* doc/lispref/anti.texi (Antinews): Add some more antinews.
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@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ sites become more and more rare as you move back in time, so having a
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specialized library for their support was deemed an unnecessary
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maintenance burden.
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@item
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The time conversion functions @code{current-time-string},
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@code{current-time-zone}, @code{decode-time},
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@code{format-time-string}, and @code{set-time-zone-rule} no longer
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accept integer offsets as time zone rules, to make it more of a
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challenge to convert foreign timestamps. Also,
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@code{format-time-string} no longer converts @samp{%q} to the calendar
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quarter, as that is something you can easily do for yourself.
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Field numbers like @samp{%2$} in format specifiers are no longer
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available. We decided that their use makes code reading and
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@ -83,12 +92,38 @@ symlink targets as you'd expect: to mean your home directory. The
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confusing differences between the operation of these functions in
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interactive and non-interactive invocations has been removed.
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Several functions that create or rename their files now treat their
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destination specially if it happens to be a directory, even when its
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name does not appear to be that of a directory. For example,
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@code{(rename-file "A" "B")} no longer renames @file{A} to @file{B} if
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@file{B} happens to be a directory. This is so that dealing with
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files becomes more of an adventure.
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The @code{format} function now returns new strings in more cases, to
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place more stress on the Emacs memory manager and thereby test Emacs
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better.
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The function @file{assoc} has been simplified by removing its third
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optional argument. It now always uses @code{equal} for comparison.
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Likewise, @code{alist-get} always uses @code{assq}, and @code{map-get}
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and @code{map-put} always use @code{eql} for their comparisons.
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Numeric comparisons and the functions @code{format},
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@code{make-hash-table}, @code{min}, @code{max} and @code{logb} now
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occasionally round values internally to make their results less
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predictable.
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The functions @code{ffloor}, @code{fceiling}l, @code{ftruncate} and
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@code{fround} now accept integer arguments. Conversely, functions
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like @code{decode-char} that accept floating-point integers now accept
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arguments that are not integers. In both cases the results are
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amusingly nonsensical sometimes.
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GnuTLS cryptographic functions are no longer available in Emacs. We
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have decided that the needs for such functionality are deteriorating,
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@ -104,15 +139,24 @@ broken by records.
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You can again use @code{string-as-unibyte},
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@code{string-make-multibyte}, and other similar functions, without
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being annoyed by messages about their deprecation. This is in
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preparation for removal of multibyte text from Emacs in the distance
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preparation for removal of multibyte text from Emacs in the distant
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past.
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The @code{string-version-lessp} function has been removed, to
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encourage programmers to use their own idiosyncratic methods to
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determine whether one version string precedes another.
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The function @code{read-color} no longer displays color names using
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each color as the background. We have determined that this surprises
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users and produces funny inconsistent results on color-challenged
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terminals.
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Support for 24-bit color on text terminals has been dropped, since
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it wasn't needed long ago.
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We removed the function @code{file-name-case-insensitive-p}, as
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testing for the OS symbol should be enough for the observable past to
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The function @code{mapcan} is gone; use @code{mapcar} instead, and
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process the resulting list as you see fit.
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Low-level list functions like @code{length} and @code{member} can now
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loop indefinitely when given cyclic lists, causing Emacs to freeze.
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This can help these functions run a tiny bit faster in the usual case
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where the input is not cyclic.
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The @code{write-region} function no longer propagates its
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@var{lockname} argument to file name handlers.
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You can once again write a Lisp program that returns funny random
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values from @code{file-attributes} by having another process alter the
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filesystem while Emacs is accessing the file. This can give rise to
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some interesting applications in the near past.
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The functions @code{file-attributes}, @code{file-symlink-p}, and
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@code{make-symbolic-link} now quietly mutate the target of a local
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symbolic link in some cases, to make it more of a challenge to deal
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with arbitrary symlinks in Emacs code.
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The error @code{file-missing} has been removed; operations now lump
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such errors into the @code{file-error} category instead.
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The function @code{delete-directory} now signals an error if operating
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recursively and some other process deletes the directory before this
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function gets to it.
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The @code{dutch} input method now attempts to support Turkish too,
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albeit incorrectly. Also, it converts @samp{IJ} and @samp{ij} to
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special characters instead of leaving them alone.
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Non-breaking hyphens and approximations to quotes are now displayed
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just with the @code{escape-glyph} face instead of having faces of
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their own. This is simpler and gives the user amusing puzzles to
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solve when viewing text containing these characters.
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The user option @code{electric-quote-context-sensitive} and the
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variable @code{electric-quote-inhibit-functions}, so that electric
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quoting is simpler and more likely to do the wrong thing.
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The user option @code{text-quoting-style} has been removed, and is now
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just a variable.
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We have removed the functions @code{file-name-quote},
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@code{file-name-unquote}, and @code{file-name-quoted-p}. Writing code
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customizable only based on buffers; the @code{mode-line-format} and
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@code{header-line-format} window parameters have been removed.
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Emacs now normally builds a limited @command{movemail} substitute that
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retrieves POP3 email only via insecure channels, and the
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configure-time option @option{--with-mailutils} has been removed.
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This simplifies Emacs setup when security is not important.
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The configure-time option @option{--enable-gcc-warnings=warn-only}
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has been removed, so that build-time warnings are always fatal now.
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The configure-time option @option{--disable-build-details} has been
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removed. This way, Emacs builds are unique and irreproducible.
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The variable @code{emacs-version} now includes the build number
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instead of storing it separately in @code{emacs-build-number}.
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Emacs has been ported to IRIX.
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Several options and variables have been removed to simplify Emacs and
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potentially make it less reliable. These include the
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@option{--module-assertions} option, the
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@code{attempt-stack-overflow-recovery} variable, and the
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@code{attempt-orderly-shutdown-on-fatal-signal} variable.
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As part of the ongoing quest for simplicity, many other functions and
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variables have been eliminated.
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