commit 31b978ca3ef4868486d0bcfd014e4e9de9892747
parent 9a4586557bb8b0c8931de3d04c4822923946d61e
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:14:15 +0100
docs: reduce the TODO file to a reference to the bug tracker on Savannah
All those items that were marked as DONE are not actually TO-DO items.
Also, most of those things are mentioned in the IMPROVEMENTS file too.
So, add the few that were missing there, and condense/rewrap some.
Diffstat:
| M | IMPROVEMENTS | | | 92 | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------------- |
| M | TODO | | | 77 | ++--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)
diff --git a/IMPROVEMENTS b/IMPROVEMENTS
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Since 2.9.0:
- Option 'set afterends' for making Ctrl+Right stop at word ends.
- A crash handler that saves changed buffers in case of a crash.
- Addition of the color name "normal", meaning the default color.
- - A key can be bound to a string -- any mix of text and commands.
+ - A key can be bound to a string -- any mix of text and control codes.
- Error messages are shown by default in bright white on red.
- <Tab> and <Shift+Tab> can be used to indent/unindent a marked region.
- Can snip trailing whitespace while typing, with 'set trimblanks'.
@@ -92,25 +92,19 @@ Since 2.3.0:
- The option 'positionlog' for saving/restoring the cursor position.
- The ability to read and write vim-style lock files.
-Visible changes since 2.0
--------------------------
-* Editor Features
- - The ability to rebind (reassign) keys using the nanorc.
+Since 2.0.0:
+ - The ability to rebind keys, via a nanorc file.
- The ability to read standard input like a pager ("nano -").
- Color syntax highlighting can be set by the first line of a file.
- The ability to silence nanorc error messages (-q).
- - Undo/redo operations (-u).
+ - Undo/redo operations (M-U/M-E, enabled with -u).
- Soft wrapping of text (-$).
-
-* File Handling
- Better handling of backup files: if nano can't write a backup file,
it won't try to write the original file afterward.
- Emergency savefiles retain ownerships and permissions when possible.
- Performance improvements in color syntax highlighting.
-Visible changes since 1.2
--------------------------
-* Editor Features
+Since 1.2.0:
- Support for UTF-8.
- Moving to a specified line and column of a file, instead of just a
line (+LINE,COLUMN).
@@ -119,7 +113,7 @@ Visible changes since 1.2
- Insertion of spaces instead of a tab when Tab is pressed (-E).
- The long option for -K is now --rebindkeypad.
- Regular expression searching can now be toggled when nano is built
- with --enable-tiny, so -R now means something else (see below).
+ with --enable-tiny, so -R now means something else (see next item).
- Restricted mode that provides more security than -o (-R).
- Blanking of the statusbar after 1 keystroke instead of 25 (-U).
- Word searches can optionally skip over punctuation (-W).
@@ -127,70 +121,58 @@ Visible changes since 1.2
- Many more options are supported in the nanorc.
- Improvements to color syntax highlighting support: case insensitive
matching, the ability to include color syntaxes in separate files,
- the ability to specify background colors without foreground colors,
- etc.
+ the ability to specify background colors without foreground colors...
- Insertion of single-byte characters via Esc Esc <000-255>.
- - Insertion of all characters via "Verbatim Input" mode.
+ - Insertion of any character via Meta-V, "Verbatim Input".
- Workaround for the "NumLock glitch".
- - Meta-W now repeats the last search. Wrapping is now toggled via
- Meta-L.
+ - Meta-W now repeats the last search. Wrapping is toggled via Meta-L.
- Replacing and spell checking only selected text.
- Indenting lines with one keystroke.
- Copying text into the cutbuffer without cutting it.
- - Scrolling the text up and down single lines without moving the
- cursor.
+ - Scrolling the text up and down single lines without moving the cursor.
- PageUp and PageDown work more smoothly when using -S.
- Scrolling the help text up and down single lines.
- Cutting all text from the current position to the end of the file
- with one keystroke.
- - Justifying the entire file with one keystroke.
+ with one keystroke (Meta-T).
+ - Justifying the entire file with one keystroke (Meta-J).
- Justifying without removing spaces from the ends of lines.
- Unjustifying after justifying and immediately resizing.
- Going to the first or last line of the current paragraph.
- Going to the first or last line of the file without having to go to
the "Search" prompt.
- Searching for filenames in the file browser.
- - Displaying spaces and tabs differently to make it easier to tell
- them apart.
- - Many more functions available at the statusbar prompt: moving to the
- next or previous word, searching for matching brackets, "Verbatim
- Input" mode, etc.
- - The glibc 2.2.3 crashes involving extended regular expressions are
- no longer worked around, as they can break anything using extended
- regular expressions, and glibc 2.2.3 is old. You should upgrade to
- at least glibc 2.2.4.
-
-* File Handling
+ - Spaces and tabs are shown differently to make it easier to tell them apart.
+ - Many more functions are available at the prompt: moving to the next or
+ previous word, searching for matching brackets, "Verbatim Input"...
+ - "To Line" (^W^T) and "Read from Command" (^R^X) return to their parent
+ menu when their keystroke is entered again (^W^T^T and ^R^X^X).
- Automatic adding of newlines to the ends of files without them can
now be disabled (-L).
- - Converting from and to DOS/Mac file format is now toggled only at
- the "Write File" prompt, via Meta-D and Meta-M, and the default file
- format to save in is now set depending on what format the file was
- originally in. -D now makes nano use bold text instead of reverse
- video text, and Meta-D at the edit window now does a
- word/line/character count. -O now makes the unused second line of
- the screen part of the edit window, and Meta-O at the edit window
- now toggles this behavior.
