Minor wording changes, suggested by Per Starback <starback@ling.uu.se>.

[gnu-emacs] / etc / NEWS

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2000-09-17
+GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.  2000-09-27
 Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
@@ -26,11 +26,37 @@ Emacs to not use X Input Methods (XIM), if these are available.
 Unix-98-style support for large files if that is available.
 
 ** You can build a 64-bit Emacs for SPARC/Solaris systems which
-support 64-bit executables.  See etc/MACHINES for instructions.
+support 64-bit executables and also on Irix 6.5.  This increases the
+maximum buffer size.  See etc/MACHINES for instructions.
 
 \f
 * Changes in Emacs 21.1
 
+** `browse-url-gnome-moz' is a new option for
+`browse-url-browser-function', invoking Mozilla in GNOME.
+
++++
+** The new global minor mode `auto-image-file-mode' allows image files
+to be visited as images.
+
++++
+** The functions `keep-lines', `flush-lines' and `how-many' now
+operate on the active region in Transient Mark mode.
+
+** The header line in an Info buffer is now displayed as an emacs header-line
+(which is like a mode-line, but at the top of the window), so that it
+remains visible even when the buffer has been scrolled.  This behavior
+may be disabled by customizing the option `Info-use-header-line'.
+
++++
+** `gnus-user-agent' is a new possibility for `mail-user-agent'.  It
+is like `message-user-agent', but with all the Gnus paraphernalia.
+
++++
+** The recommended way of using Iswitchb is via the new global minor
+mode `iswitchb-mode'.
+
++++
 ** Gnus changes.
 
 The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
@@ -59,8 +85,11 @@ Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
 *** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader.  This affects many parts of
 Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands.  See the manual for details.
 
-*** Gnus has also been multilingualized.  This also affects too
-many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
+*** Gnus has also been multilingualized.  This also affects too many
+parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
+Separate MIME packages like SEMI will not work.  There are built-in
+facilities equivalent to those of gnus-mule.el, which is now just a
+compatibility layer.
 
 *** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
 called to position point.
@@ -109,7 +138,7 @@ new command M-x strokes-list-strokes.
 
 +++
 ** New command M-x describe-character-set reads a character set name
-and displayes information about that.
+and displays information about that.
 
 ** When an error is signaled during the loading of the user's init
 file, Emacs now pops up the *Messages* buffer.
@@ -526,6 +555,7 @@ terminals having terminal capabilities `vi', `vs', and `ve'.  Blinking
 and related parameters like frequency and delay can be customized in
 the group `cursor'.
 
++++
 ** New font-lock support mode `jit-lock-mode'.
 
 This support mode is roughly equivalent to `lazy-lock' but is
@@ -563,6 +593,7 @@ Horizontal scrolling now happens automatically if
 `automatic-hscrolling' is set (the default).  This setting can be
 customized.
 
++++
 ** Tool bar support.
 
 Emacs supports a tool bar at the top of a frame under X.  For details
@@ -814,7 +845,7 @@ mode.
 ** Comint (subshell) changes
 
 By default, comint no longer uses the variable `comint-prompt-regexp' to
-distiguish prompts from user-input.  Instead, it notices which parts of
+distinguish prompts from user-input.  Instead, it notices which parts of
 the text were output by the process, and which entered by the user, and
 attaches `field' properties to allow emacs commands to use this information.
 Common movement commands, notably beginning-of-line, respect field
@@ -1576,6 +1607,13 @@ containing diff3-style conflict markers, such as generated by RCS.
 
 *** ansi-color.el translates ANSI terminal escapes into text-properties.
 
+Please note: if `ansi-color-for-shell-mode' and
+`global-font-lock-mode' are non-nil, loading ansi-color.el will
+disable font-lock and add `ansi-color-apply' to
+`comint-preoutput-filter-functions' for all shell-mode buffers.  This
+displays the output of "ls --color=yes" using the correct foreground
+and background colors.
+
 *** delphi.el provides a major mode for editing the Delphi (Object
 Pascal) language.
 
@@ -1699,6 +1737,9 @@ numeric keys supply prefix args rather than self inserting.
 *** The function `turn-off-auto-fill' unconditionally turns off Auto
 Fill mode.
 
+*** gnus-mule.el is now just a compatibility layer over the built-in
+Gnus facilities.
+
 ** Withdrawn packages
 
 *** mldrag.el has been removed.  mouse.el provides the same
@@ -1712,6 +1753,14 @@ functionality with aliases for the mldrag functions.
 * Lisp changes made after edition 2.6 of the Emacs Lisp Manual,
 (Display-related features are described in a page of their own below.)
 
++++
+** The new function `display-message-or-buffer' displays a message in
+the echo area or pops up a buffer, depending on the length of the
+message.
+
+** The new macro `with-auto-compression-mode' allows evaluating an
+expression with auto-compression-mode enabled.
+
 ** In image specifications, `:heuristic-mask' has been replaced
 with the more general `:mask' property.