changeset 31641:15837f59a747

Strokes update. Toolbar stuff.
author Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
date Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:33:37 +0000
parents 27d41d6ec45d
children c2656bf26bb3
files etc/NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Fri Sep 15 17:22:25 2000 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Fri Sep 15 17:33:37 2000 +0000
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 
 * Changes in Emacs 21.1
 
+* The Strokes package has been updated.  If your Emacs has XPM
+support, you can use it for pictographic editing.  In Strokes mode,
+use C-mouse-2 to compose a complex stoke and insert it into the
+buffer.  You can encode or decode a strokes buffer with new commands
+M-x strokes-encode-buffer and M-x strokes-decode-buffer.  There is a
+new command M-x strokes-list-strokes.
+
 +++
 * New command M-x describe-character-set reads a character set name
 and displayes information about that.
@@ -491,6 +498,9 @@
 
 Emacs supports a tool bar at the top of a frame under X.  For details
 how to define a tool bar, see the page describing Lisp-level changes.
+Toolbar global minor mode controls whether or not it is displayed.  To
+make the toolbar more useful, we need contributions of extra icons for
+specific modes (with copyright assignments).
 
 +++
 ** Mouse-sensitive mode line.
@@ -3342,8 +3352,6 @@
 `auto-resize-tool-bars' is non-nil the tool bar's size will be changed
 automatically so that all tool bar items are visible.
 
-before this facility can be useful, we need people to donate icons.
-
 *** Tool bar item definitions
 
 Tool bar items are defined using `define-key' with a prefix-key
@@ -3401,6 +3409,11 @@
 Gives a help string to display for the tool bar item.  This help
 is displayed when the mouse is moved over the item.
 
+The function `toolbar-add-item' is a convenience function for adding
+toolbar items generally, and `toolbar-like-menu-item' can be used to
+define a toolbar item with a binding copied from an item on the menu
+bar.
+
 *** Tool-bar-related variables.
 
 If `auto-resize-tool-bar' is non-nil, the tool bar will automatically