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Merge from emacs--devo--0 Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 793-802) - Update from CVS - Remove RCS keywords - Merge from emacs--rel--22 * emacs--rel--22 (patch 42-50) - Update from CVS - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 - Gnus ChangeLog tweaks * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 229-232) - Merge from emacs--devo--0, emacs--rel--22 - ChangeLog tweak - Update from CVS Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-223
author Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
date Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:32:13 +0000
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1 GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 1 GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
2 2
3 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 See the end of the file for license conditions. 4 See the end of the file for license conditions.
5 5
6 Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. 6 Please send Emacs bug reports to emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org.
7 If possible, use M-x report-emacs-bug. 7 If possible, use M-x report-emacs-bug.
8 8
9 This file is about changes in Emacs version 23. 9 This file is about changes in Emacs version 23.
10 10
11 See files NEWS.22, NEWS.21, NEWS.20, NEWS.19, NEWS.18, and NEWS.1-17 11 See files NEWS.22, NEWS.21, NEWS.20, NEWS.19, NEWS.18, and NEWS.1-17
12 for changes in older Emacs versions. 12 for changes in older Emacs versions.
13 13
14 You can narrow news to a specific version by calling `view-emacs-news' 14 You can narrow news to a specific version by calling `view-emacs-news'
15 with a prefix argument or by typing C-u C-h C-n. 15 with a prefix argument or by typing C-u C-h C-n.
16
17 Temporary note:
18 +++ indicates that the appropriate manual has already been updated.
19 --- means no change in the manuals is called for.
20 When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or ---
21 so we will look at it and add it to the manual.
22
16 23
17 * About external Lisp packages 24 * About external Lisp packages
18 25
19 26
20 * Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1 27 * Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1
21 28
22 ** The default X toolkit has changed from Lucid to Gtk+. 29 ** The default X toolkit is now Gtk+, rather than Lucid.
30
31 ** configure now checks for libgif (as well as libungif) when
32 searching for a GIF library.
33
34
35 * Changes in Emacs 23.1
36
37 ** If the gpm mouse server is running and t-mouse-mode enabled, Emacs uses a
38 Unix socket in a GNU/Linux console to talk to server, rather than faking events
39 using the client program mev. This C level approach provides mouse
40 highlighting, and help echoing in the minibuffer.
23 41
24 42
25 * Startup Changes in Emacs 23.1 43 * Startup Changes in Emacs 23.1
26 44
27 45
35 53
36 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 54 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
37 55
38 ** css-mode to edit Cascading Style Sheets. 56 ** css-mode to edit Cascading Style Sheets.
39 57
58 ** bibtex-style-mode helps you write BibTeX's *.bst files.
59
40 ** socks.el (which had been part of W3) is now part of Emacs. 60 ** socks.el (which had been part of W3) is now part of Emacs.
61
62 ** minibuffer-indicate-depth-mode shows the minibuffer depth in the prompt.
41 63
42 64
43 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 65 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
44 66
45 ** In the `copyright' package, you can specify your copyright holders's names. 67 ** In the `copyright' package, you can specify your copyright holders's names.
46 Only copyright lines with holders matching copyright-names-regexp will be 68 Only copyright lines with holders matching copyright-names-regexp will be
47 considered for update. 69 considered for update.
70
71
72 ** VC has some support for Bazaar (bzr).
48 73
49 74
50 * Changes in Emacs 23.1 on non-free operating systems 75 * Changes in Emacs 23.1 on non-free operating systems
51 76
52 77
53 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1 78 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1
54 79
55 80
56 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1 81 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1
82
83 +++
84 ** The regexp form \(?<num>:<regexp>\) specifies the group number explicitly.
85
86 +++
87 ** New variable `user-emacs-directory'.
88 Use this instead of "~/.emacs.d".
89
90 +++
91 ** The new function `image-refresh' refreshes all images associated
92 with a given image specification.
57 93
58 94
59 * New Packages for Lisp Programming in Emacs 23.1 95 * New Packages for Lisp Programming in Emacs 23.1
60 96
61 97