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Merge from emacs--rel--22 Patches applied: * emacs--rel--22 (base, patch 1-2) - tag of [e-mail]/emacs--devo--0--patch-709 - Sync to CVS tag EMACS_22_BRANCHPOINT - Sync to CVS branch EMACS_22_BASE 2007-04-25 Richard Stallman <[e-mail]> * lisp/hi-lock.el (hi-lock-file-patterns-policy): Default to `ask'. 2007-04-24 Richard Stallman <[e-mail]> * lispref/text.texi (Special Properties): Add xref to Overlay Properties. * lispref/display.texi (Overlay Properties): Add xref to Special Properties. Revision: [e-mail]/emacs--devo--0--patch-716

Tasks needed before the next release.

* TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE

** Check for widow and orphan lines in manuals;
make sure all the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted.

** Regenerate the postscript files of the reference cards in etc.

** Ask maintainers of refcard translations to update them.

Requests to have been sent out on 2006-05-23 (Reiner Steib).

LANG	Translator            Status
cs	Pavel Janík           Can't work on it now.
de	Sven Joachim          Done
fr	Eric Jacoboni         Done
pl	Włodek Bzyl           Done
pt-br	Rodrigo Real          Done
ru	Alex Ott              Done
sk	Miroslav Vaško        No response

Reminders sent out on 2006-06-08.

* WINDOWS SUPPORT BUGS.

These don't need to be fixed before a release, but we call the
attention of Windows users to fixing them.

** Drew Adams 12 Aug bug rpt: overlay  display artifact: trace left behind
Windows only bug. Bug appears only when Cleartype enabled, probably related
to the hack introduced on 2005-07-01 to fix some other Cleartype problem.

** [e-mail] 09 Aug 2006: ispell.el problem on Cygwin.
  (Did we decide that is unreproducible?)

* BUGS

** python.el legal problem?
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2007-04/msg00459.html

** [e-mail], April 22: Failure to build on OpenBSD macppc.
OpenBSD compilation works on i386.

** [e-mail], April 23: delete-overlay causes recentering
(This is now the same as the spurious scrolling bug.)

** finish fixing locate.el

** [e-mail], April 23: Excessive refontification when setting
	jit-lock-context-unfontify-pos

** [e-mail], Apr 24: 22.0.98  not starting on Solaris 10/I386

** [e-mail], Apr 24: [[e-mail]: Re: redisplay]
  Gives test case for problem that a dialog box blocks redisplay.

** Spurious redisplay bug not fixed.

** [e-mail], Apr 25: Cursors in fringe not redrawn by expose events.

* DOCUMENTATION

** Check the Emacs Tutorial.

The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a
period (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective
language.  This should be followed by "See end for copying
conditions", likewise in the respective language.

After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
names of the people who have checked it.

SECTION                  READERS
----------------------------------
etc/TUTORIAL             rms
etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.cn
etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.eo
etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
etc/TUTORIAL.fr          ttn
etc/TUTORIAL.it          ttn
etc/TUTORIAL.ja		 Kenichi Handa <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.ko
etc/TUTORIAL.nl		 Lute Kamstra
etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
etc/TUTORIAL.ro
etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <[e-mail]>
etc/TUTORIAL.zh


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