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   1 Tasks needed before the next release.
   2
   3 * TO BE DONE SHORTLY BEFORE RELEASE
   4
   5 ** `undo-ask-before-discard', currently set to t for debugging purposes
   6 has to be set to nil: when t, it can leak memory and cause other problems.
   7
   8 ** Update release dates of manuals.
   9
  10 ** Spell check the manuals.
  11
  12 ** Get rid of overfull and underfull boxes in manuals.
  13
  14 ** Check for widow and orphan lines in manuals;
  15 make sure all the pages really look ok in the manual as formatted.
  16
  17 ** Update facemenu-unlisted-faces, adding whatever other
  18 face name prefixes should be in it for good results.
  19
  20 ** Update AUTHORS.
  21
  22 ** Regenerate the postscript files of the reference cards in etc.
  23
  24 ** Ask maintainers of refcard translations to update them.
  25
  26 ** Check what should be deleted or updated in MORE.STUFF.
  27
  28 ** Send an email to the various distributions, including the GNOME
  29 and KDE projects, to use the new Emacs icons in etc/images/icons.
  30
  31 * NEW FEATURES
  32
  33 ** Rework how fringe bitmaps are defined and used.
  34 Currently, bitmap usage and bitmap appearence are "mixed-up" in a
  35 one-level representation.  It would be cleaner to split the
  36 representation into a two-level model where first level maps
  37 bitmap usage to a bitmap name, and second level maps bitmap name to
  38 a bitmap appearence.
  39 [Assigned to KFS]
  40
  41 * FATAL ERRORS
  42
  43 ** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.
  44
  45 ** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
  46 invalid pointer from string_free_list.
  47
  48 * BUGS
  49
  50 ** ottomaddox's Nov 23 bug report about foldout mode.
  51
  52 ** Ronan Keryell's Sep 23 bug about "tramp sudo:: and version control on RCS"
  53
  54 ** TCP server processes do not work on Windows.
  55
  56 TCP/IP server processes created with `make-network-process' consume
  57 excesive CPU on some Windows environments.  Usages of 50% and 100%
  58 CPU time have been observed on different Window XP configurations.
  59 Seems to be a problem in sys_select in w32proc.c.
  60
  61 * DOCUMENTATION
  62
  63 ** Fix some of these doc strings by adding \\<keymap-name> where needed.
  64
  65 ada-mode
  66 array-mode
  67 artist-mode
  68 autoarg-mode
  69 bibtext-mode
  70 bookmark-bmenu-other-window-with-mouse
  71 checkdoc-minor-mode
  72 constrain-to-field
  73 copy-file
  74 decipher-mode
  75 define-generic-mode
  76 define-ibuffer-op
  77 diff-mode
  78 dired-maybe-insert-subdir
  79 ediff-merge-buffers-with-ancestor
  80 ediff-merge-directories-with-ancestor
  81 ediff-merge-directory-revisions-with-ancestor
  82 edir-merge-revisions-with-ancestor
  83 edirs-merge-with-ancestor
  84 edit-picture
  85 ethio-fidel-to-sera-mail-or-marker
  86 ethio-sera-to-fidel-mail-or-marker
  87 face-attribute-specified-or
  88 face-equal
  89 flyspell-mode
  90 hexl-mode
  91 hi-lock-mode
  92 ibuffer
  93 ido-find-file
  94 internal-lisp-face-equal-p
  95 isearch-forward
  96 kmacro-start-macro
  97 kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter
  98 make-byte-code
  99 mh-user-agent-compose
 100 next-single-char-property-change
 101 octave-mode
 102 outline-mode
 103 pascal-mode
 104 picture-mode
 105 previous-single-char-property-change
 106 python-mode
 107 read-from-minibuffer
 108 read-key-sequence
 109 read-key-sequence-vector
 110 reftex-index-phrases-mode
 111 reftex-mode
 112 rmail-mode
 113 sh-mode
 114 shell-script-mode
 115 solar-equinoxes-solstices
 116 table-capture
 117 table-insert
 118 table-split-cell-horizontally
 119 view-mode
 120 w32-shell-dos-semantics
 121
 122 ** Check man/info.texi.
 123
 124 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
 125
 126 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
 127 you're going to handle.
 128
 129 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
 130 ---------               ------          ---------
 131 etc (and subdirs)       done            Thien-Thi Nguyen (ttn(@gnu.org))
 132 leim                    working         Kenichi Handa
 133 lib-src                 done            ttn
 134 lisp                    done            ttn
 135 lisp/calc               done            ttn
 136 lisp/calendar           working         Glenn Morris
 137 lisp/emacs-lisp         done            ttn
 138 lisp/emulation          done            ttn
 139 lisp/eshell             done            ttn
 140 lisp/gnus               done            ttn
 141 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
 142 lisp/language           done            Kenichi Handa
 143 lisp/mail               done            ttn
 144 lisp/mh-e               done            Bill Wohler
 145 lisp/net                done            ttn
 146 lisp/obsolete           done            ttn
 147 lisp/play               done            ttn
 148 lisp/progmodes          done            Nick Roberts
 149 lisp/term               done            ttn
 150 lisp/textmodes          done            ttn
 151 lisp/url                done            ttn
 152 lispintro               done            ttn
 153 lispref                 done            ttn
 154 lwlib                   done            ttn
 155 m4                      done            ttn
 156 mac (and subdirs)       done            ttn
 157 man                     done            ttn
 158 msdos                   done            ttn
 159 nt (and subdirs)        done            ttn
 160 oldXMenu                done            ttn
 161 src (and subdirs)       done            ttn
 162 vms                     done            ttn
 163
 164 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 165
 166 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 167 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 168 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 169 people who have checked it.
 170
 171 SECTION             READERS
 172 -----------------------------
 173 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 174 man/anti.texi       Chong Yidong
 175 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 176 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 177 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 178 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 179 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 180 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 181 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 182 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 183 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 184 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 185 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 186 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 187 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 188 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 189 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 190 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 191 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 192 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 193 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 194 man/macos.texi      Chong Yidong
 195 man/maintaining.texi Chong Yidong
 196 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 197 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 198 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 199 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 200 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 201 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 202 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 203 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 204 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 205 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 206 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 207 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 208 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 209 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 210 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 211 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 212 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 213 man/xresources.texi
 214
 215 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 216
 217 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 218 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 219 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 220 people who have checked it.
 221
 222 SECTION                  READERS
 223 ----------------------------------
 224 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 225 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 226 lispref/anti.texi        Chong Yidong
 227 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 228 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 229 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 230 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 231 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 232 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 233 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 234 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 235 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 236 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 237 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 238 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 239 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 240 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 241 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 242 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 243 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 244 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 245 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra      Chong Yidong
 246 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 247 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Josh Varner
 248 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 249 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 250 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 251 lispref/locals.texi      Chong Yidong
 252 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 253 lispref/maps.texi        Chong Yidong
 254 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 255 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 256 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 257 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 258 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 259 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 260 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 261 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 262 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      ttn
 263 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 264 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 265 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 266 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 267 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 268 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 269 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 270 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 271 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 272 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 273
 274 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 275
 276 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 277 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 278 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 279 in the respective language.
 280
 281 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 282 names of the people who have checked it.
 283
 284 SECTION                  READERS
 285 ----------------------------------
 286 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 287 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 288 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 289 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 290 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 291 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 292 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          ttn
 293 etc/TUTORIAL.it          ttn
 294 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 295 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 296 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 297 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 298 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 299 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 300 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 301 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 302 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 303 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 304 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 305 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 306
 307 \f
 308 Local variables:
 309 mode: outline
 310 end: