ANNOUNCEMENT: Exciting news about our acquisition by VIM [PATCH]

Hello,

First, I want to give a hearty thank you to all our users and
developers who have been using nano all this time.  I wanted you let
you know that I received word from the FSF legal offices that we have
been acquired by VIM, hopefully putting to rest a lot of bad blood
between the text editor factions.

For those of you who have been keeping up with development, the key
bindings code and vim-style locking were probably dead giveaways that
this was going to happen soon, and congrats to everyone who figured
this out before today.

For those of you who have contributed to the code base, the details of
this deal are as follows:
- All right, likenesses and the nano domain become the property of the
VIM Development Corporation LLC OMG WTF BBQ
- Our recursive acronym Nano's Another Editor, is being changed to the
classic vi  tagline, "What Mode Am I In Again??"

In exchange, the following compensation is being offered:
- One thousand "vim rules" bumper stickers (FCFS on these!)
- At least 150 coupons for a free KFC Double Down.  Must give your
name as "vim" when you order.  No free refills.
- We will be recognized on a special plaque, near home plate at a
to-be-announced  vim-owned sports stadium (once a few more tech
companies go under or are bought by Google).
- That happy feeling that we didn't end up owned by emacs

The attached patch is a sneak peak at the transition plan we will be

GNU nano 2.3.2

is released

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.

GNU nano 2.3.1

is released and available from 
http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.3/nano-2.3.1.tar.gz

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.

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GNU nano 2.3.0

is released!

2011.02.26 - GNU nano 2.3.0 "Septic surprise" is released.  This first
		release in the 2.3 unstable series bring 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 flags, 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.

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GNU nano 2.2.6

is released and available from:
http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.6.tar.gz

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.

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GNU nano 2.2.5

is released and available at http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.5.tar.gz

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.

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Re: nano

Hi Salvatore.  Please see the -F or --multibuffer option for nano).
Or you can turn this option it on and off on the fly by using Meta-F.
Then opening files with ^R will cause them to be put into a new
buffer.  You can switch between buffers with Meta-, and Meta-.

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Salvatore Barone
<salvator.barone <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I' m Salvatore Barone, a young IT student from Naples, Italy. I always
> use nano for edit source-code. Sometimes I feel the need of opening another
> file from an all ready running instance of nano.
>
> Thank for your time and sorry for my poor English
> Salvatore Barone.
>

GNU nano 2.2.4

is released

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.

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GNU nano 2.2.3

is released and available for download at 
http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.3.tar.gz

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

[Note: if you downloaded 2.2.3 before this announcement, please 
recheck the .asc file and compare with the website, as I was unaware of 
the automake vulnerability and regenerated the tarball using a newer 
version.]

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GNU nano 2.2.2

is released and available for download at 
http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.2.tar.gz

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!

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GNU nano 2.2.1

is released

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.

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