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1 GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
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3 Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 See the end of the file for license conditions.
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6 Please send Emacs bug reports to emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org.
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7 If possible, use M-x report-emacs-bug.
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9 This file is about changes in Emacs version 23.
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11 See files NEWS.22, NEWS.21, NEWS.20, NEWS.19, NEWS.18, and NEWS.1-17
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12 for changes in older Emacs versions.
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14 You can narrow news to a specific version by calling `view-emacs-news'
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15 with a prefix argument or by typing C-u C-h C-n.
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18 Temporary note:
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19 +++ indicates that the appropriate manual has already been updated.
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20 --- means no change in the manuals is called for.
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21 When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or ---
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22 so we will look at it and add it to the manual.
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25 * Installation Changes in Emacs 23.2
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27 ** New configure options for Emacs developers
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28 These are not new features; only the configure flags are new.
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30 *** --enable-profiling builds Emacs with profiling enabled.
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31 This might not work on all platforms.
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33 *** --enable-checking[=OPTIONS] builds emacs with extra runtime checks.
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35 ---
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36 ** `make install' now consistently ignores umask, creating a
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37 world-readable install.
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39 ** Emacs compiles with Gconf support by default, if it is detected.
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40 Use the configure option --without-gconf to disable this.
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41
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42 * Startup Changes in Emacs 23.2
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43
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44 ** The command-line option -Q (--quick) also inhibits loading X resources.
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45 However, if Emacs is compiled with the Lucid or Motif toolkit, X
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46 resource settings for the graphical widgets are still applied.
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47 On Windows, the -Q option causes Emacs to ignore Registry settings,
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48 but environment variables set on the Registry are still honored.
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49
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50 *** The new variable `inhibit-x-resources' shows whether X resources
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51 were loaded.
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53 +++
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54 ** New command-line option -mm (--maximized) maximizes the initial frame.
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56 * Changes in Emacs 23.2
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57
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58 ** The maximum size of buffers (and the largest fixnum) is doubled.
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59 On typical 32bit systems, buffers can now be up to 512MB.
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61 ** The default value of `trash-directory' is now nil.
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62 This means that `move-file-to-trash' trashes files according to
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63 freedesktop.org specifications, the same method used by the Gnome,
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64 KDE, and XFCE desktops. (This change has no effect on Windows, which
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65 uses `system-move-file-to-trash' for trashing.)
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67 ** The pointer now becomes invisible when typing.
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68 Customize `make-pointer-invisible' to disable this feature.
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69
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70 ** Font changes
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71
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72 *** Emacs can use the system default monospaced font in Gnome.
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73 To enable this feature, set `font-use-system-font' to non-nil (it is
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74 nil by default). If the system default changes, Emacs changes also.
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75 This feature requires Gconf support, which is automatically included
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76 at compile-time if configure detects the gconf libraries (you can
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77 disable this with the configure option --without-gconf).
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78
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79 *** On X11, Emacs reacts to Xft changes made by configuration tools,
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80 via the XSETTINGS mechanism. This includes antialias, hinting,
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81 hintstyle, RGBA, DPI and lcdfilter changes.
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83 ** Killing a buffer with a running process now asks for confirmation.
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84 To remove this query, remove `process-kill-buffer-query-function' from
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85 `kill-buffer-query-functions', or set the appropriate process flag
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86 with `set-process-query-on-exit-flag'.
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88 ** File-local variable changes
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90 *** Specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that mode,
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91 unconditionally. The previous behavior, toggling the mode, was
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92 neither reliable nor generally desirable.
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94 *** New commands for adding and removing file-local variables:
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95 `add-file-local-variable', `delete-file-local-variable',
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96 `add-file-local-variable-prop-line', and
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97 `delete-file-local-variable-prop-line'.
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99 *** New commands for adding and removing directory-local variables,
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100 and copying them to and from file-local variable lists:
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101 `add-dir-local-variable', `delete-dir-local-variable',
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102 `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals',
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103 `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line' and
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104 `copy-file-locals-to-dir-locals'.
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106 ** Internationalization changes
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107
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108 *** Unibyte sessions are now considered obsolete.
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109 This refers to the EMACS_UNIBYTE environment variable as well as the
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110 --unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte command line
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111 arguments. Customizing enable-multibyte-characters and setting
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112 default-enable-multibyte-characters are also deprecated.
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113
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114 *** New coding system `utf-8-hfs'.
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115 This is suitable for default-file-name-coding-system on Mac OS X; see
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116 international/ucs-normalize.el.
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117
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118 ** Function arguments in *Help* buffers are now shown in upper-case.
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119 Customize `help-downcase-arguments' to t to show them in lower-case.
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122 * Editing Changes in Emacs 23.2
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124 ** Kill-ring and selection changes
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125 +++
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126 *** If `select-active-regions' is t, any active region automatically
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127 becomes the primary selection (for interaction with other window
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128 applications). If you enable this, you might want to bind
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129 `mouse-yank-primary' to Mouse-2.
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131 *** When `save-interprogram-paste-before-kill' is non-nil, the kill
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132 commands save the interprogram-paste selection into the kill ring
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133 before doing anything else. This avoids losing the selection.
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134
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135 *** When `kill-do-not-save-duplicates' is non-nil, identical
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136 subsequent kills are not duplicated in the `kill-ring'.
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137
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138 ** Completion changes
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139
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140 *** The new completion-style `initials' is available.
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141 For instance, this can complete M-x lch to list-command-history.
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142
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143 *** The new variable `completions-format' determines how completions
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144 are displayed in the *Completions* buffer. If you set it to
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145 `vertical', completions are sorted vertically in columns.
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146
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147 +++
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148 ** The default value of `blink-matching-paren-distance' is increased.
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149
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150 ** M-n provides more default values in the minibuffer for commands
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151 that read file names. These include the file name at point (when ffap
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152 is loaded without ffap-bindings), the file name on the current line
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153 (in Dired buffers), and the directory names of adjacent Dired windows
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154 (for Dired commands that operate on several directories, such as copy,
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155 rename, or diff).
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156
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157 ** M-r is bound to the new `move-to-window-line-top-bottom'.
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158 This moves point to the window center, top and bottom on successive
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159 invocations, in the same spirit as the C-l (recenter-top-bottom)
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160 command.
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161
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162 ** The new variable `recenter-positions' determines the default
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163 cycling order of C-l (`recenter-top-bottom').
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164
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165
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166 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2
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167
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168 ** The bookmark menu has a narrowing search via bookmark-bmenu-search.
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169
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170 ** LaTeX mode now provides completion via latex-complete and
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171 latex-indent-or-complete.
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172
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173 ** lucid.el and levents.el are now declared obsolete.
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174
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175 ** pcomplete provides a new command `pcomplete-std-completion' which
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176 is similar to `pcomplete' but using the standard completion UI code.
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177
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178 ** .calc.el and .abbrev_defs obey user-emacs-directory.
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179
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180 ** Calc graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows,
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181 if you have the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later
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182 installed.
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183
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184 ** Calendar and diary
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185
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186 +++
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187 *** Fancy diary display is now the default.
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188 If you prefer the simple display, customize `diary-display-function'.
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189
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190 +++
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191 *** The diary's fancy display now enables view-mode.
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192
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193 ---
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194 *** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument
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195 giving an offset from today.
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196
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197 ** Desktop
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198 ---
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199 *** The default value for `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is nil.
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200 This means Desktop will try restoring all buffers, when you restart
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201 your Emacs session. Also, `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is only
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202 effective for buffers that have no associated file. If you want to
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203 exempt buffers that do correspond to files, customize the value of
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204 `desktop-files-not-to-save' instead.
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205
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206 ** Dired
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207
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208 *** The new variable `dired-auto-revert-buffer' allows to revert
c1162f7a37aa (dired-auto-revert-buffer): New defcustom.
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209 dired buffers automatically on revisiting.
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210
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211 ** DocView
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212
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213 *** When `doc-view-continuous' is non-nil, scrolling a line
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214 on the page edge advances to the next/previous page.
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215
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216 ** FIXME mail-user-agent change
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217 This probably affects a lot of documentation.
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218
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219 ** FIXME gdb-mi
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220
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221 ** Grep
20e6e5b85a34 Search recursively in gzipped files. (Bug#4982)
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222
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223 A new command `zrgrep' searches recursively in gzipped files.
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224
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225 ** Info
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226
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227 *** The new command `Info-virtual-index' bound to "I" displays a menu of
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228 matched topics found in the index.
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229
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230 *** The new command `info-finder' replaces finder.el with a virtual Info
5d9efafcafb1 Add `info-finder'.
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231 manual that generates an Info file which gives the same information
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232 through a menu structure.
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233
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234 ** nXML mode is now the default for editing XML files.
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235
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236 ** Shell
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237
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238 *** ansi-color is now enabled by default.
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239 To disable it, set ansi-color-for-comint-mode to nil.
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240
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241 +++
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242 ** Tramp
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243
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244 *** New connection methods "rsyncc", "imap" and "imaps".
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245 On systems which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the new
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246 connection methods "dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce".
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247
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Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
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248 ** VC and related modes
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249
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250 *** When using C-x v v or C-x v i on a unregistered file that is in a
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251 directory not controlled by any VCS, ask the user what VC backend to
6e1befdc92ef (vc-responsible-backend): When a directory is passed for
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252 use to create a repository, create a new repository and register the
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253 file.
6e1befdc92ef (vc-responsible-backend): When a directory is passed for
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254
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255 *** FIXME: add info about the new VC functions: vc-root-diff and
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256 vc-root-print-log once they stabilize.
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257
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258 *** The log functions (C-x v l and C-x v L) do not show the full log
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259 by default anymore. The number of entries shown can be chosen
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260 interactively with a prefix argument, by customizing
2f9ecf376c7a * vc.el (vc-log-show-limit): Default to 2000.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105885
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261 vc-log-show-limit. The log buffer display buttons that can be used
2f9ecf376c7a * vc.el (vc-log-show-limit): Default to 2000.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105885
diff changeset
262 to change the number of entries shown.
2f9ecf376c7a * vc.el (vc-log-show-limit): Default to 2000.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105885
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263 RCS, SCCS, CVS and Git do not support this feature.
2f9ecf376c7a * vc.el (vc-log-show-limit): Default to 2000.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105885
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264
105670
6f463ea7a91a Make vc-annotate work through copies and renames.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105601
diff changeset
265 *** vc-annotate supports annotations through file copies and renames,
6f463ea7a91a Make vc-annotate work through copies and renames.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105601
diff changeset
266 it displays the old names for the files and it can show logs/diffs for
6f463ea7a91a Make vc-annotate work through copies and renames.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105601
diff changeset
267 the corresponding lines. Currently only Git and Mercurial take
6f463ea7a91a Make vc-annotate work through copies and renames.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105601
diff changeset
268 advantage of this feature.
6f463ea7a91a Make vc-annotate work through copies and renames.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105601
diff changeset
269
103596
0c5de07aff62 Remove find-file-not-found-hook VC method. (Bug#2757)
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 103585
diff changeset
270 *** When a file is not found, VC will not try to check it out of RCS anymore.
0c5de07aff62 Remove find-file-not-found-hook VC method. (Bug#2757)
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 103585
diff changeset
271
106159
f5e8e91b23bf (vc-deduce-fileset): Allow non-state changing operations
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 106127
diff changeset
272 *** Diff and log operations can be used from dired buffers.
f5e8e91b23bf (vc-deduce-fileset): Allow non-state changing operations
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 106127
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273
104044
ba1929fee199 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 104040
diff changeset
274 *** vc-git changes
ba1929fee199 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 104040
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275
ba1929fee199 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 104040
diff changeset
276 **** The new variable vc-git-add-signoff can be used to add a
104040
713b01004f7b Mention vc-git-add-signoff.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 104038
diff changeset
277 Signed-off-by line when committing.
713b01004f7b Mention vc-git-add-signoff.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 104038
diff changeset
278
105131
04a7d9439cd0 Mention support for stashes in vc-git.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105112
diff changeset
279 **** Support for operating with stashes has been added to vc-dir: the stash list is
106384
8272f561b710 Support applying stashes. Improve UI.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 106342
diff changeset
280 displayed in the *vc-dir* header, stashes can be created, removed, applied and
105131
04a7d9439cd0 Mention support for stashes in vc-git.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105112
diff changeset
281 their content displayed.
04a7d9439cd0 Mention support for stashes in vc-git.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 105112
diff changeset
282
104044
ba1929fee199 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 104040
diff changeset
283 **** vc-dir displays the stash status
ba1929fee199 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 104040
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284
106387
e01e9655414f Add support for bzr shelve/unshelve.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 106384
diff changeset
285 *** vc-bzr supports operating with shelves: the shelve list is
e01e9655414f Add support for bzr shelve/unshelve.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 106384
diff changeset
286 displayed in the *vc-dir* header, shelves can be created, removed and applied.
e01e9655414f Add support for bzr shelve/unshelve.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 106384
diff changeset
287
104369
5744c85d533a * log-edit.el (log-edit-strip-single-file-name): New var.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104354
diff changeset
288 *** log-edit-strip-single-file-name controls whether or not single filenames
5744c85d533a * log-edit.el (log-edit-strip-single-file-name): New var.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104354
diff changeset
289 are stripped when copying text from the ChangeLog to the *VC-Log* buffer.
5744c85d533a * log-edit.el (log-edit-strip-single-file-name): New var.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104354
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290
105139
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
291 ** Elint
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
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parents: 105131
diff changeset
292
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
293 ---
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
294 *** Elint now uses compilation-mode.
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
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parents: 105131
diff changeset
295
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
296 ---
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
297 *** Elint can now scan individual files and whole directories,
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
298 and can be run in batch mode.
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
299
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
300 ---
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
301 *** Elint does a more thorough initialization, and recognizes more built-in
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
302 functions and variables. Customize `elint-scan-preloaded' if you want
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
303 to sacrifice some accuracy for a faster startup.
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
304
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
305 ---
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
306 *** Elint attempts some basic understanding of featurep and (f)boundp tests.
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
307
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
308 ---
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105131
diff changeset
309 *** Customize `elint-ignored-warnings' to suppress some warnings.
549ca02e98fe elint stuff
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parents: 105131
diff changeset
310
103699
5dd704be2946 Add `Info-virtual-index' and `async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 103677
diff changeset
311 ** Miscellaneous
5dd704be2946 Add `Info-virtual-index' and `async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 103677
diff changeset
312
5dd704be2946 Add `Info-virtual-index' and `async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 103677
diff changeset
313 *** The new command `async-shell-command' bound globally to `M-&' executes
5dd704be2946 Add `Info-virtual-index' and `async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 103677
diff changeset
314 the command asynchronously without the need to manually add ampersand to
5dd704be2946 Add `Info-virtual-index' and `async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 103677
diff changeset
315 the end of the command. Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
5dd704be2946 Add `Info-virtual-index' and `async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 103677
diff changeset
316 Command*'.
5dd704be2946 Add `Info-virtual-index' and `async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 103677
diff changeset
317
106206
db4fe1337534 Implement Isearch in comint input history. (Bug#3746)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106199
diff changeset
318 *** Isearch searches in the comint/shell input history when the new variable
db4fe1337534 Implement Isearch in comint input history. (Bug#3746)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106199
diff changeset
319 `comint-history-isearch' is non-nil. New commands `comint-history-isearch-backward'
106326
b7dca98d92a9 (comint-mode-map): Rebind `M-r' from
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106316
diff changeset
320 and `comint-history-isearch-backward-regexp' (bound to M-r) start Isearch
b7dca98d92a9 (comint-mode-map): Rebind `M-r' from
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106316
diff changeset
321 in the input history regardless of the value of `comint-history-isearch'.
106206
db4fe1337534 Implement Isearch in comint input history. (Bug#3746)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106199
diff changeset
322
106328
5475f1c5e4ed (multi-isearch-read-buffers)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106327
diff changeset
323 *** Interactively `multi-isearch-buffers' and `multi-isearch-buffers-regexp'
5475f1c5e4ed (multi-isearch-read-buffers)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106327
diff changeset
324 read buffer names to search, one by one, ended with RET. With a prefix
5475f1c5e4ed (multi-isearch-read-buffers)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106327
diff changeset
325 argument, they ask for a regexp, and search in buffers whose names match
5475f1c5e4ed (multi-isearch-read-buffers)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106327
diff changeset
326 the specified regexp. Interactively `multi-isearch-files' and
5475f1c5e4ed (multi-isearch-read-buffers)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106327
diff changeset
327 `multi-isearch-files-regexp' read file names to search, one by one,
5475f1c5e4ed (multi-isearch-read-buffers)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106327
diff changeset
328 ended with RET. With a prefix argument, they ask for a wildcard, and
5475f1c5e4ed (multi-isearch-read-buffers)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106327
diff changeset
329 search in file buffers whose file names match the specified wildcard.
5475f1c5e4ed (multi-isearch-read-buffers)
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106327
diff changeset
330
105093
fdf0cd460ea3 Re-organize 23.2 News.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105069
diff changeset
331 +++
106288
4a87d7898d15 * NEWS: New functions eshell/su and eshell/sudo.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 106243
diff changeset
332 *** Autorevert Tail mode now works also for remote files.
4a87d7898d15 * NEWS: New functions eshell/su and eshell/sudo.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 106243
diff changeset
333
4a87d7898d15 * NEWS: New functions eshell/su and eshell/sudo.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 106243
diff changeset
334 *** The new commands `eshell/su' and `eshell/sudo' support Tramp.
4a87d7898d15 * NEWS: New functions eshell/su and eshell/sudo.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 106243
diff changeset
335 That means, they change `default-directory' to the new users value,
4a87d7898d15 * NEWS: New functions eshell/su and eshell/sudo.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 106243
diff changeset
336 and let commands run under that user permissions. It works even when
4a87d7898d15 * NEWS: New functions eshell/su and eshell/sudo.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 106243
diff changeset
337 `default-directory' is already remote.
105093
fdf0cd460ea3 Re-organize 23.2 News.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105069
diff changeset
338
103585
8924063d2ee0 * NEWS: Add new connection methods of Tramp.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 103501
diff changeset
339
104093
d4d230a6489c added js2-mode.el
Steve Yegge <steve.yegge@gmail.com>
parents: 104044
diff changeset
340 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2
d4d230a6489c added js2-mode.el
Steve Yegge <steve.yegge@gmail.com>
parents: 104044
diff changeset
341
106342
d810540a6f2b * mpc.el: New file.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 106328
diff changeset
342 ** mpc.el is a front end for the Music Player Daemon. Run it with M-x mpc.
106447
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
343
106127
e9b00d8b4756 Mention htmlfontify.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 106123
diff changeset
344 ** htmlfontify.el turns a fontified Emacs buffer into an HTML page.
e9b00d8b4756 Mention htmlfontify.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 106123
diff changeset
345
105266
c02e98221afe Add placeholder for CEDET.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105262
diff changeset
346 ** FIXME CEDET
c02e98221afe Add placeholder for CEDET.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105262
diff changeset
347
104273
5565b37343b9 Javascript mode changed to js.el
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 104252
diff changeset
348 ** js.el is a new major mode for JavaScript files.
104093
d4d230a6489c added js2-mode.el
Steve Yegge <steve.yegge@gmail.com>
parents: 104044
diff changeset
349
105223
95bdce3df18d * net/imap-hash.el: New library, see NEWS.
Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 105184
diff changeset
350 ** imap-hash.el is a new library to address IMAP mailboxes as hashtables.
95bdce3df18d * net/imap-hash.el: New library, see NEWS.
Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 105184
diff changeset
351
104093
d4d230a6489c added js2-mode.el
Steve Yegge <steve.yegge@gmail.com>
parents: 104044
diff changeset
352
105848
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
353 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
354
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
355 ** Several obsolete functions removed.
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
356 The functions have been obsolete since Emacs 19, and are unlikely to
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
357 be in use:
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
358
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
359 time-stamp-month-dd-yyyy, time-stamp-dd/mm/yyyy, time-stamp-mon-dd-yyyy
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
360 time-stamp-dd-mon-yy, time-stamp-yy/mm/dd, time-stamp-yyyy/mm/dd,
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
361 time-stamp-yyyy-mm-dd, time-stamp-yymmdd, time-stamp-hh:mm:ss,
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
362 time-stamp-hhmm, baud-rate
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
363
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
364 ---
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
365 ** Support for generating Emacs 18 compatible bytecode (by setting
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
366 the variable `byte-compile-compatibility') has been removed.
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
367
106409
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
368 ** In image-mode.el `image-mode-maybe' is obsolete. Instead, you can
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
369 either use `image-mode' that displays an image file as the actual image
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
370 inititally, or `image-mode-as-text' when you want to display an image file
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
371 as text inititally. `image-mode-as-text' is a combination of a non-image
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
372 mode from `auto-mode-alist' (or Fundamental mode) and `image-minor-mode'.
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
373 `image-minor-mode' provides `C-c C-c' key binding to toggle image display.
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
374 `image-toggle-display-text' removes image properties.
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
375 `image-toggle-display-image' adds image properties.
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
376 `image-toggle-display' toggles between `image-mode-as-text' and
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
377 `image-mode'.
87bc434475d4 Change roles of modes and functions in image-mode.el (Bug#5062).
