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9 This file is about changes in Emacs version 24.
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12 and NEWS.1-17 for changes in older Emacs versions.
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24 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.3
27 ** The default toolkit has been changed to Gtk+ version 3.
28 If you don't pass --with-x-toolkit to configure or if you pass
29 --with-x-toolkit=gtk or --with-x-toolkit=yes, configure will try to build
30 with Gtk+ version 3, and if that fails, try Gtk+ version 2.
31 You can explicitly require a specific version by passing
32 --with-x-toolkit=gtk2 or --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 to configure.
35 ** New configure option '--without-all' to disable additional features.
36 This disables most of the features that are normally enabled by default.
39 ** New configure option '--enable-link-time-optimization' to utilize
40 an appropriate feature provided by GCC since version 4.5.0.
43 ** New configure option '--enable-gcc-warnings', intended for developers.
44 If building with GCC, this enables compile-time checks that warn about
45 possibly-questionable C code. On a recent GNU system there should be
46 no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the generated warnings
50 ** The configure option '--enable-use-lisp-union-type' has been
51 renamed to '--enable-check-lisp-object-type', as the resulting
52 Lisp_Object type no longer uses a union to implement the compile time
53 check that this option enables.
56 ** The configure option '--disable-maintainer-mode' has been removed,
57 as it was confusingly-named and rarely useful.
60 ** You can use `NO_BIN_LINK=t make install' to prevent the installation
61 overwriting "emacs" in the installation bin/ directory with a link
65 ** The configure options `--program-prefix', `--program-suffix', and
66 `--program-transform-name' apply to more than just the installed
67 binaries. Now they also affect the man pages, icons, and the
68 etc/emacs.desktop file; but not the info pages, since this would break
69 links between the various manuals.
72 ** Emacs uses libtinfo in preference to libncurses, if available.
75 ** On FreeBSD and NetBSD, configure no longer adds /usr/local/lib and
76 /usr/pkg/lib to the linker search path. You must add them yourself if
80 ** The standalone scripts rcs-checkin and vcdiff have been removed
81 (from the bin and libexec directories, respectively). The former is
82 no longer relevant, the latter is replaced by lisp (in vc-sccs.el).
85 * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.3
88 ** Emacs no longer searches for `leim-list.el' files beneath the standard
89 lisp/ directory. There should not be any there anyway. If you have
90 been adding them there, put them somewhere else, eg site-lisp.
93 ** The `--no-site-lisp' command line option now works for Nextstep builds.
96 * Changes in Emacs 24.3
99 ** Most y-or-n prompts now allow you to scroll the selected window.
100 Typing C-v or M-v at a y-or-n prompt scrolls forward or backward
101 respectively, without exiting from the prompt.
105 *** New option `mode-line-default-help-echo' specifies the help text
106 (shown in a tooltip or in the echo area) for any part of the mode line
107 that does not have its own specialized help text.
109 *** You can now click mouse-3 in the coding system indicator to invoke
110 `set-buffer-file-coding-system'.
115 *** `C-h f' (describe-function) can now perform autoloading.
116 When this command is called for an autoloaded function whose docstring
117 contains a key substitution construct, that function's library is
118 automatically loaded, so that the documentation can be shown
119 correctly. To disable this, set `help-enable-auto-load' to nil.
122 *** `C-h f' now reports previously-autoloaded functions as "autoloaded",
123 even after their associated libraries have been loaded (and the
124 autoloads have been redefined as functions).
126 ** Minibuffer changes
128 *** In minibuffer filename prompts, `C-M-f' and `C-M-b' now move to the
129 next and previous path separator, respectively.
131 *** minibuffer-electric-default-mode can rewrite (default ...) to [...].
132 Just set minibuffer-eldef-shorten-default to t before enabling the mode.
134 ** ImageMagick support, if available, is automatically enabled.
135 It is no longer necessary to call `imagemagick-register-types'
136 explicitly to install ImageMagick image types; that function is called
137 automatically at startup, or when customizing a relevant imagemagick-
140 *** Setting `imagemagick-types-inhibit' to t now disables the use of
141 ImageMagick to view images. You must call imagemagick-register-types
142 afterwards if you do not use customize to change this.
