NEWS

2017.11.27 - GNU nano 2.9.1 "Damyatta" fixes a bug where, when the mark
				is on, ^S would overwrite the file with just the marked
				region.  This release further clears the "Modified" flag
				when all edits are undone, adds or updates some magic
				strings, and does not forget when the cursor was last
				at line 1, column 1.

2017.11.18 - GNU nano 2.9.0 "Eta" introduces the ability to record and
				replay keystrokes (M-: to start and stop recording, M-;
				to play the macro back), makes ^Q and ^S do something
				useful by default (^Q starts a backward search, and ^S
				saves the current file), changes ^W to start always a
				forward search, shows the number of open buffers (when
				more than one) in the title bar, no longer asks to press
				Enter when there are errors in an rc file, retires the
				options '--quiet' and 'set quiet' and 'set backwards',
				makes indenting and unindenting undoable, will look in
				$XDG_CONFIG_HOME for a nanorc file and in $XDG_DATA_HOME
				for the history files, adds a history stack for executed
				commands (^R^X), does not overwrite the position-history
				file of another nano, and fixes a score of tiny bugs.


2017.08.27 - GNU nano 2.8.7 "Fragrance" fixes a lockup when tabs are
				wider than the screen, makes indenting + unindenting
				more predictable by retaining relative indentations,
				allows pasting (^U) at a prompt, allows triple quotes
				in Python to not be followed by a character, does not
				scroll three pages on a roll of the mouse wheel, binds
				Alt+Up and Alt+Down to findprevious and findnext, and
				fixes some hard-to-describe issues with softwrapping
				and boundary-crossing tabs.  Enjoy.

2017.07.21 - GNU nano 2.8.6 "Kekulé" offers a new feature: the ability
				to do softwrapping between words -- at whitespace --
				instead of always at the edge of the screen.  This can
				be activated with -a or --atblanks or 'set atblanks'
				together with the softwrap option.  This release further
				fixes a handful of rare display glitches, fixes a build
				failure on AIX, harmonizes the quoting rules in the rc
				files, and renames the option 'cut' to 'cutfromcursor'
				(please update your nanorc files before 2020).

2017.06.25 - GNU nano 2.8.5 "Farouche" avoids a crash when waking from
				a suspension that was induced from the outside, allows
				negative line and column numbers on the command line,
				avoids some flickering when resizing the screen while
				in the file browser, opens files in the order they were
				mentioned on the command line, and does not pretend to
				have woken from suspension when receiving a SIGCONT.

2017.05.21 - GNU nano 2.8.4 "Our Version of Events" includes the nanorc
				man page again.

2017.05.18 - GNU nano 2.8.3 "Hirsch" fixes a misplacement of the spotlight
				during interactive replacing, avoids build failures on AIX
				and Solaris, fixes a crash on Solaris, speeds up backwards
				searching, improves PHP syntax highlighting, and no longer
				asks “save anyway?” when the user ^Q discards the buffer.

2017.05.04 - GNU nano 2.8.2 "Krats" adds another new feature: it makes
				the ^G help texts searchable with ^W.  Apart from that,
				it fixes a crash when resizing the window in the middle
				of verbatim input, avoids an unlikely crash when used
				without UTF-8 support in some locales, avoids redrawing
				the screen twice when switching between buffers while
				line numbers are active, and works around a coloring
				bug on musl.  Plus tweaks to the documentation; plus
				translation updates for fifteen languages.

2017.04.12 - GNU nano 2.8.1 "Ellert" fixes build failures on MacOS and
				on musl, fixes scrolling problems in softwrap mode when
				double-width characters on row boundaries are involved,
				shows double-width characters as ">" and "<" when split
				across two rows, moves the cursor more predictably (at
				the cost of sometimes putting it on the second "half"
				of a character), avoids creating lines that consist of
				only blanks when using autoindent, makes ^Home and ^End
				go to the start and end of the file (on terminals that
				support those keystrokes), places the cursor better when
				linting, lets the linter ask only once whether to open
				an included file, and adds bindings for ^Up and ^Down
				in the file browser.  Don't sit on your hands.

2017.03.31 - GNU nano 2.8.0 "Axat" makes it easier to move around in
				softwrapped lines: the Up and Down keys now step from
				visual row to visual row instead of jumping between
				logical lines, and the Home and End keys now move to
				the start and end of a row, and only when already
				there, then to the start and end of the logical line.
				Furthermore, the screen can now scroll per row instead
				of always per logical line.  On an entirely different
				front: nano now makes use of gnulib, to make it build
				on more platforms.  In short: there were many internal
				changes, not many user-visible ones (apart from the
				new softwrap navigation).  The conversion to gnulib
				was done by Mike Frysinger, the softwrap overhaul by
				David Ramsey.


2017.02.23 - GNU nano 2.7.5 "Nijntje" can properly search and replace
				the \B and \b regex anchors, correctly repaints things
				when multiline regexes with identical start and end are
				involved, fixes a crash with zero-length regex matches,
				does replacements at the edges of a marked region right,
				no longer hides double-width characters at the head of
				softwrapped rows, displays at most three warnings at
				startup, and documents the ability to read a file from
				standard input.  Come tickle my ears.

2017.01.10 - GNU nano 2.7.4 "Red dress" undoes deletions in an orderly
				manner again (bug was introduced in previous version),
				sets the preferred x position for vertical movements
				more consistently, avoids some scrolling problems in
				softwrap mode, installs the Info manual also when your
				system lacks 'makeinfo', and corrects the behavior of
				the beginning-of-word anchor (\<) in regex searches.

2016.12.28 - GNU nano 2.7.3 "Ontbijtkoek" wipes away a handful of bugs:
				your editor is now able to handle filenames that contain
				newlines, avoids a brief flash of color when switching
				between buffers that are governed by different syntaxes,
				makes the Shift+Ctrl+Arrow keys select text again on a
				Linux console, is more resistant against malformations
				in the positionlog file, and does not crash when ^C is
				typed on systems where it produces the code KEY_CANCEL.
				Oh, and it no longer mistakenly warns about editing an
				unlocked file just after saving a new one.  That's it.
				Tastes great with thick butter.

2016.12.12 - GNU nano 2.7.2 "Shemesh! Shemesh!" brings another feature:
				the ability to complete with one keystroke (^] by default)
				a fragment of a word to a full word existing elsewhere in
				the current buffer.  Besides, this release fixes two bugs
				related to using line numbers in softwrap mode, allows to
				use the PageUp and PageDown keys together with Shift on
				VTE-based terminals, stops the help lines from flickering
				during interactive replacing, makes a 'set fill' override
				an earlier 'set nowrap', properly restores the selected
				region after an external spell check, and improves a few
				other tidbits.  If you should find any more bugs, please
				run 'man nano | grep bugs' and report them there.

2016.10.29 - GNU nano 2.7.1 "Leuven" adds an often-asked-for feature: the
				ability to display line numbers beside the text.  This can
				be activated with -l or --linenumbers on the command line,
				or with 'set linenumbers' in your nanorc, or toggled with
				M-#.  The coloring of these numbers can be chosen via the
				option 'set numbercolor'.  This release furthermore fixes
				some bugs with scrolling in softwrap mode, is more strict
				in the parsing of key rebindings, and marks a new buffer
				as modified when the output of a command (^R ^X) has been
				read into it.  Come and check it out!

2016.09.01 - GNU nano 2.7.0 "Suni" adds a new feature: allowing text to be
				selected by holding Shift together with the cursor keys.
				Besides that, nano now works also when run in very tiny
				terminals (down to one line, one column), and improves
				the handling of the prompt in cramped spaces.  Not much,
				but it's time to get it out there.


2016.08.10 - nano 2.6.3 "Marika" makes the Ctrl+Arrow keys work also on
				a Linux virtual console, takes as verbatim only the very
				first keystroke after M-V, removes any lock files that it
				holds when dying, doesn't abort when a word contains digits
				(when using the default speller), fixes a small sorting bug
				in the file browser, makes searching case-insensitively in
				a UTF-8 locale a little faster, and doesn't enter invalid
				bytes when holding down both Alt keys.  Santé!

2016.07.28 - nano 2.6.2 "Le vent nous portera" adds two new features: the
				keystrokes Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down for jumping between blocks
				of text, and the option 'wordchars' for specifying which
				characters (beside alphanumeric ones) should be considered
				word-forming.  Further, it provides feedback during Unicode
				input (M-V followed by a six-digit hexadecimal number which
				must start with 0 or 10), avoids a crash when resizing the
				window during Verbatim input, doesn't drop a keystroke after
				having been suspended, and replaces the beginning-of-line
				anchor (^) just once per line.  There are also several tiny
				improvements in screen rendering and key handling.  Come get
				your hair tousled!

2016.06.27 - nano 2.6.1 "Stampede" is chiefly a translation update, but also
				adds one little feature (the ability to use negative numbers
				with Go To Line: -1 meaning the first line from the bottom),
				includes syntax highlighting for Rust, and fixes three tiny
				bugs (but in such far corners of the editor that they aren't
				even worth mentioning).

2016.06.17 - nano 2.6.0 "Rubicon" fixes more than fifty little bugs -- and
				some of them not so little.  It improves moving about in
				the file browser, corrects failings of the internal spell
				checker, adds a new feature (comment/uncomment lines, with
				default binding M-3), makes some error messages clearer,
				shows more of a file when positionlog is used and the cursor
				is near the end, displays all error messages at startup if
				there are multiple ones, does not misinterpret keystrokes
				when typing very fast, is less eager to trim the filename
				on narrow terminals, speeds up case-insensitive searches,
				and allows to abort re-searches.  Among bunches of other
				things.  It is worth the trouble to upgrade.


