contents of buffers from a core dump and save them to files easily, should
emacs crash.
+---
+** The Emacs terminal emulation in term.el uses a different terminfo name.
+The Emacs terminal emulation in term.el now uses "eterm-color" as its
+terminfo name, since term.el now supports color.
+
+---
+** Emacs Lisp source files are compressed by default if `gzip' is available.
+
\f
* Startup Changes in Emacs 22.1
`inhibit-startup-message' (which is also aliased as
`inhibit-splash-screen').
++++
+** The default is now to use an bitmap as the icon, so the command-line options
+--icon-type, -i has been replaced with options --no-bitmap-icon, -nbi to turn
+the bitmap icon off.
+
+++
** New user option `inhibit-startup-buffer-menu'.
When loading many files, for instance with `emacs *', Emacs normally
+++
** Init file changes
-You can now put the init files .emacs and .emacs_SHELL under
-~/.emacs.d or directly under ~. Emacs will find them in either place.
+If the init file ~/.emacs does not exist, Emacs will try
+~/.emacs.d/init.el or ~/.emacs.d/init.elc. You can also put the shell
+init file .emacs_SHELL under ~/.emacs.d.
+++
** Emacs now reads the standard abbrevs file ~/.abbrev_defs
+++
** A prefix argument is no longer required to repeat a jump to a
-previous mark, i.e. C-u C-SPC C-SPC C-SPC ... cycles through the
-mark ring. Use C-u C-u C-SPC to set the mark immediately after a jump.
+previous mark if you set `set-mark-command-repeat-pop' to t. I.e. C-u
+C-SPC C-SPC C-SPC ... cycles through the mark ring. Use C-u C-u C-SPC
+to set the mark immediately after a jump.
+++
** The info-search bindings on C-h C-f, C-h C-k and C-h C-i
of specifying the current directory. Normally that means to visit the
directory with Dired.
+You can get the old behavior by typing C-x C-f M-n RET, which fetches
+the actual file name into the minibuffer.
+
+++
** The completion commands TAB, SPC and ? in the minibuffer apply only
to the text before point. If there is text in the buffer after point,
it remains unchanged.
+** When Emacs prompts for file names, SPC no longer completes the file name.
+This is so filenames with embedded spaces could be input without the
+need to quote the space with a C-q. The underlying changes in the
+keymaps that are active in the minibuffer are described below under
+"New keymaps for typing file names".
+
+++
** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties;
M-o M-o requests refontification.
* Editing Changes in Emacs 22.1
+++
-** The max size of buffers and integers has been doubled.
-On 32bit machines, it is now 256M (i.e. 268435455).
-
-+++
-** M-g is now a prefix key.
-M-g g and M-g M-g run goto-line.
-M-g n and M-g M-n run next-error (like C-x `).
-M-g p and M-g M-p run previous-error.
+** !MEM FULL! at the start of the mode line indicates that Emacs
+cannot get any more memory for Lisp data. This often means it could
+crash soon if you do things that use more memory. On most systems,
+killing buffers will get out of this state. If killing buffers does
+not make !MEM FULL! disappear, you should save your work and start
+a new Emacs.
+++
-** C-u M-g M-g switches to the most recent previous buffer,
-and goes to the specified line in that buffer.
-
-When goto-line starts to execute, if there's a number in the buffer at
-point then it acts as the default argument for the minibuffer.
-
-+++
-** The old bindings C-M-delete and C-M-backspace have been deleted,
-since there are situations where one or the other will shut down
-the operating system or your X server.
-
-+++
-** line-move-ignore-invisible now defaults to t.
-
-+++
-** When the undo information of the current command gets really large
-(beyond the value of `undo-outer-limit'), Emacs discards it and warns
-you about it.
-
-+++
-** `apply-macro-to-region-lines' now operates on all lines that begin
-in the region, rather than on all complete lines in the region.
+** The max size of buffers and integers has been doubled.
+On 32bit machines, it is now 256M (i.e. 268435455).
+++
** You can now switch buffers in a cyclic order with C-x C-left and
C-h e displays the *Messages* buffer.
+C-h d runs apropos-documentation.
+
C-h followed by a control character is used for displaying files
that do not change:
have been moved to C-h F, C-h K and C-h S.
C-h c, C-h k, C-h w, and C-h f now handle remapped interactive commands.
-
- C-h c and C-h k report the actual command (after possible remapping)
run by the key sequence.
-
- C-h w and C-h f on a command which has been remapped now report the
command it is remapped to, and the keys which can be used to run
that command.
For example, if C-k is bound to kill-line, and kill-line is remapped
to new-kill-line, these commands now report:
-
- C-h c and C-h k C-k reports:
C-k runs the command new-kill-line
-
- C-h w and C-h f kill-line reports:
kill-line is remapped to new-kill-line which is on C-k, <deleteline>
-
- C-h w and C-h f new-kill-line reports:
new-kill-line is on C-k
preceded by one of the words `variable' or `option'. It now makes
hyperlinks to Info anchors (or nodes) if the anchor (or node) name is
enclosed in single quotes and preceded by `info anchor' or `Info
-anchor' (in addition to earlier `info node' and `Info node').
+anchor' (in addition to earlier `info node' and `Info node'). In
+addition, it now makes hyperlinks to URLs as well if the URL is
+enclosed in single quotes and preceded by `URL'.
+++
*** The new command `describe-char' (C-u C-x =) pops up a buffer with
** Minibuffer changes:
++++
+*** The new file-name-shadow-mode is turned ON by default, so that when
+entering a file name, any prefix which Emacs will ignore is dimmed.
+
+++
*** There's a new face `minibuffer-prompt'.
Emacs adds this face to the list of text properties stored in the
parts less visible than normal, so that the rest of the differing
parts is, by contrast, slightly highlighted.
+Above fontification is always done when listing completions is
+triggered at minibuffer. If you want to fontify completions whose
+listing is triggered at the other normal buffer, you have to pass
+the common prefix of completions to `display-completion-list' as
+its second argument.
+
+++
*** File-name completion can now ignore specified directories.
If an element of the list in `completion-ignored-extensions' ends in a
part of a prompt is deleted, then the entire prompt must be deleted
and that all prompts must stay at the beginning of a line. If this is
not the case, then `comint-kill-region' behaves just like
-`kill-region' if read-only are involved: it copies the text to the
-kill-ring, but does not delete it.
+`kill-region' if read-only properties are involved: it copies the text
+to the kill-ring, but does not delete it.
+++
*** The new command `comint-insert-previous-argument' in comint-derived
\f
* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.1
+** Rcirc is now part of the Emacs distribution.
+
+Rcirc is an Internet relay chat (IRC) client. It supports
+simultaneous connections to multiple IRC servers. Each discussion
+takes place in its own buffer. For each connection you can join
+several channels (many-to-many) and participate in private
+(one-to-one) chats. Both channel and private chats are contained in
+separate buffers.
+
+To start an IRC session, type M-x irc, and follow the prompts for
+server, port, nick and initial channels.
+
+---
+** Newsticker is now part of the Emacs distribution.
+
+Newsticker asynchronously retrieves headlines (RSS) from a list of news
+sites, prepares these headlines for reading, and allows for loading the
+corresponding articles in a web browser. Its documentation is in a
+separate manual.
+
++++
+** savehist saves minibuffer histories between sessions.
+To use this feature, turn on savehist-mode in your `.emacs' file.
+
+++
** Filesets are collections of files. You can define a fileset in
various ways, such as based on a directory tree or based on
\f
* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.1:
+** Changes in Allout
+
+*** Topic cryptography added, enabling easy gpg topic encryption and
+decryption. Per-topic basis enables interspersing encrypted-text and
+clear-text within a single file to your hearts content, using symmetric
+and/or public key modes. Time-limited key caching, user-provided
+symmetric key hinting and consistency verification, auto-encryption of
+pending topics on save, and more, make it easy to use encryption in
+powerful ways.
+
+*** many substantial fixes and refinements, including:
+
+ - repaired inhibition of inadvertent edits to concealed text
+ - repaired retention of topic body hanging indent upon topic depth shifts
+ - prevent "containment discontinuities" where a topic is shifted deeper
+ than the offspring-depth of its container
+ - easy to adopt the distinctive bullet of a topic in a topic created
+ relative to it, or select a new one, or use the common topic bullet
+ - plain bullets, by default, now alternate between only two characters
+ ('.' and ','), yielding less cluttered outlines
+ - many internal fixes
+ - version number incremented to 2.1
+
** The variable `woman-topic-at-point' was renamed
to `woman-use-topic-at-point' and behaves differently: if this
variable is non-nil, the `woman' command uses the word at point
enabled. The new option `recentf-auto-cleanup' controls when to do
automatic cleanup.
+The ten most recent files can be quickly opened by using the shortcut
+keys 1 to 9, and 0, when the recent list is displayed in a buffer via
+the `recentf-open-files', or `recentf-open-more-files' commands.
+
The `recentf-keep' option replaces `recentf-keep-non-readable-files-p'
and provides a more general mechanism to customize which file names to
keep in the recent list.
-With the more advanced option: `recentf-filename-handler', you can
-specify a function that transforms filenames handled by recentf. For
-example, if set to `file-truename', the same file will not be in the
-recent list with different symbolic links.
+With the more advanced option `recentf-filename-handlers', you can
+specify functions that successively transform recent file names. For
+example, if set to `file-truename' plus `abbreviate-file-name', the
+same file will not be in the recent list with different symbolic
+links, and the file name will be abbreviated.
To follow naming convention, `recentf-menu-append-commands-flag'
replaces the misnamed option `recentf-menu-append-commands-p'. The
---
** MH-E changes.
-Upgraded to MH-E version 7.84. There have been major changes since
+Upgraded to MH-E version 7.85. There have been major changes since
version 5.0.2; see MH-E-NEWS for details.
** Calendar changes:
`diary-outlook-formats' can be customized to recognize additional
formats.
++++
+** Speedbar changes:
+
+*** Speedbar items can now be selected by clicking mouse-1, based on
+the `mouse-1-click-follows-link' mechanism.
+
+*** SPC and DEL are no longer bound to scroll up/down in the speedbar
+keymap.
+
+*** The new command `speedbar-toggle-line-expansion', bound to SPC,
+contracts or expands the line under the cursor.
+
+*** New command `speedbar-create-directory', bound to `M'.
+
+*** The new commands `speedbar-expand-line-descendants' and
+`speedbar-contract-line-descendants', bound to `[' and `]'
+respectively, expand and contract the line under cursor with all of
+its descendents.
+
+*** The new user option `speedbar-query-confirmation-method' controls
+how querying is performed for file operations. A value of 'always
+means to always query before file operations; 'none-but-delete means
+to not query before any file operations, except before a file
+deletion.
+
+*** The new user option `speedbar-select-frame-method' specifies how
+to select a frame for displaying a file opened with the speedbar. A
+value of 'attached means to use the attached frame (the frame that
+speedbar was started from.) A number such as 1 or -1 means to pass
+that number to `other-frame'.
+
+*** The new user option `speedbar-use-tool-tips-flag', if non-nil,
+means to display tool-tips for speedbar items.
+
+*** The frame management code in speedbar.el has been split into a new
+`dframe' library. Emacs Lisp code that makes use of the speedbar
+should use `dframe-attached-frame' instead of
+`speedbar-attached-frame', `dframe-timer' instead of `speedbar-timer',
+`dframe-close-frame' instead of `speedbar-close-frame', and
+`dframe-activity-change-focus-flag' instead of
+`speedbar-activity-change-focus-flag'. The variables
+`speedbar-update-speed' and `speedbar-navigating-speed' are also
+obsolete; use `dframe-update-speed' instead.
+
---
** sql changes.
with other details of skeleton construction.
---
-** New variable `hs-set-up-overlay' allows customization of the overlay
+** Hideshow mode changes
+
+*** New variable `hs-set-up-overlay' allows customization of the overlay
used to effect hiding for hideshow minor mode. Integration with isearch
handles the overlay property `display' specially, preserving it during
temporary overlay showing in the course of an isearch operation.
-** New variable `hs-allow-nesting' non-nil means that hiding a block does
+*** New variable `hs-allow-nesting' non-nil means that hiding a block does
not discard the hidden state of any "internal" blocks; when the parent
block is later shown, the internal blocks remain hidden. Default is nil.
** The variable `mac-keyboard-text-encoding' and the constants
`kTextEncodingMacRoman', `kTextEncodingISOLatin1', and
`kTextEncodingISOLatin2' are obsolete.
+
+** The variable `mac-command-key-is-meta' is obsolete. Use
+`mac-command-modifier' and `mac-option-modifier' instead.
\f
* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1
---
** Support for Mocklisp has been removed.
+
++++
+** The variable `memory-full' now remains t until
+there is no longer a shortage of memory.
\f
* Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1
dangerous; otherwise it returns a reason why the form might be unsafe
(calls unknown function, alters global variable, etc).
++++
+*** New macro `eval-at-startup' specifies expressions to
+evaluate when Emacs starts up. If this is done after startup,
+it evaluates those expressions immediately.
+
+This is useful in packages that can be preloaded.
+
*** `list-faces-display' takes an optional argument, REGEXP.
If it is non-nil, the function lists only faces matching this regexp.
for compatibility, an internal variable which exists only for this
purpose.
++++
+*** The function `read-buffer' follows the convention for reading from
+the minibuffer with a default value: if DEF is non-nil, the minibuffer
+prompt provided in PROMPT is edited to show the default value provided
+in DEF before the terminal colon and space.
+
** Local variables lists:
+++
+++
** Enhancements to keymaps.
+*** New keymaps for typing file names
+
+Two new keymaps, `minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map' and
+`minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map', apply whenever
+Emacs reads a file name in the minibuffer. These key maps override
+the usual binding of SPC to `minibuffer-complete-word' (so that file
+names with embedded spaces could be typed without the need to quote
+the spaces).
+
*** Cleaner way to enter key sequences.
You can enter a constant key sequence in a more natural format, the
If non-nil, that says to preserve the window's current margin, fringe,
and scroll-bar settings.
++++
+*** The new function `window-tree' returns a frame's window tree.
+
++++
+*** The functions `get-lru-window' and `get-largest-window' take an optional
+argument `dedicated'. If non-nil, those functions do not ignore
+dedicated windows.
+
++++
+*** The new function `adjust-window-trailing-edge' moves the right
+or bottom edge of a window. It does not move other window edges.
+
+++
** Customizable fringe bitmaps
an event is composed by combining the ID of the hot-spot with the
mouse event, e.g. [area4 mouse-1] if the hot-spot's ID is `area4'.
++++
+*** The function `find-image' now searches in etc/images/ and etc/.
+The new variable `image-load-path' is a list of locations in which to
+search for image files. The default is to search in etc/images, then
+in etc/, and finally in the directories specified by `load-path'.
+Subdirectories of etc/ and etc/images are not recursively searched; if
+you put an image file in a subdirectory, you have to specify it
+explicitly; for example, if an image is put in etc/images/foo/bar.xpm:
+
+ (defimage foo-image '((:type xpm :file "foo/bar.xpm")))
+
++++
+*** The new variable `max-image-size' defines the maximum size of
+images that Emacs will load and display.
+
** Mouse pointer features:
+++ (lispref)
*** Custom support
The variables font-lock-face-attributes, font-lock-display-type and
-font-lock-background-mode are now obsolete; the recommended way to specify the
-faces to use for Font Lock mode is with M-x customize-group on the new custom
-group font-lock-highlighting-faces. If you set font-lock-face-attributes in
-your ~/.emacs file, Font Lock mode will respect its value. However, you should
+font-lock-background-mode are now obsolete; the recommended way to specify
+the faces to use for Font Lock mode is with M-x customize-group on the new
+custom group font-lock-faces. If you set font-lock-face-attributes in your
+~/.emacs file, Font Lock mode will respect its value. However, you should
consider converting from setting that variable to using M-x customize.
You can still use X resources to specify Font Lock face appearances.