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 106398
diff changeset
378
105848
c03773b7acd7 Add "Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105807
diff changeset
379
104208
c9b224c2ddcb ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 104177
diff changeset
380 * Lisp changes in Emacs 23.2
c9b224c2ddcb ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 104177
diff changeset
381
106398
31424b91531a (Fmake_network_process): Fix up the tests for
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 106387
diff changeset
382 ** make-network-socket can now also create `seqpacket' Unix sockets.
31424b91531a (Fmake_network_process): Fix up the tests for
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 106387
diff changeset
383
106109
42ca82b4620b * abbrev.el (abbrev-with-wrapper-hook): (re)move...
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 106085
diff changeset
384 ** New function `completion-in-region' to use the standard completion
42ca82b4620b * abbrev.el (abbrev-with-wrapper-hook): (re)move...
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 106085
diff changeset
385 facilities on a particular region of text.
42ca82b4620b * abbrev.el (abbrev-with-wrapper-hook): (re)move...
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 106085
diff changeset
386
105763
5041ae86859e (all-completions): Declare the 4th arg obsolete.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105731
diff changeset
387 ** The 4th arg to all-completions (aka hide-spaces) is declared obsolete.
5041ae86859e (all-completions): Declare the 4th arg obsolete.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105731
diff changeset
388
105697
136cf2d23c90 * minibuffer.el (completion-table-with-terminator): Properly implement
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105670
diff changeset
389 ** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete. It was used to pass the predicate
136cf2d23c90 * minibuffer.el (completion-table-with-terminator): Properly implement
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105670
diff changeset
390 to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred'
136cf2d23c90 * minibuffer.el (completion-table-with-terminator): Properly implement
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105670
diff changeset
391 argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed
136cf2d23c90 * minibuffer.el (completion-table-with-terminator): Properly implement
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105670
diff changeset
392 any more.
136cf2d23c90 * minibuffer.el (completion-table-with-terminator): Properly implement
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105670
diff changeset
393
106447
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
394 ** Frame parameter changes
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
395
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
396 *** You can give the `fullscreen' frame parameter the value `maximized'.
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
397 This maximizes the frame.
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
398
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
399 +++
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
400 *** The new frame parameter `sticky' makes Emacs frames sticky in
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
401 virtual desktops.
f5f8760e0f26 Copyedit several NEWS entries.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106440
diff changeset
402
105601
68686d39c93a Replace completion-base-size by completion-base-position to fix bugs
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105600
diff changeset
403 ** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position.
68686d39c93a Replace completion-base-size by completion-base-position to fix bugs
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105600
diff changeset
404 This change causes a few backward incompatibilities, mostly with
68686d39c93a Replace completion-base-size by completion-base-position to fix bugs
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105600
diff changeset
405 choose-completion-string-functions where the `mini-p' argument has
68686d39c93a Replace completion-base-size by completion-base-position to fix bugs
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105600
diff changeset
406 been replaced by a `base-position' argument, and where the `base-size'
68686d39c93a Replace completion-base-size by completion-base-position to fix bugs
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105600
diff changeset
407 argument is now always nil.
68686d39c93a Replace completion-base-size by completion-base-position to fix bugs
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105600
diff changeset
408
105364
338d102432df * eval.c (Fcalled_interactively_p): Add `kind' argument.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105363
diff changeset
409 ** called-interactively-p now takes one argument and replaces interactive-p
338d102432df * eval.c (Fcalled_interactively_p): Add `kind' argument.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105363
diff changeset
410 which is now marked obsolete.
105363
a3acd4b1e5cc * emacs-lisp/byte-run.el (advertised-signature-table): New var.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105360
diff changeset
411 ** New function set-advertised-calling-convention makes it possible
a3acd4b1e5cc * emacs-lisp/byte-run.el (advertised-signature-table): New var.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105360
diff changeset
412 to obsolete arguments as well as make some arguments mandatory.
105061
633effc81f3d (eval-next-after-load): Mark as obsolete.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105027
diff changeset
413 ** eval-next-after-load is obsolete.
105027
8cbad31101f6 (after-load-functions): New hook.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105026
diff changeset
414 ** New hook `after-load-functions' run after loading an Elisp file.
8cbad31101f6 (after-load-functions): New hook.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 105026
diff changeset
415
104922
c603ee2aac17 * keymap.c (QCadvertised_binding): New constant.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104917
diff changeset
416 ** You can control which binding is preferentially shown in menus and
c603ee2aac17 * keymap.c (QCadvertised_binding): New constant.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104917
diff changeset
417 docstrings by adding a `:advertised-binding' property to the corresponding
c603ee2aac17 * keymap.c (QCadvertised_binding): New constant.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104917
diff changeset
418 command's symbol. That property can hold a single binding or a list
c603ee2aac17 * keymap.c (QCadvertised_binding): New constant.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104917
diff changeset
419 of bindings.
c603ee2aac17 * keymap.c (QCadvertised_binding): New constant.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104917
diff changeset
420
104880
02bf3383a22f (with-silent-modifications): New macro.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104862
diff changeset
421 ** New macro with-silent-modifications to tweak text properties without
02bf3383a22f (with-silent-modifications): New macro.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104862
diff changeset
422 affecting the buffer's modification state.
104626
caa79498564a * subr.el (default-mode-line-format, default-header-line-format)
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104369
diff changeset
423 ** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO
caa79498564a * subr.el (default-mode-line-format, default-header-line-format)
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104369
diff changeset
424 variable, are now declared obsolete.
caa79498564a * subr.el (default-mode-line-format, default-header-line-format)
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104369
diff changeset
425
104354
7d0f4f179b3d * subr.el (listify-key-sequence-1): Use normal syntax since those
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104318
diff changeset
426 ** read-key is a function halfway between read-event and read-key-sequence.
7d0f4f179b3d * subr.el (listify-key-sequence-1): Use normal syntax since those
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104318
diff changeset
427 It reads a single key, but obeys input and escape sequence decoding.
104666
6a7d6d80efae * NEWS: Mention Tramp connection method "rsyncc" and variable
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 104646
diff changeset
428
104917
2d6dc187388c Grammar.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104887
diff changeset
429 ** start-process-shell-command and start-file-process-shell-command
2d6dc187388c Grammar.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104887
diff changeset
430 now only take a single `command' argument.
104666
6a7d6d80efae * NEWS: Mention Tramp connection method "rsyncc" and variable
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 104646
diff changeset
431
6a7d6d80efae * NEWS: Mention Tramp connection method "rsyncc" and variable
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 104646
diff changeset
432 ** The variable `process-file-side-effects' shall be bound to nil, if
6a7d6d80efae * NEWS: Mention Tramp connection method "rsyncc" and variable
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 104646
diff changeset
433 a `process-file' call does not change a remote file. By this, file
6a7d6d80efae * NEWS: Mention Tramp connection method "rsyncc" and variable
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 104646
diff changeset
434 name handlers like Tramp can apply optimizations.
6a7d6d80efae * NEWS: Mention Tramp connection method "rsyncc" and variable
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 104646
diff changeset
435
104208
c9b224c2ddcb ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 104177
diff changeset
436 ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
c9b224c2ddcb ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 104177
diff changeset
437 The feature `hashtable-print-readable' identifies this new
c9b224c2ddcb ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 104177
diff changeset
438 functionality.
c9b224c2ddcb ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 104177
diff changeset
439
104252
0cb25698f384 Mention the new coding system `utf-8-hfs' and many
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 104209
diff changeset
440 ** Functions performing Unicode normalization are added. They are:
0cb25698f384 Mention the new coding system `utf-8-hfs' and many
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 104209
diff changeset
441 ucs-normalize-NFD-region, ucs-normalize-NFD-string,
0cb25698f384 Mention the new coding system `utf-8-hfs' and many
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 104209
diff changeset
442 ucs-normalize-NFC-region, ucs-normalize-NFC-string,
0cb25698f384 Mention the new coding system `utf-8-hfs' and many
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 104209
diff changeset
443 ucs-normalize-NFKD-region, ucs-normalize-NFKD-string,
0cb25698f384 Mention the new coding system `utf-8-hfs' and many
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 104209
diff changeset
444 ucs-normalize-NFKC-region, ucs-normalize-NFKC-string,
0cb25698f384 Mention the new coding system `utf-8-hfs' and many
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 104209
diff changeset
445 ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-string,
0cb25698f384 Mention the new coding system `utf-8-hfs' and many
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 104209
diff changeset
446 ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-string.
0cb25698f384 Mention the new coding system `utf-8-hfs' and many
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 104209
diff changeset
447
104720
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104712
diff changeset
448 ** completion-annotate-function specifies how to compute annotations
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104712
diff changeset
449 for completions displayed in *Completions*.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 104712
diff changeset
450
104767
8d8d06eea864 Documented define-obsolete-face-alias.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104756
diff changeset
451 +++
104756
3c4b86d69bcc Mention define-obsolete-face-alias.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104720
diff changeset
452 ** Face aliases can now be marked as obsolete, using the macro
3c4b86d69bcc Mention define-obsolete-face-alias.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104720
diff changeset
453 `define-obsolete-face-alias'.
3c4b86d69bcc Mention define-obsolete-face-alias.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104720
diff changeset
454
104862
5ba38f143540 Mention that redefining the function byte-compile-dest-file is obsolete.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104839
diff changeset
455 ---
5ba38f143540 Mention that redefining the function byte-compile-dest-file is obsolete.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104839
diff changeset
456 ** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining
5ba38f143540 Mention that redefining the function byte-compile-dest-file is obsolete.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104839
diff changeset
457 the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
5ba38f143540 Mention that redefining the function byte-compile-dest-file is obsolete.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104839
diff changeset
458 Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.
5ba38f143540 Mention that redefining the function byte-compile-dest-file is obsolete.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 104839
diff changeset
459
105807
b89d9e499acd Mention byte-compile-warnings `constants' member.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105764
diff changeset
460 ---
106420
5b328c469a51 Documented diary fancy display.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 106410
diff changeset
461 ** `byte-compile-warnings' has new members, `constants' and `suspicious'.
105807
b89d9e499acd Mention byte-compile-warnings `constants' member.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105764
diff changeset
462
105360
7dd827b6f4a5 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 105315
diff changeset
463 ** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE.
7dd827b6f4a5 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 105315
diff changeset
464
105437
5e772cbbbca4 * NEWS: New function copy-directory.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 105417
diff changeset
465 ** New function `copy-directory', which copies a directory recursively.
5e772cbbbca4 * NEWS: New function copy-directory.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 105417
diff changeset
466
105543
7c3b9513e457 Documented window-full-height-p.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105529
diff changeset
467 +++
105417
a9208a10f543 Add window-full-height-p.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105364
diff changeset
468 ** New function `window-full-height-p', analogous to the full-width version.
a9208a10f543 Add window-full-height-p.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 105364
diff changeset
469
105360
7dd827b6f4a5 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 105315
diff changeset
470
105093
fdf0cd460ea3 Re-organize 23.2 News.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105069
diff changeset
471 * Changes in Emacs 23.2 on non-free operating systems
fdf0cd460ea3 Re-organize 23.2 News.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105069
diff changeset
472
fdf0cd460ea3 Re-organize 23.2 News.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105069
diff changeset
473 ---
fdf0cd460ea3 Re-organize 23.2 News.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105069
diff changeset
474 ** On MS-Windows, `display-time' now displays the system load average
fdf0cd460ea3 Re-organize 23.2 News.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105069
diff changeset
475 as well as the time, as it does on GNU and Unix.
fdf0cd460ea3 Re-organize 23.2 News.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 105069
diff changeset
476
104208
c9b224c2ddcb ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 104177
diff changeset
477
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
478 * Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1
62896
63b25cade3fb Mention emacs-buffer.gdb
Noah Friedman <friedman@splode.com>
parents: 62847
diff changeset
479
81321
efd70d9613c7 Change bug address. Add back +++/--- note.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 81310
diff changeset
480 ** The default X toolkit is now Gtk+, rather than Lucid.
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
481 The configure option `--with-gtk' has been removed. Gtk is now the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
482 default toolkit, but you can use --with-x-toolkit=gtk if necessary.
81321
efd70d9613c7 Change bug address. Add back +++/--- note.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 81310
diff changeset
483
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
484 ** New font code.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
485 Fonts are handled by new code capable of dealing with multiple font
96694
41a704dfdf7b Apparently incorrect to say that font backend _requires_ freetype and
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96651
diff changeset
486 backends. This uses the freetype and fontconfig libraries.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
487
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
488 *** Emacs now accepts font names supplied in the fontconfig format
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
489 (e.g. "monospace-12:bold") and GTK format (e.g. "Monospace Bold 12").
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
490
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
491 *** Added support for local fonts (fonts installed on the machine
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
492 where Emacs is running).
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
493
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
494 *** Added support for the Xft library for antialiasing.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
495
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
496 *** Added support for the otf library for complex text layout by
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
497 OpenType fonts.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
498
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
499 *** Added support for the m17n library for text shaping.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
500
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
501 ** Changes to image support
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
502
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
503 *** configure now checks for libgif before libungif when searching for
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
504 a GIF library.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
505
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
506 *** Emacs now supports the SVG image format through librsvg2.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
507
97724
bf5634acba1c Multi-page TIFF image support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97716
diff changeset
508 *** Emacs now supports multi-page TIFF images.
bf5634acba1c Multi-page TIFF image support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97716
diff changeset
509
96855
e72ec51e8f3e Announce future deprecation.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96854
diff changeset
510 ** New NeXTSTEP-based port
98512
7d9a5b179102 Fix case of "GNUstep".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 98410
diff changeset
511 This provides support for GNUstep (via the GNUstep libraries) and Mac
97768
ed788901cc00 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 97740
diff changeset
512 OS X (via the Cocoa libraries).
97515
35e9fbdfe27d Consolidate nextstep port items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97506
diff changeset
513
102420
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
514 Specify --with-ns to configure for this. By default, a self-contained
97515
35e9fbdfe27d Consolidate nextstep port items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97506
diff changeset
515 app will be built (containing all lisp). To install/share lisp with
35e9fbdfe27d Consolidate nextstep port items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97506
diff changeset
516 other emacsen (e.g. X11 build) use --disable-ns-self-contained. See
35e9fbdfe27d Consolidate nextstep port items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97506
diff changeset
517 nextstep/README and nextstep/INSTALL in the Emacs source directory.
96855
e72ec51e8f3e Announce future deprecation.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96854
diff changeset
518
e72ec51e8f3e Announce future deprecation.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96854
diff changeset
519 ** Mac OS X is no longer supported via Carbon.
e72ec51e8f3e Announce future deprecation.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96854
diff changeset
520 Use the NeXTSTEP port, described above.
92005
f60998626e8a Merge in some font-backend stuff from README.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92001
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521
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Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 91657
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522 ** The new configuration option "--with-dbus" enables D-Bus language
e123b520c277 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 91657
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523 bindings for Emacs.
e123b520c277 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 91657
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524
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 87688
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525 ** Support for many obsolete platforms has been removed.
5d38dcdc3044 Mention that old platforms are no longer supported. Add a reference to
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 87688
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526 See the list at the end of etc/MACHINES for details.
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527
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528 *** Support for systems without alloca has been removed.
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529
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530 *** Support for Sun windows has been removed.
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531
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parents: 96615
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532 *** The `emacstool' utility has been removed.
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533
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parents: 96854
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534 ** The following platforms will be removed in a future Emacs version:
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97159
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535 If you are still using Emacs on one of these platforms, please email
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97159
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536 emacs-devel@gnu.org to inform the Emacs developers.
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parents: 96854
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537
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parents: 97159
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538 *** Old GNU/Linux systems based on libc version 5.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97159
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539
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97159
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540 *** Old FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD systems based on the COFF
6cd9c3be058e Add non-x86 Unixware to list of deprecated platforms.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97159
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541 executable format.
96855
e72ec51e8f3e Announce future deprecation.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96854
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542
e72ec51e8f3e Announce future deprecation.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96854
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543 *** Solaris versions 2.6 and below.
e72ec51e8f3e Announce future deprecation.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96854
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544
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96911
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545 *** Solaris on IBM RS6000 machines.
057eba119104 Also, plans for deprecating Solaris on IBM RS6000 and UNIX System V.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96911
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546
057eba119104 Also, plans for deprecating Solaris on IBM RS6000 and UNIX System V.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96911
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547 *** UNIX System V (the original SysV, not later platforms based on it).
057eba119104 Also, plans for deprecating Solaris on IBM RS6000 and UNIX System V.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96911
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548
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97159
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549 *** Unixware on non-x86 machines.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97159
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550
96949
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96911
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551 *** Platforms not supporting shared libraries (i.e., requiring the
057eba119104 Also, plans for deprecating Solaris on IBM RS6000 and UNIX System V.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96911
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552 NO_SHARED_LIBS compilation flag).
96855
e72ec51e8f3e Announce future deprecation.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96854
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553
91571
42b5c4e03611 Mention removal of --with-gcc, --with-gtk.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91538
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554 ** The configure options `--with-gcc', `--without-gcc' have been removed.
42b5c4e03611 Mention removal of --with-gcc, --with-gtk.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91538
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555 Configure will use gcc by default. Set the CC environment variable if
42b5c4e03611 Mention removal of --with-gcc, --with-gtk.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91538
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556 you need control over which C compiler is used.
42b5c4e03611 Mention removal of --with-gcc, --with-gtk.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91538
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557
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558 ** The refcards are now shipped as PDF files.
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parents: 96156
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559
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 99696
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560 ** The manuals are now licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.3,
124fd13a2a38 Manuals GFDL 1.3+.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 99696
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561 or any later version.
124fd13a2a38 Manuals GFDL 1.3+.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 99696
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562
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563 ** Emacs 23 comes with a new set of default icons.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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564 Various resolutions are available as etc/images/icons/hicolor/*/apps/emacs.png.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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565 The Emacs 22 icon is available as `emacs22.png' in the same location.
48054
b302909e7e67 Document enhanced signal-process functionality.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 48027
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566
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Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
parents: 81401
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567 * Changes in Emacs 23.1
5ce347f4e5a9 *** empty log message ***
Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
parents: 81401
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568
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569 ** Improved X Window System support
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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570
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571 *** Emacs now supports using both X displays and ttys in one session.
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parents: 96156
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572 With an Emacs server active (M-x server-start), `emacsclient -t'
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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573 creates a tty frame connected to the running emacs server. You can
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574 use any number of different ttys. `emacsclient -c' creates a new X11
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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575 frame on the current $DISPLAY (or a tty frame if $DISPLAY is not set).
102767
f0522c5e7271 Point to etc/PROBLEMS for Gtk+ and display exit problem.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 102764
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576 There may be problems if a display exits unexpectedly and Emacs is compiled
f0522c5e7271 Point to etc/PROBLEMS for Gtk+ and display exit problem.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 102764
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577 with Gtk+, see etc/PROBLEMS.
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578
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579 You can test for the presence of this feature in your Lisp code by
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580 testing for the `multi-tty' feature.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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581
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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582 *** Emacs starts in the background, as a daemon, when given the
98290
90bc7e356363 * emacs.c (standard_args): Add --daemon.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97893
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583 --daemon command line argument. It disconnects from the terminal and
90bc7e356363 * emacs.c (standard_args): Add --daemon.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97893
diff changeset
584 starts the server. Clients can connect and create graphical or
90bc7e356363 * emacs.c (standard_args): Add --daemon.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97893
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585 terminal frames using emacsclient.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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586
100482
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Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100477
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587 **** emacsclient starts emacs in daemon mode and connects to it when
101430
5393fb4f28ac Also mention ALTERNATE_EDITOR environment variable.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 101378
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588 --alternate-editor="" is used (or when the evironment variable
5393fb4f28ac Also mention ALTERNATE_EDITOR environment variable.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 101378
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589 ALTERNATE_EDITOR is set to "") and emacsclient cannot connect to an
100482
266595dfa1bb Add info about emacsclient starting the daemon.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100477
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590 emacs server.
266595dfa1bb Add info about emacsclient starting the daemon.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100477
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591
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592 *** The new command close-display-connection closes a connection to a
101073
013f683ecc4a Mention Gtk+ bugs for closing displays.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 101070
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593 remote display. There are some bugs for Gtk+. See etc/PROBLEMS.
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parents: 96156
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594
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595 *** Emacs now supports the XEmbed specification.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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596 You can embed Emacs in another application on X11. The new command line
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597 option --parent-id is used to pass the parent window id to Emacs. See
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598 http://standards.freedesktop.org/xembed-spec/xembed-spec-latest.html
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599 for details about XEmbed.
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600
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601 *** Emacs can now set the frame opacity.
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602 The opacity of a frame can be controlled by setting the `alpha' frame
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603 parameter. This only takes effect on a compositing window manager for
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Seiji Zenitani <zenitani@mac.com>
parents: 100189
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604 the X Window System, such as Compiz, Beryl and Compiz Fusion, on Mac
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Seiji Zenitani <zenitani@mac.com>
parents: 100189
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605 OS X, or on Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows.
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parents: 96156
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606
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607 The alpha parameter should be an integer between 0 (transparent) and
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608 100 (opaque), or a float number between 0.0 and 1.0. It can also be a
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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609 cons cell (ACTIVE . INACTIVE), where ACTIVE is the opacity of an
102919
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
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610 active frame and INACTIVE is the opacity of non-active frames.
96070
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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 95978
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611
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612 The variable `frame-alpha-lower-limit' defines a lower bound for the
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613 opacity; the default is 20.