2016.02.25 - GNU nano 2.5.3 "Alphys" is released.  This release
				contains fixes for bugs like: stray cursor positioning
				errors, many many memory leaks including file reading,
				using the file browser, searching for multibyte characters,
				history completion, and many other places.
						New features include the ability to trim whitespace
				from the ends of lines when justifying text, see nanorc(5)
				option justifytrim for deets.  As always thank you for your
				continued support of nano, and keep sparing.

2016.02.12 - GNU nano 2.5.2 is carrying too many dogs.  This release includes
				several fixes for various memory leaks, position history
				size growth, and a long standing issue with using
				nano under sudo creating root-owned files.  There are also
				the usual bevy of documentation and other miscellaneous
				fixes and touchups.  Upgrade today while supplies last,
				operators are standing by!

2016.01.11 - GNU nano 2.5.1 "Salzburg" is released.  It includes fixes
				for a syntax-highlighting bug and a positionlog bug, it
				disables a time-eating multiline regex in the C syntax,
				and it adds an escape hatch to the WriteOut menu when
				--tempfile is used: the discardbuffer command, ^Q.  It
				also has translation updates for fifteen languages, and
				a small fix in the softwrap code.  So... you are heartily
				invited to upgrade.  Enjoy!

2015.12.05 - GNU nano 2.5.0 "Karma", the first release of the 2.5 series,
				is now available.  Please note that as of this release,
				there will no longer be separate stable and unstable
				branches.  The development team will prioritize bug fixes
				as needed, and make new releases in proportion to the
				severity of the bugs which are fixed.
						This release includes all of the fixes now in
				2.4.3, as well as color syntax highlighting improvements,
				undo fixes, and many more improvements!  Thank you for
				using nano!


2015.11.18 - GNU nano 2.4.3 "Apocalypse" is now available for your
				downloading pleasure.  This release includes a myriad
				of fixes including several memory leaks, issues with
				color syntax highlighting, search/replace, file
				insertion and help menu bugs.  Many thanks to
				Benno Schulenberg for tireless efforts on the vast
				majority of fixes for some time now.  As always please
				report bugs via the Savannah page, and remember to
				Share and Enjoy.

2015.07.05 - GNU nano 2.4.2 "Portorož" is released.  This release
				includes several fixes, including the ability to resize
				when in modes other than the main editing window,
				proper displaying of invalid UTF-8 bytes, new syntax
				definitions for Elisp, Guile, and PostgreSQL, and
				better display of shortcuts in the help menu and file
				browser.  Thanks for your patience and using nano!

2015.04.14 - GNU nano 2.4.1 "Glitch Gremlin" is released.  This release
				includes several fixes for issues with the file browser
				menu, linter and formatter functions, spell checker,
				undo/redo with some specific marked-cutting situations,
				and some small improvements to the color syntax
				highlighting definitions.  There are also various
				documentation and code comment updates included, and
				finally, fixes for compilation on non-GNU/Linux systems
				and certain configure combinations.  Toasters!

2015.03.22 - GNU nano 2.4.0 "lizf" is released.  This is the first
				stable release in many years, and brings together many
				new features from the 2.3 series, including:
				a fully functional undo system (now enabled by default),
				vim-compatible file locking, linter support, formatter
				support, syntax highlighting flexibility, and many fixes
				for issues reported since 2.2.  Many sincere thanks
				to all of the bug reports, patches, well wishes and
				contributions from everyone who has continued to
				support us.  Thank you for using nano!


2015.02.27 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre3 "Ashley" is released.  This is likely
				to be the last release before the next major (2.4.0)
				release.  Please test it out and send us any feedback
				via the Savannah bug page for nano
				(https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano).  This
				release includes fixes for rebinding toggles via
				nanorc, several memory alignment fixes, and documentation
				and build updates.  As always thank you for using
				nano - Share and Enjoy!

2015.02.06 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre2 "Snowblind" is released.  This release
				contains only fixes, including: a long-standing problem
				with cutting in nano-tiny, several memory alignment
				improvements, and issues with leftover file locks.  Please
				keep reporting bugs so we can get a happy and healthy
				2.4.0 soon.  Thanks for using nano!

2015.01.06 - GNU nano 2.3.99pre1 "Junior" is released.  As the first
				2.4 release candidate there will be fewer new features
				but many bugfixes going forward.  This release contains
				new support for language reformatters like Go's gofmt
				command which takes the place of the spelling checker.
				Fixes in this release include many syntax highlighting
				fixes and improvements, and documentation formatting updates.
				As always please report bugs via the Savannah bug page for
				nano (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano), so we can
				release a super awesome and bug-free 2.4.0 soon!

2014.07.17 - GNU nano 2.3.6 "Columbo" is released.  This release
				contains a fix for installing internationalization
				files.  Also included are scattered documentation
				(in particular man page) fixes, and a few touchups
				to syntax highlighting definitions.  Oh, just one
				more thing, thanks for using nano!

2014.07.11 - GNU nano 2.3.5 "lucky day" is released.  This release
				contains many visible and under-the-hood fixes for
				components such as file locking, more fixes to the
				undo system, and you no longer have to explicitly ask
				nano to have undo/redo support as it now defaults to
				being enabled.  Other notable fixes include a better
				handling of --tempfile mode, and better handling of
				command line arguments when also attempting to specify
				+<line number>.  As always, please file any bugs you
				find via https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano
				and thanks for using nano.

2014.06.02 - GNU nano 2.3.4 won't leave you high, won't leave you dry.
				This release contains only a small number of fixes, but
				in particular allows nano to compile on non-UTF-8 curses
				implementations (i.e. libncursesw).  Other small fixes to
				the undo implementation and the default syntax config are
				also included.  As always, Share and Enjoy!

2014.05.28 - GNU nano 2.3.3 is in its right place.  This release contains
				many many improvements to the core system, including
				substantial improvements to the undo/redo code, UTF-8
				handling, the configure script, and display of shortcuts
				on very wide terminals.  New features include the
				ability to write to named pipes (--noread), as well as
				linter support (see the nanorc man page for details).  Also
				included are much improved syntax highlighting code, and
				configurations for JSON, texinfo, Go, and a default syntax
				for catch-all highlighting.  Finally, nano now has the
				ability to set the color of the title bar, status bar, and
				shortcut keys (e.g. "^X") and their descriptions.  Again
				see the nanorc page for details.  There's much more, too
				much to include here, but please keep those reports and
				general feedback coming!  Thank you for helping us help
				you help us all.

2013.03.22 - GNU nano 2.3.2 "Annoy your coworkers for fun and profit" is
				released.  This release introduces vim-style file locking
				(though not backup/restore), useful when using nano in a
				multi-editor environment.  Feedback is welcome if you run
				into any issues with this new code.  Other new features
				include additional support for word boundary checking when
				cross compiling, fixes for trying to go to an invalid
				line number, and the usual documentation tweaks.

2011.05.10 - GNU nano 2.3.1 "I'm in space" is released.  This
				release includes some fixes for the new libmagic code, as
				well as a fix for improper character counts when using
				auto-indent.  Also included are new syntax highlighting
				definitions for RPM spec and Lua files.  Thanks for
				using nano and keep circulating the tapes.

2011.02.26 - GNU nano 2.3.0 "Septic surprise" is released.  This first
				release in the 2.3 unstable series brings several new
				features.  First, libmagic support for syntax highlighting
				has been added on top of the existing file extension
				and header support already available.  Secondly, cursor
				position can be saved between editing sessions with
				the -P or --poslog command-line flag, or via 'set poslog'
				in your .nanorc.  Also included are some fixes for
				compilation with g++, and better handling of issues
				writing the backup file, which should reduce the need
				for the 'set allow_insecure_backup' nanorc option.
				Don't stop, get it get it, don't stop, get it get it.


2010.11.22 - GNU nano 2.2.6 "Pimp my BBS" wants you to go to
				www.desertbus.org and donate a few bucks for the great
				Child's Play Charity!  This is just a small release to
				update a bug where restricted mode was not particularly
				restricted since key bindings were introduced.  It also
				signals the return of win32 builds which now feature
				nanorc support; please see the FAQ for details of how
				to enable it, this feature is a bit of a kludge for now.
				Remember that when all else fails, USE SPACE JUMP.

2010.08.05 - GNU nano 2.2.5 "Inactivity timeout" is now available.
				This release includes slightly less restrictive checking
				when writing files in strange environments (e.g. when
				being used out of crontab).  For very strange situations
				(such as where you cannot change the permissions on the
				file you're writing), there is a new rc file option
				'allow_insecure_backup' to be even more permissive and
				allow the write to proceed.  Also included are some
				syntax highlighting updates, and that is about it.
				Keep fighting the good fight children.

