-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.
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.
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* 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
*** 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.
+++
** 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.
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
`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
** 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
*** 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.
*** 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
* 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.