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changeset 96333:90d2cbaa59f6
Rearrange items, and delete some duplicates.
author | Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> |
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date | Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:26:15 +0000 |
parents | 6b2f59b26da1 |
children | 677e18806354 |
files | etc/NEWS |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 329 insertions(+), 322 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Thu Jun 26 16:20:49 2008 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Thu Jun 26 17:26:15 2008 +0000 @@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ *** The font setting chosen by "Set Default Font" is saved if the "Save Options" item is used. +*** The Tools menu contains a new Encryption/Decryption submenu. +This contains commands provided by EasyPG, the newly-included +interface to GnuPG (see New Modes and Packages). + *** The Options menu contains a new entry to turn on Longlines mode. ** Mode-line changes @@ -238,7 +242,8 @@ +++ *** mark-even-if-inactive now defaults to t +++ -*** When Transient Mark mode is on, C-SPC C-SPC pushes a mark without activating it. +*** When Transient Mark mode is on, C-SPC C-SPC pushes a mark without +activating it. +++ *** When Transient Mark mode is on, M-q now fills the region if the region is active. Otherwise, it fills the current paragraph. @@ -306,12 +311,9 @@ ** Face changes -*** The new function `face-all-attributes' returns an alist describing -all the basic attributes of a given face. - -*** S-down-mouse-1 now pops up a menu for changing the default font -and text size of the default face in the current buffer. The face is -changed via face remapping (see below). +*** S-down-mouse-1 now pops up a menu for changing the font and text +size of the default face in the current buffer. The face is changed +via face remapping (see below). *** FIXME face-remap @@ -322,8 +324,8 @@ other window applications). If you enable this, you might want to bind `mouse-yank-primary' to Mouse-2. -*** You can disable kill ring commands from accessing the primary selection -by setting `x-select-enable-primary' to nil. +*** You can disable kill ring commands from accessing the primary +selection by setting `x-select-enable-primary' to nil. ** Completion changes @@ -335,9 +337,9 @@ *** The new command `minibuffer-force-complete' chooses one of the possible completions, rather than stopping at the common prefix. -*** `completion-auto-help' can be set to `lazy' to list the completions only -if you repeat the completion. This was already supported in -`partial-completion-mode'. +*** `completion-auto-help' can be set to `lazy' to list the +completions only if you repeat the completion. This was already +supported in `partial-completion-mode'. ** Continuation lines can be wrapped at word boundaries (word-wrapping) instead of the right window edge. The new per-buffer @@ -354,12 +356,6 @@ *** The new command balance-windows-area balances windows both vertically and horizontally. -** Continuation lines can be wrapped at word boundaries -(word-wrapping) instead of the right window edge. The new per-buffer -variable `word-wrap', if non-nil turns on word-wrapping. Word -wrapping does not take place if continuation lines are not shown, -e.g. if truncate-lines is non-nil. - ** Miscellaneous changes: *** New keymap `search-map' bound to `M-s' provides global bindings @@ -389,8 +385,8 @@ *** The new command kill-matching-buffers kills buffers whose name matches a regexp. -*** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and `pp-macroexpand-last-sexp' -pretty-print macro expansions. +*** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and +`pp-macroexpand-last-sexp' pretty-print macro expansions. * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 @@ -406,28 +402,20 @@ ** bug-reference.el provides clickable links to bug reports. -** copyright.el adds utilities for specifying copyright holders' names. - -*** Only copyright lines with holders matching copyright-names-regexp -will be considered for update. - -*** The Copyright package looks for copyright at the end of the buffer -if `copyright-at-end-flag' is non-nil (change-log-mode sets this). +** copyright.el provides utilities for updating copyright notices in files. ** dbus.el provides D-Bus language bindings. D-Bus is an inter-process communication mechanism for applications -residing on the same host, based on messages. See the manual for -details. +residing on the same host. See the manual for details. -** Doc View Mode supports viewing of PDF, PostScript and DVI documents -inside an Emacs buffer. It works by converting the document to a set -of PNG images first. One can also search for a regular expression in -the document. The commentary in doc-view.el explains its usage. +** Doc View Mode allows viewing of PDF, PostScript and DVI documents. +One can also search for a regular expression in the document. For +details, see the commentary in doc-view.el. -** EasyPG is an all-in-one GnuPG interface. -It includes GnuPG keyring browser, cryptographic operations on regions -and files, and