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@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ function `zlib-decompress-region' becomes available, which can
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decompress gzip- and zlib-format compressed data.
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---
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** Emacs for NS (OSX, GNUStep) can be built with ImageMagick support.
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pkg-config is required to find ImageMagick libraries.
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** Emacs for NS (Mac OS X, GNUstep) can be built with ImageMagick support.
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This requires pkg-config to be available at configure time.
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** For OSX >= 10.5, the Core text based font backend from the Mac port is used.
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For GNUStep and OSX 10.4 the old backend is used.
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** New Core Text based font backend for Mac OS X 10.5 and newer.
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GNUstep and Mac OS X 10.4 use the old font backend.
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To use the old backend by default, do on the command line:
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% defaults write org.gnu.Emacs FontBackend ns
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@ -164,25 +164,24 @@ non-nil, they output the same results.
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+++
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*** The key `?' now describes prefix bindings, like `C-h'.
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*** The command `describe-function' was extended for EIEIO.
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*** The command `describe-function' has been extended for EIEIO.
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Running it on constructors will show a full description of the
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generated class. For generic functions, it will show all
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implementations together with links to the source. The old commands
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`describe-class', `describe-constructor' and `describe-generic' were
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removed.
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*** The command `quail-help' is deleted. Use `C-h C-\'
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(`describe-input-method') instead.
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*** The command `quail-help' has been removed.
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Use `C-h C-\' (`describe-input-method') instead.
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** ImageMagick
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+++
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*** ImageMagick images now support the :max-width and :max-height
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keywords.
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*** ImageMagick images now support the :max-width and :max-height keywords.
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*** Some data types aren't auto-detected by ImageMagick. Adding
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:format to `create-image' may help if the content type is in the
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new variable `image-format-suffixes'.
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*** Some data types aren't auto-detected by ImageMagick.
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Adding :format to `create-image' may help if the content type is in
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the new variable `image-format-suffixes'.
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** Frame and window changes
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@ -228,22 +227,27 @@ integers (octal, hexadecimal, and character).
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+++
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** `cache-long-line-scans' has been renamed to `cache-long-scans'
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because it affects caching of paragraph scanning results as well.
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Also, it is now enabled by default.
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---
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** The option `set-mark-default-inactive' has been deleted.
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This unfinished feature was introduced by accident in Emacs 23.1;
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simply disabling Transient Mark mode does the same thing.
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** The default value of `comment-use-global-state' is changed to t,
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** The default value of `comment-use-global-state' is now t,
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and this variable has been marked obsolete.
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---
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** `emacs-bzr-version' has been renamed to `emacs-repository-version',
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and works for git too.
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** New user options:
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*** `read-regexp-defaults-function' defines a function to read regexps,
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used by commands like `rgrep', `lgrep' `occur', `highlight-regexp',
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etc. You can customize this to specify a function that provides a
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default value from the regexp last history element, or from the symbol
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found at point.
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used by commands like `rgrep', `lgrep' `occur', `highlight-regexp', etc.
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You can customize this to specify a function that provides a default
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value from the regexp last history element, or from the symbol found
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at point.
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+++
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*** `load-prefer-newer', affects how the `load' function chooses the
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@ -252,10 +256,6 @@ versions of a file exist, and the caller did not explicitly specify
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which one to load, then the newer file is loaded. The default, nil,
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means to always load the .elc file.
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---
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** `emacs-bzr-version' has been renamed to `emacs-repository-version',
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and works for git too.
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* Editing Changes in Emacs 24.4
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@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ normal editing behavior.
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*** `electric-indent-mode' is enabled by default.
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*** `tab-stop-list' is now implicitly extended to infinity by repeating
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the last step. Its default value is changed to nil which means a tab
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the last step. Its default value is changed to nil, which means a tab
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stop every `tab-width' columns.
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** Filling changes
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@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Czech typography rules. To globally enable this feature, evaluate:
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(add-hook 'fill-nobreak-predicate 'fill-single-char-nobreak-p)
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+++
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** Uniquify is enabled by default with `post-forward-angle-brackets' style.
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** Uniquify is enabled by default, with `post-forward-angle-brackets' style.
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** New command `C-x SPC' (`rectangle-mark-mode') makes a rectangular region.
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Most commands are still unaware of it, but kill/yank do work on the rectangle.
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@ -468,37 +468,31 @@ and `desktop-restore-forces-onscreen' offer further customization.
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** Eldoc Mode works properly in the minibuffer.
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** Electric Pair mode
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*** New `electric-pair-preserve-balance' enabled by default.
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Pairing/skipping only kicks in when that help the balance of
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parentheses and quotes, i.e. the buffer should end up at least as
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*** New option `electric-pair-preserve-balance', enabled by default.
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If non-nil, pairing/skipping only kicks in when that help the balance
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of parentheses and quotes, i.e. the buffer should end up at least as
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balanced as before.
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You can further control this behavior by adjusting the predicates
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stored in `electric-pair-inhibit-predicate' and
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`electric-pair-skip-self'.
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*** New `electric-pair-delete-adjacent-pairs' enabled by default.
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stored in `electric-pair-inhibit-predicate' and `electric-pair-skip-self'.
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*** New option `electric-pair-delete-adjacent-pairs', enabled by default.
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In `electric-pair-mode', the commands `backward-delete-char' and
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`backward-delete-char-untabify' are now bound to electric variants
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that delete the closer when invoked between adjacent pairs.
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*** New `electric-pair-open-newline-between-pairs' enabled by default.
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*** New option `electric-pair-open-newline-between-pairs', enabled by default.
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In `electric-pair-mode', inserting a newline between adjacent pairs
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opens an extra newline after point, which is indented if
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`electric-indent-mode' is also set.
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*** New `electric-pair-skip-whitespace' enabled by default.
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Controls if skipping over closing delimiters should jump over any
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whitespace slack. Setting it to `chomp' makes it delete this
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whitespace. See also the variable
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`electric-pair-skip-whitespace-chars'.
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*** New option `electric-pair-skip-whitespace', enabled by default.
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This controls if skipping over closing delimiters should jump over any
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whitespace slack. Setting it to `chomp' makes it delete this
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whitespace. See also the variable `electric-pair-skip-whitespace-chars'.
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*** New variables control the pairing in strings and comments.
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You can customize `electric-pair-text-pairs' and
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`electric-pair-text-syntax-table' to tweak pairing behavior inside
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strings and comments.
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** EPA
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*** New option `epa-mail-aliases'.
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You can set this to a list of alias expansions for keys to use
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in `epa-mail-encrypt'.
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amounts of data into the ERC input.
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** ERT
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*** New macro `skip-unless' allows skipping ERT tests.
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** New ERT macro `skip-unless' allows skipping ERT tests.
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See the ERT manual for details.
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** Eshell
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*** `eshell' now supports visual subcommands and options
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*** `eshell' now supports visual subcommands and options.
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Eshell has been able to handle "visual" commands (interactive,
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non-line oriented commands such as top that require display
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capabilities not provided by eshell) by running them in an Emacs
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This feature has been extended to subcommands and options that make a
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usually line-oriented command a visual command. Typical examples are
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"git log" and "git <command> --help" which display their output in a
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"git log" and "git <command> --help", which display their output in a
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pager by default. See `eshell-visual-subcommands' and
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`eshell-visual-options'.
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---
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*** Added Eshell-Tramp module
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*** New Eshell-Tramp module.
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External su and sudo commands are now the default; the internal,
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Tramp-using variants can still be used by enabling the eshell-tramp
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module.
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** Icomplete is a bit more like Ido.
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*** key bindings to navigate through and select the completions.
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*** Key bindings to navigate through and select the completions.
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*** The icomplete-separator is customizable, and its default has changed.
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*** Removed icomplete-show-key-bindings.
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*** Removed `icomplete-show-key-bindings'.
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*** Icomplete-mode by defaults applies to all forms of minibuffer completion.
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(setq icomplete-with-completion-tables '(internal-complete-buffer))
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highlights the symbol found near point without prompting,
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using the next face automatically.
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** Imenu
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** New Imenu option `imenu-generic-skip-comments-and-strings'.
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*** New option `imenu-generic-skip-comments-and-strings'.
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** Info
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---
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*** New face `info-index-match' is used to highlight matches in index
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** New Info face `info-index-match', used to highlight matches in index
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entries displayed by `Info-index-next', `Info-virtual-index' and
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`info-apropos'.