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614
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615 ** Internationalization changes
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616
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617 *** The Emacs character set is now a superset of Unicode.
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618 (It has about four times the code space, which should be plenty).
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619
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620 The internal encoding used for buffers and strings is now
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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621 Unicode-based and called `utf-8-emacs' (`emacs-internal' is an alias
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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622 for this). This encoding is backward-compatible with Unicode's UTF-8
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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623 encoding. The internal encoding previously used by Emacs,
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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624 `emacs-mule', is still available for reading and writing files.
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625
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626 During byte-compilation, Emacs 23 uses `utf-8-emacs' to write files.
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parents: 96156
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627 As a result, byte-compiled files containing non-ASCII characters can't
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parents: 96156
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628 be read by earlier versions of Emacs. Files compiled by Emacs 20, 21,
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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629 or 22 are loaded correctly as `emacs-mule' (whether or not they
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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630 contain multibyte characters). This takes somewhat more time, so it
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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631 may be worth recompiling existing .elc files which don't need to be
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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632 shared with older Emacsen.
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633
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634 *** There are new coding systems/aliases; see M-x list-coding-systems.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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635
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636 *** There is a new charset implementation with many new charsets.
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parents: 96156
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637 See M-x list-character-sets. New charsets can be defined conveniently
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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638 as tables of unicodes.
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639
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640 *** There are new language environments for Chinese-GBK,
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641 Chinese-GB18030, Khmer, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu,
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642 Sinhala, and TaiViet.
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643
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644 *** The minor modes unify-8859-on-encoding-mode and
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645 unify-8859-on-decoding-mode are obsolete.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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646
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Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
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647 *** `ucs-insert' is bound to `C-x 8 RET' and in addition to hex numbers
4d2d4e50bb02 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
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648 accepts numbers in hash notation (e.g. #o21430 for octal, or #10r8984 for
4d2d4e50bb02 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
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649 decimal). It also accepts Unicode character names with completion.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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650
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Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
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651 *** The `cyrillic-translit' input method supports many new characters.
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Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
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652 Common typographical characters available from Unicode were added to
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Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
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653 `cyrillic-translit': punctuation marks, accented characters, fractions,
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Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
diff changeset
654 and others.
0fd3de34a457 Add entries about the new auth-source integration and
Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
diff changeset
655
95883
37aeb92752e7 Daniel Engeler <engeler at gmail.com>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 95827
diff changeset
656 ** Emacs now supports serial port access on GNU/Linux, Unix, and
96632
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
657 Windows. The new command `serial-term' starts an interactive terminal
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
658 on a serial port. The serial port can be configured at runtime with
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
659 the mode-line mouse menu.
95883
37aeb92752e7 Daniel Engeler <engeler at gmail.com>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 95827
diff changeset
660
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
661 ** Menu Bar changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
662
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
663 *** In the Options menu, the "Set Default Font" item applies the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
664 selected font to the `default' face on all frames, not just the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
665 current frame. Furthermore, if Emacs is compiled with both GTK and
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
666 Fontconfig support, the "Set Default Font" item uses the GTK font
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
667 selection dialog instead of an Emacs pop-up menu.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
668
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
669 *** The font setting chosen by "Set Default Font" is saved if the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
670 "Save Options" item is used.
95827
59bdaf146c68 Add menu bar changes, and font parsing changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 95777
diff changeset
671
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
672 *** The Tools menu contains a new Encryption/Decryption submenu.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
673 This contains commands provided by EasyPG, the newly-included
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
674 interface to GnuPG (see New Modes and Packages).
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
675
96632
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
676 *** In the Options menu, the "Truncate Long Lines in the Buffer" entry
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
677 has been replaced with a submenu offering three different ways to
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
678 handle long lines: truncation, continuation at the window edge, and
97516
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
679 the new word wrapping behavior (see Editing Changes, below).
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
680
97314
af96c29cc399 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97233
diff changeset
681 *** Improvements to menus for major and minor modes
af96c29cc399 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97233
diff changeset
682 More major and minor modes now have a mode specific menu, and existing
af96c29cc399 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97233
diff changeset
683 mode menus have been improved to include more functionality.
af96c29cc399 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97233
diff changeset
684
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
685 ** Mode-line changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
686
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
687 *** The mode-line displays a `@', instead of `-', if the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
688 default-directory for the current buffer is on a remote machine.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
689
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
690 *** The mode-line displays a mode menu when mouse-1 is clicked on a
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
691 minor mode, in the same way as it already did for major modes.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
692
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
693 *** The `mode-line-emphasis' face is used to highlight certain
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
694 mode-line information (e.g. waiting for a VC command to finish).
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
695
97314
af96c29cc399 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97233
diff changeset
696 *** The mode-line tooltips have been improved to provide more details.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
697
97314
af96c29cc399 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97233
diff changeset
698 *** The VC, line/colum number and minor mode indicators on the mode
af96c29cc399 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97233
diff changeset
699 line are now interactive: mouse-1 can be used on them to pop up a menu.
af96c29cc399 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97233
diff changeset
700
97809
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
701 ** File deletion can make use of the Recycle Bin or system Trash folder.
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
702 Set `delete-by-moving-to-trash' non-nil to use this. Deleted files
99986
821cd83f08ea * NEWS: Fix typo. (Bug#1439)
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 99949
diff changeset
703 and directories will then be sent to the Recycle Bin on Windows, and
97809
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
704 to `trash-directory' on other systems.
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
705
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
706 ** Directory-local variables can now be defined.
99808
f37d12337b26 Rename .dir-settings.el to .dir-locals.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99805
diff changeset
707 By default, Emacs looks in .dir-locals.el for directory-local
f37d12337b26 Rename .dir-settings.el to .dir-locals.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99805
diff changeset
708 variables. For more information, see `dir-locals-set-directory-class'
f37d12337b26 Rename .dir-settings.el to .dir-locals.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99805
diff changeset
709 and `dir-locals-set-class-variables'.
94364
4e228cda1c03 Add pp-macroexpand-expression, pp-macroexpand-last-sexp.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94352
diff changeset
710
97809
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
711 ** Emacs can now use `auth-source' for authentication.
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
712 `smtpmail' and `url' (Tramp and Gnus also) use `auth-source' to obtain
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
713 login names and passwords. The match, if found, is reported
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
714 in *Messages* with the password blanked out.
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
715
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
716 ** `where-is-preferred-modifier' can specify your favorite modifier.
8787632a2758 auth-source has nothing to do with X.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97768
diff changeset
717
81418
5ce347f4e5a9 *** empty log message ***
Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
parents: 81401
diff changeset
718
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
719 * Startup Changes in Emacs 23.1
72179
e043a6ddf637 Document the change in position policy on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 72140
diff changeset
720
93052
3635fdf1d314 `inhibit-startup-screen' doesn't inhibit display of the initial message
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93015
diff changeset
721 ** The option `inhibit-startup-screen' (with aliases to old names
3635fdf1d314 `inhibit-startup-screen' doesn't inhibit display of the initial message
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93015
diff changeset
722 `inhibit-splash-screen' and `inhibit-startup-message') doesn't inhibit
3635fdf1d314 `inhibit-startup-screen' doesn't inhibit display of the initial message
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93015
diff changeset
723 display of the initial message in the *scratch* buffer. If you don't
3635fdf1d314 `inhibit-startup-screen' doesn't inhibit display of the initial message
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93015
diff changeset
724 want to display the initial message in the *scratch* buffer at startup,
3635fdf1d314 `inhibit-startup-screen' doesn't inhibit display of the initial message
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93015
diff changeset
725 you can set the option `initial-scratch-message' to nil.
3635fdf1d314 `inhibit-startup-screen' doesn't inhibit display of the initial message
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93015
diff changeset
726
82401
0cf389416652 Add new user option `initial-buffer-choice'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 82344
diff changeset
727 ** New user option `initial-buffer-choice' specifies what to display
0cf389416652 Add new user option `initial-buffer-choice'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 82344
diff changeset
728 after starting Emacs: startup screen, *scratch* buffer, visiting a
0cf389416652 Add new user option `initial-buffer-choice'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 82344
diff changeset
729 file or directory.
0cf389416652 Add new user option `initial-buffer-choice'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 82344
diff changeset
730
84988
2e9aec8f7126 (argv): Alias for `command-line-args-left' to use as
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
parents: 84962
diff changeset
731 ** New alias `argv' for `command-line-args-left'
2e9aec8f7126 (argv): Alias for `command-line-args-left' to use as
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
parents: 84962
diff changeset
732 This is a convenience alias, so that one can write `(pop argv)'
2e9aec8f7126 (argv): Alias for `command-line-args-left' to use as
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
parents: 84962
diff changeset
733 inside of --eval command line arguments in order to access
2e9aec8f7126 (argv): Alias for `command-line-args-left' to use as
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
parents: 84962
diff changeset
734 following arguments.
85193
2922a5d23b4e The abbrev file is no longer read at startup in batch mode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85145
diff changeset
735
2922a5d23b4e The abbrev file is no longer read at startup in batch mode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85145
diff changeset
736 ** The abbrev file is no longer read at startup in batch mode.
98798
10277ac4084f *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98786
diff changeset
737
10277ac4084f *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98786
diff changeset
738 ** Emacs now supports invocation by an X session manager.
10277ac4084f *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98786
diff changeset
739 It can save a session and restore it later. See the documentation of
10277ac4084f *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98786
diff changeset
740 the functions `emacs-session-save' and `emacs-session-restore'.
10277ac4084f *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98786
diff changeset
741 (Actually, this feature was introduced with Emacs 22, but it was not
10277ac4084f *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98786
diff changeset
742 documented.)
62043
68790e90773f More rearrangements.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 62042
diff changeset
743
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
744 * Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 23.1
62200
3366f31482cc Rearrange; clarify some entries.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 62187
diff changeset
745
97090
6ff090a00c2c Add `&' `dired-do-async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97081
diff changeset
746 ** In Dired, `dired-flag-garbage-files' is rebound from `&' to `%&'
6ff090a00c2c Add `&' `dired-do-async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97081
diff changeset
747 on the regexp command prefix map.
6ff090a00c2c Add `&' `dired-do-async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97081
diff changeset
748
86134
1dcb138a672b Add default list for dired-read-shell-command, occur, keep-lines, flush-lines, how-many.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 86024
diff changeset
749 ** In Dired-x, all command guesses for ! are now added to the default
1dcb138a672b Add default list for dired-read-shell-command, occur, keep-lines, flush-lines, how-many.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 86024
diff changeset
750 list accessible by M-n instead of pushing all guesses temporarily into
1dcb138a672b Add default list for dired-read-shell-command, occur, keep-lines, flush-lines, how-many.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 86024
diff changeset
751 the history list.
1dcb138a672b Add default list for dired-read-shell-command, occur, keep-lines, flush-lines, how-many.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 86024
diff changeset
752
97159
4d2d4e50bb02 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
diff changeset
753 ** In Isearch mode, a special case of typing `C-w' at the beginning of
4d2d4e50bb02 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
diff changeset
754 the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
4d2d4e50bb02 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
diff changeset
755 `C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete. You can use the global key
4d2d4e50bb02 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
diff changeset
756 `M-s w' to start word search, or type `M-s w' in Isearch mode to
100472
aeee07e2edfe Add key bindings to start nonincremental word search.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100335
diff changeset
757 toggle word search. To start nonincremental word search you can now use
aeee07e2edfe Add key bindings to start nonincremental word search.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100335
diff changeset
758 `M-s w RET' and `M-s w C-r RET' instead of `C-s RET C-w' and `C-r RET C-w'.
97159
4d2d4e50bb02 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
diff changeset
759
100511
c8784ac2b765 Unbind `M-s' from `Info-search'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100482
diff changeset
760 ** In Info, `Info-search' is unbound from `M-s' to allow using `M-s w'
c8784ac2b765 Unbind `M-s' from `Info-search'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100482
diff changeset
761 for word search as well as other search commands from the global prefix
c8784ac2b765 Unbind `M-s' from `Info-search'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100482
diff changeset
762 key `M-s'. `Info-search' is still bound to `s', and also incremental
c8784ac2b765 Unbind `M-s' from `Info-search'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100482
diff changeset
763 search commands `C-s', `C-M-s', `C-r', `C-M-r' are available for searching
c8784ac2b765 Unbind `M-s' from `Info-search'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100482
diff changeset
764 through multiple Info nodes, together with their nonincremental versions
c8784ac2b765 Unbind `M-s' from `Info-search'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100482
diff changeset
765 `C-s RET', `C-r RET', `C-M-s RET', `C-M-r RET', `M-s w RET'.
c8784ac2b765 Unbind `M-s' from `Info-search'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100482
diff changeset
766
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
767 ** In Text mode, `center-line' and `center-paragraph' are rebound from
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
768 `M-s' and `M-S' to global keys `M-o M-s' and `M-o M-S' on the global
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
769 prefix map `M-o', which is intended for such formatting commands.
97705
c3c830b17f9f In Text mode, rebind `center-line' and `center-paragraph'
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97617
diff changeset
770
94609
7939c814add6 * NEWS: Reword previous commit.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents: 94592
diff changeset
771 ** The following input methods were removed in Emacs 22.2, but this was
94643
c0c4367cd0a4 Fix typo.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 94609
diff changeset
772 not advertised: danish-alt-postfix, esperanto-alt-postfix,
94609
7939c814add6 * NEWS: Reword previous commit.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents: 94592
diff changeset
773 finnish-alt-postfix, german-alt-postfix, icelandic-alt-postfix,
7939c814add6 * NEWS: Reword previous commit.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents: 94592
diff changeset
774 norwegian-alt-postfix, scandinavian-alt-postfix, spanish-alt-postfix,
7939c814add6 * NEWS: Reword previous commit.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents: 94592
diff changeset
775 and swedish-alt-postfix. Use the versions without "alt-", which are
7939c814add6 * NEWS: Reword previous commit.
Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
parents: 94592
diff changeset
776 identical.
94592
72bf8f6f42d5 The following input methods were removed in Emacs 22.2...
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94532
diff changeset
777
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
778
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
779 * Editing Changes in Emacs 23.1
75801
62615657e69c *** empty log message ***
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 75774
diff changeset
780
96615
3f3c7e8d290f Document line-move-visual and vertical-motion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96605
diff changeset
781 ** The C-n and C-p line-motion commands now move by screen lines,
3f3c7e8d290f Document line-move-visual and vertical-motion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96605
diff changeset
782 taking continued lines and variable-width characters into account.
3f3c7e8d290f Document line-move-visual and vertical-motion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96605
diff changeset
783 Setting `line-move-visual' to nil reverts this to the previous
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
784 behavior (i.e., motion by logical lines based on buffer contents
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
785 alone).
96615
3f3c7e8d290f Document line-move-visual and vertical-motion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96605
diff changeset
786
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
787 ** C-x C-c now invokes `save-buffers-kill-terminal', and C-z now
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
788 invokes `suspend-frame'. These changes are for compatibility with the
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
789 new multi-tty support (see `Improved X Window System support' above).
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
790
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
791 ** Mark changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
792
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
793 *** Transient Mark mode is now on by default.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
794
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
795 *** mark-even-if-inactive now defaults to t
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
796
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
797 *** When Transient Mark mode is on, C-SPC C-SPC pushes a mark without
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
798 activating it.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
799
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
800 *** When Transient Mark mode is on, M-q now fills the region if the
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
801 region is active. Otherwise, it fills the current paragraph.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
802
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
803 *** When Transient Mark mode is on, M-$ now checks spelling of the
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
804 region if the region is active. Otherwise, it checks spelling of the
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
805 word at point.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
806
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
807 *** When Transient Mark mode is on, TAB now indents the region if the
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
808 region is active.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
809
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
810 *** The variable `use-empty-active-region' controls whether an empty
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
811 active region in Transient Mark mode should make commands operate on
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
812 that empty region.
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
813
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
814 ** Temporarily active regions
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
815
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
816 *** The new variable shift-select-mode, non-nil by default, controls
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
817 shift-selection. When Shift Select mode is on, shift-translated
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
818 motion keys (e.g. S-left and S-down) activate and extend a temporary
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
819 region, similar to mouse-selection.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
820
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
821 *** Temporarily active regions, created using shift-selection or
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
822 mouse-selection, are not necessarily deactivated in the next command.
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
823 They are only deactivated after point motion commands that are not
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
824 shift-translated, or after commands that would ordinarily deactivate
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
825 the mark in Transient Mark mode (e.g., any command that modifies the
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
826 buffer).
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
827
97617
50e32f7ae447 Consolidate minibuffer and completion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97616
diff changeset
828 ** Minibuffer and completion changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
829
99884
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
830 *** Emacs may ask for confirmation before opening a non-existent file
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
831 or buffer. By default, Emacs requests confirmation if you type RET
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
832 immediately after TAB, and the resulting input is not an existing file
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
833 or buffer; this usually happens when the minibuffer input did not
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
834 complete far enough and you entered RET by mistake. In that case,
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
835 Emacs puts the message "[Confirm]" in the minibuffer; type RET again
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
836 to create the file or buffer.
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
837
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
838 The new variable confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer determines whether
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
839 Emacs asks for confirmation. The default value is `after-completion'.
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
840 If you change it to t, Emacs always asks for confirmation; if you
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
841 change it to nil, Emacs never asks for confirmation.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
842
102599
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
843 *** The rules for performing completion have been changed.
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
844 When generating completion alternatives, Emacs now takes the
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
845 minibuffer text after point, if any, into account: this text is
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
846 treated as a substring of the remaining part of the completion
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
847 alternative (i.e., the part not matched by the minibuffer text before
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
848 point). If no completion alternatives are found this way, Emacs
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
849 attempts to perform partial-completion. If still no completion
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
850 alternatives are found, we fall back on the Emacs 22 rules for
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
851 performing completion.
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
852
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
853 The new variable `completion-styles' can be customized to choose your
9c86a5cf583e Describe new completion rules more clearly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102583
diff changeset
854 favorite completion style.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
855
93403
ca4f82c2e75c Replace section that says about buffer names available via M-n with a section
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93402
diff changeset
856 *** When M-n in the minibuffer reaches the end of the list of defaults,
ca4f82c2e75c Replace section that says about buffer names available via M-n with a section
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93402
diff changeset
857 it adds the completion list to the end, so next M-n continues putting
ca4f82c2e75c Replace section that says about buffer names available via M-n with a section
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93402
diff changeset
858 completion items to the minibuffer. The same principle applies to
ca4f82c2e75c Replace section that says about buffer names available via M-n with a section
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93402
diff changeset
859 incremental search commands as well: C-s or C-M-s starts searching
ca4f82c2e75c Replace section that says about buffer names available via M-n with a section
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93402
diff changeset
860 the default values and after the end of defaults they continue
ca4f82c2e75c Replace section that says about buffer names available via M-n with a section
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 93402
diff changeset
861 searching minibuffer completion items.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
862
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
863 *** Minibuffer input of shell commands now comes with completion.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
864
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
865 *** In the `C-x d' (Dired) prompt, typing M-n gives the visited file
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
866 name of the current buffer.
86359
4c23769d1dd7 In C-x d, if you type M-n you get the visited file name of the current buffer.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 86353
diff changeset
867
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
868 *** In the M-! (shell-command) prompt, M-n provides some default commands.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
869 These are guessed using the file extension of the current file, based
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
870 on the file-handlers specified in the operating system's `mailcap'
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
871 file. The ! command in Dired (dired-do-shell-command) works
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
872 similarly, using the file displayed on the current line.
86134
1dcb138a672b Add default list for dired-read-shell-command, occur, keep-lines, flush-lines, how-many.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 86024
diff changeset
873
1dcb138a672b Add default list for dired-read-shell-command, occur, keep-lines, flush-lines, how-many.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 86024
diff changeset
874 *** A list of regexp default values is available via M-n for `occur',
1dcb138a672b Add default list for dired-read-shell-command, occur, keep-lines, flush-lines, how-many.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 86024
diff changeset
875 `keep-lines', `flush-lines' and `how-many'. This list includes the active
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
876 region in transient-mark-mode, the word under the cursor, the last Isearch
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
877 regexp, the last Isearch string and the last replacement regexp.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
878
97341
a94eced70f5a Clarify enable-recursive-minibuffers change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97314
diff changeset
879 *** When enable-recursive-minibuffers is non-nil, operations which use
a94eced70f5a Clarify enable-recursive-minibuffers change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97314
diff changeset
880 switch-to-buffer (such as C-x b and C-x C-f) do not fail any more when
a94eced70f5a Clarify enable-recursive-minibuffers change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97314
diff changeset
881 used in a minibuffer or a dedicated window. Instead, they fallback on
a94eced70f5a Clarify enable-recursive-minibuffers change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97314
diff changeset
882 using pop-to-buffer, which will use some other window. This change
a94eced70f5a Clarify enable-recursive-minibuffers change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97314
diff changeset
883 has no effect when enable-recursive-minibuffers is nil (the default).
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
884
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
885 *** Isearch started in the minibuffer searches in the minibuffer history.
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
886 Reverse Isearch commands (C-r, C-M-r) search in previous minibuffer
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
887 history elements, and forward Isearch commands (C-s, C-M-s) search in
82063
98cb9705c5b6 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 81941
diff changeset
888 next history elements. When the reverse search reaches the first history
98cb9705c5b6 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 81941
diff changeset
889 element, it wraps to the last history element, and the forward search
98cb9705c5b6 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 81941
diff changeset
890 wraps to the first history element. When the search is terminated, the
98cb9705c5b6 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 81941
diff changeset
891 history element containing the search string becomes the current.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
892
97124
83d7317f85ef Document read-file-name-completion-ignore-case and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97095
diff changeset
893 *** The variable read-file-name-completion-ignore-case overrides
83d7317f85ef Document read-file-name-completion-ignore-case and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97095
diff changeset
894 completion-ignore-case for file name completion.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
895
97124
83d7317f85ef Document read-file-name-completion-ignore-case and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97095
diff changeset
896 *** The variable read-buffer-completion-ignore-case overrides
83d7317f85ef Document read-file-name-completion-ignore-case and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97095
diff changeset
897 completion-ignore-case for buffer name completion.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
898
97617
50e32f7ae447 Consolidate minibuffer and completion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97616
diff changeset
899 *** The new command `minibuffer-force-complete' chooses one of the
50e32f7ae447 Consolidate minibuffer and completion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97616
diff changeset
900 possible completions, rather than stopping at the common prefix.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
901
97617
50e32f7ae447 Consolidate minibuffer and completion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97616
diff changeset
902 *** If `completion-auto-help' is `lazy', Emacs shows the completions
50e32f7ae447 Consolidate minibuffer and completion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97616
diff changeset
903 buffer only on the second attempt to complete. This was already
50e32f7ae447 Consolidate minibuffer and completion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97616
diff changeset
904 supported in `partial-completion-mode'.
97124
83d7317f85ef Document read-file-name-completion-ignore-case and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97095
diff changeset
905
92894
70290cfccdc1 Add some sections, based on NEWS.22.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92767
diff changeset
906 ** Face changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
907
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
908 *** S-down-mouse-1 now pops up a menu for changing the font and text
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
909 size of the default face in the current buffer. The face is changed
99843
3f5fff220284 Minor fix.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99842
diff changeset
910 via face remapping (see Lisp changes, below).
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
911
99842
2fe0a3e0646b Add NEWS entry for text-scale-adjust.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99831
diff changeset
912 *** New commands to change the default face size in the current buffer.
2fe0a3e0646b Add NEWS entry for text-scale-adjust.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99831
diff changeset
913 To increase it, type `C-x C-+' or `C-x C-='. To decrease it, type
2fe0a3e0646b Add NEWS entry for text-scale-adjust.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99831
diff changeset
914 `C-x C--'. To restore the default (global) face size, type `C-x C-0'.
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
915 These work via Text Scale mode, a new minor mode.
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
916
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
917 The final key in the above commands may be repeated without the
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
918 leading `C-x', e.g. `C-x C-= C-= C-=' increases the face height by
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
919 three steps. Each step scales the height of the default face by the
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
920 value of the variable `text-scale-mode-step'.
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
921
103405
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
922 *** The commands buffer-face-mode and buffer-face-set can be used to
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
923 remap the default face in the current buffer. See "Buffer Face mode",
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
924 under New Modes and Packages.
95530
8132494e3e26 face-remap place holder.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 95529
diff changeset
925
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
926 ** Primary selection changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
927
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
928 *** You can disable kill ring commands from accessing the primary
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
929 selection by setting `x-select-enable-primary' to nil.
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
930
97516
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
931 ** Continuation lines can now be wrapped at word boundaries
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
932 (word-wrapping). This is controlled by the new per-buffer variable
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
933 `word-wrap'. Word wrapping does not take place if continuation lines
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
934 are not shown, e.g. if truncate-lines is non-nil. The most convenient
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
935 way to enable word-wrapping is using the new minor mode Visual Line
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
936 mode; in addition to setting `word-wrap' to t, this rebinds some
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
937 editing commands to work on screen lines rather than text lines. See
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
938 New Modes and Packages, below.
96239
2f2e5059ea17 Document `word-wrap'.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96230
diff changeset
939
96242
676dd253c861 Document truncate-partial-width-windows change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96239
diff changeset
940 ** Window management changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
941
96242
676dd253c861 Document truncate-partial-width-windows change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96239
diff changeset
942 *** truncate-partial-width-windows now accepts integer values, which
676dd253c861 Document truncate-partial-width-windows change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96239
diff changeset
943 specify a minimum window width for partial-width windows, below which
97814
bf76bca51337 truncate-partial-width-windows default now 50.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97809
diff changeset
944 lines are truncated. The default has been changed to 50.
96242
676dd253c861 Document truncate-partial-width-windows change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96239
diff changeset
945
676dd253c861 Document truncate-partial-width-windows change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96239
diff changeset
946 *** The new command balance-windows-area balances windows both
676dd253c861 Document truncate-partial-width-windows change.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96239
diff changeset
947 vertically and horizontally.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
948
98799
073d1f81e035 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98798
diff changeset
949 *** pop-to-buffer now always sets input focus when the popped-to window
073d1f81e035 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98798
diff changeset
950 is on a different frame.
073d1f81e035 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98798
diff changeset
951
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
952 ** Miscellaneous changes:
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
953
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
954 *** C-l is bound to the new command recenter-top-bottom, rather than recenter.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
955 This moves the current line to window center, top and bottom on
102346
2e9665d424ef Fix typo.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102205
diff changeset
956 successive invocations.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
957
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
958 *** scroll-preserve-screen-position also preserves the column position.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
959
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
960 *** If `yank-pop-change-selection' is t, rotating the kill ring also
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
961 updates the selection or clipboard to the current yank, just as M-w
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
962 would do so with the text it copies to the kill ring.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
963
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
964 *** C-M-% now shows replacement as it would look in the buffer, with
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
965 `\N' and `\&' substituted according to the match. Old behavior can be
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
966 restored by customizing `query-replace-show-replacement'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
967
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
968 *** The command shell prompts for the default directory, when it is
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
969 called with a prefix and the default directory is a remote file name.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
970 This is because some file name handlers (like ange-ftp) are not able to
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
971 run processes remotely.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
972
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
973 *** The new command kill-matching-buffers kills buffers whose name
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
974 matches a regexp.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
975
103291
4f2e369530f6 Note that comment-style now defaults to indent.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103219
diff changeset
976 *** The value of comment-style now defaults to `indent'.
4f2e369530f6 Note that comment-style now defaults to indent.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103219
diff changeset
977 Thefore, comment-start markers are inserted at the current indentation
4f2e369530f6 Note that comment-style now defaults to indent.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103219
diff changeset
978 of the region to comment, rather than the leftmost column.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
979
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
980 *** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
981 `pp-macroexpand-last-sexp' pretty-print macro expansions.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
982
98833
60bc225a0b8c *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98825
diff changeset
983 *** The new command `set-file-modes' allows to set file's mode bits.
60bc225a0b8c *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98825
diff changeset
984 The mode bits can be specified in symbolic notation, like with GNU
100676
5478b71d59c6 * subr.el (chmod): New defalias for set-file-modes.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100643
diff changeset
985 Coreutils, in addition to an octal number. `chmod' is a new
5478b71d59c6 * subr.el (chmod): New defalias for set-file-modes.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100643
diff changeset
986 convenience alias for this function.
98840
2b6fb0026405 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98833
diff changeset
987
98990
b4de76fc59ca *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98989
diff changeset
988 *** `next-error-recenter' specifies how next-error should recenter the
b4de76fc59ca *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98989
diff changeset
989 visited source file. Its value can be a number (for example, 0 for
b4de76fc59ca *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98989
diff changeset
990 top line, -1 for bottom line), or nil for no recentering.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
991
99649
2311ba8b63ee C-y now works when entering passwords.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99612
diff changeset
992 *** When typing in a password in the echo area, C-y yanks the current
2311ba8b63ee C-y now works when entering passwords.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99612
diff changeset
993 kill into the password.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
994
102844
89303f3fe6a7 Mention the fact that font and color in tooltip-frame-parameters are ignored.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 102833
diff changeset
995 *** Tooltip frame parameters `font' and `color' in `tooltip-frame-parameters'
89303f3fe6a7 Mention the fact that font and color in tooltip-frame-parameters are ignored.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 102833
diff changeset
996 are ignored. Customize the `tooltip' face instead.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
997
100751
2935e76b69a8 (mkdir): New defalias.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100741
diff changeset
998 *** `mkdir' is a new convenience alias for `make-directory'.
62200
3366f31482cc Rearrange; clarify some entries.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 62187
diff changeset
999
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
1000 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
77652
7359af7113b3 Try to rearrange by related topics, and some order of importance.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77604
diff changeset
1001
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1002 ** Auto Composition Mode is a minor mode that composes characters
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1003 automatically when they are displayed. It is globally on by default.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1004 It uses `auto-composition-function' (default `auto-compose-chars').
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1005
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1006 ** Bubbles, a new game, is similar to SameGame.
103405
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
1007
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
1008 ** Buffer Face mode is a minor mode for remapping the default face in
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
1009 the current buffer. The variable `buffer-face-mode-face' specifies
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
1010 the face to remap to. The command `buffer-face-set' prompts for a
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
1011 face name, sets `buffer-face-mode-face' to it, and enables
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
1012 buffer-face-mode. See "Face changes", under Editing Changes, for a
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
1013 description of face remapping.
9bd912106eea Describe buffer-face-mode properly.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103291
diff changeset
1014
100741
f0e8b601841d Add `butterfly'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100717
diff changeset
1015 ** butterfly flips the desired bit on the drive platter.
f0e8b601841d Add `butterfly'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 100717
diff changeset
1016 See http://xkcd.com/378/
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1017
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1018 ** bug-reference.el provides clickable links to bug reports.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1019
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1020 ** dbus.el provides D-Bus language bindings.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1021 D-Bus is an inter-process communication mechanism for applications
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1022 residing on the same host. See the manual for details.
84448
d03b0147539e Revert mistakenly deleted entries.
Michaël Cadilhac <michael.cadilhac@lrde.org>
parents: 84444
diff changeset
1023
100083
4e3cc6bdd997 hide-ifdef-mode documented; mark some entries as not needed doc updates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 100043
diff changeset
1024 ** DocView mode allows viewing of PDF, PostScript and DVI documents.
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1025 One can also search for a regular expression in the document. For
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1026 details, see the commentary in doc-view.el.
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1027
98642
1bb6eb00e477 In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98632
diff changeset
1028 PDF and DVI files are now opened in Doc View mode by default.
1bb6eb00e477 In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98632
diff changeset
1029
1bb6eb00e477 In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98632
diff changeset
1030 In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing
1bb6eb00e477 In Postcript mode, C-c C-c launches Doc View minor mode for viewing
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98632
diff changeset
1031 the postscript file.
98632
fa239c11871f Note that Postscript, PDF, and DVI files are now opened in Doc View
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98618
diff changeset
1032
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1033 ** EasyPG provides an interface to the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG).
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1034 It includes a GnuPG keyring browser, cryptographic operations on
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1035 regions and files, and automatic encryption of *.gpg files. For
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1036 details, see the EasyPG Assistant User's Manual.
96230
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1037
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1038 ** json.el is a library for parsing and generating JSON
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1039 (JavaScript Object Notation), a lightweight data-interchange format.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1040
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1041 ** linum.el is a new minor mode to display line numbers for the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1042 current buffer.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1043
97095
61de98ebc619 ** mairix.el is an interface to mairix, a free tool for indexing and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97090
diff changeset
1044 ** mairix.el is an interface to mairix, a free tool for indexing and
61de98ebc619 ** mairix.el is an interface to mairix, a free tool for indexing and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97090
diff changeset
1045 searching locally stored mail. It allows you to query mairix and
61de98ebc619 ** mairix.el is an interface to mairix, a free tool for indexing and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97090
diff changeset
1046 display the search results with Rmail, Gnus and VM. Note that there
61de98ebc619 ** mairix.el is an interface to mairix, a free tool for indexing and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97090
diff changeset
1047 is an existing Gnus back end, nnmairix.el, which should be used with
61de98ebc619 ** mairix.el is an interface to mairix, a free tool for indexing and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97090
diff changeset
1048 Maildir/MH setups.
61de98ebc619 ** mairix.el is an interface to mairix, a free tool for indexing and
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97090
diff changeset
1049
97159
4d2d4e50bb02 *** empty log message ***
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97145
diff changeset
1050 ** minibuffer-depth-indicate-mode shows the minibuffer depth in the prompt.
96230
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1051
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1052 ** nXML Mode
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1053 This is a new mode for editing XML documents. It allows a schema to
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1054 be associated with the XML document being edited, using Relax NG as
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1055 the schema language. The schema is used to provide two key features:
92063
d359b11fb16e NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el.
Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
parents: 92034
diff changeset
1056
d359b11fb16e NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el.
Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
parents: 92034
diff changeset
1057 *** Continuous validation. nXML validates as you type, highlighting
d359b11fb16e NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el.
Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
parents: 92034
diff changeset
1058 any invalid parts of your document.
d359b11fb16e NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el.
Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
parents: 92034
diff changeset
1059
d359b11fb16e NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el.
Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
parents: 92034
diff changeset
1060 *** Completion. nXML can assist you in entering an element name,
d359b11fb16e NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el.
Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
parents: 92034
diff changeset
1061 attribute name or data value by using information about what is
d359b11fb16e NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el.
Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
parents: 92034
diff changeset
1062 allowed by the schema in that context.
86431
9c38f723c526 Place-holder entry for nXML.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 86413
diff changeset
1063
100568
3520539e2319 proced.el does not use ps(1) anymore, state that is not functional
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100511
diff changeset
1064 ** proced.el provides a Dired-like interface for operating on
3520539e2319 proced.el does not use ps(1) anymore, state that is not functional
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100511
diff changeset
1065 processes. Proced makes an Emacs buffer containing a listing of the
3520539e2319 proced.el does not use ps(1) anymore, state that is not functional
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100511
diff changeset
1066 current processes. You can use the normal Emacs commands to move
3520539e2319 proced.el does not use ps(1) anymore, state that is not functional
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100511
diff changeset
1067 around in this buffer, and special Proced commands to operate on the
3520539e2319 proced.el does not use ps(1) anymore, state that is not functional
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100511
diff changeset
1068 processes listed. It is currently only functional on GNU/Linux,
3520539e2319 proced.el does not use ps(1) anymore, state that is not functional
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 100511
diff changeset
1069 MS-Windows and Solaris.
81321
efd70d9613c7 Change bug address. Add back +++/--- note.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 81310
diff changeset
1070
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1071 ** Remember Mode is a mode for jotting down things to remember.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1072 Notes can be saved to a Diary file. For details, see the Remember
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1073 Manual.
85772
6b9c41aaadf8 Check in Remember Mode
Michael Olson <mwolson@gnu.org>
parents: 85761
diff changeset
1074
100477
d0493e7b714e Fix reStructuredText funky capitalization.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 100472
diff changeset
1075 ** RST mode is a major mode for editing reStructuredText files.
96230
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1076
100335
9e362b15a65b Added Ruby mode.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 100256
diff changeset
1077 ** Ruby mode is a major mode for Ruby files.
9e362b15a65b Added Ruby mode.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 100256
diff changeset
1078
96778
5dafdebb219d Add Visual Line mode.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96769
diff changeset
1079 ** Visual Line mode provides support for editing by visual lines.
5dafdebb219d Add Visual Line mode.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96769
diff changeset
1080 It turns on word-wrapping in the current buffer, and rebinds C-a, C-e,
5dafdebb219d Add Visual Line mode.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96769
diff changeset
1081 and C-k to commands that operate by visual lines instead of logical
5dafdebb219d Add Visual Line mode.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96769
diff changeset
1082 lines. This is a more reliable replacement for longlines-mode.
97516
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
1083 This can also be turned on using the menu bar, via
a05ebaaf6031 Clarify description of word-wrapping changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97515
diff changeset
1084 Options -> Line Wrapping in this Buffer -> Word Wrap
96778
5dafdebb219d Add Visual Line mode.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96769
diff changeset
1085
96993
0988f4674242 * NEWS: Add xesam.el.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 96967
diff changeset
1086 ** xesam.el is an implementation of Xesam, an interface to (desktop)
0988f4674242 * NEWS: Add xesam.el.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 96967
diff changeset
1087 search engines like Beagle, Strigi, and Tracker. The Xesam API
0988f4674242 * NEWS: Add xesam.el.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 96967
diff changeset
1088 requires D-Bus for communication.
0988f4674242 * NEWS: Add xesam.el.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 96967
diff changeset
1089
93876
414bac225d14 Add zeroconf.el.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 93868
diff changeset
1090 ** zeroconf.el offers service discovery and service publishing
93936
3bc9b0eef232 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 93887
diff changeset
1091 interfaces according to the zeroconf specification. It communicates
3bc9b0eef232 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 93887
diff changeset
1092 with Avahi, a zeroconf implementation, via D-Bus messages on systems
3bc9b0eef232 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 93887
diff changeset
1093 which have installed this software.
93876
414bac225d14 Add zeroconf.el.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 93868
diff changeset
1094
97716
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1095 ** There is a new `whitespace' package.
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1096 (The pre-existing one has been renamed to `old-whitespace'.)
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1097 Now, besides reporting bogus blanks, the whitespace package has a
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1098 minor mode and a global minor mode to visualize blanks (TAB, (HARD)
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1099 SPACE and NEWLINE). The visualization is made via faces and/or display
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1100 table. It can also indicate lines that extend beyond a given column,
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1101 trailing blanks, and empty lines at the start or end of a buffer.
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1102 See `whitespace-style' for more details. The `whitespace-action' option
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1103 specifies what to do when a buffer is visited, killed, or written.
97482
a8900d9693c5 Improve whitespace information.
Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
parents: 97395
diff changeset
1104
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
1105
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
1106 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
71601
c7218dbd298e *** empty log message ***
Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents: 71570
diff changeset
1107
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1108 ** Abbrev has been rewritten in Elisp and extended with more flexibility.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1109
85710
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1110 *** New functions: abbrev-get, abbrev-put, abbrev-table-get, abbrev-table-put,
94137
b745a29952ba (abbrev-insert): New function extracted from expand-abbrev.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 94106
diff changeset
1111 abbrev-table-p, abbrev-insert, abbrev-table-menu.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1112
85710
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1113 *** Special hook `abbrev-expand-functions' obsoletes `pre-abbrev-expand-hook'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1114
85710
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1115 *** `make-abbrev-table', `define-abbrev', `define-abbrev-table' all take
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1116 extra arguments for arbitrary properties.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1117
85710
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1118 *** New variable `abbrev-minor-mode-table-alist'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1119
85710
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1120 *** `local-abbrev-table' can hold a list of abbrev-tables.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1121
85710
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1122 *** Abbrevs have now the following special properties:
85773
13ae285f009a Rename `count' and `system-flag' to :count and :system. Update all users.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85772
diff changeset
1123 `:count', `:system', `:enable-function', `:case-fixed'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1124
85710
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1125 *** Abbrev-tables have now the following special properties:
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1126 `:parents', `:case-fixed', `:enable-function', `:regexp',
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1127 `abbrev-table-modiff'.
beb909dfc54d Rewrite abbrev.c in Elisp.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 85669
diff changeset
1128
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1129 ** Apropos
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1130
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1131 *** `apropos-library' describes the elements defined in a given library.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1132
96230
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1133 *** Set `apropos-compact-layout' is you want a more compact (but wider) layout.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1134
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1135 ** Archive Mode has basic support to browse Rar archives.
99058
60675d06f24a Note that free unrar only handles version 1 and 2.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99014
diff changeset
1136 Note, however, that the free version of the unrar command only handles
60675d06f24a Note that free unrar only handles version 1 and 2.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99014
diff changeset
1137 versions 1 and 2 of the Rar format.
96230
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1138
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1139 ** BibTeX mode
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1140
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1141 *** New command `bibtex-initialize' (re)initializes BibTeX buffers.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1142
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1143 *** New `bibtex-entry-format' options `whitespace', `braces', and
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1144 `string', disabled by default.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1145
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1146 *** New variable `bibtex-cite-matcher-alist' contains rules to
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1147 identify cited keys in BibTeX entries, used by `bibtex-find-crossref'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1148
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1149 *** Command `bibtex-url' allows multiple URLs per entry.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1150
105529
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Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
parents: 105437
diff changeset
1151 ** Bookmarks
0d8007720f35 * etc/NEWS (Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1):
Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
parents: 105437
diff changeset
1152
0d8007720f35 * etc/NEWS (Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1):
Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
parents: 105437
diff changeset
1153 *** bookmark.el saves bookmarks in a pre-Emacs-23-incompatible file format
0d8007720f35 * etc/NEWS (Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1):
Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
parents: 105437
diff changeset
1154 bookmark.el can read a .emacs.bmk file saved by an older Emacs, but an
0d8007720f35 * etc/NEWS (Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1):
Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
parents: 105437
diff changeset
1155 older Emacs cannot read one saved by Emacs 23.
0d8007720f35 * etc/NEWS (Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1):
Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
parents: 105437
diff changeset
1156
96230
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1157 ** Calendar and diary
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1158
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1159 *** There is a new date style, `iso', essentially year/month/day.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1160 The variable `european-calendar-style' is obsolete - use `calendar-date-style'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1161 Similarly, the commands `american-calendar' and `european-calendar'
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1162 should be replaced by `calendar-set-date-style'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1163
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1164 *** The calendar namespace has been rationalized.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1165 All functions and variables now begin with a `calendar-', `diary-', or
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1166 `holiday-' prefix. The various calendar systems have secondary
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parents: 96156
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1167 prefixes, eg `calendar-french-'. The old names you are likely to use
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parents: 96156
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1168 directly still exist, for the time being, as aliases, but please start
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parents: 96156
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1169 using the new names.
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parents: 96156
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1170
96300
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parents: 96284
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1171 *** The whitespace in the calendar layout can be customized.
c0227e195a0e *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96284
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1172 See the variables:
c0227e195a0e *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96284
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1173 calendar-left-margin, calendar-intermonth-spacing, calendar-column-width,
c0227e195a0e *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96284
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1174 calendar-day-header-width, and calendar-day-digit-width.
c0227e195a0e *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96284
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1175
c0227e195a0e *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96284
diff changeset
1176 *** Text (e.g. ISO weeks) can be displayed between the calendar months.
c0227e195a0e *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96284
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1177 See the variables calendar-intermonth-header and calendar-intermonth-text.
c0227e195a0e *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96284
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1178
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1179 *** The function `holiday-chinese' computes holidays on the Chinese calendar.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1180 It has been used to add items to the list `holiday-oriental-holidays'.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1181
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parents: 96156
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1182 *** `diary-remind' accepts a negative number -DAYS as a shorthand for
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parents: 96156
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1183 the list (1 2 ... DAYS).
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1184
96651
dd7d28f3d635 Aggregate change log mode changes. Update documentation status.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96642
diff changeset
1185 ** Change Log mode
dd7d28f3d635 Aggregate change log mode changes. Update documentation status.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96642
diff changeset
1186
dd7d28f3d635 Aggregate change log mode changes. Update documentation status.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96642
diff changeset
1187 *** The new command C-c C-f (change-log-find-file) finds the file
dd7d28f3d635 Aggregate change log mode changes. Update documentation status.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96642
diff changeset
1188 associated with the current log entry.
dd7d28f3d635 Aggregate change log mode changes. Update documentation status.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96642
diff changeset
1189
dd7d28f3d635 Aggregate change log mode changes. Update documentation status.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96642
diff changeset
1190 *** The new command C-c C-c (change-log-goto-source) goes to the
dd7d28f3d635 Aggregate change log mode changes. Update documentation status.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96642
diff changeset
1191 source code associated with a log entry.
dd7d28f3d635 Aggregate change log mode changes. Update documentation status.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96642
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1192
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1193 ** Compile and grep modes
103493
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1194
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parents: 96156
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1195 *** The mode-line entry for the *compilation* and *grep* buffer is color coded.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1196 It has different colors for to show that: (a) the command is still
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1197 running, (b) successful completion, (c) error.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1198
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parents: 96156
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1199 *** compilation-auto-jump-to-first-error tells `compile' to jump to
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1200 the first error encountered during compilations.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1201
99652
6945b83c969f *** compilation-scroll-output accepts a new value, `first-error', which
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99649
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1202 *** compilation-scroll-output accepts a new value, `first-error', which
6945b83c969f *** compilation-scroll-output accepts a new value, `first-error', which
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99649
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1203 says to stop auto scrolling at the first error that occurs.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1204
96605
bc27980146e4 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96481
diff changeset
1205 *** The `cc' alias for C++ files in `grep-file-aliases' has been
102420
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1206 improved. `hh' can be used to match C++ header files and `cchh' both
96605
bc27980146e4 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96481
diff changeset
1207 C++ sources and headers.
bc27980146e4 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96481
diff changeset
1208
97716
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1209 ** Copyright
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1210
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1211 *** You can specify your copyright holders' names.
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1212 Only copyright lines with holders matching `copyright-names-regexp' are
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1213 considered for update.
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1214
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1215 *** Copyrights can be at the end of the buffer.
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1216 This is controlled by `copyright-at-end-flag' (used by, e.g., change-log-mode).
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1217
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parents: 96156
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1218 ** Custom
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1219
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1220 *** defcustom accepts new keyword arguments, `:safe' and `:risky', which
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1221 set a variable's `safe-local-variable' and `risky-local-variable' property.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1222
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1223 ** Diff mode
103493
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1224
96230
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1225 *** diff-refine-hunk highlights word-level details of changes in a diff hunk.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1226 It's used automatically as you move through hunks, see
96854
b9de9e7dceed Make auto-refining a minor mode, and diff- and smerge- use it.
Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>
parents: 96778
diff changeset
1227 diff-auto-refine-mode. It is bound to `C-c C-b'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1228
96230
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1229 *** diff-add-change-log-entries-other-window iterates through the diff
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1230 buffer and tries to create ChangeLog entries for each change.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1231 It is bound to `C-x 4 A'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1232
101070
3f35938e8ea3 (diff-show-trailing-whitespaces): Remove function.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 101056
diff changeset
1233 *** Turning on `whitespace-mode' in a diff buffer will show trailing
3f35938e8ea3 (diff-show-trailing-whitespaces): Remove function.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 101056
diff changeset
1234 whitespace problems in the modified lines.
97716
e8b4c0217486 Fix copyright entries broken by "rearrangement".
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97705
diff changeset
1235
96911
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1236 ** Dired
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1237
96911
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1238 *** In Dired, C-x C-q now runs the command wdired-change-to-wdired-mode,
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1239 and C-x C-q in wdired-mode exits it with asking a question about
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1240 saving changes.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1241
97090
6ff090a00c2c Add `&' `dired-do-async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97081
diff changeset
1242 *** `&' runs the command `dired-do-async-shell-command' that executes
6ff090a00c2c Add `&' `dired-do-async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97081
diff changeset
1243 the command asynchronously without the need to manually add ampersand
6ff090a00c2c Add `&' `dired-do-async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97081
diff changeset
1244 to the end of the command. Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
6ff090a00c2c Add `&' `dired-do-async-shell-command'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97081
diff changeset
1245 Command*'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1246
97081
301f811043c1 Add Isearch that matches only at Dired file names.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97064
diff changeset
1247 *** `M-s f C-s' and `M-s f M-C-s' run Isearch that matches only at file names.
99813
b102ebc8ec55 Add `dired-isearch-filenames' is `dwim'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99808
diff changeset
1248 When a new user option `dired-isearch-filenames' is t, then even ordinary
b102ebc8ec55 Add `dired-isearch-filenames' is `dwim'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99808
diff changeset
1249 Isearch started with `C-s' and `C-M-s' matches only at file names in the
b102ebc8ec55 Add `dired-isearch-filenames' is `dwim'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99808
diff changeset
1250 Dired buffer. When `dired-isearch-filenames' is `dwim' then activation of
b102ebc8ec55 Add `dired-isearch-filenames' is `dwim'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99808
diff changeset
1251 file name Isearch depends on the position of point - if point is on a file
b102ebc8ec55 Add `dired-isearch-filenames' is `dwim'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99808
diff changeset
1252 name initially, then Isearch matches only file names, otherwise it matches
b102ebc8ec55 Add `dired-isearch-filenames' is `dwim'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99808
diff changeset
1253 everywhere in the Dired buffer. You can toggle file names matching on or
b102ebc8ec55 Add `dired-isearch-filenames' is `dwim'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 99808
diff changeset
1254 off by typing `M-s f' in Isearch mode.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1255
97064
bdd7e0042ad5 Add multi-file Isearch in Dired.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96998
diff changeset
1256 *** `M-s a C-s' and `M-s a M-C-s' run multi-file Isearch on the marked files.
bdd7e0042ad5 Add multi-file Isearch in Dired.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96998
diff changeset
1257 They visit the first marked file in the sequence and display the usual Isearch
bdd7e0042ad5 Add multi-file Isearch in Dired.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96998
diff changeset
1258 prompt for a string or a regexp where all Isearch commands are available.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1259
96911
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1260 *** `Q' in Dired provides two new keys for multi-file replacement.
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1261 The upper case key `Y' replaces all remaining matches in all remaining files
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1262 with no more questions. The upper case key `N' stops doing replacements
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1263 in the current file and skips to the next file. These multi-file keys
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1264 are available for all commands that use `tags-query-replace'
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1265 including `dired-do-query-replace-regexp', `vc-dir-query-replace-regexp',
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1266 `reftex-query-replace-document'.
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1267
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parents: 96156
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1268 ** Fortran
103493
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1269
97589
b159ee2aaf6f *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97582
diff changeset
1270 *** The line length of fixed-form Fortran is not fixed at 72 any more.
b159ee2aaf6f *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97582
diff changeset
1271 Customize the variable `fortran-line-length' to change it.
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1272
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1273 *** In Fortran mode, M-; is now bound to the standard comment-dwim,
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1274 rather than fortran-indent-comment.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1275
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1276 *** (The increasingly misnamed) F90 mode supports Fortran 2003 syntax.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1277
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1278 ** Gnus
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1279
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1280 *** The Gnus package has been updated
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1281 There are many news features, bug fixes and improvements; see the file
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1282 GNUS-NEWS or the node "No Gnus" in the Gnus manual for details.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1283
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1284 *** In Emacs 23, Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system `utf-8-emacs' for
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1285 saving articles drafts and ~/.newsrc.eld. These file may not be read
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1286 correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to Gnus across different Emacs
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1287 versions, you may set `mm-auto-save-coding-system' to `emacs-mule'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
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1288
102919
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
1289 *** Passwords are consistently loaded through `auth-source'
97216
0fd3de34a457 Add entries about the new auth-source integration and
Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
diff changeset
1290 Gnus can use `auth-source' for POP and IMAP passwords. Also see that
0fd3de34a457 Add entries about the new auth-source integration and
Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
diff changeset
1291 `smtpmail' and `url' support `auth-source' for SMTP and HTTP/HTTPS/RSS
0fd3de34a457 Add entries about the new auth-source integration and
Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
diff changeset
1292 authentication respectively.
0fd3de34a457 Add entries about the new auth-source integration and
Teodor Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
parents: 97177
diff changeset
1293
92894
70290cfccdc1 Add some sections, based on NEWS.22.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92767
diff changeset
1294 ** Help mode
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1295
86014
11902b5f216b *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 85985
diff changeset
1296 *** New macro `with-help-window' should set up help windows better
11902b5f216b *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 85985
diff changeset
1297 than `with-output-to-temp-buffer' with `print-help-return-message'.
98799
073d1f81e035 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98798
diff changeset
1298
86014
11902b5f216b *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 85985
diff changeset
1299 *** New option `help-window-select' permits to customize whether help
11902b5f216b *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 85985
diff changeset
1300 window shall be automatically selected when invoking help.
98799
073d1f81e035 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98798
diff changeset
1301
102919
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
1302 *** New variable `help-window-point-marker' permits one to specify a new
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
1303 position for point in help window (for example in `view-lossage').
86014
11902b5f216b *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 85985
diff changeset
1304
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1305 ** Isearch
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1306
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1307 *** New command `isearch-forward-word' bound globally to `M-s w' starts
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1308 incremental word search. New command `isearch-toggle-word' bound to the
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1309 same key `M-s w' in Isearch mode toggles word searching on or off
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1310 while Isearch is active.
96284
5df646ce1545 Add global bindings `M-s o' for `occur', `M-s h r' for `highlight-regexp',
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96280
diff changeset
1311
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1312 *** New command `isearch-highlight-regexp' bound to `M-s h r' in Isearch
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1313 mode runs `highlight-regexp' (`hi-lock-face-buffer') with the current
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1314 search string as its regexp argument. The same key `M-s h r' and
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1315 other keys on the `M-s h' prefix are bound globally to the command
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1316 `highlight-regexp' and other hi-lock commands.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1317
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1318 *** New command `isearch-occur' bound to `M-s o' in Isearch mode
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1319 runs `occur' with the current search string. The same key `M-s o'
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1320 is bound globally to the command `occur'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1321
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1322 *** Isearch can now search through multiple ChangeLog files.
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1323 When running Isearch in a ChangeLog file, if the search fails,
85572
d1aa29a9a8c2 Add isearch-multi.el
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 85541
diff changeset
1324 then another C-s tries searching the previous ChangeLog,
102919
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
1325 if there is one (e.g. going from ChangeLog to ChangeLog.12).
96961
27cda0f6d06c Document misearch.el and multi-isearch commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96949
diff changeset
1326 This is enabled if multi-isearch-search is non-nil.
85572
d1aa29a9a8c2 Add isearch-multi.el
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 85541
diff changeset
1327
96961
27cda0f6d06c Document misearch.el and multi-isearch commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96949
diff changeset
1328 *** Two new commands to start Isearch on a list of marked buffers
97064
bdd7e0042ad5 Add multi-file Isearch in Dired.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96998
diff changeset
1329 for buff-menu.el and ibuffer.el are bound to the keys `M-s a C-s' and
bdd7e0042ad5 Add multi-file Isearch in Dired.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96998
diff changeset
1330 `M-s a M-C-s'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1331
98350
7c430966acc0 Add `word-search-forward-lax' and `word-search-backward-lax'.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98290
diff changeset
1332 *** The part of an Isearch that failed to match is highlighted in
7c430966acc0 Add `word-search-forward-lax' and `word-search-backward-lax'.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98290
diff changeset
1333 `isearch-fail' face.
92013
8f52ec613586 Add missing entries.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92011
diff changeset
1334
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1335 *** `C-h C-h' in Isearch mode displays isearch-specific Help screen,
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1336 `C-h b' displays all Isearch key bindings, `C-h k' displays the full
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1337 documentation of the given Isearch key sequence, `C-h m' displays
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1338 documentation of Isearch mode. All the rest Help commands exit Isearch mode
94263
cd726e3a759a Isearch help map.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 94257
diff changeset
1339 and execute their global definitions.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1340
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1341 *** When started in the minibuffer, Isearch searches in the minibuffer
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1342 history. See `Minibuffer changes', above.
93538
e69fcb5b7842 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93499
diff changeset
1343
97554
fe22268df13f Update for MH-E release 8.1.
Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
parents: 97516
diff changeset
1344 ** MH-E
97768
ed788901cc00 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 97740
diff changeset
1345
103414
00c1c64219ca Update for MH-E release 8.2.
Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
parents: 103405
diff changeset
1346 *** Upgraded to MH-E version 8.2. See MH-E-NEWS for details.
97554
fe22268df13f Update for MH-E release 8.1.
Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>
parents: 97516
diff changeset
1347
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1348 ** Python
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1349 *** The file etc/emacs.py now supports both Python 2 and 3, meaning
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1350 that either version can be used as inferior Python by python.el.
81795
15008ad392dc (compilation-auto-jump-to-first-error,compilation-auto-jump-to-next): New vars.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 81785
diff changeset
1351
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1352 *** Python mode now has `pdbtrack' functionality. When using pdb to
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1353 debug a Python program, pdbtrack notices the pdb prompt and displays
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1354 the source file and line that the program is stopped at, much the same
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1355 way as gud-mode does for debugging C programs with gdb.
81079
506d3398a966 (copyright-names-regexp): New var.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 81031
diff changeset
1356
97768
ed788901cc00 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 97740
diff changeset
1357 ** Recentf
ed788901cc00 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 97740
diff changeset
1358
ed788901cc00 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 97740
diff changeset
1359 *** The default value of `recentf-keep' prevents from checking of
ed788901cc00 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 97740
diff changeset
1360 remote files, if there is no established connection to the
ed788901cc00 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 97740
diff changeset
1361 corresponding remote host.
ed788901cc00 *** empty log message ***
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 97740
diff changeset
1362
101378
48fbcd64ad79 Add rmail placeholder.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 101342
diff changeset
1363 ** Rmail
48fbcd64ad79 Add rmail placeholder.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 101342
diff changeset
1364
101442
83fb450bdbd9 Add some details about Rmail mbox merge.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101441
diff changeset
1365 *** Rmail no longer converts the messages to Babyl format.
102402
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1366 Instead, it uses UNIX mbox format, both on disk and in Rmail buffers,
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1367 and does conversion and decoding when a message is displayed.
101442
83fb450bdbd9 Add some details about Rmail mbox merge.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101441
diff changeset
1368
102402
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1369 The first time you visit an Rmail file in Babyl format, Rmail
101442
83fb450bdbd9 Add some details about Rmail mbox merge.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101441
diff changeset
1370 automatically converts it to mbox format. This is a one-time
83fb450bdbd9 Add some details about Rmail mbox merge.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101441
diff changeset
1371 conversion, but it can take a few minutes, depending on how fast is
83fb450bdbd9 Add some details about Rmail mbox merge.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101441
diff changeset
1372 your machine and on the size of the file. You should find the rest of
83fb450bdbd9 Add some details about Rmail mbox merge.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101441
diff changeset
1373 Rmail usage unaltered.
83fb450bdbd9 Add some details about Rmail mbox merge.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101441
diff changeset
1374
102080
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1375 However, M-x set-rmail-inbox-list now lasts only for one session
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1376 because there is no way to save the list of inbox files in an
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1377 mbox-format file.
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1378
102725
c08db43b04df Mention M-x find-file no longer works for Rmail files.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102599
diff changeset
1379 Also, whereas with Babyl format M-x find-file would switch to Rmail
c08db43b04df Mention M-x find-file no longer works for Rmail files.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102599
diff changeset
1380 mode, with mbox format this is no longer the case (there being no way
102733
a1a47a7b5087 Add C-u M-x rmail to previous change.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102725
diff changeset
1381 to add an "-*- rmail-*-" cookie to an mbox file). Use C-u M-x rmail
a1a47a7b5087 Add C-u M-x rmail to previous change.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102725
diff changeset
1382 instead.
102725
c08db43b04df Mention M-x find-file no longer works for Rmail files.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102599
diff changeset
1383
102402
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1384 If you have written any extensions to Rmail, they are likely to need
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1385 updating. Conceptually, the Rmail buffer that you see is no longer
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1386 just a narrowed portion of the whole. So you cannot access the whole
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1387 of a message (or message collection) by a simple save-restriction and
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1388 widen. Instead, there are two buffers: the rmail-buffer, and the
102420
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1389 rmail-view-buffer. The former is the buffer that you see, the latter
102402
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1390 is invisible. Most of the time, the invisible `view' buffer contains
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1391 the full contents of the Rmail file, and the Rmail buffer contains a
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1392 decoded copy of the current message (with only a subset of the
102420
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1393 headers). In this state, Rmail is said to be `swapped'.
102402
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1394
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1395 You may find the following functions useful:
101378
48fbcd64ad79 Add rmail placeholder.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 101342
diff changeset
1396
102402
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1397 `rmail-get-header' and `rmail-set-header' get or set the value of a
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1398 message header, whether or not it is currently visible.
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1399
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1400 `rmail-apply-in-message' is a general purpose function that calls a
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1401 function (with arguments) which you specify on the full text of a given
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1402 message. To further narrow to just the headers, search forward for "\n\n".
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1403
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1404 *** The new command `rmail-mime' displays MIME messages.
102420
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1405 It is bound to `v' in Rmail buffers and summaries. It displays plain
102402
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1406 text and multipart messages in a temporary buffer, and offers buttons
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1407 to save attachments.
53f455933f5f More Rmail details.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102346
diff changeset
1408
101879
4743ac816d50 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101856
diff changeset
1409 *** The command `rmail-redecode-body' no longer accepts the optional arg RAW.
4743ac816d50 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101856
diff changeset
1410 Since Rmail now holds messages in their original undecoded form in a
4743ac816d50 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101856
diff changeset
1411 separate buffer, `rmail-redecode-body' no longer encodes the original
4743ac816d50 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101856
diff changeset
1412 message, and therefore there should be no need to avoid encoding it.
4743ac816d50 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101856
diff changeset
1413
102080
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1414 *** The o command is now `rmail-output'. It is an all-purpose command
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1415 for copying messages from Rmail and appending them to files. It
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1416 handles Babyl-format files as well as mbox-format files, and it
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1417 handles both kinds properly when they are visited in Emacs. It always
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1418 copies the full headers of the message.
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1419
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1420 *** The C-o command is now `rmail-output-as-seen'. It uses
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1421 the message as displayed, appending it to an mbox file.
3742b500d87e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 101879
diff changeset
1422
102420
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1423 *** The modified status of the Rmail buffer is reported in the mode-line.
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1424 Previously, this information was hidden.
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1425
98410
3fd1ad09bae4 Mention latex-indent-within-escaped-parens.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98354
diff changeset
1426 ** TeX modes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1427
98410
3fd1ad09bae4 Mention latex-indent-within-escaped-parens.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98354
diff changeset
1428 *** New option latex-indent-within-escaped-parens
3fd1ad09bae4 Mention latex-indent-within-escaped-parens.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98354
diff changeset
1429 permits to customize indentation of LaTeX environments delimited
3fd1ad09bae4 Mention latex-indent-within-escaped-parens.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98354
diff changeset
1430 by escaped parens.
3fd1ad09bae4 Mention latex-indent-within-escaped-parens.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 98354
diff changeset
1431
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1432 ** T-mouse Mode
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1433
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1434 *** If the gpm mouse server is running and t-mouse-mode is enabled,
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1435 Emacs uses a Unix socket in a GNU/Linux console to talk to server,
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1436 rather than faking events using the client program mev. This C level
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1437 approach provides mouse highlighting and help echoing in the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1438 minibuffer.
87854
00321492f35d *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 87722
diff changeset
1439
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1440 ** Tramp
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1441
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1442 *** New connection methods.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1443 The new methods "plinkx", "plink2", "psftp", "sftp" and "fish" have
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1444 been introduced. There are also new so-called gateway methods
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1445 "tunnel" and "socks".
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1446
100865
c54dd34ec02d * NEWS: Tramp supports IPv6 addresses.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 100751
diff changeset
1447 *** IPv6 addresses.
c54dd34ec02d * NEWS: Tramp supports IPv6 addresses.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 100751
diff changeset
1448 IPv6 addresses are supported now as host names. They must be embedded
c54dd34ec02d * NEWS: Tramp supports IPv6 addresses.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 100751
diff changeset
1449 in square brackets, like in "/ssh:[::1]:".
c54dd34ec02d * NEWS: Tramp supports IPv6 addresses.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 100751
diff changeset
1450
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1451 *** Multihop syntax has been removed.
102919
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
1452 The pseudo-method "multi" has been removed. Instead, multi hops
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1453 can be specified by the new variable `tramp-default-proxies-alist'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1454
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1455 *** More default settings.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1456 Default values can be set via the variables `tramp-default-user',
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1457 `tramp-default-user-alist' and `tramp-default-host'.
85625
14a6011e3384 *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85572
diff changeset
1458
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1459 *** Connection information is cached.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1460 In order to reduce connection setup, information about used
102919
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
1461 connections is kept persistently in a file. The name of this file is
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1462 defined in the variable `tramp-persistency-file-name'.
86312
7e2c67792bdd For some reason, this new feature was not in etags for Emacs 22,
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents: 86187
diff changeset
1463
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1464 *** Control of remote processes.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1465 Running processes on a remote host can be controlled by settings in
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1466 `tramp-remote-path' and `tramp-remote-process-environment'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1467
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1468 *** Success of remote copy is checked.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1469 When the variable `file-precious-flag' is set, the success of a remote
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1470 file copy is checked via the file's checksum.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1471
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1472 *** Passwords can be read from an authentification file.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1473 Tramp uses the package `auth-source' to read passwords from a file, if
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1474 necessary.
86312
7e2c67792bdd For some reason, this new feature was not in etags for Emacs 22,
Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org>
parents: 86187
diff changeset
1475
96481
a4d01535c722 Reorganize the VC entry a bit.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96476
diff changeset
1476 ** VC and related modes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1477
84360
07d871329e5d *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 84357
diff changeset
1478 *** VC now supports applying VC operations to a set of files at a time.
85134
af7e24a5bf93 New VC in the NEWS.
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
parents: 85121
diff changeset
1479 This enables VC to work much more effectively with changeset-oriented
93887
95ab8057090d *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93876
diff changeset
1480 version-control systems such as Subversion, GNU Arch, Mercurial, Git
95ab8057090d *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93876
diff changeset
1481 and Bzr. VC will now pass a multiple-file commit to these systems as
95ab8057090d *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93876
diff changeset
1482 a single changeset.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1483
94106
9294e3bd7d46 Rename vc-status to vc-dir and the vc-status var to vc-ewoc.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 94062
diff changeset
1484 *** vc-dir is a new command that displays file names and their VC
96481
a4d01535c722 Reorganize the VC entry a bit.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96476
diff changeset
1485 status. It allows to apply various VC operations to a file, a
a4d01535c722 Reorganize the VC entry a bit.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96476
diff changeset
1486 directory or a set of files/directories.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1487
100189
b2edb21bbb45 Add VC switches entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 100084
diff changeset
1488 *** VC switches are no longer appended, rather the first non-nil value is used.
b2edb21bbb45 Add VC switches entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 100084
diff changeset
1489 (This was for the most part true in Emacs 22, but was not advertised).
b2edb21bbb45 Add VC switches entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 100084
diff changeset
1490 This is because there is an increasing variety of VC systems, and they
b2edb21bbb45 Add VC switches entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 100084
diff changeset
1491 do not all accept the same "common" options. For example, a CVS diff
b2edb21bbb45 Add VC switches entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 100084
diff changeset
1492 command used to append the values of `vc-cvs-diff-switches',
b2edb21bbb45 Add VC switches entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 100084
diff changeset
1493 `vc-diff-switches', and `diff-switches'. Now the first non-nil value
b2edb21bbb45 Add VC switches entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 100084
diff changeset
1494 from that sequence is used. The special value `t' means "no switches".
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1495
93977
bc90a81fc7cb *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93937
diff changeset
1496 *** Clicking on the VC mode-line entry now pops the VC menu.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1497
93977
bc90a81fc7cb *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93937
diff changeset
1498 *** The VC mode-line entry now has a tooltip that explains the VC file status.
102553
9898f038e310 Note the vc-annotate key changes.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 102517
diff changeset
1499
9898f038e310 Note the vc-annotate key changes.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 102517
diff changeset
1500 *** In VC Annotate mode, the key bindings have changed to use lower
9898f038e310 Note the vc-annotate key changes.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 102517
diff changeset
1501 case keys instead of the upper case keys used in the past.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1502
95896
7561b5637b81 (vc-annotate-show-diff-revision-at-line): Move most of the code to ...
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95883
diff changeset
1503 *** In VC Annotate mode, for VC systems that support changesets, you can
7561b5637b81 (vc-annotate-show-diff-revision-at-line): Move most of the code to ...
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95883
diff changeset
1504 see the diff for the whole changeset (not only for the current file)
98769
3c8503664c02 ESR already documented changeset-based VC. Remove duplicate entry
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98766
diff changeset
1505 by typing the D key. Using the "Show changeset diff of revision at
3c8503664c02 ESR already documented changeset-based VC. Remove duplicate entry
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98766
diff changeset
1506 line" menu entry does the same thing.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1507
96476
d5795d971979 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96421
diff changeset
1508 *** In VC Annotate mode, you can type v to toggle the annotation visibility.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1509
91830
98b6c9d8faca (vc-annotate-find-revision-at-line): New function.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 91788
diff changeset
1510 *** In VC Annotate mode, you can type f to show the file revision on
98b6c9d8faca (vc-annotate-find-revision-at-line): New function.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 91788
diff changeset
1511 the current line.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1512
93538
e69fcb5b7842 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93499
diff changeset
1513 *** Asynchronous VC commands display [Waiting...] in the mode-line
e69fcb5b7842 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93499
diff changeset
1514 of the corresponding buffer as long as the asynchronous process is
e69fcb5b7842 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93499
diff changeset
1515 active.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1516
93887
95ab8057090d *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93876
diff changeset
1517 *** Log entries can be modified using the key "e" in log-view.
95ab8057090d *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93876
diff changeset
1518 For now only CVS, RCS, SCCS and SVN support this functionality.
95ab8057090d *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 93876
diff changeset
1519 This is done by the `modify-change-comment' backend function.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1520
95966
054335cbee3d * log-view.el (log-view-diff-changeset): New function.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95906
diff changeset
1521 *** In log-view-mode, for VC systems that support changesets, you can
054335cbee3d * log-view.el (log-view-diff-changeset): New function.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95906
diff changeset
1522 see the diff for the whole changeset (not only for the current file)
054335cbee3d * log-view.el (log-view-diff-changeset): New function.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95906
diff changeset
1523 by typing the D key or using the "Changeset Diff" menu entry.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1524
96481
a4d01535c722 Reorganize the VC entry a bit.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96476
diff changeset
1525 *** In Log Edit mode, C-c C-d now shows the diff for the files involved.
a4d01535c722 Reorganize the VC entry a bit.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96476
diff changeset
1526
a4d01535c722 Reorganize the VC entry a bit.
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 96476
diff changeset
1527 *** vc-git supports the "git grep" command.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1528
102919
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
1529 *** VC Support for Meta-CVS has been removed for lack of a maintainer able
94730
3bbff46b7130 Meta-CVS support removed.
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
parents: 94707
diff changeset
1530 to update it to the new VC.
3bbff46b7130 Meta-CVS support removed.
Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
parents: 94707
diff changeset
1531
82229
fc334008c1ed Add fortran-line-length, plus some more sections.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 82218
diff changeset
1532 ** Miscellaneous
fc334008c1ed Add fortran-line-length, plus some more sections.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 82218
diff changeset
1533
fc334008c1ed Add fortran-line-length, plus some more sections.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 82218
diff changeset
1534 *** comint-mode uses `start-file-process' now (see Lisp Changes).
81802
dc2bceb79a0a * NEWS: Add Tramp and comint-mode changes.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 81795
diff changeset
1535 If `default-directory' is a remote file name, subprocesses are started
dc2bceb79a0a * NEWS: Add Tramp and comint-mode changes.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 81795
diff changeset
1536 on the corresponding remote system.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1537
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1538 *** Eldoc highlights the function argument under point
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1539 with the face `eldoc-highlight-function-argument'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1540
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1541 *** In Etags, the --members option is now the default.
96376
c3309dba6542 American English spelling fix.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 96340
diff changeset
1542 Use --no-members if you want the old default behavior of not tagging
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1543 struct members in C, members variables in C++ and variables in PHP.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1544
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1545 *** The `gdb' command only works with the graphical interface now.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1546 Use `gud-gdb' if you want the (old) text command mode.
91646
b8a7a2e4976d Add pcmpl-unix ssh.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91571
diff changeset
1547
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1548 *** goto-address.el provides two new minor modes, goto-address-mode and
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1549 goto-address-prog-mode, which buttonize URLS and email addresses.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1550
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1551 *** The new command `eshell/info' runs info in an eshell buffer.
91683
1274274352ce woman-locale.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91665
diff changeset
1552
91758
816e9aceecc0 ffap-rfc-directories.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91739
diff changeset
1553 *** The new variable `ffap-rfc-directories' specifies a list of local
816e9aceecc0 ffap-rfc-directories.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91739
diff changeset
1554 directories in which `ffap-rfc' will first search for RFCs.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1555
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1556 *** hide-ifdef-mode allows shadowing ifdef-blocks instead of hiding them.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1557 See option `hide-ifdef-shadow' and function `hide-ifdef-toggle-shadowing'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1558
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1559 *** `icomplete-prospects-height' now supercedes `icomplete-prospects-length'.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1560
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1561 *** Info displays breadcrumbs in the header of the page.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1562 See Info-breadcrumbs-depth to control it.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1563
92136
d2380a994a27 iwconfig.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92132
diff changeset
1564 *** net-utils has an `iwconfig' command, similar to the existing `ifconfig'.
92156
813966bafbb3 *** empty log message ***
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 92150
diff changeset
1565 It is used to configure wireless interfaces.
92136
d2380a994a27 iwconfig.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92132
diff changeset
1566
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1567 *** The pcmpl-unix package supports hostname completion for ssh and scp.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1568
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1569 *** sgml-electric-tag-pair-mode lets you simultaneously edit matched tag pairs.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1570
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1571 *** smerge-refine highlights word-level details of changes in conflict.
96854
b9de9e7dceed Make auto-refining a minor mode, and diff- and smerge- use it.
Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>
parents: 96778
diff changeset
1572 It's used automatically as you move through conflicts, see
b9de9e7dceed Make auto-refining a minor mode, and diff- and smerge- use it.
Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>
parents: 96778
diff changeset
1573 smerge-auto-refine-mode.
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1574
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1575 *** talk.el has been extended for multiple tty support.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1576
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1577 *** A new command `display-time-world' has been added to the Time
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1578 package. It creates a buffer with an updating time display using
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1579 several time zones.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1580
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1581 *** The appearance of superscript and subscript in TeX is more customizable.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1582 See the documentation of the variables: tex-fontify-script,
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1583 tex-font-script-display, tex-suscript-height-ratio, and
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1584 tex-suscript-height-minimum.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1585
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1586 *** view-remove-frame-by-deleting is now by default t
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1587 since users found iconification of view-mode frames distracting.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1588
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1589 *** WoMan tries to add locale-specific manual page directories to the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1590 search path. This can be disabled by setting `woman-locale' to nil.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1591
52902
796a3196d80c cfengine-mode
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 52900
diff changeset
1592
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
1593 * Changes in Emacs 23.1 on non-free operating systems
77652
7359af7113b3 Try to rearrange by related topics, and some order of importance.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77604
diff changeset
1594
95682
78a4157e99c0 Document that `completion-ignore-case' is nil on MS-Windows.
John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>
parents: 95645
diff changeset
1595 ** Case is now considered significant in completion on MS-Windows.
78a4157e99c0 Document that `completion-ignore-case' is nil on MS-Windows.
John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>
parents: 95645
diff changeset
1596 The default value of `completion-ignore-case' is now nil on
78a4157e99c0 Document that `completion-ignore-case' is nil on MS-Windows.
John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>
parents: 95645
diff changeset
1597 MS-Windows, the same as it is for other operating systems. The
78a4157e99c0 Document that `completion-ignore-case' is nil on MS-Windows.
John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>
parents: 95645
diff changeset
1598 variable doesn't apply to reading a file name -- in that case Emacs
78a4157e99c0 Document that `completion-ignore-case' is nil on MS-Windows.
John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>
parents: 95645
diff changeset
1599 heeds `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case' instead.
78a4157e99c0 Document that `completion-ignore-case' is nil on MS-Windows.
John Paul Wallington <jpw@pobox.com>
parents: 95645
diff changeset
1600
81878
f53f800079a7 IPv6 support on MS-Windows
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 81868
diff changeset
1601 ** IPv6 is supported on MS-Windows.
f53f800079a7 IPv6 support on MS-Windows
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 81868
diff changeset
1602 Emacs now supports IPv6 on Windows XP and later, and earlier versions
94453
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1603 of Windows with third party IPv6 stacks installed. In Emacs 22, IPv6 was
81878
f53f800079a7 IPv6 support on MS-Windows
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 81868
diff changeset
1604 supported on other platforms, but not on Windows due to using the winsock
f53f800079a7 IPv6 support on MS-Windows
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 81868
diff changeset
1605 1.1 header file, even though Emacs was linking to the winsock 2 library.
f53f800079a7 IPv6 support on MS-Windows
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 81868
diff changeset
1606
93338
04c90252db91 Document Windows hourglass change.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 93271
diff changeset
1607 ** Busy cursor (hourglass) now displays on MS-Windows.
04c90252db91 Document Windows hourglass change.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 93271
diff changeset
1608 When Emacs is busy, an hourglass mouse cursor is displayed on Windows.
94453
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1609 In Emacs 22 only X supported the busy cursor.
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1610
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1611 ** Battery status is available on MS-Windows
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1612 Emacs can now display the battery status in the mode-line when enabled with
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1613 display-battery-mode or from the Options menu. More verbose battery
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1614 information is also available with the command `battery'. In Emacs 22
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1615 battery status was supported only on GNU/Linux and Mac.
93338
04c90252db91 Document Windows hourglass change.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 93271
diff changeset
1616
85985
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1617 ** More keys available on MS-Windows.
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1618 Keys normally associated with IMEs, and some exotic keys not normally found
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1619 on standard keyboards have been given names so they can be bound to functions
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1620 inside Emacs. If there are keys on your keyboard that have not been exposed
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1621 to Emacs in the past, try C-h k to see if they are available now.
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1622
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1623 Emacs can now bind functions to the extra buttons for media player and
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1624 browser control present on some keyboards. These buttons are disabled
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1625 by default, since enabling them prevents their system-wide use when
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1626 Emacs has focus. To enable them, set the variable
92398
c98e70371bdc *** empty log message ***
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 92249
diff changeset
1627 w32-pass-multimedia-buttons to nil. See the doc string of that variable
85985
82b4fa075a7a Add w32 keyboard changes.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 85959
diff changeset
1628 for the list of extra keys that are available.
94453
b354d19386f9 Add Windows battery support.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 94364
diff changeset
1629
97145
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1630 ** BDF fonts no longer supported on MS-Windows.
102420
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1631 The font backend was completely rewritten for this release. The focus
97145
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1632 on Windows has been getting acceptable performance and full unicode
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1633 support, including complex script shaping for native Windows fonts. A
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1634 rewrite of the BDF font support has not happened due to lack of time
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1635 and developers. If demand still exists for such a backend even with
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1636 the improved language support for native Windows fonts, future
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1637 development in this direction will most likely be based on the
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1638 freetype library, giving access to a wider range of font formats.
1f11efe01535 Note the dropping of BDF font support on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 97138
diff changeset
1639
59356
bbe94a7411bf *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 59323
diff changeset
1640
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
1641 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1
62042
54584b534be1 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 62027
diff changeset
1642
95407
8a703a3c84d7 (Fmake_variable_buffer_local, Fmake_local_variable)
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 95386
diff changeset
1643 ** Variables cannot be both buffer-local and frame-local any more.
94532
92e6b5d0dd28 Add the argument DEFAULT of minibuffer input functions to Incompatible Lisp Changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 94492
diff changeset
1644
93735
310118b32104 (functionp): Return nil for special forms.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 93555
diff changeset
1645 ** `functionp' returns nil for special forms.
93826
76b4fbf19628 Fix typo.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 93822
diff changeset
1646 I.e., it only returns t for objects that can be passed to `funcall'.
93735
310118b32104 (functionp): Return nil for special forms.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 93555
diff changeset
1647
92001
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
1648 ** The behavior of map-char-table has changed. It may call the
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
1649 specified function with a cons (FROM . TO) as a key if characters in
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
1650 that range have the same value.
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
1651
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1652 ** Process changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1653
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1654 *** The function `dired-call-process' has been removed.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1655
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1656 *** The multibyteness of process filters is now determined by the
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1657 coding-system used for decoding. The functions
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1658 `process-filter-multibyte-p' and `set-process-filter-multibyte' are
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1659 obsolete.
81637
9cde32c80659 * NEWS: `dired-call-process' has been removed.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 81620
diff changeset
1660
85732
f62dcdb06cab The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now...
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85710
diff changeset
1661 ** The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now be a list starting with `not',
92398
c98e70371bdc *** empty log message ***
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 92249
diff changeset
1662 meaning to disable the specified warnings. The meaning of this list
85732
f62dcdb06cab The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now...
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85710
diff changeset
1663 may therefore be the reverse of what you expect (of course, this is
92398
c98e70371bdc *** empty log message ***
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 92249
diff changeset
1664 only an issue if you make use of the new `not' syntax). Rather than
85732
f62dcdb06cab The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now...
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85710
diff changeset
1665 checking/manipulating elements directly, use the new functions
f62dcdb06cab The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now...
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85710
diff changeset
1666 `byte-compile-warning-enabled-p', `byte-compile-disable-warning', and
f62dcdb06cab The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now...
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85710
diff changeset
1667 `byte-compile-enable-warning.'
f62dcdb06cab The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now...
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 85710
diff changeset
1668
91709
eda4a84da4b4 `mode-name' is no longer guaranteed to be a string.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91683
diff changeset
1669 ** `mode-name' is no longer guaranteed to be a string.
eda4a84da4b4 `mode-name' is no longer guaranteed to be a string.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91683
diff changeset
1670 Use `(format-mode-line mode-name)' to ensure a string value.
eda4a84da4b4 `mode-name' is no longer guaranteed to be a string.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91683
diff changeset
1671
101056
bc5b4c7423f5 x-font-family-list has been removed.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 101055
diff changeset
1672 ** The function x-font-family-list has been removed.
bc5b4c7423f5 x-font-family-list has been removed.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 101055
diff changeset
1673 Use the new function font-family-list (see Lisp Changes, below).
bc5b4c7423f5 x-font-family-list has been removed.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 101055
diff changeset
1674
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1675 ** Internationalization changes
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1676
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1677 *** The value of the function `charset-id' is now always 0.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1678
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1679 *** The functions `register-char-codings' and `coding-system-spec'
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1680 have been removed.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1681
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1682 *** The cpXXX coding systems are now supported automatically.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1683 The functions cp-...-codepage, which you had to use in Emacs 22 to
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1684 enable support for these coding systems, have been deleted.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1685
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1686 *** The following features have been removed. They were used for
92090
726506ba3572 Condense some entries.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92081
diff changeset
1687 displaying various scripts with specific fonts, and are no longer
726506ba3572 Condense some entries.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92081
diff changeset
1688 needed now that OpenType font support is available:
92072
cfdc718703dc Mention the new language envrironments Bengali, Punjabi,
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 92063
diff changeset
1689
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1690 **** `devanagari' and `devan-util', and all associated devanagari-* and
92090
726506ba3572 Condense some entries.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92081
diff changeset
1691 dev-* functions and variables (formerly used for Devanagari script).
92072
cfdc718703dc Mention the new language envrironments Bengali, Punjabi,
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 92063
diff changeset
1692
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1693 **** `kannada' and `knd-util', and all associated kannada-* and knd-*
92090
726506ba3572 Condense some entries.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92081
diff changeset
1694 functions and variables (formerly used for Kannada script).
92072
cfdc718703dc Mention the new language envrironments Bengali, Punjabi,
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 92063
diff changeset
1695
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1696 **** `malayalam' and `mlm-util', and all associated malayalam-* and
92090
726506ba3572 Condense some entries.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92081
diff changeset
1697 mlm-* functions and variables (formerly used for Malayalam script).
726506ba3572 Condense some entries.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92081
diff changeset
1698
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1699 **** `tamil' and `tml-util, and all associated tamil-* and tml-*
92090
726506ba3572 Condense some entries.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92081
diff changeset
1700 functions and variables (formerly used for Tamil script).
