X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/6798b799dfc39a6b843217a4b81f5913485c4cfa..0eb7675e675e6b3c241e13dca1b9be898b534924:/etc/NEWS diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index ade1f6bd75..9124fe1c06 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. -Please send Emacs bug reports to emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org. +Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. If possible, use M-x report-emacs-bug. This file is about changes in Emacs version 23. @@ -14,17 +14,37 @@ for changes in older Emacs versions. You can narrow news to a specific version by calling `view-emacs-news' with a prefix argument or by typing C-u C-h C-n. + +* Installation Changes in Emacs 23.3 + +* Startup Changes in Emacs 23.3 + +* Changes in Emacs 23.3 + + +* Editing Changes in Emacs 23.3 + + +* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.3 + + +* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.3 -Temporary note: - +++ indicates that the appropriate manual has already been updated. - --- means no change in the manuals is called for. -When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or --- -so we will look at it and add it to the manual. + +* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.3 + + +* Lisp changes in Emacs 23.3 + +** New function byte-to-string, like char-to-string but for bytes. + + +* Changes in Emacs 23.3 on non-free operating systems * Installation Changes in Emacs 23.2 -** New configure options for Emacs developers +** New configure options for Emacs developers. These are not new features; only the configure flags are new. *** --enable-profiling builds Emacs with profiling enabled. @@ -32,60 +52,57 @@ This might not work on all platforms. *** --enable-checking[=OPTIONS] builds emacs with extra runtime checks. ---- ** `make install' now consistently ignores umask, creating a world-readable install. +** Emacs compiles with Gconf support, if it is detected. +Use the configure option --without-gconf to disable this. +This is used by the `font-use-system-font' feature (see below). + * Startup Changes in Emacs 23.2 -** Command-line option -Q (--quick) now also disables loading X resources. -Note however that this does not affect Lucid or Motif widgets, if you -are using those toolkits. On Windows, this option causes Emacs to -ignore Registry settings, though environment variables set on the -Registry are still honored. +** The command-line option -Q (--quick) also inhibits loading X resources. +However, if Emacs is compiled with the Lucid or Motif toolkit, X +resource settings for the graphical widgets are still applied. +On Windows, the -Q option causes Emacs to ignore Registry settings, +but environment variables set on the Registry are still honored. *** The new variable `inhibit-x-resources' shows whether X resources were loaded. -* Changes in Emacs 23.2 +** New command-line option -mm (--maximized) maximizes the initial frame. -** Function arguments in *Help* buffers are now in uppercase by default. -You can customize the new variable `help-downcase-arguments' to change it. +* Changes in Emacs 23.2 -** Unibyte sessions are now considered obsolete. -I.e. the use of the environment variable EMACS_UNIBYTE, or command line -arguments --unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte -is deprecated. Similarly for custom-izing enable-multibyte-characters, or -setting default-enable-multibyte-characters. +** The maximum size of buffers (and the largest fixnum) is doubled. +On typical 32bit systems, buffers can now be up to 512MB. -** The default value of `trash-directory' has changed to nil, which -means that `move-file-to-trash' trashes files according to +** The default value of `trash-directory' is now nil. +This means that `move-file-to-trash' trashes files according to freedesktop.org specifications, the same method used by the Gnome, KDE, and XFCE desktops. (This change has no effect on Windows, which uses `system-move-file-to-trash' for trashing.) -+++ -** Emacs frames can be maximized. -The command line arguments -mm/--maximized and the value maximized to the -frame parameter fullscreen makes the Emacs frame maximized. +** The pointer now becomes invisible when typing. +Customize `make-pointer-invisible' to disable this feature. -+++ -** New frame parameter sticky makes Emacs frames sticky in virtual desktops. +** Font changes -** The pointer now becomes invisible when typing. -Customize make-pointer-invisible to turn it off. +*** Emacs can use the system default monospaced font in Gnome. +To enable this