Mercurial > emacs
changeset 61703:9f16076b6f65
Try to add some structure by adding a "new functions" topic.
Mention the new `syntax-class' function.
| author | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
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| date | Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:06:39 +0000 |
| parents | 35daae338e9c |
| children | 0733fc416737 |
| files | etc/NEWS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Wed Apr 20 15:11:02 2005 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Wed Apr 20 16:06:39 2005 +0000 @@ -2754,12 +2754,10 @@ * Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1 ---- -** easy-mmode-define-global-mode has been renamed to -define-global-minor-mode. The old name remains as an alias. - -+++ -** The new function `filter-buffer-substring' extracts a buffer +** New functions, macros, and commands + ++++ +*** The new function `filter-buffer-substring' extracts a buffer substring, passes it through a set of filter functions, and returns the filtered substring. It is used instead of `buffer-substring' or `delete-and-extract-region' when copying text into a user-accessible @@ -2770,6 +2768,81 @@ text. +++ +*** (while-no-input BODY...) runs BODY, but only so long as no input +arrives. If the user types or clicks anything, BODY stops as if a +quit had occurred. while-no-input returns the value of BODY, if BODY +finishes. It returns nil if BODY was aborted. + ++++ +*** New function `looking-back' checks whether a regular expression matches +the text before point. Specifying the LIMIT argument bounds how far +back the match can start; this is a way to keep it from taking too long. + ++++ +*** New functions `make-progress-reporter', `progress-reporter-update', +`progress-reporter-force-update', `progress-reporter-done', and +`dotimes-with-progress-reporter' provide a simple and efficient way for +a command to present progress messages for the user. + ++++ +*** The new primitive `get-internal-run-time' returns the processor +run time used by Emacs since start-up. + ++++ +*** The new function `called-interactively-p' does what many people +have mistakenly believed `interactive-p' did: it returns t if the +calling function was called through `call-interactively'. This should +only be used when you cannot add a new "interactive" argument to the +command. + ++++ +*** The new function `assoc-string' replaces `assoc-ignore-case' and +`assoc-ignore-representation', which are still available, but have +been declared obsolete. + +--- +*** New function quail-find-key returns a list of keys to type in the +current input method to input a character. + ++++ +*** New functions posn-at-point and posn-at-x-y return +click-event-style position information for a given visible buffer +position or for a given window pixel coordinate. + ++++ +*** The new primitive `set-file-times' sets a file's access and +modification times. Magic file name handlers can handle this +operation. + ++++ +*** The new function syntax-after returns the syntax code +of the character after a specified buffer position, taking account +of text properties as well as the character code. + +*** `syntax-class' extracts the class of a syntax code (as returned +by syntax-after). + ++++ +*** New function `line-number-at-pos' returns line number of current +line in current buffer, or if optional buffer position is given, line +number of corresponding line in current buffer. + ++++ +*** New function `macroexpand-all' expands all macros in a form. +It is similar to the Common-Lisp function of the same name. +One difference is that it guarantees to return the original argument +if no expansion is done, which may be tested using `eq'. + ++++ +*** New macro with-local-quit temporarily sets inhibit-quit to nil for use +around potentially blocking or long-running code in timers +and post-command-hooks. + +--- +** easy-mmode-define-global-mode has been renamed to +define-global-minor-mode. The old name remains as an alias. + ++++ ** An element of buffer-undo-list can now have the form (apply FUNNAME . ARGS), where FUNNAME is a symbol other than t or nil. That stands for a high-level change that should be undone by evaluating (apply @@ -2801,28 +2874,11 @@ function used by the new `mouse-1-click-follows-link' functionality. +++ -** (while-no-input BODY...) runs BODY, but only so long as no input -arrives. If the user types or clicks anything, BODY stops as if a -quit had occurred. while-no-input returns the value of BODY, if BODY -finishes. It returns nil if BODY was aborted. - -+++ ** `set-auto-mode' now gives the interpreter magic line (if present) precedence over the file name. Likewise an <?xml or <!DOCTYPE declaration will give the buffer XML or SGML mode, based on the new var `magic-mode-alist'. -+++ -** New function `looking-back' checks whether a regular expression matches -the text before point. Specifying the LIMIT argument bounds how far -back the match can start; this is a way to keep it from taking too long. - -+++ -** New functions `make-progress-reporter', `progress-reporter-update', -`progress-reporter-force-update', `progress-reporter-done', and -`dotimes-with-progress-reporter' provide a simple and efficient way for -a command to present progress messages for the user. - --- ** To manipulate the File menu using easy-menu, you must specify the proper name "file". In previous Emacs versions, you had to specify @@ -2851,27 +2907,6 @@ NOMODIFY. If it is non-nil, it means don't mark the buffer modified. +++ -** The new function syntax-after returns the syntax code -of the character after a specified buffer position, taking account -of text properties as well as the character code. - -+++ -** The new primitive `get-internal-run-time' returns the processor -run time used by Emacs since start-up. - -+++ -** The new function `called-interactively-p' does what many people -have mistakenly believed `interactive-p' did: it returns t if the -calling function was called through `call-interactively'. This should -only be used when you cannot add a new "interactive" argument to the -command. - -+++ -** The new function `assoc-string' replaces `assoc-ignore-case' and -`assoc-ignore-representation', which are still available, but have -been declared obsolete. - -+++ ** An interactive specification may now use the code letter 'U' to get the up-event that was discarded in case the last key sequence read for a previous 'k' or 'K' argument was a down-event; otherwise nil is used. @@ -2930,15 +2965,6 @@ undo-outer-limit, garbage collection empties it. This is to prevent it from using up the available memory and choking Emacs. ---- -** New function quail-find-key returns a list of keys to type in the -current input method to input a character. - -+++ -** New functions posn-at-point and posn-at-x-y return -click-event-style position information for a given visible buffer -position or for a given window pixel coordinate. - +++ ** skip-chars-forward and skip-chars-backward now handle character classes such as [:alpha:], along with individual characters @@ -2953,11 +2979,6 @@ ** The function `eql' is now available without requiring the CL package. +++ -** The new primitive `set-file-times' sets a file's access and -modification times. Magic file name handlers can handle this -operation. - -+++ ** The display space :width and :align-to text properties are now supported on text terminals. @@ -3081,11 +3102,6 @@ position. The cursor may now be placed on any character of such strings by giving that character a non-nil `cursor' text property. -+++ -** New macro with-local-quit temporarily sets inhibit-quit to nil for use -around potentially blocking or long-running code in timers -and post-command-hooks. - ** The first face specification element in a defface can specify `default' instead of frame classification. Then its attributes act as defaults that apply to all the subsequent cases (and may be overridden @@ -3143,11 +3159,6 @@ 'overlay-arrow-fringe-bitmap' will be used. +++ -** New function `line-number-at-pos' returns line number of current -line in current buffer, or if optional buffer position is given, line -number of corresponding line in current buffer. - -+++ ** The default value of `sentence-end' is now defined using the new variable `sentence-end-without-space' which contains such characters that end a sentence without following spaces. @@ -3165,12 +3176,6 @@ implemented (such as "*") are no longer accepted. +++ -** New function `macroexpand-all' expands all macros in a form. -It is similar to the Common-Lisp function of the same name. -One difference is that it guarantees to return the original argument -if no expansion is done, which may be tested using `eq'. - -+++ ** New function `delete-dups' destructively removes `equal' duplicates from a list. Of several `equal' occurrences of an element in the list, the first one is kept.