automatic encryption of *.gpg files. For details, see -the EasyPG Assistant User's Manual. +** EasyPG provides an interface to the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG). +It includes a GnuPG keyring browser, cryptographic operations on +regions and files, and automatic encryption of *.gpg files. For +details, see the EasyPG Assistant User's Manual. ** json.el is a library for parsing and generating JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), a lightweight data-interchange format. @@ -820,35 +808,22 @@ * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1 ** Variables cannot be both buffer-local and frame-local any more. -** The argument DEFAULT of minibuffer input functions `read-from-minibuffer', -`read-string', `completing-read', `read-buffer', `read-command', -`read-variable' now can be a list of default values. The elements of -this list are available for inserting to the minibuffer with `M-n'. -If the user enters empty input, the first element is used as the default. ** `functionp' returns nil for special forms. I.e., it only returns t for objects that can be passed to `funcall'. -+++ -** The multibyteness of process filters is determined by the coding-system -used for decoding. The functions `process-filter-multibyte-p' and -`set-process-filter-multibyte' are obsolete. - ** The behavior of map-char-table has changed. It may call the specified function with a cons (FROM . TO) as a key if characters in that range have the same value. -** The value of the function `charset-id' is now always 0. - -** The functions `register-char-codings' and `coding-system-spec' -have been removed. - -** The cpXXX coding systems are now supported automatically. The -functions cp-...-codepage, which you had to use in Emacs 22 to enable -support for these coding systems, have been deleted. - +** Process changes ++++ +*** The function `dired-call-process' has been removed. +++ -** The function `dired-call-process' has been removed. +*** The multibyteness of process filters is now determined by the +coding-system used for decoding. The functions +`process-filter-multibyte-p' and `set-process-filter-multibyte' are +obsolete. ** The variable `byte-compile-warnings' can now be a list starting with `not', meaning to disable the specified warnings. The meaning of this list @@ -861,31 +836,110 @@ ** `mode-name' is no longer guaranteed to be a string. Use `(format-mode-line mode-name)' to ensure a string value. -** The following features have been removed. They were used for +** Internationalization changes + +*** The value of the function `charset-id' is now always 0. + +*** The functions `register-char-codings' and `coding-system-spec' +have been removed. + +*** The cpXXX coding systems are now supported automatically. +The functions cp-...-codepage, which you had to use in Emacs 22 to +enable support for these coding systems, have been deleted. + +*** The following features have been removed. They were used for displaying various scripts with specific fonts, and are no longer needed now that OpenType font support is available: -*** `devanagari' and `devan-util', and all associated devanagari-* and +**** `devanagari' and `devan-util', and all associated devanagari-* and dev-* functions and variables (formerly used for Devanagari script). -*** `kannada' and `knd-util', and all associated kannada-* and knd-* +**** `kannada' and `knd-util', and all associated kannada-* and knd-* functions and variables (formerly used for Kannada script). -*** `malayalam' and `mlm-util', and all associated malayalam-* and +**** `malayalam' and `mlm-util', and all associated malayalam-* and mlm-* functions and variables (formerly used for Malayalam script). -*** `tamil' and `tml-util, and all associated tamil-* and tml-* +**** `tamil' and `tml-util, and all associated tamil-* and tml-* functions and variables (formerly used for Tamil script). * Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1 -** bookmark provides `bookmark-make-record-function' so special major modes -like Info can teach bookmark.el how to save&restore the relevant data. ++++ +** New variable `user-emacs-directory'. +Use this instead of "~/.emacs.d". + +** If a local hook function has a non-nil `permanent-local-hook' +property, `kill-all-local-variables' does not remove it from the local +value of the hook variable; it remains even if you change major modes. + +** `frame-inherited-parameters' lets new frames inherit parameters from +the selected frame. + +** New keymap `input-decode-map' overrides like key-translation-map, but +applies before function-key-map. Also it is terminal-local contrary to +key-translation-map. Terminal-specific key-sequences are generally added to +this map rather than to function-key-map now. + +** `ignore-errors' is now a standard macro (does not require the CL package). + +** `interprogram-paste-function' can now return one string or a list +of strings. In the latter case, Emacs puts the second and following +strings on the kill ring. + ++++ +** In `condition-case', a handler can specify "let the debugger run first". +You do this by writing `debug' in the list of conditions to be handled, +like