# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1103629658 0 # Node ID 54f8cd81210bee47264d793f942a53591f2d3e62 # Parent 92202f6390665b3a12019abf93f42a49b9df9b0a *** empty log message *** diff -r 92202f639066 -r 54f8cd81210b etc/NEWS --- a/etc/NEWS Tue Dec 21 11:46:47 2004 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Tue Dec 21 11:47:38 2004 +0000 @@ -98,57 +98,46 @@ * Changes in Emacs 21.4 -** You can now follow links by clicking mouse-1 on the link. - -Traditionally, Emacs uses a mouse-1 click to set point and a mouse-2 -click to follow a link, whereas most other applications use a mouse-1 +** You can now follow links by clicking Mouse-1 on the link. + +Traditionally, Emacs uses a Mouse-1 click to set point and a Mouse-2 +click to follow a link, whereas most other applications use a Mouse-1 click for both purposes, depending on whether you click outside or -inside a link. With release 21.4, the behaviour of a mouse-1 click +inside a link. With release 21.4, the behaviour of a Mouse-1 click has been changed to match this context-sentitive dual behaviour. -Depending on the current mode, a mouse-2 click in Emacs may do much -more than just follow a link, so the new mouse-1 behaviour is only +Depending on the current mode, a Mouse-2 click in Emacs may do much +more than just follow a link, so the new Mouse-1 behaviour is only activated for modes which explicitly mark a clickable text as a "link" (see the new function `mouse-on-link-p' for details). The lisp packages that are included in release 21.4 have been adapted to do this, but external packages may not yet support this. However, there is no risk in using such packages, as the worst thing that could -happen is that you get the original mouse-1 behaviour when you click +happen is that you get the original Mouse-1 behaviour when you click on a link, which typically means that you set point where you click. -If you want to get the original mouse-1 action also inside a link, you -just need to press the mouse-1 button a little longer than a normal -click (i.e. press and hold the mouse-1 button for half a second before +If you want to get the original Mouse-1 action also inside a link, you +just need to press the Mouse-1 button a little longer than a normal +click (i.e. press and hold the Mouse-1 button for half a second before you release it). -Dragging the mouse-1 inside a link still performs the original +Dragging the Mouse-1 inside a link still performs the original drag-mouse-1 action, typically copy the text. -You can customize the new mouse-1 behaviour via the new user option +You can customize the new Mouse-1 behaviour via the new user option `mouse-1-click-follows-link'. ++++ +** When the undo information of the current command gets really large +(beyond the value of `undo-outer-limit'), Emacs asks you whether to +discard it or keep it. + ** line-move-ignore-invisible now defaults to t. ** In Outline mode, hide-body no longer hides lines at the top of the file that precede the first header line. +++ -** `set-auto-mode' now gives the interpreter magic line (if present) -precedence over the file name. Likewise an