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* etc/NEWS: Improve some NEWS entries

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@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ the option '--with-be-app', the resulting Emacs will only run in
text-mode terminals.
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*** Cairo drawing support has been enabled for Haiku builds.
** Cairo drawing support has been enabled for Haiku builds.
To enable Cairo support, ensure that the Cairo and FreeType
development files are present on your system, and configure Emacs with
'--with-be-cairo'.
---
*** Double buffering is now enabled on the Haiku operating system.
** Double buffering is now enabled on the Haiku operating system.
Unlike X, there is no compile-time option to enable or disable
double-buffering. If you wish to disable double-buffering, change the
frame parameter 'inhibit-double-buffering' instead.
@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ headers installed, Emacs will use the X Input Extension for handling
input. If this causes problems, you can configure Emacs with the
option '--without-xinput2' to disable this support.
The named feature 'xinput2' can be used to test for the presence of
XInput 2 support from Lisp programs.
(featurep 'xinput2) can be used to test for the presence of XInput 2
support from Lisp programs.
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** Emacs now supports being built with pure GTK.
@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ as was already the case for all the non-preloaded files.
The option 'desktop-load-locked-desktop' can now be set to the value
'check-pid', which means to allow loading a locked ".emacs.desktop"
file if the Emacs process which locked it is no longer running on the
local machine. This allows to avoid asking questions about locked
desktop files when the Emacs session which locked it crashes or was
otherwise interrupted and didn't exit gracefully. See the "(emacs)
Saving Emacs Sessions" node in the Emacs manual for more details.
local machine. This allows avoiding questions about locked desktop
files when the Emacs session which locked it crashes, or was otherwise
interrupted, and didn't exit gracefully. See the "(emacs) Saving
Emacs Sessions" node in the Emacs manual for more details.
* Startup Changes in Emacs 29.1
@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ newline.
---
** 'TAB' and '<backtab>' are now bound in 'button-map'.
This means that if you're standing on a button, 'TAB' will take you to
This means that if your cursor is on a button, 'TAB' will take you to
the next button, even if the mode has bound it to something else.
This also means that 'TAB' on a button in an 'outline-minor-mode'
heading will move point instead of collapsing the outline.
@ -449,6 +449,8 @@ command also works for non-Emoji characters.)
---
*** New input method 'emoji'.
This allows you to enter emoji using short strings, eg :face_palm: or
:scream:.
** Help
@ -1191,8 +1193,8 @@ user options that are no longer needed are now obsolete:
*** Navigation and marking commands now work in image display buffer.
The following new bindings have been added:
n / SPC image-dired-display-next-thumbnail-original
p / DEL image-dired-display-previous-thumbnail-original
n or SPC image-dired-display-next-thumbnail-original
p or DEL image-dired-display-previous-thumbnail-original
m image-dired-mark-thumb-original-file
d image-dired-flag-thumb-original-file
u image-dired-unmark-thumb-original-file
@ -1351,7 +1353,7 @@ will abbreviate the user's home directory, for example by abbreviating
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*** New user option 'tramp-use-scp-direct-remote-copying'.
When set to non-nil, Tramp does not copy files between two remote
hosts via a local copy in its temporary directory, but let the 'scp'
hosts via a local copy in its temporary directory, but lets the 'scp'
command do this job.
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@ -1964,8 +1966,10 @@ It marks the image with the 'inhibit-isearch' text property, which
inhibits 'isearch' matching the STRING parameter.
---
** New function 'replace-regexp-function'.
It can be used to implement own regexp syntax for search/replace.
** New variable 'replace-regexp-function'.
Function to call to convert the entered FROM string to an Emacs
regexp in 'query-replace' and similar commands. It can be used to
implement a different regexp syntax for search/replace.
---
** New variables to customize defaults of FROM for 'query-replace*' commands.
@ -2240,7 +2244,7 @@ translation.
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** 'shell-quote-argument' has a new optional parameter POSIX.
This is useful when quoting shell arguments for a remote shell
invocation. Such shells are POSIX conform by default.
invocation. Such shells are POSIX conformant by default.
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** 'signal-process' now consults the list 'signal-process-functions'.
@ -2250,8 +2254,8 @@ asynchronous processes. The hitherto existing implementation has been
moved to 'signal-default-interrupt-process'.
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** 'list-system-processes' returns remote process IDs now.
This happens, when the current buffer's 'default-directory' is
** 'list-system-processes' now returns remote process IDs.
This happens only when the current buffer's 'default-directory' is
remote. In order to preserve the old behavior, apply
(let ((default-directory temporary-file-directory))