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** `make install' now consistently ignores umask, creating a
world-readable install.

* Startup Changes in Emacs 23.2

** Command-line option -Q (--quick) now also disables loading X resources.
Note however that this does not affect Lucid or Motif widgets, if you
are using those toolkits.  On Windows, this option causes Emacs to
ignore Registry settings, though environment variables set on the
Registry are still honored.

*** The new variable `inhibit-x-resources' shows whether X resources
were loaded.

* Changes in Emacs 23.2

** The maximum size of buffers (as well as the largest fixnum) is doubled.
On typical 32bit systems, buffers can now be up to 512MB.

** Function arguments in *Help* buffers are now in uppercase by default.
You can customize the new variable `help-downcase-arguments' to change it.

** Unibyte sessions are now considered obsolete.
I.e. the use of the environment variable EMACS_UNIBYTE, or command line
arguments --unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte
is deprecated.  Similarly for custom-izing enable-multibyte-characters, or
setting default-enable-multibyte-characters.

** The default value of `trash-directory' has changed to nil, which
means that `move-file-to-trash' trashes files according to
freedesktop.org specifications, the same method used by the Gnome,
KDE, and XFCE desktops.  (This change has no effect on Windows, which
uses `system-move-file-to-trash' for trashing.)

+++
** Emacs frames can be maximized.
The command line arguments -mm/--maximized and the value maximized to the
frame parameter fullscreen makes the Emacs frame maximized.

+++
** New frame parameter sticky makes Emacs frames sticky in virtual desktops.

** The pointer now becomes invisible when typing.
Customize make-pointer-invisible to turn it off.

** Emacs can use the system default monospaced font in Gnome.
The use of the system default font can be turned on or off by customizing
the variable 'font-use-system-font'.  It is off by default.
If the system default is changed, Emacs changes also.
This requires that gconf-support is built in.  If configure finds the
gconf-libraries, that support is included. Gconf-support can be
turned off with the configure option --without-gconf.

** Emacs now reacts to Xft-changes made by configuration tools on X11.
Changes to antialias, hinting, hintstyle, RGBA, DPI and lcdfilter are
handeled.  The XSETTINGS mechanism is used to implement this.

** Killing a buffer with a running process now asks for confirmation.
You can remove this query in two ways: either remove
`process-kill-buffer-query-function' from `kill-buffer-query-functions',
or set the appropriate process flag with `set-process-query-on-exit-flag'.

** The variable `load-in-progress' won't get corrupted by binding it
with `let'.  In certain situations, loading an Emacs Lisp file from
source while in the midst of loading another file (e.g., with
`require' or `autoload') could cause the value of `load-in-progress'
to be corrupted once the outer load completed.  Most code doesn't care
about this, but some (like c-mode) may check it.

** File-local variable changes

*** Specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that mode,
unconditionally.  The previous behavior, toggling the mode, was

`add-dir-local-variable', `delete-dir-local-variable',
`copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals',
`copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line' and
`copy-file-locals-to-dir-locals'.

** New coding system `utf-8-hfs' is available in
international/ucs-normalize.el.  It is suitable for
default-file-name-coding-system on Mac OS X.


* Editing Changes in Emacs 23.2

** Selection changes
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*** If `select-active-regions' is t, any active region automatically
becomes the primary selection (for interaction with other window
applications).  If you enable this, you might want to bind
`mouse-yank-primary' to Mouse-2.

*** When `save-interprogram-paste-before-kill' is non-nil, emacs will
not clobber the the interprogram paste when something is killed in it
by saving the former in the `kill-ring' before the latter.

** When `kill-do-not-save-duplicates' is non-nil, identical subsequent
kills are not duplicated in the `kill-ring'.

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** The default value for `blink-matching-paren-distance' has been increased.

** The new completion-style `initials' is available.
For instance, this can complete M-x lch to list-command-history.

** Completions in the *Completions* buffer are sorted vertically
when the value of the new variable `completions-format' is `vertical'.

** M-n provides more default values in the minibuffer of commands that
read a file and directory name: a file name at point (when ffap is loaded
without ffap-bindings), a file name on the current line in the Dired buffer,
a directory name of adjacent Dired windows for Dired commands that can
operate on several directories (copy, rename, diff).

** M-r is bound to the new `move-to-window-line-top-bottom'
to mirror the new behavior of C-l in Emacs-23.1.

** `recenter-positions' can redefine the default cycling order
of `recenter-top-bottom'.


* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2

** The bookmark menu has a narrowing search via bookmark-bmenu-search.


* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2

** 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.

** FIXME CEDET

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

** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete.  It was used to pass the predicate
to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred'
argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed
any more.

** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position.
This change causes a few backward incompatibilities, mostly with
choose-completion-string-functions where the `mini-p' argument has
been replaced by a `base-position' argument, and where the `base-size'

106447:f5f8760e0f26

---
** `make install' now consistently ignores umask, creating a
world-readable install.

** Emacs compiles with Gconf support by default, if it is detected.
Use the configure option --without-gconf to disable this.

* Startup Changes in Emacs 23.2

** The command-line option -Q (--quick) also inhibits loading X resources.
However, if Emacs is compiled with the Lucid or Motif toolkit, X
resource settings for the graphical widgets are still applied.
On Windows, the -Q option causes Emacs to ignore Registry settings,
but environment variables set on the Registry are still honored.

*** The new variable `inhibit-x-resources' shows whether X resources
were loaded.

+++
** New command-line option -mm (--maximized) maximizes the initial frame.

* Changes in Emacs 23.2

** The maximum size of buffers (and the largest fixnum) is doubled.
On typical 32bit systems, buffers can now be up to 512MB.

** The default value of `trash-directory' is now nil.
This means that `move-file-to-trash' trashes files according to
freedesktop.org specifications, the same method used by the Gnome,
KDE, and XFCE desktops.  (This change has no effect on Windows, which
uses `system-move-file-to-trash' for trashing.)

** The pointer now becomes invisible when typing.
Customize `make-pointer-invisible' to disable this feature.

** Font changes

*** Emacs can use the system default monospaced font in Gnome.
To enable this feature, set `font-use-system-font' to non-nil (it is
nil by default).  If the system default changes, Emacs changes also.
This feature requires Gconf support, which is automatically included
at compile-time if configure detects the gconf libraries (you can
disable this with the configure option --without-gconf).

*** On X11, Emacs reacts to Xft changes made by configuration tools,
via the XSETTINGS mechanism.  This includes antialias, hinting,
hintstyle, RGBA, DPI and lcdfilter changes.

** Killing a buffer with a running process now asks for confirmation.
To remove this query, remove `process-kill-buffer-query-function' from
`kill-buffer-query-functions', or set the appropriate process flag
with `set-process-query-on-exit-flag'.

** File-local variable changes

*** Specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that mode,
unconditionally.  The previous behavior, toggling the mode, was

`add-dir-local-variable', `delete-dir-local-variable',
`copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals',
`copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line' and
`copy-file-locals-to-dir-locals'.

** Internationalization changes

*** Unibyte sessions are now considered obsolete.
This refers to the EMACS_UNIBYTE environment variable as well as the
--unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte command line
arguments.  Customizing enable-multibyte-characters and setting
default-enable-multibyte-characters are also deprecated.

*** New coding system `utf-8-hfs'.
This is suitable for default-file-name-coding-system on Mac OS X; see
international/ucs-normalize.el.

** Function arguments in *Help* buffers are now shown in upper-case.
Customize `help-downcase-arguments' to t to show them in lower-case.


* Editing Changes in Emacs 23.2

** Kill-ring and selection changes
+++
*** If `select-active-regions' is t, any active region automatically
becomes the primary selection (for interaction with other window
applications).  If you enable this, you might want to bind
`mouse-yank-primary' to Mouse-2.

*** When `save-interprogram-paste-before-kill' is non-nil, the kill
commands save the interprogram-paste selection into the kill ring
before doing anything else.  This avoids losing the selection.

*** When `kill-do-not-save-duplicates' is non-nil, identical
subsequent kills are not duplicated in the `kill-ring'.

** Completion changes

*** 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 default value of `blink-matching-paren-distance' is increased.

** M-n provides more default values in the minibuffer for commands
that read file names.  These include the file name at point (when ffap
is loaded without ffap-bindings), the file name on the current line
(in Dired buffers), and the directory names of adjacent Dired windows
(for Dired commands that operate on several directories, such as copy,
rename, or diff).

** M-r is bound to the new `move-to-window-line-top-bottom'.
This moves point to the window center, top and bottom on successive
invocations, in the same spirit as the C-l (recenter-top-bottom)
command.

** The new variable `recenter-positions' determines the default
cycling order of C-l (`recenter-top-bottom').


* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2

** The bookmark menu has a narrowing search via bookmark-bmenu-search.


* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2

** 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.

** FIXME CEDET

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

** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete.  It was used to pass the predicate
to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred'
argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed
any more.

** Frame parameter changes

*** You can give the `fullscreen' frame parameter the value `maximized'.
This maximizes the frame.

+++
*** The new frame parameter `sticky' makes Emacs frames sticky in
virtual desktops.

** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position.
This change causes a few backward incompatibilities, mostly with
choose-completion-string-functions where the `mini-p' argument has
been replaced by a `base-position' argument, and where the `base-size'