# HG changeset patch # User Juri Linkov # Date 1087020572 0 # Node ID c11c9363b19f8dadc0bb32d0d3b9352a7fec940c # Parent 88b55105ff9b5e2a7dc250ed8caa25760f4b16d7 Add news for Dired and Info modes. diff -r 88b55105ff9b -r c11c9363b19f etc/NEWS --- a/etc/NEWS Sat Jun 12 06:03:28 2004 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Sat Jun 12 06:09:32 2004 +0000 @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ ** New features in evaluation commands ++++ *** The function `eval-defun' (C-M-x) called on defface reinitializes the face to the value specified in the defface expression. @@ -445,14 +446,24 @@ ** New command `kill-whole-line' kills an entire line at once. By default, it is bound to C-S-. +** New commands to operate on pairs of open and close characters: +`insert-pair', `delete-pair', `raise-sexp'. + +** A prefix argument of C-M-q in Emacs Lisp mode pretty-printifies the +list starting after point. + ** Dired mode: *** New faces dired-header, dired-mark, dired-marked, dired-flagged, dired-ignored, dired-directory, dired-symlink, dired-warning introduced for Dired mode instead of font-lock faces. -*** New Dired command `dired-compare-directories' to mark files with -different file attributes in two dired buffers. +*** New Dired command `dired-compare-directories' marks files +with different file attributes in two dired buffers. + ++++ +*** New Dired command `dired-do-touch' (bound to T) changes timestamps +of marked files with the value entered in the minibuffer. +++ *** In Dired's ! command (dired-do-shell-command), `*' and `?' now @@ -468,7 +479,7 @@ what external viewers to use and when. *** In Dired, the w command now copies the current line's file name -into the kill ring. +into the kill ring. With a zero prefix arg, copies absolute file names. +++ ** Dired-x: @@ -479,15 +490,39 @@ mode toggling function instead. ** Info mode: + +*** A numeric prefix argument of `info' selects an Info buffer +with the number appended to the *info* buffer name. + +*** New command `Info-history' (bound to L) displays a menu of visited nodes. + +*** New command `Info-toc' (bound to T) creates a node with table of contents +from the tree structure of menus of the current Info file. + +*** New command `info-apropos' searches the indices of the known +Info files on your system for a string, and builds a menu of the +possible matches. + +*** New command `Info-copy-current-node-name' (bound to w) copies +the current Info node name into the kill ring. With a zero prefix +arg, puts the node name inside the `info' function call. + +*** New command `Info-search-case-sensitively' (bound to S). + +*** New command `Info-search-next' (unbound) repeats the last search +without prompting for a new search string. + +*** New face `info-xref-visited' distinguishes visited nodes from unvisited +and a new option `Info-fontify-visited-nodes' to control this. + +*** http and ftp links in Info are now operational: they look like cross +references and following them calls `browse-url'. + +++ *** Info now hides node names in menus and cross references by default. If you prefer the old behavior, you can set the new user option `Info-hide-note-references' to nil. -*** The new command `info-apropos' searches the indices of the known -Info files on your system for a string, and builds a menu of the -possible matches. - *** Images in Info pages are supported. Info pages show embedded images, in Emacs frames with image support. Info documentation that includes images, processed with makeinfo