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** Octave mode
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*** Font locking for texinfo comments and new keywords
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*** Completion in Octave file buffers
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*** Eldoc support
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*** Jump to definition
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*** Documentation lookup/search
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*** Code cleanup and various bug fixes
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*** Font locking for texinfo comments and new keywords.
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*** Completion in Octave file buffers.
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*** Eldoc support.
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*** Jump to definition.
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*** Documentation lookup/search.
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** OPascal mode is the new name for Delphi mode.
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*** All delphi-* variables and functions have been renamed to opascal-*.
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*** `delphi-newline-always-indents' is not supported any more.
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Use `electric-indent-mode' instead.
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*** `delphi-tab' is gone, replaced by `indent-for-tab-command'.
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** Package
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*** In the *Packages* buffer, `f' or the Package->Filter menu filters
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the packages by a keyword.
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** Prolog mode
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*** `prolog-use-smie' has been removed, along with the non-SMIE
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indentation code.
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---
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** In Prolog mode, `prolog-use-smie' has been removed,
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along with the non-SMIE indentation code.
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** Remember
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*** The new command `remember-notes' creates a buffer which is saved
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on `kill-emacs'.
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You may think of it as a *scratch* buffer whose content is preserved.
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In fact, it was designed as a replacement for *scratch* buffer and can
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be used that way by setting `initial-buffer-choice' to
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*** The new command `remember-notes' creates a buffer that is saved on
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`kill-emacs'. You can think of it as a *scratch* buffer whose content
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is preserved. In fact, it was designed as a replacement for *scratch*
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buffer and can be used that way by setting `initial-buffer-choice' to
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`remember-notes' and `remember-notes-buffer-name' to "*scratch*".
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Without the second change, *scratch* buffer will still be there for
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notes that do not need to be preserved.
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Without the second change, the *scratch* buffer will still be there
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for notes that do not need to be preserved.
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*** The Remember package can now store notes in separates files.
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You can use the new function `remember-store-in-files' within the
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`remember-handler-functions' option.
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See `remember-data-directory' and `remember-directory-file-name-format'
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`remember-handler-functions' option. See `remember-data-directory'
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and `remember-directory-file-name-format' for new options related to
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this function.
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** Rmail
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*** New option `ruby-custom-encoding-magic-comment-template'.
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*** New mode menu.
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*** Improved syntax highlighting and indentation.
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*** Add more Ruby file types to `auto-mode-alist'.
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*** More Ruby file types have been added to `auto-mode-alist'.
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*** New option `ruby-align-to-stmt-keywords'.
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** SES
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** New SES command `ses-rename-cell' allows assigning names to SES cells.
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*** New command `ses-rename-cell' allows assigning names to SES cells.
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** Shell
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---
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*** `explicit-bash-args' now always defaults to use --noediting.
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During initialization, Emacs no longer expends a process to decide
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whether it is safe to use Bash's --noediting option. These days
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--noediting is ubiquitous; it was introduced in 1996 in Bash version 2.
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** The shell.el option `explcit-bash-args' includes --noediting by default.
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** Shell Script mode
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** Term mode
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*** New option `term-suppress-hard-newline'.
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** New Term mode option `term-suppress-hard-newline'.
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** Todo mode has been rewritten and enhanced.
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New features include:
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*** New commands: `vhdl-fix-statement-region', `vhdl-fix-statement-buffer'.
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** Woman
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*** The commands `woman-default-faces' and `woman-monochrome-faces'
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** The Woman commands `woman-default-faces' and `woman-monochrome-faces'
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are obsolete. Customize the `woman-*' faces instead.
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** Obsolete packages:
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** Improved fullscreen support on Mac OS X.
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Both native (>= OSX 10.7) and "old style" fullscreen are supported.
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Both native (>= Mac OS X 10.7) and "old style" fullscreen are supported.
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Customize `ns-use-native-fullscreen' to change style. For >= 10.7
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native is the default.
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** OSX >= 10.7 can use sRGB colorspace.
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** Mac OS X >= 10.7 can use sRGB colorspace.
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Customize `ns-use-srgb-colorspace' to change style. t is the default.
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Note: This does not apply to images.
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