this: + + (condition-case nil + (foo bar) + ((debug error) nil)) + +** clone-indirect-buffer now runs the clone-indirect-buffer-hook. + +** `beginning-of-defun-function' now takes one argument, the count +given to `beginning-of-defun'. -** The new variable next-error-recenter specifies how next-error should -recenter the visited source file. Its value can be a number (for example, -0 for top line, -1 for bottom line), or nil for no recentering. ++++ +** `file-remote-p' has new optional parameters IDENTIFICATION and CONNECTED. +IDENTIFICATION specifies which part of the remote identifier has to be +returned. With CONNECTED passed non-nil, it is checked whether a +remote connection has been established already. + +** The new macro `declare-function' suppresses compiler warnings about +undefined functions. + +** Changes to interactive function handling + +*** The new interactive spec code ^ says to first call +handle-shift-selection if shift-select-mode is non-nil, before reading +the command arguments. This is used for shift-selection (see above). + +*** Built-in functions can now have an interactive specification that +is not a prompt string. If the `intspec' parameter of a `DEFUN' +starts with a `(', the string is evaluated as a Lisp form. + +*** The interactive-form of a function can be added post-facto via the +`interactive-form' symbol property. Mostly useful to add complex +interactive forms to subroutines. + +** Region changes + +*** Commands should use `use-region-p' to test whether there is +an active region that they should operate on. + +*** `region-active-p' returns non-nil when Transient Mark mode is +enabled and there is an active region. This is NOT the best function +to use to test whether a command should operate on the region instead +of the usual behavior -- for that, use `use-region-p'. + +*** If a command sets `transient-mark-mode' to (only . OLDVAL), that +means to activate transient-mark-mode temporarily, until the next +unshifted point motion command or mark deactivation. Afterwards, +reset transient-mark-mode to the value OLDVAL. The values `only' and +`identity', introduced in Emacs 22, are now deprecated. ** Emacs session information @@ -897,131 +951,73 @@ *** The new function `emacs-init-time' returns the duration of the Emacs initialization. -** The new function `format-seconds' converts a number of seconds into a -readable string of days, hours, etc. - -** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in -symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions. +** Changes affecting display-buffer -** If you set find-file-confirm-nonexistent-file to t, then C-x C-f -requires confirmation before opening a non-existent file. - -** Built-in functions (subr) can now have an interactive specification -that is not a prompt string. If the `intspec' parameter of a `DEFUN' -starts with a `(', the string is evaluated as a Lisp form. - -** Changes affecting display-buffer *** New value nil for split-height-threshold inhibits vertical splitting unless there's no other window. + *** New option split-width-threshold controls horizontal splitting. + *** A window can be split horizontally even when it's not full-width. + *** New option split-window-preferred-function can be set to a function to override the default splitting mechanism of display-buffer. -** The variable window-point-insertion-type determines the insertion-type -of the marker used for window-point. - -** minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map is now named -minibuffer-local-filename-must-match-map. - -** `all-completions' may now return the base size in the last cdr. -Since this means the returned list is not properly nil-terminated, this -is an incompatible change and is thus enabled by the new variable -completion-all-completions-with-base-size. - -** New function `apply-partially' for curried application. - -** `fill-forward-paragraph-function' specifies which function the filling -code should use to find paragraph boundaries. - -** The variable `this-command-keys-shift-translated' is non-nil if the -key sequence invoking the current command was found by -shift-translation. - -** The new interactive spec code ^ says to first call -handle-shift-selection if shift-select-mode is non-nil, before reading -the command arguments. - -** When deleting a terminal, the special hook `delete-terminal-functions' -is run. - -** The `read-shell-command' function does what its name says, with completion. -It uses the minibuffer-local-shell-command-map for that. - -** The `buffer-swap-text' function can swap the text between two buffers. -This can be useful for modes such as tar-mode, archive-mode, RMAIL. - -** `clear-image-cache' can be told to flush only images of a specific file. - -** clone-indirect-buffer now runs the clone-indirect-buffer-hook. - -** `beginning-of-defun-function' now takes one argument, the count - given to `beginning-of-defun'. - -** The variable `inhibit-changing-match-data', if non-nil, prevents the -search and match primitives from changing the match data. - +** Minibuffer and completion changes +++ -** New function `match-substitute-replacement' returns the