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1 GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 1992.
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3 Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 See the end of the file for license conditions.
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8 This file is about changes in emacs versions 19.
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12 * Emacs 19.34 is a bug-fix release with no user-visible changes.
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16 * Changes in Emacs 19.33.
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18 ** Bibtex mode no longer turns on Auto Fill automatically. (No major
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19 mode should do that--it is the user's choice.)
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21 ** The variable normal-auto-fill-function specifies the function to
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22 use for auto-fill-function, if and when Auto Fill is turned on.
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23 Major modes can set this locally to alter how Auto Fill works.
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29 ** C-x f with no argument now signals an error.
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30 To set the fill column at the current column, use C-u C-x f.
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32 ** Expanding dynamic abbrevs with M-/ is now smarter about case
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33 conversion. If you type the abbreviation with mixed case, and it
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34 matches the beginning of the expansion including case, then the
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35 expansion is copied verbatim. Using SPC M-/ to copy an additional
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46 ** You can use C-x 5 2 to create multiple frames on MSDOS, just as on a
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51 ** On Windows, set win32-pass-alt-to-system to a non-nil value
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57 ** The command apply-macro-to-region-lines repeats the last defined
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59 It does this line by line, by moving point to the beginning of that
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60 line and then executing the macro.
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62 This command is not new, but was never documented before.
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64 ** You can now use Mouse-1 to place the region around a string constant
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69 ** Font Lock mode
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71 *** Font Lock support modes
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73 Font Lock can be configured to use Fast Lock mode and Lazy Lock mode (see
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75 hook font-lock-mode-hook, you can use the new variable font-lock-support-mode
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85 *** lazy-lock
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87 The lazy-lock package speeds up Font Lock mode by making fontification occur
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97 (setq font-lock-support-mode 'lazy-lock-mode)
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99 To control the package behavior, see the documentation for `lazy-lock-mode'.
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101 ** Changes in BibTeX mode.
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103 *** For all entries allow spaces and tabs between opening brace or
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104 paren and key.
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106 *** Non-escaped double-quoted characters (as in `Sch"of') are now
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107 supported.
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109 ** Gnus changes.
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111 Gnus, the Emacs news reader, has undergone further rewriting. Many new
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112 commands and variables have been added. There should be no
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113 significant incompatibilities between this Gnus version and the
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114 previously released version, except in the message composition area.
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119 *** A new message composition mode is used. All old customization
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120 variables for mail-mode, rnews-reply-mode and gnus-msg are now
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128 *** Outgoing articles are stored on a special archive server.
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130 To disable this: (setq gnus-message-archive-group nil)
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132 *** Partial thread regeneration now happens when articles are
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133 referred.
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177 *** Groups can be sorted according to many criteria.
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181 *** New group parameters have been introduced to set list-address and
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184 *** All formatting specs allow specifying faces to be used.
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189 *** The summary buffer can be limited to show parts of the available
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196 *** All functions for hiding article elements are now toggles.
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200 (add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head)
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202 *** All mail backends support fetching articles by Message-ID.
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204 *** Duplicate mail can now be treated properly. See the
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207 *** All summary mode commands are available directly from the article
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224 *** Gnus respects the Mail-Copies-To header.
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226 *** Threads can be gathered by looking at the References header.
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231 *** Read articles can be stored in a special backlog buffer to avoid
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236 *** A clean copy of the current article is always stored in a separate
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239 *** Gnus can suggest where to save articles. See `gnus-split-methods'.
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252 *** Hiding cited text adds buttons to toggle hiding, and how much
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259 (add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-article-hide-boring-headers)
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261 *** Default scoring values can now be set from the menu bar.
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263 *** Further syntax checking of outgoing articles have been added.
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276 ** The variable print-length applies to printing vectors and bitvectors,
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290 equivalent keys for the real name instead of equivalent keys for the
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291 alias.
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297 ** Freedom of the press restricted in the United States.
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299 Emacs has been censored in accord with the Communications Decency Act.
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300 This includes removing some features of the doctor program. That law
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301 was described by its supporters as a ban on pornography, but it bans
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305 For information on US government censorship of the Internet, and what
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306 you can do to bring back freedom of the press, see the web site
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309 ** A note about C mode indentation customization.
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311 The old (Emacs 19.29) ways of specifying a C indentation style
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313 It has its own methods of customizing indentation, which are
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314 much more powerful than the old C mode. See the Editing Programs
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318 customization variables take effect.
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322 When you mark a region with the mouse, the region now remains
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323 highlighted until the next input event, regardless of whether you are
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324 using M-x transient-mark-mode.
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326 ** Improved Windows NT/95 support.
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328 *** Emacs now supports scroll bars on Windows NT and Windows 95.
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334 in Windows, beyond the control of Emacs. They work fine as long as
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336 application in a subprocesses. Since current shells run as DOS
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337 applications, these problems are significant.
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339 If you run a DOS application in a subprocess, then the application is
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340 likely to busy-wait, which means that your machine will be 100% busy.
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346 You have to do this by providing input directly to the subprocess.
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349 subprocesses, even if one of them is asynchronous, you will probably
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350 have to reboot your machine--until then, it will remain 100% busy.
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351 Windows simply does not cope when one Windows process tries to run two
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352 separate DOS subprocesses. Typing CTL-ALT-DEL and then choosing
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353 Shutdown seems to work although it may take a few minutes.
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355 ** M-x resize-minibuffer-mode.
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357 This command, not previously mentioned in NEWS, toggles a mode in
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358 which the minibuffer window expands to show as many lines as the
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361 ** `title' frame parameter and resource.
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363 The `title' X resource now specifies just the frame title, nothing else.
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365 It works by setting the new `title' frame parameter, which likewise
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368 The `name' parameter continues to do what it used to do:
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369 it specifies the frame name for looking up X resources,
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371 when the `title' parameter is unspecified or nil.
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373 ** Emacs now uses the X toolkit by default, if you have a new
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376 ** When you compile Emacs with the Motif widget set, Motif handles the
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377 F10 key by activating the menu bar. To avoid confusion, the usual
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378 Emacs binding of F10 is replaced with a no-op when using Motif.
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380 If you want to be able to use F10 in Emacs, you can rebind the Motif
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383 the Motif menu bar activation key to S-F12:
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387 ** In overwrite mode, DEL now inserts spaces in most cases
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390 ** The Rmail summary now shows the number of lines in each message.
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393 a forwarded message from the message that forwarded it. To use it,
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394 select a message which contains a forwarded message and then type the command.
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395 It inserts the forwarded message as a separate Rmail message
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405 If you exit Emacs normally with C-x C-c, it deletes that file. If
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407 recover-session.
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413 Some previous Emacs versions failed to delete these files even on
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423 Editing the file through the link bypasses the version control system,
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428 VC asks for confirmation whether it should follow the link. If nil,
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429 the link is visited and a warning displayed.
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432 Languages include "latin-1" (the default) and "latin-2" (which
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435 There are also choices for specific human languages such as French and
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436 Portuguese. These are subsets of Latin-1, which differ in that they
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437 enable only the accent characters needed for particular language.
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438 The other accent characters, not needed for the chosen language,
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439 remain normal.
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441 ** Posting articles and sending mail now has M-TAB completion on various
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442 header fields (Newsgroups, To, CC, ...).
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444 Completion in the Newsgroups header depends on the list of groups
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445 known to your news reader. Completion in the Followup-To header
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447 Followup-To usually just holds one of those.
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449 Completion in fields that hold mail addresses works based on the list
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450 of local users plus your aliases. Additionally, if your site provides
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451 a mail directory or a specific host to use for any unrecognized user
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452 name, you can arrange to query that host for completion also. (See the
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454 `mail-directory-stream'.)
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456 ** A greatly extended sgml-mode offers new features such as (to be configured)
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457 skeletons with completing read for tags and attributes, typing named
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458 characters including optionally all 8bit characters, making tags invisible
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459 with optional alternate display text, skipping and deleting tag(pair)s.
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461 Note: since Emacs' syntax feature cannot limit the special meaning of ', " and
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465 The derived html-mode configures this with tags and attributes more or
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467 headline or C-c u for unordered list (see `html-quick-keys'). Edit /
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468 Text Properties / Face or M-g combinations create tags as applicable.
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469 Outline minor mode is supported and level 1 font-locking tries to
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470 fontify tag contents (which only works when they fit on one line, due
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473 External viewing via browse-url can occur automatically upon saving.
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475 ** M-x imenu-add-to-menubar now adds to the menu bar for the current
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480 (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook
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481 '(lambda () (imenu-add-to-menubar "Index")))
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483 ** Changes in BibTeX mode.
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485 *** Field names may now contain digits, hyphens, and underscores.
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487 *** Font Lock mode is now supported.
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489 *** bibtex-make-optional-field is no longer interactive.
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495 (bibtex-close-entry) after you have inserted or modified it.
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501 *** Entries with quotes inside quote-delimited fields (as `author =
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502 "Stefan Sch{\"o}f"') are now supported.
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504 *** Case in field names doesn't matter anymore when searching for help
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505 text.
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506
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507 ** Font Lock mode
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508
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509 *** Global Font Lock mode
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511 Font Lock mode can be turned on globally, in buffers that support it, by the
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513 font-lock-global-modes to control which modes have Font Lock mode automagically
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516
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517 For example, to automagically turn on Font Lock mode where supported, put:
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518
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519 (global-font-lock-mode t)
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520
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523 *** Local Refontification
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524
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525 In Font Lock mode, editing a line automatically refontifies that line only.
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526 However, if your change alters the syntactic context for following lines,
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527 those lines remain incorrectly fontified. To refontify them, use the new
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528 command M-g M-g (font-lock-fontify-block).
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530 In certain major modes, M-g M-g refontifies the entire current function.
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531 (The variable font-lock-mark-block-function controls how to find the
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535 With a prefix argument N, M-g M-g refontifies N lines above and below point.
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537 ** Follow mode
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538
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539 Follow mode is a new minor mode combining windows showing the same
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540 buffer into one tall "virtual window". The windows are typically two
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541 side-by-side windows. Follow mode makes them scroll together as if
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544 follow-mode.
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546 M-x follow-mode turns off Follow mode if it is already enabled.
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548 To display two side-by-side windows and activate Follow mode, use the
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549 command M-x follow-delete-other-windows-and-split.
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551 ** hide-show changes.
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553 The hooks hs-hide-hooks and hs-show-hooks have been renamed
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555 normal hooks.
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557 ** Simula mode now has a menu containing the most important commands.
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558 The new command simula-indent-exp is bound to C-M-q.
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560 ** etags can now handle programs written in Erlang. Files are
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562 those that begin a function, record, or macro.
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564 ** MSDOS Changes
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565
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566 *** It is now possible to compile Emacs with the version 2 of DJGPP.
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567 Compilation with DJGPP version 1 also still works.
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568
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569 *** The documentation of DOS-specific aspects of Emacs was rewritten
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570 and expanded; see the ``MS-DOS'' node in the on-line docs.
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571
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572 *** Emacs now uses ~ for backup file names, not .bak.
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573
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574 *** You can simulate mouse-3 on two-button mice by simultaneously
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575 pressing both mouse buttons.
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576
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577 *** A number of packages and commands which previously failed or had
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578 restricted functionality on MS-DOS, now work. The most important ones
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579 are:
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580
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581 **** Printing (both with `M-x lpr-buffer' and with `ps-print' package)
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582 now works.
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583
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584 **** `Ediff' works (in a single-frame mode).
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585
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586 **** `M-x display-time' can be used on MS-DOS (due to the new
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587 implementation of Emacs timers, see below).
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588
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589 **** `Dired' supports Unix-style shell wildcards.
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590
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591 **** The `c-macro-expand' command now works as on other platforms.
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592
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593 **** `M-x recover-session' works.
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594
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595 **** `M-x list-colors-display' displays all the available colors.
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596
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597 **** The `TPU-EDT' package works.
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598
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599
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600 * Lisp changes in Emacs 19.31.
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601
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602 ** The function using-unix-filesystems on Windows NT and Windows 95
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603 tells Emacs to read and write files assuming that they reside on a
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604 remote Unix filesystem. No CR/LF translation is done on any files in
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605 this case. Invoking using-unix-filesystems with t activates this
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606 behavior, and invoking it with any other value deactivates it.
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607
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608 ** Change in system-type and system-configuration values.
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609
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610 The value of system-type on a Linux-based GNU system is now `lignux',
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611 not `linux'. This means that some programs which use `system-type'
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612 need to be changed. The value of `system-configuration' will also
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613 be different.
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614
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615 It is generally recommended to use `system-configuration' rather
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616 than `system-type'.
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617
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618 See the file LINUX-GNU in this directory for more about this.
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619
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620 ** The functions shell-command and dired-call-process
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621 now run file name handlers for default-directory, if it has them.
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622
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623 ** Undoing the deletion of text now restores the positions of markers
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624 that pointed into or next to the deleted text.
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625
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626 ** Timers created with run-at-time now work internally to Emacs, and
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627 no longer use a separate process. Therefore, they now work more
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628 reliably and can be used for shorter time delays.
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629
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630 The new function run-with-timer is a convenient way to set up a timer
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631 to run a specified amount of time after the present. A call looks
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632 like this:
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633
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634 (run-with-timer SECS REPEAT FUNCTION ARGS...)
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635
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636 SECS says how many seconds should elapse before the timer happens.
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637 It may be an integer or a floating point number. When the timer
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638 becomes ripe, the action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
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639
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640 REPEAT gives the interval for repeating the timer (measured in
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641 seconds). It may be an integer or a floating point number. nil or 0
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642 means don't repeat at all--call FUNCTION just once.
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643
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644 *** with-timeout provides an easy way to do something but give
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645 up if too much time passes.
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646
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647 (with-timeout (SECONDS TIMEOUT-FORMS...) BODY...)
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648
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649 This executes BODY, but gives up after SECONDS seconds.
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650 If it gives up, it runs the TIMEOUT-FORMS and returns the value
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651 of the last one of them. Normally it returns the value of the last
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652 form in BODY.
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653
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654 *** You can now arrange to call a function whenever Emacs is idle for
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655 a certain length of time. To do this, call run-with-idle-timer. A
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656 call looks like this:
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657
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658 (run-with-idle-timer SECS REPEAT FUNCTION ARGS...)
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659
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660 SECS says how many seconds of idleness should elapse before the timer
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661 runs. It may be an integer or a floating point number. When the
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662 timer becomes ripe, the action is to call FUNCTION with arguments
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663 ARGS.
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664
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665 Emacs becomes idle whenever it finishes executing a keyboard or mouse
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666 command. It remains idle until it receives another keyboard or mouse
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667 command.
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668
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669 REPEAT, if non-nil, means this timer should be activated again each
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670 time Emacs becomes idle and remains idle for SECS seconds The timer
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671 does not repeat if Emacs *remains* idle; it runs at most once after
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672 each time Emacs becomes idle.
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673
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674 If REPEAT is nil, the timer runs just once, the first time Emacs is
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675 idle for SECS seconds.
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676
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677 *** post-command-idle-hook is now obsolete; you shouldn't use it at
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678 all, because it interferes with the idle timer mechanism. If your
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679 programs use post-command-idle-hook, convert them to use idle timers
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680 instead.
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681
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682 *** y-or-n-p-with-timeout lets you ask a question but give up if
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683 there is no answer within a certain time.
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684
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685 (y-or-n-p-with-timeout PROMPT SECONDS DEFAULT-VALUE)
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686
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687 asks the question PROMPT (just like y-or-n-p). If the user answers
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688 within SECONDS seconds, it returns the answer that the user gave.
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689 Otherwise it gives up after SECONDS seconds, and returns DEFAULT-VALUE.
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690
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691 ** Minor change to `encode-time': you can now pass more than seven
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692 arguments. If you do that, the first six arguments have the usual
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693 meaning, the last argument is interpreted as the time zone, and the
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694 arguments in between are ignored.
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695
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696 This means that it works to use the list returned by `decode-time' as
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697 the list of arguments for `encode-time'.
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698
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699 ** The default value of load-path now includes the directory
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700 /usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp In addition to
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701 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp. You can use this new directory for
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702 site-specific Lisp packages that belong with a particular Emacs
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703 version.
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704
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705 It is not unusual for a Lisp package that works well in one Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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706 version to cause trouble in another. Sometimes packages need updating
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
707 for incompatible changes; sometimes they look at internal data that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
708 has changed; sometimes the package has been installed in Emacs itself
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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709 and the installed version should be used. Whatever the reason for the
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parents:
diff changeset
710 problem, this new feature makes it easier to solve.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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711
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712 ** When your program contains a fixed file name (like .completions or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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713 .abbrev.defs), the file name usually needs to be different on operating
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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714 systems with limited file name syntax.
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715
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716 Now you can avoid ad-hoc conditionals by using the function
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717 convert-standard-filename to convert the file name to a proper form
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718 for each operating system. Here is an example of use, from the file
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719 completions.el:
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720
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721 (defvar save-completions-file-name
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722 (convert-standard-filename "~/.completions")
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723 "*The filename to save completions to.")
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724
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725 This sets the variable save-completions-file-name to a value that
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726 depends on the operating system, because the definition of
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727 convert-standard-filename depends on the operating system. On
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728 Unix-like systems, it returns the specified file name unchanged. On
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729 MS-DOS, it adapts the name to fit the limitations of that system.
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730
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731 ** The interactive spec N now returns the numeric prefix argument
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732 rather than the raw prefix argument. (It still reads a number using the
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733 minibuffer if there is no prefix argument at all.)
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734
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735 ** When a process is deleted, this no longer disconnects the process
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736 marker from its buffer position.
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737
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738 ** The variable garbage-collection-messages now controls whether
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739 Emacs displays a message at the beginning and end of garbage collection.
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740 The default is nil, meaning there are no messages.
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741
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742 ** The variable debug-ignored-errors specifies certain kinds of errors
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743 that should not enter the debugger. Its value is a list of error
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744 condition symbols and/or regular expressions. If the error has any
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745 of the condition symbols listed, or if any of the regular expressions
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746 matches the error message, then that error does not enter the debugger,
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747 regardless of the value of debug-on-error.
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748
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749 This variable is initialized to match certain common but uninteresting
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750 errors that happen often during editing.
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751
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752 ** The new function error-message-string converts an error datum
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753 into its error message. The error datum is what condition-case
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754 puts into the variable, to describe the error that happened.
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755
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756 ** Anything that changes which buffer appears in a given window
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757 now runs the window-scroll-functions for that window.
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758
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759 ** The new function get-buffer-window-list returns a list of windows displaying
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760 a buffer. The function is called with the buffer (a buffer object or a buffer
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761 name) and two optional arguments specifying the minibuffer windows and frames
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762 to search. Therefore this function takes optional args like next-window etc.,
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763 and not get-buffer-window.
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764
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765 ** buffer-substring now runs the hook buffer-access-fontify-functions,
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766 calling each function with two arguments--the range of the buffer
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767 being accessed. buffer-substring-no-properties does not call them.
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768
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769 If you use this feature, you should set the variable
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770 buffer-access-fontified-property to a non-nil symbol, which is a
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771 property name. Then, if all the characters in the buffer range have a
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772 non-nil value for that property, the buffer-access-fontify-functions
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773 are not called. When called, these functions should put a non-nil
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774 property on the text that they fontify, so that they won't get called
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775 over and over for the same text.
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776
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777 ** Changes in lisp-mnt.el
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778
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779 *** The lisp-mnt package can now recognize file headers that are written
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780 in the formats used by the `what' command and the RCS `ident' command:
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781
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782 ;; @(#) HEADER: text
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783 ;; $HEADER: text $
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784
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785 in addition to the normal
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diff changeset
786
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787 ;; HEADER: text
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788
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789 *** The commands lm-verify and lm-synopsis are now interactive. lm-verify
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790 checks that the library file has proper sections and headers, and
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791 lm-synopsis extracts first line "synopsis'"information.
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792
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793
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794
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795 * Editing Changes in Emacs 19.30.
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796
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diff changeset
797 ** Be sure to recompile your byte-compiled Emacs Lisp files
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798 if you last compiled them with Emacs 19.28 or earlier.
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799 You can use M-x byte-force-recompile to recompile all the .elc files
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800 in a specified directory.
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801
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802 ** Emacs now provides multiple-frame support on Windows NT
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803 and Windows 95.
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804
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805 ** M-x column-number-mode toggles a minor mode which displays
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806 the current column number in the mode line.
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807
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808 ** Line Number mode is now enabled by default.
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809
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810 ** M-x what-line now displays the line number in the accessible
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811 portion of the buffer as well as the line number in the full buffer,
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812 when narrowing is in effect.
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813
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814 ** If you type a M-x command that has an equivalent key binding,
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diff changeset
815 the equivalent is shown in the minibuffer before the command executes.
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816 This feature is enabled by default for the sake of beginning users.
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817 You can turn the feature off by setting suggest-key-bindings to nil.
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818
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819 ** The menu bar is now visible on text-only terminals. To choose a
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820 command from the menu bar when you have no mouse, type M-`
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821 (Meta-Backquote) or F10. To turn off menu bar display,
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822 do (menu-bar-mode -1).
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823
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824 ** Whenever you invoke a minibuffer, it appears in the minibuffer
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diff changeset
825 window that the current frame uses.
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826
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diff changeset
827 Emacs can only use one minibuffer window at a time. If you activate
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diff changeset
828 the minibuffer while a minibuffer window is active in some other
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829 frame, the outer minibuffer window disappears while the inner one is
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diff changeset
830 active.
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diff changeset
831
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parents:
diff changeset
832 ** Echo area messages always appear in the minibuffer window that the
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parents:
diff changeset
833 current frame uses. If a minibuffer is active in some other frame,
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parents:
diff changeset
834 the echo area message does not hide it even temporarily.
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parents:
diff changeset
835
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836 ** The minibuffer now has a menu-bar menu. You can use it to exit or
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parents:
diff changeset
837 abort the minibuffer, or to ask for completion.
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parents:
diff changeset
838
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parents:
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839 ** Dead-key and composite character processing is done in the standard
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parents:
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840 X11R6 manner (through the default "input method" using the
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parents:
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841 /usr/lib/X11/locale/*/Compose databases of key combinations). I.e. if
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842 it works in xterm, it should also work in emacs now.
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843
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844 ** Mouse changes
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845
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846 *** You can now use the mouse when running Emacs in an xterm.
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847 Use M-x xterm-mouse-mode to let emacs take control over the mouse.
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848
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849 *** C-mouse-1 now once again provides a menu of buffers to select.
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850 S-mouse-1 is now the way to select a default font for the frame.
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851
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852 *** There is a new mouse-scroll-min-lines variable to control the
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853 minimum number of lines scrolled by dragging the mouse outside a
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854 window's edge.
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855
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856 *** Dragging mouse-1 on a vertical line that separates windows
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857 now moves the line, thus changing the widths of the two windows.
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858 (This feature is available only if you don't have vertical scroll bars.
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859 If you do use them, a scroll bar separates two side-by-side windows.)
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860
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861 *** Double-click mouse-1 on a character with "symbol" syntax (such as
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862 underscore, in C mode) selects the entire symbol surrounding that
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863 character. (Double-click mouse-1 on a letter selects a whole word.)
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864
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865 ** When incremental search wraps around to the beginning (or end) of
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866 the buffer, if you keep on searching until you go past the original
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867 starting point of the search, the echo area changes from "Wrapped" to
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868 "Overwrapped". That tells you that you are revisiting matches that
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869 you have already seen.
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870
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871 ** Filling changes.
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872
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873 *** If the variable colon-double-space is non-nil, the explicit fill
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874 commands put two spaces after a colon.
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875
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876 *** Auto-Fill mode now supports Adaptive Fill mode just as the
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877 explicit fill commands do. The variable adaptive-fill-regexp
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878 specifies a regular expression to match text at the beginning of
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879 a line that should be the fill prefix.
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880
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881 *** Adaptive Fill mode can take a fill prefix from the first line of a
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882 paragraph, *provided* that line is not a paragraph-starter line.
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883
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884 Paragraph-starter lines are indented lines that start a new
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885 paragraph because they are indented. This indentation shouldn't
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886 be copied to additional lines.
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887
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888 Whether indented lines are paragraph lines depends on the value of the
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889 variable paragraph-start. Some major modes set this; you can set it
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890 by hand or in mode hooks as well. For editing text in which paragraph
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891 first lines are not indented, and which contains paragraphs in which
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892 all lines are indented, you should use Indented Text mode or arrange
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893 for paragraph-start not to match these lines.
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894
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895 *** You can specify more complex ways of choosing a fill prefix
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896 automatically by setting `adaptive-fill-function'. This function
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897 is called with point after the left margin of a line, and it should
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898 return the appropriate fill prefix based on that line.
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899 If it returns nil, that means it sees no fill prefix in that line.
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900
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901 ** Gnus changes.
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902
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903 Gnus, the Emacs news reader, has been rewritten and expanded. Most
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904 things that worked with the old version should still work with the new
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diff changeset
905 version. Code that relies heavily on Gnus internals is likely to
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906 fail, though.
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907
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908 *** Incompatibilities with the old GNUS.
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909
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910 **** All interactive commands have kept their names, but many internal
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911 functions have changed names.
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912
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913 **** The summary mode gnus-uu commands have been moved from the `C-c
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914 C-v' keymap to the `X' keymap.
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915
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916 **** There can now be several summary buffers active at once.
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917 Variables that are relevant to each summary buffer are buffer-local to
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918 that buffer.
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919
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920 **** Old hilit code doesn't work at all. Gnus performs its own
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921 highlighting based not only on what's visible in the buffer, but on
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922 other data structures.
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923
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diff changeset
924 **** Old packages like `expire-kill' will no longer work.
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925
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926 **** `C-c C-l' in the group buffer no longer switches to a different
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diff changeset
927 buffer, but instead lists killed groups in the group buffer.
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928
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929 *** New features.
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930
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931 **** The look of all buffers can be changed by setting format-like
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932 variables.
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933
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934 **** Local spool and several NNTP servers can be used at once.
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935
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936 **** Groups can be combined into virtual groups.
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937
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938 **** Different mail formats can be read much the same way as one would
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diff changeset
939 read newsgroups. All the mail backends implement mail expiry schemes.
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940
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941 **** Gnus can use various strategies for gathering threads that have
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diff changeset
942 lost their roots (thereby gathering loose sub-threads into one thread)
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943 or it can go back and retrieve enough headers to build a complete
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944 thread.
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945
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946 **** Killed groups can be read.
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947
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948 **** Gnus can do partial group updates - you do not have to retrieve
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949 the entire active file just to check for new articles in a few groups.
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950
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951 **** Gnus implements a sliding scale of subscribedness to groups.
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952
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953 **** You can score articles according to any number of criteria. You
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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954 can get Gnus to score articles for you using adaptive scoring.
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955
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956 **** Gnus maintains a dribble buffer that is auto-saved the normal
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957 Emacs manner, so it should be difficult to lose much data on what you
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958 have read if your machine should go down.
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959
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960 **** Gnus now has its own startup file (`.gnus.el') to avoid
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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961 cluttering up the `.emacs' file.
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962
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963 **** You can set the process mark on both groups and articles and
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964 perform operations on all the marked items.
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965
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966 **** You can grep through a subset of groups and create a group from
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967 the results.
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968
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969 **** You can list subsets of groups using matches on group names or
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970 group descriptions.
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971
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972 **** You can browse foreign servers and subscribe to groups from those
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973 servers.
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974
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975 **** Gnus can pre-fetch articles asynchronously on a second connection
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976 to the servers.
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977
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978 **** You can cache articles locally.
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979
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980 **** Gnus can fetch FAQs to and descriptions of groups.
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981
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982 **** Digests (and other files) can be used as the basis for groups.
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983
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984 **** Articles can be highlighted and customized.
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985
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986 ** Changes to Version Control (VC)
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987
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988 *** General changes (all backends).
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989
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990 VC directory listings (C-x v d) are now kept up to date when you do a
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991 vc-next-action (C-x v v) on the marked files. The `g' command updates
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992 the buffer properly. `=' in a VC dired buffer produces a version
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993 control diff, not an ordinary diff.
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994
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995 *** CVS changes.
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996
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997 Under CVS, you no longer need to type C-x C-q before you can edit a
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998 file. VC doesn't write-protect unmodified buffers anymore; you can
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999 freely change them at any time. The mode line keeps track of the
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1000 file status.
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1001
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1002 If you do want unmodified files to be write-protected, set your
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1003 CVSREAD environment variable. VC sees this and behaves accordingly;
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1004 that will give you the behavior of Emacs 19.29, similar to that under
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1005 RCS and SCCS. In this mode, if the variable vc-mistrust-permissions
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1006 is nil, VC learns the modification state from the file permissions.
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1007 When setting CVSREAD for the first time, you should check out the
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1008 whole module anew, so that the file permissions are set correctly.
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1009
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1010 VC also works with remote repositories now. When you visit a file, it
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1011 doesn't run "cvs status" anymore, so there shouldn't be any long delays.
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1012
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1013 Directory listings under VC/CVS have been enhanced. Type C-x v d, and
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1014 you get a list of all files in or below the current directory that are
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1015 not up-to-date. The actual status (modified, merge, conflict, ...) is
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1016 displayed for each file. If you give a prefix argument (C-u C-x v d),
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1017 up-to-date files are also listed. You can mark any number of files,
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1018 and execute the next logical version control command on them (C-x v v).
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1019
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1020 *** Starting a new branch.
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1021
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1022 If you try to lock a version that is not the latest on its branch,
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1023 VC asks for confirmation in the minibuffer. If you say no, it offers
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1024 to lock the latest version instead.
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1025
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1026 *** RCS non-strict locking.
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1027
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1028 VC can now handle RCS non-strict locking, too. In this mode, working
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1029 files are always writable and you needn't lock the file before making
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1030 changes, similar to the default mode under CVS. To enable non-strict
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1031 locking for a file, use the "rcs -U" command.
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1032
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1033 *** Sharing RCS master files.
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1034
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1035 If you share RCS subdirs with other users (through symbolic links),
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1036 and you always want to work on the latest version, set
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1037 vc-consult-headers to nil and vc-mistrust-permissions to `t'.
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1038 Then you see the state of the *latest* version on the mode line, not
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1039 that of your working file. When you do a check out, VC overwrites
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1040 your working file with the latest version from the master.
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1041
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1042 *** RCS customization.
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1043
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1044 There is a new variable vc-consult-headers. If it is t (the default),
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1045 VC searches for RCS headers in working files (like `$Id$') and
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1046 determines the state of the file from them, not from the master file.
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1047 This is fast and more reliable when you use branches. (The variable
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1048 was already present in Emacs 19.29, but didn't get mentioned in the
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1049 NEWS.)
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1050
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1051 ** Calendar changes.
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1052
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1053 *** New calendars supported: Chinese, Coptic, Ethiopic
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1054
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1055 Here are the commands for converting to and from these calendars:
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1056
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1057 gC: calendar-goto-chinese-date
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1058 gk: calendar-goto-coptic-date
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1059 ge: calendar-goto-ethiopic-date
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1060
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1061 pC: calendar-print-chinese-date
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1062 pk: calendar-print-coptic-date
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1063 pe: calendar-print-ethiopic-date
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1064
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1065 *** Printed calendars
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1066
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1067 Calendar mode now has commands to produce fancy printed calendars via
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1068 LaTeX. You can ask for a calendar for one or more days, weeks, months
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1069 or years. The commands all start with `t'; see the manual for a list
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1070 of them.
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1071
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1072 *** New sexp diary entry type
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1073
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1074 Reminders that apply in the days leading up to an event.
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1075
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1076 ** The CC-mode package now provides the default C and C++ modes.
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1077 See the manual for documentation of its features.
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1078
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1079 ** The uniquify package chooses buffer names differently when you
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1080 visit multiple files with the same name (in different directories).
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1081
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1082 ** RMAIL now always uses the movemail program when it renames an
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1083 inbox file, so that it can interlock properly with the mailer
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1084 no matter where it is delivering mail.
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1085
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1086 ** tex-start-of-header and tex-end-of-header are now regular expressions,
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1087 not strings.
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1088
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1089 ** To enable automatic uncompression of compressed files,
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1090 type M-x auto-compression-mode. (This command used to be called
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1091 toggle-auto-compression, but was not documented before.) In Lisp,
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1092 you can do
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1093
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1094 (auto-compression-mode 1)
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1095
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1096 to turn the mode on.
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1097
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1098 ** The new pc-select package emulates the key bindings for cutting and
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1099 pasting, and selection of regions, found in Windows, Motif, and the
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1100 Macintosh.
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1101
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1102 ** Help buffers now use a special major mode, Help mode. This mode
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1104 which you can use for other customization.
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1105
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1106 ** Apropos now uses faces for enhanced legibility. It now describes
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1107 symbol properties as well as their function definitions and variable
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1108 values. You can use Mouse-2 or RET to get more information about a
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1109 function definition, variable, or property.
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1110
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1111 ** Font Lock mode
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1112
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1113 *** Supports Scheme, TCL and Help modes
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1115 For example, to automatically turn on Font Lock mode in the *Help*
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1116 buffer, put:
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1118 (add-hook 'help-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
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1119
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1120 in your ~/.emacs.
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1122 *** Enhanced fontification
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1124 The structure of font-lock-keywords is extended to allow "anchored" keywords.
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1126 for and information to specify how the regexp should be highlighted. However,
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1127 the highlighting information is extended so that it can be another keyword
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1128 item. This keyword item, its regexp and highlighting information, is processed
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1129 before resuming with the keyword item of which it is part.
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1130
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1131 For example, a typical keyword item might be:
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1132
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1133 ("\\<anchor\\>" (0 anchor-face))
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1134
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1135 which fontifies each occurrence of the discrete word "anchor" in the value of
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1136 the variable anchor-face. However, the highlighting information can be used to
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1137 fontify text that is anchored to the word "anchor". For example:
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1138
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1139 ("\\<anchor\\>" (0 anchor-face) ("\\=[ ,]*\\(item\\)" nil nil (1 item-face)))
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1140
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1141 which fontifies each occurrence of "anchor" as above, but for each occurrence
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1142 of "anchor", each occurrence of "item", in any following comma separated list,
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1145 information.
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1146
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1147 This feature is used to extend the level and quality of fontification in a
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1148 number of modes. For example, C/C++ modes now have level 3 decoration that
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1149 includes the fontification of variable and function names in declaration lists.
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1150 In this instance, the "anchor" described in the above example is a type or
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1151 class name, and an "item" is a variable or function name.
