Subj : GNU nano 8.0 released
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From : LWN.net
Date : Wed May 01 2024 19:00:06

GNU nano 8.0 released

Date:
Wed, 01 May 2024 17:54:21 +0000

Description:
Version 8.0 of the terminal text editor GNU nano has been
released. This update includes several changes to keybindings to be
more newcomer-friendly, such as remapping Ctrl-F to forward-search and
adding an option for modern bindings: Command-line option --modernbindings 
(-/) makes ^Q quit, ^X cut,
   ^C copy, ^V paste, ^Z undo, ^Y redo, ^O open a file, ^W write a
   file, ^R replace, ^G find again, ^D find again backwards, ^A set
   the mark, ^T jump to a line, ^P show the position, and ^E execute. The 
release also provides access to 14 levels of gray scale in xterm (up
from four), as well as many bug fixes.

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