[ANNOUNCE] nano-5.2 is released

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:17:48 +0200
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2020.08.24 - GNU nano 5.2  "Ranrapalca"

=E2=80=A2 Making certain replacements after a large paste does not crash.=

=E2=80=A2 Hitting a toggle at the Search prompt does not clear the answer=
=2E
=E2=80=A2 Using --positionlog does not complain at the first start.
=E2=80=A2 A macro containing a Search command will not sometimes fail.


GNU nano is a simple and easy-to-use editor for on the terminal.
  https://nano-editor.org/
  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/v5/nano-5.2.tar.xz
  https://nano-editor.org/dist/v5/nano-5.2.tar.xz.asc


Specific issues that were addressed in this release:
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58825  (macro with Search command could =
fail)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58954  (Alt+AltGr+letter entered invalid=
 byte)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58955  (with --raw, keystrokes could mis=
behave)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58959  (with --disable-utf8, M-V M-Ins c=
rashed)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58970  (after big paste, replacing could=
 crash)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58972  (toggle at Search prompt wiped an=
swer)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58980  (unbound key canceled Shift-selec=
tion)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58984  ("light," produced poor error mes=
sage)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58993  (with --positionlog, first start =
griped)


Changes between v5.1 and v5.2:
------------------------------

Benno Schulenberg (31):
      build: stop distributing the README.GIT file
      build: stop mentioning Slang in two ./configure messages
      bump version numbers and add a news item for the 5.2 release
      display: restore the ability to resize the screen while searching
      docs: add a cross-reference from 'findbracket' to 'set matchbracket=
s'
      docs: adjust description of ^T in cheatsheet, and mention M-Bsp
      docs: mention in the FAQ how to change the escape sequences of urxv=
t
      docs: reshuffle the section about the file browser to a better plac=
e
      gnulib: back away from a commit that causes trouble when using clan=
g
      gnulib: update to its current upstream state
      history: do not interpret a failing stat() as an error
      input: allow also a Meta keystroke to abort a Search command
      input: dawdle after an ESC also when --rawsequences is used
      input: discard any multibyte character when <Alt> is being held
      input: do not enter invalid bytes when holding down both Alt keys
      input: hold on to a shift-selected region when an unbound key is st=
ruck
      po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
      rcfile: make sure that "bright"/"light" are prefixes, not separate =
words
      replacing: do not try to wipe nonexistent multidata, to avoid crash=
ing
      search: poll the input stream directly, not nano's own keystroke bu=
ffer
      search: retain the current answer when something is toggled
      tweaks: adjust a comment, and reshuffle the setting of a boolean
      tweaks: condense two declarations
      tweaks: condense two fragments of code, for compactness
      tweaks: elide an unneeded variable
      tweaks: improve three comments and an indentation
      tweaks: move the keyboard-checking code to the end of the search lo=
op
      tweaks: remove a variable and two functions that have become redund=
ant
      tweaks: rename a variable, to not seem to refer to the scrollbar
      tweaks: reshuffle four declarations, and rename two variables
      verbatim: reserve enough space for the result also in non-UTF-8 loc=
ales

--=20

Benno


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