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@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ to the FSF.
 
 * Small but important fixes needed in existing features:
 
 
 * Small but important fixes needed in existing features:
 

+** Make "emacs --daemon" start emacs without showing any frame. 
+Use emacsclient later to open frames.
+
+** Make it possible to reliably turn on minor modes using "mode:" in the local 
+variables section.
+

 ** "Options -> Save Options" should save the font set via "Set Font/Fontset"
 I.e. mouse-set-font should use customize-face.
 
 ** Compute the list of active keymaps *after* reading the first event.
 
 ** "Options -> Save Options" should save the font set via "Set Font/Fontset"
 I.e. mouse-set-font should use customize-face.
 
 ** Compute the list of active keymaps *after* reading the first event.
 

-** Avoid using "iff" in doc strings.
-

 ** mouse-autoselect-window should wait to select the window until
 the mouse is put to rest or after a delay or both, so that moving over
 a window doesn't select it.
 
 ** mouse-autoselect-window should wait to select the window until
 the mouse is put to rest or after a delay or both, so that moving over
 a window doesn't select it.
 

-** In C-x d, the default if you type RET should be the directory name,
-but if you type M-n you should get the visited file name of the
-current buffer.
-

 ** Distribute a bar cursor of width > 1 evenly between the two glyphs
    on each side of the bar (what to do at the edges?).
 
 ** Distribute a bar cursor of width > 1 evenly between the two glyphs
    on each side of the bar (what to do at the edges?).
 


@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00782.html
 ** Find a proper fix for rcirc multiline nick adding.
 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00684.html
 
 ** Find a proper fix for rcirc multiline nick adding.
 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00684.html
 

+** Implement `network-interface-list' and `network-interface-info'
+on MS-Windows.  Hint: the information is present in the Registry,
+under the keys
+HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Linkage\
+and
+HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<device>\
+where <device> is the network device found under the first key.
+
+** Check for any included packages that define obsolete bug-reporting commands.
+Change them to use report-emacs-bug.
+

 * Important features:
 
 ** Provide user-friendly ways to list all available font families,
 * Important features:
 
 ** Provide user-friendly ways to list all available font families,


@@ -169,6 +180,8 @@ specified filters, specified timers, and specified hooks.
 
 * Other features we would like:
 
 
 * Other features we would like:
 

+** Allow frames(terminals) created by emacsclient to inherit their environment
+from the emacsclient process.

 ** Remove the default toggling behavior of minor modes when called from elisp
 rather than interactively.  This a trivial one-liner in easy-mode.el.
 
 ** Remove the default toggling behavior of minor modes when called from elisp
 rather than interactively.  This a trivial one-liner in easy-mode.el.
 


@@ -308,8 +321,10 @@ typically due to pilot errors and should thus be in debug-ignored-errors.
   the whole menu bar.  In the mean time, it should process other messages.
 
 ** Get some major packages installed: W3 (development version needs
   the whole menu bar.  In the mean time, it should process other messages.
 
 ** Get some major packages installed: W3 (development version needs

-  significant work), PSGML.  Check the assignments file for other
-  packages which might go in and have been missed.
+  significant work), PSGML, _possibly_ Cedet and ECB.
+  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-05/msg01493.html
+  Check the assignments file for other packages which might go in and
+  have been missed.

 
 ** Make keymaps a first-class Lisp object (this means a rewrite of
   keymap.c).  What should it do apart from being opaque ?
 
 ** Make keymaps a first-class Lisp object (this means a rewrite of
   keymap.c).  What should it do apart from being opaque ?


@@ -329,9 +344,6 @@ typically due to pilot errors and should thus be in debug-ignored-errors.
 ** Highlight rectangles (`mouse-track-rectangle-p' in XEmacs).  Already in CUA,
   but it's a valuable feature worth making more general.
 
 ** Highlight rectangles (`mouse-track-rectangle-p' in XEmacs).  Already in CUA,
   but it's a valuable feature worth making more general.
 

-** Support simultaneous tty and X frames.  [See the multi-tty branch of Emacs
-  at http://lorentey.hu/project/emacs.]
-

 ** Provide MIME support for Rmail using the Gnus MIME library.  [Maybe
   not now feasible, given Gnus maintenance decisions.  fx looked at
   this and can say where some of the problems are.]
 ** Provide MIME support for Rmail using the Gnus MIME library.  [Maybe
   not now feasible, given Gnus maintenance decisions.  fx looked at
   this and can say where some of the problems are.]


@@ -354,6 +366,7 @@ typically due to pilot errors and should thus be in debug-ignored-errors.
 ** Add a --pristine startup flag which does -q --no-site-file plus
   ignoring X resources (Doze equivalents?) and most of the
   environment.  What should not be ignored needs consideration.
 ** Add a --pristine startup flag which does -q --no-site-file plus
   ignoring X resources (Doze equivalents?) and most of the
   environment.  What should not be ignored needs consideration.

+  [Do the existing -Q and -D cover this, or is more needed?]

 
 ** Improve the GC (generational, incremental).  (We may be able to use
   the Boehm collector.)  [See the Boehm-GC branch in CVS for work on
 
 ** Improve the GC (generational, incremental).  (We may be able to use
   the Boehm collector.)  [See the Boehm-GC branch in CVS for work on


@@ -368,11 +381,9 @@ typically due to pilot errors and should thus be in debug-ignored-errors.
 ** Provide an optional feature which computes a scroll bar slider's
   size and its position from lines instead of characters.
 
 ** Provide an optional feature which computes a scroll bar slider's
   size and its position from lines instead of characters.
 

-** Add support for SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) rendering to
-  Emacs.
-

 ** Allow unknown image types to be rendered via an external program
 ** Allow unknown image types to be rendered via an external program

-  converting them to, say, PBM (in the same way as PostScript?).
+  converting them to, say, PBM (in the same way as PostScript?). [does
+  doc-view.el do this, or could it be extended to do this?]

 
 ** Allow displaying an X window from an external program in a buffer,
   e.g. to render graphics from Java applets.  [gerd and/or wmperry
 
 ** Allow displaying an X window from an external program in a buffer,
   e.g. to render graphics from Java applets.  [gerd and/or wmperry


@@ -532,6 +543,11 @@ but which can also be used as a modifier).
    See thread
    <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2006-11/msg00060.html>
 
    See thread
    <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2006-11/msg00060.html>
 

+** Possibly add a "close" button to the modeline.
+   The idea is to add an "X" of some kind, that when clicked deletes
+   the window associated with that modeline.
+   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-09/msg02416.html
+

 * Internal changes
 
 ** Cleanup all the GC_ mark bit stuff -- there is no longer any distinction
 * Internal changes
 
 ** Cleanup all the GC_ mark bit stuff -- there is no longer any distinction


@@ -582,6 +598,7 @@ but which can also be used as a modifier).
 
 * Other known bugs:
 
 
 * Other known bugs:
 

+** `make-frame' forgets unhandled parameters, at least for X11 frames.

 ** The \\{...} keymap dump output does not correctly remove shadowed entries:
 From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
 
 ** The \\{...} keymap dump output does not correctly remove shadowed entries:
 From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
 


@@ -620,7 +637,7 @@ This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 
 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)

 any later version.
 
 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 any later version.
 
 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,