[Info-nano] [ANNOUNCE] nano-3.2 is released

[Benno Schulenberg]

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.


GNU nano is a simple and easy-to-use editor for on the terminal.
  https://nano-editor.org/

The tarball and its signature are here:
  https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-3.2.tar.xz
  https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-3.2.tar.xz.asc


Specific bugs that were fixed in this release:
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54654  (show cursor in help text [Request])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54711  (bind linter separately [Request])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54712  (Unicode was ignored in string bind)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54713  (linter lacked a help text)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54714  (linting mode should jump into eye)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54716  (Sh-^Del not working on Linux VT)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54721  (spell checker dropped the highlight)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54732  (coloring in Restricted mode [Request])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54754  (first/last linter message got "hidden")
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54790  (<Shift+Up/Down> not working on urxvt)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54824  (wrong message for ^R with -v -F -R)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54837  (allow zapping marked region [Request])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54861  (resizing ignored relative fill width)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54891  (--disable-help disabled M-- and M-+)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54948  (<Shift+Delete> said "Unknown sequence")

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54964  (<Alt+Up/Down> not working on Linux VT)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54975  (Sh-Del doing cutwordleft on NetBSD)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54978  (<Bsp> not working in help or browser)


Changes between v3.1 and v3.2:
------------------------------

Benjamin Mintz (1):
      syntax: python: do not highlight 'print' and 'exec' in Python 3

Brand Huntsman (5):
      bindings: hard-bind the zap function to M-Del (Alt+Delete)
      display: make all dying messages end in a newline
      linter: throttle "first"/"last" message on repeated key presses
      new feature: a bindable 'zap', to erase text without changing cutbuffer
      options: add --zap, that makes <Bsp> and <Del> erase a marked region

David Lawrence Ramsey (16):
      display: do spotlighting as part of drawing the screen
      docs: update rnano manpage, as -R/--restricted now reads nanorc
      input: don't detect <Ctrl+Shift+Delete> on Linux console in tiny version
      input: properly consume a modified Delete key also in the tiny version
      input: properly recognize Alt+Delete when using -K/--rebindkeypad
      input: recognize some escape sequences for <Shift+Delete>
      speller: restore the mark coordinates slightly later
      syntax: nanohelp: properly color the keystroke "Sh-^Del"
      tweaks: don't define controldelete or controlshiftdelete in tiny version
      tweaks: join two lines, and add a clarifying comment
      tweaks: move the justifying of a single paragraph into its own function
      tweaks: normalize the indentation of the shuffled code
      tweaks: reshuffle some code to avoid several checks for having justified
      tweaks: simplify by using a 'do/while' loop instead of 'while (TRUE)'
      weeding: remove the 'active' parameter from spotlight()
      wrapping: make relative fill values work again also for screen resizes

