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; * etc/NEWS: Some more minor copyedits.

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@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ procedure and therefore obeys saving hooks.
'auto-save-visited-file-name' is now obsolete.
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** New behavior of 'mark-defun' implemented
** New behavior of 'mark-defun'.
Prefix argument selects that many (or that many more) defuns.
Negative prefix arg flips the direction of selection. Also,
'mark-defun' between defuns correctly selects N following defuns (or
@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ This can be customized via the info-menu category in
completion-category-override.
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** The ancestor buffer is shown by default in 3way merges.
** The ancestor buffer is shown by default in 3-way merges.
A new option ediff-show-ancestor and a new toggle
ediff-toggle-show-ancestor.
@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ at image boundaries.
the function 'image-dired-setup-dired-keybindings'.
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*** Thumbnail generation is now asynchronous
*** Thumbnail generation is now asynchronous.
The number of concurrent processes is limited by the variable
'image-dired-thumb-job-limit'.
@ -952,8 +952,9 @@ located and whether GnuPG's option "--homedir" is used or not.
** Tramp
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*** The method part of remote file names is mandatory now. A valid
remote file name starts with "/method:host:" or "/method:user@host:".
*** The method part of remote file names is mandatory now.
A valid remote file name starts with "/method:host:" or
"/method:user@host:".
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*** The new pseudo method "-" is a marker for the default method.
@ -975,8 +976,9 @@ different group ID.
Drive onsite repositories.
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*** Gateway methods in Tramp have been removed. Instead, the Tramp
manual documents how to configure ssh and PuTTY accordingly.
*** Gateway methods in Tramp have been removed.
Instead, the Tramp manual documents how to configure ssh and PuTTY
accordingly.
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*** Setting the "ENV" environment variable in
@ -1088,13 +1090,14 @@ to a format suitable for reverse lookup zone files.
** Ispell
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*** Enchant (version 2.1.0 or later required) is now supported as a
spell-checker. Enchant is a meta-spell-checker that uses providers
*** Enchant is now supported as a spell-checker.
Enchant is a meta-spell-checker that uses providers
such as Hunspell to do the actual checking. With it, users can use
spell-checkers not directly supported by Emacs, such as Voikko, Hspell
and AppleSpell, more easily share personal word-lists with other
programs, and configure different spelling-checkers for different
languages.
languages. (Version 2.1.0 or later of Enchant is required.)
** Flymake
@ -1140,9 +1143,9 @@ similarly but it doesn't prepend a '.'.
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** Certain cond/pcase/cl-case forms are now compiled using a faster jump
table implementation. This uses a new bytecode op 'switch', which isn't
compatible with previous Emacs versions. This functionality can be disabled
by setting 'byte-compile-cond-use-jump-table' to nil.
table implementation. This uses a new bytecode op 'switch', which
isn't compatible with previous Emacs versions. This functionality can
be disabled by setting 'byte-compile-cond-use-jump-table' to nil.
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** 'C-up', 'C-down', 'C-left' and 'C-right' are now defined in term
@ -1502,12 +1505,12 @@ avoids debugger like 'user-error'.
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** The function 'line-number-at-pos' now takes a second optional
argument 'absolute'. If this parameter is nil, the default, this
argument 'absolute'. If this parameter is nil, the default, this
function keeps on returning the line number taking potential narrowing
into account. If this parameter is non-nil, the function ignores
into account. If this parameter is non-nil, the function ignores
narrowing and returns the absolute line number.
** Changes in Frame- and Window- Handling
** Changes in Frame and Window Handling
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*** Resizing a frame no longer runs 'window-configuration-change-hook'.
@ -1640,8 +1643,10 @@ assign window parameters to the window used for displaying the buffer.
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*** New function 'display-buffer-reuse-mode-window' is an action function
suitable for use in 'display-buffer-alist'. For example, to avoid creating
a new window when opening man pages when there's already one, use
suitable for use in 'display-buffer-alist'. For example, to avoid
creating a new window when opening man pages when there's already one,
use
(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
'("\\`\\*Man .*\\*\\'" .
(display-buffer-reuse-mode-window