144 *** The new variable `imagemagick-enabled-types' also affects which
145 ImageMagick types are treated as images. The function
146 `imagemagick-filter-types' returns the list of types that will be
149 *** Images displayed via ImageMagick now support transparency and the
150 :background image spec property.
152 ** Server and client changes
154 *** emacsclient now obeys string values for `initial-buffer-choice',
155 if it is told to open a new frame without specifying any file to visit
156 or expression to evaluate.
158 *** New option `server-auth-key' specifies a shared server key.
161 ** In the Package Menu, newly-available packages are listed as "new",
162 and sorted above the other "available" packages by default.
165 ** `C-x C-q' is now bound to the new minor mode `read-only-mode'.
166 This minor mode replaces `toggle-read-only', which is now obsolete.
168 ** Emacs now generates backtraces on fatal errors.
169 On encountering a fatal error, Emacs now outputs a textual description
170 of the fatal signal, and a short backtrace on platforms like glibc
171 that support backtraces.
174 ** If your Emacs was built from a bzr checkout, the new variable
175 `emacs-bzr-version' contains information about the bzr revision used.
178 ** New variable `create-lockfiles' specifies usage of lockfiles.
179 It defaults to t. Changing it to nil inhibits the creation of lock
180 files (use this with caution).
183 ** Using "unibyte: t" in Lisp source files is obsolete.
184 Use "coding: raw-text" instead.
187 ** Setting `enable-remote-dir-locals' to non-nil allows directory
188 local variables on remote hosts.
191 ** The entry for PCL-CVS has been removed from the Tools menu.
192 The PCL-CVS commands are still available via the keyboard.
194 ** Internationalization changes
196 *** New language environment: Persian.
198 *** New input method `vietnamese-vni'.
200 ** Nextstep (GNUstep / Mac OS X) port changes
202 *** Fullscreen and frame parameter fullscreen is supported.
204 *** A file dialog is used for open/save operations initiated from the
208 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.3
210 ** Navigation command changes
212 *** New binding `M-g c' for `goto-char'.
214 *** New binding `M-g TAB' for `move-to-column'.
216 *** `M-g TAB' (`move-to-column') prompts for a column number if called
217 interactively with no prefix arg. Previously, it moved to column 1.
219 ** Search and Replace changes
221 *** Non-regexp Isearch now performs "lax" space matching.
222 Each sequence of spaces in the supplied search string may match any
223 sequence of one or more whitespace characters, as specified by the
224 variable `search-whitespace-regexp'. (This variable is also used by a
225 similar existing feature for regexp Isearch).
227 *** New Isearch command `M-s SPC' toggles lax space matching.
228 This applies to both ordinary and regexp Isearch.
230 *** New option `replace-lax-whitespace'.
231 If non-nil, `query-replace' uses flexible whitespace matching too.
234 *** Global `M-s _' starts a symbol (identifier) incremental search,
235 and `M-s _' in Isearch toggles symbol search mode.
236 `M-s c' in Isearch toggles search case-sensitivity.
239 ** `C-x 8 RET' is now bound to `insert-char', which is now a command.
240 `ucs-insert' is now an obsolete alias for `insert-char'.
243 ** The `z' key no longer has a binding in most special modes.
244 It used to be bound to `kill-this-buffer', but `z' is too easy to
248 ** New option `delete-trailing-lines' specifies whether
249 M-x delete-trailing-whitespace should delete trailing lines at the end
250 of the buffer. It defaults to t.
254 *** `C-x r +' is now overloaded to invoke `append-to-register.
256 *** New option `register-separator' specifies the register containing
257 the text to put between collected texts for use with M-x
258 append-to-register and M-x prepend-to-register.
261 ** `C-u M-=' now counts lines/words/characters in the entire buffer.
264 ** New command `C-x r M-w' (copy-rectangle-as-kill).
265 It copies the region-rectangle as the last rectangle kill.
268 ** New option `yank-handled-properties' allows processing of text
269 properties on yanked text, in more ways that are more general than
270 just removing them, as done by `yank-excluded-properties'.
273 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.3
277 *** The faces used by Apropos are now directly customizable.
278 These faces are named `apropos-symbol', `apropos-keybinding', and so on;
279 see the `apropos' Custom group for details.
