From 6bc66c10a89e250b147e411e79e1a8f981d2e3a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:07:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] More NEWS copyedits, and some reordering --- etc/NEWS | 589 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 290 insertions(+), 299 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 7375e76515..ba9fc9f2f7 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -13,20 +13,18 @@ and NEWS.1-17 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 24.3 -** The default toolkit has been changed to Gtk+ version 3. +** The default X toolkit is now Gtk+ version 3. If you don't pass `--with-x-toolkit' to configure, or if you use `--with-x-toolkit=gtk' or `--with-x-toolkit=yes', configure will try to build with Gtk+ version 3, and if that fails, try Gtk+ version 2. You can explicitly require a specific version by passing `--with-x-toolkit=gtk2' or `--with-x-toolkit=gtk3' to configure. -** New configure option `--without-all' to disable additional features. -This disables most of the features that are normally enabled by default. - -** New configure option `--enable-link-time-optimization' to utilize +** New configure option `--enable-link-time-optimization', to utilize an appropriate feature provided by GCC since version 4.5.0. ** New configure option `--enable-gcc-warnings', intended for developers. @@ -36,10 +34,13 @@ no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the generated warnings may be useful. ** The configure option `--enable-use-lisp-union-type' has been -renamed to '--enable-check-lisp-object-type', as the resulting +renamed to `--enable-check-lisp-object-type', as the resulting Lisp_Object type no longer uses a union to implement the compile time check that this option enables. +** New configure option `--without-all' to disable most of the optional +features (image support, etc.) that are normally enabled by default. + ** The configure option `--disable-maintainer-mode' has been removed, as it was confusingly-named and rarely useful. @@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ links between the various manuals. ** You can use `NO_BIN_LINK=t make install' to prevent the installation overwriting "emacs" in the installation bin/ directory with a link -to emacs-VERSION. +to "emacs-VERSION". ** Emacs uses libtinfo in preference to libncurses, if available. @@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ to emacs-VERSION. /usr/pkg/lib to the linker search path. You must add them yourself if you want them. -** The standalone scripts rcs-checkin and vcdiff have been removed +** The standalone scripts `rcs-checkin' and `vcdiff' have been removed (from the bin and libexec directories, respectively). The former is no longer relevant, the latter is replaced by lisp (in vc-sccs.el). @@ -75,22 +76,9 @@ been adding them there, put them somewhere else; e.g., site-lisp. * Changes in Emacs 24.3 -** Most `y-or-n' prompts now allow you to scroll the selected window. -Typing `C-v' or `M-v' at a y-or-n prompt scrolls forward or backward -respectively, without exiting from the prompt. - -** Mode line changes - -*** New option `mode-line-default-help-echo' specifies the help text -(shown in a tooltip or in the echo area) for any part of the mode line -that does not have its own specialized help text. - -*** You can now click mouse-3 in the coding system indicator to invoke -`set-buffer-file-coding-system'. - -** Help changes +** Help -*** `C-h f' (describe-function) can now perform autoloading. +*** `C-h f' (`describe-function') can now perform autoloading. When this command is called for an autoloaded function whose docstring contains a key substitution construct, that function's library is automatically loaded, so that the documentation can be shown @@ -100,16 +88,12 @@ correctly. To disable this, set `help-enable-auto-load' to nil. even after their associated libraries have been loaded (and the autoloads have been redefined as functions). -** Minibuffer changes - -*** In minibuffer filename prompts, `C-M-f' and `C-M-b' now move to the -next and previous path separator, respectively. +** ImageMagick -*** `minibuffer-electric-default-mode' can shorten "(default ...)" to "[...]" -in minibuffer prompts. Just set `minibuffer-eldef-shorten-default' -non-nil before enabling the mode. +*** Images displayed via ImageMagick now support transparency and the +:background image specification property. -** ImageMagick support, if available, is automatically enabled. +*** When available, ImageMagick support is automatically enabled. It is no longer necessary to call `imagemagick-register-types' explicitly to install ImageMagick image types; that function is called automatically at startup, or when customizing an imagemagick- option. @@ -123,10 +107,25 @@ ImageMagick types are treated as images. The function `imagemagick-filter-types' returns the list of types that will be treated as images. -*** Images displayed via ImageMagick now support transparency and the -:background image specification property. +** Minibuffer -** Server and client changes +*** In minibuffer filename prompts, `C-M-f' and `C-M-b' now move to the +next and previous path separator, respectively. + +*** `minibuffer-electric-default-mode' can shorten "(default ...)" to "[...]" +in minibuffer prompts. Just set `minibuffer-eldef-shorten-default' +non-nil before enabling the mode. + +** Mode line + +*** New option `mode-line-default-help-echo' specifies the help text +(shown in a tooltip or in the echo area) for any part of the mode line +that does not have its own specialized help text. + +*** You can now click mouse-3 in the coding system indicator to invoke +`set-buffer-file-coding-system'. + +** Server and client *** emacsclient now obeys string values for `initial-buffer-choice', if it is told to open a new frame without specifying any file to visit @@ -134,40 +133,44 @@ or expression to evaluate. *** New option `server-auth-key' specifies a shared server key. -** In the Package Menu, newly-available packages are listed as "new", -and sorted above the other "available" packages by default. - -** `C-x C-q' is now bound to the new minor mode `read-only-mode'. -This minor mode replaces `toggle-read-only', which is now obsolete. - ** Emacs now generates backtraces on fatal errors. On encountering a fatal error, Emacs now outputs a textual description of the fatal signal, and a short backtrace on platforms like glibc that support backtraces. +** `C-x C-q' is now bound to the new minor mode `read-only-mode'. +This minor mode replaces `toggle-read-only', which is now obsolete. + +** Most `y-or-n' prompts now allow you to scroll the selected window. +Typing `C-v' or `M-v' at a y-or-n prompt scrolls forward or backward +respectively, without exiting from the prompt. + +** In the Package Menu, newly-available packages are listed as "new", +and sorted above the other "available" packages by default. + ** If your Emacs was built from a bzr checkout, the new variable `emacs-bzr-version' contains information about the bzr revision used. -** New variable `create-lockfiles' specifies usage of lockfiles. +** New option `create-lockfiles' specifies usage of lockfiles. It defaults to t. Changing it to nil inhibits the creation of lock files (use this with caution). -** Using "unibyte: t" in Lisp source files is obsolete. -Use "coding: raw-text" instead. - -** Setting `enable-remote-dir-locals' to non-nil allows directory -local variables on remote hosts. +** New option `enable-remote-dir-locals', if non-nil, allows directory-local +variables on remote hosts. ** The entry for PCL-CVS has been removed from the Tools menu. The PCL-CVS commands are still available via the keyboard. -** Internationalization changes +** Using "unibyte: t" in Lisp source files is obsolete. +Use "coding: raw-text" instead. + +** Internationalization *** New language environment: Persian. *** New input method `vietnamese-vni'. -** Nextstep (GNUstep / Mac OS X) port changes +** Nextstep (GNUstep / Mac OS X) port *** Support for fullscreen and the frame parameter fullscreen. @@ -177,16 +180,7 @@ menu/toolbar. * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.3 -** Navigation command changes - -*** New binding `M-g c' for `goto-char'. - -*** New binding `M-g TAB' for `move-to-column'. - -*** `M-g TAB' (`move-to-column') prompts for a column number if called -interactively with no prefix arg. Previously, it moved to column 1. - -** Search and Replace changes +** Search and Replace *** Non-regexp Isearch now performs "lax" space matching. Each sequence of spaces in the supplied search string may match any @@ -205,6 +199,25 @@ The default is nil. and `M-s _' in Isearch toggles symbol search mode. `M-s c' in Isearch toggles search case-sensitivity. +** Navigation commands + +*** New binding `M-g c' for `goto-char'. + +*** New binding `M-g TAB' for `move-to-column'. + +*** `M-g TAB' (`move-to-column') prompts for a column number if called +interactively with no prefix arg. Previously, it moved to column 1. + +** New option `yank-handled-properties' allows processing of text +properties on yanked text, in ways that are more general than just +removing them (as is done by `yank-excluded-properties'). + +** New option `delete-trailing-lines' specifies whether +M-x delete-trailing-whitespace should delete trailing lines at the end +of the buffer. It defaults to t. + +** `C-u M-=' now counts lines/words/characters in the entire buffer. + ** `C-x 8 RET' is now bound to `insert-char', which is now a command. `ucs-insert' is now an obsolete alias for `insert-char'. @@ -212,11 +225,10 @@ and `M-s _' in Isearch