92034
69963c9b8257 Improve the description about the removal of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 92023
diff changeset
1701
102517
a113049fe3c8 Add description for the argument change of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 102490
diff changeset
1702 *** The meaning of NAME argument of `set-fontset-font' is changed.
a113049fe3c8 Add description for the argument change of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 102490
diff changeset
1703 Previously nil is accepted as the default fontset. Now, nil is for
a113049fe3c8 Add description for the argument change of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 102490
diff changeset
1704 the fontset of the selected frame and t is for the default fontset.
a113049fe3c8 Add description for the argument change of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 102490
diff changeset
1705
a113049fe3c8 Add description for the argument change of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 102490
diff changeset
1706 *** The meaning of FONTSET argument of `print-fontset' is changed.
a113049fe3c8 Add description for the argument change of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 102490
diff changeset
1707 Now, nil is for the fontset of the selected frame and t is for the
a113049fe3c8 Add description for the argument change of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 102490
diff changeset
1708 default fontset.
a113049fe3c8 Add description for the argument change of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 102490
diff changeset
1709
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1710 ** If a function in write-region-annotate-functions returns with a
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1711 different buffer current, Emacs no longer kills that buffer
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1712 automatically. This behavior existed in previous versions of Emacs,
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1713 but was undocumented. To kill a buffer after write-region, give the
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1714 variable `write-region-post-annotation-function' a buffer-local value
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1715 of `kill-buffer'.
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1716
101683
1c8fb01a3229 Fix typo.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 101665
diff changeset
1717 ** The variable temp-file-name-pattern has been removed.
101665
f91737280f46 ** The variable temp_file_name_pattern has been removed.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 101549
diff changeset
1718 This variable was only used by call-process-region, which now uses
f91737280f46 ** The variable temp_file_name_pattern has been removed.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 101549
diff changeset
1719 temporary-file-directory instead.
f91737280f46 ** The variable temp_file_name_pattern has been removed.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 101549
diff changeset
1720
103217
1622b8036498 Update documentation status for abbrevs.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103208
diff changeset
1721 ** The COUNT and SYSTEM-FLAG arguments to define-abbrev have been
1622b8036498 Update documentation status for abbrevs.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103208
diff changeset
1722 removed. The function now takes extra arguments for specifying
1622b8036498 Update documentation status for abbrevs.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103208
diff changeset
1723 arbitrary abbrev properties.
1622b8036498 Update documentation status for abbrevs.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103208
diff changeset
1724
103429
8f7555e94264 Document changes to end-of-defun-function, clarifying entry for
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
parents: 103414
diff changeset
1725 ** end-of-defun-function is now guaranteed to work only when called
8f7555e94264 Document changes to end-of-defun-function, clarifying entry for
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
parents: 103414
diff changeset
1726 from the start of a defun. It must now leave point exactly at the end
8f7555e94264 Document changes to end-of-defun-function, clarifying entry for
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
parents: 103414
diff changeset
1727 of defun, since `end-of-defun' now itself moves forward over
8f7555e94264 Document changes to end-of-defun-function, clarifying entry for
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
parents: 103414
diff changeset
1728 whitespace after calling it.
8f7555e94264 Document changes to end-of-defun-function, clarifying entry for
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
parents: 103414
diff changeset
1729
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
1730
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
1731 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1
62200
3366f31482cc Rearrange; clarify some entries.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 62187
diff changeset
1732
100709
94fa21cc4588 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100676
diff changeset
1733 ** The new variable `generate-autoload-cookie' controls the magic comment
94fa21cc4588 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100676
diff changeset
1734 string used by `update-file-autoloads' to find autoloaded forms. The
94fa21cc4588 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100676
diff changeset
1735 variable `generated-autoload-file' similarly controls the name of the
94fa21cc4588 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100676
diff changeset
1736 file where `update-file-autoloads' writes the calls to `autoload'.
94fa21cc4588 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100676
diff changeset
1737 The default values are ";;;###autoload" and `loaddefs.el',
94fa21cc4588 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100676
diff changeset
1738 respectively.
94fa21cc4588 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100676
diff changeset
1739
102205
0f4ba7f17aa0 Rename `system-process-attributes' to `process-attributes'
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 102177
diff changeset
1740 ** New primitives `list-system-processes' and `process-attributes'
97233
e440b06f6be8 Mention list-system-processes and system-process-attributes.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 97216
diff changeset
1741 let Lisp programs access the processes that are running on the local
e440b06f6be8 Mention list-system-processes and system-process-attributes.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 97216
diff changeset
1742 machine. See the doc strings of these functions for more details.
e440b06f6be8 Mention list-system-processes and system-process-attributes.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 97216
diff changeset
1743 Not all platforms support accessing this information; on those that
e440b06f6be8 Mention list-system-processes and system-process-attributes.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 97216
diff changeset
1744 don't, these primitives will return nil.
e440b06f6be8 Mention list-system-processes and system-process-attributes.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 97216
diff changeset
1745
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1746 ** New variable `user-emacs-directory'.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1747 Use this instead of "~/.emacs.d".
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1748
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1749 ** If a local hook function has a non-nil `permanent-local-hook'
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1750 property, `kill-all-local-variables' does not remove it from the local
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1751 value of the hook variable; it remains even if you change major modes.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1752
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1753 ** `frame-inherited-parameters' lets new frames inherit parameters from
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1754 the selected frame.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1755
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1756 ** New keymap `input-decode-map' overrides like key-translation-map, but
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1757 applies before function-key-map. Also it is terminal-local contrary to
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1758 key-translation-map. Terminal-specific key-sequences are generally added to
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1759 this map rather than to function-key-map now.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1760
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1761 ** `ignore-errors' is now a standard macro (does not require the CL package).
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1762
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1763 ** `interprogram-paste-function' can now return one string or a list
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1764 of strings. In the latter case, Emacs puts the second and following
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1765 strings on the kill ring.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1766
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1767 ** In `condition-case', a handler can specify "let the debugger run first".
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1768 You do this by writing `debug' in the list of conditions to be handled,
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1769 like this:
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1770
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1771 (condition-case nil
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1772 (foo bar)
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1773 ((debug error) nil))
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1774
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1775 ** clone-indirect-buffer now runs the clone-indirect-buffer-hook.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1776
103429
8f7555e94264 Document changes to end-of-defun-function, clarifying entry for
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
parents: 103414
diff changeset
1777 ** `beginning-of-defun-function' now takes one argument, the count given to
8f7555e94264 Document changes to end-of-defun-function, clarifying entry for
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
parents: 103414
diff changeset
1778 `beginning-of-defun'. (N.B. `end-of-defun-function' doesn't take any
8f7555e94264 Document changes to end-of-defun-function, clarifying entry for
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
parents: 103414
diff changeset
1779 arguments.)
96280
bfca3297fa0b * bookmark.el (bookmark-alist): Allow the 2 slightly different formats
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 96254
diff changeset
1780
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1781 ** `file-remote-p' has new optional parameters IDENTIFICATION and CONNECTED.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1782 IDENTIFICATION specifies which part of the remote identifier has to be
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1783 returned. With CONNECTED passed non-nil, it is checked whether a
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1784 remote connection has been established already.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1785
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1786 ** The new macro `declare-function' suppresses compiler warnings about
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1787 undefined functions.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1788
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1789 ** Changes to interactive function handling
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1790
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1791 *** The new interactive spec code ^ says to first call
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1792 handle-shift-selection if shift-select-mode is non-nil, before reading
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1793 the command arguments. This is used for shift-selection (see above).
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1794
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1795 *** Built-in functions can now have an interactive specification that
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1796 is not a prompt string. If the `intspec' parameter of a `DEFUN'
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1797 starts with a `(', the string is evaluated as a Lisp form.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1798
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1799 *** The interactive-form of a function can be added post-facto via the
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1800 `interactive-form' symbol property. Mostly useful to add complex
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1801 interactive forms to subroutines.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1802
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1803 ** Region changes
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1804
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1805 *** Commands should use `use-region-p' to test whether there is
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1806 an active region that they should operate on.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1807
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1808 *** `region-active-p' returns non-nil when Transient Mark mode is
99994
178782cd97e1 Explain why region-active-p is often not the best function to use.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99986
diff changeset
1809 enabled and the mark is active. Most commands that act specially on
178782cd97e1 Explain why region-active-p is often not the best function to use.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99986
diff changeset
1810 the active region in Transient Mark mode should use `use-region-p'
178782cd97e1 Explain why region-active-p is often not the best function to use.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99986
diff changeset
1811 instead of `region-active-p', because `use-region-p' obeys the new
178782cd97e1 Explain why region-active-p is often not the best function to use.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99986
diff changeset
1812 user option `use-empty-active-region' (see Editing Changes, above).
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1813
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1814 *** If a command sets `transient-mark-mode' to (only . OLDVAL), that
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1815 means to activate transient-mark-mode temporarily, until the next
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1816 unshifted point motion command or mark deactivation. Afterwards,
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1817 reset transient-mark-mode to the value OLDVAL. The values `only' and
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1818 `identity', introduced in Emacs 22, are now deprecated.
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1819
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1820 ** Emacs session information
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1821
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1822 *** The new variables `before-init-time' and `after-init-time' record the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1823 value of `current-time' before and after Emacs loads the init files.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1824
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1825 *** The new function `emacs-uptime' returns the uptime of an Emacs instance.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1826
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1827 *** The new function `emacs-init-time' returns the duration of the
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1828 Emacs initialization.
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1829
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1830 ** Changes affecting display-buffer
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1831
103185
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1832 *** display-buffer tries to be smarter when splitting windows.
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1833 The new option split-window-preferred-function lets you specify your own
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1834 function to pop up new windows. Its default value split-window-sensibly
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1835 can split a window either vertically or horizontally, whichever seems
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1836 more suitable in the current configuration. You can tune the behavior
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1837 of split-window-sensibly by customizing split-height-threshold and the
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1838 new option split-width-threshold. Both options now take the value nil
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1839 to inhibit splitting in one direction. Setting split-width-threshold to
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1840 nil inhibits horizontal splitting and gets you the behavior of Emacs 22
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1841 in this respect. In any case, display-buffer may now split the largest
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1842 window vertically even when it is not as wide as the containing frame.
96230
07ecdd924140 Re-order items.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96156
diff changeset
1843
98643
fd13ced7b1d5 If pop-up-frames has the value `graphic-only', display-buffer only
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98642
diff changeset
1844 *** If pop-up-frames has the value `graphic-only', display-buffer only
fd13ced7b1d5 If pop-up-frames has the value `graphic-only', display-buffer only
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98642
diff changeset
1845 makes a separate frame on graphic displays.
fd13ced7b1d5 If pop-up-frames has the value `graphic-only', display-buffer only
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98642
diff changeset
1846
103185
9009b73dda47 Rewrite entry for display-buffer.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 103165
diff changeset
1847 *** select-frame and set-frame-selected-window have a new optional
99359
c28c3e911cc7 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 99331
diff changeset
1848 argument NORECORD. If non-nil, this will avoid messing with the order
c28c3e911cc7 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 99331
diff changeset
1849 of recently selected windows and the buffer list.
99331
5fc8a3a01ed4 Mention ordering of recently selected windows.
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 99315
diff changeset
1850
99258
84b8aa5bf9a5 Move window parameters entry to Lisp changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99220
diff changeset
1851 ** Window parameters can now be defined.
84b8aa5bf9a5 Move window parameters entry to Lisp changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99220
diff changeset
1852 These are analogous to frame parameters, but are associated with
84b8aa5bf9a5 Move window parameters entry to Lisp changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99220
diff changeset
1853 individual windows.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1854
99258
84b8aa5bf9a5 Move window parameters entry to Lisp changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99220
diff changeset
1855 *** The new functions window-parameters, window-parameter, and
84b8aa5bf9a5 Move window parameters entry to Lisp changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99220
diff changeset
1856 set-window-parameter are used to query and set window parameters.
84b8aa5bf9a5 Move window parameters entry to Lisp changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99220
diff changeset
1857
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1858 ** Minibuffer and completion changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1859
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1860 *** A list of default values can be specified for the DEFAULT argument of
85526
2ba6b972a7ef Add a list of minibuffer default values.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 85468
diff changeset
1861 functions `read-from-minibuffer', `read-string', `read-command',
2ba6b972a7ef Add a list of minibuffer default values.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 85468
diff changeset
1862 `read-variable', `read-buffer', `completing-read'. Elements of this list
2ba6b972a7ef Add a list of minibuffer default values.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 85468
diff changeset
1863 are available for inserting into the minibuffer by typing `M-n'.
2ba6b972a7ef Add a list of minibuffer default values.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 85468
diff changeset
1864 For empty input these functions return the first element of this list.
2ba6b972a7ef Add a list of minibuffer default values.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 85468
diff changeset
1865
96421
877fc0162a48 Add `read-regexp'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96404
diff changeset
1866 *** New function `read-regexp' uses the regexp history and some useful
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1867 regexp defaults (string at point, last Isearch/replacement regexp/string)
96421
877fc0162a48 Add `read-regexp'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96404
diff changeset
1868 via M-n when reading a regexp in the minibuffer.
877fc0162a48 Add `read-regexp'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96404
diff changeset
1869
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1870 *** minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map is now named
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1871 minibuffer-local-filename-must-match-map.
85656
92ef0c1fb78e *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 85631
diff changeset
1872
99884
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
1873 *** The `require-match' argument to `completing-read' accepts the new
e73ab780756d Document changes to confirm-nonexistent-file-or-buffer.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99874
diff changeset
1874 values `confirm-only' and `confirm-after-completion'.
87379
7fb15af635f4 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 87289
diff changeset
1875
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1876 ** Search and replacement changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1877
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1878 *** The regexp form \(?<num>:<regexp>\) specifies the group number explicitly.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1879
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1880 *** New function `match-substitute-replacement' returns the result of
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1881 `replace-match' without actually using it in the buffer.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1882
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1883 *** The new variable `replace-search-function' determines the function
98820
e7e2727fead1 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98817
diff changeset
1884 to use for searching in query-replace and replace-string. The
e7e2727fead1 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98817
diff changeset
1885 function it specifies is called by `perform-replace' when its 4th
e7e2727fead1 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98817
diff changeset
1886 argument is nil.
87409
0c8af1419a88 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 87392
diff changeset
1887
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1888 *** The new variable `replace-re-search-function' determines the
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1889 function to use for searching in `query-replace-regexp',
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1890 `replace-regexp', `query-replace-regexp-eval', and
98820
e7e2727fead1 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98817
diff changeset
1891 `map-query-replace-regexp'. The function it specifies is called by
e7e2727fead1 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98817
diff changeset
1892 `perform-replace' when its 4th argument is non-nil.
93555
9ef92a2bb899 Document shift-selection-mode and related changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 93538
diff changeset
1893
97131
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1894 *** New keymap `search-map' bound to `M-s' provides global bindings
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1895 for search related commands.
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1896
d622f6dc147d Isearch-related changes.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 97124
diff changeset
1897 *** New keymap `multi-query-replace-map' contains additonal keys bound
96911
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1898 to `automatic-all' and `exit-current' for multi-buffer interactive replacement.
dd755b7c9f24 Add multi-buffer query-replace and `multi-query-replace-map'.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96855
diff changeset
1899
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1900 *** The variable `inhibit-changing-match-data', if non-nil, prevents
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1901 the search and match primitives from changing the match data.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1902
98350
7c430966acc0 Add `word-search-forward-lax' and `word-search-backward-lax'.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98290
diff changeset
1903 *** New functions `word-search-forward-lax' and `word-search-backward-lax'.
7c430966acc0 Add `word-search-forward-lax' and `word-search-backward-lax'.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98290
diff changeset
1904 These are like `word-search-forward and `word-search-backward', except
7c430966acc0 Add `word-search-forward-lax' and `word-search-backward-lax'.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98290
diff changeset
1905 that the end of the search string need not match a word boundary,
7c430966acc0 Add `word-search-forward-lax' and `word-search-backward-lax'.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98290
diff changeset
1906 unless it ends in whitespace.
7c430966acc0 Add `word-search-forward-lax' and `word-search-backward-lax'.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 98290
diff changeset
1907
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1908 ** File handling changes
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1909
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1910 *** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1911 symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1912
98883
86e3af42f38c *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98879
diff changeset
1913 *** file-local-variables-alist stores an alist of file-local
86e3af42f38c *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98879
diff changeset
1914 variables defined in the current buffer.
86e3af42f38c *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98879
diff changeset
1915
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1916 ** Face-remapping
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1917
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1918 *** Each face can be remapped to a different face definition using the
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1919 variable `face-remapping-alist'. This is an alist that maps faces to
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1920 replacement definitions (which can be face names, lists of face names,
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1921 or attribute/value plists. If this variable is buffer-local, the
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1922 remapping occurs only in that buffer.
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1923
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1924 *** text-scale-mode remaps the default face to a larger or smaller
102420
01c5f9df1630 Rmail trivia, plus whitespace.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102402
diff changeset
1925 size in the current buffer. This feature is used by the Buffer Face
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1926 menu and the new `C-x C-+', `C-x C--', and `C-x C-0' commands (see
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1927 Editing Changes, above).
99842
2fe0a3e0646b Add NEWS entry for text-scale-adjust.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99831
diff changeset
1928
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1929 *** New functions:
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1930
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1931 **** `face-remap-add-relative' adds a face remapping entry to the
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1932 current buffer.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1933
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1934 **** ``face-remap-remove-relative' removes a face remapping entry from
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1935 the current buffer.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1936
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1937 **** `face-remap-reset-base' restores a face to its global definition.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1938
99874
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1939 **** `face-remap-set-base' sets the base remapping of a face.
538c05e746a8 Add NEWS entries for face-remap.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 99843
diff changeset
1940
100083
4e3cc6bdd997 hide-ifdef-mode documented; mark some entries as not needed doc updates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 100043
diff changeset
1941 ** Process changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1942
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1943 *** The new function `start-file-process' is similar to `start-process',
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1944 but obeys file handlers. The file handler is chosen based on
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1945 `default-directory'. The functions `start-file-process-shell-command'
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1946 and `process-file-shell-command' are also new; they call internally
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1947 `start-file-process' and `process-file', respectively.
85761
7d711fbfe5b5 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 85734
diff changeset
1948
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1949 *** The new function `process-lines' executes an external program and
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1950 returns its output as a list of lines.
87389
67cc3c303593 *** empty log message ***
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1951
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1952 ** Character code, representation, and charset changes.
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1953
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1954 *** In multibyte buffers and strings, characters are represented by
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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1955 UTF-8 byte sequences. The character code space is now 0x0..0x3FFFFF
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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1956 with no gap; code points 0x0..0x10FFFF are Unicode characters of the
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1957 same code points, while code points 0x3FFF80..0x3FFFFF are raw 8-bit
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1958 bytes.
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1959
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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1960 *** Generic characters no longer exist.
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1961
103493
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1962 *** The concept of a charset has changed. A single character may
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
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1963 belong to multiple charsets (e.g. a-grave, U+00E0, belongs to charsets
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1964 unicode, iso-8859-1, iso-8859-3, etc).
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1965
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1966 **** The dimension of a charset is now 1, 2, 3, or 4, and the size of
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1967 each dimension is no longer limited to 94 or 96.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1968
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1969 **** A dynamic charset priority list is used to infer the charset of
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
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1970 characters for display.
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
1971
98713
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98706
diff changeset
1972 *** The functions `split-char' and `make-char' now accept up to 4
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98706
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1973 positional codes instead of just 2.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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1974
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1975 *** The functions `encode-char' and `decode-char' now accept any character sets.
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
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1976
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1977 *** The function `define-charset' now accepts a completely different
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
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1978 form of arguments (old-style arguments still work).
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1979
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1980 *** The value of the function `char-charset' depends on the current
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
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1981 priorities of charsets.
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1982
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1983 *** The function get-char-code-property now accepts many Unicode base
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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1984 character properties. They are `name', `general-category',
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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1985 `canonical-combining-class', `bidi-class', `decomposition',
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
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1986 `decimal-digit-value', `digit-value', `numeric-value', `mirrored',
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1987 `old-name', `iso-10646-comment', `uppercase', `lowercase', and
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
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1988 `titlecase'.
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1989
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
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1990 *** The functions `modify-syntax-entry' and `modify-category-entry' now
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1991 accept a cons of characters as the first argument, and modify all
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
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1992 entries in that range of characters.
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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1993
101856
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101683
diff changeset
1994 *** Use of `translation-table-for-input' for character code unification
ceb61718bdae *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101683
diff changeset
1995 is now obsolete, since Emacs 23.1 and later uses Unicode as basis for
ceb61718bdae *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101683
diff changeset
1996 internal representation of characters.
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
1997
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1998 *** New functions:
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
1999
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2000 **** `characterp' returns t if and only if the argument is a character.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2001 This replaces `char-valid-p', which is now obsolete.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2002
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2003 **** `max-char' returns the maximum character code (currently #x3FFFFF).
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2004
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2005 **** `define-charset-alias' defines an alias of a charset.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2006
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2007 **** `set-charset-priority' sets priorities of charsets.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2008
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2009 **** `charset-priority-list' returns a prioritized list of charsets.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2010
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2011 **** `unibyte-string' makes a unibyte string from bytes.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2012
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2013 **** `define-char-code-property' defines a character code property.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2014
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2015 **** `char-code-property-description' returns the description string of
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2016 a character code property.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2017
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2018 *** New variables:
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2019
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2020 **** `find-word-boundary-function-table' is a char-table of functions to
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2021 search for a word boundary.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2022
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2023 **** `char-script-table' is a char-table of script names.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2024
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2025 **** `char-width-table' is a char-table of character widths.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2026
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2027 **** `print-charset-text-property' controls how to handle `charset' text
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2028 property on printing a string.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2029
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2030 **** `printable-chars' is a char-table of printable characters.