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1152
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1153 *** Fontification levels
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1154
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1155 The variables font-lock-maximum-decoration and font-lock-maximum-size are
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1156 extended to specify levels and sizes for specific modes. The variable
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1157 font-lock-maximum-decoration specifies the preferred level of fontification for
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1158 modes that provide multiple levels (typically from "subdued" to "gaudy"). The
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1159 variable font-lock-maximum-size specifies the buffer size for which buffer
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1160 fontification is suppressed when Font Lock mode is turned on (typically because
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1161 it would take too long).
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1162
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1163 These variables can now specify values for individual modes, by supplying
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1164 lists of mode names and values. For example, to use the above mentioned level
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1165 3 decoration for buffers in C/C++ modes, and default decoration otherwise, put:
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1166
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1167 (setq font-lock-maximum-decoration '((c-mode . 3) (c++-mode . 3)))
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1168
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1169 in your ~/.emacs. Maximum buffer size values for individual modes are
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1170 specified in the same way with the variable font-lock-maximum-size.
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1171
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1172 *** Font Lock configuration
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1173
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1174 The mechanism to provide default settings for Font Lock mode are the variables
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1175 font-lock-defaults and font-lock-maximum-decoration. Typically, you should
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1176 only need to change the value of font-lock-maximum-decoration. However, to
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1177 support Font Lock mode for buffers in modes that currently do not support Font
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1178 Lock mode, you should set a buffer local value of font-lock-defaults for that
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1179 mode, typically via its mode hook.
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1180
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1181 These variables are used by Font Lock mode to set the values of the variables
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1182 font-lock-keywords, font-lock-keywords-only, font-lock-syntax-table,
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1183 font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function and font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search.
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1184
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1185 You need not set these variables directly, and should not set them yourself
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1186 since the underlining mechanism may change in future.
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1187
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1188 ** Archive mode is now the default mode for various sorts of
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1189 archive files (files whose names end with .arc, .lzh, .zip, and .zoo).
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1190
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1191 ** You can automatically update the years in copyright notice by
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1192 means of (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'copyright-update).
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1193 Optionally it can update the GPL version as well.
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1194
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1195 ** Scripts of various languages (Shell, AWK, Perl, makefiles ...) can
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1196 be automatically provided with a magic number and be made executable
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1197 by their respective modes under control of various user variables.
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1198 The mode must call (executable-set-magic "perl") or
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1199 (executable-set-magic "make" "-f"). The latter for example has no
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1200 effect on [Mm]akefile.
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1201
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1202 ** Shell script mode now supports over 15 different shells. The new
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1203 command C-c ! executes the region, and optionally beginning of script
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1204 as well, by passing them to the shell.
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1205
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1206 Cases such as `sh' being a `bash' are now accounted for.
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1207 Fontification now also does variables, the magic number and all
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1208 builtin commands. Shell script mode no longer mingles `tab-width' and
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1209 indentation style. The variable `sh-tab-width' has been renamed to
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1210 `sh-indentation'. Empty lines are now indented like previous
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1211 non-empty line, rather than just previous line.
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1212
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1213 The annoying $ variable prompting has been eliminated. Instead, shell
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1214 script mode uses `comint-dynamic-completion' for commands, variables
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1215 and filenames.
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1217 ** Two-column mode now automatically scrolls both buffers together,
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1218 which makes it possible to eliminate the special scrolling commands
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1219 that used to do so.
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1221 The commands that operate in two-column mode are no longer bound to
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1222 keys outside that mode. f2 o will now position at the same point in
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1223 associated buffer.
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1224
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1225 the new command f2 RET inserts a newline in both buffers, at point and
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1226 at the corresponding position in the associated buffer.
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1227
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1228 ** Skeleton commands now work smoothly as abbrev definitions. The
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1229 element < no longer exists, ' is a new element.
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1230
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1231 ** The autoinsert insert facility for prefilling empty files as soon
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1232 as they are found has been extended to accommodate skeletons or calling
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1233 functions. See the function auto-insert.
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1234
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1235 ** TPU-edt Changes
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1237 Loading tpu-edt no longer turns on tpu-edt mode. In fact, it is no
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1238 longer necessary to explicitly load tpu-edt. All you need to do to
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1239 turn on tpu-edt is run the tpu-edt function. Here's how to run
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1240 tpu-edt instead of loading the file:
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1241
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1242 Running Emacs: Type emacs -f tpu-edt
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1243 not emacs -l tpu-edt
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1245 Within Emacs: Type M-x tpu-edt <ret>
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1246 not M-x load-library <ret> tpu-edt <ret>
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1248 In .emacs: Use (tpu-edt)
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1249 not (load "tpu-edt")
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1251 The default name of the tpu-edt X key definition file has changed from
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1253 tpu-edt will offer to rename it the first time you invoke it under
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1254 x-windows.
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1256 ** MS-DOS Enhancements:
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1257
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1258 *** Better mouse control by adding the following functions [in dosfns.c]
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1259 msdos-mouse-enable, msdos-mouse-disable, msdos-mouse-init.
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1260
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1261 *** If another foreground/background color than the default is setup in
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1262 your ~/_emacs, then the screen briefly flickers with the default
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1263 colors before changing to the colors you have specified. To avoid
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1264 this, the EMACSCOLORS environment variable exists. It shall be
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1265 defined as a string with the following elements:
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1266
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1267 set EMACSCOLORS=fb;fb
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1268
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1269 The first set of "fb" defines the initial foreground and background
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1270 colors using standard dos color numbers (0=black,.., 7=white).
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1271 If specified, the second set of "fb" defines the colors which are
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1272 restored when you leave emacs.
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1273
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1274 *** The new SUSPEND environment variable can now be set as the shell to
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1275 use when suspending emacs. This can be used to override the stupid
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1276 limitation on the environment of sub-shells in MS-DOS (they are just
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1277 large enough to hold the currently defined variables, not leaving
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1278 room for more); to overcome this limitation, add this to autoexec.bat:
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1279
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1280 set SUSPEND=%COMSPEC% /E:2000
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1281
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1282 ** The escape character can now be displayed on X frames. Try
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1283 this:
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1284 (aset standard-display-table 27 (vector 27))
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1285 after first creating a display table (you can do that by loading
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1286 the disp-table library).
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1287
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1288 ** The new command-line option --eval specifies an expression to evaluate
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1289 from the command line.
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1290
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1291 ** etags has now the ability to tag Perl files. They are recognized
71203
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1292 either by the .pm and .pl suffixes or by a first line which starts
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1293 with `#!' and specifies a Perl interpreter. The tagged lines are
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1294 those beginning with the `sub' keyword.
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1295
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1296 New suffixes recognized are .hpp for C++; .f90 for Fortran; .bib,
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1297 .ltx, .TeX for TeX (.bbl, .dtx removed); .ml for Lisp; .prolog for
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1298 prolog (.pl is now Perl).
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1299
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1300 ** The files etc/termcap.dat and etc/termcap.ucb have been replaced
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1301 with a new, merged, and much more comprehensive termcap file. The
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1302 new file should include all the special entries from the old one.
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1303 This new file is under active development as part of the ncurses
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1304 project. If you have any questions about this file, or problems with
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1305 an entry in it, email terminfo@ccil.org.
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1306
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1307
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1308 * Lisp changes in Emacs 19.30.
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1309
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1310 ** New Data Types
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1311
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1312 *** There is a new data type called a char-table which is an array
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1313 indexed by a character. Currently this is mostly equivalent to a
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1314 vector of length 256, but in the future, when a wider character set is
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1315 in use, it will be different. To create one, call
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1316 (make-char-table SUBTYPE INITIAL-VALUE)
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1317
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1318 SUBTYPE is a symbol that identifies the specific use of this
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1319 character table. It can be any of these values:
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1320
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1321 syntax-table
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1322 display-table
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1323 keyboard-translate-table
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1324 case-table
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1325
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1326 The function `char-table-subtype' returns the subtype of a char-table.
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1327 You cannot alter the subtype of an existing char-table.
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1328
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1329 A char-table has an element for each character code. It also has some
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1330 "extra slots". The number of extra slots depends on the subtype and
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1331 their use depends on the subtype. (Each subtype symbol has a
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1332 `char-table-extra-slots' property that says how many extra slots to
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1333 make.) Use (char-table-extra-slot TABLE N) to access extra slot N and
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1334 (set-char-table-extra-slot TABLE N VALUE) to store VALUE in slot N.
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1335
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1336 A char-table T can have a parent, which should be another char-table
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1337 P. If you look for the value in T for character C, and the table T
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1338 actually holds nil, P's element for character C is used instead.
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1339 The functions `char-table-parent' and `set-char-table-parent'
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1340 let you read or set the parent of a char-table.
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1341
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1342 To scan all the values in a char-table, do not try to loop through all
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1343 possible character codes. That would work for now, but will not work
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1344 in the future. Instead, call map-char-table. (map-char-table
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1345 FUNCTION TABLE) calls FUNCTION once for each character or character
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1346 set that has a distinct value in TABLE. FUNCTION gets two arguments,
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1347 RANGE and VALUE. RANGE specifies a range of TABLE that has one
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1348 uniform value, and VALUE is the value in TABLE for that range.
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1349
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1350 Currently, RANGE is always a vector containing a single character
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1351 and it refers to that character alone. In the future, other kinds
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1352 of ranges will occur. You can set the value for a given range
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1353 with (set-char-table-range TABLE RANGE VALUE) and examine the value
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1354 for a range with (char-table-range TABLE RANGE).
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1355
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1356 *** Syntax tables are now represented as char-tables.
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1357 All syntax tables other than the standard syntax table
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1358 normally have the standard syntax table as their parent.
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1359 Their subtype is `syntax-table'.
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1360
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1361 *** Display tables are now represented as char-tables.
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1362 Their subtype is `display-table'.
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1363
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1364 *** Case tables are now represented as char-tables.
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1365 Their subtype is `case-table'.
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1366
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1367 *** The value of keyboard-translate-table may now be a char-table
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1368 instead of a string. Normally the char-tables used for this purpose
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1369 have the subtype `keyboard-translate-table', but that is not required.
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1370
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1371 *** A new data type called a bool-vector is a vector of values
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1372 that are either t or nil. To create one, do
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1373 (make-bool-vector LENGTH INITIAL-VALUE)
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1374
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1375 ** You can now specify, for each marker, how it should relocate when
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1376 text is inserted at the place where the marker points. This is called
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1377 the "insertion type" of the marker.
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1378
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1379 To set the insertion type, do (set-marker-insertion-type MARKER TYPE).
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1380 If TYPE is t, it means the marker advances when text is inserted. If
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1381 TYPE is nil, it means the marker does not advance. (In Emacs 19.29,
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1382 markers did not advance.)
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1383
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1384 The function marker-insertion-type reports the insertion type of a
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1385 given marker. The function copy-marker takes a second argument TYPE
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1386 which specifies the insertion type of the new copied marker.
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1387
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1388 ** When you create an overlay, you can specify the insertion type of
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1389 the beginning and of the end. To do this, you can use two new
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1390 arguments to make-overlay: front-advance and rear-advance.
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1391
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1392 ** The new function overlays-in returns a list of the overlays that
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1393 overlap a specified range of the buffer. The returned list includes
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1394 empty overlays at the beginning of this range, as well as within the
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1395 range.
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1396
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1397 ** The new hook window-scroll-functions is run when a window has been
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1398 scrolled. The functions in this list are called just before
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1399 redisplay, after the new window-start has been computed. Each function
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1400 is called with two arguments--the window that has been scrolled, and its
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1401 new window-start position.
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1402
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1403 This hook is useful for on-the-fly fontification and other features
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1404 that affect how the redisplayed text will look when it is displayed.
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1405
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1406 The window-end value of the window is not valid when these functions
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1407 are called. The computation of window-end is byproduct of actual
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1408 redisplay of the window contents, which means it has not yet happened
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1409 when the hook is run. Computing window-end specially in advance for
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1410 the sake of these functions would cause a slowdown.
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1411
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1412 The hook functions can determine where the text on the window will end
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1413 by calling vertical-motion starting with the window-start position.
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1414
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1415 ** The new hook redisplay-end-trigger-functions is run whenever
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1416 redisplay in window uses text that extends past a specified end
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1417 trigger position. You set the end trigger position with the function
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1418 set-window-redisplay-end-trigger. The functions are called with two
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1419 arguments: the window, and the end trigger position. Storing nil for
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1420 the end trigger position turns off the feature, and the trigger value
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1421 is automatically reset to nil just after the hook is run.
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1422
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1423 You can use the function window-redisplay-end-trigger to read a
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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1424 window's current end trigger value.
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1425
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1426 ** The new function insert-file-contents-literally inserts the
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1427 contents of a file without any character set translation or decoding.
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1428
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1429 ** The new function safe-length computes the length of a list.
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1430 It never gets an error--it treats any non-list like nil.
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1431 If given a circular list, it returns an upper bound for the number
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diff changeset
1432 of elements before the circularity.
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1433
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1434 ** replace-match now takes a fifth argument, SUBEXP. If SUBEXP is
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1435 non-nil, that says to replace just subexpression number SUBEXP of the
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1436 regexp that was matched, not the entire match. For example, after
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1437 matching `foo \(ba*r\)' calling replace-match with 1 as SUBEXP means
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diff changeset
1438 to replace just the text that matched `\(ba*r\)'.
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diff changeset
1439
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1440 ** The new keymap special-event-map defines bindings for certain
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1441 events that should be handled at a very low level--as soon as they
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1442 are read. The read-event function processes these events itself,
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parents:
diff changeset
1443 and never returns them.
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diff changeset
1444
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diff changeset
1445 Events that are handled in this way do not echo, they are never
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1446 grouped into key sequences, and they never appear in the value of
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1447 last-command-event or (this-command-keys). They do not discard a
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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1448 numeric argument, they cannot be unread with unread-command-events,
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1449 they may not appear in a keyboard macro, and they are not recorded
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1450 in a keyboard macro while you are defining one.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1451
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
1452 These events do, however, appear in last-input-event immediately after
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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1453 they are read, and this is the way for the event's definition to find
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1454 the actual event.
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parents:
diff changeset
1455
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1456 The events types iconify-frame, make-frame-visible and delete-frame
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1457 are normally handled in this way.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1458
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1459 ** encode-time now supports simple date arithmetic by means of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1460 out-of-range values for its SEC, MINUTE, HOUR, DAY, and MONTH
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1461 arguments; for example, day 0 means the day preceding the given month.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
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1462 Also, the ZONE argument can now be a TZ-style string.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1463
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1464 ** command-execute and call-interactively now accept an optional third
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1465 argument KEYS. If specified and non-nil, this specifies the key
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1466 sequence containing the events that were used to invoke the command.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1467
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1468 ** The environment variable NAME, if set, now specifies the value of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1469 (user-full-name), when Emacs starts up.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1470
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1471
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1472
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1473 * User Editing Changes in Emacs 19.29
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1474
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1475 ** If you run out of memory.
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parents:
diff changeset
1476
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diff changeset
1477 If you get the error message "Virtual memory exhausted", type C-x s.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1478 That way of saving files has the least additional memory needs. Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1479 19.29 keeps a reserve of memory which it makes available when this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1480 error happens; that is to ensure that C-x s can complete its work.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1481
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parents:
diff changeset
1482 Once you have saved your data, you can exit and restart Emacs, or use
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parents:
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1483 M-x kill-some-buffers to free up space. If you kill buffers
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parents:
diff changeset
1484 containing a substantial amount of text, you can go on editing.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1485
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1486 Do not use M-x buffer-menu to save or kill buffers when you are out of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1487 memory, because that needs a fair amount memory itself and you may not
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1488 have enough to get it started.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1489
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1490 ** The format of compiled files has changed incompatibly.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1491
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parents:
diff changeset
1492 Byte-compiled files made with Emacs 19.29 normally use a new format
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parents:
diff changeset
1493 that will not work in older Emacs versions. You can compile files
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parents:
diff changeset
1494 in the old format if you wish; see "Changes in compilation," below.
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parents:
diff changeset
1495
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parents:
diff changeset
1496 ** Emacs 19.29 supports the DEC Alpha.
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parents:
diff changeset
1497
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parents:
diff changeset
1498 ** Emacs runs on Windows NT.
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parents:
diff changeset
1499
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1500 This port does not yet support windowing features. It works like a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1501 text-only terminal, but it does support a mouse.
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parents:
diff changeset
1502
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
1503 In general, support for non-GNU-like operating systems is not a high
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1504 priority for the GNU project. We merged in the support for Windows NT
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parents:
diff changeset
1505 because that system is expected to be very widely used.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1506
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
1507 ** Emacs supports Motif widgets.
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parents:
diff changeset
1508
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
1509 You can build Emacs with Motif widgets by specifying --with-x-toolkit=motif
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1510 when you run configure.
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parents:
diff changeset
1511
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
1512 Motif defines collections of windows called "tab groups", and uses the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1513 tab key and the cursor keys to move between windows in a tab group.
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1514 Emacs naturally does not support this--it has other uses for the tab
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
1515 key and cursor keys. Emacs does not support Motif accelerators either,
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parents:
diff changeset
1516 because it uses its normal keymap event binding features.
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parents:
diff changeset
1517
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diff changeset
1518 We give higher priority to operation with a free widget set than to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1519 operation with a proprietary one.
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parents:
diff changeset
1520
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1521 ** If Emacs or the computer crashes, you can recover all the files you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
1522 were editing from their auto save files by typing M-x recover-session.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1523 This first shows you a list of recorded interrupted sessions. Move
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1524 point to the one you choose, and type C-c C-c.
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parents:
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1525
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diff changeset
1526 Then recover-session asks about each of the files that were being
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parents:
diff changeset
1527 edited during that session, asking whether to recover that file. If
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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1528 you answer y, it calls recover-file, which works in its normal
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1529 fashion. It shows the dates of the original file and its auto-save
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1530 file and asks once again whether to recover that file.
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1531
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1532 When recover-session is done, the files you've chosen to recover
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1533 are present in Emacs buffers. You should then save them.
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1534 Only this--saving them--updates the files themselves.
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1535
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1536 ** Menu bar menus now stay up if you click on the menu bar item and
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1537 release the mouse button within a certain amount of time. This is in
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1538 the X Toolkit version.
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1539
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1540 ** The menu bar menus have been rearranged and split up to make for a
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1541 better organization. Two new menu bar menus, Tools and Search,
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1542 contain items that were formerly in the Files and Edit menus, as well
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1543 as some that did not exist in the menu bar menus before.
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1544
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1545 ** Emacs can now display on more than one X display at the same time.
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1546 Use the command make-frame-on-display to create a frame, specifying
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1547 which display to use.
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1548
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1549 ** M-x talk-connect sets up a multi-user talk connection
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1550 via Emacs. Specify the X display of the person you want to talk to.
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1551 You can talk to any number of people (within reason) by using
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1552 this command repeatedly to specify different people.
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1553
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1554 Emacs does not make a fuss about security; the people who you talk to
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1555 can use all Emacs features, including visiting and editing files. If
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1556 this frightens you, don't use M-x talk-connect.
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1557
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1558 ** The range of integer values is now at least 2**28 on all machines.
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1559 This means the maximum size of a buffer is at least 2**27-1,
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1560 or 134,217,727.
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1561
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1562 ** When you start Emacs, you can now specify option names in
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1563 long GNU form (starting with `--') and you can abbreviate the names.
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1564
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1565 You can now specify the options in any order.
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1566 The previous requirements about the order of options
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1567 have been eliminated.
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1568
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1569 The -L or --directory option lets you specify an additional
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1570 directory to search for Lisp libraries (including libraries
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1571 that you specify with the -l or --load options).
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1572
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1573 ** Incremental search in Transient Mark mode, if the mark is already
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1574 active, now leaves the mark active and does not change its position.
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1575 You can make incremental search deactivate the mark once again with
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1576 this expression.
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1577
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1578 (add-hook 'isearch-mode-hook 'deactivate-mark)
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1579
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1580 ** C-delete now deletes a word backwards. This is for compatibility
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1581 with some editors in the PC world. (This key is not available on
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1582 ordinary ASCII terminals, because C-delete is not a distinct character
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1583 on those terminals.)
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1584
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1585 ** ESC ESC ESC is now a command to escape from various temporary modes
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1586 and states.
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1587
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1588 ** M-x pc-bindings-mode sets up bindings compatible with many PC editors.
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1589 In particular, Delete and its variants delete forward instead of backward.
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1590 Use Backspace to delete backward.
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1591
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1592 C-Backspace kills backward a word (as C-Delete normally would).
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1593 M-Backspace does undo.
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1594 Home and End move to beginning and end of line
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1595 C-Home and C-End move to beginning and end of buffer.
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1596
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1597 ** The key sequence for evaluating a Lisp expression using the minibuffer
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1598 is now ESC :. It used to be ESC ESC, but we moved it to make way for
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1599 the ESC ESC ESC feature, on the grounds that people who evaluate Lisp
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1600 expressions are experienced users and can cope with a change.
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1601 If you prefer the old ESC ESC binding, put in your `~/.emacs':
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1602
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1603 (global-set-key "\e\e" 'eval-expression)
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1604
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1605 ** The f1 function key is now equivalent to the help key. This is
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1606 done with key-translation-map; delete the binding for f1 in that map
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1607 if you want to use f1 for something else.
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1608
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1609 ** Mouse-3, in the simplest case, still sets the region. But now, it
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diff changeset
1610 places the mark where point was, and sets point where you click.
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1611 (It used to set the mark where you click and leave point alone.)
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1612
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1613 If you position point with Mouse-1, then scroll with the scroll bar
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1614 and use Mouse-3, Mouse-3 uses the position you specified with Mouse-1
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1615 even if it has scrolled off the screen (and point is no longer there).
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1616 This makes it easier to select a region with the mouse which is bigger
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1617 than a screenful.
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1618
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1619 Any editing of the buffer, and any cursor motion or scrolling for any
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1620 reason other than the scroll bar, cancels the special state set up by
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1621 Mouse-1--so that a subsequent Mouse-3 click will use the actual value
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1622 of point.
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1623
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1624 ** C-mouse-3 now pops up a mode-specific menu of commands--normally
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1625 the same ones available in the mode's own menu bar menus.
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1626
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1627 ** C-mouse-2 now pops up a menu of faces, indentation, justification,
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1628 and certain other text properties. This menu is also available
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1629 through the menu-bar Edit menu. It is meant for use with Enriched
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1630 mode.
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1631
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1632 *** You can use this menu to change the face of the region.
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1633 You can also set the face of the region with the new M-g command.
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1634
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1635 *** The menu also includes commands for indenting the region,
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1636 which locally changes the values of left-margin and fill-column that
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1637 are used.
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1638
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1639 *** All fill functions now indent every line to the left-margin. If
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1640 there is also a fill-prefix, that goes after the margin indentation.
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1641
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1642 *** Open-line and newline also make sure that the lines they create
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1643 are indented to the left margin.
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1644
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1645 *** It also allows you to set the "justification" of the region:
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1646 whether it should be centered, flush right, and so forth. The fill
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1647 functions (including auto-fill-mode) will maintain the justification
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1648 and indentation that you request.
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1649
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1650 *** The new function `list-colors-display' shows you what colors are
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1651 available. This is also accessible from the C-mouse-2 menu.
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1652
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1653 ** You can now save and load files including their faces and other
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1654 text-properties by using Enriched-mode. Files are saved in an
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1655 extended version of the MIME text/enriched format. You can use the
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1656 menus described above, or M-g and other keyboard commands, to
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1657 alter the formatting information.
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1658
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1659 ** C-mouse-1 now pops up the menu for changing the frame's default font.
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1660
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1661 ** You can input Hyper, Super, Meta, and Alt characters, as well as
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1662 non-ASCII control characters, on an ASCII-only terminal.
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1663 To do this, use
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1664
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1665 C-x @ h -- hyper
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1666 C-x @ s -- super
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1667 C-x @ m -- meta
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1668 C-x @ a -- alt
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1669 C-x @ S -- shift
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1670 C-x @ c -- control
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1671
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1672 These are not ordinary key sequences; they operate through
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1673 function-key-map, which means they can be used even in the
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1674 middle of an ordinary key sequence.
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1675
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1676 ** Outline minor mode and Hideif mode now use C-c @ as their prefix
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parents:
diff changeset
1677 character.
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1678
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1679 ** Echo area messages are now logged in the "*Messages*" buffer. The
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1680 size of this buffer is limited to message-log-max lines.
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1681
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1682 ** RET in various special modes for read-only buffers that contain
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1683 lists of items now selects the item point is on. These modes include
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1684 Dired, Compilation buffers, Buffer-menu, Tar mode, and Occur mode.
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1685 (In Info, RET follows the reference near point; in completion list
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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1686 buffers, RET chooses the completion around point.)
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1687
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1688 ** set-background-color now updates the modeline face in a special
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1689 way. If that face was previously set up to be reverse video, the
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1690 reverse of the default face, then set-background-color updates it so
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1691 that it remains the reverse of the default face.
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1692
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1693 ** The functions raise-frame and lower-frame are now commands.
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1694 When used interactively, they apply to the selected frame.
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1695
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1696 ** M-x buffer-menu now displays the buffer list in the selected window.
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1697 Use M-x buffer-menu-other-window to display it in another window.
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1698
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1699 ** M-w followed by a kill command now *does not* append the text in
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1700 the kill ring. In consequence, M-w followed by C-w works as you would
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parents:
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1701 expect: it leaves the top of the kill ring matching the region that
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1702 you killed.
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1703
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1704 ** In Lisp mode, the C-M-x command now executes defvar forms in a
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parents:
diff changeset
1705 special way: it unconditionally sets the variable to the specified
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parents:
diff changeset
1706 default value, if there is one. Normal execution of defvar does not
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parents:
diff changeset
1707 alter the variable if it already has a non-void value.
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1708
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1709 ** In completion list buffers, the left and right arrow keys run the
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1710 new commands previous-completion and next-completion. They move one
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1711 completion at a time.
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1712
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1713 ** While doing completion in the minibuffer, the `prior' or `pageup'
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parents:
diff changeset
1714 key switches to the completion list window.
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1715
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1716 ** When you exit the minibuffer with empty contents, the empty string
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1717 is not put in the minibuffer history.
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1718
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diff changeset
1719 ** The default buffer for insert-buffer is now the "first" buffer
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1720 other than the current one. If you have more than one window, this
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parents:
diff changeset
1721 is a buffer visible in another window. (Usually it is the buffer
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parents:
diff changeset
1722 that C-M-v would scroll.)
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diff changeset
1723
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1724 ** The etags program is now capable of recording tags based on regular
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parents:
diff changeset
1725 expressions provided on the command line.
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parents:
diff changeset
1726
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diff changeset
1727 This new feature allows easy support for constructs not normally
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diff changeset
1728 handled by etags, such as the macros frequently used in big C/C++
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1729 projects to define project-specific structures. It also enables the
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diff changeset
1730 use of etags and TAGS files for languages not supported by etags.
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1731
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1732 The Emacs manual section on Tags contains explanations and examples
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parents:
diff changeset
1733 for Emacs's DEFVAR, VHDL, Cobol, Postscript and TCL.
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1734
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1735 ** Various mode-specific commands that used to be bound to C-c LETTER
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parents:
diff changeset
1736 have been moved.
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1737
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diff changeset
1738 *** In gnus-uu mode, gnus-uu-interactive-scan-directory is now on C-c C-d,
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parents:
diff changeset
1739 and gnus-uu-interactive-save-current-file is on C-c C-z.
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parents:
diff changeset
1740
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diff changeset
1741 *** In Scribe mode, scribe-insert-environment is now on C-c C-v,
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parents:
diff changeset
1742 scribe-chapter is on C-c C-c, scribe-subsection is on C-c C-s,
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diff changeset
1743 scribe-section is on C-c C-t, scribe-bracket-region-be is on C-c C-e,
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parents:
diff changeset
1744 scribe-italicize-word is on C-c C-i, scribe-bold-word is on C-c C-b,
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parents:
diff changeset
1745 and scribe-underline-word is on C-c C-u.
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parents:
diff changeset
1746
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diff changeset
1747 *** In Gomoku mode, gomoku-human-takes-back is now on C-c C-b,
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parents:
diff changeset
1748 gomoku-human-plays is on C-c C-p, gomoku-human-resigns is on C-c C-r,
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parents:
diff changeset
1749 and gomoku-emacs-plays is on C-c C-e.
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parents:
diff changeset
1750
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diff changeset
1751 *** In the Outline mode defined in allout.el,
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parents:
diff changeset
1752 outline-rebullet-current-heading is now on C-c *.
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1753
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parents:
diff changeset
1754 ** M-s in Info now searches through the nodes of the Info file,
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parents:
diff changeset
1755 just like s. The alias M-s was added so that you can use the same
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parents:
diff changeset
1756 command for searches in both Info and Rmail.
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parents:
diff changeset
1757
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diff changeset
1758 ** iso-acc.el now lets you enter inverted-! and inverted-?
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parents:
diff changeset
1759 with the sequences ~! and ~?.
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parents:
diff changeset
1760
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parents:
diff changeset
1761 ** M-x compare-windows now pushes mark in both windows before
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1762 it starts moving point.
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parents:
diff changeset
1763
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diff changeset
1764 ** There are two new commands in Dired, A (dired-do-search)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1765 and Q (dired-do-query-replace). These are similar to tags-search and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1766 tags-query-replace, but instead of searching the list of files that
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parents:
diff changeset
1767 appears in a tags table, they search all the files marked in Dired.
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parents:
diff changeset
1768
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parents:
diff changeset
1769 ** Changes to dabbrev.
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parents:
diff changeset
1770
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diff changeset
1771 A new function, `dabbrev-completion' (bound to M-C-/), expands the
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parents:
diff changeset
1772 unique part of an abbreviation.
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diff changeset
1773
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diff changeset
1774 Dabbrev now looks for expansions in other buffers, looks for symbols
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parents:
diff changeset
1775 instead of words and it works in the minibuffer.
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parents:
diff changeset
1776
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diff changeset
1777 Dabbrev can be customized to work for shell scripts, with variables
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parents:
diff changeset
1778 that sometimes have and sometimes haven't a leading "$". See the
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parents:
diff changeset
1779 variable 'dabbrev-abbrev-skip-leading-regexp'.
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parents:
diff changeset
1780
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diff changeset
1781 ** In Rmail, the command rmail-input-menu has been eliminated. The
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1782 feature of selecting an Rmail file from a menu is now implemented in
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parents:
diff changeset
1783 another way.
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parents:
diff changeset
1784
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diff changeset
1785 ** Bookmarks changes.
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parents:
diff changeset
1786
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diff changeset
1787 *** It now works to set bookmarks in Info nodes.
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parents:
diff changeset
1788
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diff changeset
1789 *** Bookmarks can have annotations; type "C-h m" after doing
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diff changeset
1790 "M-x list-bookmarks", for more information on annotations.
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1791
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parents:
diff changeset
1792 *** The bookmark-jump popup menu function is now `bookmark-menu-jump', for
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diff changeset
1793 those who bind it to a mouse click.
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diff changeset
1794
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diff changeset
1795 *** The default bookmarks file name is now "~/.emacs.bmk". If you
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diff changeset
1796 already have a bookmarks file, it will be renamed automagically when
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1797 you next load it.
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1798
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diff changeset
1799 ** New package, ps-print.
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1801 The ps-print package generates PostScript printouts of buffers or
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1802 regions, and includes face attributes such as color, underlining,
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1803 boldface and italics in the printed output.
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1804
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1805 ** New package, msb.
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1806
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1807 The msb package provides a buffer-menu in the menubar with separate
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1808 menus for different types of buffers.
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1809
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1810 ** `cpp.el' is a new library that can highlight or hide parts of a C
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1811 file according to C preprocessor conditionals. To try it, run the
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1812 command M-x cpp-highlight-buffer.
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1813
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1814 ** Changes in CC mode.
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1815
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1816 *** c-set-offset and related functions and variables can now accept
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1817 variable symbols. Also ++ and -- which mean 2* positive and negative
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1818 c-basic-offset respectively.
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1819
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1820 *** New variable, c-recognize-knr-p, which controls whether K&R C
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1821 constructs will be recognized. Trying to recognize K&R constructs is a
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1822 time hog so if you're programming strictly in ANSI C, set this
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1823 variable to nil (it should already be nil in c++-mode).
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1824
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1825 *** New variable, c-hanging-comment-ender-p for controlling
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1826 c-fill-paragraph's behavior.
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1827
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diff changeset
1828 *** New syntactic symbol: statement-case-open. This is assigned to lines
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1829 containing an open brace just after a case/default label.
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1830
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1831 *** New variable, c-progress-interval, which controls minibuffer update
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1832 message displays during long re-indention. This is a new feature
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parents:
diff changeset
1833 which prints percentage complete messages at specified intervals.
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parents:
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1834
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parents:
diff changeset
1835 ** Makefile mode changes.
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parents:
diff changeset
1836
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parents:
diff changeset
1837 *** The electric keys are not enabled by default.
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parents:
diff changeset
1838
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parents:
diff changeset
1839 *** There is now a mode-specific menu bar menu.
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1840
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1841 *** The mode supports font-lock, add-log, and imenu.
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parents:
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1842
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1843 *** The command M-TAB does completion of target names and variable names.
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1844
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diff changeset
1845 ** icomplete.el now works more like a minor mode. Use M-x icomplete-mode
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parents:
diff changeset
1846 to turn it on and off.
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1847
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diff changeset
1848 Icomplete now supports an `icomplete-minibuffer-setup-hook', which is
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1849 run on minibuffer setup whenever icompletion will be occurring. This
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parents:
diff changeset
1850 hook can be used to customize interoperation of icomplete with other
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
1851 minibuffer-specific packages, eg rsz-mini. See the doc string for
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parents:
diff changeset
1852 more info.
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parents:
diff changeset
1853
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1854 ** Ediff change.
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parents:
diff changeset
1855
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parents:
diff changeset
1856 Use ediff-revision instead of vc-ediff. It also replaces rcs-ediff,
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parents:
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1857 for those who use that; if you want to use a version control package
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parents:
diff changeset
1858 other than vc.el, you must set the variable
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parents:
diff changeset
1859 ediff-version-control-package to specify which package.
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diff changeset
1860
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parents:
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1861 ** VC now supports branches with RCS.
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parents:
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1862
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1863 You can use C-u C-x C-q to select any branch or version by number.
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1864 It reads the version number or branch number with the minibuffer,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1865 then checks out the file unlocked.
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1866
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1867 Type C-x C-q again to lock the selected branch or version.
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parents:
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1868 When you check in changes to that branch or version, there are two
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diff changeset
1869 possibilities:
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1870
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1871 -- If you've selected a branch, or a version at the tip of a branch,
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1872 then the new version adds to that branch. If you wish to create a
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1873 new branch, use C-u C-x C-q to specify a version number when you check
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parents:
diff changeset
1874 in the new version.
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diff changeset
1875
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diff changeset
1876 -- If you've selected an inner version which is not the latest in its
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parents:
diff changeset
1877 branch, then the new version automatically creates a new branch.
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parents:
diff changeset
1878
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1879 ** VC now supports CVS as well as RCS and SCCS.
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1880
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diff changeset
1881 Since there are no locks in CVS, some things behave slightly
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1882 different when the backend is CVS. When vc-next-action is invoked
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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1883 in a directory handled by CVS, it does the following:
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1884
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1885 If the file is not already registered, this registers it for version
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parents:
diff changeset
1886 control. This does a "cvs add", but no "cvs commit".
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1887 If the file is added but not committed, it is committed.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
1888 If the file has not been changed, neither in your working area or
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diff changeset
1889 in the repository, a message is printed and nothing is done.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
1890 If your working file is changed, but the repository file is
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1891 unchanged, this pops up a buffer for entry of a log message; when you
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1892 finish the log message with C-c C-c, that checks in the resulting
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1893 changes along with the log message as change commentary. A writable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1894 file remains in existence.
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parents:
diff changeset
1895
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1896 If vc-next-action changes the repository file, it asks you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
1897 whether to merge in the changes into your working copy.
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parents:
diff changeset
1898
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1899 vc-directory, when started in a CVS file hierarchy, reports
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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1900 all files that are modified (and thus need to be committed).
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parents:
diff changeset
1901 (When the backend is RCS or SCCS vc-directory reports all
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1902 locked files).
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parents:
diff changeset
1903
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1904 VC has no support for running the initial "cvs checkout" to get a
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parents:
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1905 working copy of a module. You can only use VC in a working copy of
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parents:
diff changeset
1906 a module.
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parents:
diff changeset
1907
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1908 You can disable the CVS support as follows:
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parents:
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1909
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diff changeset
1910 (setq vc-master-templates (delq 'vc-find-cvs-master vc-master-templates))
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parents:
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1911
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
1912 or by setting vc-handle-cvs to nil.
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parents:
diff changeset
1913
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1914 This may be desirable if you run a non-standard version of CVS, or
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1915 if CVS was compiled with FORCE_USE_EDITOR or (possibly)
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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1916 RELATIVE_REPOS.
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parents:
diff changeset
1917
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diff changeset
1918 ** Comint and shell mode changes:
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parents:
diff changeset
1919
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1920 *** Completion works with file names containing quoted characters.
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1921
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diff changeset
1922 File names containing special characters (such as " ", "!", etc.) that are
96453
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parents: 96363
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1923 quoted with a "\" character are recognized during completion. Special
71203
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parents:
diff changeset
1924 characters are quoted when they are inserted during completion.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
1925
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1926 *** You can use M-x comint-truncate-buffer to truncate the buffer.
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parents:
diff changeset
1927
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parents:
diff changeset
1928 When this command is run, the buffer is truncated to a maximum number
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parents:
diff changeset
1929 of lines, specified by the variable comint-buffer-maximum-size. Just
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1930 like the command comint-strip-ctrl-m, this can be run automatically
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parents:
diff changeset
1931 during process output by doing this:
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1932
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1933 (add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions
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1934 'comint-truncate-buffer)
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1935
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
1936 ** Telnet mode buffer name changed.
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1937
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1938 The buffer name for a Telnet buffer is now *telnet-HOST*, not
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1942 entire man page is indented, the indentation is removed.
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1944 The user option names that used to end in -p now end in -flag. The
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1945 new names are: Man-reuse-okay-flag, Man-downcase-section-letters-flag,
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1946 Man-circular-pages-flag. The Man-notify user option has been renamed to
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1947 Man-notify-method and accepts one more value, `pushy', that just
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1948 switches the current buffer to the manpage buffer, without switching
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1949 frames nor changing your windows configuration.
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1952 (thus speeding up man) when set to nil. Default is to fontify if a
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1954 (default 'bold) and Man-underline-face (default 'underline) can be set
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1955 to the preferred faces to be used for the words that man overstrikes
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1958 Two new interactive functions are provided: Man-cleanup-manpage and
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1959 Man-fontify-manpage. Both can be used on a buffer that contains the
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1961 `nroff -man -Tman manpage' command to make them readable.
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1962 Man-cleanup-manpage is faster, but does not fontify.
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1963
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1964 ** The new function modify-face makes it easy to specify
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1965 all the attributes of a face, all at once.
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1966
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1967 ** Faces now support background stippling.
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1968
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1969 Use the command set-face-stipple to specify the stipple-pattern for a
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1971 existing face functions now handle the stipple pattern when
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1972 appropriate.
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1973
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1974 If you specify one of the standard gray colors as a face background
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1975 color, and your display doesn't handle gray, Emacs automatically uses
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1976 stipple instead to get the same effect.
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1977
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1978 ** Changes in Font Lock mode.
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1979
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1981
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1982 Two new default faces are provided; `font-lock-variable-name-face' and
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1983 `font-lock-reference-face'. The face `font-lock-doc-string-face' has
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1985 `font-lock-string-face'. Where appropriate, fontification
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1986 automatically uses these new faces.
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1987
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1988 Fontification via commands `font-lock-mode' and
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1989 `font-lock-fontify-buffer' is now cleanly interruptible (i.e., with
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1990 C-g). If you interrupt during the fontification process, the buffer
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1991 remains in its previous modified state and all highlighting is removed
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1992 from the buffer.
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1993
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1994 For C/C++ modes, Font Lock mode is much faster but highlights much
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1995 more. Other modes are faster/more extensive/more discriminatory, or a
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1996 combination of these.
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1997
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1998 To enable Font Lock mode, add the new function `turn-on-font-lock' in
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1999 one of the following ways:
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2000
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2001 (add-hook 'c-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
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2002
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2003 Or for any visited file with:
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2004
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2005 (add-hook 'find-file-hooks 'turn-on-font-lock)
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2006
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2007 *** Supports color and grayscale displays
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2008
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2009 Font Lock mode supports different ways of highlighting, depending on
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2010 the type of display and background shade. Attributes (face color,
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2011 bold, italic and underline, and display type and background mode) can
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2012 be controlled either from Emacs Lisp or X resources.
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2013
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2014 See the new variables `font-lock-display-type' and
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2015 `font-lock-face-attributes'.
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2016
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2017 *** Supports more modes
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2018
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2019 The following modes are directly supported:
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2020
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2021 ada-mode, asm-mode, bibtex-mode, c++-c-mode, c++-mode, c-mode,
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2022 change-log-mode, compilation-mode, dired-mode, emacs-lisp-mode,
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2023 fortran-mode, latex-mode, lisp-mode, mail-mode, makefile-mode,
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2024 outline-mode, pascal-mode, perl-mode, plain-tex-mode, rmail-mode,
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2025 rmail-summary-mode, scheme-mode, shell-mode, slitex-mode, tex-mode,
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2026 texinfo-mode.
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2027
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2028 See the new variables `font-lock-defaults-alist' and
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2029 `font-lock-defaults'.
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2030
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2031 Some modes support different levels of fontification. You can choose
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2032 to use the minimum or maximum available decoration by changing the
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2033 value of the new variable `font-lock-maximum-decoration'.
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2034
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2035 Programmers are urged to make available to the community their own
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2036 keywords for modes not yet supported. See font-lock.el for
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2037 information about efficiency.
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2038
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2039 *** fast-lock
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2040
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2041 The fast-lock package speeds up Font Lock mode by saving font choices
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2042 in associated cache files. When you visit a file with Font Lock mode
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2043 and Fast Lock mode turned on for the first time, the file's buffer is
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2044 fontified as normal. When certain events occur (such as exiting
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2045 Emacs), Fast Lock saves the highlighting in a cache file. When you
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2046 subsequently visit this file, its cache is used to restore the
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2047 highlighting.
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2048
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2049 To use this package, put in your `~/.emacs':
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2050
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2051 (add-hook 'font-lock-mode-hook 'turn-on-fast-lock)
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2052
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2053 To control the use of caches, see the documentation for `fast-lock-mode'.
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2054
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2055 ** You can tell pop-to-buffer to display certain buffers in the selected
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2056 window rather than finding some other window to display them in.
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2057 There are two variables you can use to specify these buffers.
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2058
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2059 same-window-buffer-names holds a list of buffer names; if a buffer's
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2061
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2062 same-window-regexps holds a list of regexps--if any one of them
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2064 selected window.
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2065
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2066 The default values of these variables are not nil: they list various
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2067 buffers that normally appear, when you as for them, in the selected
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2068 window. These include shell buffers, mail buffers, telnet buffers,
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2069 and others. By removing elements from these variables, you can ask
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2070 Emacs to display those buffers in separate windows.
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2071
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2072 ** The special-display-buffer-names and special-display-regexps lists
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2075
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diff changeset
2076 The cdr of the list can be an alist specifying additional frame
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2077 parameters for use in constructing the special display frame.
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parents:
diff changeset
2078
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2079 Alternatively, the cdr can have this form:
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parents:
diff changeset
2080
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diff changeset
2081 (FUNCTION ARGS...)
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2082
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2083 where FUNCTION is a symbol. Then the frame is constructed by calling
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diff changeset
2084 FUNCTION; its first argument is the buffer, and its remaining
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2085 arguments are ARGS.
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diff changeset
2086
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2087 ** If the environment variable REPLYTO is set, its value is the default
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2088 for mail-default-reply-to.
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parents:
diff changeset
2089
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2090 ** When you send a message in Emacs, if you specify an Rmail file with
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2091 the FCC: header field, Emacs converts the message to Rmail format
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2092 before writing it. Thus, the file never contains anything but Rmail
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2093 format messages.
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parents:
diff changeset
2094
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2095 ** The new variable mail-from-style controls whether the From: header
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2096 should include the sender's full name, and if so, which format to use.
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parents:
diff changeset
2097
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parents:
diff changeset
2098 ** The new variable mail-personal-alias-file specifies the name of the
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diff changeset
2099 user's personal aliases. This defaults to the file ~/.mailrc.
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parents:
diff changeset
2100 mailabbrev.el used to have its own variable for this purpose
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parents:
diff changeset
2101 (mail-abbrev-mailrc-file). That variable is no longer used.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2102
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2103 ** In Buffer-Menu mode, the d and C-d commands (which mark buffers for
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parents:
diff changeset
2104 deletion) now accept a prefix argument which serves as a repeat count.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2105
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2106 ** Changes in BibTeX mode.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2107
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2108 *** Reference keys can now be entered with TAB completion. All
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2109 reference keys defined in that buffer and all labels that appear in
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2110 crossreference entries are object to completion.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2111
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2112 *** Braces are supported as field delimiters in addition to quotes.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2113 BibTeX entries may have brace-delimited and quote-delimited fields
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parents:
diff changeset
2114 intermixed. The delimiters generated for new entries are specified by
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2115 the variables bibtex-field-left-delimiter and
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2116 bibtex-field-right-delimiter on a buffer-local basis. Those variables
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parents:
diff changeset
2117 default to braces, since it is easier to put quote accented characters
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2118 (as the german umlauts) into a brace-delimited entry.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2119
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2120 *** The function bibtex-clean-entry can now be invoked with a prefix
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2121 argument. In this case, a label is automatically generated from
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2122 various fields in the record. If bibtex-clean-entry is invoked on a
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2123 record without label, a label is also generated automatically.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2124 Various variables (all beginning with `bibtex-autokey-') control the
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diff changeset
2125 creation of that key. The variable bibtex-autokey-edit-before-use
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2126 determines, if the user is allowed to edit auto-generated reference
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2127 keys before they are used.
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parents:
diff changeset
2128
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2129 *** A New function bibtex-complete-string completes strings with
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2130 respect to the strings defined in this buffer and a set of predefined
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2131 strings (initialized to the string macros defined in the standard
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2132 BibTeX style files) in the same way in which ispell-complete-word
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2133 works with respect to words in a dictionary. Candidates for
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2134 bibtex-complete-string are initialized from variable
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2135 bibtex-predefined-strings and by parsing the files found in
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2136 bibtex-string-files for @String definitions.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2137
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2138 *** Every reference/field pair has now attached a comment which
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2139 appears in the echo area when this field is edited. These comments
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2140 should provide useful hints for BibTeX usage, especially for BibTeX
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2141 beginners. New variable bibtex-help-message determines if these help
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2142 messages are to appear in the minibuffer when moving to a text entry.
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parents:
diff changeset
2143
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2144 *** Inscriptions of menu bar changed from "Entry Types" to
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2145 "Entry-Types" and "Bibtex Edit" to "BibTeX-Edit".
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parents:
diff changeset
2146
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diff changeset
2147 *** The variable bibtex-include-OPTcrossref is now not longer a binary
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2148 switch but a list of reference names which should contain a crossref
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2149 field. E.g., you can tell bibtex-mode you want a crossref field for
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diff changeset
2150 @InProceedings and @InBook entries but for no other.
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parents:
diff changeset
2151
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2152 *** The function validate-bibtex-buffer was completely rewritten to
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2153 validate if a buffer is syntactically correct. find-bibtex-duplicates
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2154 is no longer a function itself but was moved into
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2155 validate-bibtex-buffer.
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diff changeset
2156
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diff changeset
2157 *** Cleaning a BibTeX entry tests, if necessary fields are there.
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diff changeset
2158 E.g., if you tell bibtex-mode to include a crossref entry, some fields
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diff changeset
2159 are optional which would be required without the crossref entry. If
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parents:
diff changeset
2160 you now leave the crossref entry empty and do a bibtex-clean-entry
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diff changeset
2161 with some now required fields left empty, version 2.0 of bibtex.el
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2162 complains about the absence of these fields, whereas version 1.3
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2163 didn't.
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diff changeset
2164
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diff changeset
2165 *** Default value for variables bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries and
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diff changeset
2166 bibtex-sort-ignore-string-entries is now t.
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parents:
diff changeset
2167
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parents:
diff changeset
2168 *** All interactive functions are renamed to begin with `bibtex-'.
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parents:
diff changeset
2169
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parents:
diff changeset
2170 *** Keybindings with \C-c\C-e entry changed for unification. Often
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diff changeset
2171 used reference types are now on control-modified keys, mediocre used
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parents:
diff changeset
2172 types are on unmodified keys, seldom used types are on shift-modified
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parents:
diff changeset
2173 keys and almost never used types on meta-modified keys.
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parents:
diff changeset
2174
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parents:
diff changeset
2175
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parents:
diff changeset
2176 * Configuration Changes in Emacs 19.29
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diff changeset
2177
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diff changeset
2178 ** Emacs now uses directory /usr/local/share for most of its installed
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parents:
diff changeset
2179 files. This follows a GNU convention for directory usage.
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diff changeset
2180
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parents:
diff changeset
2181 ** The option --with-x11 is no longer supported.
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diff changeset
2182 X11 is the only version of X that Emacs 19.29 supports;
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diff changeset
2183 use --with-x if you need to request X support explicitly.
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parents:
diff changeset
2184 (Normally this should not be necessary, since configure should
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diff changeset
2185 automatically enable X support if X is installed on your machine.)
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diff changeset
2186
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diff changeset
2187 ** If you use the site-init.el file to set the variable
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diff changeset
2188 mail-host-address to a string in the dumped Emacs, that string becomes
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diff changeset
2189 the default host address for initializing user-mail-address.
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parents:
diff changeset
2190 It is used instead of the value of (system-name).
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parents:
diff changeset
2191
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diff changeset
2192
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diff changeset
2193 * Lisp-Level Changes in Emacs 19.29
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diff changeset
2194
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parents:
diff changeset
2195 ** Basic Lisp
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diff changeset
2196
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diff changeset
2197 *** The range of integer values is now at least 2**28 on all machines.
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2198 This means the maximum size of a buffer is at least 2**27-1,
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parents:
diff changeset
2199 or 134,217,727.
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diff changeset
2200
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parents:
diff changeset
2201 *** You can now use Common Lisp syntax for the backquote and comma
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diff changeset
2202 macros. Thus, you can now write `(x ,y z) instead of (` (x (, y) z)).
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parents:
diff changeset
2203
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parents:
diff changeset
2204 The old syntax is still accepted.
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parents:
diff changeset
2205
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parents:
diff changeset
2206 *** The new function rassoc is like assoc, except that it compares the
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parents:
diff changeset
2207 key against the cdr of each alist element, where assoc would compare
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2208 it against the car of each alist element.
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parents:
diff changeset
2209
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parents:
diff changeset
2210 *** The new function unintern deletes a symbol from an obarray. The
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2211 first argument can be the symbol to delete, or a string giving its
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2212 name. The second argument specifies the obarray (nil means the
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2213 current default obarray).
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2214
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2215 If the specified symbol is not in the obarray, or if there's no symbol
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2216 in the obarray matching the specified string, unintern does nothing
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2217 and returns nil. If it does delete a symbol, it returns t.
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2218
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2219 *** You can specify an alternative read function for use by load and
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2220 eval-region by binding the variable load-read-function to some other
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2221 function. This function should accept one argument just like read.
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2222 If load-read-function is nil, load and eval-region use ordinary read.
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2223
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2224 *** The new function `type-of' takes any object as argument, and
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2225 returns a symbol identifying the type of that object--one of `symbol',
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2226 `integer', `float', `string', `cons', `vector', `marker', `overlay',
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2227 `window', `buffer', `subr', `compiled-function',
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2228 `window-configuration', `process'.
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2229
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2230 *** When you use eval-after-load for a file that is already loaded, it
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2231 executes the FORM right away. As before, if the file is not yet
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2232 loaded, it arranges to execute FORM if and when the file is loaded
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2233 later. The result is: if you have called eval-after-load for a file,
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2234 and if that file has been loaded, then regardless of the order of
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parents:
diff changeset
2235 these two events, the specified form has been evaluated.
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diff changeset
2236
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2237 *** The Lisp construct #@NUMBER now skips the next NUMBER characters,
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2238 treating them as a comment.
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2239
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2240 You would not want to use this in a file you edit by hand, but it is
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2241 useful for commenting out parts of machine-generated files.
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2242
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2243 *** Two new functions, `plist-get' and `plist-put',
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2244 allow you to modify and retrieve values from lists formatted as property-lists.
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2245 They work like `get' and `put', but operate on any list.
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2246 `plist-put' returns the modified property-list; you must store it
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2247 back where you got it.
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2248
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2249 *** The new function add-to-list is called with two elements,
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2250 a variable that holds a list and a new element.
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2251 It adds the element to the list unless it is already present.
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2252 It compares elements using `equal'. Here is an example:
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2253
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2254 (setq foo '(a b)) => (a b)
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2255
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2256 (add-to-list 'foo 'c) => (c a b)
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2257
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2258 (add-to-list 'foo 'b) => (c a b)
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diff changeset
2259
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2260 foo => (c a b)
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diff changeset
2261
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2262 ** Changes in compilation.
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2263
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2264 Functions and variables loaded from a byte-compiled file
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2265 now refer to the file for their doc strings.
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diff changeset
2266
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diff changeset
2267 This has a few consequences:
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diff changeset
2268
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diff changeset
2269 -- Loading the file is faster and uses less memory.
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parents:
diff changeset
2270 -- Reference to doc strings is a little slower (the same speed
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parents:
diff changeset
2271 as reference to the doc strings of primitive and preloaded functions).
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diff changeset
2272 -- The compiled files will not work in old versions of Emacs.
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parents:
diff changeset
2273 -- If you move the compiled file after loading it, Emacs can no longer
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diff changeset
2274 find these doc strings.
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parents:
diff changeset
2275 -- If you alter the compiled file (such as by compiling a new
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parents:
diff changeset
2276 version), then further access to documentation strings will get
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2277 nonsense results.
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parents:
diff changeset
2278
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diff changeset
2279 The byte compiler now optionally supports lazy loading of compiled
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diff changeset
2280 functions' definitions. If you enable this feature when you compile,
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diff changeset
2281 loading the compiled file does not actually bring the function
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diff changeset
2282 definitions into core. Instead it creates references to the compiled
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diff changeset
2283 file, and brings each function's definition into core the first time
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diff changeset
2284 you call that function, or when you force it with the new function
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diff changeset
2285 `fetch-bytecode'.
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diff changeset
2286
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diff changeset
2287 Using the lazy loading feature has a few consequences:
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parents:
diff changeset
2288
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parents:
diff changeset
2289 -- Loading the file is faster and uses less memory.
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diff changeset
2290 -- Calling any function in the file for the first time is slower.
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diff changeset
2291 -- If you move the compiled file after loading it, Emacs can no longer
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diff changeset
2292 find the function definitions.
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diff changeset
2293 -- If you alter the compiled file (such as by compiling a new
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parents:
diff changeset
2294 version), then further access to functions not already loaded
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parents:
diff changeset
2295 will get nonsense results.
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diff changeset
2296
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diff changeset
2297 To enable the lazy loading feature, set up a non-nil file local
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2298 variable binding for the variable `byte-compile-dynamic' in the Lisp
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diff changeset
2299 source file. For example, put this on the first line:
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2300
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2301 -*-byte-compile-dynamic: t;-*-
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2302
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diff changeset
2303 It's a good idea to use the lazy loading feature for a file that
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diff changeset
2304 contains many functions, most of which are not actually used by a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2305 given user in a given session.
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diff changeset
2306
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diff changeset
2307 To turn off the basic feature of referring to the file for doc
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2308 strings, set byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings to nil. You can do this
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2309 globally, or for one source file by adding this to the first line:
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parents:
diff changeset
2310
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diff changeset
2311 -*-byte-compile-dynamic-docstrings: nil;-*-
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diff changeset
2312
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2313 ** Strings
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2314
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2315 *** Do not pass integer arguments to `concat' (or `vconcat' or
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2316 `append'). We are phasing out the old unrecommended support for
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diff changeset
2317 integers as arguments to these functions, in preparation for treating
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diff changeset
2318 numbers as single characters in a future release. To concatenate
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parents:
diff changeset
2319 numbers in string form, use `number-to-string' first, or rewrite the
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diff changeset
2320 call to use `format' instead of `concat'.
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parents:
diff changeset
2321
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2322 *** The new function match-string returns the string of text matched at
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2323 the given parenthesized expression by the last regexp search, or nil
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2324 if there was no match. If the last match was by `string-match' on a
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2325 string, the string must be given. Therefore, this function can be
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2326 used in place of `buffer-substring' and `substring', when using
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2327 `match-beginning' and `match-end' to find match positions.
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2328
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2329 (match-string N) or (match-string N STRING)
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2330
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2331 *** The function replace-match now accepts an optional fourth argument,
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2332 STRING. Use this after performing string-match on STRING, to replace
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2333 the portion of STRING that was matched. When used in this way,
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2334 replace-match returns a newly created string which is the same as
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2335 STRING except for the matched portion.
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2336
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2337 *** The new function buffer-substring-no-properties
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2338 is like buffer-substring except that the string it returns
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2339 has no text properties.
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2340
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2341 *** The function `equal' now considers two strings to be different
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2342 if they don't have the same text properties.
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2343
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2344 ** Completion
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2345
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2346 *** all-completions now takes an optional fourth argument.
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2347 If that argument is non-nil, completions that start with a space
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2348 are ignored unless the initial string also starts with a space.
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2349 (This used to happen unconditionally.)
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2350
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2351 ** Local Variables
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2352
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2353 *** Local hook variables.
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2354
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2355 There is now a clean way to give a hook variable a buffer-local value.
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2356 Call the function `make-local-hook' to do this.
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2357
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2358 Once a hook variable is buffer-local, you can add hooks to it either
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2359 globally or locally. run-hooks runs the local hook functions
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2360 of the current buffer, then all the global hook functions.
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2361
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2362 The functions add-hook and remove-hook take an additional optional
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2363 argument LOCAL which says whether to add (or remove) a local hook
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2364 function or a global one.
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2365
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2366 Local hooks use t as an element of the (local) value of the hook
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2367 variable as a flag meaning to use the global value also.
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diff changeset
2368
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2369 *** The new function local-variable-p tells you whether a particular
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diff changeset
2370 variable is buffer-local in the current buffer or a specified buffer.
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diff changeset
2371
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diff changeset
2372 ** Editing Facilities
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diff changeset
2373
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2374 *** The function copy-region-as-kill no longer sets this-command;
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diff changeset
2375 as a result, a following kill command will not normally append
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diff changeset
2376 to the text saved by copy-region-as-kill.
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diff changeset
2377
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2378 *** Regular expression searching and matching no longer performs full
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2379 Posix backtracking by default. They now stop with the first match found
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2380 instead of looking for the longest match--just as they did in Emacs 18.
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diff changeset
2381 The reason for this change is to get higher speed.
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diff changeset
2382
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2383 There are new functions you can use if you really want to search or
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diff changeset
2384 match with Posix behavior: posix-search-forward,
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diff changeset
2385 posix-search-backward, posix-looking-at, and posix-string-match. Call
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2386 these just like re-search-forward, re-search-backward, looking-at, and
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diff changeset
2387 string-match.
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2388
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2389 ** Files
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diff changeset
2390
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diff changeset
2391 *** The new variable `format-alist' defines file formats,
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diff changeset
2392 which are ways of translating between the data in a file and things
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2393 (text, text-properties, and possibly other information) in a buffer.
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2394
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2395 `format-alist' has one element for each format. Each element is a
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2396 list like this:
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2397 (NAME DOC-STRING REGEXP FROM-FN TO-FN MODIFY MODE-FN)
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2398 containing the name of the format, a documentation string, a regular
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diff changeset
2399 expression which is used to recognize files in that format, a decoding
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diff changeset
2400 function, an encoding function, a flag that indicates whether the
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diff changeset
2401 encoding function modifies the buffer, and a mode function.
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2402
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2403 FROM-FN is called to decode files in that format; it gets two args, BEGIN
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2404 and END, and can make any modifications it likes, returning the new
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diff changeset
2405 end position. It must make sure that the beginning of the file no
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diff changeset
2406 longer matches REGEXP, or else it will get called again.
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diff changeset
2407 TO-FN is called to encode a region into that format; it is also passed BEGIN
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2408 and END, and either returns a list of annotations as in
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diff changeset
2409 `write-region-annotate-functions', or modifies the region and returns
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diff changeset
2410 the new end position.
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2411 MODIFY, if non-nil, means the TO-FN modifies the region. If nil, TO-FN may
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diff changeset
2412 not make any changes and should return a list of annotations.
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diff changeset
2413
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diff changeset
2414 `insert-file-contents' checks the beginning of the file that it is
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2415 inserting to see if it matches one of the regexps. If so, then it
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2416 calls the decoding function, and then looks for another match. When
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diff changeset
2417 visiting a file, it also calls the mode function, and sets the
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diff changeset
2418 variable `buffer-file-format' to the list of formats that the file
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parents:
diff changeset
2419 used.
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diff changeset
2420
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2421 `write-region' calls the encoding functions for each format in
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diff changeset
2422 `buffer-file-format' before it writes the file. To save a file in a
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diff changeset
2423 different format, either set `buffer-file-format' to a different
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diff changeset
2424 value, or call the new function `format-write-file'.
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parents:
diff changeset
2425
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diff changeset
2426 Since some encoding functions may be slow, you can request that
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diff changeset
2427 auto-save use a format different from the buffer's default by setting
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2428 the variable `auto-save-file-format' to the desired format. This will
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2429 determine the format of all auto-save files.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2430
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parents:
diff changeset
2431 *** The new function file-ownership-preserved-p tells you whether
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2432 deleting a file and recreating it would keep the file's owner
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2433 unchanged.
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parents:
diff changeset
2434
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2435 *** The new function file-regular-p returns t if a file
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parents:
diff changeset
2436 is a "regular" file (not a directory, symlink, named pipe,
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parents:
diff changeset
2437 terminal, or other I/O device).
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parents:
diff changeset
2438
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parents:
diff changeset
2439 *** The new function file-name-sans-extension discards the extension
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parents:
diff changeset
2440 of a file name. You call it with a file name, and returns a string
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2441 lacking the extension.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2442
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2443 *** The variable path-separator is a string which says which
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2444 character separates directories in a search path. It is ":"
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parents:
diff changeset
2445 for Unix and GNU systems, ";" for MSDOG and Windows NT.
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parents:
diff changeset
2446
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2447 ** Commands and Key Sequences
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parents:
diff changeset
2448
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parents:
diff changeset
2449 *** Key sequences consisting of C-c followed by {, }, <, >, : or ; are
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parents:
diff changeset
2450 now reserved for major modes. Sequences consisting of C-c followed by
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parents:
diff changeset
2451 any other punctuation character are now meant for minor modes. We don't
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2452 plan to convert all existing major modes to stop using those sequences,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2453 but we hope to keep them to a minimum.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2454
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2455 *** When the post-command-hook or the pre-command-hook gets an error, the error
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parents:
diff changeset
2456 is silently ignored. Emacs no longer sets the hook variable to nil when this
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2457 happens. Meanwhile, the hook functions can now alter the hook variable in
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2458 a normal fashion; there is no need to do anything special.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2459
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2460 *** define-key, lookup-key, and various other functions for changing or
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2461 looking up key bindings now let you write an event type with a list
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2462 like (ctrl meta newline) or (meta ?d), as in XEmacs. (ctrl meta newline)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2463 is equivalent to the event type symbol C-M-newline, and (meta ?d)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2464 is equivalent to the character ?\M-d.
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parents:
diff changeset
2465
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2466 *** The function event-convert-list converts a list such as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2467 (meta ?d) into the corresponding event type (a symbol or integer).
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parents:
diff changeset
2468
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parents:
diff changeset
2469 *** In an interactive spec, `k' means to read a key sequence. In this
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2470 key sequence, upper case characters and shifted function keys which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2471 have no bindings are converted to lower case if that makes them
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2472 defined.
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parents:
diff changeset
2473
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2474 The new interactive code `K' reads a key sequence similarly, but does
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2475 not convert the last event. `K' is useful for reading a key sequence
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2476 to be given a binding.
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diff changeset
2477
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diff changeset
2478 *** The variable overriding-local-map now has no effect on the menu bar
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diff changeset
2479 display unless overriding-local-map-menu-flag is non-nil. This is why
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parents:
diff changeset
2480 incremental search no longer temporarily changes the menu bars.
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parents:
diff changeset
2481
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parents:
diff changeset
2482 Note that overriding-local-map does still affect the execution of key
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diff changeset
2483 sequences entered using the menu bar. So if you use
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2484 overriding-local-map, and a menu bar key sequence comes in, you should
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2485 make sure to clear overriding-local-map before that key sequence gets
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2486 looked up and executed. But this is what you'd normally do anyway:
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2487 programs that use overriding-local-map normally exit and "put back"
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2488 any event such as menu-bar that they do not handle specially.
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2489
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2490 *** The new variable `overriding-terminal-local-map' is like
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2491 overriding-local-map, but is specific to a single terminal.
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2492
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2493 *** delete-frame events.
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2494
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2495 When you use the X window manager's "delete window" command, this now
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2496 generates a delete-frame event. The standard definition of this event
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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2497 is a command that deletes the frame that received the event, and kills
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2498 Emacs when the last visible or iconified frame is deleted. You can
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2499 rebind the event to some other command if you wish.
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2500
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2501 *** Two new types of events, iconify-frame and make-frame-visible,
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2502 indicate that the user iconified or deiconified a frame with the
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2503 window manager. Since the window manager has already done the work,
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2504 the default definition for both event types in Emacs is to do nothing.
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2505
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2506 ** Frames and X
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2507
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2508 *** Certain Lisp variables are now local to an X terminal (in other
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2509 words, all the screens of a single X server). The value in effect, at
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2510 any given time, is the one that belongs to the terminal of the
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2511 selected frame. The terminal-local variables are
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2512 default-minibuffer-frame, system-key-alist, defining-kbd-macro, and
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2513 last-kbd-macro. There is no way for Lisp programs to create others.
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2514
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2515 The terminal-local variables cannot be buffer-local.
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2516
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2517 *** When you create an X frame, for the `top' and `left' frame
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2518 parameters, you can now use values of the form (+ N) or (- N), where N
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2519 is an integer. (+ N) means N pixels to the right of the left edge of
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2520 the screen and (- N) means N pixels to the left of the right edge. In
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2521 both cases, N may be zero (exactly at the edge) or negative (putting
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diff changeset
2522 the window partly off the screen).
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2523
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2524 The function x-parse-geometry can return values of these forms
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2525 for certain inputs.
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diff changeset
2526
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2527 *** The variable menu-bar-file-menu has been renamed to
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diff changeset
2528 menu-bar-files-menu to match the actual item that appears in the menu.
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2529 (All the other such variable names do match.)
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2530
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2531 *** The new function active-minibuffer-window returns the minibuffer window
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2532 currently active, or nil if none is now active.
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2533
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2534 *** In the functions next-window, previous-window, next-frame,
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2535 previous-frame, get-buffer-window, get-lru-window, get-largest-window
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2536 and delete-windows-on, if you specify 0 for the last argument,
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diff changeset
2537 it means to consider all visible and iconified frames.
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2538
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2539 *** When you set a frame's cursor type with modify-frame-parameters,
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2540 you can now specify (bar . INTEGER) as the cursor type. This stands
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diff changeset
2541 for a bar cursor of width INTEGER.
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diff changeset
2542
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2543 *** The new function facep returns t if its argument is a face name
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2544 (or if it is a vector such as is used internally by the Lisp code
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2545 to represent a face).
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diff changeset
2546
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2547 *** Each frame can now have a buffer-predicate function,
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diff changeset
2548 which is the `buffer-predicate' frame parameter.
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diff changeset
2549 When `other-buffer' looks for an alternative buffer, it considers
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diff changeset
2550 only the buffers that fit the selected frame's buffer predicate (if it
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2551 has one). This is useful for applications that make their own frames.
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diff changeset
2552
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2553 *** When you create an X frame, you can now specify the frame parameter
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2554 `display'. This says which display to put the frame on. The value
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diff changeset
2555 should be a display name--a string of the form
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diff changeset
2556 "HOST:DPYNUMBER.SCREENNUMBER".
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parents:
diff changeset
2557
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diff changeset
2558 The functions x-server-... and x-display-... now take an optional
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2559 argument which specifies the display to ask about. You can use either
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diff changeset
2560 a display name string or a frame. A value of nil stands for the
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2561 selected frame.
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parents:
diff changeset
2562
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diff changeset
2563 To close the connection to an X display, use the function
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diff changeset
2564 x-close-connection. Specify which display with a display name. You
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2565 cannot close the connection if Emacs still has frames open on that
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parents:
diff changeset
2566 display.
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parents:
diff changeset
2567
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2568 x-display-list returns a list indicating which displays Emacs has
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2569 connections to. Its elements are display names (strings).
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parents:
diff changeset
2570
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2571 *** The icon-type frame parameter may now be a file name.
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parents:
diff changeset
2572 Then the contents of that file specify the icon bitmap to use
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parents:
diff changeset
2573 for that frame.
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parents:
diff changeset
2574
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2575 *** The title of an Emacs frame, displayed by most window managers, is
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diff changeset
2576 set from frame-title-format or icon-title-format. These have the same
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2577 structure as mode-line-format.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2578
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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2579 *** x-display-grayscale-p is a new function that returns non-nil if
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parents:
diff changeset
2580 your X server can display shades of gray. Currently it returns
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2581 non-nil for color displays (because they can display shades of gray);
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2582 we may change it in the next version to return nil for color displays.
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2583
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diff changeset
2584 *** The frame parameter scroll-bar-width specifies the width of the
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diff changeset
2585 scrollbar in pixels.
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parents:
diff changeset
2586
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parents:
diff changeset
2587 ** Buffers
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parents:
diff changeset
2588
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parents:
diff changeset
2589 *** Creating a buffer with get-buffer-create does not obey
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2590 default-major-mode. That variable is now handled in a separate
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2591 function, set-buffer-major-mode. get-buffer-create and generate-new-buffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2592 always leave the newly created buffer in Fundamental mode.
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parents:
diff changeset
2593
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2594 Creating a new buffer by visiting a file or with switch-to-buffer,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2595 pop-to-buffer, and similar functions does call set-buffer-major-mode
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parents:
diff changeset
2596 to select the default major mode specified with default-major-mode.
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parents:
diff changeset
2597
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parents:
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2598 *** You can now create an "indirect buffer". An indirect buffer shares
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parents:
diff changeset
2599 its text, including text properties, with another buffer (the "base
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parents:
diff changeset
2600 buffer"), but has its own major mode, local variables, overlays, and
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parents:
diff changeset
2601 narrowing. An indirect buffer has a name of its own, distinct from
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2602 those of the base buffer and all other buffers. An indirect buffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2603 cannot itself be visiting a file (though its base buffer can be).
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parents:
diff changeset
2604 The base buffer cannot itself be indirect.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2605
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2606 Use (make-indirect-buffer BASE-BUFFER NAME) to make an indirect buffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2607 named NAME whose base is BASE-BUFFER. If BASE-BUFFER is an indirect
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2608 buffer, its base buffer is used as the base for the new buffer.
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parents:
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2609
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2610 You can make an indirect buffer current, or switch to it in a window,
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parents:
diff changeset
2611 just as you would a non-indirect buffer.
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parents:
diff changeset
2612
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2613 The function buffer-base-buffer, given an indirect buffer, returns its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2614 base buffer. It returns nil when given an ordinary buffer (not
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2615 indirect).
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parents:
diff changeset
2616
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diff changeset
2617 The library `noutline' has versions of Outline mode and Outline minor
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diff changeset
2618 mode which let you display different parts of the outline in different
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2619 indirect buffers.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2620
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2621 ** Subprocesses
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2622
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2623 *** The functions call-process and call-process-region now allow
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2624 you to direct error message output from the subprocess into a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2625 separate destination, instead of mixing it with ordinary output.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2626 To do this, specify for the third argument, BUFFER, a list of the form
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2627 (BUFFER-OR-NAME ERROR-DESTINATION)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2628 BUFFER-OR-NAME specifies where to put ordinary output; it should
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2629 be a buffer or buffer name, or t, nil or 0. This is what would
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2630 have been the BUFFER argument, ordinarily.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2631
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2632 ERROR-DESTINATION specifies where to put the error output.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2633 nil means discard it, t means mix it with the ordinary output,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2634 and a string specifies a file name to write this output into.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2635
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2636 You can't specify a buffer to put the error output in; that is not
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2637 easy to implement directly. You can put the error output into a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2638 buffer by sending it to a temporary file and then inserting the file
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2639 into a buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2640
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2641 *** Comint mode changes:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2642
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2643 **** The variable comint-completion-addsuffix can also be a cons pair
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2644 of the form (DIRSUFFIX . FILESUFFIX), where DIRSUFFIX and FILESUFFIX are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2645 strings added on unambiguous or exact completion of directories and file
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2646 names, respectively.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2647
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2648 ** Text properties
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2649
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2650 *** You can now specify which values of the `invisible' property
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2651 make text invisible in a given buffer. The variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2652 `buffer-invisibility-spec', which is always local in all buffers,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2653 controls this.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2654
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2655 If its value is t, then any non-nil `invisible' property makes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2656 a character invisible.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2657
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2658 If its value is a list, then a character is invisible if its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2659 `invisible' property value appears as a member of the list, or if it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2660 appears as the car of a member of the list.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2661
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2662 When the `invisible' property value appears as the car of a member of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2663 the `buffer-invisibility-spec' list, then the cdr of that member has
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2664 an effect. If it is non-nil, then an ellipsis appears in place of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2665 character. (This happens only for the *last* invisible character in a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2666 series of consecutive invisible characters, and only at the end of a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2667 line.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2668
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2669 If a character's `invisible' property is a list, then Emacs checks each
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2670 element of the list against `buffer-invisibility-spec'. If any element
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2671 matches, the character is invisible.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2672
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2673 *** The command `list-text-properties-at' shows what text properties
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2674 are in effect at point.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2675
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2676 *** Frame objects now exist in Emacs even on systems that don't support
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2677 X Windows. You can create multiple frames, and switch between them
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2678 using select-frame. The selected frame is actually displayed on your
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2679 terminal; other frames are not displayed at all. The selected frame
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2680 number appears in the mode line after `Emacs', except for frame 1.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2681
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2682 Switching frames on ASCII terminals is therefore more or less
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2683 equivalent to switching between different window configurations.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2684
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2685 *** The new variable window-size-change-functions holds a list of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2686 functions to be called if window sizes change (or if windows are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2687 created or deleted). The functions are called once for each frame on
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2688 which changes have occurred, with the frame as the sole argument.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2689 This takes place shortly before redisplay.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2690
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2691 *** The modification hook functions of overlays now work differently.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2692 They are called both before and after each change. This makes it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2693 possible for the functions to determine exactly what the change was.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2694
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2695 This change affects three overlay properties: the modification-hooks
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2696 property, a list of functions called for deletions overlapping the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2697 overlay's range and for insertions inside it; the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2698 insert-in-front-hooks, a list of functions called for insertions at
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2699 the beginning of the overlay; and the insert-behind-hooks, a list of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2700 functions called for insertions at the end of the overlay.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2701
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2702 Each function is called both before and after each change that it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2703 applies to. Before the change, it is called with four arguments:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2704 (funcall FUNCTION OVERLAY nil START END)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2705 START and END are the same arguments that the before-change-functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2706 receive.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2707
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2708 After the change, each function is called with five arguments:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2709 (funcall FUNCTION OVERLAY t START END OLDSIZE)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2710 The last arguments, START and END and OLDSIZE,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2711 are the same arguments that the after-change-functions receive.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2712
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2713 This means the function must accept either four or five arguments.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2714
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2715 *** You can set defaults for text-properties with the new variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2716 `default-text-properties'. Its value is a property list; the values
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2717 specified there are used whenever a character (or its category) does
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2718 not specify a value.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2719
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2720 *** The `face' property of a character or an overlay can now be a list
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2721 of face names. Formerly it had to be just one face name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2722
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2723 *** Changes in handling the `intangible' text property.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2724
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2725 **** If inhibit-point-motion-hooks is non-nil, then `intangible' properties
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2726 are ignored.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2727
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2728 **** Moving to just before a stretch of intangible text
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2729 is no longer special in any way. Point stays at that place.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2730
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2731 **** When you move point backwards into the midst of intangible text,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2732 point moves back to the beginning of that text. (It used to move
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2733 forward to the end of that text, which was not very useful.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2734
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2735 **** When moving across intangible text, Emacs stops wherever the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2736 property value changes. So if you have two stretches of intangible
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2737 text, with different non-nil intangible properties, it is possible to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2738 place point between them.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2739
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2740 ** Overlays
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2741
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2742 *** Overlay changes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2743
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2744 **** The new function previous-overlay-change returns the position of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2745 the previous overlay start or end, before a specified position. This
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2746 is the backwards-moving counterpart of next-overlay-change.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2747
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2748 **** overlay-get now supports category properties on an overlay
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2749 the same way get-text-property supports them as text properties.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2750
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2751 Specifically, if an overlay does not have the property PROP that you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2752 ask for, but it does have a `category' property which is a symbol,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2753 then that symbol's PROP property is used.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2754
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2755 **** If an overlay has a non-nil `evaporate' property, it will be
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2756 deleted if it ever becomes empty (i.e., when it spans no characters).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2757
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2758 **** If an overlay has a `before-string' and/or `after-string' property,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2759 these strings are displayed at the overlay's endpoints.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2760
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2761 ** Filling
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2762
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2763 *** The new variable fill-paragraph-function provides a way for major
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2764 modes to override the filling of paragraphs. If this is non-nil,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2765 fill-paragraph calls it as a function, passing along its sole
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2766 argument. If the function returns non-nil, fill-paragraph assumes it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2767 has done the job and simply passes on whatever value it returned.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2768
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2769 The usual use of this feature is to fill comments in programming
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2770 language modes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2771
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2772 *** Text filling and justification changes:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2773
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2774 **** The new variable use-hard-newlines can be used to make a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2775 distinction between "hard" and "soft" newlines; the fill functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2776 will then never remove a newline that was manually inserted. Hard
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2777 newlines are marked with a non-nil `hard' text-property.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2778
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2779 **** The fill-column and left-margin can now be modified by text-properties.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2780 Most lisp programs should use the new functions (current-fill-column) and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2781 (current-left-margin), which return the proper values to use for the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2782 current line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2783
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2784 **** There are new functions for dealing with margins:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2785
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2786 ***** Set-left-margin and set-right-margin (set the value for a region
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2787 and re-fill). These functions take three arguments: two to specify
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2788 a region, and the desired margin value.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2789
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2790 ***** Increase-left-margin, decrease-left-margin, increase-right-margin, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2791 decrease-right-margin (change settings relative to current values, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2792 re-fill).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2793
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2794 ***** move-to-left-margin moves point there, optionally adding
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2795 indentation or changing tabs to spaces in order to make that possible.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2796 beginning-of-line-text also moves past the fill-prefix and any
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2797 indentation added to center or right-justify a line, to the beginning
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2798 of the text that the user actually typed.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2799
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2800 ***** delete-to-left-margin removes any left-margin indentation, but
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2801 does not change the property.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2802
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2803 **** The paragraph-movement functions look for the paragraph-start and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2804 paragraph-separate regexps at the current left margin, not at the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2805 beginning of the line. This means that those regexps should NOT use ^
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2806 to anchor the search. However, for backwards compatibility, a ^ at
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2807 the beginning of the regexp will be ignored, so most packages won't break.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2808
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2809 **** justify-current-line is now capable of doing left, center, or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2810 right justification as well as full justification.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2811
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2812 **** The fill functions can do any kind of justification based on the new
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2813 `justification' text-property and `default-justification' variable,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2814 or arguments to the functions. They also have a new option which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2815 defeats the normal removal of extra whitespace.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2816
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2817 **** The new function `current-justification' returns the kind of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2818 justification used for the current line. The new function
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2819 `set-justification' can be used to change it, including re-justifying
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2820 the text of the region according to the new value.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2821
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2822 **** Filling and auto-fill are disabled if justification is `none'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2823
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2824 **** The auto-fill-function is now called regardless of whether
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2825 the fill-column has been exceeded; the function can determine on its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2826 own whether filling (or justification) is necessary.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2827
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2828 ** Processes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2829
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2830 *** process-tty-name is a new function that returns the name of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2831 terminal that the process itself reads and writes on (not the name of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2832 the pty that Emacs uses to talk with that terminal).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2833
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2834 *** Errors in process filters and sentinels are now normally caught
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2835 automatically, so that they don't abort other Lisp programs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2836
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2837 Setting debug-on-error non-nil turns off this feature; then errors in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2838 filters and sentinels are not caught. As a result, they can invoke
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2839 the debugger, under the control of debug-on-error.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2840
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2841 *** Emacs now preserves the match data around the execution of process
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2842 filters and sentinels. You can use search and match functions freely
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2843 in filters and sentinels without explicitly bothering to save the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2844 match data.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2845
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2846 ** Display
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2847
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2848 *** The variable message-log-max controls how messages are logged in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2849 "*Messages*" buffer. An integer value means to keep that many lines;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2850 t means to log with no limit; nil means disable message logging. Lisp
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2851 code that calls `message' excessively (e.g. isearch.el) should probably
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2852 bind this variable to nil.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2853
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2854 *** Display tables now have a new element, at index 261, specifying the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2855 glyph to use for the separator between two side-by-side windows. By
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2856 default, this is the vertical bar character `|'. Probably the only
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2857 other useful character to store for this element is a space, to make
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2858 less visual separation between two side-by-side windows displaying
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2859 related information.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2860
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2861 *** The new mode-line-format spec %c displays the current column number.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2862
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2863 *** The new variable blink-matching-delay specifies how long to keep
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2864 the cursor at the matching open-paren, after you insert a close-paren.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2865 This is useful mainly on systems which can wait for a fraction of a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2866 second--you can then specify fractional values such as 0.5.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2867
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2868 *** Faster processing of buffers with long lines
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2869
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2870 The new variable cache-long-line-scans determines whether Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2871 should use caches to handle long lines more quickly. This variable is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2872 buffer-local, in all buffers.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2873
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2874 Normally, the line-motion functions work by scanning the buffer for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2875 newlines. Columnar operations (like `move-to-column' and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2876 `compute-motion') also work by scanning the buffer, summing character
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2877 widths as they go. This works well for ordinary text, but if the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2878 buffer's lines are very long (say, more than 500 characters), these
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2879 motion functions will take longer to execute. Emacs may also take
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2880 longer to update the display.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2881
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2882 If cache-long-line-scans is non-nil, these motion functions cache
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2883 the results of their scans, and consult the cache to avoid rescanning
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2884 regions of the buffer until the text is modified. The caches are most
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2885 beneficial when they prevent the most searching---that is, when the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2886 buffer contains long lines and large regions of characters with the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2887 same, fixed screen width.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2888
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2889 When cache-long-line-scans is non-nil, processing short lines will
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2890 become slightly slower (because of the overhead of consulting the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2891 cache), and the caches will use memory roughly proportional to the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2892 number of newlines and characters whose screen width varies.
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2893
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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2894 The caches require no explicit maintenance; their accuracy is
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2895 maintained internally by the Emacs primitives. Enabling or disabling
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2896 the cache should not affect the behavior of any of the motion functions;
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
2897 it should only affect their performance.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2898
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2899 ** System Interface
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2900
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2901 *** The function user-login-name now accepts an optional
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parents:
diff changeset
2902 argument uid. If the argument is non-nil, user-login-name
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
2903 returns the login name for that user id.
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parents:
diff changeset
2904
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2905 *** system-name, user-name, user-full-name and user-real-name are now
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2906 variables as well as functions. The variables hold the same values
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2907 that the functions would return. The new variable multiple-frames
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
2908 is non-nil if at least two non-minibuffer frames are visible. These
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parents:
diff changeset
2909 variables may be useful in constructing the value of frame-title-format
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2910 or icon-title-format.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2911
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2912 *** Changes in time-conversion functions.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2913
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2914 **** The new function format-time-string takes a format string and a
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2915 time value. It converts the time to a string, according to the format
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parents:
diff changeset
2916 specified. You can specify what kind of conversion to use with
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2917 %-specifications.
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parents:
diff changeset
2918
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2919 **** The new function decode-time converts a time value into a list of
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2920 specific items of information: the year, month, day of week, day of
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2921 month, hour, minute and second. (A time value is a list of two or
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2922 three integers.)
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2923
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2924 **** The new function encode-time converts specific items of time
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2925 information--the second, minute, hour, day, month, year, and time
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2926 zone--into a time value.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2927
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2928
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2929
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2930 * Changes in Emacs 19.27
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2931
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2932 There are no changes; however, here is one bug fix made in 19.26 that users
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2933 think should be documented here.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2934
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2935 ** SPC and DEL in Info now handle menus consistently.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2936
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2937 SPC and DEL scroll through an entire subtree an Info manual. Once you
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2938 scroll through a node far enough to reach a menu, SPC begins moving
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2939 into the subnodes of the menu, starting with the first one. When you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2940 reach the end of a subnode, SPC moves into the next subnode, and so
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2941 on.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2942
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2943 DEL more or less scrolls through the same text in reverse order.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2944
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2945
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2946
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2947 * User Editing Changes in Emacs 19.26
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2948
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2949 ** In the X toolkit version, if you click on a menu bar item and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2950 release the button quickly outside the menu, the menu remains visible
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2951 until you click or type something else. If you click on the menu, you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2952 select from the menu. Any other mouse click makes the menu disappear.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2953 Keyboard input gets rid of the menu and then is processed normally.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2954
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2955 "Quickly" means within double-click-time milliseconds.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2956
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2957 ** The C-x 5 commands to select a buffer in "another frame" now use an
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2958 existing iconified frame, if any, deiconifying it. They also raise
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2959 the frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2960
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2961 ** Region highlighting on a black-and-white-only display now uses
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2962 underlining. Inverse-video had the problem that you couldn't see
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2963 the cursor.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2964
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2965 ** You can now change the height of a window by pressing mouse-1 on
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2966 the mode line and dragging it up and down.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2967
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2968 ** If you set the environment variable LC_CTYPE to iso_8859_1 or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2969 iso-8859-1, Emacs automatically sets up for display and syntactic
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2970 handling of the ISO Latin-1 character set.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2971
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2972 This does not automatically load any of the packages for input of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2973 these characters, because it's not yet clear what is right to do.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2974 You must still explicitly load either iso-transl or iso-acc.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2975
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2976 ** For a read-only buffer that is also modified, the mode line now displays
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2977 %* instead of %%.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2978
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2979 ** M-prior (scroll-other-window-down) is a new command that works like
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2980 M-next (and C-M-v) but scrolls in the opposite direction.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2981
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2982 M-home moves to the beginning of the buffer, in the other window.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2983 M-end moves to the end of the buffer, in the other window. These two
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2984 commands, along with M-next and M-prior, form a series of commands for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2985 moving around in the other window.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2986
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2987 ** In change logs, the mail address is now delimited with <...> instead
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2988 of (...).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2989
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2990 This makes it a little more convenient to extract the mail address for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2991 use in mailing a message.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2992
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2993 ** In Shell mode and other comint modes, C-a has now returned to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2994 its ordinary meaning: move to the beginning of the line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2995 Use C-c C-a to move to the end of the prompt.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2996
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2997 ** If you set mail-signature to t to cause automatic insertion of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2998 your .signature file, you now get a -- before the signature.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
2999
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3000 ** Setting rmail-highlighted-headers to nil entirely turns off
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3001 highlighting in Rmail. However, if your motivation for doing this is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3002 that the highlighted text doesn't look good on your display, it might
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3003 be better to change the appearance of the `highlight' face. Once
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3004 you've done that, you may find Rmail highlighting is useful.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3005
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3006 ** In the calendar, mouse-2 is now used only for commands that apply to a date.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3007 If you click it when not on a date, it gives an immediate error.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3008
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3009 Mouse-3 in the calendar now gives a menu of commands that do not apply
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3010 to a particular date.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3011
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3012 The D command displays diary entries from a specified diary file (not
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3013 your standard diary file).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3014
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3015 ** In the gnus-uu package, the binding for gnus-uu-threaded-decode-and-view
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3016 is now C-c C-v C-d, not C-c C-v C-h. Thus, C-c C-v C-h is now available
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3017 for asking for a list of the subcommands of C-c C-v.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3018
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3019 ** You can now specify "who you are" for various Emacs packages by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3020 setting just one variable, user-mail-address. This currently applies
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3021 to posting news with GNUS and to making change log entries. It may
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3022 apply to additional Emacs features in the future.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3023
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3024
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3025 * Lisp-Level Changes in Emacs 19.26:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3026
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3027 ** The function insert-char now takes an optional third argument
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3028 which, if non-nil, says the inserted characters should inherit sticky
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3029 text properties from the surrounding text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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3030
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diff changeset
3031 ** The `diary' library has been renamed to `diary-lib'. If you refer
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3032 to this library in your Lisp code, you must update the references.
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parents:
diff changeset
3033
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parents:
diff changeset
3034 ** Sending text to a subprocess can read input from subprocesses if it
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3035 has to wait because the destination subprocess's terminal input buffer
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3036 is full.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3037
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3038 It was already possible in unusual occasions for this operation to
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3039 read subprocess input, but it did not happen very often. It is now
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3040 more likely to happen.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3041
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3042 ** last-nonmenu-event is now bound to t around filter functions and sentinels.
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parents:
diff changeset
3043 This is to ensure that y-or-n-p and yes-or-no-p use the keyboard by default.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3044
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3045 ** In mode lines, %+ now displays as % for unmodified read-only
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3046 buffers. It is now the same as %* except in the case of a modified
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3047 read-only buffer; in that case, %+ displays as *.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3048
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3049 The old meaning of %+ is now available on %&.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3050 It displays * for a modified buffer and - for an unmodified buffer,
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3051 regardless of read-only status.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3052
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3053 ** You can now use `underline' in the color list of a face.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3054 It serves as a last resort, and says to underline the face
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3055 (if previous color list elements can't be used).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3056
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3057 ** The new function x-color-values returns the list of color values
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3058 for a given color name (a string). The list contains three integers
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3059 which give the amounts of red, green and blue in the color: (R G B).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3060
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3061 ** In run-at-time, 0 as the repeat interval means "don't repeat".
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3062
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3063 ** The variable trim-versions-without-asking has been renamed to
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3064 delete-old-versions.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3065
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3066 ** The new function other-window-for-scrolling returns the choice of
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3067 other window for C-M-v to scroll.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3068
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3069 ** Note that the function fceiling was mistakenly documented as fceil before.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3070
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3071
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3072 * Changes in cc-mode.el in Emacs 19.26:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3073
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3074 ** A new syntactic symbol has been added: substatement-open. It
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3075 defines the open brace of a substatement block. These used to get:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3076 ((block-open ...) (substatement . ...)).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3077
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3078 Non-block substatement lines still get just ((substatement . ...))
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3079
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3080 Note that the custom indent function c-adaptive-block-open has been
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3081 removed as obsolete.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3082
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3083 ** You can now specify the `hanginess' of closing braces. See
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3084 c-hanging-braces-alist.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3085
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3086 ** Recognizes try and catch blocks in C++. They are given the
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3087 substatement syntactic symbol.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3088
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3089 ** should be generally more forgiving about non-GNU standard top-level
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3090 construct definition styles (i.e. where the function/class/struct
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3091 opening brace does not start in column zero).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3092
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3093 If you hang the braces that open a top-level construct on the right
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3094 edge, and you find you still need to define defun-open-prompt (Emacs
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3095 19) please let me know. Note that there may still be performance
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3096 issues related to non-column zero opening braces.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3097
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3098 ** c-macro-expand is put on C-c C-e
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3099
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3100 ** New style: "Default". Resets indentation to those shipped with
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3101 cc-mode.el.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3102
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3103 ** internal defun c-indent-via-language-element has been renamed
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3104 c-indent-line for compatibility with c-mode.el and awk-mode.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3105
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3106 ** new buffer-local variable c-comment-start-regexp for (potential)
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3107 flexibility in adding new modes based on cc-mode.el
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3108
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3109
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3110
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3111 * Changes in Emacs 19.25
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3112
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3113 The variable x-cross-pointer-shape (which didn't really exist) has
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3114 been renamed to x-sensitive-text-pointer-shape, and now does exist.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3115
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3116
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3117
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3118 * Changes in Emacs 19.24
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3119
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3120 Here is a list of new Lisp packages introduced since 19.22.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3121
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3122 derived.el Define new major modes based on old ones.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3123 dired-x.el Extra Dired features.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3124 double.el New mode for conveniently inputting non-beyond chars.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3125 easymenu.el Create menus easily.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3126 ediff.el Snazzy diff interface.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3127 foldout.el A kind of outline mode designed for editing programs.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3128 gnus-uu.el UUdecode in GNUS buffers.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3129 ielm.el Interactively evaluate Lisp.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3130 This is a replacement for Lisp Interaction Mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3131 iso-cvt.el Conversion of beyond-ASCII characters between
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3132 various different representations.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3133 jka-compr.el Automatic compression/decompression.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3134 mldrag.el Drag modeline to change heights of windows.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3135 mail-hist.el Provides history for headers of outgoing mail.
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parents:
diff changeset
3136 rsz-mini.el Automatically resizing minibuffers.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3137 s-region.el Set region by holding shift.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3138 skeleton.el Templates for statement insertion.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3139 soundex.el Classifying words by how they sound.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3140 tempo.el Template insertion with hotspots.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3141
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3142
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3143
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3144 * User Editing Changes in 19.23.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3145
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3146 ** Emacs 19.23 uses Ispell version 3.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3147
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3148 Previous Emacs 19 versions used Ispell version 4. That version had
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3149 improvements in storing the dictionary compactly, but these are not
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3150 very important nowadays. Meanwhile, in parallel to the work on Ispell
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parents:
diff changeset
3151 4, many useful features were added to Ispell 3. Until a few months
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3152 ago, the terms on Ispell 3 did not let us use it; but they have now
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3153 been changed, so now we are using it. We are dropping Ispell 4.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3154
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parents:
diff changeset
3155 ** Emacs 19.23 can run on MS-DOG. See the file MSDOS in the same
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3156 directory as this file.
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parents:
diff changeset
3157
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parents:
diff changeset
3158 ** Emacs 19.23 can work with an X toolkit. You must specify toolkit
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3159 operation when you configure Emacs: use the option
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parents:
diff changeset
3160 --with-x-toolkit=yes. (This option uses code developed by Lucid;
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parents:
diff changeset
3161 thanks to Frederic Pierresteguy for helping to adapt it.)
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parents:
diff changeset
3162
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parents:
diff changeset
3163 ** Emacs now has dialog boxes; yes/no and y/n questions automatically
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parents:
diff changeset
3164 use them in commands invoked with the mouse. For more information,
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3165 see below under "Lisp programming changes".
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diff changeset
3166
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3167 ** Menus now display the keyboard equivalents (if any) of the menu
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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3168 commands in parentheses after the menu item.
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diff changeset
3169
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3170 ** Kill commands, used in a read-only buffer, now move point across
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3171 the text they would otherwise have killed. This way, you can use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3172 repeated kill commands to transfer text into the kill ring.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3173
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3174 ** There is now a global mark ring in addition to the mark ring that is local
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3175 to each buffer. The global mark ring stores positions in any buffer. Any
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3176 time the mark is set and the current buffer is different from the last time
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3177 the mark was set, the new mark is pushed on the global mark ring as well.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3178 The new command C-x C-SPC (pop-global-mark) pops the global mark ring and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3179 jumps to the last mark pushed, first switching to that buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3180
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3181 ** Query Replace is now available in the Edit menu.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3182
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3183 ** ESC no longer simply exits a Query Replace. It now exits the Query
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3184 Replace and remains pending. Thus, ESC A and M-A are now equivalent
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3185 in Query Replace.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3186
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3187 To simply exit a Query Replace, type RET or Period.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3188
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3189 ** M-mouse-2 now puts point at the end of the yanked secondary selection.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3190
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3191 ** Mouse-1 in the mode line now simply selects the window above that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3192 mode line. Mouse-2 in the mode line selects that window and expands
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3193 it to fill the frame it is in.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3194
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3195 ** You can now use mouse-2 in a Dired buffer or Tar mode buffer to find
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3196 a file you click on, in a compilation buffer to go to a particular
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3197 error message, and in a *Occur* buffer to go to a particular
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3198 occurrence.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3199
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3200 (It was already possible to do likewise in Info and in completion list
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3201 buffers.)
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3202
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3203 What's more, the sensitive areas of the buffer now highlight when you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3204 move the mouse over them.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3205
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3206 ** In a completion list buffer, the command RET now chooses the completion
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3207 that is around or next to point.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3208
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3209 ** If you specify the foreground color for the `mode-line' face, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3210 mode-line-inverse-video is non-nil, then the default background color
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3211 is the usual foreground color.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3212
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3213 ** revert-buffer now preserves markers pointing within the unchanged
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3214 text (if any) at the beginning and end of the file.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3215
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3216 ** Version control checkin and checkout preserve all markers if the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3217 file does not contain any of the magic version header sequences that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3218 are updated automatically by RCS and SCCS. If such version headers
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3219 are present, checkin and checkout preserve a marker unless it comes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3220 between two such sequences. (So it's a good idea to put all the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3221 header sequences close together.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3222
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3223 ** When a large deletion shuts off auto save temporarily in a buffer,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3224 you can now turn it on again by saving the buffer with C-x C-s (as was
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3225 possible in Emacs 18). You can also turn it on again with M-1 M-x
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3226 auto-save (as has been possible in Emacs 19).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3227
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3228 ** C-x r d now runs the command delete-rectangle.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3229
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3230 ** The new command imenu shows you a menu of interesting places in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3231 current buffer and lets you select one; then it moves point there.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3232 The definition of interesting places depends on the major mode, but
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3233 typically this includes function definitions and such. Normally,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3234 imenu displays the menu in a buffer; but if you bind it to a mouse
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3235 event, it shows a mouse popup menu.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3236
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3237 ** You can make certain chosen buffers, that normally appear in a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3238 separate window, appear in special frames of their own. To do this,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3239 set special-display-buffer-names to a list of buffer names; any buffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3240 whose name is in that list automatically gets a special frame when it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3241 is to be displayed in another window.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3242
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3243 A good value to try is ("*compilation*" "*grep*" "*TeX Shell*").
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3244
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3245 More generally, you can set special-display-regexps to a list of regular
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3246 expressions; then each buffer whose name matches any of those regular
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3247 expressions gets its own frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3248
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3249 The variable special-display-frame-alist specifies the frame
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3250 parameters for these frames. It has a default value, so you don't
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3251 need to set it.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3252
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3253 ** If you set sentence-end-double-space to nil, the fill commands
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3254 expect just one space at the end of a sentence. (If you want the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3255 sentence commands to accept single spaces, you must modify the regexp
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3256 sentence-end also.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3257
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3258 ** You can suppress the startup echo area message by adding text like
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3259 this to your .emacs file:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3260
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3261 (setq inhibit-startup-echo-area-message "YOUR-LOGIN-NAME")
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3262
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3263 Simply setting inhibit-startup-echo-area-message to your login name is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3264 not sufficient to inhibit the message; Emacs explicitly checks whether
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3265 .emacs contains an expression as shown above. Your login name must
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3266 appear in the expression as a Lisp string constant.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3267
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3268 This way, you can easily inhibit the message for yourself if you wish,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3269 but thoughtless copying of your .emacs file will not inhibit the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3270 message for someone else.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3271
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3272 ** Outline minor mode now uses C-c C-o as a prefix instead of just C-c.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3273
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3274 ** In Outline mode, hide-subtree is now C-c C-d. (It was C-c C-h; but
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3275 that is now a conventional way to ask for help about C-c commands.)
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3276
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3277 ** There are two additional commands in Outline mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3278 M-x hide-sublevels
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3279 hides all headers except the topmost N levels.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3280 M-x hide-other
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3281 hides everything about the body that point is in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3282 plus the headers leading up from there to the top of the tree.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3283
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3284 ** In iso-transl and iso-insert, the sequences for entering A-ring and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3285 the AE ligature are now just A and E (plus the initial C-x 8 or Alt).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3286 You used to have to enter AA or AE, after the C-x 8 prefix of course.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3287 Likewise for lower case a-ring and ae.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3288
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3289 ** iso-transl now defines convenient Alt keys as well as the C-x 8 prefix.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3290 Instead of prefixing a sequence with C-x 8, you can add Alt to the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3291 first character of the sequence. For example, Alt-" a is now a way
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3292 to enter an a-umlaut.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3293
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3294 ** CC mode is a greatly improved mode for C and C++.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3295 See the following page.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3296
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3297 ** tcl mode is a new major mode. It provides features for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3298 editing, indenting and running tcl programs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3299
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3300 ** Compilation minor mode lets you parse error messages in any buffer,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3301 not just a normal compilation output buffer. Type M-x
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3302 compilation-minor-mode to enable the minor mode; then C-c C-c jumps to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
3303 the source location for the error at point, as in the `*compilation*'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3304 buffer. If you use compilation-minor-mode in an Rlogin buffer, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3305 automatically accesses remote source files by ftp.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3306
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3307 ** Comint and shell mode changes:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3308
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3309 *** Comint modes (including Shell mode, GUD modes, etc.) now bind
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3310 C-M-l to the command comint-show-output. This command scrolls the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3311 buffer to show the last batch of output from the subprogram.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3312
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3313 *** Completion in Comint modes now truly operates on the string before
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3314 point, rather than the word that point is within.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3315
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3316 *** Comint mode file name completion ignores those files that end with a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3317 string in the new variable comint-completion-fignore. This variable's
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3318 default value is nil.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3319
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3320 *** Shell mode uses the variable shell-completion-fignore to set
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3321 comint-completion-fignore. The default value is nil, but some
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3322 people prefer ("~" "#" "%").
