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* NEWS: Declare unibyte sessions obsolete. * emacs.c (USAGE1): Remove --(no-)multibyte, --(no-)unibyte. (main): Use enable-multibyte-characters rather than default-enable-multibyte-characters. Output a warning message when running a unibyte session. * mule.texi (Enabling Multibyte): * cmdargs.texi (General Variables): Remove EMACS_UNIBYTE. (Initial Options): Remove --(no-)multibyte, --(no-)unibyte.
author Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
date Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:25:03 +0000
parents 46d3afb288bc
children c4fb8f245750
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31 This might not work on all platforms. 31 This might not work on all platforms.
32 32
33 *** --enable-checking[=OPTIONS] builds emacs with extra runtime checks. 33 *** --enable-checking[=OPTIONS] builds emacs with extra runtime checks.
34 34
35 * Changes in Emacs 23.2 35 * Changes in Emacs 23.2
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37 ** Unibyte sessions are declared obsolete.
38 I.e. the use of the environment variable EMACS_UNIBYTE, or command line
39 arguments --unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte
40 is deprecated. Similarly for custom-izing enable-multibyte-characters, or
41 setting default-enable-multibyte-characters.
36 42
37 ** The default value of `trash-directory' has changed to nil, which 43 ** The default value of `trash-directory' has changed to nil, which
38 means that `move-file-to-trash' trashes files according to 44 means that `move-file-to-trash' trashes files according to
39 freedesktop.org specifications, the same method used by the Gnome, 45 freedesktop.org specifications, the same method used by the Gnome,
40 KDE, and XFCE desktops. (This change has no effect on Windows, which 46 KDE, and XFCE desktops. (This change has no effect on Windows, which