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** Loading ebrowse file yields warning Fixed.
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1 Tasks needed before the next release.
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3 * WINDOWS SUPPORT BUGS.
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5 These don't need to be fixed before a release, but we call the
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6 attention of Windows users to fixing them.
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8 ** henman@it.to-be.co.jp 09 Aug 2006: ispell.el problem on Cygwin.
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9 (Did we decide that is unreproducible?)
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11 * BUGS WAITING FOR MORE USER INPUT
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13 ** undefined reference getopt_long
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14 Report by Daniel C. Bastos <dbast0s@yahoo.com.br> on bug-gnu-emacs
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15 from 2007-08-27. Impossible to procede without more input from OP (as
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16 of 20070912, emails are bouncing) or someone else who can reproduce this.
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17 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-08/msg01497.html
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19 ** emacs-22.1 with GTK problems (with patches)
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20 Only outstanding issue seems to be whether Solaris 2.6 GTK can be
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21 supported in the absence of recursive mutexes, via a change to
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22 alloc.c, or whether configure should abort.
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23 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-09/msg00055.html
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25 * BUGS
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27 ** nesting of unwind-protect and atomic-change-group
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28 Stefan has a fix at
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29 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-02/msg00032.html
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31 ** Emacs fails to start properly if the current working directory is
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32 on a vfat or ntfs filesystem
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33 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-02/msg00033.html
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35 ** dired cannot access file names with a quote
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36 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-10/msg00024.html
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38 ** Auto-Save bug when file/directory no longer exists
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39 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-11/msg00058.html
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41 ** url-digest-auth doesn't work with Apache 2.2.3 and AUTH Digest
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42 And: Bug in url-get-authentication
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43 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-12/msg00059.html
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45 ** modify-frame-parameters behaviour broken
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46 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-01/msg00058.html
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47 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-01/msg01367.html
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49 This should move the R frame edge 20pix to the R of the R screen edge.
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50 Instead, it moves the L frame edge 20pix to the R of the L screen edge.
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51 (modify-frame-parameters nil
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52 '((user-position . t) (user-size . t) (left - -20)))
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54 This should move the L frame edge 20pix to the L of the L screen edge.
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55 Instead, it moves the R frame edge 20pix to the L of the R screen edge.
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56 (modify-frame-parameters nil
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57 '((user-position . t) (user-size . t) (left + -20)))
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59 It works in Emacs 21. The "+ +" and "- +" forms are OK; ie it is when
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60 the number is -ve that things go wrong.
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63 * Bugs and feature requests for 22.3 or later
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64
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65 ** python.el changes by Dave Love?
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67 ** etags support for php5
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68 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-09/msg00131.html
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70 ** Etags completion problem for local tags table
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71 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-02/msg00103.html
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73 ** M-x grep significantly slower in emacs 22 (compared to emacs 21)
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74 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-09/msg00155.html
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76 ** Emacs CVS: find-file.el - Line up all columns in output
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77 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-10/msg00039.html
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78 Do we need papers for Jari Aalto? [no, we have them already]
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80 ** emacs crashs when remote x-windows closes after make-frame-on-display
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81 even when other frame was closed due to assertion in xcd_xlib.c
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82 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-10/msg00082.html
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84 ** outline does not change heading line endings
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85 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-10/msg00175.html
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86 If this feature might be easy to implement and safe, we can add it to
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87 Emacs 22 at some point.
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89 ** mouse-2 and calc-yank
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90 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-12/msg00048.html
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92 ** query-replace / longlines / C-o
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93 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-12/msg00073.html
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95 ** don't require path hints for *shell*
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96 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2008-01/msg00046.html
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98 ** Two display bugs involving interactions between after-string and
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99 display properties of adjacent overlays
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100 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-10/msg00119.html
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102 ** overlay face property not used for after-string property
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103 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-10/msg00124.html
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105 * DOCUMENTATION
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107 ** Shouldn't directory-abbrev-alist be in Emacs manual?
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108 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2007-10/msg00017.html
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111 Local variables:
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112 mode: outline
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113 coding: utf-8
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