[ANNOUNCE] nano-8.7 is released

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:03:52 +0100
Newsgroups	gmane.editors.nano.devel
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
2025.11.12 - GNU nano 8.7  "Blue Highways"

• At the Execute prompt, preceding the command with two pipe symbols
   allows implementing a copy-to-clipboard feature in your nanorc (on
   terminals that support OSC 52).  See the doc/sample.nanorc file.



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

A concise overview of nano's command keystrokes:
   https://nano-editor.org/cheatsheet.html

The tarball and its signature are here:
   https://nano-editor.org/dist/v8/nano-8.7.tar.xz
   https://nano-editor.org/dist/v8/nano-8.7.tar.xz.asc



Specific issues that were addressed in this release:
   https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67578  (justifying could read out-of-bounds)
   https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67581  (relative jump could go back too far)
   https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67635  (resizing during startup could crash)



Changes between v8.6 and v8.7:
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Benno Schulenberg (18):
       build: avoid a warning when configured with --disable-multibuffer
       bump version numbers and add a news item for the 8.7 release
       display: regenerate the screen after a resize during a spell check
       display: regenerate the screen only before and after waiting for input
       display: upon resize, redraw the subwindows only when fully initialized
       docs: add example of copy-to-clipboard-with-OSC52 to the sample nanorc
       docs: mention that `execute` can pipe buffer or region to the command
       gnulib: update to its current upstream state
       moving: prevent a negative relative jump from going beyond top of buffer
       new feature: execute a command without capturing the output
       po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
       startup: register the handler for SIGWINCH much earlier
       text: when blanking a line due to --autoindent, keep the mark in sync
       tweaks: improve a few comments, drop one, and unwrap some lines
       tweaks: improve the punctuation of one item in the sample nanorc
       tweaks: replace a remaining double dash with a true emdash
       tweaks: reshuffle some #ifdefs, and rename a function
       tweaks: unwrap three lines, for esthetics


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Benno
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