[Info-nano] [ANNOUNCE] nano-8.0 is released

[Benno Schulenberg]

2024.05.01 - GNU nano 8.0  "Grus grus"

• By default ^F is bound to starting a forward search, and ^B to
  starting a backward search, while M-F and M-B repeat the search
  in the corresponding direction.  (See the documentation if you
  want the old bindings back.)
• Command-line option --modernbindings (-/) makes ^Q quit, ^X cut,
  ^C copy, ^V paste, ^Z undo, ^Y redo, ^O open a file, ^W write a
  file, ^R replace, ^G find again, ^D find again backwards, ^A set
  the mark, ^T jump to a line, ^P show the position, and ^E execute.
• Above modern bindings are activated also when the name of nano's
  executable (or a symlink to it) starts with the letter "e".
• To open a file at a certain line number, one can now use also
  `nano filename:number`, besides `nano +number filename`.
• <Alt+Home> and <Alt+End> put the cursor on the first and last
  row in the viewport, while retaining the horizontal position.
• When the three digits in an #RGB color code are all the same,
  the code is mapped to the xterm grey scale, giving access to
  fourteen levels of grey instead of just four.
• For easier access, M-" is bound to placing/removing an anchor,
  and M-' to jumping to the next anchor.
• Whenever an error occurs, the keystroke buffer is cleared, thus
  stopping the execution of a macro or a string bind.
• The mousewheel scrolls the viewport instead of moving the cursor


GNU nano is a simple and easy-to-use editor for on the terminal.
  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/v8/nano-8.0.tar.xz
  https://nano-editor.org/dist/v8/nano-8.0.tar.xz.asc


Specific issues that were addressed in this release:

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?63520  (nano could crash when linting)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?63691  (wrong Replace-With help text)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?63702  ("{verbatim}" in a bind failed)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?63964  (format string vulnerabilities)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64019  (flashing filename with --zero)

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64125  (nonstandard synopsis in man page)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64168  (replacing gave unwanted feedback)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64226  (misleading "Unbound key" message)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64340  (URL in C was colorized as comment)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64465  (vanishing folder could cause crash)

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64578  (spurious error with --mouse)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64632  (X11 F13 symbol was not understood)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64945  (poor wrapping with long words)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?64996  (pasting 39 bytes could hang)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65193  ("specified" was misspelled)

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65196  (empty formatter string would crash)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65204  (empty linter string would hang)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65278  (crash after nested search)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65279  (use-after-free during undo)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65289  (heap-buffer-overflow during undo)

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65301  (macro could insert unwanted text)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65317  (undoing justification could eat line)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65334  ([wish] recognize also .mjs extension)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65365  (uninitialized value during verbatim)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65369  (crash after search during replace)

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65381  (searching overwrote replace string)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65394  (invalid read when typing M-: fast)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65396  ("Missing multidata" when justifying)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65407  (overlong include path could crash)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65426  ("Missing" when undoing justification)

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65428  ("Misplaced cursor" for Bsp at EOF)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65435  ("Missing" when justifying a region)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65445  (mis-sized indicator with --softwrap)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65482  ("Missing" when justifying a region)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65501  (no light background on Linux VT)

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65505  (setting a color twice leaked memory)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65516  ("Missing" during macro replay)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65560  (confusing feedback when converting)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65565  (reading from stdin was undoable)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65586  (misadjusted mark with --autoindent)

  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65591  (new Makefile did not use syntax)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65604  ("Span underflowed" for a hard-wrap)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65611  ("Span underflowed" for redo of wrap)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65636  (--break with --zap could crash)
  https://sv.gnu.org/bugs/?65649  (on laggy machine macro could hang)

  Almost half of these issues were reported by `correctmost`, who has
  been generating scripts that hammer nano with random keystrokes.


Changes between v7.2 and v8.0:
------------------------------

Andy Koppe (2):
      input: scroll on mousewheel events instead of moving the cursor
      rcfile: map the gray #rgb codes (#111 to #EEE) to the xterm grayscale

Benjamin Valentin (1):
      new feature: interpret also <filename>:<linenumber> when opening a file

Jordi Mallach (1):
      docs: fix "availabilty" typo in the manual and the nanorc manpage

Matteo Raso (1):
      syntax: python: colorize decorators specially

Mike Frysinger (2):
      build: link in $(GETRANDOM_LIB) from gnulib
      gnulib: import canonicalize-lgpl for realpath

