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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @node Antinews, Tips, Calendar, Top
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6 @appendix Emacs 20 Antinews
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8 For those users who live backwards in time, here is information about
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9 downgrading to Emacs version 20.4. We hope you will enjoy the greater
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10 simplicity that results from the absence of many Emacs 21 features. In
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12 20.3, for which the previous printed edition of this manual was made.
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14 @section Old Lisp Features in Emacs 20
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18 The @code{push} and @code{pop} macros are not defined.
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55 resources.
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66 Hash tables have been eliminated; use alists instead.
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69 The Lisp printer does not detect and report circular structure. That is
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95 commands are available for the mode line as a whole.
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102 Plain dashes are the only separators you can use in a menu.
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112 Colors are supported only on window systems, not on text-only terminals.
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145 The function @code{assoc-delete-all} has itself been deleted.
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146 So there!
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149 The variable @code{small-temporary-file-directory} has no special
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