toggles symbol search mode. It used to be bound to `kill-this-buffer', but `z' is too easy to accidentally type. -** New option `delete-trailing-lines' specifies whether -M-x delete-trailing-whitespace should delete trailing lines at the end -of the buffer. It defaults to t. +** New command `C-x r M-w' (`copy-rectangle-as-kill'). +It copies the region-rectangle as the last rectangle kill. -** Register changes +** Registers *** `C-x r +' is now overloaded to invoke `append-to-register'. @@ -224,45 +236,10 @@ of the buffer. It defaults to t. the text to put between collected texts for use with M-x append-to-register and M-x prepend-to-register. -** `C-u M-=' now counts lines/words/characters in the entire buffer. - -** New command `C-x r M-w' (`copy-rectangle-as-kill'). -It copies the region-rectangle as the last rectangle kill. - -** New option `yank-handled-properties' allows processing of text -properties on yanked text, in ways that are more general than just -removing them, as done by `yank-excluded-properties'. - * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.3 -** Apropos - -*** The faces used by Apropos are now directly customizable. -These faces are named `apropos-symbol', `apropos-keybinding', and so on; -see the `apropos' Custom group for details. - -*** The old options whose values specified faces to use have been removed -(i.e. `apropos-symbol-face', `apropos-keybinding-face', etc.). - -** Buffer Menu - -*** This package has been rewritten to use Tabulated List mode. - -*** Option `Buffer-menu-buffer+size-width' is now obsolete. -Use `Buffer-menu-name-width' and `Buffer-menu-size-width' instead. - -** Calendar - -*** You can customize the header text that appears above each calendar month. -See the variable `calendar-month-header'. - -*** New LaTeX calendar style, produced by `cal-tex-cursor-week2-summary'. - -*** The calendars produced by cal-html include holidays. -Customize `cal-html-holidays' to change this. - -** CL +** Common Lisp emulation (CL) *** CL's main entry is now (require 'cl-lib). `cl-lib' is like the old `cl' except that it uses the namespace cleanly; @@ -304,18 +281,77 @@ to nil rather than being made unbound. `define-setf-expander' (use `gv-define-setter' or `gv-define-expander') `get-setf-method' no longer exists (see "Incompatible Lisp Changes") -** New compilation option `compilation-always-kill'. +** Diff mode -** Customize +*** Changes are now highlighted using the same color scheme as in +modern VCSes. Deletions are displayed in red (new faces +`diff-refine-removed' and `smerge-refined-removed', and new definition +of `diff-removed'), insertions in green (new faces `diff-refine-added' +and `smerge-refined-added', and new definition of `diff-added'). -*** `custom-reset-button-menu' now defaults to t. +*** The variable `diff-use-changed-face' defines whether to use the +face `diff-changed', or `diff-removed' and `diff-added' to highlight +changes in context diffs. -*** Non-option variables are never matched in `customize-apropos' and -`customize-apropos-options' (i.e., the prefix argument does nothing for -these commands now). +*** The new command `diff-delete-trailing-whitespace' removes trailing +whitespace introduced by a diff. -** `desktop-path' no longer includes the "." directory. -Desktop files are now located in ~/.emacs.d by default. +** Ediff now uses the same color scheme as Diff mode. + +** Python mode + +A new version of python.el, which provides several new features, including: +per-buffer shells, better indentation, Python 3 support, and improved +shell-interaction compatible with iPython (and virtually any other +text based shell). + +*** Some user options have been replaced/renamed, including (old -> new): +**** python-indent -> python-indent-offset +**** python-guess-indent -> python-indent-guess-indent-offset +**** python-pdbtrack-do-tracking-p -> python-pdbtrack-activate +**** python-use-skeletons -> python-skeleton-autoinsert + +*** Some user options have been removed, including: + +**** `python-indent-string-contents': Strings are never indented. + +**** `python-honour-comment-indentation': +Comments are never considered as indentation markers themselves. + +**** `python-continuation-offset': Indentation is automatically +calculated in a pep8 compliant way depending on the context. + +**** `python-shell-prompt-alist', `python-shell-continuation-prompt-alist': +Have no direct mapping as the shell interaction is completely different. + +**** `python-python-command', `python-jython-command': +Replaced by `python-shell-interpreter'. + +**** `inferior-python-filter-regexp', `python-remove-cwd-from-path', +`python-pdbtrack-minor-mode-string', `python-source-modes': +No longer relevant. + +*** Some commands have been replaced (old -> new): +**** python-insert-class -> python-skeleton-class +**** python-insert-def -> python-skeleton-def +**** python-insert-for -> python-skeleton-for +**** python-insert-if -> python-skeleton-if +**** python-insert-try/except -> python-skeleton-try +**** python-insert-try/finally -> python-skeleton-try +**** python-insert-while -> python-skeleton-while +**** python-find-function -> python-nav-jump-to-defun +**** python-next-statement -> python-nav-forward-sentence +**** python-previous-statement -> python-nav-backward-sentence +**** python-beginning-of-defun-function -> python-nav-beginning-of-defun +**** python-end-of-defun-function -> python-nav-end-of-defun +**** python-send-buffer -> python-shell-send-buffer +**** python-send-defun -> python-shell-send-defun +**** python-send-region -> python-shell-send-region +**** python-send-region-and-go -> emulate with python-shell-send-region +and python-shell-switch-to-shell +**** python-send-string -> python-shell-send-string +**** python-switch-to-python -> python-shell-switch-to-shell +**** python-describe-symbol -> python-eldoc-at-point ** D-Bus @@ -332,26 +368,14 @@ It can be interrupted by `C-g'. `dbus-call-method-non-blocking' is obsolete. *** Signals can also be sent as unicast messages. *** The argument list of `dbus-register-signal' has been extended, -according to the new match rule types of D-Bus. See the manual for details. +according to the new match rule types of D-Bus. *** `dbus-init-bus' supports private connections. *** There is a new function `dbus-setenv'. -** Diff mode - -*** Changes are now highlighted using the same color scheme as in -modern VCSes. Deletions are displayed in red (new faces -`diff-refine-removed' and `smerge-refined-removed', and new definition -of `diff-removed'), insertions in green (new faces `diff-refine-added' -and `smerge-refined-added', and new definition of `diff-added'). - -*** The variable `diff-use-changed-face' defines whether to use the -face `diff-changed', or `diff-removed' and `diff-added' to highlight -changes in context diffs. - -*** The new command `diff-delete-trailing-whitespace' removes trailing -whitespace introduced by a diff. +** `desktop-path' no longer includes the "." directory. +Desktop files are now located in ~/.emacs.d by default. ** Dired @@ -374,8 +398,6 @@ In Transient Mark mode the default is the file at the active mark. *** `M-=' is no longer bound to `dired-backup-diff' in Dired buffers. The global binding for `M-=', `count-words-region' is in effect. -** Ediff now uses the same color scheme as Diff mode. - ** ERC *** New module "notifications", which can send a notification when you @@ -387,130 +409,78 @@ channel keys found. *** New option `erc-lurker-hide-list', similar to `erc-hide-list', but only applies to messages sent by lurkers. -** Flymake uses fringe bitmaps to indicate errors and warnings. -See `flymake-fringe-indicator-position', `flymake-error-bitmap' and -`flymake-warning-bitmap'. - -** Follow mode no longer works by using advice. -The option `follow-intercept-processes' has been removed. - -** The FFAP option `ffap-url-unwrap-remote' can now be a list of strings, -specifying URL types that should be converted to remote file names at -the FFAP prompt. The default is now '("ftp"). - -** New Ibuffer `derived-mode' filter, bound to `/ M'. -The old binding for `/ M' (filter by used-mode) is now bound to `/ m'. - -** `javascript-generic-mode' is now an obsolete alias for `js-mode'. +** reStructuredText mode -** New option `mouse-avoidance-banish-position' specifies where the -`banish' mouse avoidance setting moves the mouse. +*** Keybindings (see `C-c C-h'), TAB indentation, filling and auto-filling, +fontification, comment handling, and customization have all been revised +and improved. -** notifications.el supports now version 1.2 of the Notifications API. -The function `notifications-get-capabilities' returns the supported -server properties. +*** Support for `imenu' and `which-function-mode'. -** In Perl mode, new option `perl-indent-parens-as-block' causes non-block -closing brackets to be aligned with the line of the opening bracket. +*** The reStructuredText syntax is more closely covered. +Sphinx support has been improved. -** In Proced mode, new command `proced-renice' renices marked processes. +*** `rst-insert-list' inserts new list or continues existing lists. -** Python mode +*** A negative prefix argument always works for `rst-adjust'. -A new version of python.el, which provides several new features, including: -per-buffer shells, better indentation, Python 3 support, and improved -shell-interaction compatible with iPython (and virtually any other -text based shell). +*** The window configuration is reset after displaying a TOC. -*** Some user options have been replaced/renamed, including: -Old defcustom: | New defcustom: -python-indent | python-indent-offset -python-guess-indent | python-indent-guess-indent-offset -python-pdbtrack-do-tracking-p | python-pdbtrack-activate -python-use-skeletons | python-skeleton-autoinsert +*** The constant `rst-version' describes the rst.el package version. -*** Some user options have been removed, including: +** Shell Script mode -**** `python-indent-string-contents': Strings are never indented. +*** Pairing of parens/quotes uses `electric-pair-mode' instead of skeleton-pair. -**** `python-honour-comment-indentation': -Comments are never considered as indentation markers themselves. +*** `sh-electric-here-document-mode' now controls auto-insertion of here-docs. -**** `python-continuation-offset': Indentation is automatically -calculated in a pep8 compliant way depending on the context. +*** `sh-use-smie' lets you choose a new indentation and navigation code. -**** `python-shell-prompt-alist', `python-shell-continuation-prompt-alist': -Have no direct mapping as the shell interaction is completely different. +** VHDL mode -**** `python-python-command', `python-jython-command': -Replaced by `python-shell-interpreter'. +*** The free software compiler GHDL is supported (and now the default). -**** `inferior-python-filter-regexp', `python-remove-cwd-from-path', -`python-pdbtrack-minor-mode-string', `python-source-modes': -No longer relevant. +*** Support for the VHDL-AMS packages has been added/updated. -*** Some commands have been replaced: -Old command | New command -python-insert-class | python-skeleton-class -python-insert-def | python-skeleton-def -python-insert-for | python-skeleton-for -python-insert-if | python-skeleton-if -python-insert-try/except | python-skeleton-try -python-insert-try/finally | python-skeleton-try -python-insert-while | python-skeleton-while -python-find-function | python-nav-jump-to-defun -python-next-statement | python-nav-forward-sentence -python-previous-statement | python-nav-backward-sentence -python-beginning-of-defun-function | python-nav-beginning-of-defun -python-end-of-defun-function | python-nav-end-of-defun -python-send-buffer | python-shell-send-buffer -python-send-defun | python-shell-send-defun -python-send-region | python-shell-send-region -python-send-region-and-go | Emulate with python-shell-send-region and - python-shell-switch-to-shell -python-send-string | python-shell-send-string -python-switch-to-python | python-shell-switch-to-shell -python-describe-symbol | python-eldoc-at-point +*** Updated to the 2002 revision of the VHDL standard. -** reStructuredText mode +*** Accepts \r and \f as whitespace. -*** Keybindings (see `C-c C-h'), TAB indentation, filling and auto-filling, -fontification, comment handling, and customization have all been revised -and improved. +** Apropos -*** Support for `imenu' and `which-function-mode'. +*** The faces used by Apropos are now directly customizable. +These faces are named `apropos-symbol', `apropos-keybinding', and so on; +see the `apropos' Custom group for details. -*** The reStructuredText syntax is more closely covered. -Sphinx support has been improved. +*** The old options whose values specified faces to use have been removed +(i.e. `apropos-symbol-face', `apropos-keybinding-face', etc.). -*** `rst-insert-list' inserts new list or continues existing lists. +** Buffer Menu -*** A negative prefix argument always works for `rst-adjust'. +*** This package has been rewritten to use Tabulated List mode. -*** The window configuration is reset after displaying a TOC. +*** Option `Buffer-menu-buffer+size-width' is now obsolete. +Use `Buffer-menu-name-width' and `Buffer-menu-size-width' instead. -*** The constant `rst-version' describes the rst.el package version. +** Calendar -** Shell Script mode +*** You can customize the header text that appears above each calendar month. +See the variable `calendar-month-header'. -*** Pairing of parens/quotes uses `electric-pair-mode' instead of skeleton-pair. +*** New LaTeX calendar style, produced by `cal-tex-cursor-week2-summary'. -*** `sh-electric-here-document-mode' now controls auto-insertion of here-docs. +*** The calendars produced by cal-html include holidays. +Customize `cal-html-holidays' to change this. -*** `sh-use-smie' lets you choose a new indentation and navigation code. +** Compile has a new option `compilation-always-kill'. -** New option `async-shell-command-buffer' specifies the buffer to use -for a new asynchronous `shell-command' when the default output buffer -`*Async Shell Command*' is already in use. +** Customize -** SQL mode has a new option `sql-db2-escape-newlines'. -If non-nil, newlines sent to the command interpreter will be escaped -by a backslash. The default does not escape the newlines and assumes -that the sql statement will be terminated by a semicolon. +*** `custom-reset-button-menu' now defaults