2010.04.15 - GNU nano 2.2.4 is nobody's fool.  First and foremost,
				this release includes some security fixes due to
				an assessment of nano's vulnerability to symlink attacks
				on open files.  The CVEs fixed with this release are
				CVE-2010-1160 and CVE-2010-1161.  Also included are fixes
				for various crash modes when using the spell checker
				on new files in multibuffer mode (surely you've used
				that combination recently? no?) as well as a fixing
				the 'file was modified' message when saving to a
				new filename (since how would nano know?).  And
				the list would not be complete without our
				third-times-the-charm fixes to page up/down due to
				the soft wrapping code.  The lone new feature
				included is a new syntax highlighting definition for
				cmake-related files.  Please do consider upgrading to
				this release if still using the 2.0 series since
				fixes for that version are still forthcoming.

2010.02.11 - GNU nano 2.2.3 "fumbling toward stability" is released.
				This release contains a fix for only one bug, but a
				rather irritating one: when paging up/down with smooth
				scrolling, the cursor position was not being preserved
				due to a bug in 2.2.2.  With such a targeted fix
				like this what could POSSIBLY go WRONG?  Hahaha.
				Enjoy and if you find new bugs, as always please
				use Savannah's bug tracker.
				http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano

2010.01.17 - GNU nano 2.2.2 is released for you, you, you.  This
				release includes fixes for: crashes when writing
				backup files in certain conditions, improper
				screen centering when moving up/down in various
				combination of smooth scrolling and soft wrapping modes,
				a search crash on the armel arch, and issues with
				lots of keybinding customizations causing crashing
				particularly on FreeBSD.  Also included are better
				help menu entries for forward/back in the file browser,
				some man page tweaks and one assert fix.   As always,
				share and enjoy!

2009.12.12 - GNU nano 2.2.1 "DLR strikes back" is open for business.
				This release fixes many bugs, including: missing
				keybindings for page up/down and GotoDir in the browser,
				^P/^N in the help menu, and restoration of M-W as the
				default re-search binding.  Other fixes include several
				issues with compiler warnings and configure options, and
				documentation updates, including the nano texinfo manual,
				nano and nanorc man pages, and UPGRADE file, and some
				missing syntax highlighting entries for the sample nanorc.
				And no release would be complete without the latest round
				of 'final' soft wrapping fixes!  Finally, nano will no
				longer print a warning when attempting to insert the
				contents of a read-only file into an existing buffer.
				Enjoy and Happy Hanukkah.

2009.11.30 - GNU nano 2.2.0 "Doc Brown" is released!  The culmination
				of almost two years of development and hot on the heels
				of nano's 10th birthday is available for all your
				editing needs!  Bugs fixed since the last release
				include several fixes for tiny mode (involving both
				the help keys and replace menu text), more 'final'
				fixes for soft wrapping, and several typo and documentation
				updates including nanorc tweaks and a new syntax
				highlighting file for makefiles.  Also included is a long
				standing fix for random crashing when using nanorc on
				FreeBSD, and nano will no longer clear the screen on
				suspend to maintain compatibility with other *nix editors.
				For those who haven't been playing along at home, please
				see the official web page for the summary of new
				features since 2.0.  Special thanks to all who have
				submitted bug reports recently in support of our new
				stable release, and apologies for all those bugs we
				didn't yet find :-) Peace to all.


2009.11.21 - GNU nano 2.1.99pre2 is available for a special pre-Black
				Friday discount.  Included are some (hopefully
				final) fixes for issues with last page display
				caused by the soft wrapping code, and a fix for
				a long standing issue with hitting the Home key when
				going through the search history.  On the features
				front, nano will now attempt to retain the proper
				ownership and permissions when trying to create a
				.save file due to receiving a signal.  Nano can also
				now unbind keys from one or more menus via the 'unbind'
				keyword.   Finally, passing --fill or --nowrap on
				the command line will now override any related
				.nanorc entries.  Speak now or forever hold your bugs!

2009.11.15 - GNU nano 2.1.99pre1 "take a bow" is out there, man, it's
				out there all right.  This release contains mainly
				bugfixes, underscoring that we are preparing for the
				next stable series release.  Included are many fixes
				for the new soft wrapping code, compiler warning tweaks,
				and the modification time warning no longer triggers
				when saving a file as a new name.  Also include are
				some fixes for various nanorc options, and there are
				surely more bugs to find before we call the code base
				stable, so please keep those reports coming!

2009.09.14 - GNU nano 2.1.11 is on very thin ice, very thin ice, very thin
				ice.  This release includes two new features: first, nano
				will check whether the current file is writable when it
				is opened, and warn if it is not on the status bar.  Secondly,
				a new soft-wrapping (AKA full line display) option is
				available, which will attempt to fully display the contents
				of lines longer than the width of the screen without the
				usual truncation and a '$' symbol at the end of the line.
				It can be enabled via Meta-$ inside the editor, via the
				-$ or --softwrap command line flags, or "set softwrap"
				in your .nanorc).  As always please report any bugs to the
				nano Savannah project page
				(http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano)
				Remember: data loss happens, back up your files.

2009.07.28 - GNU nano 2.1.10 "Ellie" is released.  This version includes
				various fixes for portability including some older HP-UX
				compiler combos, various compiler warnings, and some crash
				fixes in the undo code.  On the topic of the latter item,
				the undo code is now marked as experimental since it can
				cause severe stability and memory issues, and thus now
				requires a flag (-u, --undo) in order to enable it.
				Please feel free to continue to test the undo code and
				thanks again for using nano for your text editing needs.
				Go team Nano!

2009.02.16 - GNU nano 2.1.9 wonders what all that glass is doing on the
				floor!  This release is primarily meant as a less buggy
				version of 2.1.8, particularly for issues with the new
				sped-up syntax highlighting code.  Other fixes include
				configure-time detection of groff HTML support before
				attempting to generate the HTML version of man pages,
				and using ~ or ~username syntax in .nanorc should now
				work again.  Also, nano will now only ask for one
				acknowledgement of errors it encounters when parsing
				nanorc files, and a new flag -q (--quiet) will silence
				these messages altogether.  Give it a go, and happy
				birthday lenny!

2009.02.07 - GNU nano 2.1.8 "unsafe at any speed" is released.  This
				release include some long overdue performance
				improvements in syntax color highlighting, the ability
				to abort running searches (useful mainly when
				editing very large files) and the ability to use nano
				like a pager for viewing standard input (i.e. "nano -").
				Additionally, there are gentoo syntax highlighting
				updates and fixes for issues with reading files
				in a directory with strange parent directory permissions.
				The key bindings code was also substantially changed
				in order to be more ISO-C compatible.  Be sure to use
				the Savannah page not only for bug reports but for any
				features you would like to see before the next stable
				series is released.  Have fun with it!

2008.11.10 - GNU nano 2.1.7 "Effingham" is ready to make good on those
				campaign promises of lower bug rates and 50% more pie.
				This release includes a new check for external
				modifications when saving a file, some code and
				documentation cleanups, and more bug fixes for
				the new undo code (but we continue to welcome your bug
				reports via the Savannah bug page at
				http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano.
				Come get some.

2008.10.03 - GNU nano 2.1.6 was for new features before it was against
				them.  This release includes more undo capability,
				several new syntax highlighting configurations including
				Objective C, OCaml, and Fortran, and a new capability
				to activate highlighting based on the 1st line of the
				file being edited.  Also, the new default configure
				options now include color syntax highlighting, .nanorc
				support, multibuffer and extras.  These items can still
				be disabled and are not enabled with --enable-tiny.  Bug
				fixes include better signal handling under Cygwin, and
				that's about it.  Again please remember to
				submit bug reports via Savannah at
				http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=nano
				as undo functions certainly need more testing.
				Bon appetit.

2008.08.30 - GNU nano 2.1.5 is ready to lead on day one.  This release
				contains a better fix for incorrectly reported successful
				writes on full filesystems, more helpful messages when
				an internal error occurs in the undo code, and fixes for
				various combinations of configure-time options and
				compiler flags.  Also included is new support for
				changing the rc file name at configure time, and using
				GNU-style regexes for word-boundaries on systems which
				do not support them natively, as well as the ever popular
				translation updates.  Rock the tarball.

2008.08.09 - GNU nano 2.1.4 "I told you so!" is released.  This release
				includes fixes for several severe issues with the new
				undo/redo code.  Also the behavior of writing files when
				using backup mode has changed as well: if writing the
				backup file fails, nano will not attempt to write the
				current file.  This should help folks who enjoy "extreme
				text editing", i.e. editing files on file systems which
				are likely to run out of space; see Savannah bug #24000.
				Have fun with it!

2008.08.04 - GNU nano 2.1.3 "least stable version ever" is released.  This
				release includes new (and experimental) undo and redo
				functionality for most text operations.  The default
				key bindings are Meta-U for undo and Meta-E for redo, but
				these can be remapped using the new 2.1 keybinding code.
				Also included are some fixes for configuring using wide
				curses, crashing when invoking the help menu with
				certain locales, and not saving the search history when
				compiled with configure options.

2008.04.24 - GNU nano 2.1.2 "New York City" is released.  This release
				contains fixes for binding bad keys, some
				configure-specific compilation failures, and more issues
				with the new input back end and in particular the status
				bar.  Also fixed are some long standing issues with
				compiling on AIX, and a segfault when making the terminal
				window too small.  Rest in Peace Tim and George!

2008.04.01 - GNU nano 2.1.1 won't get fooled again.  This release contains
				fixes for the new user-rebindable keys (in particular
				bracket match which was mis-bound), and various
				problems with translations and configure-related
				compilation problems are now fixed as well.
				It also contains new syntax highlighting
				definitions for TCL, PHP, Gentoo and Debian-related
				files, and some documentation updates as well.
				Please continue to send reports with the key
				binding code to the Savannah page
				(https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano).

