Bug 55253

Summary:	RFE: Please Include the nano text editor, which is a GPL'd clone of pico
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Christian Rose <menthos>
Component:	pine	Assignee:	Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.2	CC:	chris.ricker, dan.naumov, iamsure, michael.wardle
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Hardware:	i386
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Description Christian Rose 2001-10-28 12:30:12 UTC

I'd like to see GNU nano replace the pico editor in the next release.

Nano isn't just free, it's also localized into many languages, something
that pico isn't.

Comment 1 Chris Ricker 2001-10-28 14:02:56 UTC

nano doesn't support function keys, which are widely used with pico (pico -f
doesn't have a nano -f equivalent).

I'd prefer pico be kept for that reason....

Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2001-10-28 22:40:52 UTC

There is quite a wealth of different editors available in the
distribution already that support internationalization.  Really,
IMHO, we should remove 10 or so editors rather than add more.  ;o)

If PINE ever is replaced with a true open source clone of PINE,
such as GNU Mana, then Nano can replace PICO at the same time.

Comment 3 Mike A. Harris 2003-05-20 07:57:32 UTC

*** Bug 61798 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Mike A. Harris 2003-05-20 07:58:01 UTC

*** Bug 87620 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Mike A. Harris 2003-05-20 08:02:48 UTC

pine has now officially been removed from Red Hat Linux rawhide development
and will no longer be in future OS products.  As such, we have now begun
including the nano editor as promised above.  ;o)

I have heard rumors of an open source pine clone written from scratch
which will be coming out soon, however it is an unsubstantiated rumor as
of this time.  If it does come out, I will definitely investigate it for
possible future inclusion as well.

Closing as RAWHIDE