to t. -** New command `tabulated-list-sort', bound to `S' in Tabulated List mode -(and modes that derive from it), sorts the column at point, or the Nth -column if a numeric prefix argument is given. +*** Non-option variables are never matched in `customize-apropos' and +`customize-apropos-options' (i.e., the prefix argument does nothing for +these commands now). ** Term @@ -524,7 +494,6 @@ by customizing the corresponding `term-color-', ** Tramp *** The syntax has been extended in order to allow ad-hoc proxy definitions. -See the manual for details. *** Remote processes are now also supported on remote MS-Windows hosts. @@ -540,22 +509,53 @@ and the `attributes' slot is always nil. The `url-retrieve' function now uses this to encode its URL argument, in case that is not properly encoded. -** VHDL mode +** notifications.el supports now version 1.2 of the Notifications API. +The function `notifications-get-capabilities' returns the supported +server properties. -*** The free software compiler GHDL is supported (and now the default). +** Flymake uses fringe bitmaps to indicate errors and warnings. +See `flymake-fringe-indicator-position', `flymake-error-bitmap' and +`flymake-warning-bitmap'. -*** Support for the VHDL-AMS packages has been added/updated. +** The FFAP option `ffap-url-unwrap-remote' can now be a list of strings, +specifying URL types that should be converted to remote file names at +the FFAP prompt. The default is now '("ftp"). -*** Updated to the 2002 revision of the VHDL standard. +** New Ibuffer `derived-mode' filter, bound to `/ M'. +The old binding for `/ M' (filter by used-mode) is now bound to `/ m'. -*** Accepts \r and \f as whitespace. +** New option `mouse-avoidance-banish-position' specifies where the +`banish' mouse avoidance setting moves the mouse. + +** In Perl mode, new option `perl-indent-parens-as-block' causes non-block +closing brackets to be aligned with the line of the opening bracket. + +** In Proced mode, new command `proced-renice' renices marked processes. + +** New option `async-shell-command-buffer' specifies the buffer to use +for a new asynchronous `shell-command' when the default output buffer +`*Async Shell Command*' is already in use. + +** SQL mode has a new option `sql-db2-escape-newlines'. +If non-nil, newlines sent to the command interpreter will be escaped +by a backslash. The default does not escape the newlines and assumes +that the sql statement will be terminated by a semicolon. + +** New command `tabulated-list-sort', bound to `S' in Tabulated List mode +(and modes that derive from it), sorts the column at point, or the Nth +column if a numeric prefix argument is given. ** `which-func-modes' now defaults to t, so Which Function mode, when enabled, applies to all applicable major modes. -** winner-mode-hook now runs when the mode is disabled, as well as when +** `winner-mode-hook' now runs when the mode is disabled, as well as when it is enabled. +** Follow mode no longer works by using advice. +The option `follow-intercept-processes' has been removed. + +** `javascript-generic-mode' is now an obsolete alias for `js-mode'. + ** Hooks renamed to avoid obsolete "-hooks" suffix: *** semantic-lex-reset-hooks -> semantic-lex-reset-functions *** semantic-change-hooks -> semantic-change-functions @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ it is enabled. *** nndiary-request-accept-article-hooks -> nndiary-request-accept-article-functions *** gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-hooks -> gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-functions -** Obsolete packages: +** Obsolete packages *** assoc.el In most cases, assoc+member+push+delq work just as well. @@ -602,17 +602,21 @@ inefficiency, and not namespace-clean. * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.3 -** set-buffer-multibyte now signals an error in narrowed buffers. +** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options. +Only variables defined using `defcustom' are considered user options. +The function `user-variable-p' is now an obsolete alias for +`custom-variable-p'. + +** The return values of `defalias', `defun' and `defmacro' have changed, +and are now undefined. For backwards compatibility, `defun' and +`defmacro' currently return the name of the newly defined +function/macro, but this should not be relied upon. ** `random' by default now returns a different random sequence in every Emacs run. Use `(random S)', where S is a string, to set the random seed to a value based on S, in order to get a repeatable sequence in later calls. -** The function `x-select-font' can return a font spec, instead of a -font name as a string. Whether it returns a font spec or a font name -depends on the graphical library. - ** If the NEWTEXT arg to `replace-match' contains a substring "\?", that substring is inserted literally even if the LITERAL arg is non-nil, instead of causing an error to be signaled. @@ -620,22 +624,14 @@ non-nil, instead of causing an error to be signaled. ** `select-window' now always makes the window's buffer current. It does so even if the window was selected before. -** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options. -Only variables defined using `defcustom' are considered user options. -The function `user-variable-p' is now an obsolete alias for -`custom-variable-p'. - -** The return values of `defalias', `defun' and `defmacro' have changed, -and are now undefined. For backwards compatibility, `defun' and -`defmacro' currently return the name of the newly defined -function/macro, but this should not be relied upon. +** The function `x-select-font' can return a font spec, instead of a +font name as a string. Whether it returns a font spec or a font name +depends on the graphical library. ** `face-spec-set' no longer sets frame-specific attributes when the third argument is a frame (that usage was obsolete since Emacs 22.2). -** The arguments of `dbus-register-signal' are no longer just strings, -but keywords or keyword-string pairs. The old argument list will -still be supported for Emacs 24.x. +** `set-buffer-multibyte' now signals an error in narrowed buffers. ** The CL package's `get-setf-method' function no longer exists. Generalized variables are now part of core Emacs Lisp, and implemented @@ -643,7 +639,11 @@ differently to the way cl.el used to do it. It is not possible to define a compatible replacement for `get-setf-method'. See the file gv.el for internal details of the new implementation. -** Spelling changes. +** The arguments of `dbus-register-signal' are no longer just strings, +but keywords or keyword-string pairs. The old argument list will +still be supported for Emacs 24.x. + +** Miscellaneous name changes Some Lisp symbols have been renamed to correct their spelling, or to be more consistent with standard Emacs terminology. @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ are deprecated and will be removed eventually. **** robin-inactivate-hook -> robin-deactivate-hook **** quail-inactivate-hook -> quail-deactivate-hook -*** Renamed Lisp variables +*** Renamed variables **** follow-deactive-menu -> follow-inactive-menu **** inactivate-current-input-method-function -> deactivate-current-input-method-function @@ -693,22 +693,32 @@ are deprecated and will be removed eventually. * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.3 -** New sampling-based Elisp profiler. -Try M-x profiler-start, do some work, and then call M-x profiler-report. -When finished, use M-x profiler-stop. The sampling rate can be based on -CPU time or memory allocations. - ** CL-style generalized variables are now in core Elisp. `setf' is autoloaded; `push' and `pop' accept generalized variables. You can define your own generalized variables using `gv-define-simple-setter', `gv-define-setter', etc. +** Emacs tries to macroexpand interpreted (non-compiled) files during load. +This can significantly speed up execution of non-byte-compiled code, +but can also bump into previously unnoticed cyclic dependencies. +These are generally harmless: they will simply cause the macro calls +to be left for later expansion (as before), but will result in a +warning ("Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle") describing the cycle. +You may wish to restructure your code so this does not happen. + +** New sampling-based Elisp profiler. +Try M-x profiler-start, do some work, and then call M-x profiler-report. +When finished, use M-x profiler-stop. The sampling rate can be based on +CPU time or memory allocations. + ** `defun' also accepts a (declare DECLS) form, like `defmacro'. The interpretation of the DECLS is determined by `defun-declarations-alist'. -** Minibuffer +** New macros `setq-local' and `defvar-local'. -*** `read-regexp' has a new argument HISTORY; the first argument PROMPT +** Face underlining can now use a wave. + +** `read-regexp' has a new argument HISTORY; the first argument PROMPT of `read-regexp' accepts a string ending with a colon and space, and its second argument DEFAULTS can be a list of strings accessible via `M-n' in the minibuffer ahead of other hard-coded useful regexp-related values. @@ -722,7 +732,7 @@ in the presence of quoting, such as file completion in shell buffers. *** New function `completion-table-subvert' to use an existing completion table, but with a different prefix. -** Debugger changes +** Debugger *** New error type and new function `user-error'. These do not trigger the debugger. @@ -737,12 +747,13 @@ to work out which code is doing something. *** New var `inhibit-debugger', automatically set to prevent accidental recursive invocations. -** Window changes +** Window handling -*** The functions `get-lru-window', `get-mru-window' and `get-largest-window' -now accept a third argument to avoid choosing the selected window. +*** New command `fit-frame-to-buffer' adjusts the frame height to +fit the contents. -*** Additional values recognized for option `window-combination-limit'. +*** The command `fit-window-to-buffer' can adjust the frame height +if the new option `fit-frame-to-buffer' is non-nil. *** New macro `with-temp-buffer-window', similar to `with-output-to-temp-buffer'. @@ -750,30 +761,29 @@ now accept a third argument to avoid choosing the selected window. *** `temp-buffer-resize-mode' no longer resizes windows that have been reused. -*** New command `fit-frame-to-buffer' adjusts the frame height to -fit the contents. - -*** The command `fit-window-to-buffer' can adjust the frame height -if the new option `fit-frame-to-buffer' is non-nil. - *** New option `switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point' to restore a window's point when switching buffers. -*** New display action functions `display-buffer-below-selected', -and `display-buffer-in-previous-window'. +*** New display action alist entries `window-height' and `window-width' +specify the size of new windows created by `display-buffer'. + +*** New display action alist entry `pop-up-frame-parameters', if +non-nil, specifies frame parameters to give any newly-created frame. *** New display action alist entry `inhibit-switch-frame', if non-nil, tells display action functions to avoid changing which frame is selected. -*** New display action alist entry `pop-up-frame-parameters', if -non-nil, specifies frame parameters to give any newly-created frame. - *** New display action alist entry `previous-window', if non-nil, specifies window to reuse in `display-buffer-in-previous-window'. -*** New display action alist entries `window-height' and `window-width' -specify the size of new windows created by `display-buffer'. +*** New display action functions `display-buffer-below-selected', +and `display-buffer-in-previous-window'. + +*** The functions `get-lru-window', `get-mru-window' and `get-largest-window' +now accept a third argument to avoid choosing the selected window. + +*** Additional values recognized for option `window-combination-limit'. *** The following variables are obsolete, as they can be replaced by appropriate entries in the `display-buffer-alist' function introduced @@ -813,15 +823,18 @@ Previously, they returned NaNs on some platforms but signaled errors on others. The affected functions are acos, asin, tan, exp, expt, log, log10, sqrt, and mod. -** Emacs tries to macroexpand interpreted (non-compiled) files during load. -This can significantly speed up execution of non-byte-compiled code, -but can also bump into previously unnoticed cyclic dependencies. -These are generally harmless: they will simply cause the macro calls -to be left for later expansion (as before), but will result in a -warning ("Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle") describing the cycle. -You may wish to restructure your code so this does not happen. +** New fringe bitmap `exclamation-mark'. -** Miscellaneous new functions: +** Miscellaneous changes to special forms and macros + +*** `defun' and `defmacro' are now macros rather than special forms. + +*** `kbd' is now a function rather than a macro. + +** Miscellaneous new functions + +*** `set-temporary-overlay-map' sets up a temporary keymap that +takes precedence over most other maps for a short while (normally one key). *** `autoloadp' tests if its argument is an autoloaded object. @@ -835,41 +848,19 @@ You may wish to restructure your code so this does not happen. *** `posnp' tests if an object is a `posn'. -*** `set-temporary-overlay-map' sets up a temporary keymap that -takes precedence over most other maps for a short while (normally one key). - *** `system-users' returns the user names on the system. *** `system-groups' returns the group names on the system. *** `tty-top-frame' returns the topmost frame of a text terminal. -** New macros `setq-local' and `defvar-local'. - -** Changes to special forms and macros - -*** `defun' and `defmacro' are now macros rather than special forms. - -*** `kbd' is now a function rather than a macro. - -** New fringe bitmap `exclamation-mark'. - -** Face underlining can now use a wave. - ** The following functions and variables are obsolete: - *** `automount-dir-prefix' (use `directory-abbrev-alist') - *** `buffer-has-markers-at' - *** `macro-declaration-function' (use `macro-declarations-alist') - *** `window-system-version' (provides no useful information) - *** `dired-pop-to-buffer' (use `dired-mark-pop-up') - *** `query-replace-interactive' - *** `font-list-limit' (has had no effect since Emacs < 23) -- 2.39.2