commit 78eb483bc24066cc4d0119cde17c32537a58e49e
parent c7033324a9e31d7b00454db04496880e889d32f0
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 09:23:41 +0200
bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.4 release
Diffstat:
10 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,52 @@
+Changes between v8.3 and v8.4:
+------------------------------
+
+Benno Schulenberg (40):
+ bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.4 release
+ copyright: update the years for the FSF
+ docs: add a suggestion to the FAQ on how to configure nano for git
+ docs: change two interface colors in the sample nanorc
+ docs: improve the description of the `constantshow` bindable function
+ docs: in the FAQ, replace an old item with an item about Byte Order Marks
+ docs: replace a word that is better not used in the plural
+ docs: use proper emdashes instead of double hyphens: "--" => "\(em"
+ execute: retain what the user typed before a tool was invoked
+ feedback: warn when the cursor sits on a Byte Order Mark (BOM)
+ gnulib: update to its current upstream state
+ input: adjust file browser and help viewer for changed bracketed pastes
+ input: implement bracketed pastes in a different manner
+ input: make bracketed paste more robust against loss of closing sequence
+ input: remove a special-case workaround
+ input: remove single-keycode detection from the bracketed-paste routine
+ input: robustness is good, but dropping a key code is not a good idea
+ input: wait a bit for "~" when bracketed-paste sequence is incomplete
+ prompt: accept tabs in an external paste as literal tabs
+ prompt: beep when an external paste contains a command code
+ syntax: groff: highlight the zeroeth macro argument too
+ syntax: man: highlight some escapes, like \& and \(em, specially
+ syntax: po: colorize also a 'msgctxt' line, and the 'c++-format' flag
+ syntax: po: colorize also format specifiers like "%.6f"
+ syntax: po: colorize also format specifiers like "%<PRIu64>"
+ syntax: po: colorize also Python's "%(name)x" format specifiers
+ syntax: po: colorize also the %llu and %hhi format specifiers
+ syntax: po: colorize also the Python-specific conversion specifier "%r"
+ tweaks: add a translator hint for the three changed file-writing prompts
+ tweaks: add missing closing quotes, as reported by `mandoc -T lint ...`
+ tweaks: avoid running tolower() on an out-of-range value
+ tweaks: change the man-page markup of options that take an argument
+ tweaks: condense a fragment of code
+ tweaks: consistently use "\fR" for switching back to normal, roman font
+ tweaks: prevent some color keywords from getting hyphenated in man page
+ tweaks: prevent some more keywords from getting hyphenated
+ tweaks: remove an unwanted newline from a debugging message
+ tweaks: remove three redundant pairs of parentheses from a nanorc regex
+ tweaks: remove two commented-out lines and two unused variables
+ tweaks: swap two fragments of code, to allow unwrapping a line
+
+Brand Huntsman (1):
+ files: improve the wording of the normal file-writing prompts
+
+
Changes between v8.2 and v8.3:
------------------------------
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2025.04.02 - GNU nano 8.4 "Five Miles Out"
+• Bracketed pastes over a slow connection are more reliable.
+• Tabs in an external paste at a prompt are not dropped.
+• Feedback occurs when the cursor sits on a Byte Order Mark.
+• The Execute prompt is more forgiving of a typo.
+
2024.12.21 - GNU nano 8.3 "like mice in the dream of a tabby cat"
• A build failure with gcc-15 is fixed.
• Several translations were updated.
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Appearance
In rough ASCII graphics, this is what nano's screen looks like:
____________________________________________________________________
- | GNU nano 8.3 filename Modified |
+ | GNU nano 8.4 filename Modified |
--------------------------------------------------------------------
| This is the text window, displaying the contents of a 'buffer', |
| the contents of the file you are editing. |
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
-AC_INIT([GNU nano], [8.3], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
+AC_INIT([GNU nano], [8.4], [nano-devel@gnu.org], [nano])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/nano.c])
AC_CANONICAL_HOST
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.14])
diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
<h3 id="1.3">1.3. Why the name change from TIP?</h3>
<blockquote><p>On January 10, 2000, TIP was officially renamed to nano because of a namespace conflict with another program called 'tip'. The original 'tip' program "establishes a full duplex terminal connection to a remote host", and was included with many older Unix systems (and newer ones like Solaris). The conflict was not noticed at first because there is no 'tip' utility included with most GNU/Linux distributions (where nano was developed).</p></blockquote>
<h3 id="1.4">1.4. What is the current version of nano?</h3>
-<blockquote><p>The current version of nano <i>should</i> be <b>8.3</b>. Of course, you should always check the <a href="https://nano-editor.org/">nano homepage</a> to see what the latest and greatest version is.</p></blockquote>
+<blockquote><p>The current version of nano <i>should</i> be <b>8.4</b>. Of course, you should always check the <a href="https://nano-editor.org/">nano homepage</a> to see what the latest and greatest version is.</p></blockquote>
<h3 id="1.5">1.5. I want to read the man page without having to download the program!</h3>
<blockquote><p>Jeez, demanding, aren't we? Okay, look <a href="https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano.1.html">here</a>.</p></blockquote>
<hr width="100%">
diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\" Documentation License along with this program. If not, see
.\" <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
.\"
-.TH NANO 1 "version 8.3" "December 2024"
+.TH NANO 1 "version 8.4" "April 2025"
.SH NAME
nano \- Nano's ANOther text editor, inspired by Pico
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ The complete manual for the GNU nano text editor.
@smallbook
@set EDITION 0.8
-@set VERSION 8.3
-@set UPDATED December 2024
+@set VERSION 8.4
+@set UPDATED April 2025
@dircategory Editors
@direntry
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The complete manual for the GNU nano text editor.
@title GNU @command{nano}
@subtitle a small and friendly text editor
-@subtitle version 8.3
+@subtitle version 8.4
@author Chris Allegretta
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ For suggesting improvements: @email{nano-devel@@gnu.org}
@node Top
@top
-This manual documents GNU @command{nano}, version 8.3.
+This manual documents GNU @command{nano}, version 8.4.
@menu
* Introduction::
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\" Documentation License along with this program. If not, see
.\" <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
.\"
-.TH NANORC 5 "version 8.3" "December 2024"
+.TH NANORC 5 "version 8.4" "April 2025"
.SH NAME
nanorc \- GNU nano's configuration file
diff --git a/doc/rnano.1 b/doc/rnano.1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
.\" Documentation License along with this program. If not, see
.\" <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
.\"
-.TH RNANO 1 "version 8.3" "December 2024"
+.TH RNANO 1 "version 8.4" "April 2025"
.SH NAME
rnano \- a restricted nano
diff --git a/roll-a-release.sh b/roll-a-release.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/bash
-VERSION="8.3"
+VERSION="8.4"
./configure -C --enable-tiny && make && ./configure -C &&
