Fix the format engine so it properly keeps track of multibyte characters

[nmh] / docs / pending-release-notes

diff --git a/docs/pending-release-notes b/docs/pending-release-notes
index 1467018b7db1a64298f566ed8a9b4b961c94a18f..d42e35a825073c09caa22d218e45f0ccbfead286 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/pending-release-notes
+++ b/docs/pending-release-notes
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ NEW FEATURES
 - inc(1) now supports a -port switch to specify the port used by the
   POP server.
 - pick(1) now decodes MIME-encoded header fields before searching.
+- The VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables are now supported as fallbacks
+  if the user does not configure an editor entry in their profile.
+- The format engine (mh_format(5)) now properly accounts for multibyte
+  characters when accounting for column widths.
 
 
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@@ -68,6 +72,14 @@ OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES
   sendmail/pipe.
 - Support for the undocumented and deprecated --enable-nmh-debug configure
   flag has been removed.
+- Support for encoding some characters designated as EBCDIC-unsafe
+  via the -ebcdicsafe and -noebcdicsafe switches to mhbuild has
+  been removed.
+- The configure flag --with-pager has been removed; the default pager
+  is now hardcoded as "more".  Users are still free to override the
+  default using the PAGER environment variable or entries in .mh_profile.
+- The configure flag --with-editor has been removed; the fallback editor
+  if none is configured is "vi".
 
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 BUG FIXES