result of -`replace-match' without actually using it in the buffer. - -** The new variable `replace-search-function' determines the function -to use for searching in query-replace and replace-string. - -** The new variable `replace-re-search-function' determines the -function to use for searching in `query-replace-regexp', -`replace-regexp', + `query-replace-regexp-eval', and -`map-query-replace-regexp'. - -** If a local hook function has a non-nil `permanent-local-hook' -property, then `kill-all-local-variables' does not remove it from -the local value of the hook variable. This means it remains -even if you change major modes. - -+++ -** A list of default values can be specified for the DEFAULT argument of +*** A list of default values can be specified for the DEFAULT argument of functions `read-from-minibuffer', `read-string', `read-command', `read-variable', `read-buffer', `completing-read'. Elements of this list are available for inserting into the minibuffer by typing `M-n'. For empty input these functions return the first element of this list. -** `custom-note-var-changed' tells Custom to treat the change in a certain -variable as having been made within Custom. +*** minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map is now named +minibuffer-local-filename-must-match-map. -** `frame-inherited-parameters' lets new frames inherit parameters from -the selected frame. +*** `all-completions' may now return the base size in the last cdr. +Since this means the returned list is not properly nil-terminated, this +is an incompatible change and is thus enabled by the new variable +completion-all-completions-with-base-size. -** Commands should use `use-region-p' to test whether there is -an active region that they should operate on. +*** The `require-match' argument to `completing-read' accepts a new value +`confirm-only'. -** `region-active-p' returns non-nil when Transient Mark mode -is enabled and there is an active region. This is NOT the best function -to use to test whether a command should operate on the region instead -of the usual behavior -- for that, use `use-region-p'. +** Search and replacement changes ++++ +*** The regexp form \(?<num>:<regexp>\) specifies the group number explicitly. ++++ +*** New function `match-substitute-replacement' returns the result of +`replace-match' without actually using it in the buffer. + +*** The new variable `replace-search-function' determines the function +to use for searching in query-replace and replace-string. -** If a command sets `transient-mark-mode' to (only . OLDVAL), that -means to activate transient-mark-mode temporarily, until the next -unshifted point motion command or mark deactivation. Afterwards, -reset transient-mark-mode to the value OLDVAL. The values `only' and -`identity', introduced in Emacs 22, are now deprecated. +*** The new variable `replace-re-search-function' determines the +function to use for searching in `query-replace-regexp', +`replace-regexp', `query-replace-regexp-eval', and +`map-query-replace-regexp'. -** New keymap `input-decode-map' overrides like key-translation-map, but -applies before function-key-map. Also it is terminal-local contrary to -key-translation-map. Terminal-specific key-sequences are generally added to -this map rather than to function-key-map now. +*** The variable `inhibit-changing-match-data', if non-nil, prevents +the search and match primitives from changing the match data. + +** File handling changes + +*** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in +symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions. -** The new macro `declare-function' suppresses compiler warnings about -undefined functions. The new `check-declare' package verifies that such -statements are accurate (i.e. the functions are actually defined in -the specified files). +*** If you set find-file-confirm-nonexistent-file to t, then C-x C-f +requires confirmation before opening a non-existent file. -** `ignore-errors' is now a standard macro (does not require the CL package). - -** The new function `read-color' reads a color name using the minibuffer. +** Process changes ++++ +*** The new function `start-file-process' is similar to `start-process', +but obeys file handlers. The file handler is chosen based on +`default-directory'. The functions `start-file-process-shell-command' +and `process-file-shell-command' are also new; they call internally +`start-file-process' and `process-file', respectively. -** `interprogram-paste-function' can now return one string or a list -of strings. In the latter case, Emacs puts the second and following -strings on the kill ring. +*** The new function `process-lines' executes an external program and +returns its output as a list of lines. ** Character code, representation, and charset changes. @@ -1031,42 +1027,21 @@ Generic characters no longer exist. -In buffer and string, characters are represented by UTF-8 byte -sequence in a multibyte buffer/string. +In buffers and strings, characters are represented by UTF-8 byte +sequences in a multibyte buffer/string. -The concept of a charset has changed. A single character may belong to -multiple charsets (e.g. a-grave, U+00E0, belongs to charsets unicode, -iso-8859-1, iso-8859-3, etc). - -*** The new function `characterp' returns t if and only if the argument -is a character. This replaces `char-valid-p', which is now obsolete. - -*** The new function `max-char' returns the maximum character code -(currently it is #x3FFFFF). +The concept of a charset has changed. A single character may belong +to multiple charsets (e.g. a-grave, U+00E0, belongs to charsets +unicode, iso-8859-1, iso-8859-3, etc). *** The functions `encode-char' and `decode-char' now accept any character sets. *** The function `define-charset' now accepts a completely different form of arguments (old-style arguments still work). -*** The new function `define-charset-alias' defines an alias of a charset. - *** The value of the function `char-charset' depends on the current priorities of charsets. -*** The new function `charset-priority-list' returns the list of -charsets ordered by priority. - -*** The new function `set-charset-priority' sets priorities of charsets. - -*** The new function `unibyte-string' make a unibyte string from bytes. - -*** The new function `define-char-code-property' defines a character -code property. - -*** The new function `char-code-property-description' returns the -description string of a character code property. - *** The function get-char-code-property now accepts many Unicode base character properties. They are `name', `general-category', `canonical-combining-class', `bidi-class', `decomposition', @@ -1074,25 +1049,47 @@ `old-name', `iso-10646-comment', `uppercase', `lowercase', and `titlecase'. -*** The new variable `find-word-boundary-function-table' is a -char-table of functions to search for a word boundary. - -*** The new variable `char-script-table' is a char-table of script names. - -*** The new variable `char-width-table' is a char-table of character widths. +*** The functions `modify-syntax-entry' and `modify-category-entry' now +accept a cons of characters as the first argument, and modify all +entries in that range of characters. -*** The new variable `print-charset-text-property' controls how to -handle `charset' text property on printing a string. - -*** The new variable `printable-chars' is a char-table defining if a -character is printable or not. - -*** The functions `modify-syntax-entry' and `modify-category-entry' now -accepts a cons of characters as the first argument, and modify all -entries in that range of characters. +++ *** `translation-table-for-input' is now obsolete. +*** New functions: + +**** `characterp' returns t if and only if the argument is a character. +This replaces `char-valid-p', which is now obsolete. + +**** `max-char' returns the maximum character code (currently #x3FFFFF). + +**** `define-charset-alias' defines an alias of a charset. + +**** `set-charset-priority' sets priorities of charsets. + +**** `charset-priority-list' returns a prioritized list of charsets. + +**** `unibyte-string' makes a unibyte string from bytes. + +**** `define-char-code-property' defines a character code property. + +**** `char-code-property-description' returns the description string of +a character code property. + +*** New variables: + +**** `find-word-boundary-function-table' is a char-table of functions to +search for a word boundary. + +**** `char-script-table' is a char-table of script names. + +**** `char-width-table' is a char-table of character widths. + +**** `print-charset-text-property' controls how to handle `charset' text +property on printing a string. + +**** `printable-chars' is a char-table of printable characters. + ** Code conversion changes *** The new function `define-coding-system' should be used to define a @@ -1106,25 +1103,25 @@ have an optional 4th argument specifying a buffer to store the result of conversion. -*** The new function `with-coding-priority' executes the body part with -the specified coding system priority order. +*** The functions `set-coding-priority' and `make-coding-system' are obsolete. + +*** New functions: -*** The new function `check-coding-systems-region' checks if the text -in the region is encodable by the specified coding systems. +**** `with-coding-priority' executes Lisp code using the specified +coding system priority order. -*** The new function `coding-system-aliases' returns a list of aliases -of a coding system. +**** `check-coding-systems-region' checks if the text in the region is +encodable by the specified coding systems. -*** The new function `coding-system-charset-list' returns a list of -charsets supported by a coding system. +**** `coding-system-aliases' returns a list of aliases of a coding system. + +**** `coding-system-charset-list' returns a list of charsets supported +by a coding system. -*** The new function `coding-system-priority-list' returns a list of -coding systems ordered by their priorities. +**** `coding-system-priority-list' returns a list of coding systems +ordered by their priorities. -*** The new function `set-coding-system-priority' sets priorities of -coding systems. - -*** The functions `set-coding-priority' and `make-coding-system' are obsolete. +**** `set-coding-system-priority' sets