2008.03.18 - GNU nano 2.1.0 "under old mismanagement" is released.
				This first release in the 2.1 development series
				introduces rebindable keys for most actions inside
				the editor.  Please see the nanorc(5) page for
				more information on configuring key bindings.  Please
				also report all keybinding bugs (crashes, missing
				menu functions) using the Savannah bug tracker URL,
				https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano and
				thanks for sticking with us!


2007.12.20 - GNU nano 2.0.7 keeps its balance.  This release fixes
				several bugs, among others: a segfault and several
				cursor positioning problems when uncutting text or
				inserting files into the current buffer; a problem where
				the total number of characters would be miscalculated
				when replacing single-byte characters with multibyte
				ones; several minor issues with the statusbar prompt
				involving text display and mouse support; and several
				oddities when tab-completing in the middle of a line.
				It also improves autodetection of DOS and Mac format
				files, properly supports the mouse wheel when using a
				version of ncurses built with the --enable-ext-mouse
				option, fixes some problems under NetBSD curses, adds a
				lot of translation updates, and adds more minor
				documentation updates.  Slang curses emulation support
				has also been changed to turn off all the options that
				--enable-tiny does, as it's hopelessly broken otherwise.
				Finally, nano is now licensed under the GNU GPL version
				3 or later, and its documentation is now dual-licensed
				under the GNU GPL version 3 or later and the GNU FDL
				version 1.2 or later.  Have fun.

2007.04.26 - GNU nano 2.0.6 "that was quick" is released.  This release
				fixes a potential segfault after justifying text marked
				from the bottom up.  It also adds one more minor
				documentation update.  Enjoy.

2007.04.22 - GNU nano 2.0.5 braces for impact.  Among other things, this
				release fixes various problems (including a segfault)
				when trying to open or save a file in a directory
				beginning with "~" that isn't a home directory; fixes a
				problem where a file with no name could be saved over an
				existing filename with no warning about overwriting it;
				properly disallows opening directories or device files
				from "include" commands in nanorc files; no longer
				displays a misleading prompt when trying to save in
				restricted mode with the mark on; and properly supports
				the Cancel and Shift-Cancel keys.  It also improves
				several color syntaxes to highlight trailing whitespace,
				just as the Java syntax does, and adds yet more minor
				documentation updates.  Have fun.

2007.04.06 - GNU nano 2.0.4 heralds the dawn.  This release contains
				proper support for the Ctrl-[arrow key], Shift-[arrow
				key], and F13-F16 keys under Xfce's Terminal.  It also
				adds still more minor documentation updates.  Enjoy.

2007.01.29 - GNU nano 2.0.3 flows toward its ending.  This release
				contains several minor optimizations to make the
				executable a little smaller under some circumstances,
				some translation updates, improvements to the color
				syntax for Python, and still more minor documentation
				updates.  Have fun.

2006.12.20 - GNU nano 2.0.2 forges ahead.  This release fixes a segfault
				when trying to save in a nonexistent directory; fixes
				handling of strings containing nulls at the "Write File",
				"Insert File", "Execute Command", and "Go to Directory"
				prompts; fixes several minor memory leaks; fixes two
				more potential compilation warnings; adds a few
				translation updates; and adds a few more minor
				documentation updates.  Enjoy.

2006.11.20 - GNU nano 2.0.1 emerges from its cocoon.  This release
				contains several bugfixes: saving one file over another
				will now always warn about overwriting it, overwriting
				a file is no longer possible when saving a new file in
				restricted mode, and zero-length Unicode characters are
				now highlighted properly when nano is built without
				regular expression support.  It also adds several minor
				documentation updates.  Have fun with it.

2006.11.06 - GNU nano 2.0.0 does its little dance.  This release adds
				documentation updates and a few cosmetic tweaks.
						For those who haven't been following nano 1.3
				development, there are a ton of new features, including
				support for UTF-8, moving to a specified line and column
				instead of just a line, improved color syntax
				highlighting, inserting previously untypeable characters
				using "Verbatim Input" mode, and copying text into the
				cutbuffer without cutting it.  There are also fixes for
				some long-standing bugs, such as the "NumLock glitch"
				from nano 1.2.x, and the inability to unjustify text
				after resizing.  Finally, there are also a ton of
				translation updates and new translations, as well as new
				color syntaxes.  See the UPGRADE file for more
				information, and enjoy the new stable release.


2006.10.25 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre3 learns to appreciate life.  This
				release fixes a bug where the screen sometimes wouldn't
				be updated properly after copying text into the
				cutbuffer, fixes a potential warning while compiling,
				and fixes a few other minor inconsistencies.  Have fun.

2006.10.02 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre2 crosses the threshold.  This release
				fixes a few more bugs: cursor positioning after leaving
				the statusbar prompt has been fixed, and verbatim input
				at the statusbar prompt now properly handles newlines.
				Enjoy.

2006.08.29 - GNU nano 1.9.99pre1 passes through the flames.  This
				release fixes various bugs in the last version: the
				mouse support properly ignores everything except clicks
				of the left mouse button; the statusbar is now blanked
				properly when it should be; indenting and unindenting
				operate on the current line when the mark is off; nano
				should build on Tru64, NetBSD, and other systems that
				use termcap instead of terminfo in their curses
				libraries; the built-in file browser now properly
				navigates file lists that take up only one row; the
				cursor position is now completely restored after
				inserting a file into the current buffer, and after
				inserting the output of a command into a new buffer; the
				^X shortcut at the search prompt has been removed, as
				official Pico doesn't include it and it's too easily
				confused with Exit; the screen is updated properly after
				scrolling a line without moving the cursor; the keyboard
				input routines behave more consistently; and so on.
				Have fun with it.

2006.06.26 - GNU nano 1.3.12 escapes the darkness.  This release
				contains the last new features that nano will have
				before 2.0: copying text into the cutbuffer without
				cutting it, indenting lines of marked text with a single
				keystroke, reworked help text that should be easier for
				new users, searching for filenames in the file browser,
				the ability to include color regexes in files separate
				from nanorc files, etc.  It also contains many bugfixes.
				Text can now be unjustified after justifying it and
				resizing the window; the screen is now cleared when
				suspending; the "default" color syntax is now handled
				properly at all times; lines of text containing tabs are
				now wrapped at the right place; double-column characters
				are now properly displayed when past the right edge of
				the screen; invalid multiline color regexes are now
				ignored; and so on.  Enjoy.

2006.03.30 - GNU nano 1.3.11 awakens from its fever dream.  This release
				focuses mostly on bugfixes, which include better
				handling of the cursor at the statusbar prompt, support
				for certain combinations of Shift and keypad keys in
				both normal and --rebindkeypad mode, a fix for a minor
				display problem after some searches, a real fix for a
				long-standing segfault when displaying overly long
				lines, and a real fix for nano's not hanging up properly
				in xterm under certain circumstances.  There are also
				several new features, such as the ability to set the
				characters used as brackets when searching for matching
				brackets, and tab completion of directories at the "Go
				To Directory" prompt.  Have fun.

2005.12.23 - GNU nano 1.3.10 rises to the surface.  This release
				contains several new features as well as fixes for
				several longstanding bugs.  The former include the
				ability to scroll up or down single lines without
				scrolling the cursor, reworked bracket searching code
				that doesn't require regular expression support,
				reworked command execution code that uses $SHELL if
				available instead of hardcoding "/bin/sh", and the
				ability to no longer add newlines to files that don't
				end in them via the -L/--nonewlines option.  The latter
				include fixes to the statusbar prompt so that mouse
				clicks work properly on it, fixes to the Yes/No/All
				prompt so that mouse clicks on it work properly when
				-O/--morespace is used, and fixes to the resize handling
				so that nano dies properly when the terminal is too
				small to display a prompt.  Enjoy.

2005.10.23 - GNU nano 1.3.9 breaks through the wall.  This release
				includes major enhancements as well as bugfixes.  The
				enhancements include better handling of invalid UTF-8,
				expansion of the word count option to also count lines
				and characters in the file or selection, more efficient
				screen update routines, a readded -K/--rebindkeypad
				option to work around numeric keypad problems on
				terminals that don't show the usual NumLock glitch, a
				new -W/--wordbounds option to properly detect words
				containing punctuation when moving among them, and
				massive improvements to the color code such as handling
				of unspecified foreground colors, more efficient memory
				usage for color regexes, and new reserved syntaxes
				"default" and "none".  The bugfixes include fixes for
				the rewritten history code, fixes for potential line
				numbering problems on 64-bit platforms, fixes for a few
				long-standing minor display problems, a fix for erroneous
				hangups occurring while waiting for input, and a fix for
				a segfault when displaying certain overly long lines.
				Have fun with it.

2005.06.30 - GNU nano 1.3.8 floats at its own level.  This release
				contains several new features.  Among other things, you
				can now move to a specified column number as well as
				line number within a file, file backups saved in a
				backup directory will have unique names, the search and
				replace history routines should work more consistently,
				you can get a word count by pressing Meta-D at the edit
				window, and there's a new -E/--tabstospaces option to
				convert all typed tabs to spaces (--backupdir's short
				option has been changed to -C).  In terms of bugfixes,
				this release contains fixes for minor problems with
				screen updates, UTF-8 display, and flow control; a fix
				for a segfault when displaying some lines ending with
				tabs; better handling of constant cursor position
				display; improved color parsing in the rcfile; and
				support for the "Regexp" toggle in tiny mode
				(-R/--regexp is gone, and --restricted's short option
				has been changed to -R), among other things.  Enjoy.