281 *** The old options whose values specified faces to use were removed
282 (i.e. `apropos-symbol-face', `apropos-keybinding-face', etc.).
285 This package has been rewritten to use Tabulated List mode.
287 *** Option `Buffer-menu-buffer+size-width' is now obsolete.
288 Use `Buffer-menu-name-width' and `Buffer-menu-size-width' instead.
293 *** You can customize the header text that appears above each calendar month.
294 See the variable `calendar-month-header'.
297 *** New LaTeX calendar style, produced by `cal-tex-cursor-week2-summary'.
300 *** The calendars produced by cal-html include holidays.
301 Customize `cal-html-holidays' to change this.
306 *** CL's main entry is now (require 'cl-lib).
307 `cl-lib' is like the old `cl' except that it uses the namespace cleanly,
308 i.e. all its definitions have the "cl-" prefix (and internal definitions use
311 If `cl' provided a feature under the name `foo', then `cl-lib' provides it
312 under the name `cl-foo' instead, with the exceptions of the few definitions
313 that had to use `foo*' to avoid conflicts with pre-existing Elisp entities,
314 which have not been renamed to `cl-foo*' but just `cl-foo'.
316 The old `cl' is now deprecated and is mainly just a bunch of aliases that
317 provide the old non-prefixed names. Some exceptions are listed below.
320 *** `cl-flet' is not like `flet' (which is deprecated).
321 Instead it obeys the behavior of Common-Lisp's `flet'.
324 *** `cl-labels' is slightly different from `labels'.
325 The difference is that it relies on the `lexical-binding' machinery (as opposed
326 to the `lexical-let' machinery used previously) to capture definitions in
327 closures, so such closures will only work if `lexical-binding' is in use.
330 *** `cl-letf' is not exactly like `letf'.
331 The only difference is in details that relate to some deprecated usage
332 of `symbol-function' in place forms.
335 *** `progv' was rewritten to use the `let' machinery.
336 A side effect is that vars without corresponding value are bound to nil
337 rather than making them unbound.
339 *** The following methods of extending `setf' are obsolete.
340 Use gv.el instead (FIXME; details).
341 `define-setf-expander', `defsetf', `define-modify-macro'
345 *** New option `compilation-always-kill'.
349 *** `custom-reset-button-menu' now defaults to t.
351 *** Non-option variables are never matched in `customize-apropos' and
352 `customize-apropos-options' (i.e. the prefix argument does nothing for
357 *** `desktop-path' no longer includes the "." directory. Desktop
358 files are now located in ~/.emacs.d by default.
363 *** New variables `dbus-compiled-version' and `dbus-runtime-version'.
366 *** The D-Bus object manager interface is implemented.
369 *** Variables of type :(u)int32 and :(u)int64 accept floating points,
370 if their value does not fit into Emacs's integer range.
373 *** The function `dbus-call-method' works non-blocking now, it can be
374 interrupted by C-g. `dbus-call-method-non-blocking' is obsolete.
377 *** Signals can be sent also as unicast message.
380 *** The argument list of `dbus-register-signal' has been extended,
381 according to the new match rule types of D-Bus. See the manual for
385 *** `dbus-init-bus' supports private connections.
388 *** There is a new function `dbus-setenv'.
392 *** Changes are now highlighted using the same color scheme as in
393 modern VCSes. Deletions are displayed in red (new faces
394 `diff-refine-removed' and `smerge-refined-removed' and new definition
395 of `diff-removed'), insertions in green (new faces `diff-refine-added'
396 and `smerge-refined-added' and new definition of `diff-added').
398 *** The variable `diff-use-changed-face' defines whether to use the
399 face `diff-changed', or `diff-removed' and `diff-added' to highlight
400 changes in context diffs.
402 *** The new command `diff-remove-trailing-whitespace' fixes trailing
403 whitespace problems introduced by the diff.
407 *** `dired-do-async-shell-command' executes each file sequentially
408 if the command ends in `;' (when operating on multiple files).
409 Otherwise, it executes the command on each file in parallel.
411 *** Typing M-n in the minibuffer of `dired-do-chmod', `dired-do-chgrp',
412 `dired-do-chown', `dired-do-touch' pulls the file attributes of the
415 *** When the region is active, `m' (`dired-mark'), `u' (`dired-unmark'),
416 `DEL' (`dired-unmark-backward'), `d' (`dired-flag-file-deletion')
417 mark/unmark/flag all files in the active region.
419 *** The minibuffer default for `=' (`dired-diff) has changed.
420 It is now the backup file for the file at point, if one exists.
421 In Transient Mark mode the default is the file at the active mark.
423 *** `M-=' is no longer bound to `dired-backup-diff' in Dired buffers.
424 The global binding for `M-=', `count-words-region' is in effect.
427 ** Ediff now uses the same color scheme as Diff mode.
429 ** erc will look up server/channel names via auth-source and use the
430 channel keys found, if any.
432 ** Flymake uses fringe bitmaps to indicate errors and warnings.
433 See `flymake-fringe-indicator-position', `flymake-error-bitmap' and
434 `flymake-warning-bitmap'.
438 *** The obsolete variable `follow-mode-off-hook' has been removed.
440 *** Follow mode no longer works by using advice.
441 The option `follow-intercept-processes' has been removed.
445 *** The option `ffap-url-unwrap-remote' can now be a list of strings,
446 specifying URL types which should be converted to remote file names at
447 the FFAP prompt. The default is now '("ftp").
450 `javascript-generic-mode' is now an obsolete alias for `js-mode'.
454 *** New `derived-mode' filter, bound to `/ M'.
455 The old binding for `/ M' (filter by used-mode) is now bound to `/ m'.
457 ** Mouse Avoidance mode
459 *** New variable `mouse-avoidance-banish-position' specifies where the
460 `banish' mouse avoidance setting moves the mouse.
463 ** notifications.el supports now version 1.2 of the Notifications API.
464 The function `notifications-get-capabilities' returns the supported
467 ** In Perl mode, new option `perl-indent-parens-as-block' causes non-block
468 closing brackets to be aligned with the line of the opening bracket.
470 ** In Proced mode, new command `proced-renice' renices marked processes.
474 A new version of python.el, which provides several new features, including:
475 per-buffer shells, better indentation, Python 3 support, and improved
476 shell-interaction compatible with iPython (and virtually any other
479 *** Some user options have been replaced/renamed:
480 Old defcustom: | New defcustom:
481 python-indent | python-indent-offset
482 python-guess-indent | python-indent-guess-indent-offset
483 python-pdbtrack-do-tracking-p | python-pdbtrack-activate
484 python-use-skeletons | python-skeleton-autoinsert
486 *** Some user options have been removed:
488 **** `python-indent-string-contents': Strings are never indented.
490 **** `python-honour-comment-indentation':
491 Comments are never considered as indentation markers themselves.
493 **** `python-continuation-offset': Indentation is automatically
494 calculated in a pep8 compliant way depending on the context.
496 **** `python-shell-prompt-alist', `python-shell-continuation-prompt-alist':
497 Have no direct mapping as the shell interaction is completely different.
499 **** `python-python-command', `python-jython-command':
500 Replaced by `python-shell-interpreter'.
502 **** `inferior-python-filter-regexp', `python-remove-cwd-from-path',
503 `python-pdbtrack-minor-mode-string', `python-source-modes':
506 *** Some commands have been replaced:
507 Old command | New command
508 python-insert-class | python-skeleton-class
509 python-insert-def | python-skeleton-def
510 python-insert-for | python-skeleton-for
511 python-insert-if | python-skeleton-if
512 python-insert-try/except | python-skeleton-try
513 python-insert-try/finally | python-skeleton-try
514 python-insert-while | python-skeleton-while
515 python-find-function | python-nav-jump-to-defun
516 python-next-statement | python-nav-forward-sentence
517 python-previous-statement | python-nav-backward-sentence
518 python-send-buffer | python-shell-send-buffer
519 python-send-defun | python-shell-send-defun
520 python-send-region | python-shell-send-region
521 python-send-region-and-go | Emulate with python-shell-send-region and
522 python-shell-switch-to-shell
523 python-send-string | python-shell-send-string
524 python-switch-to-python | python-shell-switch-to-shell
525 python-describe-symbol | python-eldoc-at-point
527 ** reStructuredText mode
529 *** Rebind nearly all keys making room for more keys and complying
530 better to usage in other modes. Describe bindings with C-c C-h.
