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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 checkng
                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
                allowing the write to proceed.  Also included are
                some syntax highlighting updated, 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 relase 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 higlighting 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: crashed 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 highliting entries for the saple 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 hittig 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 Savananh 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 - GNY 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 wont 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 rebinadble 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 multi-line 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 --rebind-keypad 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).

10/24/2002 - 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!

10/01/2002 - 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!

07/25/2002 - 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 included for justification,
                the reading and writing file routines, resizing and fill
                length, millions of memory leaks, the usage screen was
                updated, and the the --quotestr and --regexp really work
                now ;-)  Enjoy :)

05/12/2002 - 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!

03/30/2002 - 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!

03/05/2002 - GNU nano 1.1.7 "lets change everything and see what breaks"
                is released.  New features include 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
                shows column as well as character position, and
                multibuffer allows 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
                requires for rebuilding) 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.

01/25/2002 - 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.

01/05/2002 - 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!

12/11/2001 - 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!

10/26/2001 - 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!

10/03/2001 - 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!

07/28/2001 - 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.

07/15/2001 - 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.

07/01/2001 - 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.
        
05/12/2001 - 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!

04/06/2001 - 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.

03/22/2001 - GNU Nano 1.0 is released!  The autoindent wrapping bug
                has been fixed, as well as 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.

02/19/2001 - 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 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.

01/31/2001 - 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 an 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.

01/17/2001 - 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.

01/07/2001 - 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!

12/18/2000 - 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.

12/08/2000 - 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.

12/02/2000 - 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.

11/23/2000 - 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.

11/18/2000 - 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!

10/02/2000 - 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.

09/18/2000 - 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.

09/04/2000 - 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, -x, -p, -w, -k, and -R).

08/09/2000 - 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.

08/03/2000 - 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 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.

07/27/2000 - 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.

07/23/2000 - 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 un-writable files.  Barring any
                other major changes, this should be the feature set for
                nano 1.0, whenever it might be released =-)

07/07/2000 - 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.

06/20/2000 - 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).

06/06/2000 - 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.

05/31/2000 - 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.

05/18/2000 - 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.

05/14/2000 - 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.

05/08/2000 - 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 =-)

05/01/2000 - 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.

04/25/2000 - 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.

04/19/2000 - 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.

04/15/2000 - 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'.

04/14/2000 - 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.

04/07/2000 - 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 =)

03/22/2000 - 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.

03/12/2000 - 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.

03/01/2000 - 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? =)

02/25/2000 - 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  =-)

02/11/2000 - 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! =)

02/08/2000 - 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.

02/02/2000 - 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.

01/28/2000 - 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 =-).

01/25/2000 - 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.

01/24/2000 - 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.

01/17/00 - 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.

01/15/00 - 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!

01/09/00 - 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.

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