GNU Nano 4.0

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Post by snird » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 2:30 PM UTC

GNU Nano 4.0
nano-editor.org

Re: GNU Nano 4.0

#2

Post by l24ztj » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:23 PM UTC

>A newline character is no longer automatically added at end of buffer.

yesssssssssss

Re: GNU Nano 4.0

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Post by mmastrac » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:25 PM UTC

"nano" is an interesting creature - it was originally developed as a replacement for the "pico" command that shipped with "pine" (an amazing curses-based email client) because the license on pico was just not really clear.

I still use nano 50% of the time because it's so easy to jump into a file, make some quick changes, and jump out. Plus the mark/cut/paste keystrokes are seared into my memory after years of use.

Re: GNU Nano 4.0

#4

Post by emilfihlman » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:28 PM UTC

l24ztj wrote: post #2

>A newline character is no longer automatically added at end of buffer. yesssssssssss

This has been a configurable option since forever.

Re: GNU Nano 4.0

#5

Post by tofflos » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:30 PM UTC

It's too bad the Windows Store only contains Ubuntu LTS editions. It'll be July 2020 before all the improvements from 2.9.3 on up become available for most WSL users. :(

Re: GNU Nano 4.0

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Post by roschdal » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:31 PM UTC

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Re: GNU Nano 4.0

#7

Post by AlexeyBrin » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

tofflos wrote: post #5

It's too bad the Windows Store only contains Ubuntu LTS editions. It'll be July 2020 before all the improvements from 2.9.3 on up become available for most WSL users. :(

No need to wait until 2020. From the GNU nano README:

-------------------------------

How to compile and install nano:

    Download the nano source code, then:

        tar xvzf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz
        cd nano-x.y.z
        ./configure
        make
        make install

    It's that simple.  Use --prefix with configure to override the
    default installation directory of /usr/local.

    If you haven't configured with the --disable-nanorc option, after
    installation you may want to copy the doc/sample.nanorc file to
    your home directory, rename it to ".nanorc", and then edit it
    according to your taste.

Re: GNU Nano 4.0

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Post by xeeeeeeeeeeenu » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:37 PM UTC

>An overlong line is no longer automatically hard-wrapped.

Finally. It was one of the most insane defaults in the history of text editors. Things like this are the reason why it's so hard to recommend nano to beginners.

Re: GNU Nano 4.0

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Post by Moto7451 » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:40 PM UTC

AlexeyBrin wrote: post #7

tofflos wrote: post #5

It's too bad the Windows Store only contains Ubuntu LTS editions. It'll be July 2020 before all the improvements from 2.9.3 on up become available for most WSL users. :(

No need to wait until 2020. From the GNU nano README: ------------------------------- How to compile and install nano: Download the nano source code, then: tar xvzf nano-x.y.z.tar.gz cd nano-x.y.z ./configure make make install It's that simple. Use --prefix with configure to override the default installation directory of /usr/local. If you haven't configured with the --disable-nanorc option, after installation you ma…

This indeed. This is one of my first steps on any new computer/OS install.

I’m a daily Nano user and in my experience the only real headache you can run into is missing the right version or configure not finding where readline and nucrses/ncursesw are. Those are really easy to install on any platform (even from source).

Re: GNU Nano 4.0

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Post by sscarduzio » Sun, Mar 24, 2019, 3:43 PM UTC

It's amazing how, no matter how old or small a piece of software is, as long as it keeps being used, itremains a living thing and keeps on changing and evolving.