Benno Schulenberg (156):
      bindings: allow speller and friends to be rebound also in restricted mode
      bindings: in the tiny version, bind M-6 only in main, not at the prompts
      bindings: let <Alt+Home/End> move the cursor to top/bottom of viewport
      bindings: let M-" place/remove an anchor, and let M-' jump to one
      bindings: let M-& show the ncurses version+patch, as a small Easter egg
      bindings: make ^F start a forward search by default
      bindings: make ^F start a forward search by default
      bindings: set up modern bindings also when binary's name starts with "e"
      bindings: show ^- instead of ^/ for 'flipgoto' when on a Linux console
      bindings: with --modern, do not let ^Q^Q quit nano without saving
      bindings: with --modern, use ^H for Help when the terminal allows it
      browser: report an error instead of crashing when the folder disappears
      browser: restore typing position at prompt after "^R name ^T ^F ^V ^C"
      bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.0 release
      chars: add a helper function for stripping leading blanks from a string
      copyright: update the years for the FSF
      display: add a wnoutrefresh() call for NetBSD, to force a cursor update
      display: do not attempt to draw a line that is outside the viewport
      display: draw a new magic line rightaway when there are multiline regexes
      display: show the help lines down to the tiniest possible terminal size
      docs: add a caveat in the FAQ about bracketed pastes
      docs: add a clarifying note to the description of --tabstospaces
      docs: add an example binding for normalizing Unicode to the sample nanorc
      docs: add a reference to the 'help-nano' mailing list
      docs: add M-C and M-Z to the cheatsheet, and reshuffle for balance
      docs: add ^T^S (spell check) and M-S (softwrap) to the cheatsheet
      docs: add two examples of custom key bindings to the nanorc manpage
      docs: adjust an example help line in the README to the current state
      docs: adjust the cheatsheet for the changed meanings of ^F, ^B, M-F, M-B
      docs: clarify that a fileregex is matched against the absolute filename
      docs: delete a remark about libvte that is no longer relevant
      docs: describe nano more specifically as a text editor
      docs: document the <filename>:<linenumber> thing for cursor positioning
      docs: document the new bindable functions 'toprow' and 'bottomrow'
      docs: document the new --modernbindings option
      docs: fix a ten-year-old typo, reported by `correctmost`
      docs: improve the description of the 'flipexecute' bindable function
      docs: in a synopsis, use braces around a choice of required parts
      docs: in the sample nanorc, set the guidestripe to a soft grey
      docs: mention backreferences (for replacements with regular expressions)
      docs: mention how to get the old behavior of ^F, ^B, M-F, and M-B back
      docs: mention that a restricted nano does not access the history files
      docs: mention that 'light' background colors do not work on Linux console
      docs: mention that --modernbindings overrides --preserve
      docs: mention the changed meanings of ^F/^B and also in the texi manual
      docs: mention the missing two options that override --bold
      docs: say "mini bar", not "minibar", when referring to the actual bar
      docs: trim stuff that is more than five years old from the changelog
      docs: use a space after #, like everywhere else in the sample nanorc
      editing: adjust the mark before trimming redundant blanks
      execute: show "Older" and "Newer" in the help lines, to allow rebinding
      feedback: drop an unnecessary warning, to not bother the user
      feedback: lowercase a letter, as the phrase is not a full sentence
      feedback: raise the level of "Macro is empty", to match similar messages
      feedback: suppress filename and linecount when --zero is active
      feedback: suppress format-conversion messages for --zero and --mini
      files: do not allow M-U to remove text read from standard input
      files: run `chmod` and `chown` on the descriptor, not on the filename
      formatter: do not crash when the formatter command is empty
      general: include the Copy function (M-6 or ^C) into the tiny version
      general: let the constant-show toggle override the zero-interface mode
      gnulib: update to current upstream state, to make a fresh checkout work
      gnulib: update to its current upstream state
      help: give the "Replace with" prompt its own help text
      help: mention M-Home and M-End in the help text and help lines
      help: rebalance the help items when --preserve is used
      help: restore ^H and ^D as the primary shortcuts for Backspace and Delete
      help: show ^F/^B as primary shortcuts for search, not as secondary
      indicator: do not oversize the scroller when softwrapping
      input: avoid hanging after a 39-character paste on a VSCode terminal
      input: flush the keystroke buffer upon any kind of error condition
      input: for one bump of the mousewheel scroll two lines, not three
      input: intercept a spurious keycode and say what the actual problem is
      input: let the handler of string binds return a byte whenever possible
      input: neutralize two spurious keycodes from VTE terminals
      input: prevent 'macro_length' from underflowing when hammering M-:
      input: recognize certain escape sequences for F13 to F16 again
      input: snip the `recordmacro` and `runmacro` keystrokes in a better way
