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Add whitespace package information.
author Vinicius Jose Latorre <viniciusjl@ig.com.br>
date Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:56:00 +0000
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496 and C-k to commands that operate by visual lines instead of logical 496 and C-k to commands that operate by visual lines instead of logical
497 lines. This is a more reliable replacement for longlines-mode. 497 lines. This is a more reliable replacement for longlines-mode.
498 498
499 ** A new `whitespace' package has been installed, and the pre-existing one 499 ** A new `whitespace' package has been installed, and the pre-existing one
500 renamed to `old-whitespace'. 500 renamed to `old-whitespace'.
501 [FIXME someone explain why this is good, if it is...] 501 Now, besides reporting bogus blanks, whitespace package has a minor mode and a
502 global minor mode to visualize blanks (TAB, (HARD) SPACE and NEWLINE). The
503 visualization is made via faces and/or display table. Also it is possible to
504 select which kind of blanks should be visualized, for example, trailing blanks,
505 leading blanks, spaces, tabs, newlines, etc.
502 506
503 ** zeroconf.el offers service discovery and service publishing 507 ** zeroconf.el offers service discovery and service publishing
504 interfaces according to the zeroconf specification. It communicates 508 interfaces according to the zeroconf specification. It communicates
505 with Avahi, a zeroconf implementation, via D-Bus messages on systems 509 with Avahi, a zeroconf implementation, via D-Bus messages on systems
506 which have installed this software. 510 which have installed this software.