priorities of coding systems. ** There is a new input method, Robin, different from Quail. It has three functionalities: @@ -1158,151 +1155,160 @@ font-backends supported by the frame's graphic device. On X, they are currently `x' and `xft'. -*** New function `fontp' checks if the argument is a font-spec or font-entity. - -*** New function `font-spec' creates a new font-spec object. - -*** New function `font-get' returns a font property value. - -*** New function `font-face-attributes' returns a plist of face -attributes set by a font. - -*** New function `font-put' sets a font property value. - -*** New function `list-fonts' returns a list of font-entities matching -the given specification. - -*** New function `list-families' returns a list of family names of -available fonts. - -*** New function `font-font' returns a font-entity best matching with -the given specification. - -*** New function `font-xlfd-name' returns an XLFD name of a given font -(font-spec, font-entity, or font-object). - -*** New function `clear-font-cache' clears all font caches. - *** The function `set-fontset-font' now accepts a script name as the second argument, and has an optional 5th argument to control how to set the font. -** Changes related to multiple tty support +*** New functions: + +**** `fontp' checks if the argument is a font-spec or font-entity. + +**** `font-spec' creates a new font-spec object. + +**** `font-get' returns a font property value. + +**** `font-put' sets a font property value. + +**** `font-face-attributes' returns a plist of face attributes set by a font. + +**** `list-fonts' returns a list of font-entities matching a font spec. + +**** `font-font' returns the font-entity best matching the given font spec. + +**** `list-families' returns a list of family names of available fonts. + +**** `font-xlfd-name' returns an XLFD name of a given font spec, font +entity, or font object. + +**** `clear-font-cache' clears all font caches. + +** Changes related to multiple-terminal (multi-tty) support *** $TERM is now set to `dumb' for subprocesses. If you want to know the $TERM inherited by Emacs you will have to look inside initial-environment. *** $DISPLAY is now dynamically inherited from the frame's `display'. -*** The `window-system' variable has been made frame-local. The new +*** The `window-system' variable is now frame-local. The new `initial-window-system' variable contains the `window-system' value for the first frame. `window-system' is also now a function that takes a frame argument. +*** The `keyboard-translate-table' variable and the terminal and +keyboard coding systems are now terminal-local. + *** You can specify a terminal device (`tty' parameter) and a terminal type (`tty-type' parameter) to `make-terminal-frame'. -*** The new function `make-frame-on-tty' allows you to create a new -frame on another tty device interactively. - *** The function `make-frame-on-display' now works during a tty session, and `make-frame-on-tty' works during a graphical session. -*** New functions: `delete-tty', `suspend-tty', `resume-tty'. - *** A new data type for terminals with functions: `get-device-terminal', `terminal-parameters', `terminal-parameter', `set-terminal-parameter'. -*** New hooks: `suspend-tty-functions' and `resume-tty-functions' -are called after a tty frame has been suspended or resumed, -respectively. The functions are called with the terminal id of the frame -being suspended/resumed as a parameter. +*** Function key sequences are now mapped using `local-function-key-map', +a new variable. This inherits from the global variable function-key-map, +which is not used directly any more. + +*** New hooks: + +**** `suspend-tty-functions' and `resume-tty-functions' are called +after a tty frame has been suspended or resumed, respectively. The +functions are called with the terminal id of the frame being +suspended/resumed as a parameter. -*** New function: `environment'. +**** The special hook `delete-terminal-functions' is called before +deleting a terminal. + +*** New functions: + +**** `environment' -*** New variable: `local-function-key-map'. -This in addition to the global function-key-map variable that -already existed. The global variable is not used directly any more; -instead, the local-function-key-map is initialized so as to inherit from -function-key-map. +**** `make-frame-on-tty' creates a new frame on another tty device. + +**** `delete-tty' + +**** `suspend-tty' + +**** `resume-tty'. *** `initial-environment' holds the environment inherited from Emacs's parent. -*** The `keyboard-translate-table' variable and the terminal and -keyboard coding systems have been made terminal-local. +** Redisplay changes -*** In addition to the global function-key-map, Emacs has terminal-local -local-function-key-map variables, and uses them instead of the -global keymaps to set up translations and function key sequences -relevant to a specific terminal device. +*** For underlined characters, the distance between the underline and +the baseline is controlled by a new variable, `underline-minimum-offset'. -*** `underline-minimum-offset' keeps the underline away from the