
2005.10.23 - GNU nano 1.3.9 breaks through the wall. This release
includes major enhancements as well as bugfixes. The
enhancements include better handling of invalid UTF-8,
expansion of the word count option to also count lines
and characters in the file or selection, more efficient
screen update routines, a readded -K/--rebindkeypad
option to work around numeric keypad problems on
terminals that don't show the usual NumLock glitch, a
new -W/--wordbounds option to properly detect words
containing punctuation when moving among them, and
massive improvements to the color code such as handling
of unspecified foreground colors, more efficient memory
usage for color regexes, and new reserved syntaxes
"default" and "none". The bugfixes include fixes for
the rewritten history code, fixes for potential line
numbering problems on 64-bit platforms, fixes for a few
long-standing minor display problems, a fix for erroneous
hangups occurring while waiting for input, and a fix for
a segfault when displaying certain overly long lines.
Have fun with it.
2005.06.30 - GNU nano 1.3.8 floats at its own level. This release
contains several new features. Among other things, you
can now move to a specified column number as well as
line number within a file, file backups saved in a
backup directory will have unique names, the search and
replace history routines should work more consistently,