+ - Converting from and to DOS/Mac file format is now toggled only at the
+ "Write File" prompt, via Meta-D and Meta-M, and the default file format
+ to save in is now set depending on what format the file was originally
+ in. -D now makes nano use bold text instead of reverse video text,
+ and Meta-D at the edit window now does a word/line/character count.
+ -O now makes the unused second line of the screen part of the edit
+ window, and Meta-O now toggles this behavior while editing.
- Converting files that contain a mix of DOS and Mac format lines.
- Automatic switching on of -N with binary files has been removed, as
it causes problems with UTF-8 support.
-Visible changes since 1.0
--------------------------
-* Editor Features
- - Complete Pico compatibility (--pico has been removed, and -p means
- something else, see below).
- - nanorc support (see nanorc.sample included in sources).
+Since 1.0
+ - Complete Pico compatibility (option --pico has been removed,
+ and -p now means something else, see below).
+ - Support for nanorc files.
- Smooth scrolling (-S).
- - Support for searching for matching braces, brackets, etc.
+ - Jumping to the matching brace, bracket, etc.
- Help for all editor features.
- Color syntax highlighting support.
- Quote string support, useful for mail agents, etc. (-Q).
- Insertion of output of external commands.
- Optional enabling of XON and XOFF control characters (-p).
- - Tons of bugfixes/enhancements for already existing features.
-
-* File Handling
+ - Option -o (--operatingdir) implements a chroot of sorts.
+ - Mouse support (-m) also allows clicking on shortcuts.
+ - Option -r allows a negative argument.
- Overwriting and appending or prepending to files.
- Writing marked text to separate files.
- Multiple file buffers (-F).
@@ -199,4 +181,12 @@ Visible changes since 1.0
- Creation of backup files (-B).
- Search/replace history (-H).
-See the nano manual for detailed information on each feature.
+Available in 1.0:
+ - Spell checking (^T).
+ - Justification (^J) and unjustification (^U).
+ - Internationalization (more translations are welcome).
+ - Help texts (^G).
+ - Resizing in X.
+ - On PageUp/Down, the cursor is put on the first screen line (like Pico).
+ - Tab completion at the prompt (for filenames and ~user).
+ - Cut-to-end-of-line option (-k).
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
@@ -1,78 +1,5 @@
-A list of desired features
---------------------------
-* Allow color syntaxes to apply to more than just color, so that we can
- e.g. specify a different alternate spell checker depending on which
- file type we have open.
+For a list of open bugs and requested features see:
-* Add support for right-to-left text (RTL).
+ https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano
-* Allow setting bookmarks (saved positions, not to be confused with the
- mark set via Ctrl-^) at various lines and/or columns in the buffer,
- and allow movement between them with a single keystroke?
- See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57577.
-
-
-For version 4.8:
-- Detect when text is being pasted, so that we can handle it faster. [DONE]
-
-For version 4.0:
-- Make undo/redo work also for justifying. [DONE]
-
-For version 2.9:
-- Allow piping (marked) text to an external command and replacing it with
- the command's output. That is: implement filtering. [DONE]
-- Allow to record and replay a macro: a stored series of keystrokes. [DONE]
-- Make undo/redo work also for indenting. [DONE]
-
-For version 2.8:
-- Allow text searches in the help viewer. [DONE]
-
-For version 2.4:
-- Handle window resizes better. After we've resized, we should stay
- wherever we were before we resized, as Pico does. [DONE]
-- Allow even better file-type detection, e.g. through libmagic. [DONE]
-- Compatibility with vim status files to let other editors know we're
- in a file. [DONE]
-
-For version 2.2:
-- Rebindable keys? [DONE]
-- Undo/Redo keys (M-U and M-E)? [DONE]
-- Fix problems with color syntaxes highlighting lines too aggressively. [DONE]
-- Allow nano to work like a pager (reading from stdin). [DONE]
-- Select a color syntax based on more than just the filename extension. [DONE]
-- Allow soft wrapping as well as hard wrapping? [DONE]
-
-For version 2.0:
-- UTF-8 support. [DONE]
-- Support for paragraph searches. [DONE]
-- Support for justifying the entire file at once. [DONE]
-- Support for filename searches in the file browser. [DONE]
-- A keystroke to implement "Add next sequence as raw", like vi's ^V. [DONE]
-- Spell check selected text only. [DONE]
-- Make "To Line" (^W^T) and "Read from Command" (^R^X) return to their parent
- menu when their keystroke is entered again (^W^T^T and ^R^X^X). [DONE]
-
-For version 1.2:
-- Single-line scroll up/down? [DONE]
-- Color syntax highlighting? [DONE]
-- Support for a .nanorc file. [DONE]
-- Backup making (filename~)? [DONE]
-- Search/replace string history. [DONE]
-- Implement Pico's -j and -g flags. [DONE]
-- Make mouse support (-m) work with clicking on the shortcuts. [DONE]
-- Implement -o (--operatingdir, a chroot of sorts). [DONE]
-- Allow -r to take a negative argument. [DONE]
-
-For version 1.0:
-- Implement Spelling. [DONE]
-- Implement Help. [DONE]
-- Internationalization [In progress, translators welcome!]
-- Allow nano to be resized in X. [DONE]
-- On PageUp/Down, put the cursor on the first screen line (like Pico). [DONE]
-- Implement justify function. [DONE]
-- Cut to end of line. [DONE]
-- Built-in speller command. [DONE]
-- Better status-bar interaction (scrolling, tab completion). [DONE]
-- Unjustify command (^U after ^J). [DONE]
-- Username completion (~user). [DONE]