532 *** Major revision of indentation working very similar to other
533 modes. TAB is your friend.
535 *** Major revision of filling working fine with most of
536 reStructuredText syntax. Support auto-filling.
538 *** Major revision of comment handling.
540 *** Major revision of fontification working with `jit-lock-mode'.
542 *** Cover reStructuredText syntax more closely. Improve
543 the experience for Sphinx users.
545 *** `rst-insert-list' inserts new list or continues existing lists.
547 *** Extend correct and improve customization.
549 *** Negative prefix argument always works for `rst-adjust'.
551 *** Reset window configuration after displaying TOC.
553 *** Package version in `rst-version'.
555 *** Support `imenu' and `which-func'.
559 *** Pairing of parens/quotes uses electric-pair-mode instead of skeleton-pair.
561 *** `sh-electric-here-document-mode' now controls auto-insertion of here-docs.
563 *** `sh-use-smie' lets you choose a new indentation and navigation code.
567 *** New option `async-shell-command-buffer' specifies what buffer to use
568 for a new asynchronous shell command when the default output buffer
569 `*Async Shell Command*' is already taken by another running command.
573 *** DB2 added `sql-db2-escape-newlines'
575 If non-nil, newlines sent to the command interpreter will be escaped
576 by a backslash. The default does not escape the newlines and assumes
577 that the sql statement will be terminated by a semicolon.
579 ** Tabulated List and packages derived from it
581 *** New command `tabulated-list-sort', bound to `S', sorts the column
582 at point, or the Nth column if a numeric prefix argument is given.
586 The variables `term-default-fg-color' and `term-default-bg-color' are
587 now deprecated in favor of the `term-face' face, that you can
588 customize. Also, it is now possible to customize how are displayed the
589 ANSI terminal colors and styles by customizing the corresponding
590 `term-color-<COLOR>', `term-color-underline' and `term-color-bold'
595 *** The syntax has been extended in order to allow ad-hoc proxy
596 definitions. See the manual for details.
598 *** Remote processes are now supported also on remote Windows host.
602 *** Structs made by `url-generic-parse-url' have nil `attributes' slot.
603 Previously, this slot stored semicolon-separated attribute-value pairs
604 appended to some imap URLs, but this is not compatible with RFC 3986.
605 So now the `filename' slot stores the entire path and query components
606 and the `attributes' slot is always nil.
608 *** New function `url-encode-url' for encoding a URI string.
609 The `url-retrieve' function now uses this to encode its URL argument,
610 in case that is not properly encoded.
615 *** The free software compiler GHDL is supported (and now the default).
617 *** Support for the VHDL-AMS packages has been added/updated.
619 *** Updated to the 2002 revision of the VHDL standard.
621 *** Accepts \r and \f as whitespace.
623 ** Which Function mode
625 *** `which-func-modes' now defaults to t, so Which Function mode, when
626 enabled, applies to all applicable major modes.
629 ** winner-mode-hook now runs when the mode is disabled, as well as when it is
632 ** FIXME something happened to ses.el, 2012-04-17.
634 ** Hooks renamed to avoid obsolete "-hooks" suffix:
635 *** semantic-lex-reset-hooks -> semantic-lex-reset-functions
636 *** semantic-change-hooks -> semantic-change-functions
637 *** semantic-edits-new-change-hooks -> semantic-edits-new-change-functions
638 *** semantic-edits-delete-change-hooks -> semantic-edits-delete-change-functions
639 *** semantic-edits-reparse-change-hooks -> semantic-edits-reparse-change-functions
640 *** semanticdb-save-database-hooks -> semanticdb-save-database-functions
641 *** c-prepare-bug-report-hooks -> c-prepare-bug-report-hook
642 *** rcirc-sentinel-hooks -> rcirc-sentinel-functions
643 *** rcirc-receive-message-hooks -> rcirc-receive-message-functions
644 *** rcirc-activity-hooks -> rcirc-activity-functions
645 *** rcirc-print-hooks -> rcirc-print-functions
646 *** dbus-event-error-hooks -> dbus-event-error-functions
647 *** eieio-pre-method-execution-hooks -> eieio-pre-method-execution-functions
648 *** checkdoc-style-hooks -> checkdoc-style-functions
649 *** checkdoc-comment-style-hooks -> checkdoc-comment-style-functions
650 *** archive-extract-hooks -> archive-extract-hook
651 *** filesets-cache-fill-content-hooks -> filesets-cache-fill-content-hook
652 *** hfy-post-html-hooks -> hfy-post-html-hook
653 *** nndiary-request-create-group-hooks -> nndiary-request-create-group-functions
654 *** nndiary-request-update-info-hooks -> nndiary-request-update-info-functions
655 *** nndiary-request-accept-article-hooks -> nndiary-request-accept-article-functions
656 *** gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-hooks -> gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-functions
658 ** Obsolete packages:
