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51373:991f2dd7d5e1

speed up Emacs with slow networking to the X server.

** `describe-char' can show data from the Unicode database file.  See
user option `unicode-data'.

** `undo-only' (bound to C-x U) does an undo which does not redo any
previous undo.

** `uniquify-strip-common-suffix' tells uniquify to prefer
`file|dir1' and `file|dir2' to `file|dir1/subdir' and `file|dir2/subdir'.

** If the user visits a file larger than `large-file-warning-threshold',

The variable `automatic-hscrolling' was renamed to
`auto-hscroll-mode'.  The old name is still available as an alias.

** TeX:
+++
*** The user option `tex-start-options-string' has been replaced
by two new user options: `tex-start-options', which should hold
command-line options to feed to TeX, and `tex-start-commands' which should hold
TeX commands to use at startup.

    (setq x-alt-keysym 'meta)
    (setq x-meta-keysym 'alt)

* New modes and packages in 21.4

** GDB-UI is now part of the Emacs distribution.

This mode acts as an enhanced graphical user interface to GDB. You can
interact with GDB through the GUD buffer in the usual way, but there are also
further buffers which control the execution and describe the state of your

change the `fill-column', `window-margins' and `tab-stop-list'
settings.

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** The minor mode Reveal mode makes text visible on the fly as you
move your cursor into hidden region of the buffer.
It should work with any package that uses overlays to hide parts
of a buffer, such as outline-minor-mode, hs-minor-mode, hide-ifdef-mode, ...

There is also Global Reveal mode which affects all buffers.

51374:31bb2083978b

speed up Emacs with slow networking to the X server.

** `describe-char' can show data from the Unicode database file.  See
user option `unicode-data'.

** `undo-only' does an undo which does not redo any previous undo.

** `uniquify-strip-common-suffix' tells uniquify to prefer
`file|dir1' and `file|dir2' to `file|dir1/subdir' and `file|dir2/subdir'.

** If the user visits a file larger than `large-file-warning-threshold',

The variable `automatic-hscrolling' was renamed to
`auto-hscroll-mode'.  The old name is still available as an alias.

** TeX:
*** C-c C-c prompts for a command to run, and tries to offer a good default.
+++
*** The user option `tex-start-options-string' has been replaced
by two new user options: `tex-start-options', which should hold
command-line options to feed to TeX, and `tex-start-commands' which should hold
TeX commands to use at startup.

    (setq x-alt-keysym 'meta)
    (setq x-meta-keysym 'alt)

* New modes and packages in 21.4

** GDB-Script-mode is used for files like .gdbinit.
** GDB-UI is now part of the Emacs distribution.

This mode acts as an enhanced graphical user interface to GDB. You can
interact with GDB through the GUD buffer in the usual way, but there are also
further buffers which control the execution and describe the state of your

change the `fill-column', `window-margins' and `tab-stop-list'
settings.

---
** The minor mode Reveal mode makes text visible on the fly as you
move your cursor into hidden regions of the buffer.
It should work with any package that uses overlays to hide parts
of a buffer, such as outline-minor-mode, hs-minor-mode, hide-ifdef-mode, ...

There is also Global Reveal mode which affects all buffers.