2005.04.10 - GNU nano 1.3.7 claws its way to the top.  This release
				mostly contains bugfixes for the massive amount of new
				code in 1.3.6.  Among other things, nano builds with
				debug support again; going into the help browser at the
				"Read File" prompt no longer kicks you out of the prompt
				after you exit the help browser; paragraph searching no
				longer skips over certain cases of single-line
				paragraphs; the titlebar no longer cuts off some UTF-8
				strings prematurely; and the text displayed in the help
				browser is now wrapped as it was in nano 1.2.x, taking
				UTF-8 support into account.  New features include an
				--enable/disable-utf8 configure option to explicitly
				turn detection of UTF-8 support on or off, and sample
				regexes for C++ as well as C.  Have fun.

2005.03.20 - GNU nano 1.3.6 "shout it from the rooftops" is released.
				This release finally includes the long-awaited support
				for UTF-8.  Other new features include the ability to
				insert UTF-8 characters using verbatim input; the
				ability to delete all text from the cursor position to
				the end of the file via ^W^X as (patched) Pico does;
				improvements to input and output so that pasted text
				displays faster, improvements to the statusbar prompt so
				that more edit window shortcuts, including verbatim
				input and previous/next word search, work in it; a new
				option to allow using the formerly always-blank second
				line of the screen as part of the edit window; and the
				ability to refresh the help browser and file browser
				windows via Ctrl-L.  Notable bug fixes include a fix for
				a segfault when using full justify, and a fix for the
				long-standing bug where nano would keep running if the
				terminal it was in died unexpectedly.  Enjoy.

2004.11.22 - GNU nano 1.3.5 hurls itself forward.  New features in this
				release include the ability to replace only marked text
				when the mark is on, improvements to smooth scrolling so
				that it applies everywhere instead of just affecting the
				movement keys, improvements to how files are opened so
				that they are no longer displayed unnecessarily, support
				for multiple +LINE arguments in addition to multiple
				filenames on the command line, autodetection of the
				format to save a file in based on the format it was in
				when it was opened, the ability to toggle both ways
				between the "Read File" and "Execute Command" prompts
				and the "Search" and "Go to Line" prompts, and support
				for cross-compiling nano.  As for bug fixes, the
				"tabsize" nanorc option works again, mouse clicks on the
				shortcut list trigger the right shortcuts again,
				tab-completing a filename with %'s in it no longer
				causes a segfault, the internal spell checker no longer
				skips words after the cursor position when the cursor is
				in the middle of the file, and spell checking of only
				marked text now works properly.  Have fun with it.

2004.08.17 - GNU nano 1.3.4 marches forth after a false start.  This
				release mainly features fixes for the bugs that crept
				into the last release.  Among other things, nano now
				compiles again with certain options, quoted justify now
				works properly on systems without regex.h, full justify
				no longer segfaults when used on a file with no
				paragraphs, previous paragraph searching works properly
				again, tab completion is properly disabled when needed
				in restricted mode, Ctrl-C is no longer disabled after
				using the alternate spell checker, the permissions of a
				newly created file now match those of nano 1.2.x again,
				and replacing all text in a file now properly updates
				the screen in all cases.  New features include sample
				regexes for patch files, improvements to the sample
				regexes for C files, and support for strings greater
				than 1023 characters and/or containing nulls in
				.nano_history.  Additionally, the full justify keystroke
				has been changed to match current Pico, and whitespace
				display mode is now turned off by default.  Enjoy.

2004.06.28 - GNU nano 1.3.3 marches forth.  There are several new
				features in this release, including a restricted mode
				that provides better security than just setting an
				operating directory, the ability to justify the entire
				file at once, support for a "smart" Home key that can
				leap from the beginning of text on a line to the true
				beginning of the line (or the reverse) in one stroke,
				support for specifying an alternative spell checker in
				$SPELL, the ability to specify the characters used to
				display spaces and tabs so that they can easily be told
				apart, and the ability to specify the characters marking
				the ends of sentences as used in justification.  There
				are also several bug fixes; among other things,
				justification now keeps spaces at the ends of all but
				the last line of a paragraph as Pico does, saving a
				marked selection no longer changes the current filename
				to the filename the selection was saved under, resizing
				now works better and no longer corrupts the screen under
				slang, and the movement functions now avoid doing
				unnecessary redraws and hence work faster.  In short,
				there are a lot of new things to play with.  Enjoy.

2004.03.31 - GNU nano 1.3.2 is prepared for the void.  New features in
				this release include the ability to spell-check only
				marked text and the ability to save all backup files in
				a specified directory instead of wherever the original
				files are.  Bug fixes include a fix for a segfault when
				replacing certain regular expressions, fixes for some
				misbehavior when doing searches, minor fixes to verbatim
				input mode and keyboard input in general, better
				handling of window resizes at certain times, and
				allowing the mark to be saved properly again when
				switching between multiple file buffers.  nano has also
				been ported to the Tandem NonStop Kernel.  Have fun.

2004.01.09 - GNU nano 1.3.1 is outside the gates.  This release
				features, among other things, fixes for the input
				routines to deal with some problems they had, a
				reorganized shortcut list for the help browser, minor
				Pico compatibility improvements for the file browser,
				fixes for misbehavior when replacing certain regular
				expressions, and the ability to highlight those regular
				expressions properly.  It also allows searching without
				prompting to work in view mode, adds support for glib
				2.x for those systems that need it, updates the .spec
				file for the 1.3 branch, prompts you first when you try
				to save a file under a different name, and adds a new
				verbatim input mode that acts as ^V does under vi, but
				with additional Pico compatibility (explained in the
				FAQ).  Basically, a bunch of fixes and a few new
				features for your editor of choice.  Enjoy.

2003.10.22 - GNU nano 1.3.0 is loosed upon the world.  This is the first
				release in the unstable 1.3.x series, and as such it
				includes a lot of new features, including the addition
				of a -d option for those FreeBSD users with Backspace
				keys that act like Delete keys, the ability to repeat
				the last search without prompting, the ability to search
				for the beginning or end of a paragraph, new smooth
				paging routines to go with the smooth scrolling
				routines, and various improvements to the input and
				display routines to make them behave more intuitively.
				It also includes the usual load of bugfixes.  Enjoy.


2003.08.11 - GNU nano 1.2.2 is released, only four months since the
				last version :-).  This release includes fixes for
				broken regex detection, search history recall, and
				keypad handling with -K.  Debugging strings are no
				longer translated and comments denote where translations
				should be as short as possible (i.e. the statusbar).
				There are new examples for syntax highlighting, and
				documentation updates and fixes.  The 1.3.0 CVS tree
				will be opening soon for all your nano desires, so stay
				tuned!

2003.04.19 - Happy Easter! GNU nano 1.2.1 is released.  This release
				features a new check for broken regexec()
				implementations and some variable, function and macro
				cleanups.  Fixes are included for search history,
				cutting marked text, alt keyboard mode, and the usual
				translation and documentation updates.

2003.02.19 - GNU nano 1.2.0 is released.  Few changes from pre3, just
				some doc and translation updates, and bugfixes for
				justify and file conversion.  For those of you who
				haven't kept up with the 1.1 unstable series, v1.2
				brings nanorc support, color syntax highlighting,
				multiple file buffers, search/replace history and much
				much more.  Please read the UPGRADE file for details,
				and enjoy GNU nano 1.2.0.


2003.02.13 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre3 "The last testing version, no
				really!" is released.  This release includes fixes for
				wrapping (again), resizing, color syntax highlighting,
				rcfile parsing, the mouse code, more memory leaks, and
				some reversion of the code to get the user's home
				directory (nano will now again rely on $HOME).  There
				are also translation updates, a new manual page for the
				nanorc file, and an UPGRADE file detailing the changes
				since version 1.0.  Please submit reports for any bugs
				you might find to the development team
				(nano-devel@gnu.org), and enjoy nano almost-1.2.0 ;-)

2003.02.03 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre2 "bugs in my pockets, bugs in my
				shoes" is released.  There are, not surprisingly, only
				bugfixes in this release as we move toward the stable
				1.2.0 release.  Fixes are included for translatable
				string format, subexpression replacement, constant
				cursor position, invalid search regexes, justify, screen
				state on SIGHUP and SIGTERM, cutting to end cuts with
				long lines, many file browser and operating directory
				bugs, memory and file descriptor leaks, marker code,
				spell checker, the mouse code with long lines, multiple
				buffers and non-file open errors, replacement string
				length, and a silly but serious history message crash.
				There is also a drastic improvement in CPU utilization
				for the color regex code.
						Depending on the number of bugs found in this
				release, there may be a 1.1.99pre3 or RC1, or just a
				1.2.0 release.  Most of the major bugs seem to have been
				worked out, so if you are waiting for a good time to
				test nano before the official 1.2.0 release, this would
				be the one to use.  Happy bug hunting!

