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author | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> |
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date | Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:00:34 +0000 |
parents | 3fd4a5c21153 b35c51abc961 |
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171 types any more. Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types. | 171 types any more. Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types. |
172 | 172 |
173 | 173 |
174 * Changes in Emacs 21.4 | 174 * Changes in Emacs 21.4 |
175 | 175 |
176 ** global-whitespace-mode is a new alias for whitespace-global-mode. | |
177 | |
176 +++ | 178 +++ |
177 ** There are now two new regular expression operators, \_< and \_>, | 179 ** There are now two new regular expression operators, \_< and \_>, |
178 for matching the beginning and end of a symbol. A symbol is a | 180 for matching the beginning and end of a symbol. A symbol is a |
179 non-empty sequence of either word or symbol constituent characters, as | 181 non-empty sequence of either word or symbol constituent characters, as |
180 specified by the syntax table. | 182 specified by the syntax table. |
264 displayed at the end of a file buffer in any window, it stays at | 266 displayed at the end of a file buffer in any window, it stays at |
265 the end of the buffer in that window. This allows to tail a file: | 267 the end of the buffer in that window. This allows to tail a file: |
266 just put point at the end of the buffer and it stays there. This | 268 just put point at the end of the buffer and it stays there. This |
267 rule applies to file buffers. For non-file buffers, the behavior may | 269 rule applies to file buffers. For non-file buffers, the behavior may |
268 be mode dependent. | 270 be mode dependent. |
271 | |
272 If you are sure that the file will only change by growing at the end, | |
273 then you can tail the file more efficiently by using the new minor | |
274 mode Auto Revert Tail mode. The function `auto-revert-tail-mode' | |
275 toggles this mode. | |
269 | 276 |
270 ** Auto Revert mode is now more careful to avoid excessive reverts and | 277 ** Auto Revert mode is now more careful to avoid excessive reverts and |
271 other potential problems when deciding which non-file buffers to | 278 other potential problems when deciding which non-file buffers to |
272 revert. This matters especially if Global Auto Revert mode is enabled | 279 revert. This matters especially if Global Auto Revert mode is enabled |
273 and `global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers' is non-nil. Auto Revert | 280 and `global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers' is non-nil. Auto Revert |
731 instead. The updated skeleton-insert docstring explains these new | 738 instead. The updated skeleton-insert docstring explains these new |
732 features along with other details of skeleton construction. | 739 features along with other details of skeleton construction. |
733 | 740 |
734 ** MH-E changes. | 741 ** MH-E changes. |
735 | 742 |
736 Upgraded to MH-E version 7.4.4. There have been major changes since | 743 Upgraded to MH-E version 7.82. There have been major changes since |
737 version 5.0.2; see MH-E-NEWS for details. | 744 version 5.0.2; see MH-E-NEWS for details. |
738 | 745 |
739 +++ | 746 +++ |
740 ** The `emacsclient' command understands the options `--eval' and | 747 ** The `emacsclient' command understands the options `--eval' and |
741 `--display' which tell Emacs respectively to evaluate the given elisp | 748 `--display' which tell Emacs respectively to evaluate the given elisp |
2039 | 2046 |
2040 ** The library tree-widget.el provides a new widget to display a set | 2047 ** The library tree-widget.el provides a new widget to display a set |
2041 of hierarchical data as an outline. For example, the tree-widget is | 2048 of hierarchical data as an outline. For example, the tree-widget is |
2042 well suited to display a hierarchy of directories and files. | 2049 well suited to display a hierarchy of directories and files. |
2043 | 2050 |
2044 ** The wdired.el package allows you to use normal editing commands on dired | 2051 ** The wdired.el package allows you to use normal editing commands on Dired |
2045 buffers to change filenames, permissions, etc... | 2052 buffers to change filenames, permissions, etc... |
2053 | |
2054 ** The thumbs.el package allows you to preview image files as thumbnails | |
2055 and can be invoked from a Dired buffer. | |
2046 | 2056 |
2047 ** The new python.el package is used to edit Python and Jython programs. | 2057 ** The new python.el package is used to edit Python and Jython programs. |
2048 | 2058 |
2049 ** The URL package (which had been part of W3) is now part of Emacs. | 2059 ** The URL package (which had been part of W3) is now part of Emacs. |
2050 | 2060 |
3341 and modify elements on this property list. | 3351 and modify elements on this property list. |
3342 | 3352 |
3343 The new low-level functions process-plist and set-process-plist are | 3353 The new low-level functions process-plist and set-process-plist are |
3344 used to access and replace the entire property list of a process. | 3354 used to access and replace the entire property list of a process. |
3345 | 3355 |
3346 ??? | 3356 *** Function accept-process-output now has an optional fourth arg |
3357 `just-this-one'. If non-nil, only output from the specified process | |
3358 is handled, suspending output from other processes. If value is an | |
3359 integer, also inhibit running timers. This feature is generally not | |
3360 recommended, but may be necessary for specific applications, such as | |
3361 speech synthesis. | |
3362 | |
3347 *** Adaptive read buffering of subprocess output. | 3363 *** Adaptive read buffering of subprocess output. |
3348 | 3364 |
3349 On some systems, when emacs reads the output from a subprocess, the | 3365 On some systems, when emacs reads the output from a subprocess, the |
3350 output data is read in very small blocks, potentially resulting in | 3366 output data is read in very small blocks, potentially resulting in |
3351 very poor performance. This behaviour can be remedied to some extent | 3367 very poor performance. This behaviour can be remedied to some extent |