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3323
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3324 *** The function `comint-watch-for-password-prompt' can be used to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3325 suppress echoing when a subprocess asks for a password. To use it,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3326 do this:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3327
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3328 (add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3329 'comint-watch-for-password-prompt)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3330
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3331 *** You can use M-x shell-strip-ctrl-m to strip ^M characters from
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3332 process output.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3333
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3334 *** In Shell mode, TAB now completes environment variables, if possible,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3335 and expands directory references.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3336
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3337 *** You can use M-x comint-run to execute any program of your choice in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3338 a comint mode. Some programs such as shells, rlogin, and debuggers
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3339 have their own specialized modes; this command is one way to use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3340 comint to run programs for which no such specialized mode exits. (You
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3341 can also run a shell with M-x shell and run the program of your choice
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3342 under the shell--but that gives you the specializations of Shell
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3343 mode.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3344
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3345 ** When you run GUD (M-x gdb, M-x dbx, and so on), you can use TAB
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3346 to do file name completion in the minibuffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3347
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3348 The "Complete" menu includes an item for directory expansion.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3349
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3350 ** GUD working with future versions of GDB will permit TAB for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3351 GDB-style symbol completion. This will work with GDB 4.13.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3352
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3353 ** Rmail no longer gets new mail automatically when you visit an Rmail
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3354 file specified by name--not even if it is your primary Rmail file. To
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3355 get new mail, type `g'. This feature is an advantage because you now
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3356 have a choice of whether to get new mail. (This change actually
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3357 occurred in an earlier version, but wasn't listed here then, since it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3358 made the code do what the documentation already said.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3359
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3360 ** Rmail now highlights certain fields automatically, when you use X
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3361 windows. The variable rmail-highlighted-headers controls which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3362 fields.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3363
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3364 ** If you set rmail-summary-window-size to an integer, Rmail uses
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3365 a window that many lines high for the summary buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3366
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3367 ** rmail-input-menu is a new command that visits an Rmail file letting
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3368 you choose which file with a mouse menu. rmail-output-menu is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3369 similar; it outputs the current message, using a mouse menu to choose
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3370 which Rmail file. These commands use the variables
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3371 rmail-secondary-file-directory and rmail-secondary-file-regexp.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3372
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3373 ** The mh-e package has been changed substantially.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3374 See the file ./MH-E-NEWS for details.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3375
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3376 ** The calendar and diary have new features.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3377
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3378 The menu bar for the calendar contains most of the calendar commands,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3379 arranged into logical categories.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3380
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3381 Mouse-2 now performs specific-date-related commands when clicked on a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3382 date in the calendar window and common three-month-related commands
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3383 when clicked elsewhere in the calendar window.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3384
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3385 You can set up colored/shaded highlighting of holidays, diary entry
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3386 dates, and today's date, by setting calendar-holiday-marker,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3387 diary-entry-marker, and calendar-today-marker to a face instead of a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3388 character. Using a special face is now the default if you are using a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3389 window system.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3390
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3391 ** The appt package for displaying appointment reminders has new
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3392 features.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3393
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3394 *** The appt alarm window stays for the full duration of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3395 appt-display-duration. It no longer disappears when you start typing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3396 text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3397
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3398 *** You can change the way the appointment window is created/deleted by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3399 setting the variables appt-disp-window-function and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3400 appt-delete-window-function.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3401
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3402 For instance, these variables can be set to functions that display
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3403 appointments in pop-up frames, which are lowered or iconified after
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3404 appt-display-duration seconds.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3405
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3406 ** desktop.el can now save a list of buffer-local variables,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3407 and saves more global ones.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3408
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3409 ** Pascal mode has been completely rewritten. It now features
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3410 completing of function names, variables and type definitions around
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3411 current point (like M-TAB does with lisp-symbols). There's also an
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3412 outline mode (M-x pascal-outline) that hides the bodies of all
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3413 functions you're not working with.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3414
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3415 ** Edebug has a number of changes:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3416
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3417 *** Edebug syntax error reporting is improved.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3418
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3419 *** Top-level forms and defining forms other than defun and defmacro may
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3420 now be debugged with Edebug.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3421
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3422 *** Edebug specifications may now contain body, &define, name, arg or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3423 arglist, def-body, and def-form, to support definitions.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3424
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3425 *** edebug-all-defuns is renamed to edebug-all-defs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3426 def-edebug-form-spec is replaced by def-edebug-form whose arguments
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3427 are unevaluated. The old names are still available for now.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3428
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3429 *** Frequency counts and coverage data may be displayed for functions being
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3430 debugged.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3431
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3432 *** A global break condition is now checked at every stop point.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3433
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3434 *** The previous condition at a breakpoint may now be edited.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3435
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3436 *** A new "next" mode stops only after expression evaluation.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3437
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3438 *** A new command, top-level-nonstop, does not even stop for unwind-protect,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3439 as top-level would.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3440
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3441
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3442 * Changes in CC mode in Emacs 19.23.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3443
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
3444 `cc-mode' provides ANSI C, K&R C, and ARM C++ language editing. It
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3445 represents the merge of c++-mode.el and c-mode.el. cc-mode provides a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3446 new, more flexible indentation engine so that indentation
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3447 customization is more intuitive. There are two steps to calculating
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3448 indentation: first, CC mode analyzes the line for syntactic content,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3449 then based on this content it applies user defined offsets and adds
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3450 this offset to the indentation of some previous line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3451
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3452 The syntactic analysis determines if the line describes a `statement',
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3453 `substatement', `class-open', `member-init-intro', etc. These are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3454 described in detail with C-h v c-offsets-alist. You can change the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3455 offsets interactively with C-c C-o (c-set-offsets), or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3456 programmatically in your c-mode-common-hook, which is run both by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3457 c-mode and c++-mode. You can also set up "styles" in the same way
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3458 that you could with c-mode.el. The variable c-basic-offset controls
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3459 the basic offset given to a level of indentation.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3460
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3461 If, for example, you wanted to change this style:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3462
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3463 int foo (int i)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3464 {
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3465 switch (i) {
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3466 case 1:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3467 printf ("its a foo\n");
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3468 break;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3469 default:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3470 printf ("don't know what it is\n");
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3471 break;
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3472 }
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3473 }
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3474
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3475 into this:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3476
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3477 int foo (int i)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3478 {
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3479 switch (i) {
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3480 case 1:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3481 printf ("its a foo\n");
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3482 break;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3483 default:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3484 printf ("don't know what it is\n");
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3485 break;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3486 }
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3487 }
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3488
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3489 you could add the following to your .emacs file:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3490
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3491 (defun my-c-mode-common-hook ()
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3492 (c-set-offset 'case-label 2)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3493 (c-set-offset 'statement-case-intro 2))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3494 (add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook 'my-c-mode-common-hook)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3495
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3496 ** New variables:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3497
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3498 c-offsets-alist contains an association list of syntactic symbols and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3499 their relative offsets. Do a "C-h v c-offsets-alist" to get a list of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3500 all syntactic symbols currently defined, and their meanings. You
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3501 should not change this variable directly; use the supplied interface
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3502 commands c-set-offset and c-set-style.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3503
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3504 c-mode-common-hook is run by both c-mode and c++-mode during their
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3505 common initializations. You should put any customizations that are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3506 the same for both C and C++ into this hook.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3507
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3508 The variable c-strict-semantics-p is used mainly for debugging. When
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3509 non-nil, CC mode signals an error if it returns a syntactic symbol
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3510 that can't be found in c-offsets-alist.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3511
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3512 If you want CC mode to echo the syntactic analysis for a particular
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3513 line when you hit the TAB key, set c-echo-semantic-information-p to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3514 non-nil.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3515
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3516 c-basic-offset controls the standard amount of offset for a level of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3517 indentation. You can set a syntactic symbol's offset to + or - as a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3518 short-hand for positive or negative c-basic-offset.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3519
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3520 c-comment-only-line-offset lets you control indentation given to lines
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3521 which contain only a comment, in the case of C++ line style comments,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3522 or the introduction to a C block comment. Comment-only lines at
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3523 column zero can be anchored there independent of the indentation given
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3524 to other comment-only lines.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3525
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3526 c-block-comments-indent-p controls the style of C block comment
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3527 re-indentation. If you put leading stars in front of comment
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3528 continuation lines, you should set this variable to nil.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3529
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3530 c-cleanup-list is a list describing certain C and C++ constructs to be
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3531 "cleaned up" as they are typed, but only when the auto-newline feature
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3532 is turned on. In C++, make sure this variable contains at least
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3533 'scope-operator so that double colons will not be separated by a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3534 newline.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3535
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3536 Colons (`:') and braces (`{` and `}') are special in C and C++. For
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3537 certain constructs, you may like them to hang on the right edge of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3538 code, or you may like them to start a new line of code. You can use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3539 the two variables c-hanging-braces-alist and c-hanging-colons-alist
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3540 to control whether newlines are placed before and/or after colons and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3541 braces when certain C and C++ constructs are entered. For example,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3542 you can control whether the colon that introduces a C++ member
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3543 initialization list hangs on the right edge, starts a new line, or has
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3544 no newlines either before or after it.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3545
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3546 c-special-indent-hook is run after a line is indented by CC mode. You
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3547 can perform any custom indentations here.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3548
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3549 c-delete-function is the function that is called when a single
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3550 character is deleted with the c-electric-delete command (DEL).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3551
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3552 c-electric-pound-behavior describes what happens when you enter the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3553 `#' that introduces a cpp macro.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3554
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3555 If c-tab-always-indent is neither t nor nil, then TAB inserts a tab
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3556 when within strings, comments, and cpp directives, but it reindents
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3557 the line unconditionally.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3558
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3559 c-inhibit-startup-warnings-p inhibits warnings about any old
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3560 version of Emacs you might be running, which could be incompatible
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3561 with cc-mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3562
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3563 ** There are two new minor-mode features in CC mode: auto-newline and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3564 hungry-delete. Auto-newline inserts newlines automatically as you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3565 type certain constructs. Hungry-delete consumes all preceding
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3566 whitespace (spaces, tabs, and newlines) when the delete key is hit.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3567 You can toggle auto-newline on and off on a per-buffer basis by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3568 hitting C-c C-a. You can toggle hungry-delete on and off by hitting
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3569 C-c C-d. You can toggle them both on and off together with C-c C-t.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3570
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3571 ** Slash (`/') and star (`*') are now both electric characters.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3572
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3573 ** New commands:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3574
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3575 The new C-c C-o (c-set-offset) command can be used to interactively change
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3576 the offset for a particular syntactic symbol.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3577
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3578 The new command C-c : (c-scope-operator) inserts the C++ scope operator in
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3579 c++-mode only.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3580
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3581 The new command C-c C-q (c-indent-defun) indents the entire enclosing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3582 top-level function or class.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3583
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3584 The new command C-c C-s (c-show-semantic-information) echos the current
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3585 syntactic analysis without re-indenting the current line.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3586
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3587 The new commands M-x c-forward-into-nomenclature and M-x
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3588 c-backward-into-nomenclature (currently otherwise unbound to a key
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3589 sequence), make movement easier when using the C++ variable naming
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3590 convention of VariableNamesWithoutUnderscoresButEachWordCapitalized.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3591
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3592 ** Command from c-mode.el that have been renamed in cc-mode.el:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3593
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3594 electric-c-brace => c-electric-brace
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3595 electric-c-semi => c-electric-semi&comma
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3596 electric-c-sharp-sign => c-electric-pound
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3597 mark-c-function => c-mark-function
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3598 electric-c-terminator => c-electric-colon
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3599 indent-c-exp => c-indent-exp
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3600 set-c-style => c-set-style
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3601
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3602 ** Variables from c-mode.el that are obsolete with cc-mode.el:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3603
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3604 c-indent-level
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3605 c-brace-imaginary-offset
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3606 c-brace-offset
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3607 c-argdecl-indent
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3608 c-label-offset
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3609 c-continued-statement-offset
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3610 c-continued-brace-offset
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3611
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3612
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3613 * Lisp programming changes in Emacs 19.23.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3614
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3615 ** To pop up a dialog box, call x-popup-dialog.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3616 It takes two arguments, POSITION and CONTENTS.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3617
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3618 POSITION specifies which frame to place the dialog box over;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3619 the dialog box always goes on the center of the frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3620 POSITION may be a mouse event, a window, a frame,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3621 or t meaning use the frame that the mouse is in.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3622
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3623 CONTENTS specifies the contents of the dialog box.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3624 It looks like a single pane of a popup menu:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3625 (TITLE ITEM1 ITEM2 ...), where each ITEM has the form (STRING . VALUE).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3626 The return value is VALUE from the chosen item.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3627
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3628 An ITEM may also be just a string--that makes a nonselectable item.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3629 An ITEM may also be nil--that means to put all preceding items
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3630 on the left of the dialog box and all following items on the right.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3631 (By default, approximately half appear on each side.)
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3632
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3633 If your Emacs is not using an X toolkit, then it cannot display a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3634 real dialog box; so instead it displays a pop-up menu in the center
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3635 of the frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3636
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3637 ** y-or-n-p, yes-or-no-p and map-y-or-n-p now use menus or dialog boxes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3638 to ask their question(s) if the command that is running was reached by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3639 a mouse event.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3640
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3641 If you want to control which way these functions work, bind the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3642 variable last-nonmenu-event around the call. These functions use the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3643 keyboard if that variable holds a keyboard event (actually, any
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3644 non-list); they use the mouse if that variable holds a mouse event
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3645 (actually, any list).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3646
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3647 ** The mouse-face property is now implemented, both in overlays and as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3648 a text property. It specifies a face to use when the mouse is in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3649 range of text for which the property is specified.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3650
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3651 ** When text has a non-nil `intangible' property, you cannot move point
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3652 within it or right before it. If you try, point actually moves to the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3653 end of the intangible text. Note that this means that backward-char
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3654 is a no-op when there is an intangible character to the left of point.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3655
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3656 ** minibuffer-exit-hook is a new normal hook that is run when you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3657 exit the minibuffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3658
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3659 ** The variable x-cross-pointer-shape specifies the cursor shape to use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3660 when the mouse is over text that has a mouse-face property.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3661
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3662 ** The new variable interpreter-mode-alist specifies major modes to use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3663 for shell scripts that specify a command interpreter. Its elements
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3664 look like (INTERPRETER . MODE); for example, ("perl" . perl-mode) is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3665 one element present by default. This feature applies only when the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3666 file name doesn't indicate which mode to use.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3667
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3668 ** If you use a minibuffer-only frame, set the variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3669 minibuffer-auto-raise to t, and entering the minibuffer will then
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3670 raise the minibuffer frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3671
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3672 ** If pop-up-frames is t, display-buffer now looks for an existing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3673 window in any visible frame, showing the specified buffer, and uses
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3674 such a window in preference to making a new frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3675
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3676 ** In the functions next-window, previous-window, next-frame,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3677 previous-frame, get-buffer-window, get-lru-window, get-largest-window
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3678 and delete-windows-on, if you specify `visible' for the last argument,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3679 it means to consider all visible frames.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3680
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3681 ** Mouse events now give the X and Y coordinates in pixels, rather than
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3682 in characters. You can convert these values to characters by dividing by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3683 the values of (frame-char-width) and (frame-char-height).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3684
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3685 ** The new functions mouse-pixel-position and set-mouse-pixel-position
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3686 read and set the mouse position in units of pixels. The existing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3687 functions mouse-position and set-mouse-position continue to work with
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3688 units of characters.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3689
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3690 ** The new function compute-motion is useful for computing the width
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3691 of certain text when it is displayed.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3692
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3693 ** The function vertical-motion now takes an option second argument WINDOW
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3694 which says which window to use for the display calculations.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3695
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3696 vertical-motion always operates on the current buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3697 It is ok to specify a window displaying some other buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3698 Then vertical-motion uses the width, hscroll and display-table of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3699 the specified window, but still scans the current buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3700
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3701 ** An error no longer sets last-command to t; the value of last-command
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3702 does reflect the previous command (the one that got an error).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3703
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3704 If you do not want a particular command to be recognized as the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3705 previous command in the case where it got an error, you must code that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3706 command to prevent this. Set this-command to t at the beginning of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3707 the command, and set this-command back to its proper value at the end,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3708 like this:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3709
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3710 (defun foo (args...)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3711 (interactive ...)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3712 (setq this-command t)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3713 ...do the work...
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3714 (setq this-command 'foo))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3715
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3716 or like this:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3717
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3718 (defun foo (args...)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3719 (interactive ...)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3720 (let ((old-this-command this-command))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3721 (setq this-command t)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3722 ...do the work...
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3723 (setq this-command old-this-command)))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3724
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3725 The undo and yank commands do this.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3726
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3727 ** If you specify an explicit title for a new frame when you create it,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3728 the title is used as the resource name when looking up X resources to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3729 control the shape of that frame. If you don't specify the frame title,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3730 the value of x-resource-name is used, as before.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3731
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3732 ** The frame parameter user-position, if non-nil, says that the user
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3733 has specified the frame position. Emacs reports this to the window
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3734 manager, to tell it not to override the position that the user
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3735 specified.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3736
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3737 ** Major modes can now set change-major-mode-hook to arrange for state
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3738 to be cleaned up when the user switches to a new major mode. The function
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3739 kill-all-local-variables runs this hook. For best results, make the hook a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3740 buffer-local variable so that it will disappear after doing its job and will
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3741 not interfere with the subsequent major mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3742
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3743 ** The new variable overriding-local-map, if non-nil, specifies a keymap
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3744 that overrides the current local map, all minor mode keymaps, and all
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3745 text property keymaps. Incremental search uses this feature to override
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3746 all other keymaps temporarily.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3747
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3748 ** A key definition in a menu keymap can now have additional structure:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3749 in addition to (ITEMNAME [HELPSTRING] . COMMAND) which was allowed
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3750 before, the form (ITEMNAME [HELPSTRING] (...) . COMMAND) is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3751 allowed. (HELPSTRING is optional, and is not currently used.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3752
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3753 Here (...) represents a sublist containing information about keyboard
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3754 key sequences that run the same command COMMAND. Displaying the menu
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3755 automatically creates and updates the sublist when appropriate; you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3756 need never set these up yourself.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3757
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3758 lookup-key, key-binding, and similar functions return just COMMAND,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3759 not the whole binding.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3760
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3761 To precompute this information for a given keymap, you can do
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3762 (x-popup-menu nil KEYMAP).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3763
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3764 ** When you specify coordinates for x-popup-menu as a list ((XOFFSET
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3765 YOFFSET) WINDOW), the coordinates are now measured in pixels.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3766
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3767 ** where-is-internal now takes just four arguments:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3768 DEFINITION KEYMAP FIRSTONLY NOINDIRECT.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3769 The single argument KEYMAP replaces two arguments KEYMAP and KEYMAP1.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3770
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3771 If KEYMAP is non-nil, where-is-internal searches only KEYMAP and the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3772 global keymap.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3773
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3774 If KEYMAP is nil, where-is-internal searches all the currently active
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3775 keymaps, but finds the active keymaps as if overriding-local-map were
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3776 nil.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3777
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3778 If you pass a list of the form (keymap) as KEYMAP, where-is-internal
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3779 searches only the global map. (This is not a special case--it follows
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3780 from the specifications above.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3781
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3782 If you pass the value of overriding-local-map as KEYMAP, where-is-internal
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3783 searches in exactly the same was as command execution does.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3784
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3785 ** Use the macro define-derived-mode to define a new major mode that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3786 inherits the definition of another major mode. Here's how to define a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3787 command named hypertext-mode that inherits from the command text-mode:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3788
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3789 (define-derived-mode hypertext-mode text-mode "Hypertext"
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3790 "Major mode for hypertext.\n\n\\{hypertext-mode-map}"
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3791 (setq case-fold-search nil))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3792
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3793 (define-key hypertext-mode-map [down-mouse-3] 'do-hyper-link)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3794
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3795 The new mode has its own keymap, which inherits from that of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3796 original mode. It also has its own syntax and abbrev tables, which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3797 are initialized by copying those of the original mode. It also has
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3798 its own mode hook. All are given names made by appending a suffix
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3799 to the name of the new mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3800
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3801 ** A syntax table can now inherit the data for some characters from
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3802 standard-syntax-table, while specifying other characters itself.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3803 Syntax code 13 means "inherit this character from the standard syntax
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3804 table." In modify-syntax-entry, the character `@' represents this code.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3805
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3806 The function `make-syntax-table' now creates a syntax table which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3807 inherits all letters and control characters (0 to 31 and 128 to 255)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3808 from the standard syntax table, while copying the other characters
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3809 from the standard syntax table. Most syntax tables in Emacs are set
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3810 up this way.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3811
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3812 This sort of inheritance is useful for people who set up character
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3813 sets with additional alphabetic characters in the range 128 to 255.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3814 Just changing the standard syntax for these characters affects all
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3815 major modes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3816
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3817 ** The new function transpose-regions swaps two regions of the buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3818 It preserves the markers in those two regions, so that they stay with
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3819 the surrounding text as it is swapped.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3820
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3821 ** revert-buffer now runs before-revert-hook at the beginning and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3822 after-revert-hook at the end. These can be used by minor modes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3823 that need to clean up state variables.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3824
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3825 ** The new function get-char-property is like get-text-property, but
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3826 checks for overlays with properties as well as for text properties.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3827 It checks for overlays first, in order of descending priority, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3828 text properties last.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3829
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3830 get-char-property allows windows as the OBJECT argument, as well
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3831 as buffers and strings. If you specify a window, then only overlays
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3832 active on that window are considered.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3833
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3834 ** Overlays can have the `invisible' property.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3835
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3836 ** The function insert-file-contents now takes an optional fifth
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3837 argument called REPLACE. If this is t, it means to replace the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3838 contents of the buffer (actually, just the accessible portion)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3839 with the contents of the file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3840
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3841 This is better than simply deleting and inserting the whole thing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3842 because (1) it preserves some marker positions and (2) it puts less
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3843 data in the undo list.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3844
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3845 ** The variable inhibit-first-line-modes-regexps specifies classes of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3846 file names for which -*- on the first line should not be looked for.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3847
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3848 ** The variables before-change-functions and after-change-functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3849 hold lists of functions to call before and after a change in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3850 buffer's text. They work much like before-change-function and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3851 after-change-function, except that they hold a list of functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3852 instead of just one.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3853
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3854 These variables will eventually make before-change-function and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3855 after-change-function obsolete.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3856
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3857 ** The variable kill-buffer-query-functions holds a list of functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3858 to be called with no arguments when a buffer is about to be killed.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3859 (That buffer is the current buffer when the function is called.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3860 If any of the functions returns nil, the buffer is not killed
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3861 (and the remaining functions in the list are not called).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3862
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3863 ** The variable kill-emacs-query-functions holds a list of functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3864 to be called with no arguments when you ask to exit Emacs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3865 If any of the functions returns nil, the exit is canceled
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3866 (and the remaining functions in the list are not called).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3867
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3868 ** The argument for buffer-disable-undo is now optional,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3869 like the argument for buffer-enable-undo.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3870
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3871 ** The new variable system-configuration holds the canonical three-part
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3872 GNU configuration name for which Emacs was built.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3873
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3874 ** The function system-name now tries harder to return a fully qualified
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3875 domain name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3876
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3877 ** The variable emacs-major-version holds the major version number
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3878 of Emacs. (Currently 19.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3879
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3880 ** The variable emacs-minor-version holds the minor version number
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3881 of Emacs. (Currently 23.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3882
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3883 ** The default value of comint-input-autoexpand is now nil.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3884 However, Shell mode sets it from the value of shell-input-autoexpand,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3885 whose default value is `history'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3886
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3887 ** The new function set-process-window-size specifies the terminal window
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3888 size for a subprocess. On some systems it sends the subprocess a signal
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3889 to let it know that the size has changed.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3890
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3891 ** %P is a new way to display a percentage in the mode line. It
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3892 displays the percentage of the buffer text that is above the *bottom*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3893 of the window (which includes the text visible, in the window as well
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3894 as the text above the top). It displays `Top' as well as the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3895 percentage if the top of the buffer is visible on screen.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3896
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3897 ** %+ in the mode line specs displays `*' if the buffer is modified,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3898 and otherwise `-'. It never displays `%', as `%*' would do; whether the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3899 buffer is read-only has no effect on %+.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3900
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3901 ** The new functions ffloor, fceiling, fround and ftruncate take a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3902 floating point argument and return a floating point result whose value
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3903 is a nearby integer. ffloor returns the nearest integer below; fceiling,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3904 the nearest integer above; ftruncate, the nearest integer in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3905 direction towards zero; fround, the nearest integer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3906
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3907 ** Setting `print-escape-newlines' to a non-nil value now also makes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3908 formfeeds print as ``\f''.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3909
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3910 ** auto-mode-alist now has a new feature. If an element has the form
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3911 (REGEXP FUNCTION t), and REGEXP matches the file name, then after calling
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3912 FUNCTION, Emacs deletes the part of the file name that matched REGEXP
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3913 and then searches auto-mode-alist again for a new match.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3914
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3915 This is useful for uncompression packages. An entry of this sort for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3916 .gz can uncompress the file and then put the uncompressed file in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3917 proper mode according to the name sans .gz.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3918
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3919 ** The new function emacs-pid returns the process ID number of Emacs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3920
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3921 ** user-login-name now consistently checks the LOGNAME environment
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3922 variable before USER. user-original-login-name is obsolete, since it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3923 provides the same functionality. To ignore the environment variables,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3924 use user-real-login-name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3925
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3926 ** There is a more general way of handling the system-specific X
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3927 keysyms. Set the variable system-key-alist to an alist containing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3928 elements of the form (CODE . SYMBOL), where CODE is the numeric keysym
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3929 code minus the "vendor specific" bit, and symbol is the name for the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3930 function key.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3931
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3932 ** You can use the variable command-line-functions to set up functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3933 to process unrecognized command line arguments. The variable's value
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3934 should be a list of functions of no arguments. The functions are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3935 called successively until one of them returns non-nil.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3936
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3937 Each function should access the free variables argi (the current
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3938 argument) and command-line-args-left (the remaining arguments). The
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3939 function should return non-nil only if it recognizes and processes the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3940 argument in argi. If it does so, it may consume following arguments
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3941 as well by removing them from command-line-args-left.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3942
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3943 ** There's a new way for a magic file name handler to run a primitive
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3944 and inhibit handling of the file name. Here is how to do it:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3945
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3946 (let ((inhibit-file-name-handlers
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3947 (cons 'ange-ftp-file-handler
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3948 (and (eq inhibit-file-name-operation operation)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3949 inhibit-file-name-handlers)))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3950 (inhibit-file-name-operation operation))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3951 (apply this-operation args))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3952
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3953 The function find-file-name-handler now takes two arguments. The
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3954 second argument is OPERATION, the operation for which the handler is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3955 being sought.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3956
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3957 People have suggested that the second argument should be optional, for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3958 backward compatibility. It would be nice if that were possible, but
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3959 it is not. There is simply no way for find-file-name-handler to do
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3960 the right thing without receiving the proper value for its second
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3961 argument.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3962
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3963 ** The variable completion-regexp-list affects the completion
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3964 primitives try-completion and all-completions. They consider
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3965 only the possible completions that match each regexp in the list.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3966
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3967 ** Case conversion in the function replace-match has been changed.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3968
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3969 The old behavior was this: if any word in the old text was
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3970 capitalized, replace-match capitalized each word of the replacement
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3971 text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3972
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3973 The new behavior is this: if the first word in the old text is capitalized,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3974 replace-match capitalizes the first word of the replacement text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3975
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3976 ** You can now specify a case table with CANON non-nil and EQV nil.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3977 Then the EQV part of the case table is deduced from CANON.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3978
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3979 ** The new function minibuffer-prompt takes no arguments and returns
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3980 the current minibuffer prompt string.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3981
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3982 The new function minibuffer-prompt-width takes no arguments and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3983 returns the display width of the minibuffer prompt string.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3984
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3985 ** The new function frame-first-window returns the window at the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3986 upper left corner of a given frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3987
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3988 ** wholenump is a new alias for natnump.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3989
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3990 ** The variable installation-directory, if non-@code{nil}, names a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3991 directory within which to look for the `lib-src' and `etc'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3992 subdirectories. This is non-nil when Emacs can't find those
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3993 directories in their standard installed locations, but can find them
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3994 near where the Emacs executable was found.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3995
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3996 ** invocation-name and invocation-directory are now variables as well
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3997 as functions. The variable values are the same values that the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3998 functions return: the Emacs program name sans directories, and the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
3999 directory it was found in. (invocation-directory may be nil, if Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4000 can't determine which directory it should be.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4001
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4002 ** Installation change regarding version number counting.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4003
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4004 The version number of an Emacs executable contains three numbers.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4005 The first two describe the Emacs release and the third increments
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4006 each time you build Emacs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4007
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4008 Now the file version.el contains only the first two version numbers.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4009 The third component is now determined on the basis of the names of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4010 existing executable files. This means that version.el is not altered
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4011 by building Emacs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4012
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4013
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4014
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4015 * Changes in 19.22.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4016
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4017 ** The mouse click M-mouse-2 now inserts the current secondary
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4018 selection (from Emacs or any other X client) where you click.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4019 It does not move point.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4020 This command is called mouse-yank-secondary.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4021
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4022 mouse-kill-secondary no longer has a key binding by default.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4023 Clicking M-mouse-3 (mouse-secondary-save-then-kill) twice
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4024 may be a convenient enough way of killing the secondary selection.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4025 Or perhaps there should be a keyboard binding for killing the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4026 secondary selection. Any suggestions?
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4027
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4028 ** New packages:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4029
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4030 *** `icomplete' provides character-by-character information
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4031 about what you could complete if you type TAB.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4032
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4033 *** `avoid' moves the mouse away from point so that it doesn't hide
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4034 your typing.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4035
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4036 *** `shadowfile' helps you update files that are supposed to be stored
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4037 identically in different places (perhaps on different machines).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4038
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4039 ** C-h p now knows about four additional keywords: data, faces, mouse,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4040 and matching.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4041
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4042 ** The key for starting an inferior Lisp process, in Lisp mode,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4043 is now C-c C-z instead of C-c C-l.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4044
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4045 ** When the VC commands ask whether to save the buffer, if you say no,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4046 they signal an error. This is so that you won't operate on the wrong
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4047 data.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4048
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4049 ** ISO Accents mode now supports `"s' as a way of typing German sharp s.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4050
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4051 ** By default, comint buffers (including Shell mode and debuggers)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4052 no longer try to scroll to keep the cursor on the bottom line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4053 This feature was added in 19.21 but did not work smoothly enough.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4054
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4055 ** Emacs now handles the window manager "delete window" operation.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4056
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4057 ** Display of buffers with text properties is much faster now.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4058
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4059 ** The feature previously announced whereby `insert' does not inherit
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4060 text properties from surrounding text was not fully implemented
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4061 before; but now it is. use `insert-and-inherit' if you wish to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4062 inherit sticky properties from the surrounding text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4063
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4064 ** The functions next-property-change, previous-property-change,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4065 next-single-property-change, and previous-single-property-change
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4066 now take one additional optional argument LIMIT that is a position at
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4067 which to stop scanning. If scan ends without finding the property
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4068 change sought, these functions return the specified limit.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4069
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4070 The value returned by previous-single-property-change and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4071 previous-property-change, when they do find a change, is now one
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4072 greater than what it used to be. It is the position between the two
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4073 characters whose properties differ, which is one greater than the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4074 position of the first character found (while scanning back) with
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4075 different properties.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4076
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4077
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4078
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4079 * User editing changes in version 19.21.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4080
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4081 ** ISO Accents mode supports four additional characters:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4082 A-with-ring (entered as /A), AE ligature (entered as /E),
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4083 and their lower-case equivalents.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4084
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4085
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4086
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4087 * User editing changes in version 19.20.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4088 (See following page for Lisp programming changes.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4089
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4090 Note that some of these changes were made subsequent to the Emacs 19.20
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4091 editions of the Emacs manual and Emacs Lisp manual; therefore, if you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4092 have those editions, do read this page.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4093
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4094 ** Dragging with mouse button 1 now puts the selected region
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4095 in the kill ring so you can paste it into other X applications.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4096
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4097 ** Double and triple clicks with button 1 now behave as in xterm,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4098 selecting the word or line surrounding where you click. If you drag
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4099 after the last click, you can select a range of words or lines.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4100
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4101 ** You can use button 3 to extend a mouse-selected region, as in xterm.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4102 This works for regions selected either by dragging Mouse-1 or by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4103 multiple-clicking Mouse-1. Clicking Mouse-3 moves the end of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4104 region that is (initially) nearer to where you click.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4105
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4106 If the selection was first made by multiple-clicking Mouse-1, and thus
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4107 consists of entire words or lines, Mouse-3 preserves that state.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4108
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4109 As before, clicking Mouse-3 again in the same place kills the region
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4110 thus selected.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4111
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4112 ** The secondary selection commands, M-Mouse-1 and M-Mouse-3, have been
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4113 likewise modified.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4114
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4115 ** You can now search for strings and regexps using the Edit menu bar menu.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4116
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4117 ** You can now access bookmarks using the Bookmark submenu in the File
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4118 menu in the menu bar.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4119
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4120 ** ISO Accents mode, a buffer-local minor mode, provides a convenient
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4121 way to type certain non-ASCII characters. It makes the characters `,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4122 ', ", ^, ~ and / serve as modifiers for the following letter. ` and '
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4123 add accents, " adds an umlaut or dieresis, ^ adds a circumflex, ~
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4124 adds a tilde, and / adds a slash to the following letter.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4125
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4126 If the following character is not a letter, or cannot be modified as
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4127 requested, then both characters stand for themselves. If you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4128 duplicate the modifier accent character, that enters the corresponding
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4129 ISO non-spacing accent character (thus, '' enters the ISO acute-accent
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4130 character). To enter a modifier character itself, type it followed by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4131 a space.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4132
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4133 This feature can be used whenever a key sequence is expected: for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4134 ordinary insertion, for searching, and for certain command arguments.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4135
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4136 A few special combinations:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4137
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4138 ~c => c with cedilla
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4139 ~d => d with stroke
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4140 ~< => left guillemot
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4141 ~> => right guillemot
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4142
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4143 ** iso-transl.el is a new library that replaces iso-insert.el.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4144 It defines C-x 8 as an insertion prefix for the ISO characters
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4145 between 128 and 255, much like iso-insert, except that iso-transl
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4146 works even in searches and help commands--wherever a key sequence
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4147 is expected.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4148
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4149 To define case-conversion for these characters for ISO 8859/1,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4150 load the library iso-syntax. (This is not new.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4151
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4152 ** M-TAB in Text mode now runs the command ispell-complete-word
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4153 which performs completion using the spelling dictionary.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4154
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4155 The spelling correction submenu now includes this command
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4156 and another command which completes a word fragment (that is,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4157 it doesn't assume that the text to be completed starts at the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4158 beginning of a word.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4159
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4160 ** In incremental search, you can use M-y to yank the most recent kill
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4161 into the search string.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4162
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4163 ** The new function ispell-message checks the spelling of a message
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4164 you are about to send or post. It ignores text cited from other
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4165 messages.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4166
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4167 To automatically check all your outgoing messages, include the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4168 following line in your .emacs file:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4169 (setq news-inews-hook (setq mail-send-hook 'ispell-message))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4170
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4171 ** There is now a separate minibuffer history list for the names of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4172 extended commands. This history list is used by M-x when reading
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4173 the command name. The motivation for this is to prevent command
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4174 names from appearing in the history used for other minibuffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4175 arguments.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4176
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4177 Note that the history list for entire commands that use the minibuffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4178 is a separate feature. That history list records a command with all
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4179 its arguments, and you must use C-x ESC ESC to access it.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4180
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4181 ** You can use the new command C-x v ~ VERSION RET to examine a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4182 specified version of a file that is maintained with version control.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4183
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4184 ** In Indented Text mode, only blank lines now separate paragraphs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4185 Indented lines continue the paragraph that is in progress. This makes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4186 the user option variable adaptive-fill-mode have its intended effect.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4187
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4188 ** Local variable specifications in files for variables whose names end
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4189 in `-hook' and `-function' are now controlled by the variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4190 `enable-local-eval', just like the `eval' variable.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4191
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4192 ** C-x r j (jump-to-register) when restoring a frame configuration now
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4193 makes all unwanted frames (existing frames not mentioned in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4194 configuration) invisible.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4195
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4196 If you want to delete these unwanted frames, use a prefix argument for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4197 C-x r j.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4198
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4199 ** You can customize the calendar to display weeks beginning on
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4200 Monday: set the variable `calendar-week-start-day' to 1.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4201
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4202 ** Rmail changes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4203
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4204 If you save messages to a file in Unix format while viewing a message
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4205 with its whole header, this now copies to the file the entire header
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4206 of each message copied.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4207
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4208 ** Comint mode changes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4209
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4210 C-c C-e shows as much output as possible in the window.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4211 C-c RET copies an old input (the one at point)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4212 and places the copy after the latest prompt.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4213 C-c C-p and C-c C-n move through the buffer, stopping at places
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4214 where the subshell prompted for input.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4215 C-c C-h lists the input history in a `*Help*' buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4216
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4217 There are new menu bar items for completion/input/output/signal commands.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4218
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4219 Input behavior is configurable. Variables control whether some windows
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4220 showing the buffer scroll to the bottom before insertion. These are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4221 `comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-input' and `before-change-function'. By default,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4222 insertion causes the selected window to scroll to the bottom before insertion
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4223 occurs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4224
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4225 Subprocess output now keeps point at the end of the buffer in each
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4226 window individually if point was already at the end of the buffer in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4227 that window.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4228
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4229 If `comint-scroll-show-maximum-output' is non-nil (which is the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4230 default), then scrolling due to arrival of output tries to place the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4231 last line of text at the bottom line of the window, so as to show as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4232 much useful text as possible. (This mimics the scrolling behavior of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4233 many terminals.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4234
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4235 By setting `comint-scroll-to-bottom-on-output', you can opt for having
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4236 point jump to the end of the buffer whenever output arrives--no matter
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4237 where in the buffer point was before. If the value is `this', point
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4238 jumps in the selected window. If the value is `all', point jumps in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4239 each window that shows the comint buffer. If the value is `other',
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4240 point jumps in all nonselected windows that show the current buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4241 The default value is nil, which means point does not jump to the end.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4242
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4243 Input history insertion is configurable. A variable controls whether only the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4244 first instance of successive identical inputs is stored in the input history.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4245 This is `comint-input-ignoredups'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4246
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4247 Completion (bound to TAB) is now more general. Depending on context,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4248 completion now operates on the input history, on command names, or (as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4249 before) on filenames.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4250
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4251 Filename completion is configurable. Variables control whether
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4252 file/directory suffix characters are added (`comint-completion-addsuffix'),
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4253 whether shortest completion is acceptable when no further unambiguous
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4254 completion is possible (`comint-completion-recexact'), and the timing of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4255 completion candidate listing (`comint-completion-autolist').
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4256
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4257 Comint mode now provides history expansion. Insert input using `!'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4258 and `^', in the same syntax that typical shells use; then type TAB.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4259 This searches the comint input history for a matching element,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4260 performs substitution if necessary, and places the result in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4261 comint buffer in place of the original input.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4262
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4263 History references in the input may be expanded before insertion into
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4264 the input ring, or on input to the interpreter (and therefore
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4265 visibly). The variable `comint-input-autoexpand' specifies which.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4266
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4267 You can make the SPC key perform history expansion by binding
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4268 SPC to the command `comint-magic-space'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4269
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4270 The command `comint-dynamic-complete-variable' does variable name
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4271 completion using the environment variables as set within Emacs. The
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4272 variables controlling filename completion apply to variable name
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4273 completion too. This command is normally available through the menu
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4274 bar.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4275
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4276 ** Shell mode
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4277
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4278 Paragraph motion and marking commands (default bindings M-{, M-}, M-h) operate
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4279 on output groups (i.e., shell prompt plus associated shell output).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4280
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4281 TAB now completes commands, as well as file names and expand history.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4282 Commands are searched for along the path that Emacs has on startup.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4283
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4284 C-c C-f now moves forward a command (`shell-forward-command') and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4285 C-c C-b now moves backward a command (`shell-backward-command').
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4286
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4287 Command completion is configurable. The variables controlling
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4288 filename completion in comint mode apply, together with a variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4289 controlling whether to restrict possible completions to only files
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4290 that are executable (`shell-command-execonly').
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4291
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4292 The input history is initialised from the file name given in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4293 variable `shell-input-ring-file-name'--normally `.history' in your
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4294 home directory.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4295
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4296 Directory tracking is more robust. It can cope with command sequences
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4297 and forked commands, and can detect the failure of directory changing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4298 commands in most circumstances. It's still not infallible, of course.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4299
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4300 You can now configure the behavior of `pushd'. Variables control
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4301 whether `pushd' behaves like `cd' if no argument is given
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4302 (`shell-pushd-tohome'), pop rather than rotate with a numeric argument
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4303 (`shell-pushd-dextract'), and only add directories to the directory
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4304 stack if they are not already on it (`shell-pushd-dunique'). The
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4305 configuration you choose should match the underlying shell, of course.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4306
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4307
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4308 * Emacs Lisp programming changes in Emacs 19.20.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4309
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4310 ** A new function `remove-hook' is now used to remove a hook that you might
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4311 have added with `add-hook'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4312
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4313 ** There is now a Lisp pretty-printer in the library `pp'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4314
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4315 ** The partial Common Lisp support has been entirely reimplemented.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4316
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4317 ** When you insert text using `insert', `insert-before-markers' or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4318 `insert-buffer-substring', text properties are no longer inherited
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4319 from the surrounding text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4320
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4321 When you want to inherit text properties, use the new functions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4322 `insert-and-inherit' or `insert-before-markers-and-inherit'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4323
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4324 The self-inserting character command does do inheritance.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4325
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4326 ** Frame creation hooks.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4327
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4328 The function make-frame now runs the normal hooks
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4329 before-make-frame-hook and after-make-frame-hook.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4330
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4331 ** You can now use function-key-map to make a key an alias for other
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4332 key sequences that can vary depending on circumstances. To do this,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4333 give the key a definition in function-key-map which is a function
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4334 rather than a specific expansion key sequence.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4335
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4336 If the function reads input itself, it can have the effect of altering
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4337 the event that follows. For example, here's how to define C-c h to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4338 turn the character that follows into a hyper character:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4339
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4340 (define-key function-key-map "\C-ch" 'hyperify)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4341
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4342 (defun hyperify (prompt)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4343 (let ((e (read-event)))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4344 (vector (if (numberp e)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4345 (logior (lsh 1 20) e)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4346 (if (memq 'hyper (event-modifiers e))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4347 e
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4348 (add-event-modifier "H-" e))))))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4349
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4350 (defun add-event-modifier (string e)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4351 (let ((symbol (if (symbolp e) e (car e))))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4352 (setq symbol (intern (concat string (symbol-name symbol))))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4353 (if (symbolp e)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4354 symbol
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4355 (cons symbol (cdr e)))))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4356
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4357 The character translation function gets one argument, which is the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4358 prompt that was specified in read-key-sequence--or nil if the key
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4359 sequence is being read by the editor command loop. In most cases
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4360 you can just ignore the prompt value.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4361
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4362 ** Changes for reading and writing text properties.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4363
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4364 New low-level Lisp features make it possible to write Lisp programs to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4365 save text properties in files, and read text properties from files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4366 You can program any file format you like.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4367
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4368 The variable `write-region-annotation-functions' should contain a list
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4369 of functions to be run by `write-region' to encode text properties in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4370 some fashion as annotations to the text that is written.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4371
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4372 Each function in the list is called with two arguments: the start and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4373 end of the region to be written. These functions should not alter the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4374 contents of the buffer. Instead, they should return lists indicating
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4375 annotations to write in the file in addition to the text in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4376 buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4377
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4378 Each function should return a list of elements of the form (POSITION
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4379 . STRING), where POSITION is an integer specifying the relative
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4380 position in the text to be written, and STRING is the annotation to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4381 add there.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4382
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4383 Each list returned by one of these functions must be already sorted in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4384 increasing order by POSITION. If there is more than one function,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4385 `write-region' merges the lists destructively into one sorted list.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4386
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4387 When `write-region' actually writes the text from the buffer to the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4388 file, it intermixes the specified annotations at the corresponding
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4389 positions. All this takes place without modifying the buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4390
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4391 The variable `after-insert-file-functions' should contain a list of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4392 functions to be run each time a file's contents have been inserted into
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4393 a buffer. Each function receives one argument, the length of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4394 inserted text; point indicates the start of that text. The function
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4395 should make whatever changes it wants to make, then return the updated
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4396 length of the inserted text, as it stands after those changes. The
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4397 value returned by one function is used as the argument to the next.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4398 These functions should always return with point at the beginning of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4399 the inserted text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4400
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4401 The intended use of `after-insert-file-functions' is for converting
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diff changeset
4402 some sort of textual annotations into actual text properties. But many
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4403 other uses may be possible.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4404
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4405 We now invite users to begin implementing Lisp programs to store and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4406 retrieve text properties in files, using these new primitive features,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4407 and thus to experiment with various data formats and find good ones.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4408
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4409 We suggest not trying to handle arbitrary Lisp objects as property
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4410 names or property values--because a program that general is probably
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4411 difficult to write, and slow. Instead, choose a set of possible data
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4412 types that are reasonably flexible, and not too hard to encode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4413
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4414 ** Comint completion.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4415
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4416 Currently comint-dynamic-complete-command (and associated variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4417 comint-after-partial-pathname-command) are set by default to complete a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4418 filename. Other comint-mode users should have their own functions to achieve
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4419 this. For example, gud-mode could complete debugger commands. A completion
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4420 function is provided solely for this reason (comint-dynamic-simple-complete).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4421
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4422 Other comint-mode users should bind comint-dynamic-complete (shell-mode does
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4423 already).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4424
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4425 ** Comint history reference expansion
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4426
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4427 Currently comint-input-autoexpand is 'history, which means only expand
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4428 history on insertion to comint-input-ring. For non-shell modes, this is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4429 a strange default, since non-shells will not understand history references.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4430 Perhaps it would be better for the variable to be 'input, which means expand
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4431 on RET.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4432
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4433 The value 'history might possibly be wrong even for shells, since the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4434 expansion will be done both by comint and the underlying shell (except sh, of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4435 course). It would be better for expansion to be done by one or the other,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4436 not both since they may (ahem) disagree. Since it is silly to put a literal
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4437 history reference into comint-input-ring, perhaps it would be better for the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4438 variable to be 'input too.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4439
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4440 The reason the variable is not 'input by default is that I was attempting to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4441 adhere to The Principle of Least Astonishment. I didn't want to shock users
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4442 by having their input change in front of their eyes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4443
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4444 ** Argument delimiters and Comint mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4445
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4446 Currently comint-delimiter-argument-list is '(), which means no strings are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4447 to be treated as delimiters and arguments. In shell-mode, this variable is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4448 set to shell-delimiter-argument-list, '("|" "&" "<" ">" "(" ")" ";"). Other
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4449 comint-mode users should set this variable too. For example, a lisp-type
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4450 mode might want to set this to '("." "(" ")") or some such.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4451
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4452 ** Comint output hook.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4453
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4454 There is now a hook, comint-output-filter-hook, that is run-hooks'ed by the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4455 output filter, comint-output-filter. This is useful for scrolling (see
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4456 below), but also things like processing output for specific text, output
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4457 highlighting, etc.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4458
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4459 So that such output processing may be done efficiently, there is a new
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4460 variable, comint-last-output-start, that records the position of the start of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4461 the lastest output inserted into the buffer (effectively the previous value
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4462 of process-mark). Output processing functions should process the text
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4463 between comint-last-output-start (or perhaps the beginning of the line that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4464 the position lies on) and process-mark.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4465
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4466 ** Comint scrolling.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4467
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4468 There is now automatic scrolling of process windows.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4469
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4470 Currently comint-scroll-show-maximum-output is t, which means when scrolling
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4471 output put process-mark at the bottom of the window. There is a good case
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4472 for it to be t, since the user is likely to want to see as much output as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4473 possible. But, then again, there is a comint-show-maximum-output command.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4474
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4475 ** Comint history retrieval.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4476
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4477 The input following point is not deleted when moving around the input history
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4478 (with M-p etc.). Emacs maintainers may not like this. However, I feel this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4479 is a useful feature. The simple remedy is to put end-of-line in before
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4480 delete-region in comint-previous-matching-input.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4481
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4482 The input history retrieval commands still wrap-around the input ring, unlike
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4483 Emacs command history.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4484
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4485
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4486
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4487 * Changes in version 19.19.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4488
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4489 ** The new package bookmark.el records named bookmarks: positions that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4490 you can jump to. Bookmarks are saved automatically between Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4491 sessions.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4492
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4493 ** Another simpler package saveplace.el records your position in each
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4494 file when you kill its buffer (or kill Emacs), and jumps to the same
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4495 position when you visit the file again (even in another Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4496 session). Use `toggle-save-place' to turn on place-saving in a given file;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4497 use (setq-default save-place t) to turn it on for all files.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4498
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4499 ** In Outline mode, you can now customize how to compute the level of a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4500 heading line. Set `outline-level' to a function of no arguments which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4501 returns the level, assuming point is at the beginning of a heading
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4502 line.
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parents:
diff changeset
4503
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4504 ** You can now specify the prefix key to use for Outline minor mode.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4505 (The default is C-c.) Set the variable outline-minor-mode-prefix to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4506 the key sequence you want to use (as a string or vector).
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parents:
diff changeset
4507
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4508 ** In Bibtex mode, C-c e has been changed to C-c C-b. This is because
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4509 C-c followed by a letter is reserved for users.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4510
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4511 ** The `mod' function is no longer an alias for `%', but is a separate function
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4512 that yields a result with the same sign as the divisor. `floor' now takes an
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4513 optional second argument, which divides the first argument before the floor is
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4514 taken.
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parents:
diff changeset
4515
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4516 ** `%' no longer allows floating point arguments, since the results were often
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4517 inconsistent with integer `%'.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4518
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4519
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4520
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4521 * Changes in version 19.18.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4522
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parents:
diff changeset
4523 ** Typing C-z in an iconified Emacs frame now deiconifies it.
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parents:
diff changeset
4524
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4525 ** hilit19 is a new library for automatic highlighting of parts of the
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4526 text in the buffer, based on its meaning and context.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4527
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4528 ** Killing no longer sends the killed text to the X clipboard.
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parents:
diff changeset
4529 And large strings are not put in the cut buffer either.
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parents:
diff changeset
4530 The variable x-cut-buffer-max specifies the maximum number of characters
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parents:
diff changeset
4531 to put in the cut buffer.
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parents:
diff changeset
4532
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4533 ** The new command C-x 5 o (other-frame) selects different frames,
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4534 successively, in cyclic order. It does for frames what C-x o
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4535 does for windows.
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parents:
diff changeset
4536
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diff changeset
4537 ** The command M-ESC (eval-expression) has its own command history.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4538
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4539 ** The commands M-! and M-| for running shell commands have their own
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4540 command history.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4541
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4542 ** If the directory containing the Emacs executable has a sibling named
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4543 `lisp', that `lisp' directory is added to the end of `load-path'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4544 (provided you don't override the normal value with the EMACSLOADPATH
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4545 environment variable). This feature may make it easier to move
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4546 an installed Emacs from place to place.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4547
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4548 ** M-x validate-tex-buffer now records the locations of mismatches
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4549 found in the `*Occur*' buffer. You can go to that buffer and type C-c
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4550 C-c to visit a particular mismatch.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4551
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4552 ** There are new commands in Shell mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4553
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4554 C-c C-n and C-c C-p move point to the next or previous shell input line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4555
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4556 C-c C-d is now another way to send an end-of-file to the subshell.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4557
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4558 ** Changes to calendar/diary.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4559
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4560 Time zone data is now determined automatically, including the
76472
27558417d069 "daylight savings time" -> "daylight saving time"
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 75774
diff changeset
4561 start/stop days and times of daylight saving time. The code now
71203
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4562 works correctly almost anywhere in the world.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4563
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4564 The format of the holiday specifications has changed and IS NO LONGER
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4565 COMPATIBLE with the old (version 18) format. See the documentation of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4566 the variable calendar-holidays for details of the new, improved
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4567 format.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4568
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4569 The hook `diary-display-hook' has been split into two:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4570 diary-display-hook which should be used ONLY for the display and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4571 `diary-hook' which should be used for appointment notification. If
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4572 diary-display-hook is nil (the default), simple-diary-display is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4573 used. This allows the diary hooks to be correctly set with add-hook.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4574
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4575 The forms used for dates in diary entries and general display are no
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4576 longer autoloaded, but set at load time; this means they will be set
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4577 correctly based on values you assign to various variables.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4578
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4579 ** The functions x-rebind-key and x-rebind-keys have been deleted,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4580 because you can accomplish the same job by binding keys to keyboard
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4581 macros.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4582
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4583 ** Emacs now distinguishes double and triple drag events and double and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4584 triple button-down events. These work analogously to double and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4585 triple click events.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4586
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4587 Double drag events, if not defined, convert to ordinary click events.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4588 Double down events, if not defined, convert first to ordinary down
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4589 events, which are then discarded if not defined. Triple events that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4590 are not defined convert to the corresponding double event; if that is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4591 also not defined, it may convert further.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4592
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4593 ** The new function event-click-count returns the number of clicks,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4594 from an event which is a list. It is 1 for an ordinary click, drag,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4595 or button-down event, 2 for a double event, and 3 or more for a triple
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4596 event.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4597
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4598 ** The new function previous-frame is like next-frame, but moves
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4599 around through the set of existing frames in the opposite order.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4600
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4601 ** The post-command-hook now runs even after commands that get an error
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4602 and return to top level. As a consequence of the same change, this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4603 hook also runs before Emacs reads the first command. That might sound
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4604 paradoxical, as if this hook were the same as the pre-command-hook.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4605 Actually, they are not similar; the latter runs before *execution* of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4606 a command, but after it has been read.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4607
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4608 ** You can turn off the text property hooks that run when point moves
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4609 to certain places in the buffer, by binding inhibit-point-motion-hooks
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4610 to a non-nil value.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4611
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4612 ** Inserting a string with no text properties into the buffer normally
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4613 inherits the properties of the preceding character. You can now
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4614 control this inheritance by setting the front-sticky and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4615 rear-nonsticky properties of a character.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4616
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4617 If you make a character's front-sticky property t, then insertion
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4618 before the character inherits its properties. If you make the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4619 rear-nonsticky property t, then insertion after the character does not
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4620 inherit its properties. You can regard characters as normally being
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4621 rear-sticky and not front-sticky, and this is why insertion normally
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4622 inherits from the previous character.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4623
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4624 If neither side of an insertion is suitably sticky, then the inserted
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4625 text gets no properties. If both sides are sticky, then the inserted
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4626 text gets the properties of both sides, with the previous character's
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4627 properties taking precedence when both sides have a property in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4628 common.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4629
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4630 You can also specify stickiness for individual properties. To do so,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4631 use a list of property names as the value of the front-sticky property
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4632 or the rear-nonsticky property. For example, if a character has a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4633 rear-nonsticky property whose value is (face read-only), then
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4634 insertion after the character will not inherit its face property or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4635 read-only property (if any), but will inherit any other properties.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4636
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4637 The merging of properties when both sides of the insertion are sticky
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4638 takes place one property at a time. If the preceding character is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4639 rear-sticky for the property, and the property is non-nil, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4640 dominates. Otherwise, the following character's property value is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4641 used if it is front-sticky for that property.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4642
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4643 ** If you give a character a non-nil `invisible' text property, the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4644 character does not appear on the screen. This works much like
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4645 selective display.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4646
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4647 The details of this feature are likely to change in future Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4648 versions.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4649
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4650 ** In Info, when you go to a node, it runs the normal hook
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4651 Info-selection-hook.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4652
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4653 ** You can use the new function `invocation-directory' to get the name
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4654 of the directory containing the Emacs executable that was run.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4655
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4656 ** Entry to the minibuffer runs the normal hook minibuffer-setup-hook.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4657
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4658 ** The new function minibuffer-window-active-p takes one argument, a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4659 minibuffer window, and returns t if the window is currently active.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4660
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4661
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4662
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4663 * Changes in version 19.17.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4664
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4665 ** When Emacs displays a list of completions in a buffer,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4666 you can select a completion by clicking mouse button 2
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4667 on that completion.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4668
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4669 ** Use the command `list-faces-display' to display a list of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4670 all the currently defined faces, showing what they look like.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4671
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4672 ** Menu bar items from local maps now come after the usual items.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4673
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4674 ** The Help menu bar item always comes last in the menu bar.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4675
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4676 ** If you enable Font-Lock mode on a buffer containing a program
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4677 (certain languages such as C and Lisp are supported), everything you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4678 type is automatically given a face property appropriate to its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4679 syntactic role. For example, there are faces for comments, string
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4680 constants, names of functions being defined, and so on.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4681
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4682 ** Dunnet, an adventure game, is now available.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4683
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4684 ** Several major modes now have their own menu bar items,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4685 including Dired, Rmail, and Sendmail. We would like to add
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4686 suitable menu bar items to other major modes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4687
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4688 ** The key binding C-x a C-h has been eliminated.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4689 This is because it got in the way of the general feature of typing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4690 C-h after a prefix character. If you want to run
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4691 inverse-add-global-abbrev, you can use C-x a - or C-x a i g instead.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4692
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4693 ** If you set the variable `rmail-mail-new-frame' to a non-nil value,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4694 all the Rmail commands to send mail make a new frame to do it in.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4695 When you send the message, or use the menu bar command not to send it,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4696 that frame is deleted.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4697
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4698 ** In Rmail, the o and C-o commands are now almost interchangeable.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4699 Both commands check the format of the file you specify, and append
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4700 the message to it in Rmail format if it is an Rmail file, and in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4701 inbox file format otherwise. C-o and o are different only when you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4702 specify a new file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4703
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4704 ** The function `copy-face' now takes an optional fourth argument
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4705 NEW-FRAME. If you specify this, it copies the definition of face
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4706 OLD-FACE on frame FRAME to face NEW-NAME on frame NEW-FRAME.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4707
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4708 ** A local map can now cancel out one of the global map's menu items.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4709 Just define that subcommand of the menu item with `undefined'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4710 as the definition. For example, this cancels out the `Buffers' item
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4711 for the current major mode:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4712
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4713 (local-set-key [menu-bar buffer] 'undefined)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4714
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4715 ** To put global items at the end of the menu bar, use the new variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4716 `menu-bar-final-items'. It should be a list of symbols--event types
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4717 bound in the menu bar. The menu bar items for these symbols are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4718 moved to the end.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4719
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4720 ** The list returned by `buffer-local-variables' now contains cons-cell
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4721 elements of the form (SYMBOL . VALUE) only for buffer-local variables
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4722 that have values. For unbound buffer-local variables, the variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4723 name (symbol) appears directly as an element of the list.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4724
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4725 ** The `modification-hooks' property of a character no longer affects
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4726 insertion; it runs only for deletion and modification of the character.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4727
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4728 To detect insertion, use `insert-in-front-hooks' and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4729 `insert-behind-hooks' properties. The former runs when text is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4730 inserted immediately preceding the character that has the property;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4731 the latter runs when text is inserted immediately following the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4732 character.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4733
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4734 ** Buffer modification now runs hooks belonging to overlays as well as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4735 hooks belonging to characters. If an overlay has a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4736 `modification-hooks' property, it applies to any change to text in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4737 overlay, and any insertion within the overlay. If the overlay has a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4738 `insert-in-front-hooks' property, it runs for insertion at the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4739 beginning boundary of the overlay. If the overlay has an
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4740 `insert-behind-hooks' property, it runs for insertion at the end
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4741 boundary of the overlay.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4742
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4743 The values of these properties should be lists of functions. Each
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4744 function is called, receiving as arguments the overlay in question,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4745 followed by the bounds of the range being modified.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4746
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4747 ** The new `-name NAME' option directs Emacs to search for its X
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4748 resources using the name `NAME', and sets the title of the initial
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4749 frame. This argument was added for consistency with other X clients.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4750
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4751 ** The new `-xrm DATABASE' option tells Emacs to treat the string
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4752 DATABASE as the text of an X resource database. Emacs searches
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4753 DATABASE for resource values, in addition to the usual places. This
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4754 argument was added for consistency with other X clients.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4755
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4756 ** Emacs now searches for X resources in the files specified by the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4757 XFILESEARCHPATH, XUSERFILESEARCHPATH, and XAPPLRESDIR environment
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4758 variables, emulating the functionality provided by programs written
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4759 using Xt. Because of this change, Emacs will now notice system-wide
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4760 application defaults files, as other X clients do.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4761
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4762 XFILESEARCHPATH and XUSERFILESEARCHPATH should be a list of file names
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4763 separated by colons; XAPPLRESDIR should be a list of directory names
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4764 separated by colons.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4765
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4766 Emacs searches for X resources
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4767 + specified on the command line, with the `-xrm RESOURCESTRING'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4768 option,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4769 + then in the value of the XENVIRONMENT environment variable,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4770 - or if that is unset, in the file named ~/.Xdefaults-HOSTNAME if it exists
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4771 (where HOSTNAME is the hostname of the machine Emacs is running on),
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4772 + then in the screen-specific and server-wide resource properties
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4773 provided by the server,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4774 - or if those properties are unset, in the file named ~/.Xdefaults
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4775 if it exists,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4776 + then in the files listed in XUSERFILESEARCHPATH,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4777 - or in files named LANG/Emacs in directories listed in XAPPLRESDIR
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4778 (where LANG is the value of the LANG environment variable), if
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4779 the LANG environment variable is set,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4780 - or in files named Emacs in the directories listed in XAPPLRESDIR
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4781 - or in ~/LANG/Emacs (if the LANG environment variable is set),
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4782 - or in ~/Emacs,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4783 + then in the files listed in XFILESEARCHPATH.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4784
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4785 The paths in the variables XFILESEARCHPATH, XUSERFILESEARCHPATH, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4786 XAPPLRESDIR may contain %-escapes (like the control strings passed to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4787 the Emacs lisp `format' function or C printf function), which Emacs expands.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4788
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4789 %N is replaced by the string "Emacs" wherever it occurs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4790 %T is replaced by "app-defaults" wherever it occurs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4791 %S is replaced by the empty string wherever it occurs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4792 %L and %l are replaced by the value of the LANG environment variable; if LANG
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4793 is not set, Emacs does not use that directory or file name at all.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4794 %C is replaced by the value of the resource named "customization"
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4795 (class "Customization"), as retrieved from the server's resource
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4796 properties or the user's ~/.Xdefaults file, or the empty string if
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4797 that resource doesn't exist.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4798
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4799 So, for example,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4800 if XFILESEARCHPATH is set to the value
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4801 "/usr/lib/X11/%L/%T/%N%C:/usr/lib/X11/%T/%N%C:/usr/lib/X11/%T/%N",
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4802 and the LANG environment variable is set to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4803 "english",
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4804 and the customization resource is the string
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4805 "-color",
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4806 then, in the last step of the process described above, Emacs checks
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4807 for resources in the first of the following files that is present and
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4808 readable:
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4809 /usr/lib/X11/english/app-defaults/Emacs-color
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4810 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Emacs-color
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4811 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Emacs
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diff changeset
4812 If the LANG environment variable is not set, then Emacs never uses the
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4813 first element of the path, "/usr/lib/X11/%L/%T/%N%C", because it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4814 contains the %L escape.
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diff changeset
4815
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
4816 If XFILESEARCHPATH is unset, Emacs uses the default value
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
4817 "/usr/lib/X11/%L/app-defaults/Emacs%C:\
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4818 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Emacs%C:\
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4819 /usr/lib/X11/%L/app-defaults/Emacs:\
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parents:
diff changeset
4820 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Emacs"
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4821
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
4822 This feature was added for consistency with other X applications.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4823
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4824 ** The new function `text-property-any' scans the region of text from
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4825 START to END to see if any character's property PROP is `eq' to
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parents:
diff changeset
4826 VALUE. If so, it returns the position of the first such character.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4827 Otherwise, it returns nil.
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parents:
diff changeset
4828
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4829 The optional fifth argument, OBJECT, specifies the string or buffer to
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parents:
diff changeset
4830 be examined.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4831
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4832 ** The new function `text-property-not-all' scans the region of text from
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4833 START to END to see if any character's property PROP is not `eq' to
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4834 VALUE. If so, it returns the position of the first such character.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4835 Otherwise, it returns nil.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4836
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4837 The optional fifth argument, OBJECT, specifies the string or buffer to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4838 be examined.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4839
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4840 ** The function `delete-windows-on' now takes an optional second
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parents:
diff changeset
4841 argument FRAME, which specifies which frames it should affect.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4842 + If FRAME is nil or omitted, then `delete-windows-on' deletes windows
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parents:
diff changeset
4843 showing BUFFER (its first argument) on all frames.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4844 + If FRAME is t, then `delete-windows-on' only deletes windows on the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
4845 selected frame; other frames are unaffected.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4846 + If FRAME is a frame, then `delete-windows-on' only deletes windows on
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4847 the given frame; other frames are unaffected.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4848
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4849
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4850
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
4851 * Changes in version 19.16.
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diff changeset
4852
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
4853 ** When dragging the mouse to select a region, Emacs now highlights the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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diff changeset
4854 region as you drag (if Transient Mark mode is enabled). If you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4855 continue the drag beyond the boundaries of the window, Emacs scrolls
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4856 the window at a steady rate until you either move the mouse back into
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4857 the window or release the button.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4858
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4859 ** RET now exits `query-replace' and `query-replace-regexp'; this makes it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4860 more consistent with the incremental search facility, which uses RET
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4861 to end the search.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4862
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4863 ** In C mode, C-c C-u now runs c-up-conditional.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4864 C-c C-n and C-c C-p now run new commands that move forward
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4865 and back over balanced sets of C conditionals (c-forward-conditional
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4866 and c-backward-conditional).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4867
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4868 ** The Edit entry in the menu bar has a new alternative:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4869 "Choose Next Paste". It gives you a menu showing the various
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4870 strings in the kill ring; click on one to select it as the text
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4871 to be yanked ("pasted") the next time you yank.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4872
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4873 ** If you enable Transient Mark mode and set `mark-even-if-inactive' to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4874 non-nil, then the region is highlighted in a transient fashion just as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4875 normally in Transient Mark mode, but the mark really remains active
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4876 all the time; commands that use the region can be used even if the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4877 region highlighting turns off.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4878
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4879 ** If you type C-h after a prefix key, it displays the bindings
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4880 that start with that prefix.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4881
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4882 ** The VC package now searches for version control commands in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4883 directories named by the variable `vc-path'; its value should be a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4884 list of strings.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4885
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4886 ** If you are visiting a file that has locks registered under RCS,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4887 VC now displays each lock's owner and version number in the mode line
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4888 after the string `RCS'. If there are no locks, VC displays the head
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4889 version number.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4890
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4891 ** When using X, if you load the `paren' library, Emacs automatically
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4892 underlines or highlights the matching paren whenever point is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4893 next to the outside of a paren. When point is before an open-paren,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4894 this shows the matching close; when point is after a close-paren,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4895 this shows the matching open.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4896
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4897 ** The new function `define-key-after' is like `define-key',
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4898 but takes an extra argument AFTER. It places the newly defined
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4899 binding after the binding for the event AFTER.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4900
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4901 ** `accessible-keymaps' now takes an optional second argument, PREFIX.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4902 If PREFIX is non-nil, it means the value should include only maps for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4903 keys that start with PREFIX.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4904
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4905 `describe-bindings' also accepts an optional argument PREFIX which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4906 means to describe only the keys that start with PREFIX.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4907
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4908 ** The variable `prefix-help-command' hold a command to run to display help
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4909 whenever the character `help-char' follows a prefix key and does not have
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4910 a key binding in that context.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4911
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4912 ** Emacs now detects double- and triple-mouse clicks. A single mouse
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4913 click produces a pair events of the form:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4914 (down-mouse-N POSITION)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4915 (mouse-N POSITION)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4916 Clicking the same mouse button again, soon thereafter and at the same
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4917 location, produces another pair of events of the form:
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parents:
diff changeset
4918 (down-mouse-N POSITION)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4919 (double-mouse-N POSITION 2)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4920 Another click will produce an event pair of the form:
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parents:
diff changeset
4921 (down-mouse-N POSITION)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4922 (triple-mouse-N POSITION 3)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4923 All the POSITIONs in such a sequence would be identical, except for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4924 their timestamps.
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parents:
diff changeset
4925
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4926 To count as double- and triple-clicks, mouse clicks must be at the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4927 same location as the first click, and the number of milliseconds
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4928 between the first release and the second must be less than the value
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4929 of the lisp variable `double-click-time'. Setting `double-click-time'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4930 to nil disables multi-click detection. Setting it to t removes the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4931 time limit; Emacs then detects multi-clicks by position only.
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parents:
diff changeset
4932
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4933 If `read-key-sequence' finds no binding for a double-click event, but
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4934 the corresponding single-click event would be bound,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4935 `read-key-sequence' demotes it to a single-click. Similarly, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4936 demotes unbound triple-clicks to double- or single-clicks. This means
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diff changeset
4937 you don't have to distinguish between single- and multi-clicks if you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4938 don't want to.
