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Add sh-script changes.
author Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
date Tue, 12 Oct 1999 15:01:15 +0000
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5 Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. 5 Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
6 For older news, see the file ONEWS. 6 For older news, see the file ONEWS.
7 7
8 8
9 * Changes in Emacs 21.1 9 * Changes in Emacs 21.1
10
11 * New packages
12
13 ** delim-col
14
15 Helps to prettify columns in a text region or rectangle.
16
17 Here is an example of columns:
18
19 horse apple bus
20 dog pineapple car EXTRA
21 porcupine strawberry airplane
22
23 Doing the following settings:
24
25 (setq delimit-columns-str-before "[ ")
26 (setq delimit-columns-str-after " ]")
27 (setq delimit-columns-str-separator ", ")
28 (setq delimit-columns-separator "\t")
29
30
31 Selecting the lines above and typing:
32
33 M-x delimit-columns-region
34
35 It results:
36
37 [ horse , apple , bus , ]
38 [ dog , pineapple , car , EXTRA ]
39 [ porcupine, strawberry, airplane, ]
40
41 delim-col has the following options:
42
43 delimit-columns-str-before Specify a string to be inserted
44 before all columns.
45
46 delimit-columns-str-separator Specify a string to be inserted
47 between each column.
48
49 delimit-columns-str-after Specify a string to be inserted
50 after all columns.
51
52 delimit-columns-separator Specify a regexp which separates
53 each column.
54
55 delim-col has the following commands:
56
57 delimit-columns-region Prettify all columns in a text region.
58 delimit-columns-rectangle Prettify all columns in a text rectangle.
59 10
60 ** Faces and frame parameters. 11 ** Faces and frame parameters.
61 12
62 There are four new faces `scroll-bar', `border', `cursor' and `mouse'. 13 There are four new faces `scroll-bar', `border', `cursor' and `mouse'.
63 Setting the frame parameters `scroll-bar-foreground' and 14 Setting the frame parameters `scroll-bar-foreground' and
442 *** sql.el provides an interface to SQL data bases. 393 *** sql.el provides an interface to SQL data bases.
443 394
444 *** fortune.el uses the fortune program to create mail/news signatures. 395 *** fortune.el uses the fortune program to create mail/news signatures.
445 396
446 *** whitespace.el ??? 397 *** whitespace.el ???
398
399 *** PostScript mode (ps-mode) is a new major mode for editing PostScript
400 files. It offers: interaction with a PostScript interpreter, including
401 (very basic) error handling; fontification, easily customizable for
402 interpreter messages; auto-indentation; insertion of EPSF templates and
403 often used code snippets; viewing of BoundingBox; commenting out /
404 uncommenting regions; conversion of 8bit characters to PostScript octal
405 codes. All functionality is accessible through a menu.
406
407 *** delim-col helps to prettify columns in a text region or rectangle.
408
409 Here is an example of columns:
410
411 horse apple bus
412 dog pineapple car EXTRA
413 porcupine strawberry airplane
414
415 Doing the following settings:
416
417 (setq delimit-columns-str-before "[ ")
418 (setq delimit-columns-str-after " ]")
419 (setq delimit-columns-str-separator ", ")
420 (setq delimit-columns-separator "\t")
421
422
423 Selecting the lines above and typing:
424
425 M-x delimit-columns-region
426
427 It results:
428
429 [ horse , apple , bus , ]
430 [ dog , pineapple , car , EXTRA ]
431 [ porcupine, strawberry, airplane, ]
432
433 delim-col has the following options:
434
435 delimit-columns-str-before Specify a string to be inserted
436 before all columns.
437
438 delimit-columns-str-separator Specify a string to be inserted
439 between each column.
440
441 delimit-columns-str-after Specify a string to be inserted
442 after all columns.
443
444 delimit-columns-separator Specify a regexp which separates
445 each column.
446
447 delim-col has the following commands:
448
449 delimit-columns-region Prettify all columns in a text region.
450 delimit-columns-rectangle Prettify all columns in a text rectangle.
447 451
448 ** Withdrawn packages 452 ** Withdrawn packages
449 453
450 *** mldrag.el has been removed. mouse.el provides the same 454 *** mldrag.el has been removed. mouse.el provides the same
451 functionality with aliases for the mldrag functions. 455 functionality with aliases for the mldrag functions.