2003.01.17 - GNU nano 1.1.99pre1 "enough already" has been released.
				This release is, barring bug fixes and documentation
				updates, what version 1.2.0 has looked like, feature
				wise.  There will very likely be bugs, just due the
				volume of changes made in this release.  Search and
				replace string history has been added, including an
				option to log history to ~/.nano_history (-H,
				--historylog).  Because of this, the Pico incompatible
				search/replace string behavior that used to be the
				default has been deleted.  The old "pico" flag (-p) is
				now compatible with Pico's "preserve" mode for allowing
				flow control characters; by default this version ignores
				both ^Q and ^S.  The --disable-wrapping-as-root
				configure option has been forward ported from version
				1.0.x, and a new flag to enable all extra options
				(--enable-all) has been added.  The internal spell
				checker has been improved, meaning you will now be
				prompted only once for each unique capitalization of a
				given word.
						There have also been lots of bug fixes,
				including the "trying to insert a directory name in
				multibuffer mode bug", the ugly spell checker scrolling,
				the color code, cutting text crashes, justification,
				deleting the "magic line" via replace, and cursor
				positioning on the statusbar.  There have also been the
				usual helping of translation and documentation updates.
						Please send all new feedback on this release
				direct to the development list (nano-devel@gnu.org).

2002.10.24 - GNU nano 1.1.12 "Make Jordi happy" is released.  This
				release demonstrates that nano is starting to freeze for
				version 1.2.  New features include a Meta-Y toggle for
				syntax highlighting, pluralized i18n, and a handler for
				SIGTERM.  Nano now ignores XOFF (^S) to stop accidental
				lock-ups, and no longer references malloc.h.
						Also included are fixes for zero-length regex
				matches, segfaults with --disable-mouse, justification,
				memory corruption with the browser, version and help
				cmdline output, and translation updates.  Aside from the
				(currently up in the air) search history behavior, the
				next version of nano should be 1.1.99pre1.  Have fun!

2002.10.01 - GNU nano 1.1.11 "Oddball" is released.  This release
				features a new version of gettext, a new and improved
				syntax highlighting engine, and some updates for the
				nanorc.sample file.  The toggles for case sensitivity
				(Meta-C) and regular expressions (Meta-R) have changed
				in the search and replace prompts, multibuffer status is
				now displayed and can be toggled from the insert file
				menu, and some wrapping behavior that changed in 1.1.10
				has reverted.  The --enable-color warning was also made
				less severe, as the color syntax code has improved, and
				nano now uses extended regexes in the .nanorc file.
						Also included are fixes for various memory
				leaks, the operating directory option, username tab
				completion, the page_up and down arrow, go to previous
				word and next word, nanorc parser and line wrapping
				code.  Have fun!

2002.07.25 - At long last!  GNU nano 1.1.10 "What didn't we break?" is
				released.  This version of GNU nano features version
				0.11.2 of gettext, building with automake 1.6, some new
				code for displaying control characters, browser
				improvements, a new backup file option (-B, --backup), a
				new option to ignore rc files (-I, --ignorercfiles),
				compatibility with -pedantic, handling null characters
				before EOF, a slightly sportier nanorc.sample and more.
						Fixes are included for justification,
				the reading and writing file routines, resizing and fill
				length, millions of memory leaks, the usage screen was
				updated, and the --quotestr and --regexp really work
				now ;-)  Enjoy :)

2002.05.12 - GNU nano 1.1.9 is released, happy Mother's Day!  This
				release includes many new features, including a prepend
				mode (^O,M-P), a new "syntax" command in the .nanorc to
				allow multiple syntax highlighting types, and a new -Y,
				--syntax flag to set a specific one if there's no
				filename regex to match it against (i.e. w/mutt).  The
				^space and M-space keys will now show up in the help
				menu, which itself has been tweaked a bit, and many more
				configure options should now cooperate (like the odd
				pairing of --enable-tiny and --enable-multibuffer).  The
				marker should now work when using multiple buffers, and
				the huge memory leak in color syntax highlighting has
				been fixed.  A lot of new stuff for everyone's favorite
				text editor ;)  Have fun!

2002.03.30 - GNU nano 1.1.8 is released.  New features include an
				"Insert Output of External Command", ^R^X, and a .spec
				file is now included in the distribution.  There are
				cleanups in the usage code, fixes for regex parsing, the
				file browser, the NO_CONVERT auto-detect, indented
				justification, the internal spell checker, and a serious
				bug where reading a file of 0 lines would hang nano.
				Also, the "show position" code now shows the starting
				column as 1 instead of 0.  Have fun!

2002.03.05 - GNU nano 1.1.7 "let's change everything and see what breaks"
				is released.  New features include the new flags
				-N, --noconvert (to stop any file format conversion) and
				-Q, --quotestr (for the new quoted text justification),
				a new tempnam() implementation to avoid silly warnings,
				DOS and Mac file options in the Write File dialog,
				multiple save files (file.1) for abnormal exits,
				^C now showing column as well as character position, and
				multibuffer allowing duplicate files, even unnamed ones.
				Also, the static shortcut and toggle lengths are history,
				nano now reads SYSCONFDIR/nanorc if rc file support is
				enabled, and nano is now built with (and for rebuilding
				requires) autoconf 2.5.
						This release also includes fixes for some memory
				leaks, detecting DOS and Mac file format, justification,
				suspending keys, search & replace under various
				conditions, variable width for shortcuts, and the usual
				ton of translation updates.

2002.01.25 - GNU nano 1.1.6 is released.  Lots of new features in this
				release.  New Meta-keys were added as alternates for
				control sequences: Meta-A for the marker key (^^), and
				Meta-G for the 'goto dir' key in the file browser (^_).
				The color syntax highlighting now supports multiple
				lines via start="regex" end="regex" syntax, and the
				.nanorc regex format itself has changed.  Also, the
				gettext code was upgraded to version 0.10.40, and nano
				will now display a message if only occurrence of a given
				search exists.
						For bugfixes, there are fixes for spelling,
				stray newlines in the usage() function, suspend issues
				with tcsh, auto-indent and wrapping clashes, ugly code
				in rcfile.c, global variable compatibility with AIX.
				There are also oodles of translation updates.  Have fun
				with it.

2002.01.05 - GNU nano 1.1.5 is out.  The main new feature in this
				release is the changed behavior of the keypad.  Nano now
				does the Right Thing and used keypad() by default.  If
				you wish to use the keypad arrow keys in certain
				terminals, you may use the -K or --keypad flag to use
				the old behavior.  Users of other OSes should see better
				handling of their non-keypad keys in this release.
				Other changes include more Hurd fixes, fixes parsing
				the .nanorc, display fixes for the color syntax
				highlighting, gettext stabilization and many translation
				updates.  This is almost like a stable release, much
				like in the 0.9.x series when every other release was
				the most stable one :)  Have fun!

2001.12.11 - GNU nano 1.1.4 is released.  This release contains
				rudimentary color syntax support (but it's still
				broken), compatibility fixes for the Hurd and FreeBSD,
				spell checker and wrapping fixes, and more.  It seems
				that the amount of interest in the code is inversely
				proportional to the amount of time since last release,
				so it's time to show the world all the changes since
				1.1.3 ;)  Have fun with it!

2001.10.26 - GNU nano 1.1.3 is released.  As far as new features go,
				the help system is now available for all functions in
				the editor.  Also, nano will also now print a message on
				the status bar when it automatically converts a file
				from Mac or DOS format, and trying to load a file that
				has already been loaded in multibuffer mode will now
				also cause an error message.  There is now a "goto
				previous word" which you can use by hitting Meta-Space
				Bar.
						As for fixes, a SEVERE bug in the null_at code
				which discarded the memory address of reallocated memory
				has been fixed.  This is probably the biggest bug fix in
				well over the last year of development.  There are also
				some display fixes for when the screen shouldn't center
				itself on cut or uncut text.  Also, the comments in the
				header files incorrectly said that nano was distributed
				under version 1 of the GPL when the accompanying license
				was the GPLv2.
						If you're using nano-1.1, it is highly
				recommended you upgrade to this release.  If using 1.0,
				wait for version 1.0.6 which should be available early
				next week.  Enjoy!

2001.10.03 - GNU nano 1.1.2 is out there.  Many new features in this
				release, including support for auto-converting from DOS
				and Mac formatted files, as well as toggles for writing
				out files in these formats.  Pico's -o flag has been
				implemented, as has some new smooth scrolling code
				(which can be used in place of the default jerky
				scrolling behavior).  Also, there is now a "find
				matching bracket/brace/etc" feature (Meta-]).  The
				.nanorc file now accepts setting the tabsize, and the
				help text at the bottom of the editor is now better
				spaced out in the search/replace prompts.  There are
				also the usual helping of bugfixes, translation updates
				and, surely a bug or two.  You better get ready!

2001.07.28 - GNU nano 1.1.1 is released.  Our second 1.1 unstable
				release features many bugfixes from the initial release,
				in particular fixes for the multibuffer code, and
				various compiler macro fixes.  The shortcut lists for
				the search and replace prompts are a little more logical
				(with cancel the last option again), and the included
				gettext was re-downgraded to 0.10.35 due to problems on
				the PPC platform.  GNU nano now includes its own aclocal
				macros in the m4/ directory to allow rebuilding the
				configure script to work on platforms regardless of
				their gettext version.

2001.07.15 - GNU nano 1.1.0 is released.  This is the first release
				in the 1.1.x unstable series of GNU nano.  It
				incorporates all changes up to the 1.0.3 release, and
				also includes many many new features, including
				appending to as well as overwriting files, writing
				marked text to a separate file, dynamic wrap length,
				lots more compatibility with Pico, and new optional
				features like .nanorc file support and multiple file
				buffers!  All in all, plenty of new stuff that's sure to
				introduce lots of bugs ;-)  Have fun with it, but be
				careful, unstable means unstable.


