Re: proposing to remove Mac format from Write Out menu

Benno Schulenberg <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:37:15 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.editors.nano.devel
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Op 16-04-2026 om 08:13 schreef chrisa via Development discussions.:
> On 2026-04-15 11:15, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>> So... I am of a mind to discard the whole ability of nano to read
>> and convert and write Old Mac format.  Who is opposed?
> 
> I've personally not had to read/write classic Mac filesystems in some time now. 
> OSX has used Unix format for 25 years now, so agreed it's probably time to get 
> rid of that.

Okay.  Thanks.

> Ironically Apple users will probably never see an updated version because of the 
> company's idiotic policies about including Free Software,

There are ways to install a modern nano on a Mac.  Judging from the
install numbers on https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nano, there are
some thousand to two thousand people that use nano on their Mac --
reckoning that many people will have two or three machines.

Benno

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