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   1 Changes since 3.9.5:
   2
   3 * No need to add the dir to your load-path any more.
   4   The sml-mode-startup.el file does it for you.
   5
   6 * Symbols like -> can be displayed as real arrows.  See sml-font-lock-symbols.
   7
   8 * Fix some incompatibilities with the upcoming Emacs-21.4.
   9
  10 * Indentation rules improved.  New customizable variable
  11   `sml-rightalign-and'.  Also `sml-symbol-indent' is now customizable.
  12
  13 Changes since 3.9.3:
  14
  15 * New add-log support (try C-x 4 a from within an SML function).
  16
  17 * Imenu support
  18
  19 * sml-bindings has disappeared.
  20
  21 * The code skeletons are now abbrevs as well.
  22
  23 * A new *sml* process is sent the content of sml-config-file (~/.sml-proc.sml)
  24   if it exists.
  25
  26 * `sml-compile' works yet a bit differently.  The command can begin
  27   with `cd "path";' and it will be replaced by OS.FileSys.chDir.
  28
  29 * run-sml now pops up the new buffer.  It can also run the command on another
  30   machine.  And it always prompts for the command name.  Use a prefix
  31   argument if you want to give args or to specify a host on which
  32   to run the command.
  33
  34 * mouse-2 to yank in *sml* should work again (but won't work for next-error
  35   any more).
  36
  37 * New major-modes sml-cm-mode, sml-lex-mode and sml-yacc-mode.
  38
  39 * sml-load-hook has disappeared as has inferior-sml-load-hook.
  40
  41 * sml-mode-startup.el is now automatically generated and you're supposed to
  42   `load' it from .emacs or site-start.el.
  43
  44 * Minor bug fixes.
  45
  46 Changes since 3.3:
  47
  48 * the sml-drag-* commands have disappeared.
  49
  50 * added a little bit of `customize' support.  Many of the customization
  51   variables for indentation are still in flux, so they are not customize'd.
  52
  53 * proformas have been replaced by skeletons.  it's mostly the same as
  54   before (the layout has slightly changed, tho).  The main difference
  55   is that the indentation relies on the major-mode indentation so it
  56   is implicitly customized, which makes more sense to me.
  57   Also I added an electric space M-SPC that will call the corresponding
  58   skeleton if any matches the immediately preceding symbol.  Basically
  59   that allows you to type `l e t M-SPC' to call the `let' skeleton.
  60
  61 * M-C-f and M-C-b try to be smart and jump around let..end and such blocks.
  62   It's probably either too smart or not smart enough, tho.
  63
  64 * there is no more sml-<compiler>.el since the code should work for "all"
  65   known compilers.  If your favorite compiler doesn't seem to work right
  66   send me a sample session.
  67
  68 * hilite support has disappeared and font-lock and menu support is now built-in.
  69
  70 * the indentation algorithm is inherently much slower.  I've tried to ensure
  71   the slowness never manifests itself in practice, but if you find a case
  72   where the indentation doesn't feel instantaneous, tell me.
  73
  74 * function arguments get properly indented (yes, madam).
  75
  76 * the indentation has been majorly reworked.  The list of changes is too long.
  77   Many customizations have disappeared, some may reappear depending on the
  78   feedback I get.  The indentation should now "always" work right, so
  79   tell me when it doesn't.
  80
  81 * nested comments are only properly handled if you have a nested-comments
  82   aware Emacs (I don't know of any yet) or if you turn on font-lock.
  83
  84 * provide `sml-compile' which does something similat to `compile' except it
  85   passes the command to an inferior-sml process.  Also it has an additional
  86   hack to look for sml-make-file-name in parent directories and cd to it
  87   before sending the command (handy for CM.make() when the sources.cm file
  88   is not in the current directory).  This hack is very ad-hoc and quite
  89   misleading for people who don't use CM.  I.e. the default is not safe.
  90
  91 * sml-send-region and friends now always use a temp file.  The temp file
  92   management has been made a little more secure.
  93
  94 * the overlay is now turned off by default.  Instead the region is activated,
  95   so that transient-mark-mode will end up highlighting the error just like
  96   the overlay used to do.
  97
  98 * sml-proc uses compile.el for error parsing.  This mostly means that instead
  99   of C-c ` you want to use the standard C-x `.  It also means that error
 100   formats for any compiler can be added more easily.
 101
 102 * The special frame handling has been thrown out because it doesn't interact
 103   well with Emacs' own similar feature.  I believe XEmacs still doesn't provide
 104   such a feature, so if you miss it, either switch to Emacs or (convince
 105   someone else to) add it to XEmacs.