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1 GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 26-Mar-1986 |
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4 See the end of the file for license conditions. |
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11 Changes in Emacs 17 |
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13 * Frustrated? |
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14 |
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17 * Bored? |
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18 |
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19 Try M-x hanoi. |
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20 |
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21 * Brain-damaged? |
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23 Try M-x yow. |
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25 * Sun3, Tahoe, Apollo, HP9000s300, Celerity, NCR Tower 32, |
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26 Sequent, Stride, Encore, Plexus and AT&T 7300 machines supported. |
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28 The Tahoe, Sun3, Sequent and Celerity use 4.2. In regard to the |
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29 Apollo, see the file APOLLO in this directory. NCR Tower32, |
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30 HP9000s300, Stride and Nu run forms of System V. System V rel 2 also |
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37 fixes. But you can expect to find a handful of those on any machine |
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40 * Berkeley 4.1 Unix supported. |
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44 * Portable `alloca' provided. |
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501 Use the `q' command to go ahead and quit. |
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503 The same applies to some kinds of errors, but not all. Errors |
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504 signaled with the Lisp function `signal' can be continued; the `c' |
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513 Errors signaled with the function `error' cannot be continued. |
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518 The word `dot' has been replaced with `point' in all |
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527 The old names are still supported, for now. |
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529 * `string-match' records position of end of match. |
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531 After a successful call to `string-match', `(match-end 0)' will |
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533 Also, `match-begin' and `match-end' with nonzero arguments can be |
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539 This function is just like `insert' except in the handling of any |
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540 relocatable markers that are located at the point of insertion. |
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541 With `insert', such markers end up pointing before the inserted text. |
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542 With `insert-before-markers', they end up pointing after the inserted |
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543 text. |
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545 * New function `copy-alist'. |
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547 This function takes one argument, a list, and makes a disjoint copy |
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548 of the alist structure. The list itself is copied, and each element |
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549 that is a cons cell is copied, but the cars and cdrs of elements |
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552 This is what it takes to get two alists disjoint enough that changes |
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553 in one do not change the result of `assq' on the other. |
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555 * New function `copy-keymap'. |
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557 This function takes a keymap as argument and returns a new keymap |
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558 containing initially the same bindings. Rebindings in either one of |
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559 them will not alter the bindings in the other. |
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561 * New function `copy-syntax-table'. |
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563 This function takes a syntax table as argument and returns a new |
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564 syntax table containing initially the same syntax settings. Changes |
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565 in either one of them will not alter the other. |
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567 * Randomizing the random numbers. |
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569 `(random t)' causes the random number generator's seed to be set |
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572 * Third argument to `modify-syntax-entry'. |
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574 The optional third argument to `modify-syntax-entry', if specified |
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575 should be a syntax table. The modification is made in that syntax table |
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576 rather than in the current syntax table. |
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577 |
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578 * New function `run-hooks'. |
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579 |
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580 This function takes any number of symbols as arguments. |
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581 It processes the symbols in order. For each symbol which |
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585 This is useful in major mode commands. |
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586 |
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587 * Second arg to `switch-to-buffer'. |
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589 If this function is given a non-`nil' second argument, then the |
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590 selection being done is not recorded on the selection history. |
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592 feature is used by the view commands, so that the selection history |
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593 after exiting from viewing is the same as it was before. |
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595 * Second arg to `display-buffer' and `pop-to-buffer'. |
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596 |
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597 These two functions both accept an optional second argument which |
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598 defaults to `nil'. If the argument is not `nil', it means that |
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599 another window (not the selected one) must be found or created to |
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600 display the specified buffer in, even if it is already shown in |
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601 the selected window. |
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603 This feature is used by `switch-to-buffer-other-window'. |
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605 * New variable `completion-ignore-case'. |
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606 |
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607 If this variable is non-`nil', completion allows strings |
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608 in different cases to be considered matching. The global value |
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611 This variable exists for the sake of commands that are completing |
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612 an argument in which case is not significant. It is possible |
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613 to change the value globally, but you might not like the consequences |
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614 in the many situations (buffer names, command names, file names) |
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615 where case makes a difference. |
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617 * Major modes related to Text mode call text-mode-hook, then their own hooks. |
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743 * New fifth argument to `subst-char-in-region'. |
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745 This argument is optional and defaults to `nil'. If it is not `nil', |
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746 then the substitutions made by this function are not recorded |
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747 in the Undo mechanism. |
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749 This feature should be used with great care. It is now used |
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750 by Outline mode to make lines visible or invisible. |
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751 |
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752 * ` *Backtrace*' buffer renamed to `*Backtrace*'. |
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754 As a result, you can now reselect this buffer easily if you switch to |
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755 another while in the debugger. |
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756 |
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757 Exiting from the debugger kills the `*Backtrace*' buffer, so you will |
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758 not try to give commands in it when no longer really in the debugger. |
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760 * New function `switch-to-buffer-other-window'. |
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762 This is the new primitive to select a specified buffer (the |
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764 `pop-to-buffer', because it is guaranteed to create another |
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768 All functions to select a buffer in another window should |
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769 do so by calling this new function. |
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770 |
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771 * New variable `minibuffer-help-form'. |
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773 At entry to the minibuffer, the variable `help-form' is bound |
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774 to the value of `minibuffer-help-form'. |
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775 |
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776 `help-form' is expected at all times to contain either `nil' |
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777 or an expression to be executed when C-h is typed (overriding |
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778 teh definition of C-h as a command). `minibuffer-help-form' |
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780 C-h while in the minibuffer. |
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782 * New \{...} documentation construct. |
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784 It is now possible to set up the documentation string for |
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785 a major mode in such a way that it always describes the contents |
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786 of the major mode's keymap, as it has been customized. |
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787 To do this, include in the documentation string the characters `\{' |
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788 followed by the name of the variable containing the keymap, |
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790 be quoted with a second `\', to include it in the doc string.) |
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791 This construct is normally used on a line by itself, with no blank |
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792 lines before or after. |
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794 For example, the documentation string for the function `c-mode' contains |
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795 ... |
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796 Paragraphs are separated by blank lines only. |
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797 Delete converts tabs to spaces as it moves back. |
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798 \\{c-mode-map} |
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799 Variables controlling indentation style: |
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802 * New character syntax class "punctuation". |
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804 Punctuation characters behave like whitespace in word and |
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805 list parsing, but can be distinguished in regexps and in the |
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806 function `char-syntax'. Punctuation syntax is represented by |
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807 a period in `modify-syntax-entry'. |
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809 * `auto-mode-alist' no longer needs entries for backup-file names, |
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811 Backup suffixes of all kinds are now stripped from a file's name |
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812 before searching `auto-mode-alist'. |
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813 |
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815 |
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816 Changes in Emacs 16 |
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818 * No special code for Ambassadors, VT-100's and Concept-100's. |
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819 |
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820 Emacs now controls these terminals based on the termcap entry, like |
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821 all other terminals. Formerly it did not refer to the termcap entries |
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822 for those terminal types, and often the termcap entries for those |
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823 terminals are wrong or inadequate. If you experience worse behavior |
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824 on these terminals than in version 15, you can probably correct it by |
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825 fixing up the termcap entry. See ./TERMS for more info. |
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826 |
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827 See ./TERMS in any case if you find that some terminal does not work |
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828 right with Emacs now. |
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829 |
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830 * Minibuffer default completion character is TAB (and not ESC). |
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831 |
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832 So that ESC can be used in minibuffer for more useful prefix commands. |
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834 * C-z suspends Emacs in all modes. |
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835 |
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836 Formerly, C-z was redefined for other purposes by certain modes, |
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837 such as Buffer Menu mode. Now other keys are used for those purposes, |
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838 to keep the meaning of C-z uniform. |
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840 * C-x ESC (repeat-complex-command) allows editing the command it repeats. |
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842 Instead of asking for confirmation to re-execute a command from the |
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843 command history, the command is placed, in its Lisp form, into the |
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844 minibuffer for editing. You can confirm by typing RETURN, change some |
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845 arguments and then confirm, or abort with C-g. |
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847 * Incremental search does less redisplay on slow terminals. |
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851 a single-line window and uses that to display the line on which |
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852 a match has been found. Exiting or quitting the search restores |
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854 were searching in. |
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858 This feature is courtesy of crl@purdue. |
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862 If the minibuffer window is selected, most commands that would |
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863 use the minibuffer gets an error instead. (Specific commands |
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895 This feature was originally written by shane@mit-ajax. |
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903 the buffer in `command-history-mode'. M-x command-history-mode |
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905 `list-command-history'. It is like Emacs-Lisp mode except that characters |
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907 expression from the list. `electric-command-history' pops up a type |
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909 character is Space, the window goes away and the previous window |
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911 history and select an expression for evaluation *inside* the buffer |
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913 configuration is restored on exit unless the command selected changes |
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914 it. |
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916 * M-x edit-picture |
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918 Enters a temporary major mode (the previous major mode is remembered |
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919 and can is restored on exit) designed for editing pictures and tables. |
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920 Printing characters replace rather than insert themselves with motion |
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921 afterwards that is user controlled (you can specify any of the 8 |
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922 compass directions). Special commands for movement are provided. |
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923 Special commands for hacking tabs and tab stops are provided. Special |
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929 * Stupid C-s/C-q `flow control' supported. |
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931 Do (set-input-mode nil t) to tell Emacs to use CBREAK mode and interpret |
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932 C-s and C-q as flow control commands. (set-input-mode t nil) switches |
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933 back to interrupt-driven input. (set-input-mode nil nil) uses CBREAK |
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935 certain debuggers that have trouble dealing with inferiors that use SIGIO. |
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941 input characters. |
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944 and therefore can cause incorrect screen updating. |
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948 partially compensate for this by setting up a keyboard-translate-table |
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950 C-s and C-q. Of course, C-^ and C-\ are commonly used as escape |
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955 INTERRUPT_INPUT exists only to specify the default mode of operation; |
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961 a slash is appended to it. |
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965 If you undo changes in a buffer back to a state in which the |
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971 This command creates an inferior Lisp process whose input and output |
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1009 `v' views (like more) the file on the current line. |
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1012 `r' renames a file and updates the directory listing if the |
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1014 `c' copies a file and updates the directory listing if the file is |
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1015 copied to the same directory. |
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1019 This pops up a buffer describing the set of emacs buffers. |
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1020 Immediately typing space makes the buffer list go away and returns |
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1023 Otherwise one may use the c-p and c-n commands to move around in the |
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1025 cursor's line. There are a number of other commands which are the same |
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1026 as those of buffer-menu-mode. |
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1028 This is a useful thing to bind to c-x c-b in your `.emacs' file if the |
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1029 rather non-standard `electric' behaviour of the buffer list suits your taste. |
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1030 Type C-h after invoking electric-buffer-list for more information. |
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1032 Calls value of `electric-buffer-menu-mode-hook' if non-nil on entry. |
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1033 Calls value of `after-electric-buffer-menu' on exit (select) if non-nil. |
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1035 Changes in version 16 for mail reading and sending |
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1037 * sendmail prefix character is C-c (and not C-z). New command C-c w. |
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1039 For instance C-c C-c (or C-c C-s) sends mail now rather than C-z C-z. |
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1040 C-c w inserts your `signature' (contents of ~/.signature) at the end |
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1041 of mail. |
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1043 * New feature in C-c y command in sending mail. |
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1045 C-c y is the command to insert the message being replied to. |
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1046 Normally it deletes most header fields and indents everything |
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1047 by three spaces. |
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1049 Now, C-c y does not delete header fields or indent. |
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1050 C-c y with any other numeric argument does delete most header |
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1051 fields, but indents by the amount specified in the argument. |
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1053 * C-r command in Rmail edits current message. |
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1055 It does this by switching to a different major mode |
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1056 which is nearly the same as Text mode. The only difference |
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1057 between it and text mode are the two command C-c and C-]. |
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1058 C-c is defined to switch back to Rmail mode, and C-] |
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1059 is defined to restore the original contents of the message |
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1060 and then switch back to Rmail mode. |
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1062 C-c and C-] are the only ways "back into Rmail", but you |
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1064 C-r in Rmail changes only the handling of the Rmail buffer. |
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1066 * Rmail command `t' toggles header display. |
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1068 Normally Rmail reformats messages to hide most header fields. |
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1069 `t' switches to display of all the header fields of the |
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1070 current message, as long as it remains current. |
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1071 Another `t' switches back to the usual display. |
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1076 `a' adds an attribute and `k' removes one. You specify |
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1078 flag such as "deleted" or "filed", or a user-defined keyword |
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1079 (anything not recognized as built-in). |
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1081 * Rmail commands `l' and `L' summarize by attributes. |
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1085 specify which attribute (for `l') or attributes (for `L') |
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1086 the messages should have. |
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1096 scan listing on the screen. To see a summary of the mh-e commands, |
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1102 compiler switch. |
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1129 The value should be a string containing `-' followed by letters. |
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1130 The letter `l' had better be included and letter 'F' had better be excluded! |
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1135 * New variable `display-time-day-and-date'. |
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1137 If this variable is set non-`nil', the function M-x display-time |
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1156 As a result, `c-indent-level' is now the offset of |
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1163 is all you have to do to make sure Auto Fill mode is turned |
