X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/b1ffef1201067e919bce67b4feaebd2c79b89c47..10f401d274b475e986c36062f849bdac9691d286:/etc/NEWS diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index c27e741969..14101b7e31 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -108,9 +108,15 @@ types any more. Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types. --- ** When pure storage overflows while dumping, Emacs now prints how much pure storage it will approximately need. + +** The script etc/emacs-buffer.gdb can be used with gdb to retrieve the +contents of buffers from a core dump and save them to files easily, should +emacs crash. + * Startup Changes in Emacs 22.1 ++++ ** New command line option -Q or --quick. This is like using -q --no-site-file, but in addition it also disables the fancy startup screen. @@ -344,6 +350,10 @@ understand two new boolean pseudo-frame-parameters `same-frame' and ** The default for the paper size (variable ps-paper-type) is taken from the locale. +** The command `list-faces-display' now accepts a prefix arg. +When passed, the function prompts for a regular expression and lists +only faces matching this regexp. + ** Mark command changes: +++ @@ -701,6 +711,7 @@ gives the fraction of the window's width to scroll the window. The variable `automatic-hscrolling' was renamed to `auto-hscroll-mode'. The old name is still available as an alias. +--- *** Moving or scrolling through images (and other lines) taller that the window now works sensibly, by automatically adjusting the window's vscroll property. @@ -787,6 +798,21 @@ appears in. *** The variable `cursor-in-non-selected-windows' can now be set to any of the recognized cursor types. +** New faces: + ++++ +*** `mode-line-highlight' is the standard face indicating mouse sensitive +elements on mode-line (and header-line) like `highlight' face on text +areas. + ++++ +*** `shadow' face defines the appearance of the "shadowed" text, i.e. +the text which should be less noticeable than the surrounding text. +This can be achieved by using shades of grey in contrast with either +black or white default foreground color. This generic shadow face +allows customization of the appearance of shadowed text in one place, +so package-specific faces can inherit from it. + ** Font-Lock changes: +++ @@ -817,8 +843,10 @@ trouble with fontification and/or indentation. +++ *** New standard font-lock face `font-lock-preprocessor-face'. ++++ *** New standard font-lock face `font-lock-comment-delimiter-face'. ++++ *** Easy to overlook single character negation can now be font-locked. You can use the new variable `font-lock-negation-char-face' and the face of the same name to customize this. Currently the cc-modes, sh-script-mode, @@ -1238,6 +1266,7 @@ modes (shell-mode etc) inserts arguments from previous command lines, like bash's `ESC .' binding. It is bound by default to `C-c .', but otherwise behaves quite similarly to the bash version. ++++ *** `comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields' has been renamed `comint-use-prompt-regexp'. The old name has been kept as an alias, but declared obsolete. @@ -1283,9 +1312,11 @@ buffer causes automatic display in another window of the corresponding matches, compilation errors, etc. This minor mode can be toggled with C-c C-f. ++++ *** When the left fringe is displayed, an arrow points to current message in the compilation buffer. ++++ *** The new variable `compilation-context-lines' controls lines of leading context before the current message. If nil and the left fringe is displayed, it doesn't scroll the compilation output window. If there is no left fringe, @@ -1612,6 +1643,7 @@ referred to as "soft word wrap" in other text editors. This is similar to Refill mode, but more reliable. To turn the word wrap feature off, set `longlines-auto-wrap' to nil. ++++ ** The printing package is now part of the Emacs distribution. If you enable the printing package by including (require 'printing) in @@ -1704,6 +1736,7 @@ This was actually done in Emacs-21.1, and was not documented. * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.1: +--- ** Makefile mode has submodes for automake, gmake, makepp and BSD make. The former two couldn't be differentiated before, and the latter two @@ -2392,6 +2425,7 @@ old name remains available as alias, but has been marked obsolete. +++ *** Desktop saving is now a minor mode, `desktop-save-mode'. ++++ *** The variable `desktop-enable' is obsolete. Customize `desktop-save-mode' to enable desktop saving. @@ -2462,6 +2496,7 @@ currently highlighted regions in an inferior Ediff session. If you answer 'n' then it reverts to the old behavior and asks the user to select regions for comparison. ++++ *** The new command `ediff-backup' compares a file with its most recent backup using `ediff'. If you specify the name of a backup file, `ediff-backup' compares it with the file of which it is a backup. @@ -2651,7 +2686,7 @@ See the file GNUS-NEWS or the node "Oort Gnus" in the Gnus manual for details. --- ** MH-E changes. -Upgraded to MH-E version 7.82. There have been major changes since +Upgraded to MH-E version 7.84. There have been major changes since version 5.0.2; see MH-E-NEWS for details. ** Calendar changes: @@ -3029,6 +3064,10 @@ If APPEND is non-nil, the new element gets added at the end of the list instead of at the beginning. This change actually occurred in Emacs 21.1, but was not documented then. ++++ +*** New function `add-to-ordered-list' is like `add-to-list' but +associates a numeric ordering of each element added to the list. + +++ *** New function `copy-tree' makes a copy of a tree. @@ -3132,6 +3171,10 @@ It returns nil if the given Lisp form can't possibly do anything dangerous; otherwise it returns a reason why the form might be unsafe (calls unknown function, alters global variable, etc). +*** `list-faces-display' takes an optional argument, REGEXP. + +If it is non-nil, the function lists only faces matching this regexp. + ** Lisp code indentation features: +++ @@ -3349,6 +3392,13 @@ clone to the other. --- *** The function `insert-string' is now obsolete. +** Filling changes. + ++++ +*** In determining an adaptive fill prefix, Emacs now tries the function in +`adaptive-fill-function' _before_ matching the buffer line against +`adaptive-fill-regexp' rather than _after_ it. + +++ ** Atomic change groups. @@ -3489,6 +3539,14 @@ properties from surrounding text. element, if the last match was on a buffer. `set-match-data' accepts such a list for restoring the match state. ++++ +*** Functions `match-data' and `set-match-data' now have an optional +argument `reseat'. When non-nil, all markers in the match data list +passed to these function will be reseated to point to nowhere, and if +the value of `reseat' is `evaporate', the markers are put onto the +free list. Note that no other references to those markers must exist +if `evaporate' is specified for the `reseat' argument. + +++ *** The default value of `sentence-end' is now defined using the new variable `sentence-end-without-space', which contains such characters @@ -4771,10 +4829,8 @@ used to add text properties to mode-line elements. to display the size of the accessible part of the buffer on the mode line. -*** Mouse-face on mode-line(and header-line) is now supported. -`mode-line-highlight' is the standard face indicating mouse sensitive -elements on mode-line(and header-line) like `highlight' face on text -areas. ++++ +*** Mouse-face on mode-line (and header-line) is now supported. ** Menu manipulation changes: