diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index d658c7a5463..80280ff7aee 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -668,6 +668,31 @@ updated with common pairs of quotation characters, including "‘", "’", "“", "”", "«", "»", "‹", "›", "‚", "„", "「", "」", "『", and "』". The default is unchanged. ++++ +** 'M-TAB' now invokes 'completion-at-point' also in Text mode. +By default, Text mode no longer binds 'M-TAB' to 'ispell-complete-word'. +Instead, this mode arranges for 'completion-at-point', globally bound to +'M-TAB', to perform word completion as well. You can have Text mode +bind 'M-TAB' to 'ispell-complete-word' as it did in previous Emacs +versions, or disable Ispell word completion in Text mode altogether, by +customizing the new user option 'text-mode-ispell-word-completion'. + +--- +** Mode-line mnemonics for some coding-systems have changed. +The mode-line mnemonic for 'utf-7' is now the lowercase 'u', to be +consistent with the other encodings of this family. + +The mode-line mnemonic for 'koi8-u' is now 'У', U+0423 CYRILLIC +CAPITAL LETTER U, to distinguish between this encoding and the +UTF-8/UTF-16 family. + +If your terminal cannot display 'У', or if you want to get the old +behavior back for any other reason, you can do that using the +'coding-system-put' function. For example, the following restores the +previous behavior of showing 'U' in the mode line for 'koi8-u': + + (coding-system-put 'koi8-u :mnemonic ?U) + ** Internationalization --- @@ -750,7 +775,6 @@ shows the matched outlines. It can be used in all tree-sitter major modes that set either the variable 'treesit-simple-imenu-settings' or 'treesit-outline-predicate'. - ** Info --- @@ -1877,7 +1901,6 @@ will return the URL for that bug. ** Miscellaneous ---- +++ *** New user option 'rcirc-log-time-format'. This allows for rcirc logs to use a custom timestamp format, than the @@ -1934,6 +1957,7 @@ options of GNU 'ls'. Typing 'C-u M-x ping' prompts first for the host, and then for the flags to give to "ping". +--- *** Webjump now assumes URIs are HTTPS instead of HTTP. For links in 'webjump-sites' without an explicit URI scheme, it was previously assumed that they should be prefixed with "http://". Such @@ -2075,10 +2099,6 @@ preventing the installation of Compat if unnecessary. * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 30.1 ---- -** 'subr-native-elisp-p' is renamed to 'native-comp-function-p'. -The previous name still exists but is marked as obsolete. - +++ ** Evaluating a 'lambda' returns an object of type 'interpreted-function'. Instead of representing interpreted functions as lists that start with @@ -2096,6 +2116,16 @@ no longer work and will need to use 'aref' instead to extract its various subparts (when 'interactive-form', 'documentation', and 'help-function-arglist' aren't adequate). +--- +** The escape sequence '\x' not followed by hex digits is now an error. +Previously, '\x' without at least one hex digit denoted character code +zero (NUL) but as this was neither intended nor documented or even +known by anyone, it is now treated as an error by the Lisp reader. + +--- +** 'subr-native-elisp-p' is renamed to 'native-comp-function-p'. +The previous name still exists but is marked as obsolete. + +++ ** 'define-globalized-minor-mode' requires that modes use 'run-mode-hooks'. Minor modes defined with 'define-globalized-minor-mode', such as @@ -2104,26 +2134,6 @@ whose major modes fail to use 'run-mode-hooks'. Major modes defined with 'define-derived-mode' are not affected. 'run-mode-hooks' has been the recommended way to run major mode hooks since Emacs 22. ---- -** Old derived.el functions removed. -The following functions have been deleted because they were only used -by code compiled with Emacs<21: -'derived-mode-init-mode-variables', 'derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables', -'derived-mode-merge-keymaps', 'derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables', -'derived-mode-run-hooks', 'derived-mode-set-abbrev-table', -'derived-mode-set-keymap', 'derived-mode-set-syntax-table', -'derived-mode-setup-function-name'. - -+++ -** 'M-TAB' now invokes 'completion-at-point' also in Text mode. -By default, Text mode no longer binds 'M-TAB' to -'ispell-complete-word'. Instead, this mode arranges for -'completion-at-point', globally bound to 'M-TAB', to perform word -completion as well. You can have Text mode bind 'M-TAB' to -'ispell-complete-word' as it did in previous Emacs versions, or -disable Ispell word completion in Text mode altogether, by customizing -the new user option 'text-mode-ispell-word-completion'. - ** 'pp' and 'pp-to-string' now always include a terminating newline. In the past they included a terminating newline in most cases but not all. @@ -2136,28 +2146,11 @@ supports it (with a warning) for backward compatibility. ** 'post-gc-hook' runs after updating 'gcs-done' and 'gcs-elapsed'. ---- -** The escape sequence '\x' not followed by hex digits is now an error. -Previously, '\x' without at least one hex digit denoted character code -zero (NUL) but as this was neither intended nor documented or even -known by anyone, it is now treated as an error by the Lisp reader. - --- ** Connection-local variables are applied in buffers visiting a remote file. This overrides possible directory-local or file-local variables with the same name. ---- -** User option 'tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout' has been removed. -This user option has been obsoleted in Emacs 27, use -'remote-file-name-inhibit-cache' instead. - ---- -** User options 'eshell-NAME-unload-hook' are now obsolete. -These hooks were named incorrectly, and so they never actually ran -when unloading the corresponding feature. Instead, you should use -hooks named after the feature name, like 'esh-mode-unload-hook'. - +++ ** 'copy-tree' now copies records when its optional 2nd argument is non-nil. @@ -2169,22 +2162,6 @@ assertion only (which is useless). For historical compatibility, an operator character following '^' or '\`' becomes literal, but we advise against relying on this. ---- -** Mode-line mnemonics for some coding-systems have changed. -The mode-line mnemonic for 'utf-7' is now the lowercase 'u', to be -consistent with the other encodings of this family. - -The mode-line mnemonic for 'koi8-u' is now 'У', U+0423 CYRILLIC -CAPITAL LETTER U, to distinguish between this encoding and the -UTF-8/UTF-16 family. - -If your terminal cannot display 'У', or if you want to get the old -behavior back for any other reason, you can do that using the -'coding-system-put' function. For example, the following restores the -previous behavior of showing 'U' in the mode line for 'koi8-u': - - (coding-system-put 'koi8-u :mnemonic ?U) - --- ** 'vietnamese-tcvn' is now a coding system alias for 'vietnamese-vscii'. VSCII-1 and TCVN-5712 are different names for the same character @@ -2202,25 +2179,6 @@ Instead, the Lisp reader approximates an infinity with the nearest finite value, and a NaN with some other non-numeric object that provokes an error if used numerically. -+++ -** X color support compatibility aliases are now marked obsolete. -The compatibility aliases 'x-defined-colors', 'x-color-defined-p', -'x-color-values', and 'x-display-color-p' are now obsolete. - -+++ -** 'easy-mmode-define-{minor,global}-mode' aliases are now obsolete. -Use 'define-minor-mode' and 'define-globalized-minor-mode' instead. - -** The obsolete calling convention of 'sit-for' has been removed. -That convention was: '(sit-for SECONDS MILLISEC &optional NODISP)'. - -** The 'millisec' argument of 'sleep-for' has been declared obsolete. -Use a float value for the first argument instead. - -** 'eshell-process-wait-{seconds,milliseconds}' options are now obsolete. -Instead, use 'eshell-process-wait-time', which supports floating-point -values. - +++ ** Conversion of strings to and from byte-arrays works with multibyte strings. The functions 'dbus-string-to-byte-array' and @@ -2243,6 +2201,46 @@ When it has a non-nil value, then completion functions like 'completing-read' don't discard text properties from the returned completion candidate. ++++ +** X color support compatibility aliases are now obsolete. +The compatibility aliases 'x-defined-colors', 'x-color-defined-p', +'x-color-values', and 'x-display-color-p' are now obsolete. + ++++ +** 'easy-mmode-define-{minor,global}-mode' aliases are now obsolete. +Use 'define-minor-mode' and 'define-globalized-minor-mode' instead. + +** The 'millisec' argument of 'sleep-for' is now obsolete. +Use a float value for the first argument instead. + +--- +** User options 'eshell-NAME-unload-hook' are now obsolete. +These hooks were named incorrectly, and so they never actually ran +when unloading the corresponding feature. Instead, you should use +hooks named after the feature name, like 'esh-mode-unload-hook'. + +** User options 'eshell-process-wait-{seconds,milliseconds}' are now obsolete. +Instead, use 'eshell-process-wait-time', which supports floating-point +values. + +--- +** User option 'tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout' has been removed. +This user option has been obsoleted in Emacs 27, use +'remote-file-name-inhibit-cache' instead. + +** The obsolete calling convention of 'sit-for' has been removed. +That convention was: '(sit-for SECONDS MILLISEC &optional NODISP)'. + +--- +** Old derived.el functions removed. +The following functions have been deleted because they were only used +by code compiled with Emacs<21: +'derived-mode-init-mode-variables', 'derived-mode-merge-abbrev-tables', +'derived-mode-merge-keymaps', 'derived-mode-merge-syntax-tables', +'derived-mode-run-hooks', 'derived-mode-set-abbrev-table', +'derived-mode-set-keymap', 'derived-mode-set-syntax-table', +'derived-mode-setup-function-name'. + * Lisp Changes in Emacs 30.1