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1166 * Parameter explicit-shell-file-name for M-x shell. |
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1168 This variable, if non-nil, specifies the file name to use |
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1169 for the shell to run if you do M-x shell. |
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1187 Instead of printing that function name, the command that runs it is printed. |
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1228 termscript file is open, all characters sent to the terminal by Emacs |
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1256 default in C-x b, buffers already displayed in windows have lower |
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1263 redisplay to insist on starting display at the specified starting |
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1264 point, even if dot must be moved to get it onto the screen. |
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1268 This function takes one argument, a string, and outputs its contents |
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1274 The terminal's keypad is now put into command mode, as opposed to |
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1280 This function takes a string as an argument NAME and looks for a |
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1282 Otherwise, it successively tries appending suffixes of the form "<1>", |
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1284 existing buffer. A new buffer with that name is the created and returned. |
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1287 This function takes one argument, a lisp object, and returns a string |
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1288 containing that object's printed representation, such as `prin1' |
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1289 would output. |
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1292 Lets you supply a prompt, initial-contents, a keymap, and specify |
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1295 Old functions `read-minibuffer', `eval-minibuffer', `read-string' all |
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1312 you like, set `inverse-video' in your `.emacs' file based on |
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1313 examination of (getenv "TERM"). |
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1390 * Emacs now checks for Lisp stack overflow to avoid fatal errors. |
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1391 The depth in eval, apply and funcall may not exceed max-lisp-eval-depth. |
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1394 You can set the limits to larger values if you wish, but if you make them |
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1395 too large, you are vulnerable to a fatal error if you invoke |
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1399 Both of these variables if non-nil should be functions of no arguments. |
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1414 * If the .emacs file sets inhibit-startup-message to non-nil, |
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1415 the messages normally printed by Emacs at startup time |
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1477 Another new variable, last-input-char, holds the last character |
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1482 * The new switch -kill causes Emacs to exit after processing the |
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1484 emacs -l lib data -e do-it -kill |
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1490 Options that depend on the machine you are running on are defined |
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1497 few other options whose values do not follow from the machine type |
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1498 and system type being used. Installers normally will have to |
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1499 select the correct m- and s- files but will never have to change their |
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1502 * Termcap AL and DL strings are understood. |
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1504 If the termcap entry defines AL and DL strings, for insertion |
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1505 and deletion of multiple lines in one blow, Emacs now uses them. |
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1506 This matters most on certain bit map display terminals for which |
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1507 scrolling is comparatively slow. |
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1511 Emacs now prefers to redraw a few lines rather than |
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1512 shift them a long distance on the screen, when the terminal is fast. |
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1514 * New major mode, mim-mode. |
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1516 This major mode is for editing MDL code. Perhaps a MDL |
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1517 user can explain why it is not called mdl-mode. |
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1518 You must load the library mim-mode explicitly to use this. |
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1520 * GNU documentation formatter `texinfo'. |
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1522 The `texinfo' library defines a format for documentation |
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1523 files which can be passed through Tex to make a printed manual |
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1524 or passed through texinfo to make an Info file. Texinfo is |
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1525 documented fully by its own Info file; compare this file |
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1526 with its source, texinfo.texinfo, for additional guidance. |
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1528 All documentation files for GNU utilities should be written |
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1529 in texinfo input format. |
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1530 |
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1531 Tex processing of texinfo files requires the Botex macro package. |
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1532 This is not ready for distribution yet, but will appear at |
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1533 a later time. |
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1534 |
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1535 * New function read-from-string (emacs 15.29) |
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1536 |
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1537 read-from-string takes three arguments: a string to read from, |
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1538 and optionally start and end indices which delimit a substring |
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1539 from which to read. (They default to 0 and the length of the string, |
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1540 respectively.) |
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1542 This function returns a cons cell whose car is the object produced |
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1543 by reading from the string and whose cdr is a number giving the |
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1544 index in the string of the first character not read. That index may |
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1546 to read the next form represented by the string. |
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1549 In this case, it calls read-from-string on the whole string, and |
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1554 Changes in Emacs 14 |
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1556 * Completion now prints various messages such as [Sole Completion] |
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1557 or [Next Character Not Unique] to describe the results obtained. |
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1558 These messages appear after the text in the minibuffer, and remain |
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1559 on the screen until a few seconds go by or you type a key. |
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1562 Setting or binding this per-buffer variable to a non-nil value |
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1565 The read-only state of a buffer may be altered using toggle-read-only |
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1566 (C-x C-q) |
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1567 The buffers used by Rmail, Dired, Rnews, and Info are now read-only |
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1594 Emacs when I distribute it; it will be incremented each time |
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1595 Emacs is built at another site. |
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1597 * There is now a reader syntax for Meta characters: |
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1598 \M-CHAR means CHAR or'ed with the Meta bit. For example: |
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1600 ?\M-x is (+ ?x 128) |
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1601 ?\M-\n is (+ ?\n 128) |
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1602 ?\M-\^f is (+ ?\^f 128) |
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1604 This syntax can be used in strings too. Note, however, that |
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1605 Meta characters are not meaningful in key sequences being passed |
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1606 to define-key or lookup-key; you must use ESC characters (\e) |
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1607 in them instead. |
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1609 ?\C- can be used likewise for control characters. (13.9) |
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1611 * Installation change |
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1612 The string "../lisp" now adds to the front of the load-path |
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1613 used for searching for Lisp files during Emacs initialization. |
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1614 It used to replace the path specified in paths.h entirely. |
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1615 Now the directory ../lisp is searched first and the directoris |
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1616 specified in paths.h are searched afterward. |
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1620 Changes in Emacs 1.12 |
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1621 |
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1622 * There is a new installation procedure. |
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1623 See the file INSTALL that comes in the top level |
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1624 directory in the tar file or tape. |
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1625 |
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1626 * The Meta key is now supported on terminals that have it. |
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1627 This is a shift key which causes the high bit to be turned on |
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1628 in all input characters typed while it is held down. |
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1629 |
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1630 read-char now returns a value in the range 128-255 if |
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1631 a Meta character is typed. When interpreted as command |
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1632 input, a Meta character is equivalent to a two character |
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1633 sequence, the meta prefix character followed by the un-metized |
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1634 character (Meta-G unmetized is G). |
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1635 |
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1636 The meta prefix character |
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1637 is specified by the value of the variable meta-prefix-char. |
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1638 If this character (normally Escape) has been redefined locally |
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1639 with a non-prefix definition (such as happens in completing |
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1640 minibuffers) then the local redefinition is suppressed when |
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1641 the character is not the last one in a key sequence. |
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1642 So the local redefinition is effective if you type the character |
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1643 explicitly, but not effective if the character comes from |
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1644 the use of the Meta key. |
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1646 * `-' is no longer a completion command in the minibuffer. |
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1647 It is an ordinary self-inserting character. |
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1649 * The list load-path of directories load to search for Lisp files |
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1650 is now controlled by the EMACSLOADPATH environment variable |
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1651 [[ Note this was originally EMACS-LOAD-PATH and has been changed |
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1652 again; sh does not deal properly with hyphens in env variable names]] |
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1653 rather than the EPATH environment variable. This is to avoid |
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1654 conflicts with other Emacses. |
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1655 |
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1656 While Emacs is being built initially, the load-path |
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1657 is now just ("../lisp"), ignoring paths.h. It does not |
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1658 ignore EMACSLOADPATH, however; you should avoid having |
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1659 this variable set while building Emacs. |
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1660 |
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1661 * You can now specify a translation table for keyboard |
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1662 input characters, as a way of exchanging or substituting |
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1663 keys on the keyboard. |
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1664 |
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1665 If the value of keyboard-translate-table is a string, |
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1666 every character received from the keyboard is used as an |
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1667 index in that string, and the character at that index in |
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1668 the string is used as input instead of what was actually |
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1669 typed. If the actual input character is >= the length of |
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1670 the string, it is used unchanged. |
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1671 |
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1672 One way this feature can be used is to fix bad keyboard |
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1673 designes. For example, on some terminals, Delete is |
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1674 Shift-Underscore. Since Delete is a more useful character |
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1675 than Underscore, it is an improvement to make the unshifted |
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1676 character Delete and the shifted one Underscore. This can |
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1677 be done with |
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1679 ;; First make a translate table that does the identity translation. |
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1680 (setq keyboard-translate-table (make-string 128 0)) |
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1681 (let ((i 0)) |
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1682 (while (< i 128) |
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1683 (aset keyboard-translate-table i i) |
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1684 (setq i (1+ i)))) |
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1686 ;; Now alter translations of some characters. |
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1687 (aset keyboard-translate-table ?\_ ?\^?) |
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1688 (aset keyboard-translate-table ?\^? ?\_) |
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1691 codes up to 255, Meta characters are translated through |
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1697 ;; First make a translate table that does the identity translation. |
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1698 (setq keyboard-translate-table (make-string 256 0)) |
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1715 you will not on its account be queried about active subprocesses. |
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1721 * The commands C-c and C-z have been interchanged, |
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1722 for greater compatibility with normal Unix usage. |
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1723 C-z now runs suspend-emacs and C-c runs exit-recursive-edit. |
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1725 * The value returned by file-name-directory now ends |
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1726 with a slash. (file-name-directory "foo/bar") => "foo/". |
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1727 This avoids confusing results when dealing with files |
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1728 in the root directory. |
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1730 The value of the per-buffer variable default-directory |
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1733 * There are now variables to control the switches passed to |
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1734 `ls' by the C-x C-d command (list-directory). |
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1735 list-directory-brief-switches is a string, initially "-CF", |
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1736 used for brief listings, and list-directory-verbose-switches |
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1737 is a string, initially "-l", used for verbose ones. |
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1739 * For Ann Arbor Ambassador terminals, the termcap "ti" string |
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1740 is now used to initialize the screen geometry on entry to Emacs, |
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1741 and the "te" string is used to set it back on exit. |
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1742 If the termcap entry does not define the "ti" or "te" string, |
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1743 Emacs does what it used to do. |
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1747 Changes in Emacs 1.10 |
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1749 * GNU Emacs has been made almost 1/3 smaller. |
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1750 It now dumps out as only 530kbytes on Vax 4.2bsd. |
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1753 throughout the function names, variable names and documentation |
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1754 of GNU Emacs. |
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1756 * The function load now tries appending ".elc" and ".el" |
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1757 to the specified filename BEFORE it tries the filename |
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1758 without change. |
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1760 * rmail now makes the mode line display the total number |
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1761 of messages and the current message number. |
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1762 The "f" command now means forward a message to another user. |
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1763 The command to search through all messages for a string is now "F". |
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1764 The "u" command now means to move back to the previous |
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1765 message and undelete it. To undelete the selected message, use Meta-u. |
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1768 in completing minibuffers. Both mean to complete an additional word. |
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1770 * The Lisp function error now takes args like format |
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1771 which are used to construct the error message. |
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1773 * Redisplay will refuse to start its display at the end of the buffer. |
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1774 It will pick a new place to display from, rather than use that. |
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1777 Its first element is no longer a number but a cons, |
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1778 whose car is the number of cons cells now in use, |
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1779 and whose cdr is the number of cons cells that have been |
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1780 made but are now free. |
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1781 The second element is similar but describes symbols rather than cons cells. |
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1782 The third element is similar but describes markers. |
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1785 The function buffer-name still exists. This is to prevent |
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1786 user programs from changing buffer names without going |
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1787 through the rename-buffer function. |
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1794 or separated by lines that do not start with the fill prefix. |
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1795 Also, a line which consists of the fill prefix followed by |
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1796 white space separates paragraphs. |
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1799 It finds the specified file, switches to that buffer, |
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1802 most useful after you find the wrong file due to a typo. |
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1805 to show you that it has really been exited. |
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1809 a single paragraph (for when the paragraph-delimiting mechanism |
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1813 A new mode called indented-text-mode is like text-mode |
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1815 which indents the line under the previous line. |
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1819 * Functions kill-rectangle and yank-rectangle. |
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1856 Space -- execute the rest of the macro. |
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1857 Delete -- skip the rest of the macro; start next repetition. |
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1858 C-d -- skip rest of the macro and don't repeat it any more. |
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1859 C-r -- enter a recursive edit, then on exit ask again for a character |
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1860 C-l -- redisplay screen and ask again." |
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1863 a kbd macro definition in a file (as Lisp code to |
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1880 * Return now auto-fills the line it is ending, in auto fill mode. |
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1881 Space with zero as argument auto-fills the line before it |
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1894 of one argument; if PRED is non-nil, each symbol is tested |
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1999 Meta-q removes the fill prefix from lines that start with it |
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2007 is like Linefeed (indent-new-line) except when dot is inside a comment; |
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2017 Changes in Emacs 1.6 |
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2019 * save-buffers-kill-emacs is now on C-x C-c |
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2020 while C-x C-z does suspend-emacs. This is to make |
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2021 C-x C-c like the normal Unix meaning of C-c |
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2022 and C-x C-z linke the normal Unix meaning of C-z. |
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2025 This prevents users who type ESC ESC accidentally from |
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2026 getting confusing results. Put |
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2027 (put 'eval-expression 'disabled nil) |
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2028 in your ~/.emacs file to enable the command. |
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2030 * Self-inserting text is grouped into bunches for undoing. |
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2031 Each C-x u command undoes up to 20 consecutive self-inserting |
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2032 characters. |
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2034 * Help f now uses as a default the function being called |
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2035 in the innermost Lisp expression that dot is in. |
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2036 This makes it more convenient to use while writing |
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2037 Lisp code to run in Emacs. |
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2038 (If the text around dot does not appear to be a call |
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2045 directory in the minibuffer, to become part of your input. |
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2046 This allows you to see what the default is. |
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2047 You may type a filename which goes at the end of the |
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2048 default directory, or you may edit the default directory |
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2049 as you like to create the input you want to give. |
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2050 You may also type an absolute pathname (starting with /) |
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2051 or refer to a home directory (input starting with ~) |
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2052 after the default; the presence of // or /~ causes |
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2053 everything up through the slash that precedes your |
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2054 type-in to be ignored. |
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2056 Returning the default directory without change, |
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2057 including the terminating slash, requests the use |
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2058 of the default file name (usually the visited file's name). |
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2060 Set the variable insert-default-directory to nil |
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2061 to turn off this feature. |
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2064 if it exists, as the file name of the shell to run. |
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2065 If there is no ESHELL variable, the SHELL variable is used. |
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2066 This is because some shells do not work properly as inferiors |
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2071 (MODE-FUNCTION-SYMBOL . PRETTY-NAME-STRING), one for each |
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2073 name strings are displayed in the mode line after the name of the |
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2076 turn on the minor mode if given 1 as an argument; they are present |
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2077 so that Help m can find their documentation strings. |
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2080 The new format enables Emacs to find tags much faster. |
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2125 function make-auto-save-file-name. This is so you can |
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2127 are chosen. |
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2130 (expand-file-name "foo" "/lose") => "/lose/foo" |
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2134 A new function substitute-in-file-name does this. Reading |
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2135 a file name with read-file-name or the `f' or`F' option |
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2136 of interactive calling uses substitute-in-file-name |
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2137 on the file name that was read and returns the result. |
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2139 All I/O primitives including insert-file-contents and |
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2141 This change makes them considerably faster in the usual case. |
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2143 * Interactive calling spec strings allow the new code letter 'D' |
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2145 that the default if the user makes no change in the minibuffer |
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2151 Changes in Emacs 1.5 |
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2157 A library called ledit exists which uses this feature |
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2158 to transmit text to a Lisp job running as a sibling of |
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2159 Emacs. |
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2162 it automatically invokes dired on that directory |
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2164 the actual contents of the directory according to Unix. |
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2167 of any previously existing file with the same name. |
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2169 set-file-modes, which can be used to read or set the mode |
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2170 bits of any file. |
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2188 it does that in all modes that supply their own indentation routine, |
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2196 running compilations and finding the loci of error messages. |
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2231 prompts from user input when issued in the middle of the buffer. |
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2232 It no longer reexecutes from dot to the end of the line; |
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2259 * A learn-by-doing tutorial introduction to Emacs now exists. |
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2260 Type C-h t to enter it. |
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2262 * An Info documentation browser exists. Do M-x info to enter it. |
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2271 * A document of the differences between GNU Emacs and Twenex Emacs |
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2275 Meta-Control-q now reindents comment lines within the expression |
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2289 It now takes the key sequence as the first argument |
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2330 You will see that some stack frames are marked with *. |
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2331 This means the debugger will be entered when those |
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2332 frames exit. You will see the value being returned |
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2334 Continue execution, and return that value. Type `c'. |
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2335 Continue execution, and return a specified value. Type `r'. |
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2337 You can mark a frame to enter the debugger on exit |
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2338 with the `b' command, or clear such a mark with `u'. |
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2341 For example, you can write |
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2342 (defmacro cadr (arg) (list 'car (list 'cdr arg))) |
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2344 (cadr foo) |
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2346 (car (cdr foo)) |
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2351 |
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2353 new major mode, Lisp Interaction mode. This mode is |
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2354 intended for typing Lisp expressions, evaluating them, |
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2355 and having the values printed into the buffer. |
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2356 |
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2357 Type Linefeed after a Lisp expression, to evaluate the |
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2358 expression and have its value printed into the buffer, |
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2359 advancing dot. |
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2361 The other commands of Lisp mode are available. |
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2362 |
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2363 * The C-x C-e command for evaluating the Lisp expression |
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2364 before dot has been changed to print the value in the |
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2365 minibuffer line rather than insert it in the buffer. |
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2366 A numeric argument causes the printed value to appear |
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2371 the minibuffer. |
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2372 |
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2375 |
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2376 * M-q now runs fill-paragraph, independent of major mode. |
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2379 major mode. What it prints is the documentation of the |
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2380 major mode name as a function. All major modes have been |
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2381 equipped with documentation that describes all commands |
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2385 the M-x manual-entry command. |
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2388 with the M-x shell command. The Return key sends input |
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2389 to the subshell. Output is printed inserted automatically |
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2390 in the buffer. Commands C-c, C-d, C-u, C-w and C-z are redefined |
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2391 for controlling the subshell and its subjobs. |
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2392 "cd", "pushd" and "popd" commands are recognized as you |
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2393 enter them, so that the default directory of the Emacs buffer |
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2394 always remains the same as that of the subshell. |
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2396 * C-x $ (that's a real dollar sign) controls line-hiding based |
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2397 on indentation. With a numeric arg N > 0, it causes all lines |
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2398 indented by N or more columns to become invisible. |
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2399 They are, effectively, tacked onto the preceding line, where |
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2400 they are represented by " ..." on the screen. |
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2401 (The end of the preceding visible line corresponds to a |
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2402 screen cursor position before the "...". Anywhere in the |
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2403 invisible lines that follow appears on the screen as a cursor |
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2404 position after the "...".) |
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2405 Currently, all editing commands treat invisible lines just |
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2406 like visible ones, except for C-n and C-p, which have special |
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2407 code to count visible lines only. |
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2408 C-x $ with no argument turns off this mode, which in any case |
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2412 It is a major mode invoked with M-x outline-mode. |
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2413 It is intended for editing files that are structured as |
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2414 outlines, with heading lines (lines that begin with one |
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2415 or more asterisks) and text lines (all other lines). |
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2416 The number of asterisks in a heading line are its level; |
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2417 the subheadings of a heading line are all following heading |
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2419 heading line at the same or a lower level, regardless |
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2420 of intervening text lines. |
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2421 |
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2423 or show the text or subheadings under each heading line |
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2424 independently. Hidden text or subheadings are invisibly |
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2425 attached to the end of the preceding heading line, so that |
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2426 if you kill the hading line and yank it back elsewhere |
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2427 all the invisible lines accompany it. |
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2430 as part of the preceding visible line. |
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2432 * C-x C-z runs save-buffers-kill-emacs |
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2451 to read in the current contents of the directory. |
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2453 C-x d runs dired, and C-x 4 d runs dired in another window. |
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2455 C-x C-d (list-directory) also allows partial directories now. |
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2458 Lisp programming changes |
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2460 * t as an output stream now means "print to the minibuffer". |
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2461 If there is already text in the minibuffer printed via t |
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2462 as an output stream, the new text is appended to the old |
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2463 (or is truncated and lost at the margin). If the minibuffer |
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2464 contains text put there for some other reason, it is cleared |
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2465 first. |
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2467 t is now the top-level value of standard-output. |
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2469 t as an input stream now means "read via the minibuffer". |
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2470 The minibuffer is used to read a line of input, with editing, |
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2471 and this line is then parsed. Any excess not used by `read' |
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2472 is ignored; each `read' from t reads fresh input. |
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2473 t is now the top-level value of standard-input. |
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2475 * A marker may be used as an input stream or an output stream. |
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2476 The effect is to grab input from where the marker points, |
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2477 advancing it over the characters read, or to insert output |
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2478 at the marker and advance it. |
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2479 |
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2480 * Output from an asynchronous subprocess is now inserted at |
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2481 the end of the associated buffer, not at the buffer's dot, |
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2482 and the buffer's mark is set to the end of the inserted output |
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2483 each time output is inserted. |
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2485 * (pos-visible-in-window-p POS WINDOW) |
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2486 returns t if position POS in WINDOW's buffer is in the range |
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2487 that is being displayed in WINDOW; nil if it is scrolled |
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2488 vertically out of visibility. |
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2490 If display in WINDOW is not currently up to date, this function |
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2491 calculates carefully whether POS would appear if display were |
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2492 done immediately based on the current (window-start WINDOW). |
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2494 POS defaults to (dot), and WINDOW to (selected-window). |
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2496 * Variable buffer-alist replaced by function (buffer-list). |
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2497 The actual alist of buffers used internally by Emacs is now |
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2498 no longer accessible, to prevent the user from crashing Emacs |
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2499 by modifying it. The function buffer-list returns a list |
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2500 of all existing buffers. Modifying this list cannot hurt anything |
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2501 as a new list is constructed by each call to buffer-list. |
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2505 it is done. |
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2507 * byte-recompile-directory is a new function which finds all |
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2508 the .elc files in a directory, and regenerates each one which |
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2528 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, |
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