2001.07.01 - GNU nano 1.0.3 is the "mutt" release.  This release
				features oodles of bug fixes with cutting text,
				especially with the -k (cut to end) option.  There is
				also a new suspend handler which should make nano play
				better with mutt (the code for which came from mutt
				itself; many many thanks to Jordi Mallach and Tom Lear
				for working late into the night fixing this).  Nano now
				also features mutt's case insensitive string compare
				function for more speed and less memory usage.  Two new
				translations are included, Ukrainian and Russian.

2001.05.12 - GNU nano 1.0.2 is the "just the bugfixes ma'am" release.
				The most noticeable fixes are for display errors using
				page up/down with the marker code, and view mode (-v)
				not stopping the replace function.  Other fixes include
				being able to use the arrow keys while holding down the
				ctrl key in certain TERMs, and there are many
				documentation updates and spelling tweaks.  We also have
				a new Galician translation (provided by Jacobo Tarrío).
				Have fun with it!

2001.04.06 - GNU nano 1.0.1 is out there.  The only new feature is a
				configure option for those who want to disable all word
				wrapping from nano, --disable-wrapping.  Bug fixes this
				release include some bugs with autoconf and i18n, and
				several fixes in the file browser including a segfault
				on Solaris, symlinks to directories now work properly,
				and nano now sorts files case insensitively like Pilot.
				Have fun with it.

2001.03.22 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released!  The autoindent wrapping bug
				has been fixed, as well as a strange bug when using Pico
				mode and regex search.  There have also been some minor
				spelling and documentation updates.  As stated on the
				website, there are currently no known bugs with nano,
				but some will pop up eventually and they will be
				addressed in subsequent releases.  We hope you enjoy
				this first stable release of nano, and as always,
				feedback is welcome!  <nano@nano-editor.org>


2001.02.19 - Nano 0.9.99pre3 brings a lot of changes!  The most important
				being that nano is now officially a GNU program.  Some
				changes have been made for GNU compatibility (like in the
				default list of shortcuts: "^G Get Help" is now listed
				and "^_ Goto Line" is not).  The Yes/No/All keys have
				finally been internationalized also.  All in all, quite
				a few changes, considering nano is supposed to be in
				a code freeze.  But there are the usual helping of
				bugfixes, a nasty bug when cutting text in -k mode and
				some compatibility issues with older ncurses libraries
				have also been fixed.  All in all, a lot to see.

2001.01.31 - Nano 0.9.99pre2 is released.  Not surprisingly, all that is
				new is bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes.  There were a few
				cleanups in unneeded global variables and duplicate
				functions, but most is just fixing.  Specifically, there
				is now a preliminary (read: needs testing) fix for
				resizing the editor in any mode other than normal edit
				mode.  Other fixes include some more tab completion
				segfaults, and a silly segfault that occurred when
				successfully writing a file on the 2nd try (i.e. after
				an initial write error).  Slowly but surely, on toward
				1.0 we travel.

2001.01.17 - Nano 0.9.99pre1 is released.  This is the first pre-1.0
				release of nano, and is also the first release since the
				code freeze for nano 1.0.  Don't expect (or request) any
				new features between now and nano 1.0, only bugfixes,
				optimizations and doc/translation updates.  For fixes, a
				nasty segfault when trying to insert one's home
				directory (~), some checks for the NumLock key making
				the keypad go awry, window size sanity checks, many
				autoconf fixes, and support for the KDE Konsole keypad
				layout.  Have fun.

2001.01.07 - Nano 0.9.25 is the "Just one more feature I swear!"
				release.  It includes one new feature that Pico has had
				forever, a built-in file browser.  Since not everyone
				may want this option, there is a --disable-browser
				option to the configure script as well.  Other changes
				include slightly different keypad handling, and a bugfix
				for crashes when tab completion in certain instances.
				Have fun and Happy New Year!

2000.12.18 - Nano 0.9.24 is released.  This version contains the last of
				the security fixes for writing files, as well as for a
				nasty segfault when nano is unable to open a file for
				reading, among other fixes.  Nano also now cowardly
				refuses to open device files, to stop silly things like
				trying to open /dev/zero.  New features include being
				Able to use Meta-Meta-<key> as Control-<key>, better
				HURD support, and some new flags have been added for
				Pico compatibility.  Upgrading to this version is highly
				recommended.

2000.12.08 - Nano 0.9.23 is the "race conditions bite" release.  The
				main reason for this release is the less-than-optimal
				fix for the security issue in nano with following
				symbolic links.  Hopefully this will fix the problem
				permanently.  The --nofollow option also works again for
				those who are real security nuts.  There are also some
				display and search fixes, and the --disable-spell
				function was renamed to --disable-speller to be in line
				with nano and Pico's "speller" term.

2000.12.02 - Nano 0.9.22 is released, with many more changes and
				additions than imaginable.  The most important change is
				a fix for unsafe handling of symbolic links which could
				lead to symlink attacks if nano were to exit because of
				an error or signal.  Also there are better checks when
				saving files.
					As for new features, username tab completion is now
				working well, the internal spell checker code has been
				tweaked, you can now unjustify if you don't like how the
				justify formatted your text, and there are more options
				for configure, including --disable-spell and
				--disable-justify and --enable-extra (for those who like
				surprises).  All in all, a whole lot of changes in a
				little over a week.

2000.11.23 - Happy Thanksgiving!  Nano 0.9.21 is our "last version was
				a big turkey" release.  It fixes several bugs introduced
				by the previous version, as well as a few long- standing
				display bugs.  All 0.9.20 users are strongly encouraged
				to upgrade to this release.

2000.11.18 - Nano 0.9.20 is finally out the door.  Probably the biggest
				change is the brand new way nano displays previous
				search and replace strings (they are now editable!)
				This is a break from Pico's (inconsistent) interface, so
				if you don't like the new way, "Pico" mode (-p on the
				command line or Meta-P within nano) still works the
				"old" way.
					Other new features include being able to deal with
				search strings of any length, a new internal spell
				feature (courtesy of Mr. Rocco Corsi) and tab completion
				when reading in or writing out files!  There's also the
				usual billion or so bug fixes.  Feedback on this release
				is welcome because so much has changed, especially with
				the previous string display in search and replace.
				Email -> nano@nano-editor.org <-.  If you like
				something, don't like something, or just want to order a
				pizza, let us know!

2000.10.02 - Nano 0.9.19 is the "Chris is getting married in less than
				a week and needs a distraction" release.  There are only
				a few actual code changes, mainly portability and
				compiler warning fixes.  Nano now also supports
				PDCurses, which enables easily-built nano executables
				for Windows NT and 95/98 for the brave.  The official
				nano site has changed (again) as well, check out
				www.nano-editor.org for all the latest nano schtuff.

2000.09.18 - Nano 0.9.18 is unleashed.  It has some new keyboard
				handling code, Cygwin support out of the box, and a more
				portable handler for the NOHELP toggle.  There is also a
				fix for a somewhat serious bug whereby trying to insert
				a directory instead of a normal file would destroy the
				contents of the editor.  A must-see.  Four stars.

2000.09.04 - Nano 0.9.17, the Labor Day release, is released after a
				quiet spell (almost an entire month since last release!)
				New features include better (not yet perfect) binary
				display support and toggle support for most of the
				program flags (M-c, M-i, M-z, M-x, M-p, M-w, M-m, M-k
				and M-e for -c, -i, -z, -x, -p, -w, -m, -k, and -R).

2000.08.09 - Nano 0.9.16, after some struggling, is released.  This
				release should fix a few of the holes that 0.9.15 dug.
				The "cutting text on the first line" bug is fixed, as is
				the "cutting text on the last line" bug.  Nice symmetry
				there huh?  Also the --tabsize argument should now work
				as well as by using -T.

2000.08.03 - Nano 0.9.15 is the "I can't think of a release description"
				release.  There are the usual gala of display bugfixes,
				a fix for the nasty bug in -k mode that could create
				a loop in the file being edited, and some other code
				cleanup.  Also, the -T option should now work regardless
				of the curses library used.  Yay.

2000.07.27 - Nano 0.9.14 is officially the "13 is so unlucky it should
				be skipped as a version number" release.  One typo
				caused unending problems (calling nano with either -t or
				-k caused both flags to be used).  The -k code is also
				now closer in functionality to Pico's -k mode; please
				note that this code is not finished yet.  Working on
				this code has made me realize that there is not enough
				abstraction in the code, and I will be working on that
				for the next release.  Until then, have fun with this
				version.

2000.07.23 - Nano 0.9.13 has a few new bits and bobs, most notably the
				-k option from Pico (cut to end of line).  The majority
				of changes in this release are bugfixes, however,
				including the usual display fixes and fixes for writing
				to symbolic links and unwritable files.  Barring any
				other major changes, this should be the feature set for
				nano 1.0, whenever it might be released =-)

2000.07.07 - Nano 0.9.12 (the "lucky day" release) is bursting with
				new features, bug fixes, and yummy fruit flavor.  For
				changes, the alternate replace keystroke ^W^T is now
				^W^R to be compatible with later versions of Pico.  ^W^T
				is now goto line, again for Pico compatibility.  As for
				new features, the wonderful/hated magic line code has
				returned with a vengeance!  Also, regular expression
				searches and replaces have been incorporated via the -R
				flag.  And, of course, there are the usual helping of
				display and other bug fixes to top it all off.