baseline. - -** You can now also pass the value of the `invisible' property to invisible-p -to check whether it would cause the text to be invisible. Convenient when -checking invisibility of text which has no buffer position +*** You can now pass the value of the `invisible' property to +invisible-p to check whether it would cause the text to be invisible. +Convenient when checking invisibility of text with no buffer position (e.g. in before/after-strings). -** Non-breaking space now acts as whitespace. - -+++ -** In `condition-case', a handler can specify "let the debugger run first". +*** Non-breaking space is now displayed as whitespace. -You do this by writing `debug' in the list of conditions to be handled, -like this: +*** `clear-image-cache' can be told to flush only images of a specific file. - (condition-case nil - (foo bar) - ((debug error) nil)) +** Miscellaneous new functions -** The `require-match' argument to `completing-read' accepts a new value -`confirm-only'. +*** `format-seconds' converts a number of seconds into a readable +string of days, hours, etc. -+++ -** The regexp form \(?<num>:<regexp>\) specifies the group number explicitly. +*** `apply-partially' performs a "curried" application of a function. -** New function `window-full-width-p' returns t if a window is as wide -as its frame. +*** `read-shell-command' does what its name says, with completion. It +uses the minibuffer-local-shell-command-map for that. -** The new function `split-string-and-unquote' does (what?) - -** The new function `combine-and-quote-strings' does (what?) +*** `buffer-swap-text' swaps text between two buffers. This can be +useful for modes such as tar-mode, archive-mode, RMAIL. -** The new function `image-refresh' refreshes all images associated -with a given image specification. +*** `read-color' reads a color name using the minibuffer. -+++ -** New variable `user-emacs-directory'. -Use this instead of "~/.emacs.d". +*** `face-all-attributes' returns an alist describing all the basic +attributes of a given face. + +*** `window-full-width-p' returns t if a window is as wide as its +frame. -+++ -** The new function `start-file-process' is similar to `start-process', -but obeys file handlers. The file handler is chosen based on -`default-directory'. The functions `start-file-process-shell-command' -and `process-file-shell-command' are also new; they call internally -`start-file-process' and `process-file', respectively. +*** `split-string-and-unquote' does (what?) + +*** `combine-and-quote-strings' does (what?) -** The new function `process-lines' executes an external program and -returns its output as a list of lines. +*** `image-refresh' refreshes all images associated with a given image +specification. -+++ -** `file-remote-p' has new optional parameters IDENTIFICATION and CONNECTED. -IDENTIFICATION specifies which part of the remote identifier has to be -returned. With CONNECTED passed non-nil, it is checked whether a -remote connection has been established already. - -** The two new functions `looking-at-p' and `string-match-p' can do +*** The two new functions `looking-at-p' and `string-match-p' can do the same matching as `looking-at' and `string-match' without changing the match data. -** The interactive-form of a function can be added post-facto via the -`interactive-form' symbol property. Mostly useful to add complex interactive -forms to subroutines. +** Miscellaneous new variables + +*** `this-command-keys-shift-translated' is non-nil if the key +sequence invoking the current command was found by shift-translation. + +*** `window-point-insertion-type' determines the insertion-type of the +marker used for window-point. + +*** bookmark provides `bookmark-make-record-function' so special major +modes like Info can teach bookmark.el how to save and restore the +relevant data. + +*** `next-error-recenter' specifies how next-error should recenter the +visited source file. Its value can be a number (for example, 0 for +top line, -1 for bottom line), or nil for no recentering. + +*** `fill-forward-paragraph-function' specifies which function the +filling code should use to find paragraph boundaries. + +*** `custom-note-var-changed' tells Custom to treat the change in a +certain variable as having been made within Custom. + * New Packages for Lisp Programming in Emacs 23.1 -** The new major mode `special-mode' is intended as a parent for -major modes such as those that set the "'mode-class 'special" property. +** The new package avl-tree.el deals with the AVL tree data structure. + +** The new package check-declare.el verifies the accuracy of +declare-function macros (see Lisp Changes, above). ** find-cmd.el can build `find' commands using lisp syntax. @@ -1312,7 +1318,8 @@ `isearch-buffers-next-buffer-function' defines the function to call to get the next buffer to search in the series of multiple buffers. -** The new package avl-tree.el deals with the AVL tree data structure. +** The new major mode `special-mode' is intended as a parent for +major modes such as those that set the "'mode-class 'special" property. ----------------------------------------------------------------------