Benno Schulenberg (88):
      bindings: allow using <Enter> to exit from the linter
      bindings: allow using ^X to exit from the linter
      bindings: drop M-| as a keystroke for 'cutwordleft' -- set it free again
      bindings: in tiny version with help, don't show unfunctional M-◀ and M-▶
      bindings: make <Alt+Up> and <Alt+Down> work also on a Linux console
      bindings: make the linter separately accessible, through M-B by default
      bindings: make the Shift+arrow keys work by default on more terminals
      bindings: no longer bind F13 and F14 and F15
      bindings: recognize ASCII DEL as backspace also in viewer and browser
      bindings: recognize <Ctrl+Shift+Delete> also on a Linux console
      bindings: rename 'prevhistory' to 'older' and 'nexthistory' to 'newer'
      bindings: stop binding <Bsp> to do_backspace() in the browser menu
      bindings: when implanting a string, make sure to use positive values
      build: exclude scrolling functions only from tiny version without help
      build: fix compilation again when configured with --enable-tiny
      build: fix compilation when configured with --disable-multibuffer
      build: verify that --enable-tiny compiles before allowing a release
      bump version numbers and add a news item for the 3.2 release
      debug: report for which modified editing keys ncurses has no keycode
      display: correct a mistaken label in the help lines of the browser
      display: ensure that the help lines are shown when in linting mode
      display: let the title bar show when nano is in linting mode
      display: show the cursor also in a help text (when --showcursor is used)
      display: use a different color when showing a linting message
      docs: document the slightly changed workings of the --view option
      docs: give suggestions for alternative key bindings in the sample nanorc
      docs: remove a no-longer-needed suggestion from the sample nanorc
      docs: update the description of -R/--restricted, as it now reads nanorc
      docs, usage: mention that --showcursor now covers help texts too
      feedback: give proper message for ^R when combining --view & --restricted
      gnulib: update to its current upstream state
      help: add a relevant explanatory text for the linter
      help: move the linter to the end, to restore pairing in the help lines
      help: pull "Older" and "Newer" into view on an 80-column terminal
      help: restore the blank line between manipulation and position stuff
      help: show <PgUp> and <PgDn> instead of F7 and F8 for pagewise scrolling
      help: show the keystroke <Ctrl+Shift+Delete> as "Sh-^Del"
      linter: allow using <Ctrl+Up> and <Ctrl+Down> to jump to other message
      linter: do not pause when there are no messages for unopened files
      linter: for "first"/"last", reshow actual message after a short pause
      options: --ignorercfiles is now available in restricted mode
      options: let view mode activate "multibuffer" to allow viewing more files
      po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
      speller: remove a pointless message -- it is never seen
      startup: allow reading nanorc in restricted mode, to permit customization
      syntaxes: remove several redundant end-of-line anchors from regexes
      tweaks: add a comment, and correct an indentation
      tweaks: add two more translator hints
      tweaks: capitalize the word "nano" when at the start of a sentence
      tweaks: change a bunch of URLs to use 'https' instead of 'http'
      tweaks: condense a handful of comments, and drop an assert
      tweaks: condense another bit of code
      tweaks: define a symbol to make the code itself a little simpler
      tweaks: don't bother asking ncurses for keycodes for shifted Left/Right
      tweaks: drop a check for the needle (the search string) being empty
      tweaks: drop the checking of two flags that can no longer be toggled
      tweaks: elide a function that is used just once and is a oneliner
      tweaks: elide a wrapper function that is no longer useful
      tweaks: exclude word-deletion keystrokes from the tiny version
      tweaks: fold a few pairs of regexes into each other
      tweaks: group a series of related variables together
      tweaks: improve two comments, and reshuffle a line for consistency
      tweaks: include an extra function call only where it is needed
      tweaks: move all the function keys to the end of the shortcuts list
      tweaks: move some calls of edit_redraw() to where they are needed
      tweaks: redefine MMOST to exclude MBROWSER, to simplify the bindings
      tweaks: reduce some repetitious and superfluous comments to just one
      tweaks: remove a check that was made redundant by the previous commit
      tweaks: remove a now-unused parameter from four functions
      tweaks: remove an unneeded check for NULL, and rename a parameter
      tweaks: remove a stray file that was accidentally comitted
      tweaks: remove some old debugging code
      tweaks: rename a bunch of variables, to make it clearer what they contain
      tweaks: rename a flag, to match the name of the option
      tweaks: rename a variable, to be a bit more fitting
      tweaks: renumber a couple of symbols, and reshuffle a bit of code
      tweaks: reorder some code to put backward motion before the forward one
      tweaks: reshuffle a couple of conditions, to group things better
      tweaks: reshuffle some conditions, putting the least likely one first
      tweaks: reshuffle some lines to get standard order (first up, then down)
      tweaks: reshuffle some lines, to put things in order of option name
      tweaks: snip trailing whitespace that ended with a non-breaking space
      tweaks: stop setting and requiring the Meta flag for special keycodes
      tweaks: swap and reword two bullet points in the rnano manpage
      tweaks: there is no reason to block SIGWINCHes while waiting for speller
      undo: move another piece of checking to the two places that need it
      undo: move some special checking code to the one place that needs it
      wrapping: make the --fill option override 'set fill' again

-- 

Benno

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