661 In most cases, assoc+member+push+delq work just as well.
662 And in any case it's just a terrible package: ugly semantics, terrible
663 inefficiency, and not namespace-clean.
678 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.3
680 FIXME? erc-desktop-notifications.el, gv.el, profiler.el,
681 gnus-notifications.el, mm-archive.el
684 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.3
687 ** set-buffer-multibyte now signals an error in narrowed buffers.
690 ** (random) by default now returns a different random sequence in
691 every Emacs run. Use (random S), where S is a string, to set the
692 random seed to a value based on S, in order to get a repeatable
693 sequence in later calls.
696 ** The function `x-select-font' can return a font spec, instead of a
697 font name as a string. Whether it returns a font spec or a font name
698 depends on the graphical library.
700 ** If the NEWTEXT arg to `replace-match' contains a substring "\?",
701 that substring is inserted literally even if the LITERAL arg is
702 non-nil, instead of causing an error to be signaled.
705 ** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options.
706 Only variables defined using `defcustom' are considered user options.
707 The function `user-variable-p' is now an obsolete alias for
711 ** The return values of `defalias', `defun' and `defmacro' have changed,
712 and are now undefined. For backwards compatibility, defun and
713 defmacro currently return the name of the newly defined function/macro
714 but this should not be relied upon.
717 ** `face-spec-set' no longer sets frame-specific attributes when the
718 third argument is a frame (that usage was obsolete since Emacs 22.2).
721 ** The arguments of `dbus-register-signal' are no longer just strings,
722 but keywords or keyword-string pairs. The old argument list will
723 still be supported for Emacs 24.x.
726 Some Lisp symbols have been renamed to avoid problems with spelling
727 that is incorrect or inconsistent with how Emacs normally spells a word.
730 *** Renamed functions
732 **** hangul-input-method-inactivate -> hangul-input-method-deactivate
733 **** inactivate-input-method -> deactivate-input-method
734 **** quail-inactivate -> quail-deactivate
735 **** robin-inactivate -> robin-deactivate
736 **** viper-inactivate-input-method -> viper-deactivate-input-method
737 **** viper-inactivate-input-method-action ->
738 viper-deactivate-input-method-action
739 **** ucs-input-inactivate -> ucs-input-deactivate
743 The old hooks are still supported for backward compatibility, but they
744 are deprecated and will be removed eventually.
745 **** input-method-inactivate-hook -> input-method-deactivate-hook
746 **** robin-inactivate-hook -> robin-deactivate-hook
747 **** quail-inactivate-hook -> quail-deactivate-hook
750 *** Renamed Lisp variables
751 **** follow-deactive-menu -> follow-inactive-menu
752 **** inactivate-current-input-method-function ->
753 deactivate-current-input-method-function
756 ** Some obsolete functions, variables, and faces were removed:
757 *** `facemenu-unlisted-faces'
758 *** `rmail-decode-mime-charset'
759 *** `last-input-char', `last-command-char', `unread-command-char'.
760 *** `iswitchb-read-buffer'
761 *** `sc-version', `sc-submit-bug-report'
762 *** `set-char-table-default'
763 *** `string-to-sequence' (use `string-to-list' or `string-to-vector').
764 *** `compile-internal'
765 *** `mode-line-inverse-video'
766 *** `cvs-commit-buffer-require-final-newline'
767 (use `log-edit-require-final-newline' instead)
768 *** `cvs-changelog-full-paragraphs'
769 (use `log-edit-changelog-full-paragraphs' instead)
770 *** `cvs-diff-ignore-marks', `cvs-diff-buffer-name'
771 *** `vc-ignore-vc-files' (use `vc-handled-backends' instead)
772 *** `vc-master-templates' (use `vc-handled-backends' instead)
773 *** `vc-checkout-carefully'
777 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.3
779 ** New sampling-based Elisp profiler.
