comparison etc/NEWS.23 @ 107709:6db4a0b4404d

Merge from emacs-23 branch

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*** tab-always-indent set to `complete' lets TAB do completion as well.
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*** The new completion-style `initials' is available.
For instance, this can complete M-x lch to list-command-history.

*** The new variable `completions-format' determines how completions
are displayed in the *Completions* buffer.  If you set it to
`vertical', completions are sorted vertically in columns.

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*** The new variable `dired-auto-revert-buffer', if non-nil, causes
Dired buffers to be reverted automatically on revisiting them.

** DocView

*** When `doc-view-continuous' is non-nil, scrolling a line
on the page edge advances to the next/previous page.

** GDB-UI

*** The new command `info-finder' replaces finder.el with a virtual Info
manual that generates an Info file which gives the same information
through a menu structure.

** Message mode is now the default mode for composing mail.

The default for `mail-user-agent' is now message-user-agent, so the
C-x m (`compose-mail') command uses Message mode instead of Mail mode.

Message mode has been included in Emacs, as part of the Gnus package,
for several years.  It provides several features that are absent in
Mail mode, such as MIME handling.

*** If the user has not customized mail-user-agent, `compose-mail'
checks for Mail mode customizations, and issues a warning if these
customizations are found.  This alerts users who may otherwise be
unaware that their mail configuration has changed.

** The default value of mail-interactive is t, since Emacs 23.1.
(This was not announced at the time.)  It means that when sending mail,
Emacs will wait for the process sending mail to return.  If you
experience delays when sending mail, you may wish to set this to nil.

** nXML mode is now the default for editing XML files.

** Shell
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*** ansi-color is now enabled by default.
To disable it, set ansi-color-for-comint-mode to nil.

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** Tramp

*** New connection methods "rsyncc", "imap" and "imaps".
On systems which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the new
connection methods "dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce".

** VC and related modes

*** When using C-x v v or C-x v i on a unregistered file that is in a
directory not controlled by any VCS, ask the user what VC backend to
use to create a repository, create a new repository and register the
file.

*** FIXME: add info about the new VC functions: vc-root-diff and
vc-root-print-log once they stabilize.

*** The log functions (C-x v l and C-x v L) do not show the full log
by default anymore.  The number of entries shown can be chosen
interactively with a prefix argument, by customizing
vc-log-show-limit.  The log buffer display buttons that can be used
to change the number of entries shown.
RCS, SCCS, CVS do not support this feature.

*** vc-annotate supports annotations through file copies and renames,
it displays the old names for the files and it can show logs/diffs for
the corresponding lines.  Currently only Git and Mercurial take
advantage of this feature.

*** The log command in vc-annotate can display a single log entry
instead of redisplaying the full log.  The RCS, CVS and SCCS VC
backends do not support this.

*** When a file is not found, VC will not try to check it out of RCS anymore.

*** Diff and log operations can be used from dired buffers.

*** vc-git changes

**** The short log format for git makes use of the graph display, so
it's not supported on git versions earlier than 1.5.

**** vc-dir requires at least git-1.5.5.

*** vc-bzr supports operating with shelves: the shelve list is
displayed in the *vc-dir* header, shelves can be created, removed and applied.

*** log-edit-strip-single-file-name controls whether or not single filenames
are stripped when copying text from the ChangeLog to the *VC-Log* buffer.

** Elint
---

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*** The new command `async-shell-command' bound globally to `M-&' executes
the command asynchronously without the need to manually add ampersand to
the end of the command.  Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
Command*'.

*** Isearch searches in the comint/shell input history when the new variable
`comint-history-isearch' is non-nil.  New commands `comint-history-isearch-backward'
and `comint-history-isearch-backward-regexp' (bound to M-r) start Isearch
in the input history regardless of the value of `comint-history-isearch'.
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*** Interactively `multi-isearch-buffers' and `multi-isearch-buffers-regexp'
read buffer names to search, one by one, ended with RET.  With a prefix
argument, they ask for a regexp, and search in buffers whose names match
the specified regexp.  Interactively `multi-isearch-files' and

** mpc.el is a front end for the Music Player Daemon.  Run it with M-x mpc.

** htmlfontify.el turns a fontified Emacs buffer into an HTML page.

** js.el is a new major mode for JavaScript files.

** imap-hash.el is a new library to address IMAP mailboxes as hashtables.



file name handlers such as Tramp to optimizations.
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*** make-network-process 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

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*** tab-always-indent set to `complete' lets TAB do completion as well.
+++
*** The new completion-style `initials' is available.
For instance, this can complete M-x lch to list-command-history.
---
*** The new variable `completions-format' determines how completions
are displayed in the *Completions* buffer.  If you set it to
`vertical', completions are sorted vertically in columns.

