NEWS: Re-organize Lisp changes for Emacs 23.2.
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@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ that file exists.
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** LaTeX mode now provides completion (via completion-at-point).
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** sym-comp.el is now declared obsolete, superceded by completion-at-point.
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** lucid.el and levents.el are now declared obsolete.
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@ -197,20 +198,16 @@ is similar to `pcomplete' but using the standard completion UI code.
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*** The Calc settings file is now a file named calc.el in
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user-emacs-directory; but the old location, ~/.calc.el, is used if
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that file exists.
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---
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*** Graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows, if you have
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the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later installed.
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** Calendar and diary
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*** Fancy diary display is now the default.
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If you prefer the simple display, customize `diary-display-function'.
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*** The diary's fancy display now enables view-mode.
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*** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument
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giving an offset from today.
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@ -468,64 +465,89 @@ mode from `auto-mode-alist' (or Fundamental mode) and `image-minor-mode'.
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* Lisp changes in Emacs 23.2
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** make-network-socket can now also create `seqpacket' Unix sockets.
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** New function `completion-in-region' to use the standard completion
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facilities on a particular region of text.
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** The 4th arg to all-completions (aka hide-spaces) is declared obsolete.
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---
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** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete. It was used to pass the predicate
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to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred'
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argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed
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any more.
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** Frame parameter changes
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*** You can give the `fullscreen' frame parameter the value `maximized'.
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This maximizes the frame.
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*** The new frame parameter `sticky' makes Emacs frames sticky in
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virtual desktops.
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** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position.
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This change causes a few backward incompatibilities, mostly with
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choose-completion-string-functions where the `mini-p' argument has
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been replaced by a `base-position' argument, and where the `base-size'
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argument is now always nil.
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** called-interactively-p now takes one argument and replaces interactive-p
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which is now marked obsolete.
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** New function set-advertised-calling-convention makes it possible
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to obsolete arguments as well as make some arguments mandatory.
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** eval-next-after-load is obsolete.
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** New hook `after-load-functions' run after loading an Elisp file.
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** You can control which binding is preferentially shown in menus and
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docstrings by adding a `:advertised-binding' property to the corresponding
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command's symbol. That property can hold a single binding or a list
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of bindings.
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** New macro with-silent-modifications to tweak text properties without
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affecting the buffer's modification state.
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** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO
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variable, are now declared obsolete.
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** read-key is a function halfway between read-event and read-key-sequence.
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It reads a single key, but obeys input and escape sequence decoding.
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** start-process-shell-command and start-file-process-shell-command
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** Frame parameter changes
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*** You can give the `fullscreen' frame parameter the value `maximized'.
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This maximizes the frame.
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+++
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*** The new frame parameter `sticky' makes Emacs frames sticky in
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virtual desktops.
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** Completion changes
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*** completion-base-size is obsoleted by completion-base-position.
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This change causes a few backward incompatibilities, mostly with
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choose-completion-string-functions where the `mini-p' argument has
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been replaced by a `base-position' argument, and where the `base-size'
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argument is now always nil.
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*** New function `completion-in-region' to use the standard completion
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facilities on a particular region of text.
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+++
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*** The 4th arg to all-completions (aka hide-spaces) is declared obsolete.
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*** completion-annotate-function specifies how to compute annotations
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for completions displayed in *Completions*.
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** Minibuffer changes
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*** read-file-name-predicate is obsolete. It was used to pass the predicate
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to read-file-name-internal because read-file-name-internal abused its `pred'
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argument to pass the current directory, but this hack is not needed
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any more.
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** Changes to file-manipulation functions
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*** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE.
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*** New function `copy-directory', which copies a directory recursively.
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** called-interactively-p now takes one argument and replaces interactive-p
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which is now marked obsolete.
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** New function set-advertised-calling-convention makes it possible
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to obsolete arguments as well as make some arguments mandatory.
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** You can control which binding is preferentially shown in menus and
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docstrings by adding a `:advertised-binding' property to the corresponding
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command's symbol. That property can hold a single binding or a list
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of bindings.
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** Network and process changes
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*** start-process-shell-command and start-file-process-shell-command
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now only take a single `command' argument.
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** The variable `process-file-side-effects' shall be bound to nil, if
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*** The variable `process-file-side-effects' shall be bound to nil, if
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a `process-file' call does not change a remote file. By this, file
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name handlers like Tramp can apply optimizations.
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*** make-network-socket can now also create `seqpacket' Unix sockets.
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** Loading changes
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*** eval-next-after-load is obsolete.
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*** New hook `after-load-functions' run after loading an Elisp file.
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** Byte compilation changes
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*** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining
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the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
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Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.
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---
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*** `byte-compile-warnings' has new members, `constants' and `suspicious'.
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** New macro with-silent-modifications to tweak text properties without
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affecting the buffer's modification state.
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** Hash tables have a new printed representation that is readable.
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The feature `hashtable-print-readable' identifies this new
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@ -539,25 +561,10 @@ ucs-normalize-NFKC-region, ucs-normalize-NFKC-string,
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ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFD-string,
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ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-region, ucs-normalize-HFS-NFC-string.
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** completion-annotate-function specifies how to compute annotations
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for completions displayed in *Completions*.
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** Face aliases can now be marked as obsolete, using the macro
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`define-obsolete-face-alias'.
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---
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** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining
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the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
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Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.
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---
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** `byte-compile-warnings' has new members, `constants' and `suspicious'.
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** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE.
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** New function `copy-directory', which copies a directory recursively.
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** New function `window-full-height-p', analogous to the full-width version.
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