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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 ** Bug: C-h v warning-type-format gives "Search failed".
  55
  56 ** TCP server processes do not work on Windows.
  57
  58 TCP/IP server processes created with `make-network-process' consume
  59 excesive CPU on some Windows environments.  Usages of 50% and 100%
  60 CPU time have been observed on different Window XP configurations.
  61 Seems to be a problem in sys_select in w32proc.c.
  62
  63 * DOCUMENTATION
  64
  65 ** Fix some of these doc strings by adding \\<keymap-name> where needed.
  66
  67 ada-mode
  68 array-mode
  69 artist-mode
  70 autoarg-mode
  71 bibtext-mode
  72 bookmark-bmenu-other-window-with-mouse
  73 checkdoc-minor-mode
  74 completing-read-multiple
  75 constrain-to-field
  76 copy-file
  77 decipher-mode
  78 define-generic-mode
  79 define-ibuffer-op
  80 diff-mode
  81 dired-maybe-insert-subdir
  82 ediff-merge-buffers-with-ancestor
  83 ediff-merge-directories-with-ancestor
  84 ediff-merge-directory-revisions-with-ancestor
  85 edir-merge-revisions-with-ancestor
  86 edirs-merge-with-ancestor
  87 edit-picture
  88 ethio-fidel-to-sera-mail-or-marker
  89 ethio-sera-to-fidel-mail-or-marker
  90 face-attribute-specified-or
  91 face-equal
  92 flyspell-mode
  93 gnus-agent-delete-group
  94 gnus-agent-rename-group
  95 gnus-cache-delete-group
  96 gnus-cache-rename-group
  97 gnus-msg-mail
  98 hexl-mode
  99 hi-lock-mode
 100 ibuffer
 101 ido-find-file
 102 internal-lisp-face-equal-p
 103 isearch-forward
 104 kmacro-start-macro
 105 kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter
 106 mail-extract-address-components
 107 mail-mode
 108 make-byte-code
 109 message-mail
 110 mh-user-agent-compose
 111 next-single-char-property-change
 112 octave-mode
 113 outline-mode
 114 pascal-mode
 115 picture-mode
 116 previous-single-char-property-change
 117 python-mode
 118 quail-define-package
 119 read-from-minibuffer
 120 read-key-sequence
 121 read-key-sequence-vector
 122 reftex-index-phrases-mode
 123 reftex-mode
 124 rmail-mode
 125 save-buffer
 126 sh-mode
 127 shell-script-mode
 128 solar-equinoxes-solstices
 129 table-capture
 130 table-insert
 131 table-split-cell-horizontally
 132 ucs-set-table-for-input
 133 view-mode
 134 w32-shell-dos-semantics
 135
 136 ** Check man/info.texi.
 137
 138 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
 139
 140 Please record your name here and say which part of the distribution
 141 you're going to handle.
 142
 143 DIRECTORY               STATUS          IN CHARGE
 144 ---------               ------          ---------
 145 etc (and subdirs)       done            Thien-Thi Nguyen (ttn(@gnu.org))
 146 leim                    working         Kenichi Handa
 147 lib-src                 done            ttn
 148 lisp                    done            ttn
 149 lisp/calc               done            ttn
 150 lisp/calendar           working         Glenn Morris
 151 lisp/emacs-lisp         done            ttn
 152 lisp/emulation          done            ttn
 153 lisp/eshell             done            ttn
 154 lisp/gnus               done            ttn
 155 lisp/international      done            Kenichi Handa
 156 lisp/language           done            Kenichi Handa
 157 lisp/mail               done            ttn
 158 lisp/mh-e               done            Bill Wohler
 159 lisp/net                done            ttn
 160 lisp/obsolete           done            ttn
 161 lisp/play               done            ttn
 162 lisp/progmodes          done            Nick Roberts
 163 lisp/term               done            ttn
 164 lisp/textmodes          done            ttn
 165 lisp/url                done            ttn
 166 lispintro               done            ttn
 167 lispref                 done            ttn
 168 lwlib                   done            ttn
 169 m4                      done            ttn
 170 mac (and subdirs)       done            ttn
 171 man                     done            ttn
 172 msdos                   done            ttn
 173 nt (and subdirs)        done            ttn
 174 oldXMenu                done            ttn
 175 src (and subdirs)       done            ttn
 176 vms                     done            ttn
 177
 178 ** Check the Emacs manual.
 179
 180 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 181 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 182 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 183 people who have checked it.