feature, set `font-use-system-font' to non-nil (it is +nil by default). If the system default changes, Emacs changes also. +This feature requires Gconf support, which is automatically included +at compile-time if configure detects the gconf libraries (you can +disable this with the configure option --without-gconf). -** Killing a buffer with a running process now asks for confirmation. -You can remove this query in two ways: either remove -`process-kill-buffer-query-function' from `kill-buffer-query-functions', -or set the appropriate process flag with `set-process-query-on-exit-flag'. +*** On X11, Emacs reacts to Xft changes made by configuration tools, +via the XSETTINGS mechanism. This includes antialias, hinting, +hintstyle, RGBA, DPI and lcdfilter changes. -** The variable `load-in-progress' won't get corrupted by binding it -with `let'. In certain situations, loading an Emacs Lisp file from -source while in the midst of loading another file (e.g., with -`require' or `autoload') could cause the value of `load-in-progress' -to be corrupted once the outer load completed. Most code doesn't care -about this, but some (like c-mode) may check it. +** Killing a buffer with a running process now asks for confirmation. +To remove this query, remove `process-kill-buffer-query-function' from +`kill-buffer-query-functions', or set the appropriate process flag +with `set-process-query-on-exit-flag'. ** File-local variable changes @@ -93,53 +110,108 @@ about this, but some (like c-mode) may check it. unconditionally. The previous behavior, toggling the mode, was neither reliable nor generally desirable. -*** New commands for adding and removing file-local variables: +*** There are new commands for adding and removing file-local variables: `add-file-local-variable', `delete-file-local-variable', `add-file-local-variable-prop-line', and `delete-file-local-variable-prop-line'. -*** New commands for adding and removing directory-local variables, +*** There are new commands for adding and removing directory-local variables, and copying them to and from file-local variable lists: `add-dir-local-variable', `delete-dir-local-variable', `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals', `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line' and `copy-file-locals-to-dir-locals'. -** New coding system `utf-8-hfs' is available in -international/ucs-normalize.el. It is suitable for -default-file-name-coding-system on Mac OS X. +** Internationalization changes + +*** Unibyte sessions are now considered obsolete. +This refers to the EMACS_UNIBYTE environment variable as well as the +--unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte command line +arguments. Customizing enable-multibyte-characters and setting +default-enable-multibyte-characters are also deprecated. + +*** New coding system `utf-8-hfs'. +This is suitable for default-file-name-coding-system on Mac OS X; see +international/ucs-normalize.el. + +** Function arguments in *Help* buffers are now shown in upper-case. +Customize `help-downcase-arguments' to t to show them in lower-case. + +** New command `async-shell-command', bound globally to `M-&'. +This executes the command asynchronously, similar to calling `M-!' and +manually adding an ampersand to the end of the command. With `M-&', +you don't need the ampersand. The output appears in the buffer +`*Async Shell Command*'. + +** When running in a new enough xterm (newer than version 242), Emacs +asks xterm what the background color is and it sets up faces +accordingly for a dark background if needed (the current default is to +consider the background light). * Editing Changes in Emacs 23.2 -** Selection changes -+++ +** Kill-ring and selection changes + *** If `select-active-regions' is t, any active region automatically becomes the primary selection (for interaction with other window applications). If you enable this, you might want to bind `mouse-yank-primary' to Mouse-2. -*** When `save-interprogram-paste-before-kill' is non-nil, emacs will -not clobber the the interprogram paste when something is killed in it -by saving the former in the `kill-ring' before the latter. +*** When `save-interprogram-paste-before-kill' is non-nil, the kill +commands save the interprogram-paste selection into the kill ring +before doing anything else. This avoids losing the selection. -** When `kill-do-not-save-duplicates' is non-nil, identical subsequent -kills are not duplicated in the `kill-ring'. +*** When `kill-do-not-save-duplicates' is non-nil, identical +subsequent kills are not duplicated in the `kill-ring'. -+++ -** The default value for `blink-matching-paren-distance' has been increased. +** Completion changes -** The new completion-style `initials' is available. +*** The new command `completion-at-point' provides mode-sensitive completion. + +*** tab-always-indent set to `complete' lets TAB do completion as well. + +*** The new completion-style `initials' is available. For instance, this can complete M-x lch to list-command-history. +*** The new variable `completions-format' determines how completions +are displayed in the *Completions* buffer. If you set it to +`vertical', completions are sorted vertically in columns. + +** The default value of `blink-matching-paren-distance' is increased. + +** M-n provides more default values in the minibuffer for commands +that read file names. These include the file name at point (when ffap +is loaded without ffap-bindings), the file name on the current line +(in Dired buffers), and the directory names of adjacent Dired windows +(for Dired commands that operate on several directories, such as copy, +rename, or diff). + +** M-r is bound to the new `move-to-window-line-top-bottom'. +This moves point to the window center, top and bottom on successive +invocations, in the same spirit as the C-l (recenter-top-bottom) +command. + +** The new variable `recenter-positions' determines the default +cycling order of C-l (`recenter-top-bottom'). + +** The abbrevs file is now a file named abbrev_defs in +user-emacs-directory; but the old location, ~/.abbrev_defs, is used if +that file exists. + * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2 -** .calc.el and .abbrev_defs obey user-emacs-directory. +** The bookmark menu has a narrowing search via bookmark-bmenu-search. -** Calc graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows, -if you have the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later -installed. +** Calc + +*** The Calc settings file is now a file named calc.el in +user-emacs-directory; but the old location, ~/.calc.el, is used if +that file exists. + +*** Graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows, if you have +the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later installed. ** Calendar and diary @@ -148,12 +220,11 @@ If you prefer the simple display, customize `diary-display-function'. *** The diary's fancy display now enables view-mode. ---- *** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument giving an offset from today. ** Desktop ---- + *** The default value for `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is nil. This means Desktop will try restoring all buffers, when you restart your Emacs session. Also, `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is only @@ -161,10 +232,39 @@ effective for buffers that have no associated file. If you want to exempt buffers that do correspond to files, customize the value of `desktop-files-not-to-save' instead. -** FIXME mail-user-agent change -This probably affects a lot of documentation. +** Dired + +*** The new variable `dired-auto-revert-buffer', if non-nil, causes +Dired buffers to be reverted automatically on revisiting them. + +** DocView + +*** When `doc-view-continuous' is non-nil, scrolling a line +on the page edge advances to the next/previous page. + +** Elint + +*** Elint now uses compilation-mode. + +*** Elint can now scan individual files and whole directories, +and can be run in batch mode. -** FIXME gdb-mi +*** Elint does a more thorough initialization, and recognizes more built-in +functions and variables. Customize `elint-scan-preloaded' if you want +to sacrifice some accuracy for a faster startup. + +*** Elint attempts some basic understanding of featurep and (f)boundp tests. + +*** Customize `elint-ignored-warnings' to suppress some warnings. + +** GDB-UI + +*** Toolbar functionality for reverse debugging. Display of STL +collections as watch expressions. These features require GDB 7.0 or later. + +** Grep + +*** A new command `zrgrep' searches recursively in gzipped files. ** Info @@ -175,14 +275,50 @@ matched topics found in the index. manual that generates an Info file which gives the same information through a menu structure. -+++ -** New connection methods in Tramp. -The new connection methods "rsyncc", "imap" and "imaps" have been -introduced. On systems which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the -new connection methods "dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce". +** LaTeX mode now provides completion (via completion-at-point). + +** Message mode is now the default mode for composing mail. + +The default for `mail-user-agent' is now message-user-agent, so the +C-x m (`compose-mail') command uses Message mode instead of Mail mode. + +Message mode has been included in Emacs, as part of the Gnus package, +for several years. It provides several features that are absent in +Mail mode, such as MIME handling. + +*** If the user has not customized mail-user-agent, `compose-mail' +checks for Mail mode customizations, and issues a warning if these +customizations are found. This alerts users who may otherwise be +unaware that their mail configuration has changed. + +To disable this check, set compose-mail-user-agent-warnings to nil. + +** The default value of mail-interactive is t, since Emacs 23.1. +(This was not announced at the time.) It means that when sending mail, +Emacs will wait for the process sending mail to return. If you +experience delays when sending mail, you may wish to set this to nil. ** nXML mode is now the default for editing XML files. +** pcomplete provides a new command `pcomplete-std-completion' which +is similar to `pcomplete' but using the standard completion UI code. + +** Shell (and other comint modes) + +*** M-s is no longer bound to `comint-next-matching-input'. + +*** M-r is now bound to `comint-history-isearch-backward-regexp'. +This starts an incremental search of the comint/shell input history. + +*** ansi-color is now enabled by default in Shell mode. +To disable it, set ansi-color-for-comint-mode to nil. + +** Tramp + +*** New connection methods "rsyncc", "imap" and "imaps". +On systems which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the new +connection methods "dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce". + ** VC and related modes *** When using C-x v v or C-x v i on a unregistered file that is in a @@ -190,115 +326,235 @@ directory not controlled by any VCS, ask the user what VC backend to use to create a repository, create a new repository and register the file. -*** FIXME: add info about the new VC functions: vc-root-diff and -vc-root-print-log once they stabilize. +*** New command `vc-root-print-log', bound to `C-x v L'. +This displays a `*vc-change-log*' buffer showing the history of the +version-controlled directory tree as a whole. + +*** New command `vc-root-diff', bound to `C-x v D'. +This is similar to `vc-diff', but compares the entire directory tree +of the current VC directory with its working revision. + +*** `C-x v l' and `C-x v L' do not show the full log by default. +The number of entries shown can be chosen interactively with a prefix +argument, or by customizing vc-log-show-limit. The `*vc-change-log*' +buffer now contains buttons at the end of the buffer, which can be +used to increase the number of entries shown. RCS, SCCS, and CVS do +not support this feature. *** vc-annotate supports annotations through file copies and renames, it displays the old names for the files and it can show logs/diffs for the corresponding lines. Currently only Git and Mercurial take advantage of this feature. +*** The log command in vc-annotate can display a single log entry +instead of redisplaying the full log. The RCS, CVS and SCCS VC +backends do not support this. + *** When a file is not found, VC will not try to check it out of RCS anymore. +*** Diff and log operations can be used from Dired buffers. + *** vc-git changes -**** The new variable vc-git-add-signoff can be used to add a -Signed-off-by line when committing. +**** The short log format for git makes use of the graph display, +so it's not supported on git versions earlier than 1.5.6. + +**** vc-dir uses the --relative option of git, and so requires at least +git version 1.5.5. -**** Support for operating with stashes has been added to vc-dir: the stash list is -displayed in the *vc-dir* header, stashes can be created, removed and -their content displayed. +**** Support for operating with stashes has been added to vc-dir: +the stash list is displayed in the *vc-dir* header, stashes can be +created, removed, applied and their content displayed. -**** vc-dir displays the stash status +*** vc-bzr supports operating with shelves: the shelve list is +displayed in the *vc-dir* header, shelves can be created, removed and applied. *** log-edit-strip-single-file-name controls whether or not single filenames are stripped when copying text from the ChangeLog to the *VC-Log* buffer. -** Elint +** Miscellaneous ---- -*** Elint now uses compilation-mode. +*** Interactively `multi-isearch-buffers' and `multi-isearch-buffers-regexp' +read buffer names to search, one by one, ended with RET. With a prefix +argument, they ask for a regexp, and search in buffers whose names match +the specified regexp. Interactively `multi-isearch-files' and +`multi-isearch-files-regexp' read file names to search, one by one, +ended with RET. With a prefix argument, they ask for a wildcard, and +search in file buffers whose file names match the specified wildcard. ---- -*** Elint can now scan individual files and whole directories, -and can be run in batch mode. +*** Autorevert Tail mode now works also for remote files. ---- -*** Elint does a more thorough initialization, and recognizes more built-in -functions and variables. Customize `elint-scan-preloaded' if you want -to sacrifice some accuracy for a faster startup. +*** The new eshell built-in commands `su' and `sudo' support Tramp. +Thus, they change `default-directory' to reflect the new user id, and +let commands run under that user's permissions. This works even when +`default-directory' is already remote. Calling the external commands +is possible via `*su' or `*sudo', respectively. ---- -*** Elint attempts some basic understanding of featurep and (f)boundp tests. +** Obsolete packages ---- -*** Customize `elint-ignored-warnings' to suppress some warnings. - -** Miscellaneous +*** sym-comp.el is now obsolete, superseded by completion-at-point. -*** The new command `async-shell-command' bound globally to `M-&' executes -the command asynchronously without the need to manually add ampersand to -the end of the command. Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell -Command*'. - -+++ -*** Autorevert Tail mode now works now for remote files. +*** lucid.el and levents.el are now obsolete. * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2 -** FIXME CEDET +** CEDET (the Collection of Emacs Development Tools) is now in Emacs. +This is a collection of packages to aid with using Emacs as an IDE +(integrated development environment): + +*** The Semantic package allows the use of parsers to intelligently +edit and navigate source code. Parsers for C/C++, Java, Javascript, +and several other languages are included by default, and Semantic can +also interface with external tools such as GNU Global and GNU Idutils. + +To enable Semantic, use the global minor mode `semantic-mode'. +See the Semantic manual for details. + +*** EDE (Emacs Development Environment) is a package for managing code +projects, including features such as automatic Makefile generation. + +To enable EDE, use the minor mode `global-ede-mode'. +See the EDE manual for details. + +*** SRecode is a library for recoding Semantic tags back into source +code. It is currently used by some parts of Semantic and EDE; in the +future, it may be used for code generation features. + +*** The EIEIO library implements a subset of the Common Lisp Object +System (CLOS). It is used by the other CEDET packages. + +** mpc.el is a front end for the Music Player Daemon. Run it with M-x mpc. + +** htmlfontify.el turns a fontified Emacs buffer into an HTML page. ** js.el is a new major mode for JavaScript files. ** imap-hash.el is a new library to address IMAP mailboxes as hashtables. + +* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2 + +** The Lisp reader turns integers that are too large/small into floats. +For instance, on machines where `536870911' is the largest integer, +reading `536870912' gives the floating-point object `536870912.0'. + +This change only concerns the Lisp reader; it does not affect how +actual integer objects overflow. + +** Several obsolete functions removed. +The functions have been obsolete since Emacs 19, and are unlikely to +be in use: + + time-stamp-month-dd-yyyy, time-stamp-dd/mm/yyyy, time-stamp-mon-dd-yyyy + time-stamp-dd-mon-yy, time-stamp-yy/mm/dd, time-stamp-yyyy/mm/dd, + time-stamp-yyyy-mm-dd, time-stamp-yymmdd, time-stamp-hh:mm:ss, + time-stamp-hhmm, baud-rate + +** Support for generating Emacs 18 compatible bytecode (by setting +the variable `byte-compile-compatibility') has been removed. + +** In image-mode.el `image-mode-maybe' is obsolete. +Instead, you can either use `image-mode' (which displays an image file +as the actual image initially), or `image-mode-as-text' (when you want +to display an image file as text initially). `image-mode-as-text' is a +combination of a non-image mode from `auto-mode-alist' (or Fundamental +mode) and `image-minor-mode'. `image-minor-mode' provides a `C-c C-c' +key binding to toggle image display. +`image-toggle-display-text' removes image properties. +`image-toggle-display-image' adds image properties. +`image-toggle-display' toggles between `image-mode-as-text' and `image-mode'. + * Lisp changes in Emacs 23.2 -** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete. It was used to pass the predicate -to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred' -argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed -any more. +** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO +variable, are now declared obsolete. + +** read-key is a function halfway between read-event and read-key-sequence. +It reads a single key, but obeys input and escape sequence decoding. + +** Frame parameter changes + +*** You can give the `fullscreen' frame parameter the value `maximized'. +This maximizes the frame. + +*** The new frame parameter `sticky' makes Emacs frames sticky in +virtual desktops. + +** Completion changes -** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position. +*** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position. This change causes a few backward incompatibilities, mostly with choose-completion-string-functions where the `mini-p' argument has been replaced by a `base-position' argument, and where the `base-size' argument is now always nil. +*** New function `completion-in-region' to use the standard completion +facilities on a particular region of text. + +*** The 4th arg to all-completions (aka hide-spaces) is declared obsolete. + +*** completion-annotate-function specifies how to compute annotations +for completions displayed in *Completions*. + +** Minibuffer changes + +*** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete. It was used to pass the predicate +to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred' +argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed +any more. + +** Changes to file-manipulation functions + +*** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE. + +*** New function `copy-directory', which copies a directory recursively. + ** called-interactively-p now takes one argument and replaces interactive-p which is now marked obsolete. + ** New function set-advertised-calling-convention makes it possible to obsolete arguments as well as make some arguments mandatory. -** eval-next-after-load is obsolete. -** New hook `after-load-functions' run after loading an Elisp file. ** You can control which binding is preferentially shown in menus and docstrings by adding a `:advertised-binding' property to the corresponding command's symbol. That property can hold a single binding or a list of bindings. -** New macro with-silent-modifications to tweak text properties without -affecting the buffer's modification state. -** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO -variable, are now declared obsolete. - -** read-key is a function halfway between read-event and read-key-sequence. -It reads a single key, but obeys input and escape sequence decoding. +** Network and process changes -** start-process-shell-command and start-file-process-shell-command +*** start-process-shell-command and start-file-process-shell-command now only take a single `command' argument. -** The variable `process-file-side-effects' shall be bound to nil, if -a `process-file' call does not change a remote file. By this, file -name handlers like Tramp can apply optimizations. +*** The new variable `process-file-side-effects' should be set to nil +if a `process-file' call does not change a remote file. This allows +file name handlers such as Tramp to optimizations. + +*** make-network-process can now also create `seqpacket' Unix sockets. + +** Loading changes + +*** eval-next-after-load is obsolete. + +*** New hook `after-load-functions' run after loading an Elisp file. + +** Byte compilation changes + +*** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining +the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete. +Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function. + +*** `byte-compile-warnings' has new members, `constants' and `suspicious'. + +** New macro with-silent-modifications to tweak text properties without +affecting the buffer's modification state. ** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable. The feature `hashtable-print-readable' identifies this new functionality. -** Functions performing Unicode normalization are added. They are: +** New functions for performing Unicode normalization: ucs-normalize-NFD-region, ucs-normalize-NFD-string, ucs-normalize-NFC-region, ucs-normalize-NFC-string, ucs-normalize-NFKD-region, ucs-normalize-NFKD-string, @@ -306,38 +562,14 @@ ucs-normalize-NFKC-region, ucs-normalize-NFKC-string, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-string, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-string. -** completion-annotate-function specifies how to compute annotations -for completions displayed in *Completions*. - -+++ ** Face aliases can now be marked as obsolete, using the macro `define-obsolete-face-alias'. ---- -** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining -the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete. -Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function. - -** Several obsolete functions removed. -The functions have been obsolete since Emacs 19, and are unlikely to -be in use: - - time-stamp-month-dd-yyyy, time-stamp-dd/mm/yyyy, time-stamp-mon-dd-yyyy - time-stamp-dd-mon-yy, time-stamp-yy/mm/dd, time-stamp-yyyy/mm/dd, - time-stamp-yyyy-mm-dd, time-stamp-yymmdd, time-stamp-hh:mm:ss, - time-stamp-hhmm, baud-rate - -** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE. - -** New function `copy-directory', which copies a directory recursively. - -+++ ** New function `window-full-height-p', analogous to the full-width version. * Changes in Emacs 23.2 on non-free operating systems ---- ** On MS-Windows, `display-time' now displays the system load average as well as the time, as it does on GNU and Unix. @@ -374,7 +606,7 @@ a GIF library. *** Emacs now supports multi-page TIFF images. -** New NeXTSTEP-based port +** New NeXTSTEP-based port. This provides support for GNUstep (via the GNUstep libraries) and Mac OS X (via the Cocoa libraries). @@ -405,7 +637,7 @@ emacs-devel@gnu.org to inform the Emacs developers. *** Old GNU/Linux systems based on libc version 5. *** Old FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD systems based on the COFF - executable format. +executable format. *** Solaris versions 2.6 and below. @@ -975,23 +1207,23 @@ specifies what to do when a buffer is visited, killed, or written. ** Abbrev has been rewritten in Elisp and extended with more flexibility. *** New functions: abbrev-get, abbrev-put, abbrev-table-get, abbrev-table-put, - abbrev-table-p, abbrev-insert, abbrev-table-menu. +abbrev-table-p, abbrev-insert, abbrev-table-menu. *** Special hook `abbrev-expand-functions' obsoletes `pre-abbrev-expand-hook'. *** `make-abbrev-table', `define-abbrev', `define-abbrev-table' all take - extra arguments for arbitrary properties. +extra arguments for arbitrary properties. *** New variable `abbrev-minor-mode-table-alist'. *** `local-abbrev-table' can hold a list of abbrev-tables. *** Abbrevs have now the following special properties: - `:count', `:system', `:enable-function', `:case-fixed'. +`:count', `:system', `:enable-function', `:case-fixed'. *** Abbrev-tables have now the following special properties: - `:parents', `:case-fixed', `:enable-function', `:regexp', - `abbrev-table-modiff'. +`:parents', `:case-fixed', `:enable-function', `:regexp', +`abbrev-table-modiff'. ** Apropos @@ -1145,11 +1377,11 @@ rather than fortran-indent-comment. ** Gnus *** The Gnus package has been updated -There are many news features, bug fixes and improvements; see the file +There are many new features, bug fixes and improvements; see the file GNUS-NEWS or the node "No Gnus" in the Gnus manual for details. *** In Emacs 23, Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system `utf-8-emacs' for -saving articles drafts and ~/.newsrc.eld. These file may not be read +saving articles, drafts, and ~/.newsrc.eld. These file may not be read correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to Gnus across different Emacs versions, you may set `mm-auto-save-coding-system' to `emacs-mule'. @@ -1202,8 +1434,8 @@ for buff-menu.el and ibuffer.el are bound to the keys `M-s a C-s' and *** `C-h C-h' in Isearch mode displays isearch-specific Help screen, `C-h b' displays all Isearch key bindings, `C-h k' displays the full documentation of the given Isearch key sequence, `C-h m' displays -documentation of Isearch mode. All the rest Help commands exit Isearch mode -and execute their global definitions. +documentation for Isearch mode. All the other Help commands exit +Isearch mode and execute their global definitions. *** When started in the minibuffer, Isearch searches in the minibuffer history. See `Minibuffer changes', above. @@ -1937,7 +2169,6 @@ ordered by their priorities. **** `coding-system-from-name' returns a coding system matching with the argument name. - ** There is a new input method, Robin, different from Quail. It has three functionalities: i) a simple input method (converts an ASCII sequence into a string).