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parents:
diff changeset
4939
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
4940 Emacs reports all clicks after the third as `triple-mouse-N' clicks,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4941 but increments the click count after POSITION. For example, a fourth
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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4942 click, soon after the third and at the same location, produces a pair
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4943 of events of the form:
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diff changeset
4944 (down-mouse-N POSITION)
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diff changeset
4945 (triple-mouse-N POSITION 4)
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4946
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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diff changeset
4947 ** The way Emacs reports positions of mouse events has changed
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
4948 slightly. If a mouse event includes a position list of the form:
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parents:
diff changeset
4949 (WINDOW (PLACE-SYMBOL) (COLUMN . ROW) TIMESTAMP)
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parents:
diff changeset
4950 this denotes exactly the same position as the list:
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parents:
diff changeset
4951 (WINDOW PLACE-SYMBOL (COLUMN . ROW) TIMESTAMP)
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diff changeset
4952 That is, the event occurred over a non-textual area of the frame,
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parents:
diff changeset
4953 specified by PLACE-SYMBOL, a symbol like `mode-line' or
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4954 `vertical-scroll-bar'.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4955
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4956 Enclosing PLACE-SYMBOL in a singleton list does not change the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4957 position denoted, but the `read-key-sequence' function uses the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4958 presence or absence of the singleton list to tell whether or not it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4959 should prefix the event with its place symbol.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4960
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4961 Normally, `read-key-sequence' prefixes mouse events occurring over
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4962 non-textual areas with their PLACE-SYMBOLs, to select the sub-keymap
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4963 appropriate for the event; for example, clicking on the mode line
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4964 produces a sequence like
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4965 [mode-line (mouse-1 POSN)]
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4966 However, if lisp code elects to unread the resulting key sequence by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4967 placing it in the `unread-command-events' variable, it is important
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4968 that `read-key-sequence' not insert the prefix symbol again; that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4969 would produce a malformed key sequence like
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4970 [mode-line mode-line (mouse-1 POSN)]
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4971 For this reason, `read-key-sequence' encloses the event's PLACE-SYMBOL
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4972 in a singleton list when it first inserts the prefix, but doesn't
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4973 insert the prefix when processing events whose PLACE-SYMBOLs are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4974 already thus enclosed.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4975
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4976
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4977
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4978 * Changes in version 19.15.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4979
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4980 ** `make-frame-visible', which uniconified frames, is now a command,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4981 and thus may be bound to a key. This makes sense because frames
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4982 respond to user input while iconified.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4983
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4984 ** You can now use Meta mouse clicks to set and use the "secondary
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4985 selection". You can drag M-Mouse-1 across the region you want to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4986 select. Or you can press M-Mouse-1 at one end and M-Mouse-3 at the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4987 other (this also copies the text to the kill ring). Repeating M-Mouse-3
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4988 again at the same place kills that text.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4989
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4990 M-Mouse-2 kills the secondary selection.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4991
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4992 Setting the secondary selection does not move point or the mark. It
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4993 is possible to make a secondary selection that does not all fit on the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4994 screen, by using M-Mouse-1 at one end, scrolling, then using M-Mouse-3
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4995 at the other end.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4996
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4997 Emacs has only one secondary selection at any time. Starting to set
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4998 a new one cancels any previous one. The secondary selection displays
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
4999 using a face named `secondary-selection'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5000
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5001 ** There's a new way to request use of Supercite (sc.el). Do this:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5002
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5003 (add-hook 'mail-citation-hook 'sc-cite-original)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5004
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5005 Currently this works with Rmail. In the future, other Emacs based
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5006 mail-readers should be modified to understand this hook also.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5007 In the mean time, you should keep doing what you have done in the past
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5008 for those other mail readers.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5009
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5010 ** When a regular expression contains `\(...\)' inside a repetition
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5011 operator such as `*' or `+', and you ask about the range that was matched
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5012 using `match-beginning' and `match-end', the range you get corresponds
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5013 to the *last* repetition *only*. In Emacs 18, you would get a range
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5014 corresponding to all the repetitions.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5015
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5016 If you want to get a range corresponding to all the repetitions,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5017 put a `\(...\)' grouping *outside* the repetition operator. This
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5018 is the syntax that corresponds logically to the desired result, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5019 it works the same in Emacs 18 and Emacs 19.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5020
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5021 (This change actually took place earlier, but we didn't know about it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5022 and thus didn't document it.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5023
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5024
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5025
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5026 * Changes in version 19.14.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5027
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5028 ** To modify read-only text, bind the variable `inhibit-read-only'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5029 to a non-nil value. If the value is t, then all reasons that might
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5030 make text read-only are inhibited (including `read-only' text properties).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5031 If the value is a list, then a `read-only' property is inhibited
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5032 if it is `memq' in the list.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5033
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5034 ** If you call `get-buffer-window' passing t as its second argument, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5035 will only search for windows on visible frames. Previously, passing t
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5036 as the secord argument caused `get-buffer-window' to search all
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5037 frames, visible or not.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5038
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5039 ** If you call `other-buffer' with a nil or omitted second argument, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5040 will ignore buffers displayed windows on any visible frame, not just
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5041 the selected frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5042
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5043 ** You can specify a window or a frame for C-x # to use when
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5044 selects a server buffer. Set the variable server-window
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5045 to the window or frame that you want.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5046
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5047 ** The command M-( now inserts spaces outside the open-parentheses in
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5048 some cases--depending on the syntax classes of the surrounding
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5049 characters. If the variable `parens-dont-require-spaces' is non-nil,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5050 it inhibits insertion of these spaces.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5051
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5052 ** The GUD package now supports the debugger known as xdb on HP/UX
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5053 systems. Use M-x xdb. The variable `gud-xdb-directories' lets you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5054 specify a list of directories to search for source code.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5055
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5056 ** If you are using the mailabbrev package, you should note that its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5057 function for defining an alias is now called `define-mail-abbrev'.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5058 This package no longer contains a definition for `define-mail-alias';
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5059 that name is used only in mailaliases.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5060
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5061 ** Inserted characters now inherit the properties of the text before
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5062 them, by default, rather than those of the following text.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5063
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5064 ** The function `insert-file-contents' now takes optional arguments BEG
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5065 and END that specify which part of the file to insert. BEG defaults to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5066 0 (the beginning of the file), and END defaults to the end of the file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5067
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5068 If you specify BEG or END, then the argument VISIT must be nil.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5069
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5070
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5071
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5072 * Changes in version 19.13.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5073
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5074 ** Magic file names can now handle the `load' operation.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5075
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5076 ** Bibtex mode now sets up special entries in the menu bar.
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parents:
diff changeset
5077
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5078 ** The incremental search commands C-w and C-y, which copy text from
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5079 the buffer into the search string, now convert it to lower case
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5080 if you are in a case-insensitive search. This is to avoid making
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5081 the search a case-sensitive one.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5082
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5083 ** GNUS now knows your time zone automatically if Emacs does.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5084
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5085 ** Hide-ifdef mode no longer defines keys of the form
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5086 C-c LETTER, since those keys are reserved for users.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5087 Those commands have been moved to C-c M-LETTER.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5088 We may move them again for greater consistency with other modes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5089
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5090
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5091
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5092 * Changes in version 19.12.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5093
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5094 ** You can now make many of the sort commands ignore case by setting
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5095 `sort-fold-case' to a non-nil value.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5096
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5097
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5098
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5099 * Changes in version 19.11.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5100
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5101 ** Supercite is installed.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5102
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5103 ** `write-file-hooks' functions that return non-nil are responsible
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5104 for making a backup file if you want that to be done.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5105 To do so, execute the following code:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5106
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5107 (or buffer-backed-up (backup-buffer))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5108
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5109 You might wish to save the file modes value returned by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5110 `backup-buffer' and use that to set the mode bits of the file
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5111 that you write. This is what `basic-save-buffer' does when
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5112 it writes a file in the usual way.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5113
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5114 (This is not actually new, but wasn't documented before.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5115
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5116
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5117
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5118 * Changes in version 19.10.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5119
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5120 ** The command `repeat-complex-command' is now on C-x ESC ESC.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5121 It used to be bound to C-x ESC.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5122
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5123 The reason for this change is to make function keys work after C-x.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5124
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5125 ** The variable `highlight-nonselected-windows' now controls whether
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5126 the region is highlighted in windows other than the selected window
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5127 (in Transient Mark mode only, of course, and currently only when
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5128 using X).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5129
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5130
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5131
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5132 * Changes in version 19.8.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5133
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5134 ** It is now simpler to tell Emacs to display accented characters under
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5135 X windows. M-x standard-display-european toggles the display of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5136 buffer text according to the ISO Latin-1 standard. With a prefix
78471
40bf41048aad Replace `iff'.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78271
diff changeset
5137 argument, this command enables European character display if and only
40bf41048aad Replace `iff'.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78271
diff changeset
5138 if the argument is positive.
71203
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5139
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5140 ** The `-i' command-line argument tells Emacs to use a picture of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5141 GNU gnu as its icon, instead of letting the window manager choose an
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5142 icon for it. This option used to insert a file into the current
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5143 buffer; use `-insert' to do that now.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5144
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5145 ** The `configure' script now supports `--prefix' and `--exec-prefix'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5146 options.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5147
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5148 The `--prefix=PREFIXDIR' option specifies where the installation process
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5149 should put emacs and its data files. This defaults to `/usr/local'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5150 - Emacs (and the other utilities users run) go in PREFIXDIR/bin
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5151 (unless the `--exec-prefix' option says otherwise).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5152 - The architecture-independent files go in PREFIXDIR/lib/emacs/VERSION
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5153 (where VERSION is the version number of Emacs, like `19.7').
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5154 - The architecture-dependent files go in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5155 PREFIXDIR/lib/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5156 (where CONFIGURATION is the configuration name, like mips-dec-ultrix4.2),
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5157 unless the `--exec-prefix' option says otherwise.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5158
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5159 The `--exec-prefix=EXECDIR' option allows you to specify a separate
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5160 portion of the directory tree for installing architecture-specific
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5161 files, like executables and utility programs. If specified,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5162 - Emacs (and the other utilities users run) go in EXECDIR/bin, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5163 - The architecture-dependent files go in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5164 EXECDIR/lib/emacs/VERSION/CONFIGURATION.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5165 EXECDIR/bin should be a directory that is normally in users' PATHs.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5166
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5167 ** When running under X, the new lisp function `x-list-fonts'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5168 allows code to find out which fonts are available from the X server.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5169 The first argument PATTERN is a string, perhaps with wildcard characters;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5170 the * character matches any substring, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5171 the ? character matches any single character.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5172 PATTERN is case-insensitive.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5173 If the optional arguments FACE and FRAME are specified, then
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5174 `x-list-fonts' returns only fonts the same size as FACE on FRAME.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5175
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5176
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5177
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5178 * Changes in version 19.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5179
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5180 ** When you kill buffers, Emacs now returns memory to the operating system,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5181 thus reducing the size of the Emacs process. All the space that you free
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5182 up by killing buffers can now be reused for other buffers no matter what
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5183 their sizes, or reused by other processes if Emacs doesn't need it.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5184
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5185 ** Emacs now does garbage collection and auto saving while it is waiting
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5186 for input, which often avoids the need to do these things while you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5187 are typing.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5188
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5189 The variable `auto-save-timeout' says how many seconds Emacs should
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5190 wait, after you stop typing, before it does an auto save and a garbage
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5191 collection.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5192
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5193 ** If auto saving detects that a buffer has shrunk greatly, it refrains
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5194 from auto saving that buffer and displays a warning. Now it also turns
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5195 off Auto Save mode in that buffer, so that you won't get the same
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5196 warning again.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5197
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5198 If you reenable Auto Save mode in that buffer, Emacs will start saving
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5199 it again with no further warnings.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5200
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5201 ** A new minor mode called Line Number mode displays the current line
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5202 number in the mode line, updating it as necessary when you move
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5203 point.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5204
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5205 However, if the buffer is very large (larger than the value of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5206 `line-number-display-limit'), then the line number doesn't appear.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5207 This is because computing the line number can be painfully slow if the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5208 buffer is very large.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5209
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5210 ** You can quit while Emacs is waiting to read or write files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5211
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5212 ** The arrow keys now have default bindings to move in the appropriate
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5213 directions.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5214
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5215 ** You can suppress next-line's habit of inserting a newline when
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5216 called at the end of a buffer by setting next-line-add-newlines to nil
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5217 (it defaults to t).
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parents:
diff changeset
5218
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5219 ** You can now get back recent minibuffer inputs conveniently. While
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5220 in the minibuffer, type M-p to fetch the next earlier minibuffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5221 input, and use M-n to fetch the next later input.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5222
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5223 There are also commands to search forward or backward through the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5224 history for history elements that match a regular expression. M-r
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5225 searches older elements in the history, while M-s searches newer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5226 elements. By special dispensation, these commands can always use the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5227 minibuffer to read their arguments even though you are already in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5228 minibuffer when you issue them.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5229
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5230 The history feature is available for all uses of the minibuffer, but
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5231 there are separate history lists for different kinds of input. For
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5232 example, there is a list for file names, used by all the commands that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5233 read file names. There is a list for arguments of commands like
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5234 `query-replace'. There are also very specific history lists, such
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5235 as the one that `compile' uses for compilation commands.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5236
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5237 ** You can now display text in a mixture of fonts and colors, using the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5238 "face" feature, together with the overlay and text property features.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5239 See the Emacs Lisp manual for details. The Emacs Users Manual describes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5240 how to change the colors and font of standard predefined faces.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5241
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5242 ** You can refer to files on other machines using special file name syntax:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5243
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5244 /HOST:FILENAME
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5245 /USER@HOST:FILENAME
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5246
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5247 When you do this, Emacs uses the FTP program to read and write files on
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5248 the specified host. It logs in through FTP using your user name or the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5249 name USER. It may ask you for a password from time to time; this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5250 is used for logging in on HOST.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5251
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5252 ** Some C-x key bindings have been moved onto new prefix keys.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5253
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5254 C-x r is a prefix for registers and rectangles.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5255 C-x n is a prefix for narrowing.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5256 C-x a is a prefix for abbrev commands.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5257
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5258 C-x r C-SPC
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5259 C-x r SPC point-to-register (Was C-x /)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5260 C-x r j jump-to-register (Was C-x j)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5261 C-x r s copy-to-register (Was C-x x)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5262 C-x r i insert-register (Was C-x g)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5263 C-x r r copy-rectangle-to-register (Was C-x r)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5264 C-x r k kill-rectangle
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5265 C-x r y yank-rectangle
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5266 C-x r o open-rectangle
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5267 C-x r f frame-configuration-to-register
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5268 (This saves the state of all windows in all frames.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5269 C-x r w window-configuration-to-register
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5270 (This saves the state of all windows in the selected frame.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5271
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5272 (Use C-x r j to restore a configuration saved with C-x r f or C-x r w.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5273
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5274 C-x n n narrow-to-region (Was C-x n)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5275 C-x n p narrow-to-page (Was C-x p)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5276 C-x n w widen (Was C-x w)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5277
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5278 C-x a l add-mode-abbrev (Was C-x C-a)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5279 C-x a g add-global-abbrev (Was C-x +)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5280 C-x a i l inverse-add-mode-abbrev (Was C-x C-h)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5281 C-x a i g inverse-add-global-abbrev (Was C-x -)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5282 C-x a e expand-abbrev (Was C-x ')
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5283
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5284 (The old key bindings C-x /, C-x j, C-x x and C-x g
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5285 have not yet been removed.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5286
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5287 ** You can put a file name in a register to be able to visit the file
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5288 quickly. Do this:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5289
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5290 (set-register ?CHAR '(file . NAME))
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5291
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5292 where NAME is the file name as a string. Then C-x r j CHAR finds that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5293 file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5294
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5295 This is useful for files that you need to visit frequently,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5296 but that you don't want to keep in buffers all the time.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5297
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5298 ** The keys M-g (fill-region) and C-x a (append-to-buffer)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5299 have been eliminated.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5300
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5301 ** The new command `string-rectangle' inserts a specified string on
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5302 each line of the region-rectangle.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5303
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5304 ** C-x 4 r is now `find-file-read-only-other-window'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5305
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5306 ** C-x 4 C-o is now `display-buffer', which displays a specified buffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5307 in another window without selecting it.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5308
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5309 ** Picture mode has been substantially improved. The picture editing commands
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5310 now arrange for automatic horizontal scrolling to keep point visible
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5311 when editing a wide buffer with truncate-lines on. Picture-mode
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5312 initialization now does a better job of rebinding standard commands;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5313 it finds not just their normal keybindings, but any function keys
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5314 attached to them.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5315
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5316 ** If you enable Transient Mark mode, then the mark becomes "inactive"
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5317 after every command that modifies the buffer. While the mark is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5318 active, the region is highlighted (under X, at least). Most commands
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5319 that use the mark give an error if the mark is inactive, but you can
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5320 use C-x C-x to make it active again. This feature is also sometimes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5321 known as "Zmacs mode".
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5322
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5323 ** Outline mode is now available as a minor mode. This minor mode can
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5324 combine with any major mode; it substitutes the C-c commands of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5325 Outline mode for those of the major mode. Use M-x outline-minor-mode
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5326 to enable and disable the new mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5327
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5328 M-x outline-mode is unchanged; it still switches to Outline mode as a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5329 major mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5330
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5331 ** The default setting of `version-control' comes from the environment
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5332 variable VERSION_CONTROL.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5333
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5334 ** The user option for controlling whether files can set local
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5335 variables is now called `enable-local-variables'. A value of t means
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5336 local-variables lists are obeyed; nil means they are ignored; anything
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5337 else means query the user.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5338
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5339 The user option for controlling use of the `eval' local variable is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5340 now called is `enable-local-eval'; its values are interpreted like
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5341 those of `enable-local-variables'.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5342
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5343 ** X Window System changes:
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parents:
diff changeset
5344
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5345 C-x 5 C-f and C-x 5 b switch to a specified file or buffer in a new
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5346 frame. Likewise, C-x 5 m starts outgoing mail in another frame, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5347 C-x 5 . finds a tag in another frame.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5348
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5349 When you are using X, C-z now iconifies the selected frame.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5350
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5351 Emacs can now exchange text with other X applications. Killing or
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parents:
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5352 copying text in Emacs now makes that text available for pasting into
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5353 other X applications. The Emacs yanking commands now insert the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5354 latest selection set by other applications, and add the text to the
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5355 kill ring. The Emacs commands for selecting and inserting text with
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5356 the mouse now use the kill ring in the same way the keyboard killing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5357 and yanking commands do.
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diff changeset
5358
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5359 The option to specify the title for the initial frame is now `-name NAME'.
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parents:
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5360 There is currently no way to specify an icon title; perhaps we will add
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5361 one in the future.
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parents:
diff changeset
5362
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5363 ** Undoing a deletion now puts point back where it was before the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5364 deletion.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5365
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5366 ** The variables that control how much undo information to save have
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5367 been renamed to `undo-limit' and `undo-strong-limit'. They used to be
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5368 called `undo-threshold' and `undo-high-threshold'.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5369
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5370 ** You can now use kill commands in read-only buffers. They don't
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5371 actually change the buffer, and Emacs will beep and warn you that the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5372 buffer is read-only, but they do copy the text you tried to kill into
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5373 the kill ring, so you can yank it into other buffers.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5374
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5375 ** C-o inserts the fill-prefix on the newly created line. The command
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5376 M-^ deletes the prefix (if it occurs) after the newline that it
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5377 deletes.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5378
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5379 ** C-M-l now runs the command `reposition-window'. It scrolls the
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5380 window heuristically in a way designed to get useful information onto
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5381 the screen.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5382
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5383 ** C-M-r is now reverse incremental regexp search.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5384
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5385 ** M-z now kills through the target character. In version 18, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5386 killed up to but not including the target character.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5387
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5388 ** M-! now runs the specified shell command asynchronously if it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5389 ends in `&' (just as the shell does).
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5390
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5391 ** C-h C-f and C-h C-k are new help commands that display the Info
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5392 node for a given Emacs function name or key sequence, respectively.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5393
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5394 ** The C-h p command system lets you find Emacs Lisp packages by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5395 topic keywords. Here is a partial list of package categories:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5396
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5397 abbrev abbreviation handling, typing shortcuts, macros
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5398 bib code related to the bib bibliography processor
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5399 c C and C++ language support
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5400 calendar calendar and time management support
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5401 comm communications, networking, remote access to files
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5402 docs support for Emacs documentation
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5403 emulations emulations of other editors
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5404 extensions Emacs Lisp language extensions
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5405 games games, jokes and amusements
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5406 hardware support for interfacing with exotic hardware
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5407 help support for on-line help systems
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5408 i14n internationalization and alternate character-set support
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5409 internal code for Emacs internals, build process, defaults
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5410 languages specialized modes for editing programming languages
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5411 lisp Lisp support, including Emacs Lisp
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5412 local code local to your site
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5413 maint maintenance aids for the Emacs development group
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5414 mail modes for electronic-mail handling
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5415 news support for netnews reading and posting
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5416 processes process, subshell, compilation, and job control support
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5417 terminals support for terminal types
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5418 tex code related to the TeX formatter
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5419 tools programming tools
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5420 unix front-ends/assistants for, or emulators of, UNIX features
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5421 vms support code for vms
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5422 wp word processing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5423
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5424 More will be added soon.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5425
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5426 ** The command to split a window into two side-by-side windows is now
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5427 C-x 3. It was C-x 5.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5428
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5429 ** M-. (find-tag) no longer has any effect on what M-, will do
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5430 subsequently. You can no longer use M-, to find the next similar tag;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5431 you must use M-. with a prefix argument, instead.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5432
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5433 The motive for this change is so that you can more reliably use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5434 M-, to resume a suspended `tags-search' or `tags-query-replace'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5435
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5436 ** C-x s (`save-some-buffers') now gives you more options when it asks
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5437 whether to save a particular buffer. In addition to `y' or `n', you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5438 can answer `!' to save all the remaining buffers, `.' to save this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5439 buffer but not save any others, ESC to stop saving and exit the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5440 command, and C-h to get help. These options are analogous to those
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5441 of `query-replace'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5442
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5443 ** M-x make-symbolic-link does not expand its first argument.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5444 This lets you make a link with a target that is a relative file name.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5445
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5446 ** M-x add-change-log-entry and C-x 4 a now automatically insert the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5447 name of the file and often the name of the function that you changed.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5448 They also handle grouping of entries.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5449
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5450 There is now a special major mode for editing ChangeLog files. It
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5451 makes filling work conveniently. Each bunch of grouped entries is one
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5452 paragraph, and each collection of entries from one person on one day
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5453 is considered a page.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5454
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5455 ** The `comment-region' command adds comment delimiters to the lines that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5456 start in the region, thus commenting them out. With a negative argument,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5457 it deletes comment delimiters from the lines in the region--this cancels
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5458 the effect of `comment-region' without an argument.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5459
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5460 With a positive argument, `comment-region' adds comment delimiters
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5461 but duplicates the last character of the comment start sequence as many
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5462 times as the argument specifies. This is a way of calling attention to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5463 the comment. In Lisp, you should use an argument at least two, because
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5464 the indentation convention for single semicolon comments does not leave
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5465 them at the beginning of a line.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5466
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5467 ** If `split-window-keep-point' is non-nil, C-x 2 tries to avoid
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5468 shifting any text on the screen by putting point in whichever window
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5469 happens to contain the screen line the cursor is already on.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5470 The default is that `split-window-keep-point' is non-nil on slow
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5471 terminals.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5472
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5473 ** M-x super-apropos is like M-x apropos except that it searches both
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5474 Lisp symbol names and documentation strings for matches. It describes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5475 every symbol that has a match in either the symbol's name or its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5476 documentation.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5477
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5478 Both M-x apropos and M-x super-apropos take an optional second
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5479 argument DO-ALL which controls the more expensive part of the job.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5480 This includes looking up and printing the key bindings of all
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5481 commands. It also includes checking documentation strings in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5482 super-apropos. DO-ALL is nil by default; use a prefix arg to make it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5483 non-nil.
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parents:
diff changeset
5484
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5485 ** M-x revert-buffer no longer offers to revert from a recent auto-save
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5486 file unless you give it a prefix argument. Otherwise it always
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5487 reverts from the real file regardless of whether there has been an
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5488 auto-save since thenm. (Reverting from the auto-save file is no longer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5489 very useful now that the undo capacity is larger.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5490
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5491 ** M-x recover-file no longer turns off Auto Save mode when it reads
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5492 the last Auto Save file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5493
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5494 ** M-x rename-buffer, if you give it a prefix argument,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5495 avoids errors by modifying the new name to make it unique.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5496
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5497 ** M-x rename-uniquely renames the current buffer to a similar name
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5498 with a numeric suffix added to make it both different and unique.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5499
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5500 One use of this command is for creating multiple shell buffers.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5501 If you rename your shell buffer, and then do M-x shell again, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5502 makes a new shell buffer. This method is also good for mail buffers,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5503 compilation buffers, and any Emacs feature which creates a special
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5504 buffer with a particular name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5505
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5506 ** M-x compare-windows with a prefix argument ignores changes in whitespace.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5507 If `compare-ignore-case' is non-nil, then differences in case are also
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5508 ignored.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5509
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5510 ** `backward-paragraph' is now bound to M-{ by default, and `forward-paragraph'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5511 to M-}. Originally, these commands were bound to M-[ and M-], but they were
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5512 running into conflicts with the use of function keys. On many terminals,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5513 function keys send a sequence beginning ESC-[, so many users have defined this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5514 as a prefix key.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5515
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5516 ** C-x C-u (upcase-region) and C-x C-l (downcase-region) are now disabled by
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5517 default; these commands seem to be often hit by accident, and can be
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5518 quite destructive if their effects are not noticed immediately.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5519
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5520 ** The function `erase-buffer' is now interactive, but disabled by default.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5521
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5522 ** When visiting a new file, Emacs attempts to abbreviate the file's
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5523 path using the symlinks listed in `directory-abbrev-alist'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5524
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5525 ** When you visit the same file in under two names that translate into
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5526 the same name once symbolic links are handled, Emacs warns you that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5527 you have two buffers for the same file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5528
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5529 ** If you wish to avoid visiting the same file in two buffers under
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5530 different names, set the variable `find-file-existing-other-name'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5531 non-nil. Then `find-file' uses the existing buffer visiting the file,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5532 no matter which of the file's names you specify.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5533
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5534 ** If you set `find-file-visit-truename' non-nil, then the file name
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5535 recorded for a buffer is the file's truename (in which all symbolic
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5536 links have been removed), rather than the name you specify. Setting
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5537 `find-file-visit-truename' also implies the effect of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5538 `find-file-existing-other-name'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5539
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5540 ** C-x C-v now inserts the entire current file name in the minibuffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5541 This is convenient if you made a small mistake in typing it. Point
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5542 goes after the last slash, before the last file name component, so if
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5543 you want to replace it entirely, you can use C-k right away to delete
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5544 it.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5545
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5546 ** Commands such as C-M-f in Lisp mode now ignore parentheses within comments.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5547
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5548 ** C-x q now uses ESC to terminate all iterations of the keyboard
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5549 macro, rather than C-d as before.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5550
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5551 ** Use the command `setenv' to set an individual environment variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5552 for Emacs subprocesses. Specify a variable name and a value, both as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5553 strings. This command applies only to subprocesses yet to be
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5554 started.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5555
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5556 ** Use `rot13-other-window' to examine a buffer with rot13.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5557
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5558 This command does not change the text in the buffer. Instead, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5559 creates a window with a funny display table that applies the code when
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5560 displaying the text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5561
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5562 ** The command `M-x version' now prints the current Emacs version; The
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5563 `version' command is an alias for the `emacs-version' command.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5564
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5565 ** More complex changes in existing packages.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5566
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5567 *** `fill-nonuniform-paragraphs' is a new command, much like
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5568 `fill-individual-paragraphs' except that only separator lines separate
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5569 paragraphs. Since this means that the lines of one paragraph may have
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5570 different amounts of indentation, the fill prefix used is the smallest
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5571 amount of indentation of any of the lines of the paragraph.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5572
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5573 *** Filling is now partially controlled by a new minor mode, Adaptive
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5574 Fill mode. When this mode is enabled (and it is enabled by default),
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5575 if you use M-x fill-region-as-paragraph on an indented paragraph and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5576 you don't have a fill prefix, it uses the indentation of the second
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5577 line of the paragraph as the fill prefix.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5578
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5579 Adaptive Fill mode doesn't have much effect on M-q in most major
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5580 modes, because an indented line will probably count as a paragraph
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5581 starter and thus each line of an indented paragraph will be considered
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5582 a paragraph of its own.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5583
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5584 *** M-q in C mode now runs `c-fill-paragraph', which is designed
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5585 for filling C comments. (We assume you don't want to fill
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5586 the code in a C program.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5587
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5588 *** M-$ now runs the Ispell program instead of the Unix spell program.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5589
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5590 M-$ starts an Ispell process the first time you use it. But the process
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5591 stays alive, so that subsequent uses of M-$ run very fast.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5592 If you want to get rid of the process, use M-x kill-ispell.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5593
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5594 To check the entire current buffer, use M-x ispell-buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5595 Use M-x ispell-region to check just the current region.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5596
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5597 Ispell commands often involve interactive replacement of words.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5598 You can interrupt the interactive replacement with C-g.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5599 You can restart it again afterward with C-u M-$.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5600
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5601 During interactive replacement, you can type the following characters:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5602
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5603 a Accept this word this time.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5604 DIGIT Replace the word (this time) with one of the displayed near-misses.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5605 The digit you use says which near-miss to use.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5606 i Insert this word in your private dictionary
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5607 so that Ispell will consider it correct it from now on.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5608 r Replace the word this time with a string typed by you.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5609
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5610 When the Ispell process starts, it reads your private dictionary which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5611 is the file `~/ispell.words'. If you "insert" words with the `i' command,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5612 these words are added to that file, but not right away--only at the end
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5613 of the interactive replacement process.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5614
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5615 Use M-x reload-ispell to reload your private dictionary from
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5616 `~/ispell.words' if you edit it outside of Ispell.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5617
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5618 ** Changes in existing modes.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5619
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5620 *** gdb-mode has been replaced by gud-mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5621
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5622 The package gud.el (Grand Unified Debugger) replaces gdb.el in Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
5623 19. It provides a gdb.el-like interface to any of three debuggers;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5624 gdb itself, the sdb debugger supported on some Unix systems, or the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5625 dbx debugger on Berkeley systems.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5626
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5627 You start it up with one of the commands M-x gdb, M-x sdb, or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5628 M-x dbx. Each entry point finishes by executing a hook; gdb-mode-hook,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5629 sdb-mode-hook or dbx-mode-hook respectively.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5630
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5631 These bindings have changed:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5632 C-x C-a > gud-down (was M-d)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5633 C-x C-a < gud-up (was M-u)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5634 C-x C-a C-r gud-cont (was M-c)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5635 C-x C-a C-n gud-next (was M-n)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5636 C-x C-a C-s gud-step (was M-s)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5637 C-x C-a C-i gud-stepi (was M-i)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5638 C-x C-a C-l gud-recenter (was C-l)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5639 C-d comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof (was C-c C-d)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5640
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5641 These bindings have been removed:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5642 C-c C-r (was comint-show-output; now gud-cont)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5643
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5644 Since GUD mode uses comint, it uses comint's input history commands,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5645 superseding C-c C-y (copy-last-shell-input):
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5646 M-p comint-next-input
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5647 M-n comint-previous-input
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5648 M-r comint-previous-similar-input
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5649 M-s comint-next-similar-input
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5650 M-C-r comint-previous-input-matching
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5651
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5652 The C-x C-a bindings are also active in source files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5653
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5654 *** The old TeX mode bindings of M-{ and M-} have been moved to C-c {
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5655 and C-c }. (These commands are `up-list' and `tex-insert-braces';
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5656 they are the TeX equivalents of M-( and M-).) This is because M-{
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5657 and M-} are now globally defined commands.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5658
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5659 *** Changes in Mail mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5660
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5661 `%' is now a word-separator character in Mail mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5662
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5663 `mail-signature', if non-nil, tells M-x mail to insert your
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5664 `.signature' file automatically. If you don't want your signature in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5665 a particular message, just delete it before you send the message.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5666
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5667 You can specify the text to insert at the beginning of each line when
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5668 you use C-c C-y to yank the message you are replying to. Set
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5669 `mail-yank-prefix' to the desired string. A value of `nil' (the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5670 default) means to use indentation, as in Emacs 18. If you use just
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5671 C-u as the prefix argument to C-c C-y, then it does not insert
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5672 anything at the beginning of the lines, regardless of the value of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5673 `mail-yank-prefix'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5674
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5675 If you like, you can expand mail aliases as abbrevs, as soon as you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5676 type them in. To enable this feature, execute the following:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5677
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5678 (add-hook 'mail-setup-hook 'mail-abbrevs-setup)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5679
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5680 This can go in your .emacs file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5681
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5682 Word abbrevs don't expand unless you insert a word-separator character
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5683 afterward. Any mail aliases that you didn't expand at insertion time
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5684 are expanded subsequently when you send the message.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5685
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5686 *** Changes in Rmail.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5687
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5688 Rmail by default gets new mail only from the system inbox file,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5689 not from `~/mbox'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5690
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5691 In Rmail, you can retry sending a message that failed
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5692 by typing `M-m' on the failure message.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5693
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5694 By contrast, another new command M-x rmail-resend is used for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5695 forwarding a message and marking it as "resent from" you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5696 with header fields "Resent-From:" and "Resent-To:".