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2031
92894
70290cfccdc1 Add some sections, based on NEWS.22.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92767
diff changeset
2032 ** Code conversion changes
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2033
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2034 *** The new function `define-coding-system' should be used to define a
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2035 coding system instead of `make-coding-system' (which is now obsolete).
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2036
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2037 *** The functions `encode-coding-region' and `decode-coding-region'
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2038 have an optional 4th argument to specify where the result of
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2039 conversion should go.
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parents: 91911
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2040
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parents: 91911
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2041 *** The functions `encode-coding-string' and `decode-coding-string'
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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2042 have an optional 4th argument specifying a buffer to store the result
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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2043 of conversion.
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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2044
101055
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101030
diff changeset
2045 *** The new variable `inhibit-null-byte-detection' controls whether to
b7431d2f12cb Mention inhibit-null-byte-detection.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101030
diff changeset
2046 consider text with null bytes as binary data. By default, it is
b7431d2f12cb Mention inhibit-null-byte-detection.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101030
diff changeset
2047 `nil', and Emacs uses `no-conversion' for any text containing null
b7431d2f12cb Mention inhibit-null-byte-detection.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101030
diff changeset
2048 bytes.
b7431d2f12cb Mention inhibit-null-byte-detection.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101030
diff changeset
2049
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2050 *** The functions `set-coding-priority' and `make-coding-system' are obsolete.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2051
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2052 *** New functions:
92001
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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2053
96333
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2054 **** `with-coding-priority' executes Lisp code using the specified
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2055 coding system priority order.
92001
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2056
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2057 **** `check-coding-systems-region' checks if the text in the region is
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2058 encodable by the specified coding systems.
92001
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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2059
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2060 **** `coding-system-aliases' returns a list of aliases of a coding system.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2061
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2062 **** `coding-system-charset-list' returns a list of charsets supported
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2063 by a coding system.
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2064
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2065 **** `coding-system-priority-list' returns a list of coding systems
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2066 ordered by their priorities.
92001
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2067
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2068 **** `set-coding-system-priority' sets priorities of coding systems.
92001
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2069
101549
52265841dbb2 New function `coding-sytem-from-name'.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 101442
diff changeset
2070 **** `coding-system-from-name' returns a coding system matching with
52265841dbb2 New function `coding-sytem-from-name'.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 101442
diff changeset
2071 the argument name.
52265841dbb2 New function `coding-sytem-from-name'.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 101442
diff changeset
2072
52265841dbb2 New function `coding-sytem-from-name'.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 101442
diff changeset
2073
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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2074 ** There is a new input method, Robin, different from Quail.
92398
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Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 92249
diff changeset
2075 It has three functionalities:
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parents: 91911
diff changeset
2076 i) a simple input method (converts an ASCII sequence into a string).
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2077 ii) converts an existing buffer substring into another string
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2078 iii) reverse conversion (each character produced by a
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2079 robin rule can hold the original ASCII sequence as a char-code-property)
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parents: 91911
diff changeset
2080
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2081 *** The new function `robin-define-package' defines a Robin package.
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2082
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parents: 91911
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2083 *** The new function `robin-modify-package' modifies an existing Robin package.
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
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2084
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2085 *** The new function `robin-use-package' starts using a Robin package
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2086 as an input method.
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2087
96254
dd9a4766432a Mention string-to-unibyte.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 96242
diff changeset
2088 *** The new function `string-to-unibyte' is like `string-as-unibyte'
dd9a4766432a Mention string-to-unibyte.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 96242
diff changeset
2089 but signals an error if STRING contains a non-ASCII, non-eight-bit
dd9a4766432a Mention string-to-unibyte.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 96242
diff changeset
2090 character.
dd9a4766432a Mention string-to-unibyte.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 96242
diff changeset
2091
92894
70290cfccdc1 Add some sections, based on NEWS.22.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92767
diff changeset
2092 ** Changes related to the new font backend
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2093
103207
6524e4dc57b6 Documented font-backend X resource and frame parameter.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103185
diff changeset
2094 *** Which font backends to use can be specified by the X resource
6524e4dc57b6 Documented font-backend X resource and frame parameter.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103185
diff changeset
2095 "FontBackend". For instance, to use both X core fonts and Xft fonts:
92005
f60998626e8a Merge in some font-backend stuff from README.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92001
diff changeset
2096
92015
bfea5b2e7fd3 Tweak FontBackend X resource entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92013
diff changeset
2097 Emacs.FontBackend: x,xft
92005
f60998626e8a Merge in some font-backend stuff from README.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92001
diff changeset
2098
92015
bfea5b2e7fd3 Tweak FontBackend X resource entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92013
diff changeset
2099 If this resource is not set, Emacs tries to use all font backends
bfea5b2e7fd3 Tweak FontBackend X resource entry.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 92013
diff changeset
2100 available on your graphic device.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2101
92001
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2102 *** New frame parameter `font-backend' specifies a list of
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2103 font-backends supported by the frame's graphic device. On X, they are
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2104 currently `x' and `xft'.
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2105
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2106 *** The function `set-fontset-font' now accepts a script name as the
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2107 second argument, and has an optional 5th argument to control how to
7a6e0dab4698 Merge entries from NEWS.unicode.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 91911
diff changeset
2108 set the font.
101029
09f5fecd8003 *** The function x-font-family-list is now obsolete.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 100991
diff changeset
2109
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2110 *** New functions:
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2111
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2112 **** `fontp' checks if the argument is a font-spec or font-entity.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2113
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2114 **** `font-spec' creates a new font-spec object.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2115
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2116 **** `font-get' returns a font property value.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2117
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2118 **** `font-put' sets a font property value.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2119
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2120 **** `font-face-attributes' returns a plist of face attributes set by a font.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2121
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2122 **** `list-fonts' returns a list of font-entities matching a font spec.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2123
100991
e01b35f67245 Documented several font functions.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 100986
diff changeset
2124 **** `find-font' returns the font-entity best matching the given font spec.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2125
100986
55aea246d319 list-families is renamed to font-family-list.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 100979
diff changeset
2126 **** `font-family-list' returns a list of family names of available fonts.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2127
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2128 **** `font-xlfd-name' returns an XLFD name of a given font spec, font
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2129 entity, or font object.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2130
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2131 **** `clear-font-cache' clears all font caches.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2132
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2133 ** Changes related to multiple-terminal (multi-tty) support
83773
3592dd2e8c0c Add in entries from README.multi-tty.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 83719
diff changeset
2134
83801
3ef554452c8a $TERM is now set to dumb.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 83798
diff changeset
2135 *** $TERM is now set to `dumb' for subprocesses. If you want to know the
3ef554452c8a $TERM is now set to dumb.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 83798
diff changeset
2136 $TERM inherited by Emacs you will have to look inside initial-environment.
3ef554452c8a $TERM is now set to dumb.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 83798
diff changeset
2137
84750
61716998289c (Qdisplay_environment_variable): Delete.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 84721
diff changeset
2138 *** $DISPLAY is now dynamically inherited from the frame's `display'.
61716998289c (Qdisplay_environment_variable): Delete.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 84721
diff changeset
2139
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2140 *** The `window-system' variable is now frame-local. The new
83773
3592dd2e8c0c Add in entries from README.multi-tty.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 83719
diff changeset
2141 `initial-window-system' variable contains the `window-system' value
93499
47ddb5e4501c More details on a multi-tty change.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 93473
diff changeset
2142 for the first frame. `window-system' is also now a function that
47ddb5e4501c More details on a multi-tty change.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 93473
diff changeset
2143 takes a frame argument.
83773
3592dd2e8c0c Add in entries from README.multi-tty.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 83719
diff changeset
2144
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2145 *** The `keyboard-translate-table' variable and the terminal and
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2146 keyboard coding systems are now terminal-local.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2147
83773
3592dd2e8c0c Add in entries from README.multi-tty.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 83719
diff changeset
2148 *** You can specify a terminal device (`tty' parameter) and a terminal
3592dd2e8c0c Add in entries from README.multi-tty.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 83719
diff changeset
2149 type (`tty-type' parameter) to `make-terminal-frame'.
3592dd2e8c0c Add in entries from README.multi-tty.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 83719
diff changeset
2150
3592dd2e8c0c Add in entries from README.multi-tty.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 83719
diff changeset
2151 *** The function `make-frame-on-display' now works during a tty
100979
d16df300c5f4 face-remap functions were already documented in display.texi.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 100972
diff changeset
2152 session.
83773
3592dd2e8c0c Add in entries from README.multi-tty.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 83719
diff changeset
2153
100603
f4ae8e46d0f5 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100602
diff changeset
2154 *** A new `terminal' data type.
f4ae8e46d0f5 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100602
diff changeset
2155 The functions `get-device-terminal', `terminal-parameters',
100717
397095492a86 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100709
diff changeset
2156 `terminal-parameter', `set-terminal-parameter' use this data type.
83790
2aeb19284040 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 83773
diff changeset
2157
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2158 *** Function key sequences are now mapped using `local-function-key-map',
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2159 a new variable. This inherits from the global variable function-key-map,
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2160 which is not used directly any more.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2161
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2162 *** New hooks:
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2163
97138
cc10cad95d85 Document file-local-variables-alist and before-hack-local-variables-hook
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97131
diff changeset
2164 **** before-hack-local-variables-hook is called after setting new
cc10cad95d85 Document file-local-variables-alist and before-hack-local-variables-hook
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97131
diff changeset
2165 variable file-local-variables-alist, and before actually applying the
cc10cad95d85 Document file-local-variables-alist and before-hack-local-variables-hook
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97131
diff changeset
2166 file-local variables.
cc10cad95d85 Document file-local-variables-alist and before-hack-local-variables-hook
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97131
diff changeset
2167
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2168 **** `suspend-tty-functions' and `resume-tty-functions' are called
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2169 after a tty frame has been suspended or resumed, respectively. The
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2170 functions are called with the terminal id of the frame being
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2171 suspended/resumed as a parameter.
83875
fbb5919e6afb * server.el (server-start, server-unload-hook):
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 83812
diff changeset
2172
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2173 **** The special hook `delete-terminal-functions' is called before
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2174 deleting a terminal.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2175
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2176 *** New functions:
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2177
101262
637264bf9fd5 *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101261
diff changeset
2178 **** `delete-terminal'
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2179
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2180 **** `suspend-tty'
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2181
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2182 **** `resume-tty'.
83790
2aeb19284040 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 83773
diff changeset
2183
83798
b797bea42060 *** empty log message ***
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 83790
diff changeset
2184 *** `initial-environment' holds the environment inherited from Emacs's parent.
b797bea42060 *** empty log message ***
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 83790
diff changeset
2185
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2186 ** Redisplay changes
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2187
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2188 *** For underlined characters, the distance between the underline and
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2189 the baseline is controlled by a new variable, `underline-minimum-offset'.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2190
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2191 *** You can now pass the value of the `invisible' property to
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2192 invisible-p to check whether it would cause the text to be invisible.
102919
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
2193 This is convenient when checking invisibility of text with no buffer
3fb22681f225 Bob Rogers <rogers-emacs at rgrjr.dyndns.org> (tiny change; non-copyrightable)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 102895
diff changeset
2194 position (e.g. in before/after-strings).
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2195
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2196 *** `clear-image-cache' can be told to flush only images of a specific file.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2197
96615
3f3c7e8d290f Document line-move-visual and vertical-motion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96605
diff changeset
2198 *** `vertical-motion' can now be given a goal column.
3f3c7e8d290f Document line-move-visual and vertical-motion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96605
diff changeset
2199 It now accepts a cons cell (COLS . LINES) in its first argument, which
3f3c7e8d290f Document line-move-visual and vertical-motion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96605
diff changeset
2200 says to stop, where possible, at a pixel x-position equal to COLS
3f3c7e8d290f Document line-move-visual and vertical-motion changes.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96605
diff changeset
2201 times the default column width.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2202
99443
4e42b5a30f24 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 99359
diff changeset
2203 *** redisplay-end-trigger-functions, set-window-redisplay-end-trigger,
4e42b5a30f24 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 99359
diff changeset
2204 and window-redisplay-end-trigger are obsolete. Use `jit-lock-register'
4e42b5a30f24 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 99359
diff changeset
2205 instead.
103493
af33c0ccf0aa Remove +++ and --- lines; minor copyedits.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103429
diff changeset
2206
102951
74dd306c2cd8 Document new variables wrap-prefix and line-prefix.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102924
diff changeset
2207 *** The new variables `wrap-prefix' and `line-prefix' specify display
74dd306c2cd8 Document new variables wrap-prefix and line-prefix.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102924
diff changeset
2208 specs which are appended at display-time to every continuation line
74dd306c2cd8 Document new variables wrap-prefix and line-prefix.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102924
diff changeset
2209 and non-continuation line, respectively. In addition, Emacs
74dd306c2cd8 Document new variables wrap-prefix and line-prefix.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102924
diff changeset
2210 recognizes the `wrap-prefix' and `line-prefix' text or overlay
74dd306c2cd8 Document new variables wrap-prefix and line-prefix.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102924
diff changeset
2211 properties; these have the same effects as the variables of the same
74dd306c2cd8 Document new variables wrap-prefix and line-prefix.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102924
diff changeset
2212 name, but take precedence.
99443
4e42b5a30f24 *** empty log message ***
Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
parents: 99359
diff changeset
2213
97740
43898eae194c Correct entry about non-breaking space.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97724
diff changeset
2214 ** The Lisp interpreter now treats non-breaking space as whitespace.
43898eae194c Correct entry about non-breaking space.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 97724
diff changeset
2215
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2216 ** Miscellaneous new functions
81868
622be87f6a99 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 81851
diff changeset
2217
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2218 *** `apply-partially' performs a "curried" application of a function.
81329
465e2d55267d (regex_compile): Remove the `regnum' counter.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 81321
diff changeset
2219
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2220 *** `buffer-swap-text' swaps text between two buffers. This can be
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2221 useful for modes such as tar-mode, archive-mode, RMAIL.
82853
64745654ddea *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 82798
diff changeset
2222
98948
4db83db4783a *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98916
diff changeset
2223 *** `combine-and-quote-strings' produces a single string from a list of strings
4db83db4783a *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98916
diff changeset
2224 sticking a separator string in between each pair, and quoting those
4db83db4783a *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98916
diff changeset
2225 strings that include the separator as their substring. Useful for
4db83db4783a *** empty log message ***
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 98916
diff changeset
2226 consing shell command lines from the individual arguments.
81734
e75a9a5b8536 * NEWS: New function `start-file-process'.
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
parents: 81732
diff changeset
2227
102489
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2228 *** `custom-note-var-changed' tells Custom to treat the change in a
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2229 certain variable as having been made within Custom.
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2230
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2231 *** `face-all-attributes' returns an alist describing all the basic
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2232 attributes of a given face.
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2233
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2234 *** `format-seconds' converts a number of seconds into a readable
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2235 string of days, hours, etc.
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2236
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2237 *** `image-refresh' refreshes all images associated with a given image
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2238 specification.
86187
2a95aa038f83 Add: declare-function, check-declare, process-lines.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 86134
diff changeset
2239
102489
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2240 *** `locate-user-emacs-file' helps packages to select the appropriate
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2241 place to save user-specific files. It defaults to `user-emacs-directory'
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2242 unless the file already exists at $HOME.
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2243
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2244 *** `read-color' reads a color name using the minibuffer.
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2245
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2246 *** `read-shell-command' does what its name says, with completion. It
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2247 uses the minibuffer-local-shell-command-map for that.
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2248
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2249 *** `split-string-and-unquote' splits a string into a list of substrings
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2250 on the boundaries of a given delimiter, and unquotes the substrings that
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2251 are quoted. Useful for taking apart shell commands.
dd5ccf910f71 Reorder new functions. Remove entry about deleted buffer-swapped-with
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 102458
diff changeset
2252
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2253 *** The two new functions `looking-at-p' and `string-match-p' can do
81785
9ec60a953d51 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 81763
diff changeset
2254 the same matching as `looking-at' and `string-match' without changing
9ec60a953d51 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 81763
diff changeset
2255 the match data.
82103
fac8f5421213 (Finteractive_form): Use a `interactive-form' property if
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 82097
diff changeset
2256
96632
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
2257 *** The two new functions `make-serial-process' and
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
2258 `serial-process-configure' provide a Lisp interface to the new serial
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
2259 port support (see Emacs changes, above).
e2fbad83b7e3 Update description of changes to Line Wrapping on the menu bar.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96631
diff changeset
2260
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2261 ** Miscellaneous new variables
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2262
104017
650fcc9f557b Add auto-save-include-big-deletions.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103975
diff changeset
2263 *** `auto-save-include-big-deletions', if non-nil, means auto-save is
650fcc9f557b Add auto-save-include-big-deletions.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103975
diff changeset
2264 not turned off automatically after a big deletion.
650fcc9f557b Add auto-save-include-big-deletions.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103975
diff changeset
2265
103101
58c92ec0c915 * files.el (hack-local-variables-prop-line)
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103050
diff changeset
2266 *** `read-circle', if nil, disables the reading of recursive Lisp
58c92ec0c915 * files.el (hack-local-variables-prop-line)
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103050
diff changeset
2267 structures using the #N= and #N# syntax.
58c92ec0c915 * files.el (hack-local-variables-prop-line)
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103050
diff changeset
2268
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2269 *** `this-command-keys-shift-translated' is non-nil if the key
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2270 sequence invoking the current command was found by shift-translation.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2271
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2272 *** `window-point-insertion-type' determines the insertion-type of the
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2273 marker used for window-point.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2274
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2275 *** bookmark provides `bookmark-make-record-function' so special major
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2276 modes like Info can teach bookmark.el how to save and restore the
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2277 relevant data.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2278
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2279 *** `fill-forward-paragraph-function' specifies which function the
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2280 filling code should use to find paragraph boundaries.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2281
62324
f1bee922ac7c Rearrangements and cleanups. Don't mention defaulting of :group.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 62279
diff changeset
2282
81026
ffed94619365 Move Emacs 22 entries and arch tag to new file NEWS.22, leave empty
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 80941
diff changeset
2283 * New Packages for Lisp Programming in Emacs 23.1
30922
6c3081f54e62 *** empty log message ***
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 30871
diff changeset
2284
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2285 ** The new package avl-tree.el deals with the AVL tree data structure.
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2286
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2287 ** The new package check-declare.el verifies the accuracy of
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2288 declare-function macros (see Lisp Changes, above).
96124
48b2db6b4c28 (special-mode-map): New var.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 96119
diff changeset
2289
94467
ca3d2cf5da1f Fix typo in previous.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94466
diff changeset
2290 ** find-cmd.el can build `find' commands using lisp syntax.
94466
f3f81db34133 New file.
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 94453
diff changeset
2291
96961
27cda0f6d06c Document misearch.el and multi-isearch commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96949
diff changeset
2292 ** The package misearch.el has been added. It allows Isearch to search
27cda0f6d06c Document misearch.el and multi-isearch commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96949
diff changeset
2293 through multiple buffers. A variable `multi-isearch-next-buffer-function'
27cda0f6d06c Document misearch.el and multi-isearch commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96949
diff changeset
2294 defines the function to call to get the next buffer to search in the series
105600
cc9d26f8485b Multi-isearch functions instead of commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 105591
diff changeset
2295 of multiple buffers. Top-level functions `multi-isearch-buffers',
96961
27cda0f6d06c Document misearch.el and multi-isearch commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96949
diff changeset
2296 `multi-isearch-buffers-regexp', `multi-isearch-files' and
27cda0f6d06c Document misearch.el and multi-isearch commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96949
diff changeset
2297 `multi-isearch-files-regexp' accept a single argument that specifies
27cda0f6d06c Document misearch.el and multi-isearch commands.
Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
parents: 96949
diff changeset
2298 a list of buffers/files to search for a string/regexp.
85669
5efb220d2a98 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 85656
diff changeset
2299
96333
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2300 ** The new major mode `special-mode' is intended as a parent for
90d2cbaa59f6 Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 96300
diff changeset
2301 major modes such as those that set the "'mode-class 'special" property.
82906
69b183268e31 Mention avl-tree.el.
Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>
parents: 82884
diff changeset
2302
35577
db5649648a65 Replace formfeeds removed on 2001/01/22.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35567
diff changeset
2303
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2304 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
75774
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2305 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2306
95004
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94962
diff changeset
2307 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
75774
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2308 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
95004
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94962
diff changeset
2309 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94962
diff changeset
2310 (at your option) any later version.
75774
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2311
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2312 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2313 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2314 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2315 GNU General Public License for more details.
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2316
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75684
diff changeset
2317 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: 94962
diff changeset
2318 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: 75684
diff changeset
2319
35577
db5649648a65 Replace formfeeds removed on 2001/01/22.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35567
diff changeset
2320
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2321 Local variables:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2322 mode: outline
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2323 paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2324 end:
52401
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 52233
diff changeset
2325
81031
10bd69917990 Add arch tagline
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 81026
diff changeset
2326 arch-tag: e759449d-88b3-4de4-9900-3a6c3dfa23e2