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NEWS: Re-organize Lisp changes for Emacs 23.2.

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** The bookmark menu has a narrowing search via bookmark-bmenu-search.

** LaTeX mode now provides completion (via completion-at-point).

** sym-comp.el is now declared obsolete, superceded by completion-at-point.

** lucid.el and levents.el are now declared obsolete.

** pcomplete provides a new command `pcomplete-std-completion' which

** Calc
+++
*** The Calc settings file is now a file named calc.el in
user-emacs-directory; but the old location, ~/.calc.el, is used if
that file exists.

---
*** Graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows, if you have
the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later installed.

** Calendar and diary

+++
*** Fancy diary display is now the default.
If you prefer the simple display, customize `diary-display-function'.

+++
*** The diary's fancy display now enables view-mode.

---
*** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument
giving an offset from today.

** Desktop

`image-mode'.


* Lisp changes in Emacs 23.2

** make-network-socket can now also create `seqpacket' Unix sockets.

** New function `completion-in-region' to use the standard completion
facilities on a particular region of text.

+++
** The 4th arg to all-completions (aka hide-spaces) is declared obsolete.

---
** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete.  It was used to pass the predicate
to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred'
argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed
any more.

** Frame parameter changes

+++
*** You can give the `fullscreen' frame parameter the value `maximized'.
This maximizes the frame.

+++
*** The new frame parameter `sticky' makes Emacs frames sticky in
virtual desktops.

---
** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position.
This change causes a few backward incompatibilities, mostly with
choose-completion-string-functions where the `mini-p' argument has
been replaced by a `base-position' argument, and where the `base-size'
argument is now always nil.

** called-interactively-p now takes one argument and replaces interactive-p
which is now marked obsolete.
** New function set-advertised-calling-convention makes it possible
to obsolete arguments as well as make some arguments mandatory.
** eval-next-after-load is obsolete.
** New hook `after-load-functions' run after loading an Elisp file.

** You can control which binding is preferentially shown in menus and
docstrings by adding a `:advertised-binding' property to the corresponding
command's symbol.  That property can hold a single binding or a list
of bindings.

** New macro with-silent-modifications to tweak text properties without
affecting the buffer's modification state.
** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO
variable, are now declared obsolete.

** read-key is a function halfway between read-event and read-key-sequence.
It reads a single key, but obeys input and escape sequence decoding.

** start-process-shell-command and start-file-process-shell-command
now only take a single `command' argument.

** The variable `process-file-side-effects' shall be bound to nil, if
a `process-file' call does not change a remote file.  By this, file
name handlers like Tramp can apply optimizations.

+++
** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
The feature `hashtable-print-readable' identifies this new
functionality.

ucs-normalize-NFKD-region, ucs-normalize-NFKD-string,
ucs-normalize-NFKC-region, ucs-normalize-NFKC-string,
ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-string,
ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-string.

** completion-annotate-function specifies how to compute annotations
for completions displayed in *Completions*.

+++
** Face aliases can now be marked as obsolete, using the macro
`define-obsolete-face-alias'.

---
** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining
the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.

---
** `byte-compile-warnings' has new members, `constants' and `suspicious'.

** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE.

** New function `copy-directory', which copies a directory recursively.

+++
** New function `window-full-height-p', analogous to the full-width version.



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** The bookmark menu has a narrowing search via bookmark-bmenu-search.

** LaTeX mode now provides completion (via completion-at-point).

---
** sym-comp.el is now declared obsolete, superceded by completion-at-point.

** lucid.el and levents.el are now declared obsolete.

** pcomplete provides a new command `pcomplete-std-completion' which

** Calc
+++
*** The Calc settings file is now a file named calc.el in
user-emacs-directory; but the old location, ~/.calc.el, is used if
that file exists.
---
*** Graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows, if you have
the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later installed.

** Calendar and diary
+++
*** Fancy diary display is now the default.
If you prefer the simple display, customize `diary-display-function'.
+++
*** The diary's fancy display now enables view-mode.
---
*** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument
giving an offset from today.

** Desktop

`image-mode'.


* Lisp changes in Emacs 23.2

** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO
variable, are now declared obsolete.

** read-key is a function halfway between read-event and read-key-sequence.
It reads a single key, but obeys input and escape sequence decoding.

** Frame parameter changes
+++
*** You can give the `fullscreen' frame parameter the value `maximized'.
This maximizes the frame.
+++
*** The new frame parameter `sticky' makes Emacs frames sticky in
virtual desktops.

** Completion changes

*** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position.
This change causes a few backward incompatibilities, mostly with
choose-completion-string-functions where the `mini-p' argument has
been replaced by a `base-position' argument, and where the `base-size'
argument is now always nil.

*** New function `completion-in-region' to use the standard completion
facilities on a particular region of text.
+++
*** The 4th arg to all-completions (aka hide-spaces) is declared obsolete.

*** completion-annotate-function specifies how to compute annotations
for completions displayed in *Completions*.

** Minibuffer changes
---
*** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete.  It was used to pass the predicate
to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred'
argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed
any more.

** Changes to file-manipulation functions
+++
*** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE.

+++
*** New function `copy-directory', which copies a directory recursively.

** called-interactively-p now takes one argument and replaces interactive-p
which is now marked obsolete.

** New function set-advertised-calling-convention makes it possible
to obsolete arguments as well as make some arguments mandatory.

** You can control which binding is preferentially shown in menus and
docstrings by adding a `:advertised-binding' property to the corresponding
command's symbol.  That property can hold a single binding or a list
of bindings.

** Network and process changes

*** start-process-shell-command and start-file-process-shell-command
now only take a single `command' argument.

*** The variable `process-file-side-effects' shall be bound to nil, if
a `process-file' call does not change a remote file.  By this, file
name handlers like Tramp can apply optimizations.

*** make-network-socket can now also create `seqpacket' Unix sockets.

** Loading changes

*** eval-next-after-load is obsolete.

*** New hook `after-load-functions' run after loading an Elisp file.

** Byte compilation changes
---
*** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining
the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.
---
*** `byte-compile-warnings' has new members, `constants' and `suspicious'.

** New macro with-silent-modifications to tweak text properties without
affecting the buffer's modification state.

+++
** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
The feature `hashtable-print-readable' identifies this new
functionality.

ucs-normalize-NFKD-region, ucs-normalize-NFKD-string,
ucs-normalize-NFKC-region, ucs-normalize-NFKC-string,
ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-string,
ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-string.

+++
** Face aliases can now be marked as obsolete, using the macro
`define-obsolete-face-alias'.

+++
** New function `window-full-height-p', analogous to the full-width version.