2000.06.20 - Nano 0.9.11 presents drastic rewrites of the most buggy
				routines in the program, specifically the wrapping code
				and almost all of the display routines.  There are many
				improvements and bugfixes to the display subsystem in
				general, but there may be bugs lurking yet.  Also, after
				many MANY requests, there is now an option to set the
				displayed tab width (-T, --tabsize).  Note that this
				function just changes the way tabs LOOK in the editor,
				the tabs you input are still real tabs of normal width
				(usually 8 characters); nano just makes them look
				smaller or bigger while in the editor.  New in the
				translation department is an Indonesian translation
				(id).

2000.06.06 - Nano 0.9.10 is primarily a bugfix for the loss of SIGINT
				when using "run and terminate" flags (for example,
				--help).  There are also some minor documentation
				updates.  This version of nano is the most stable in
				quite some time, and is likely to be the most stable for
				awhile.  Users are encouraged to upgrade to this
				version.

2000.05.31 - Nano 0.9.9 introduces much better working i18n support,
				more portability, and a ton of bugfixes.  While nano is
				not likely anywhere near 1.0 in terms of code quality,
				it gets a quantum leap closer with this release.

2000.05.18 - Nano 0.9.8 (the 'what broke now?' release) should fix
				the resize crash people have been experiencing.  It also
				offers a new input method that should allow nano to do
				things the right way (like ^S, ^Q, custom suspend keys)
				and hopefully won't break with non-US keyboards.  There
				are also the obligatory display fixes and speedups.
				Have fun with it.

2000.05.14 - Nano 0.9.7 (the Mother's Day release) continues in the long
				line of display fixes, and also fixes the broken symlink
				behavior (i.e. symlinks weren't being followed by
				default).  Hopefully all major bugs can be worked out
				soon and we can have a 1.0 release before the end of the
				year, but who knows.

2000.05.08 - Nano 0.9.6 cleans up a lot of the display bugs that 0.9.5
				uncovered.  There are improvements (and some remaining
				segfaults) in the wrapping code, and even more display
				optimizations.  I would still say 0.9.4 or 0.9.2 are the
				most stable versions of nano to date, but this one may
				not be too bad =-)

2000.05.01 - Nano 0.9.5 attempts to speed up the display of text
				to be at least somewhat reasonable.  Much code profiling
				has been done to reduce the ridiculous number of
				redundant display updates.  This will probably expose a
				lot of bugs that can then be fixed, so this release is
				probably not for the faint of heart.  For anyone
				curious, I would call nano 0.9.2 the most stable version
				recently, so use that if you're not particularly
				concerned with being on the bleeding edge.

2000.04.25 - Nano 0.9.4 fixes some problems in 0.9.3 with the last
				line code and related segfaults.  It also now has much
				better handling for 8-bit characters.  The --enable-tiny
				code also produces a smaller executable.

2000.04.19 - Nano 0.9.3 is officially the "Micro$oft" release.  It
				underscores the recent problem of bugfixes introducing
				more bugs than they fix.  The most important change to
				this version of nano is the removal of the "magic line".
				You will no longer see a blank line at the end of the
				file.  If you want a new line at the end of your file,
				you'll have to hit enter to get one.

				NOTE: THIS BREAKS COMPATIBILITY WITH PICO.
				Unfortunately, this feature has been causing many many
				problems with nano so it is being removed for the time
				being, and perhaps indefinitely.

				Other new stuff includes an --enable-tiny option to make
				nano ultra small (disabling i18n, detailed help and the
				marker and mouse code), and --with-slang to use the
				slang libraries instead of ncurses.

2000.04.15 - Nano 0.9.2 just fixes the serious segfault problem if
				nano is invoked any way other than using the absolute
				path.  The bug was in the new code for checking whether
				nano is invoked as 'pico'.

2000.04.14 - Nano 0.9.1 has some more Pico compatibility built-in.  The
				option to switch to/from Search and Search/Replace (^T)
				is now available, and nano now displays the more
				Pico-like shortcut list when invoked as 'pico' (i.e. if
				'pico' is a symlink to nano).  There is an important
				change to the handling of symbolic links as well.  Now,
				nano does the "correct" thing and automatically writes
				to the object of the symlink, rather than replace the
				symlink with the updated file.  This behavior is still
				available with the --nofollow or -l flags.
					Other new things include a fix for the infamous
				"recursive replace" bug, and more bugfixes in the
				wrapping code.

2000.04.07 - Nano 0.9.0 has some updates, new language support and
				a much better refresh setup (It's still not great,
				but...)  There should also be more stability editing
				long lines, as there was a stupid mistake in the
				update_line call.  Silly me =)

2000.03.22 - Nano 0.8.9 is basically just a bugfix release of 0.8.8
				to reflect the current stagnant status of the project.
				Most things work, the rest doesn't doesn't work because
				(a) I can't fix it or I would have already done so, and
				(b) the amount of patches I'm receiving right now is
				quite negligible.  Fortunately, this release marks the
				first release since I have acquired ownership of the
				nano pages on SourceForge.  Here's hoping SF will get us
				some more visibility, translators and patches.

2000.03.12 - After a hiatus, I have finally moved (not unpacked though)
				to my new home into Albany.  Thus I should now have more
				time to work on nano.  Nano 0.8.8, the "dear god what
				broke this time?" release, incorporates patches for both
				i18n and many bugfixes.  It is VERY likely something
				broke this version, and it's likely I didn't even apply
				the i18n stuff properly, so *it* may not even work.

				I would like to announce that I'm going to need
				translations soonish, so if you are fluent in other
				languages than English (or even better, if your native
				language is not English) and you would like to submit a
				translation file to me, please feel free to do so.  If
				you do, I will list your name and email in the AUTHORS
				file as the maintainer of the .po file, and from then on
				it is yours to take care of and keep up to date.

2000.03.01 - Well, to continue my trend of going back on my previous
				release's comments, nano 0.8.7 is released.  The
				crashing behavior was still occurring, and this most
				recent fix also fixes some other wrapping problems, so
				here you go.  There may be another release soon, there
				may not be, is that vague enough? =)

2000.02.25 - More minor bugfixes in 0.8.6, the bizarre behavior at the
				end of a page has ceased, thankfully.  I'm also moving
				next weekend, so don't be shocked if you don't see a new
				version of nano next week  =-)

2000.02.11 - Okay, here we go again.  Aside from a few minor fixes and
				some under-the-hood changes, you won't notice much
				different in this version of nano.  I haven't gotten
				much feedback on the help feature, is it simply amazing
				or does no one care?  Write and let me know! =)

2000.02.08 - Nano 0.8.3 marks the first time in a long time that there
				has been more than three days since the last release.
				New features include an initial help mode (YAY!),
				hopefully much more support for i18n out of the box, and
				a flag for more Pico compatibility in the shortcut lists
				displayed.  This release also marks the new nano
				distribution site, http://www.asty.org/nano and email
				address nano@asty.org for bugs, etc.

2000.02.02 - Okay, I hate to go back on what I said in the last release,
				but I may be changing jobs very soon.  I will release
				version 0.8.2 as is (no i18n, no help menu (yet)).  I
				expect things to settle down by the end of next week,
				and then I can try to start on the i18n support and help
				menu; look for these new features in version 0.8.5 to
				0.9.0.

2000.01.28 - Nano 0.8.1 marks our first official step toward
				internationalization (i18n) and the help system (^G).  I
				will be merging in Jordi's patches for initial i18n in
				the next version, and will implement the help system
				with i18n built into it shortly after that.  Please
				don't hesitate to send bug reports, as long as you're
				sure the fault lies with nano =-).

2000.01.25 - Nano 0.8.0 is officially the 'let's try and be at least a
				little portable, mmmmkay?' release.  There are many
				portability checks and fixes; many thanks to Andy Kahn
				for his patches.  I removed the broken do_spell behavior
				with the 'spell' program; for now, we only try to call
				'ispell' until I write a better method to handle the
				output of the normal 'spell' command.

2000.01.24 - Nano 0.7.9 features many new features.  Among them are a
				new autoindent feature (-i, --autoindent), tempfile flag
				like Pico's -t flag (-t, --tempfile), and preliminary
				spelling program support.  The spelling function tries
				to run 'spell' and then 'ispell' in that order, but you
				can specify another spelling program with -s or
				--speller.

2000.01.17 - Nano 0.7.7 is officially the 'way too much stuff changed this
				release' release.  It's the busy time at work for me, so
				please don't get offended if your patch doesn't get
				included in the next immediate version of nano.  I'm
				sure all the changes in this release will cause a few
				bugs, so 0.7.8 will primarily be about fixing those
				bugs.

				Things added this release include resizability (kinda),
				new -x and -c flags (see nano -h for help), long command
				line flag support, and the usual array of bugfixes.

2000.01.15 - Nano 0.7.6 is officially the 'lightning' release.  It now
				loads large files much faster than previous versions,
				and is even much faster than Pico or vi in some rather
				rudimentary tests.  Many thanks to Adam Rogoyski for the
				read_byte patch!

2000.01.09 - As of this version (0.7.4), TIP has officially been renamed
				to nano.  The new homepage is at
				http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/astyanax/nano.  Please
				update your bookmarks, tell your friends, and all that
				jazz.