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Re-organize 23.2 News. Document that nxml mode is now the default for XML files.

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

* Changes in Emacs 23.2

** Command-line option -Q (--quick) now also disables loading X resources.
On Windows, Registry settings are ignored, though environment variables set
on the Registry are still honored.  The new variable `inhibit-x-resources'
shows whether X resources were loaded or not.

** New completion-style `initials' to complete M-x lch to list-command-history.

** Unibyte sessions are declared 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.

** 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.

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** On MS-Windows, `display-time' now displays the system load average
as well as the time, as it does on GNU and Unix.

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

+++
** 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.

** 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.

** 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'.

** File-local variable changes

*** Specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that mode,
unconditionally.  The previous behavior, toggling the mode, was
neither reliable nor generally desirable.

default-file-name-coding-system on Mac OS X.


* Editing Changes in Emacs 23.2

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


* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2

** .calc.el and .abbrev_defs obey user-emacs-directory.

** Calc graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows,
if you have the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later
installed.

** FIXME mail-user-agent change
This probably affects a lot of documentation.

** FIXME gdb-mi

** Info

*** The new command `Info-virtual-index' bound to "I" displays a menu of
matched topics found in the index.

*** The new command `info-finder' replaces finder.el with a virtual Info
manual that generates an Info file which gives the same information
through a menu structure.

+++
** New connection methods in Tramp.
The new connection method "rsyncc" has been introduced.  On systems
which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the new connection methods
"dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce".

+++
** Autorevert Tail mode
Autorevert Tail mode works now for remote files.

** VC and related modes

*** FIXME: add info about the new VC functions: vc-root-diff and
vc-root-print-log once they stabilize.

*** When a file is not found, VC will not try to check it out of RCS anymore.

*** vc-git changes

**** The new variable vc-git-add-signoff can be used to add a
Signed-off-by line when committing.

**** vc-dir displays the stash status

*** log-edit-strip-single-file-name controls whether or not single filenames
are stripped when copying text from the ChangeLog to the *VC-Log* buffer.

** Calendar and diary

*** Fancy diary display is now the default.
If you prefer the simple display, customize `diary-display-function'.

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*** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument
giving an offset from today.

** Desktop

---
*** The default value for `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is nil.
This means Desktop will try restoring all buffers, when you restart
your Emacs session.  Also, `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is only
effective for buffers that have no associated file.  If you want to
exempt buffers that do correspond to files, customize the value of
`desktop-files-not-to-save' instead.

** Miscellaneous

*** The new command `async-shell-command' bound globally to `M-&' executes
the command asynchronously without the need to manually add ampersand to
the end of the command.  Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
Command*'.

---
*** Elint now uses compilation-mode, and recognizes more built-in
functions and variables.

---
** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining
the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.


* Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1

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

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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.
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

** 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.

** 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.

** Killing a buffer with a running process now asks a confirmation.
You can remove this query in two ways: either removing
`process-kill-buffer-query-function' from `kill-buffer-query-functions' or
setting 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
neither reliable nor generally desirable.

default-file-name-coding-system on Mac OS X.


* Editing Changes in Emacs 23.2

** 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, 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'.

+++
** 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.


* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2

** .calc.el and .abbrev_defs obey user-emacs-directory.

** Calc graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows,
if you have the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later
installed.

** Calendar and diary

*** Fancy diary display is now the default.
If you prefer the simple display, customize `diary-display-function'.

---
*** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument
giving an offset from today.

** Desktop
---
*** The default value for `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is nil.
This means Desktop will try restoring all buffers, when you restart
your Emacs session.  Also, `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is only
effective for buffers that have no associated file.  If you want to
exempt buffers that do correspond to files, customize the value of
`desktop-files-not-to-save' instead.

** FIXME mail-user-agent change
This probably affects a lot of documentation.

** FIXME gdb-mi

** Info

*** The new command `Info-virtual-index' bound to "I" displays a menu of
matched topics found in the index.

*** The new command `info-finder' replaces finder.el with a virtual Info
manual that generates an Info file which gives the same information
through a menu structure.

+++
** New connection methods in Tramp.
The new connection method "rsyncc" has been introduced.  On systems
which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the new connection methods
"dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce".

** nXML mode is now the default for editing XML files.

** VC and related modes

*** FIXME: add info about the new VC functions: vc-root-diff and
vc-root-print-log once they stabilize.

*** When a file is not found, VC will not try to check it out of RCS anymore.

*** vc-git changes

**** The new variable vc-git-add-signoff can be used to add a
Signed-off-by line when committing.

**** vc-dir displays the stash status

*** log-edit-strip-single-file-name controls whether or not single filenames
are stripped when copying text from the ChangeLog to the *VC-Log* buffer.

** Miscellaneous

*** The new command `async-shell-command' bound globally to `M-&' executes
the command asynchronously without the need to manually add ampersand to
the end of the command.  Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
Command*'.

+++
*** Autorevert Tail mode now works now for remote files.

---
*** Elint now uses compilation-mode, and recognizes more built-in
functions and variables.

---
** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining
the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.

* Changes in Emacs 23.2 on non-free operating systems

---
** On MS-Windows, `display-time' now displays the system load average
as well as the time, as it does on GNU and Unix.


* Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1

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