[ANNOUNCE] nano-4.7 is released

[Benno Schulenberg]

2019.12.23 - GNU nano 4.7  "Havikskruid"

• A <Tab> will indent a marked region only when mark and cursor are
  on different lines.
• Two indentations (any mix of tabs and spaces) are considered the
  same when they look the same (that is: indent to the same level).
• When using --breaklonglines or ^J, a line will never be broken in
  its leading whitespace or quoting.
• The keywords in nanorc files must be in lowercase.


GNU nano is a simple and easy-to-use editor for on the terminal.
  https://nano-editor.org/
  https://nano-editor.org/manual.html

A concise overview of nano's shortcut keystrokes:
  https://nano-editor.org/cheatsheet.html

The tarball and its signature are here:
  https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-4.7.tar.xz
  https://nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano-4.7.tar.xz.asc


Specific bugs that were addressed in this release:
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57342  (document minus number after + 
[request])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57357  (a <Tab> indented an empty selection)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57360  (newer gcc gave some warnings)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57367  (build failure on macOS)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57390  (unhighlighted ^/ in help text)

  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57404  (justification failed for mixed blanks)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57411  (recognize more shell files [request])
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57412  (space after line number was colored)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57422  (text could disappear upon autowrap)
  https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57425  (autowrap could fail with --autoindent)


Changes between v4.6 and v4.7:
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Benno Schulenberg (40):
      build: add the uploading of PDF and cheatsheet to the release script
      build: avoid three compiler warnings when using gcc-9.2 or newer
      build: fix compilation for --enable-tiny --enable-wrapping
      build: fix compilation on macOS, where 'st_mtim' is unknown
      build: fix compilation when configured with --disable-justify
      bump version numbers and add a news item for the 4.7 release
      display: don't color the space that separates line numbers from text
      docs: add or improve the 'description' meta tag in the two HTML pages
      docs: add the 'lang' attribute in the right place to the two HTML pages
      docs: mention that all keywords in a nanorc file should be in lowercase
      docs: mention that a negative number after "+" counts from the end
      gnulib: update to its current upstream state
      input: make <Tab> indent only when mark and cursor are on different lines
      justify: distinguish between tabs and spaces when comparing indentation
      justify: treat consecutive indentations that look the same as the same
      linter: beep when trying to go beyond first or last message
      po: update translations and regenerate POT file and PO files
      rcfile: accept also function names and menu names only in lowercase
      rcfile: accept only keywords in all lowercase, for speed of comparison
      rcfile: demand that function 'exit' is bound in the file browser
      syntax: nanohelp: colorize also ^/ as a possible keystroke
      syntax: sh: recognize shell rc files also in dedicated directories
      tweaks: avoid using strlen() where it is not needed
      tweaks: drop M-Space and ^Space from the browser's key list
      tweaks: improve two comments and the ordering of some operands
      tweaks: move three functions to the file where they are used
      tweaks: optimize the trimming of trailing whitespace
      tweaks: remove a stray space
      tweaks: rename a function, to get out of the way for another rename
      tweaks: rename a function, to get rid of a useless suffix
      tweaks: reshuffle a few lines, for brevity or speed or consistency
      tweaks: reshuffle a few lines, for symmetry with the preceding function
      tweaks: reshuffle a fragment of code, for efficiency
      tweaks: reshuffle and rename a few things, to elide duplication
      tweaks: reshuffle an item, to avoid a lone 'else'
      tweaks: reshuffle two declarations, for compactness
      tweaks: slightly streamline the search for a possible wrapping point
      tweaks: trim or adjust some whitespace in HTML, and add two keywords
      tweaks: unwrap a few lines, and move some strings to among their peers
      wrapping: never break in the quoting part nor in the indentation part

-- 

Benno

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