 184
 185 SECTION             READERS
 186 -----------------------------
 187 man/abbrevs.texi    Chong Yidong    Joakim Verona
 188 man/anti.texi       Chong Yidong
 189 man/basic.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 190 man/buffers.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 191 man/building.texi   "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 192 man/calendar.texi   joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 193 man/cmdargs.texi    Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 194 man/commands.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 195 man/custom.texi     Chong Yidong     "Luc Teirlinck"
 196 man/dired.texi      Chong Yidong     joakim@verona.se
 197 man/display.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 198 man/emacs.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Lute Kamstra
 199 man/entering.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 200 man/files.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 201 man/fixit.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 202 man/frames.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 203 man/glossary.texi   Chong Yidong
 204 man/help.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 205 man/indent.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 206 man/killing.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 207 man/kmacro.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 208 man/macos.texi      Chong Yidong
 209 man/maintaining.texi Chong Yidong
 210 man/major.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 211 man/mark.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 212 man/mini.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 213 man/misc.texi       Chong Yidong
 214 man/msdog.texi      Chong Yidong
 215 man/mule.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"  Kenichi Handa
 216 man/m-x.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"  Chong Yidong
 217 man/picture.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Chong Yidong
 218 man/programs.texi   "Stephen Eglen"  Chong Yidong
 219 man/regs.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 220 man/rmail.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 221 man/screen.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 222 man/search.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 223 man/sending.texi    Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 224 man/text.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 225 man/trouble.texi    Chong Yidong
 226 man/windows.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 227 man/xresources.texi
 228
 229 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
 230
 231 Each manual section should be checked for factual correctness
 232 regarding recent changes by at least two people.  After each file
 233 name, on the same line or the following line, come the names of the
 234 people who have checked it.
 235
 236 SECTION                  READERS
 237 ----------------------------------
 238 lispref/abbrevs.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 239 lispref/advice.texi      joakim@verona.se  Chong Yidong
 240 lispref/anti.texi        Chong Yidong
 241 lispref/backups.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 242 lispref/buffers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 243 lispref/calendar.texi    Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>  Chong Yidong
 244 lispref/commands.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 245 lispref/compile.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 246 lispref/control.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 247 lispref/customize.texi   Chong Yidong
 248 lispref/debugging.texi   Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>   Lute Kamstra
 249 lispref/display.texi     Chong Yidong
 250 lispref/edebug.texi      Chong Yidong      "Luc Teirlinck"
 251 lispref/elisp.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Lute Kamstra
 252 lispref/errors.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 253 lispref/eval.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 254 lispref/files.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 255 lispref/frames.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 256 lispref/functions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 257 lispref/hash.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 258 lispref/help.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 259 lispref/hooks.texi       Lute Kamstra      Chong Yidong
 260 lispref/internals.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 261 lispref/intro.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Josh Varner
 262 lispref/keymaps.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 263 lispref/lists.texi       "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 264 lispref/loading.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 265 lispref/locals.texi      Chong Yidong
 266 lispref/macros.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 267 lispref/maps.texi        Chong Yidong
 268 lispref/markers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 269 lispref/minibuf.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 270 lispref/modes.texi       Chong Yidong
 271 lispref/nonascii.texi    "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 272 lispref/numbers.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 273 lispref/objects.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 274 lispref/os.texi          "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 275 lispref/positions.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 276 lispref/processes.texi   Chong Yidong      ttn
 277 lispref/searching.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 278 lispref/sequences.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 279 lispref/streams.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 280 lispref/strings.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 281 lispref/symbols.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 282 lispref/syntax.texi      "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 283 lispref/text.texi        Chong Yidong
 284 lispref/tips.texi        "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 285 lispref/variables.texi   "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 286 lispref/windows.texi     "Luc Teirlinck"   Chong Yidong
 287
 288 ** Check the Emacs Tutorial.
 289
 290 The first line of every tutorial must begin with text ending in a period
 291 (".", ASCII 0x2E) saying "Emacs Tutorial" in the respective language.
 292 This should be followed by "See end for copying conditions", likewise
 293 in the respective language.
 294
 295 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
 296 names of the people who have checked it.
 297
 298 SECTION                  READERS
 299 ----------------------------------
 300 etc/TUTORIAL             rms
 301 etc/TUTORIAL.bg          Ognyan Kulev <ogi@fmi.uni-sofia.bg>
 302 etc/TUTORIAL.cn
 303 etc/TUTORIAL.cs          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 304 etc/TUTORIAL.de          Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
 305 etc/TUTORIAL.es          Marcelo Toledo
 306 etc/TUTORIAL.fr          ttn
 307 etc/TUTORIAL.it          ttn
 308 etc/TUTORIAL.ja          Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
 309 etc/TUTORIAL.ko
 310 etc/TUTORIAL.nl          Lute Kamstra
 311 etc/TUTORIAL.pl          Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawek@cs.lth.se>
 312 etc/TUTORIAL.pt_BR       Marcelo Toledo
 313 etc/TUTORIAL.ro
 314 etc/TUTORIAL.ru          Alex Ott <alexott@gmail.com>
 315 etc/TUTORIAL.sk          Pavel Janík <Pavel@Janik.cz>
 316 etc/TUTORIAL.sl          Primoz PETERLIN <primoz.peterlin@biofiz.mf.uni-lj.si>
 317 etc/TUTORIAL.sv          Mats Lidell <matsl@contactor.se>
 318 etc/TUTORIAL.th          Virach Sornlertlamvanich <virach@tcllab.org>
 319 etc/TUTORIAL.zh
 320
 321 \f
 322 Local variables:
 323 mode: outline
 324 end: