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* Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1

** The default X toolkit is now Gtk+, rather than Lucid.

** configure now checks for libgif before libungif when searching for
a GIF library.

** Support for systems without alloca has been removed.

** The `emacstool' utility has been removed.


* Changes in Emacs 23.1


* Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 23.1


* Editing Changes in Emacs 23.1

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** M-q now fills the region if the region is active and
`transient-mark-mode' is turned on.  Otherwise, it fills the current
paragraph.

** A new game called `bubbles' has been added.

** minibuffer-indicate-depth-mode shows the minibuffer depth in the prompt.


* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1

** isearch can now search through multiple ChangeLog files.
When running isearch in a ChangeLog file, if the search fails,
then another C-s tries searching the previous ChangeLog,
if there is one (e.g. go from ChangeLog to ChangeLog.12).

*** The file etc/emacs.py now supports both Python 2 and 3, meaning
that either version can be used as inferior Python by python.el.

*** The variable `fortran-line-length' can change the fixed-form line-length.

+++
*** (The increasingly misnamed) F90 mode supports Fortran 2003 syntax.

** Miscellaneous

Emacs now supports IPv6 on Windows XP and later, and earlier versions
of Windows with third party IPv6 stacks installed. Previously IPv6 was
supported on other platforms, but not on Windows due to using the winsock
1.1 header file, even though Emacs was linking to the winsock 2 library.


* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1

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** The function `dired-call-process' has been removed.


* Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1

+++
** A list of default values can be specified for the DEFAULT argument of
functions `read-from-minibuffer', `read-string', `read-command',
`read-variable', `read-buffer', `completing-read'.  Elements of this list

** New keymap `input-decode-map' overrides like key-translation-map, but
applies before function-key-map.  Also it is terminal-local contrary to
key-translation-map.  Terminal-specific key-sequences are generally added to
this map rather than to function-key-map now.

** Changes related to multiple tty support.

*** $TERM is now set to `dumb' for subprocesses.  If you want to know the
$TERM inherited by Emacs you will have to look inside initial-environment.

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* Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1

** The default X toolkit is now Gtk+, rather than Lucid.

** The Mac Carbon port is no longer supported.
Instead, use... [what?]

** configure now checks for libgif before libungif when searching for
a GIF library.

** Support for systems without alloca has been removed.

** Support for Sun windows has been removed.

** The `emacstool' utility has been removed.


* Changes in Emacs 23.1


* Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 23.1


* Editing Changes in Emacs 23.1

+++
** C-M-% now shows replacement as it would look in the buffer, with
`\N' and `\&' substituted according to the match.  Old behavior can be
restored by customizing `query-replace-show-replacement'.

+++
** M-q now fills the region if the region is active and
`transient-mark-mode' is turned on.  Otherwise, it fills the current
paragraph.

** A new game called `bubbles' has been added.

** minibuffer-indicate-depth-mode shows the minibuffer depth in the prompt.

** Remember Mode (remember.el) is now included with Emacs.  It is a
mode for quickly jotting down things to remember.  Included with
remember.el is a backend that can save notes to a Diary file.  Please
consult the Remember Manual for usage details.


* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1

** abbrev was rewritten in Elisp and extended with more flexibility.
*** New functions: abbrev-get, abbrev-put, abbrev-table-get, abbrev-table-put,
    abbrev-table-p.
*** Special hook `abbrev-expand-functions' obsoletes `pre-abbrev-expand-hook'.
*** `make-abbrev-table', `define-abbrev', `define-abbrev-table' all take
    extra arguments for arbitrary properties.
*** New variable `abbrev-minor-mode-table-alist'.
*** `local-abbrev-table' can hold a list of abbrev-tables.
*** Abbrevs have now the following special properties:
    `:count', `:system', `:enable-function', `:case-fixed'.
*** Abbrev-tables have now the following special properties:
    `:parents', `:case-fixed', `:enable-function', `:regexp',
    `abbrev-table-modiff'.

** Help mode.
*** New macro `with-help-window' should set up help windows better
than `with-output-to-temp-buffer' with `print-help-return-message'.
*** New option `help-window-select' permits to customize whether help
window shall be automatically selected when invoking help.
*** New variable `help-window-point-marker' permits to specify new
position of point in help window (for example in `view-lossage'). 

** view-remove-frame-by-deleting is now by default t
since users found iconification of view-mode frames distracting. 

** isearch can now search through multiple ChangeLog files.
When running isearch in a ChangeLog file, if the search fails,
then another C-s tries searching the previous ChangeLog,
if there is one (e.g. go from ChangeLog to ChangeLog.12).

*** The file etc/emacs.py now supports both Python 2 and 3, meaning
that either version can be used as inferior Python by python.el.

*** The variable `fortran-line-length' can change the fixed-form line-length.

*** In Fortran mode, M-; is now bound to the standard comment-dwim,
rather than fortran-indent-comment.

+++
*** (The increasingly misnamed) F90 mode supports Fortran 2003 syntax.

** Miscellaneous

Emacs now supports IPv6 on Windows XP and later, and earlier versions
of Windows with third party IPv6 stacks installed. Previously IPv6 was
supported on other platforms, but not on Windows due to using the winsock
1.1 header file, even though Emacs was linking to the winsock 2 library.

** More keys available on MS-Windows.
Keys normally associated with IMEs, and some exotic keys not normally found
on standard keyboards have been given names so they can be bound to functions
inside Emacs.  If there are keys on your keyboard that have not been exposed
to Emacs in the past, try C-h k to see if they are available now.

Emacs can now bind functions to the extra buttons for media player and
browser control present on some keyboards.  These buttons are disabled
by default, since enabling them prevents their system-wide use when
Emacs has focus.  To enable them, set the variable
w32-pass-multimedia-buttons to nil. See the doc string of that variable
for the list of extra keys that are available.

* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1

+++
** The function `dired-call-process' has been removed.

** The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now be a list starting with `not',
meaning to disable the specified warnings. The meaning of this list
may therefore be the reverse of what you expect (of course, this is
only an issue if you make use of the new `not' syntax). Rather than
checking/manipulating elements directly, use the new functions
`byte-compile-warning-enabled-p', `byte-compile-disable-warning', and
`byte-compile-enable-warning.'

** shell.el no longer defines the aliases `dirtrack-toggle' and
`dirtrack-mode' for `shell-dirtrack-mode'.  These names were removed
because they clash with commands provided by dirtrack.el.  Use
`shell-dirtrack-mode' instead.


* Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1

+++
** New function `match-substitute-replacement' returns the result of
`replace-match' without actually using it in the buffer.

+++
** A list of default values can be specified for the DEFAULT argument of
functions `read-from-minibuffer', `read-string', `read-command',
`read-variable', `read-buffer', `completing-read'.  Elements of this list

** New keymap `input-decode-map' overrides like key-translation-map, but
applies before function-key-map.  Also it is terminal-local contrary to
key-translation-map.  Terminal-specific key-sequences are generally added to
this map rather than to function-key-map now.

** The new function `read-color' reads a color name using the minibuffer.

** Changes related to multiple tty support.

*** $TERM is now set to `dumb' for subprocesses.  If you want to know the
$TERM inherited by Emacs you will have to look inside initial-environment.