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5697
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5698 `e' is now the command to edit a message.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5699 To expunge, type `x'. We know this will surprise people
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5700 some of the time, but the surprise will not be disastrous--if
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5701 you type `e' meaning to expunge, just turn off editing with C-c C-c
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5702 and then type `x'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5703
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5704 Another new Rmail command is `<', which moves to the first message.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5705 This is for symmetry with `>'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5706
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5707 Use the `b' command to bury the Rmail buffer and its summary buffer,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5708 if any, removing both of them from display on the screen.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5709
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5710 The variable `rmail-output-file-alist' now controls the default
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5711 for the file to output a message to.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5712
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5713 In the Rmail summary buffer, all cursor motion commands select
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5714 the message you move to. It's really neat when you use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5715 incremental search.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5716
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5717 You can now issue most Rmail commands from an Rmail summary buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5718 The commands do the same thing in that buffer that they do in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5719 Rmail buffer. They apply to the message that is selected in the Rmail
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5720 buffer, which is always the one described by the current summary
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5721 line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5722
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5723 Conversely, motion and deletion commands in the Rmail buffer also
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5724 update the summary buffer. If you set the variable
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5725 `rmail-redisplay-summary' to a non-nil value, then they bring the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5726 summary buffer (if one exists) back onto the screen.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5727
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5728 C-M-t is a new command to make a summary by topic. It uses regexp
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5729 matching against just the subjects of the messages to decide which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5730 messages to show in the summary.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5731
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5732 You can easily convert an Rmail file to system mailbox format with the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5733 command `unrmail'. This command reads two arguments, the name of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5734 the Rmail file to convert, and the name of the new mailbox file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5735 (This command does not change the Rmail file itself.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5736
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5737 Rmail now handles Content Length fields in messages.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5738
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5739 *** `mail-extract-address-components' unpacks mail addresses.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5740 It takes an address as a string (the contents of the From field, for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5741 example) and returns a list of the form (FULL-NAME
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5742 CANONICAL-ADDRESS).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5743
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5744 *** Changes in C mode and C-related commands.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5745
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5746 **** M-x c-up-conditional
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5747
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5748 In C mode, `c-up-conditional' moves back to the containing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5749 preprocessor conditional, setting the mark where point was
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5750 previously.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5751
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5752 A prefix argument acts as a repeat count. With a negative argument,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5753 this command moves forward to the end of the containing preprocessor
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5754 conditional. When going backwards, `#elif' acts like `#else' followed
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5755 by `#if'. When going forwards, `#elif' is ignored.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5756
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5757 **** In C mode, M-a and M-e are now defined as
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5758 `c-beginning-of-statement' and `c-end-of-statement'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5759
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5760 **** In C mode, M-x c-backslash-region is a new command to insert or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5761 align `\' characters at the ends of the lines of the region, except
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5762 for the last such line. This is useful after writing or editing a C
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5763 macro definition.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5764
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5765 If a line already ends in `\', this command adjusts the amount of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5766 whitespace before it. Otherwise, it inserts a new `\'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5767
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5768 *** New features in info.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5769
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5770 When Info looks for an Info file, it searches the directories
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5771 in `Info-directory-list'. This makes it easy to install the Info files
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5772 that come with various packages. You can specify the path with
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5773 the environment variable INFOPATH.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5774
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5775 There are new commands in Info mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5776
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5777 `]' now moves forward a node, going up and down levels as needed.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5778 `[' is similar but moves backward. These two commands try to traverse
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5779 the entire Info tree, node by node. They are the equivalent of reading
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5780 a printed manual sequentially.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5781
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5782 `<' moves to the top node of the current Info file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5783 `>' moves to the last node of the file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5784
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5785 SPC scrolls through the current node; at the end, it advances to the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5786 next node in depth-first order (like `]').
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5787
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5788 DEL scrolls backwards in the current node; at the end, it moves to the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5789 previous node in depth-first order (like `[').
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5790
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5791 After a menu select, the info `up' command now restores point in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5792 menu. The combination of this and the previous two changes means that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5793 repeated SPC keystrokes do the right (depth-first traverse forward) thing.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5794
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5795 `i STRING RET' moves to the node associated with STRING in the index
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5796 or indices of this manual. If there is more than one match for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5797 STRING, the `i' command finds the first match.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5798
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5799 `,' finds the next match for the string in the previous `i' command
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5800
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5801 If you click the middle mouse button near a cross-reference,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5802 menu item or node pointer while in Info, you will go to the node
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5803 which is referenced.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5804
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5805 *** Changes in M-x compile.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5806
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5807 You can repeat any previous compilation command conveniently using the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5808 minibuffer history commands, while in the minibuffer entering the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5809 compilation command.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5810
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5811 While a compilation is going on, the string `Compiling' appears in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5812 the mode line. When this string disappears, that tells you the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5813 compilation is finished.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5814
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5815 The buffer of compiler messages is in Compilation mode. This mode
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5816 provides the keys SPC and DEL to scroll by screenfuls, and M-n and M-p
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5817 to move to the next or previous error message. You can also use C-c
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5818 C-c on any error message to find the corresponding source code.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5819
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5820 Emacs 19 has a more general parser for compiler messages. For example, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5821 can understand messages from lint, and from certain C compilers whose error
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5822 message format is unusual. Also, it only parses until it sees the error
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5823 message you want; you never have to wait a long time to see the first
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5824 error, no matter how big the buffer is.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5825
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5826 *** M-x diff and M-x diff-backup.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5827
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5828 This new command compares two files, displaying the differences in an
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5829 Emacs buffer. The options for the `diff' program come from the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5830 variable `diff-switches', whose value should be a string.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5831
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5832 The buffer of differences has Compilation mode as its major mode, so you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5833 can use C-x ` to visit successive changed locations in the two
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5834 source files, or you can move to a particular hunk of changes and type
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5835 C-c C-c to move to the corresponding source. You can also use the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5836 other special commands of Compilation mode: SPC and DEL for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5837 scrolling, and M-n and M-p for cursor motion.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5838
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5839 M-x diff-backup compares a file with its most recent backup.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5840 If you specify the name of a backup file, `diff-backup' compares it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5841 with the source file that it is a backup of.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5842
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5843 *** The View commands (such as M-x view-buffer and M-x view-file) no
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5844 longer use recursive edits; instead, they switch temporarily to a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5845 different major mode (View mode) specifically designed for moving
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5846 around through a buffer without editing it.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5847
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5848 *** Changes in incremental search.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5849
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5850 **** The character to terminate an incremental search is now RET.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5851 This is for compatibility with the way most other arguments are read.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5852
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5853 To search for a newline in an incremental search, type LFD (also known
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5854 as C-j).
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5855
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5856 **** Incremental search now maintains a ring of previous search
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5857 strings. Use M-p and M-n to move through the ring to pick a search
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5858 string to reuse. These commands leave the selected search ring
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5859 element in the minibuffer, where you can edit it. Type C-s or C-r to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5860 finish editing and search for the chosen string.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5861
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5862 **** If you type an upper case letter in incremental search, that turns
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5863 off case-folding, so that you get a case-sensitive search.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5864
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5865 **** If you type a space during regexp incremental search, it matches
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5866 any sequence of whitespace characters. If you want to match just a space,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5867 type C-q SPC.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5868
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5869 **** Incremental search is now implemented as a major mode. When you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5870 type C-s, it switches temporarily to a different keymap which defines
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5871 each key to do what it ought to do for incremental search. This has
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5872 next to no effect on the user-visible behavior of searching, but makes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5873 it easier to customize that behavior.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5874
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5875 Emacs 19 eliminates the old variables `search-...-char' that used to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5876 be the way to specify the characters to use for various special
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5877 purposes in incremental search. Instead, you can define the meaning
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5878 of a character in incremental search by modifying `isearch-mode-map'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5879
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5880 *** New commands in Buffer Menu mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5881
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5882 The command C-o now displays the current line's buffer in another
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5883 window but does not select it. This is like the existing command `o'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5884 which selects the current line's buffer in another window.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5885
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5886 The command % toggles the read-only flag of the current line's buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5887
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5888 The way to switch to a set of several buffers, including those marked
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5889 with m, is now v. The q command simply quits, replacing the buffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5890 menu buffer with the buffer that was displayed previously.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5891
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5892 ** New major modes and packages.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5893
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5894 *** The news reader GNUS is now installed.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5895
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5896 *** There is a new interface for version control systems, called VC.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5897 It works with both RCS and SCCS; in fact, you don't really have to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5898 know which one of them is being used, because it automatically deals
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5899 with either one.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5900
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5901 Most of the time, the only command you have to know about is C-x C-q.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5902 This command normally toggles the read-only flag of the current
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5903 buffer. If the buffer is visiting a file that is maintained with a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5904 version control system, the command still toggles read-only, but does
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5905 so by checking the file in or checking it out.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5906
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5907 When you check a file in, VC asks you for a log entry by popping up a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5908 buffer. Edit the entry there, then type C-c C-c when it is ready.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5909 That's when the actual checkin happens. If you change your mind about
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5910 the checkin, simply switch buffers and don't ever go back to the log
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5911 buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5912
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5913 To start using version control for a file, use the command C-x v v.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5914 This works like C-x C-q (performing the next logical version-control
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5915 operation needed to change the file's writability) but it will also
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5916 perform initial checkin on an unregistered file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5917
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5918 By default, VC uses RCS if RCS is installed on your machine;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5919 otherwise, SCCS. If you want to make the choice explicitly, you can do
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5920 it by setting `vc-default-back-end' to the symbol `RCS' or the symbol
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5921 `SCCS'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5922
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5923 You can tell when a file you visit is maintained with version control
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5924 because either `RCS' or `SCCS' appears in the mode line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5925
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5926 *** A new Calendar mode has been added, the work of Edward M. Reingold.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5927 The mode can display the Gregorian calendar and a variety of other
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5928 calendars at any date, and interacts with a diary facility similar to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5929 the UNIX `calendar' utility.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5930
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5931 *** There is a new major mode for editing binary files: Hexl mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5932 To use it, use M-x hexl-find-file instead of C-x C-f to visit the file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5933 This command converts the file's contents to hexadecimal and lets you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5934 edit the translation. When you save the file, it is converted
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5935 automatically back to binary.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5936
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5937 You can also use M-x hexl-mode to translate an existing buffer into hex.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5938 Do this if you have already visited a binary file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5939
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5940 Hexl mode has a few other commands:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5941
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5942 C-M-d insert a byte with a code typed in decimal.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5943 C-M-o insert a byte with a code typed in octal.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5944 C-M-x insert a byte with a code typed in hex.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5945
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5946 C-x [ move to the beginning of a 1k-byte "page".
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5947 C-x ] move to the end of a 1k-byte "page".
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5948
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5949 M-g go to an address specified in hex.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5950 M-j go to an address specified in decimal.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5951
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5952 C-c C-c leave hexl mode and go back to the previous major mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5953
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5954 *** Miscellaneous new major modes include Awk mode, Icon mode, Makefile
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5955 mode, Perl mode and SGML mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5956
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5957 *** Edebug, a new source-level debugger for Emacs Lisp functions.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5958
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5959 To use Edebug, use the command M-x edebug-defun to "evaluate" a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5960 function definition in an Emacs Lisp file. We put "evaluate" in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5961 quotation marks because it doesn't just evaluate the function, it also
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5962 inserts additional information to support source-level debugging.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5963
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5964 You must also do
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5965
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5966 (setq debugger 'edebug-debug)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5967
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5968 to cause errors and single-stepping to use Edebug instead of the usual
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5969 Emacs Lisp debugger.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5970
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5971 For more information, see the Edebug manual, which should be included
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5972 in the Emacs distribution.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5973
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5974 *** C++ mode is like C mode, except that it understands C++ comment syntax
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5975 and certain other differences between C and C++. It also has a command
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5976 `fill-c++-comment' which fills a paragraph made of comment lines.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5977
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5978 The command `comment-region' is useful in C++ mode for commenting out
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5979 several consecutive lines, or removing the commenting out of such lines.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5980
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5981 *** A new package for merging two variants of the same text.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5982
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5983 It's not unusual for programmers to get their signals crossed and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5984 modify the same program in two different directions. Then somebody
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5985 has to merge the two versions. The command `emerge-files' makes this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5986 easier.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5987
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5988 `emerge-files' reads two file names and compares them. Then it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5989 displays three buffers: one for each file, and one for the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5990 differences.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5991
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5992 If the original version of the file is available, you can make things
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5993 even easier using `emerge-files-with-ancestor'. It reads three file
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5994 names--variant 1, variant 2, and the common ancestor--and uses diff3
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5995 to compare them.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5996
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5997 You control the merging interactively. The main loop of Emerge
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5998 consists of showing you one set of differences, asking you what to do
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
5999 about them, and doing it. You have a choice of two modes for giving
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6000 directions to Emerge: "fast" mode and "edit" mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6001
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6002 In Fast mode, Emerge commands are single characters, and ordinary
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6003 Emacs commands are disabled. This makes Emerge operations fast, but
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6004 prevents you from doing more than selecting the A or the B version of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6005 differences. In Edit mode, all emerge commands use the C-c prefix,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6006 and the usual Emacs commands are available. This allows editing the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6007 merge buffer, but slows down Emerge operations. Edit and fast modes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6008 are indicated by `F' and `E' in the minor modes in the mode line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6009
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6010 The Emerge commands are:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6011
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6012 p go to the previous difference
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6013 n go to the next difference
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6014 a select the A version of this difference
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6015 b select the B version of this difference
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6016 j go to a particular difference (prefix argument
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6017 specifies which difference) (0j suppresses display of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6018 the flags)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6019 q quit - finish the merge*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6020 f go into fast mode
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6021 e go into edit mode
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6022 l recenter (C-l) all three windows*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6023 - and 0 through 9
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6024 prefix numeric arguments
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6025 d a select the A version as the default from here down in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6026 the merge buffer*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6027 d b select the B version as the default from here down in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6028 the merge buffer*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6029 c a copy the A version of the difference into the kill
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6030 ring
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6031 c b copy the B version of the difference into the kill
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6032 ring
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6033 i a insert the A version of the difference at the point
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6034 i b insert the B version of the difference at the point
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6035 m put the point and mark around the difference region
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6036 ^ scroll-down (like M-v) the three windows*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6037 v scroll-up (like C-v) the three windows*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6038 < scroll-left (like C-x <) the three windows*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6039 > scroll-right (like C-x >) the three windows*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6040 | reset horizontal scroll on the three windows*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6041 x 1 shrink the merge window to one line (use C-u l to restore it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6042 to full size)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6043 x a find the difference containing a location in the A buffer*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6044 x b find the difference containing a location in the B buffer*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6045 x c combine the two versions of this difference*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6046 x C combine the two versions of this difference, using a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6047 register's value as the template*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6048 x d find the difference containing a location in the merge buffer*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6049 x f show the files/buffers Emerge is operating on in Help window
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6050 (use C-u l to restore windows)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6051 x j join this difference with the following one
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6052 (C-u x j joins this difference with the previous one)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6053 x l show line numbers of points in A, B, and merge buffers
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6054 x m change major mode of merge buffer*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6055 x s split this difference into two differences
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6056 (first position the point in all three buffers to the places
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6057 to split the difference)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6058 x t trim identical lines off top and bottom of difference
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6059 (such lines occur when the A and B versions are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6060 identical but differ from the ancestor version)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6061 x x set the template for the x c command*
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6062
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6063 Normally, the merged output goes back in the first file specified.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6064 If you use a prefix argument, Emerge reads another file name to use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6065 for the output file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6066
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6067 Once Emerge has prepared the buffer of differences, it runs the hooks
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6068 in `emerge-startup-hooks'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6069
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6070 *** Asm mode is a new major mode for editing files of assembler code.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6071 It defines these commands:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6072
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6073 TAB tab-to-tab-stop.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6074 LFD Insert a newline and then indent using tab-to-tab-stop.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6075 : Insert a colon and then remove the indentation
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6076 from before the label preceding colon. Then tab-to-tab-stop.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6077 ; Insert or align a comment.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6078
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6079 *** Two-column mode lets you conveniently edit two side-by-side columns
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6080 of text. It works using two side-by-side windows, each showing its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6081 own buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6082
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6083 Here are three ways to enter two-column mode:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6084
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6085 C-x 6 2 makes the current buffer into the left-hand buffer. In the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6086 right-hand window it puts a buffer whose name is based on the current
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6087 buffer's name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6088
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6089 C-x 6 b BUFFER RET makes the current buffer into the left-hand buffer,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6090 and uses buffer BUFFER as the right-hand buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6091
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6092 C-x 6 s splits the current buffer, which contains two-column text,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6093 into two side-by-side buffers. The old current buffer becomes the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6094 left-hand buffer, but the text in the right column is moved into the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6095 right-hand buffer. The current column specifies the split point.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6096 Splitting starts with the current line and continues to the end of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6097 buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6098
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6099 C-x 6 s takes a prefix argument which specifies how many characters
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6100 before point constitute the column separator. (The default argument
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6101 is 1, as usual, so by default the column separator is the character
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6102 before point.) Lines that don't have the column separator at the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6103 proper place remain unsplit; they stay in the left-hand buffer, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6104 the right-hand buffer gets an empty line to correspond.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6105
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6106 You can scroll both buffers together using C-x 6 SPC (scroll up), C-x
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6107 6 DEL (scroll down), and C-x 6 RET (scroll up one line). C-x 6 C-l
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6108 recenters both buffers together.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6109
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6110 If you want to make a line which will span both columns, put it in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6111 the left-hand buffer, with an empty line in the corresponding place in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6112 the right-hand buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6113
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6114 When you have edited both buffers as you wish, merge them with C-x 6
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6115 1. This copies the text from the right-hand buffer as a second column
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6116 in the other buffer. To go back to two-column editing, use C-x 6 s.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6117
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6118 Use C-x 6 d to disassociate the two buffers, leaving each as it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6119 stands. (If the other buffer, the one that was not current when you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6120 type C-x 6 d, is empty, C-x 6 d kills it.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6121
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6122 *** You can supply command arguments such as files to visit to an Emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6123 that is already running. To do this, you must do this in your .emacs
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6124 file:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6125 (add-hook 'suspend-hook 'resume-suspend-hook)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6126 Also you must use the shellscript emacs.csh or emacs.sh, found in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6127 etc subdirectory.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6128
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6129 *** Shell mode has been completely replaced.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6130 The basic idea is the same, but there are new commands available in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6131 this mode.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6132
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6133 TAB now completes the file name before point in the shell buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6134 To get a list of all possible completions, type M-?.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6135
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6136 There is a new convenient history mechanism for repeating previous
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6137 commands. Use the command M-p to recall the last command; it copies
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6138 the text of that command to the place where you are editing. If you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6139 repeat M-p, it replaces the copied command with the previous command.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6140 M-n is similar but goes in the opposite direction towards the present.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6141 When you find the command you wanted, you can edit it, or just
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6142 resubmit it by typing RET.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6143
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6144 You can also use M-r and M-s to search for (respectively) earlier or
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6145 later inputs starting with a given string. First type the string,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6146 then type M-r to yank a previous input from the history which starts
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6147 with that string. You can repeat M-r to find successively earlier
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6148 inputs starting with the same string. You can start moving in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6149 opposite direction (toward more recent inputs) by typing M-s instead
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6150 of M-r. As long as you don't use any commands except M-r and M-s,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6151 they keep using the same string that you had entered initially.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6152
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6153 C-c C-o kills the last batch of output from a shell command. This is
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6154 useful if a shell command spews out lots of output that just gets in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6155 the way.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6156
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6157 C-c C-r scrolls to display the beginning of the last batch of output
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6158 at the top of the window; it also moves the cursor there.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6159
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6160 C-a on a line that starts with a shell prompt moves to the end of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6161 prompt, not to the very beginning of the line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6162
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6163 C-d typed at the end of the shell buffer sends EOF to the subshell.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6164 At any other position in the buffer, it deletes a character as usual.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6165
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6166 If Emacs gets confused while trying to track changes in the shell's
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6167 current directory, type M-x dirs to re-synchronize.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6168
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6169 M-x send-invisible reads a line of text without echoing it, and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6170 sends it to the shell.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6171
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6172 If you accidentally suspend your process, use M-x comint-continue-subjob
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6173 to continue it.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6174
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6175 *** There is now a convenient way to enable flow control on terminals
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6176 where you can't win without it. Suppose you want to do this on
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6177 VT-100 and H19 terminals; put the following in your `.emacs' file:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6178
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6179 (enable-flow-control-on "vt100" "h19")
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6180
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6181 When flow control is enabled, you must type C-\ to get the effect of a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6182 C-s, and type C-^ to get the effect of a C-q.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6183
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6184 The function `enable-flow-control' enables flow control unconditionally.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6185
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6186 ** Changes in Dired
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6187
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6188 Dired has many new features which allow you to do these things:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6189
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6190 - Rename, copy, or make links to many files at once.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6191
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6192 - Make distinguishable types of marks for different operations.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6193
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6194 - Display contents of subdirectories in the same Dired buffer as the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6195 parent directory.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6196
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6197 *** Setting and Clearing Marks
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6198
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6199 There are now two kinds of marker that you can put on a file in Dired:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6200 `D' for deletion, and `*' for any other kind of operation.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6201 The `x' command deletes only files marked with `D', and most
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6202 other Dired commands operate only on the files marked with `*'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6203
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6204 To mark files with `D' (also called "flagging" the files), you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6205 can use `d' as usual. Here are some commands for marking with
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6206 `*' (and also for unmarking):
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6207
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6208 **** `m' marks the current file with `*', for an operation other than
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6209 deletion.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6210
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6211 **** `*' marks all executable files. With a prefix argument, it
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6212 unmarks all those files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6213
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6214 **** `@' marks all symbolic links. With a prefix argument, it unmarks
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6215 all those files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6216
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6217 **** `/' marks all directory files except `.' and `..'. With a prefix
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6218 argument, it unmarks all those files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6219
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6220 **** M-DEL removes a specific or all marks from every file. With an
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6221 argument, queries for each marked file. Type your help character,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6222 usually C-h, at that time for help.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6223
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6224 **** `c' replaces all marks that use the character OLD with marks that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6225 use the character NEW. You can use almost any character as a mark
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6226 character by means of this command, to distinguish various classes of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6227 files. If OLD is ` ', then the command operates on all unmarked
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6228 files; if NEW is ` ', then the command unmarks the files it acts on.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6229
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6230 *** Operating on Multiple Files
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6231
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6232 The Dired commands to operate directly on files (rename them, copy
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6233 them, and so on) have been generalized to work on multiple files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6234 There are also some additional commands in this series.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6235
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6236 All of these commands use the same convention to decide which files to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6237 manipulate:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6238
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6239 - If you give the command a numeric prefix argument @var{n}, it operates
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6240 on the next @var{n} files, starting with the current file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6241
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6242 - Otherwise, if there are marked files, the commands operate on all the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6243 marked files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6244
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6245 - Otherwise, the command operates on the current file only.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6246
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6247 These are the commands:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6248
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6249 **** `C' copies the specified files. You must specify a directory to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6250 copy into, or (if copying a single file) a new name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6251
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6252 If `dired-copy-preserve-time' is non-`nil', then copying sets
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6253 the modification time of the new file to be the same as that of the old
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6254 file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6255
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6256 **** `R' renames the specified files. You must specify a directory to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6257 rename into, or (if renaming a single file) a new name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6258
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6259 Dired automatically changes the visited file name of buffers associated
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6260 with renamed files so that they refer to the new names.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6261
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6262 **** `H' makes hard links to the specified files. You must specify a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6263 directory to make the links in, or (if making just one link) the name
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6264 to give the link.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6265
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6266 **** `S' makes symbolic links to the specified files. You must specify
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6267 a directory to make the links in, or (if making just one link) the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6268 name to give the link.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6269
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6270 **** `M' changes the mode of the specified files. This calls the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6271 `chmod' program, so you can describe the desired mode change with any
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6272 argument that `chmod' would handle.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6273
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6274 **** `G' changes the group of the specified files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6275
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6276 **** `O' changes the owner of the specified files. (On normal systems,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6277 only the superuser can do this.)
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6278
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6279 The variable `dired-chown-program' specifies the name of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6280 program to use to do the work (different systems put `chown' in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6281 different places.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6282
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6283 **** `Z' compresses or uncompresses the specified files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6284
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6285 **** `L' loads the specified Emacs Lisp files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6286
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6287 **** `B' byte compiles the specified Emacs Lisp files.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6288
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6289 **** `P' prints the specified files. It uses the variables
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6290 `lpr-command' and `lpr-switches' just as `lpr-file' does.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6291
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6292 *** Shell Commands in Dired
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6293
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6294 `!' reads a shell command string in the minibuffer and runs the shell
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6295 command on all the specified files. There are two ways of applying a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6296 shell command to multiple files:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6297
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6298 - If you use `*' in the command, then the shell command runs just
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6299 once, with the list of file names substituted for the `*'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6300
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6301 Thus, `! tar cf foo.tar * RET' runs `tar' on the entire list of file
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6302 names, putting them into one tar file `foo.tar'. The file names are
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6303 inserted in the order that they appear in the Dired buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6304
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6305 - If the command string doesn't contain `*', then it runs once for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6306 each file, with the file name attached at the end. For example, `!
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6307 uudecode RET' runs `uudecode' on each file.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6308
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6309 To run the shell command once for each file but without being limited
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6310 to putting the file name inserted in the middle, use a shell loop.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6311 For example, this shell command would run `uuencode' on each of the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6312 specified files, writing the output into a corresponding `.uu' file:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6313
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6314 for file in *; uuencode $file $file >$file.uu; done
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6315
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6316 The working directory for the shell command is the top level directory
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6317 of the Dired buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6318
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6319 *** Regular Expression File Name Substitution
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6320
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6321 **** `% m REGEXP RET' marks all files whose names match the regular
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6322 expression REGEXP.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6323
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6324 Only the non-directory part of the file name is used in matching. Use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6325 `^' and `$' to anchor matches. Exclude subdirs by hiding them.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6326
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6327 **** `% d REGEXP RET' flags for deletion all files whose names match
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6328 the regular expression REGEXP.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6329
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6330 **** `% R', `% C', `% H', `% S'
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6331
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6332 These four commands rename, copy, make hard links and make soft links,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6333 in each case computing the new name by regular expression substitution
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6334 from the name of the old file. They effectively perform
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6335 `query-replace-regexp' on the selected file names in the Dired buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6336
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6337 The commands read two arguments: a regular expression, and a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6338 substitution pattern. Each selected file name is matched against the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6339 regular expression, and then the part which matched is replaced with
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6340 the substitution pattern. You can use `\&' and `\DIGIT' in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6341 substitution pattern to refer to all or part of the old file name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6342
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6343 If the regular expression matches more than once in a file name,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6344 only the first match is replaced.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6345
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6346 Normally, the replacement process does not consider the directory names;
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6347 it operates on the file name within the directory. If you specify a
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6348 prefix argument of zero, then replacement affects entire file name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6349
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6350 To apply the command to all files matching the same regexp that you
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6351 use in the command, mark those files with `% m REGEXP RET', then use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6352 the same regular expression in `% R'. To make this easier, `% R' uses
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6353 as a default the last regular expression specified in a `%' command.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6354
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6355 *** Dired Case Conversion
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6356
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6357 **** `% u' renames each of the selected files to an upper case name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6358
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6359 **** `% l' renames each of the selected files to a lower case name.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6360
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6361 *** File Comparison with Dired
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6362
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6363 **** `=' compares the current file with another file (the file at the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6364 mark), by running the `diff' program. The file at the mark is given
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6365 to `diff' first.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6366
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6367 **** `M-=' compares the current file with its backup file. If there
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6368 are several numerical backups, it uses the most recent one. If this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6369 file is a backup, it is compared with its original.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6370
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6371 The backup file is the first file given to `diff'.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6372
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6373 *** Subdirectories in Dired
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6374
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6375 You can display more than one directory in one Dired buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6376 The simplest way to do this is to specify the options `-lR' for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6377 running `ls'. That produces a recursive directory listing showing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6378 all subdirectories, all within the same Dired buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6379
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6380 You can also insert the contents of a particular subdirectory with the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6381 `i' command. Use this command on the line that describes a file which
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6382 is a directory. Inserted subdirectory contents follow the top-level
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6383 directory of the Dired buffer, just as they do in `ls -lR' output.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6384
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6385 If the subdirectory's contents are already present in the buffer, the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6386 `i' command just moves to it (type `l' to refresh it). It sets the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6387 Emacs mark before moving, so C-x C-x takes you back to the old
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6388 position in the buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6389
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6390 When you have subdirectories in the Dired buffer, you can use the page
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6391 motion commands C-x [ and C-x ] to move by entire directories.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6392
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6393 The following commands move up and down in the tree of directories
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6394 in one Dired buffer:
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6395
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6396 **** C-M-u Go up to the parent directory's headerline.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6397
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6398 **** C-M-d Go down in the tree, to the first subdirectory's
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6399 headerline.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6400
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6401 **** C-M-n Go to next subdirectory headerline, regardless of level.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6402
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6403 **** C-M-p Go to previous subdirectory headerline, regardless of
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6404 level.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6405
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6406 *** Hiding Subdirectories
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6407
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6408 "Hiding" a subdirectory means to make it invisible, except for its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6409 headerline. Files inside a hidden subdirectory are never considered
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6410 by Dired. For example, the commands to operate on marked files ignore
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6411 files in hidden directories even if they are marked.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6412
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6413 **** `$' hides or unhides the current subdirectory and move to next
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6414 subdirectory. A prefix argument serves as a repeat count.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6415
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6416 **** `M-$' hides all subdirectories, leaving only their header lines.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6417 Or, if at least one subdirectory is currently hidden, it makes
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6418 everything visible again. You can use this command to get an overview
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6419 in very deep directory trees or to move quickly to subdirectories far
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6420 away.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6421
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6422 *** Editing the Dired Buffer
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6423
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6424 **** `l' updates the specified files in a Dired buffer. This means
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6425 reading their current status from the file system and changing the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6426 buffer to reflect it properly.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6427
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6428 If you use this command on a subdirectory header line, it updates the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6429 contents of the subdirectory.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6430
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6431 **** `g' updates the entire contents of the Dired buffer. It preserves
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6432 all marks except for those on files that have vanished. Hidden
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6433 subdirectories are updated but remain hidden.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6434
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6435 **** `k' kills all marked lines (not the files). With a prefix
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6436 argument, it kills that many lines starting with the current line.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6437
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6438 This command does not delete files; it just deletes text from the Dired
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6439 buffer.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6440
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6441 If you kill the line for a file that is a directory, then its contents
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6442 are also deleted from the buffer. Typing `C-u k' on the header line
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6443 for a subdirectory is another way to delete a subdirectory from the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
6444 Dired buffer.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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6445
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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6446 *** `find' and Dired.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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6447
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6448 To search for files with names matching a wildcard pattern use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6449 `find-name-dired'. Its arguments are DIRECTORY and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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6450 PATTERN. It selects all the files in DIRECTORY or its
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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6451 subdirectories whose own names match PATTERN.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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6452
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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6453 The files thus selected are displayed in a Dired buffer in which the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6454 ordinary Dired commands are available.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6455
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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6456 If you want to test the contents of files, rather than their names, use
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6457 `find-grep-dired'. This command takes two minibuffer arguments,
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6458 DIRECTORY and REGEXP; it selects all the files in
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6459 DIRECTORY or its subdirectories that contain a match for
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6460 REGEXP. It works by running `find' and `grep'.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6461
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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6462 The most general command in this series is `find-dired', which lets
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6463 you specify any condition that `find' can test. It takes two
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6464 minibuffer arguments, DIRECTORY and FIND-ARGS; it runs `find' in
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6465 DIRECTORY with using FIND-ARGS as the arguments to `find' specifying
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6466 which files to accept. To use this command, you need to know how to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6467 use `find'.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6468
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6469 ** New amusements and novelties.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6470
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6471 *** `M-x mpuz' displays a multiplication puzzle, in which each letter
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6472 stands for a digit, and you must determine which digit. The puzzles
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6473 are determined randomly, so they are always different.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6474
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6475 *** `M-x gomoku' plays the game Gomoku with you. It needs more work.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6476
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6477 *** `M-x spook' adds a line of randomly chosen keywords to an outgoing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6478 mail message. The keywords are chosen from a list of words that
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6479 suggest you are discussing something subversive.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6480
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6481 The idea is that the NSA reads all messages that contain keywords
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6482 suggesting they might be interested, and that adding these lines could
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6483 help to overload them. I would guess that they have modified their
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6484 program by now to ignore these lines of keywords; perhaps the program
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6485 can be updated if some clever hacker can determine what criterion they
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6486 actually use now.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6487
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6488 ** Installation changes
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6489
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6490 *** The configure script has been provided to help with the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6491 installation process. It takes the place of editing the Makefiles and
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6492 src/config.h, and can often guess the appropriate operating system to
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6493 use for a particular machine type. See INSTALL for a more detailed
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6494 description of the steps required for installation.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6495
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6496 *** If you create a Lisp file named `site-start.el', Emacs loads the file
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6497 whenever it starts up.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6498
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6499 *** A new Lisp variable, `data-directory', indicates the directory
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6500 containing the DOC file, tutorial, copying agreement, and other
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6501 familiar `etc' files. The value of `data-directory' is a simple string.
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6502 The default should be set at build time, and the person installing
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6503 Emacs should place all the data files in this directory. The `help.el'
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6504 functions that look for docstrings and information files check this
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6505 variable. All Emacs Lisp packages should also be coded so that they
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6506 refer to `data-directory' to find data files.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6507
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6508 *** The PURESIZE definition has been moved from config.h to its own
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6509 file, puresize.h. Since almost every file of C source in the
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6510 distribution depends on config.h, but only alloc.c and data.c depend
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6511 on puresize.h, this means that changing the value of PURESIZE causes
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6512 only those two files to be recompiled.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6513
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
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parents:
diff changeset
6514 *** The makefile at the top of the Emacs source tree now supports a
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6515 `dist' target, which creates a compressed tar file suitable for
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parents:
diff changeset
6516 distribution, using the contents of the source tree. Object files,
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6517 old file versions, executables, DOC files, and other
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6518 architecture-specific or easy-to-recreate files are not included in
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6519 the tar file.
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6520
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6521
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
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6522
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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6523 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
75774
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parents: 75343
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6524 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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parents: 75343
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6525
95004
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
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parents: 79776
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6526 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
75774
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parents: 75343
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6527 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
95004
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
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parents: 79776
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6528 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 79776
diff changeset
6529 (at your option) any later version.
75774
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parents: 75343
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6530
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75343
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6531 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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parents: 75343
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6532 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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parents: 75343
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6533 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75343
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6534 GNU General Public License for more details.
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75343
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6535
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75343
diff changeset
6536 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
95004
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 79776
diff changeset
6537 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
75774
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75343
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6538
71203
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parents:
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6539
25fa0038a52d Reorganize NEWS and ONEWS.* files into NEWS for current major version
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6540 Local variables:
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6541 mode: outline
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents:
diff changeset
6542 paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
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parents:
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6543 end:
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parents:
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6544
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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6545 arch-tag: 944be39b-afe8-4217-9977-c745b68a7ca2