Re: Windows Users - Unwanted?

[Liu Hao]

在 2021/1/8 上午6:55, Gavin Holt 写道:
> Hi,
> 
> I would love to use Nano on Windows it is "just enough" editor for my liking. 
> The interface is crystal clear and consistent. Its nice to see a quick simple 
> console based program still under active development.
> 
> From your site the last windows binary is 2.7.5 with some "Not available in 
> Windows yet" messages. I am very grateful to lhmouse for compiling the later 
> releases for windows (github.com/lhmouse/nano-win/releases/tag/v5.4) as I 
> have no wish to install+wrangle a compiler. This works well in the legacy 
> CMD.exe console and with syntax highlighting it's beautiful.
> 

Thank you for the appreciation.


> However, the Windows version is limited and I'm told this is due to a lack of 
> a 'sys.fork' function. This limits the advanced functions (format, lint, 
> spell, execute), but also prevents the use of an external clip.exe to link 
> the Nano CutBuffer and the Windows system clipboard. The gitForWindows 
> project does allow the advanced features of Nano 4.9, but with the  
> multi-gigabyte overhead of msys - not a trade I care to make.
> 
> I can live without the advanced functions, but cut/copy is painful using the 
> console system menu. Is there any easy way to code a link to the 
> undelying/Windows system clipboard, without breaking the build for other 
> operating systems?
> 

No. Please consider contribute a patch if it is necessary for you.

Note that not only is this the case on Windows, it is also how I use nano on 
Linux. Copy-n-pasting
across multiple instances of nano is not possible without an X window (for 
example, on a VT). But it
is possible to open another file in another buffer in the same instance with 
C-R followed by M-F,
then select & copy text around.


> I guess there must be more to it, but many other cross-platform projects 
> produce "all the features - on all the operating systems".
> 
> Kind Regards Gavin Holt 
> 

Well, it depends on what should be considered 'the features'. Personally, I 
think it the fact that
'nano does not interfere with system clipboards' that is the feature, and there 
is no reason to
change it.



-- 
Best regards,
LH_Mouse

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