GNU nano 8.0 Introduces Various New Features That Enhance Its Use

-

 

GNU nano 8.0 has been released as the latest major version of the well-known text editor for command-line interfaces, and it is the default tool for this context in many Linux distributions. This release brings a handful of improvements aimed at refining the application’s usability.

The first thing we notice in GNU nano 8.0 is that the control+F (^F) key combination is now dedicated to forward search, while control+B (^B) initiates a backward search. Meanwhile, M-F and M-B repeat the search in the corresponding direction.

The second feature mentioned by the text editor's developers is `--modernbindings` (-/), which sets the following key combinations:

  • control+Q (^Q): quit
  • control+X (^X): cut
  • control+C (^C): copy
  • control+V (^V): paste
  • control+Z (^Z): undo
  • control+Y (^Y): redo
  • control+O (^O): open a file
  • control+W (^W): write to a file
  • control+R (^R): replace
  • control+G (^G): find again
  • control+D (^D): find in reverse
  • control+A (^A): set a marker
  • control+T (^T): jump to a line
  • control+P (^P): show position
  • control+E (^E): execute

These modern bindings also activate when the nano executable name or its symbolic link starts with the letter “e.”

Continuing with more features of GNU nano 8.0, the alt+home and alt+end key combinations place the cursor at the top or bottom of the window view while retaining the horizontal position. Additionally, when the three digits of an RGB color code are the same, the code is assigned to the xterm grayscale, allowing access to fourteen levels of gray instead of four.

To facilitate quicker access, M-" is bound to toggle an anchor, while M-' jumps to the next anchor. Whenever an error occurs, the keypress buffer is cleared to stop the execution of a macro or a command chain. Lastly, the mouse wheel scrolls the window view instead of moving the cursor.

All details about GNU Nano 8.0 are available in the news section of the official project website. Regarding the application itself, it can be obtained through compiling the source code, although given its common usage, an update may be urgent only for a few. As usual in these contexts, rolling release and bleeding edge distributions have an advantage in receiving it earlier through a standard update.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

systemd 256 arrives with run0, the ‘sudo clone’ that aims to improve security

-
Image
systemd 256 arrives with run0, the ‘sudo clone’ that aims to improve security systemd 256 is now a reality, featuring an interesting innovation that could represent a significant change in Linux in the not-too-distant future, although this will ultimately depend on the decisions made by various distributions. Without further delay, let’s go over the main new features. First, we have the introduction of run0, a kind of clone of sudo that aims to enhance security by reducing the attack surface. According to Lennart Poettering, the creator of systemd, this is achieved by ensuring “the target command is invoked in an isolated execution context, freshly forked from PID 1, without inheriting any context from the client,” making its behavior more akin to SSH. And since we’ve mentioned SSH, there’s the systemd-ssh-generator , which has been added to detect if the SSHD binary (the SSH daemon) is present and then link it through socket activation per connection to various sockets depending on
Read more

Kubernetes 1.30 Available, New Version of the Container Orchestrator

-
Image
Kubernetes 1.30, named “Uwurnetes,” has been released as the new stable version of the well-known container orchestrator, which originated at Google and is now under the umbrella of The Linux Foundation. The developers have described this release as "the most beautiful" in the history of the software and have announced it includes a total of 45 new features, with 17 in stable phase, 18 in beta, and 10 in alpha. However, here we will only mention the most important ones. The first notable update in Kubernetes 1.30 is the stable release of the Robust VolumeManager rebuild after restarting the kubelet. This involves a refactoring of the volume manager that allows the kubelet to complete additional information on how existing volumes are mounted during the kubelet's startup. Generally, this makes volume cleanup more robust after restarting the kubelet or the machine. Also arriving in stable phase is the prevention of unauthorized volume mode conversion during volume restora
Read more

Fedora Asahi Remix 40, the new version of Linux for Apple Silicon

-
Image
  Fedora Asahi Remix 40 has been announced as the latest version of the Fedora-based system designed to run on Mac computers with Apple Silicon processors. This version primarily represents an evolution of what was already present, which is quite significant given the project's potential to enhance the Linux desktop experience, particularly in areas like sound. According to Fedora Magazine, Fedora Asahi Remix is developed through close collaboration between the Asahi Linux team and the Fedora Asahi Special Interest Group (SIG). It's worth noting that Asahi Linux is not a traditional distribution but rather a technology platform that enables running Linux on Apple Silicon processors. However, this doesn't stop its Fedora remix from being a reference system. As expected, Fedora Asahi Remix 40 is based on Fedora 40 and uses KDE Plasma 6 as its desktop environment. Therefore, the Wayland session should be the default, especially given the strong support this system has for th
Read more