      input: store key codes in the macro buffer as they come in from ncurses
      justify: keep as much of the marked region onscreen as possible
      justify: keep the cursor at the original end of a marked region
      justify: recompute the multidata for paragraphs larger than the viewport
      justify: set the correct starting point also with --cutfromcursor
      justify: set `x = 0` for the undo item, for when using --cutfromcursor
      linter: do not mess up the input stream when the linter command is empty
      linter: use a format string, to deflect format-string attacks
      memory: prevent a leak by freeing a possibly already existing color combo
      minibar: mention the file format when it's DOS or Mac
      moving: preserve horizontal position when jumping to top or bottom row
      new feature: functions that jump to the top or bottom of the viewport
      new feature: option --modernbindings sets up more widespread key bindings
      options: make --modernbindings actually override --preserve
      po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
      rcfile: add bindable functions for moving the cursor to top or bottom row
      rcfile: avoid crashing on an include path that is way too long
      replacing: stash the string to be replaced while asking for replacement
      revert the previous commit -- forget about -? as a synonym for --help
      screen: recalculate the multidata when detecting the need for it
      search: avoid a crash after a nested search, reported by `correctmost`
      search: avoid crashing after searching a help text during a regex replace
      shutdown: ignore a modified buffer when in view mode
      softwrap: adjust start-of-screen when the 'edittop' line is hard-wrapped
      softwrap: realign start-of-screen when redoing an automatic hard-wrap
      softwrap: remember the actual breaking point when wrapping at blanks
      startup: use a format string, to deflect format-string attacks
      syntax: c: require a preceding blank when a line comment contains a quote
      syntax: javascript: recognize also the .mjs extension
      syntax: makefile: ensure that the <Tab> key always produces a tab
      syntax: makefile, sh: recognize also a fresh Makefile and fresh .profile
      syntax: nanorc: colorize {toprow} and {bottomrow} for string binds
      syntax: sh: recognize more shells than `sh` on a shebang line for busybox
      tweaks: add a comment that refers to the VTE spurious-code issue
      tweaks: add a missing 'type' attribute to a <style> tag
      tweaks: add an extra variable, to avoid reusing one for another purpose
      tweaks: add another translator hint, to help avoid overlong key tags
      tweaks: adjust a comment for the changed handling of gray #rgb codes
      tweaks: avoid calling isblank()/isalpha() on what could be a signed char
      tweaks: condense the code that searches for a colon plus line number
      tweaks: delete a redundant fragment of code from do_replace_loop()
      tweaks: elide a redundant variable
      tweaks: express an 'if' more concisely, and add two blank lines
      tweaks: implement the fix of the previous commit somewhat differently
      tweaks: improve three translator hints
      tweaks: make two strings equal to a third, to slightly ease translation
      tweaks: move two static declarations to the only function that uses them
      tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous change
      tweaks: normalize the indentation after the previous changes
      tweaks: pull a fragment of code a bit forward, to enable the next commit
      tweaks: remove two pairs of unneeded braces, and normalize a line
      tweaks: rename a function and variable, to describe better what they do
      tweaks: rename a function, for contrast, and update antiquated comments
      tweaks: rename a struct element, to avoid a theoretical name collision
      tweaks: rename a symbol (to be clearer), and add three missing comments
      tweaks: rename a variable, away from an abbreviation
      tweaks: rename a variable, away from an abbreviation
      tweaks: rename a variable, to be a bit more indicative
      tweaks: rename a variable, to be clearer when seen in context
      tweaks: rename a variable, to be more readable
      tweaks: rename a variable, to better indicate what it represents
      tweaks: rename two variables, to be clearer and to match others
      tweaks: reshuffle four lines, to allow folding some #ifdefs together
      tweaks: reshuffle three fragments of code, moving related things together
      tweaks: rewrap a comment, and reshuffle seven declarations
      tweaks: rewrap two old news items
      tweaks: shrink the set of characters recognized as line-column separator
      tweaks: slightly improve a comment, to be more accurate
      tweaks: slightly reword the help text for the Replace-With prompt
      tweaks: ungettextize three strings, to make a translator hint right again
      tweaks: use a pair of parentheses to clarify the order of operations
      undo: force a screen refresh also for the special case Bsp-at-EOF
      undo: prevent a use-after-free, reported by `correctmost`
      undo: recompute the multidata when a piece of text is replaced
      undo the prelast commit in order to redo it with a fuller commit message
      verbatim: avoid referencing an uninitialized value
      wrapping: delete only single characters, not a possibly marked region


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Benno

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