+++

+++
*** The new variable `dired-auto-revert-buffer', if non-nil, causes
Dired buffers to be reverted automatically on revisiting them.

** DocView
+++
*** When `doc-view-continuous' is non-nil, scrolling a line
on the page edge advances to the next/previous page.

** GDB-UI

*** The new command `info-finder' replaces finder.el with a virtual Info
manual that generates an Info file which gives the same information
through a menu structure.

+++
** Message mode is now the default mode for composing mail.

The default for `mail-user-agent' is now message-user-agent, so the
C-x m (`compose-mail') command uses Message mode instead of Mail mode.

Message mode has been included in Emacs, as part of the Gnus package,
for several years.  It provides several features that are absent in
Mail mode, such as MIME handling.

---
*** If the user has not customized mail-user-agent, `compose-mail'
checks for Mail mode customizations, and issues a warning if these
customizations are found.  This alerts users who may otherwise be
unaware that their mail configuration has changed.

** The default value of mail-interactive is t, since Emacs 23.1.
(This was not announced at the time.)  It means that when sending mail,
Emacs will wait for the process sending mail to return.  If you
experience delays when sending mail, you may wish to set this to nil.

+++
** nXML mode is now the default for editing XML files.

** Shell (and other comint modes)
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*** M-s is no longer bound to `comint-next-matching-input'.
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*** M-r is now bound to `comint-history-isearch-backward-regexp'.
This starts an incremental search of the comint/shell input history.
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*** ansi-color is now enabled by default in Shell mode.
To disable it, set ansi-color-for-comint-mode to nil.

** Tramp
+++
*** New connection methods "rsyncc", "imap" and "imaps".
On systems which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the new
connection methods "dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce".

** VC and related modes
+++
*** When using C-x v v or C-x v i on a unregistered file that is in a
directory not controlled by any VCS, ask the user what VC backend to
use to create a repository, create a new repository and register the
file.
+++
*** New command `vc-root-print-log', bound to `C-x v L'.
This displays a `*vc-change-log*' buffer showing the history of the
version-controlled directory tree as a whole.
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*** New command `vc-root-diff', bound to `C-x v D'.
This is similar to `vc-diff', but compares the entire directory tree
of the current VC directory with its working revision.
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*** `C-x v l' and `C-x v L' do not show the full log by default.
The number of entries shown can be chosen interactively with a prefix
argument, or by customizing vc-log-show-limit.  The `*vc-change-log*'
buffer now contains buttons at the end of the buffer, which can be
used to increase the number of entries shown.  RCS, SCCS, and CVS do
not support this feature.
---
*** vc-annotate supports annotations through file copies and renames,
it displays the old names for the files and it can show logs/diffs for
the corresponding lines.  Currently only Git and Mercurial take
advantage of this feature.
---
*** The log command in vc-annotate can display a single log entry
instead of redisplaying the full log.  The RCS, CVS and SCCS VC
backends do not support this.
---
*** When a file is not found, VC will not try to check it out of RCS anymore.

*** Diff and log operations can be used from Dired buffers.

*** vc-git changes

**** The short log format for git makes use of the graph display, so
it's not supported on git versions earlier than 1.5.

**** vc-dir requires at least git-1.5.5.

*** vc-bzr supports operating with shelves: the shelve list is
displayed in the *vc-dir* header, shelves can be created, removed and applied.
---
*** log-edit-strip-single-file-name controls whether or not single filenames
are stripped when copying text from the ChangeLog to the *VC-Log* buffer.

** Elint
---

+++
*** The new command `async-shell-command' bound globally to `M-&' executes
the command asynchronously without the need to manually add ampersand to
the end of the command.  Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
Command*'.
+++
*** Interactively `multi-isearch-buffers' and `multi-isearch-buffers-regexp'
read buffer names to search, one by one, ended with RET.  With a prefix
argument, they ask for a regexp, and search in buffers whose names match
the specified regexp.  Interactively `multi-isearch-files' and

** mpc.el is a front end for the Music Player Daemon.  Run it with M-x mpc.

** htmlfontify.el turns a fontified Emacs buffer into an HTML page.

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** js.el is a new major mode for JavaScript files.

** imap-hash.el is a new library to address IMAP mailboxes as hashtables.



file name handlers such as Tramp to optimizations.
+++
*** make-network-process 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