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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, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @c This node must have no pointers.
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8 @node Antinews, GNU Free Documentation License, System Interface, Top
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9 @appendix Emacs 21 Antinews
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11 For those users who live backwards in time, here is information about
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12 downgrading to Emacs version 21.4. We hope you will enjoy the greater
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13 simplicity that results from the absence of many Emacs @value{EMACSVER}
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14 features.
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16 @section Old Lisp Features in Emacs 21
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18 @itemize @bullet
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20 Many unnecessary features of redisplay have been eliminated. (The
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33 each command. This allows the user to detect invisible text by moving
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35 invisible in the way. If you really want cursor motion to ignore the
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36 text, try marking it as intangible.
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45 @code{risky-local-variable} property.
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54 Considerable simplifications have been made to the display
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56 displaying a space of specified width and height. Pixel-based
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57 specifications and Lisp expressions are no longer accepted.
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60 Many features associated with the fringe areas have been removed, to
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61 encourage people to concentrate on the main editing area (the fringe
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62 will be completely removed in Emacs 20.) Arbitrary bitmaps can no
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63 longer be displayed in the fringe; an overlay arrow can still be
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64 displayed, but there can only be one overlay arrow at a time (any more
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65 would be confusing.) The fringe widths cannot be adjusted, and
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66 individual windows cannot have their own fringe settings. A mouse
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73 You can no longer use @samp{default} in a @code{defface} to specify
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74 defaults for subsequent faces.
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95 @item
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118 equivalent buffer positions (for marginal or fringe areas), glyph
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119 coordinates, or relative pixel coordinates.
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120 @end itemize
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124 and key sequences:
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129 write key sequences using the string and vector representations, and
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133 Emacs no longer supports key remapping. You can do pretty much the
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134 same thing with @code{substitute-key-definition}, or by advising the
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135 relevant command.
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139 mode keymaps, and will not work at the ends of text properties and
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140 overlays.
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208 The variable @code{buffer-auto-save-file-format} has been renamed to
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288 If you want the properties at a point, find the text properties at the
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289 point; then, find the overlays at the point, and find the properties
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290 on those overlays.
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293 Font Lock mode only manages @code{face} properties; you can't use
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294 font-lock keywords to specify arbitrary text properties for it to
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295 manage. After all, it is called Font Lock mode, not Arbitrary
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296 Properties Lock mode.
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298 @item
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299 The arguments to @code{remove-overlays} are no longer optional.
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301 @item
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302 In @code{replace-match}, the replacement text now inherits properties
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303 from the surrounding text.
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306 @code{mode-line-format} no longer supports the @code{:propertize},
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307 @code{%i}, and @code{%I} constructs. The function
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308 @code{format-mode-line} has been removed.
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313 starting with @code{window-width} and @code{window-height}.
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316 The functions @code{window-pixel-edges} and
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317 @code{window-inside-pixel-edges} have been removed. We prefer to
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318 think in terms of lines and columns, not pixel coordinates. (Sometime
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319 in the distant past, we will do away with graphical terminals
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320 entirely, in favor of text terminals.) For similar reasons, the
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321 functions @code{posn-at-point}, @code{posn-at-x-y}, and
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322 @code{pos-visible-in-window-p} have been removed.
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324 @item
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325 The macro @code{save-selected-window} only saves the selected window
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326 of the selected frame, so don't try selecting windows in other frames.
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328 @item
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329 The function @code{minibufferp} is no longer available.
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336 The @code{line-spacing} variable no longer accepts float values.
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338 @item
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339 The function @code{tool-bar-local-item-from-menu} has been deleted.
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340 If you need to make an entry in the tool bar, you can still use
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341 @code{tool-bar-add-item-from-menu}, but that modifies the binding in
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342 the source keymap instead of copying it into the local keymap.
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344 @item
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345 When determining the major mode, the file name takes precedence over
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346 the interpreter magic line. The variable @code{magic-mode-alist},
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348 eliminated.
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350 @item
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351 The hook @code{after-change-major-mode-hook} is not defined, and
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352 neither are @code{run-mode-hooks} and @code{delay-mode-hooks}.
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354 @item
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355 The variable @code{minor-mode-list} has been removed.
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358 @code{define-derived-mode} will copy abbrevs from the parent mode's
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361 @item
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363 file, all abbrevs are saved.
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365 @item
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366 The Warnings facility has been removed. Just use @code{error}.
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369 Several hook variables have been renamed to flout the Emacs naming
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370 conventions. We feel that consistency is boring, and having
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371 non-standard hook names encourages users to check the documentation
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372 before using a hook. For instance, the normal hook
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373 @code{find-file-hook} has been renamed to @code{find-file-hooks}, and
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374 the abnormal hook @code{delete-frame-functions} has been renamed to
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375 @code{delete-frame-hook}.
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377 @item
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378 The function @code{symbol-file} does not exist. If you want to know
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379 which file defined a function or variable, try grepping for it.
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382 The variable @code{load-history} records function definitions just
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383 like variable definitions, instead of indicating which functions were
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384 previously autoloaded.
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386 @item
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387 There is a new variable, @code{recursive-load-depth-limit}, which
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388 specifies how many times files can recursively load themselves; it is
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390 error after just 3 recursive loads, which was boring.
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393 Byte-compiler warnings and error messages will leave out the line and
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394 character positions, in order to exercise your debugging skills.
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395 Also, there is no @code{with-no-warnings} macro---instead of
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396 suppressing compiler warnings, fix your code to avoid them!
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399 The function @code{unsafep} has been removed.
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402 File local variables can now specify a string with text properties.
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403 Since arbitrary Lisp expressions can be embedded in text properties,
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404 this can provide you with a great deal of flexibility and power. On
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405 the other hand, @code{safe-local-eval-forms} and the
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406 @code{safe-local-eval-function} function property have no special
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407 meaning.
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410 You can no longer use @code{char-displayable-p} to test if Emacs can
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411 display a certain character.
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413 @item
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414 The function @code{string-to-multibyte} is no longer available.
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417 The @code{translation-table-for-input} translation table has been
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419 don't need the functions @code{lookup-character} and
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420 @code{lookup-integer}.
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427 The functions @code{merge-coding-systems} and
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428 @code{decode-coding-inserted-region}, and the variable
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429 @code{auto-coding-functions}, have been deleted. The
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430 @code{mime-text-unsuitable} coding system property no longer has any
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431 special meaning.
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433 @item
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434 If pure storage overflows while dumping, Emacs won't tell you how much
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435 additional pure storage it needs. Try adding in increments of 20000,
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436 until you have enough.
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438 @item
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439 The variables @code{gc-elapsed}, @code{gcs-done}, and
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440 @code{post-gc-hook} have been garbage-collected.
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441 @end itemize
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443 @ignore
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444 arch-tag: 1d0ef137-2bad-430e-ae8e-d820d569b5a6
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445 @end ignore