780 Try M-x profiler-start ... M-x profiler-stop; and then M-x profiler-report.
781 The sampling rate can be based on CPU time (only supported on some
782 systems), or based on memory allocations.
784 ** CL-style generalized variables are now in core Elisp.
785 `setf' is autoloaded; `push' and `pop' accept generalized variables.
788 ** `defun' also accepts a (declare DECLS) form, like `defmacro'.
789 The interpretation of the DECLS is determined by `defun-declarations-alist'.
793 *** `read-regexp' has a new argument HISTORY; the first argument PROMPT
794 of `read-regexp' accepts a string ending with a colon and space, and its
795 second argument DEFAULTS can be a list of strings accessible via M-n
796 in the minibuffer ahead of other hard-coded useful regexp-related values.
797 More commands use `read-regexp' now to read their regexp arguments.
801 *** New function `completion-table-with-quoting' to handle completion
802 in the presence of quoting, such as file completion in shell buffers.
804 *** New function `completion-table-subvert' to use an existing completion
805 table, but with a different prefix.
809 *** New error type and new function `user-error'.
810 These do not trigger the debugger.
812 *** New option `debugger-bury-or-kill'.
814 *** Set `debug-on-message' to enter the debugger when a certain
815 message is displayed in the echo area. This can be useful when trying
816 to work out which code is doing something.
818 *** New var `inhibit-debugger', automatically set to prevent accidental
819 recursive invocations.
823 *** The functions get-lru-window, get-mru-window and get-largest-window
824 now accept a third argument to avoid choosing the selected window.
826 *** Additional values recognized for option `window-combination-limit'.
828 *** New macro `with-temp-buffer-window'.
830 *** `temp-buffer-resize-mode' no longer resizes windows that have been
833 *** New function `fit-frame-to-buffer' and new options
834 `fit-frame-to-buffer' and `fit-frame-to-buffer-bottom-margin'.
836 *** New option switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point to restore a
837 window's point when switching buffers.
839 *** New display action functions `display-buffer-below-selected',
840 and `display-buffer-in-previous-window'.
842 *** New display action alist entry `inhibit-switch-frame', if non-nil,
843 tells display action functions to avoid changing which frame is
846 *** New display action alist entry `pop-up-frame-parameters', if
847 non-nil, specifies frame parameters to give any newly-created frame.
849 *** New display action alist entry `previous-window', if non-nil,
850 specifies window to reuse in `display-buffer-in-previous-window'.
852 *** New display action alist entries `window-height' and `window-width'
853 to specify size of new window created by `display-buffer'.
855 *** The following variables are obsolete, as they can be replaced by
856 appropriate entries in the `display-buffer-alist' function introduced
859 **** `display-buffer-reuse-frames'
861 **** `special-display-regexps'
863 **** `special-display-frame-alist'
865 **** `special-display-buffer-names'
867 **** `special-display-function'
869 **** `display-buffer-function'
871 **** `dired-shrink-to-fit'
875 *** `current-time-string' no longer requires that its argument's year
876 must be in the range 1000..9999. It now works with any year supported
877 by the underlying C implementation.
879 *** `current-time' now returns extended-format time stamps
880 (HIGH LOW USEC PSEC), where the new PSEC slot specifies picoseconds.
881 PSEC is typically a multiple of 1000 on current machines. Other
882 functions that use this format, such as file-attributes and
883 format-time-string, have been changed accordingly. Old-format time
884 stamps are still accepted.
886 *** The format of timers in timer-list and timer-idle-list is now
887 [TRIGGERED-P HI-SECS LO-SECS USECS REPEAT-DELAY FUNCTION ARGS IDLE-DELAY PSECS].
888 The PSECS slot is new, and uses picosecond resolution. It can be
889 accessed via the new timer--psecs accessor.
891 *** Last-modified time stamps in undo lists now are of the form
892 (t HI-SECS LO-SECS USECS PSECS) instead of (t HI-SECS . LO-SECS).
895 ** Floating point functions now always return special values like NaN,
896 instead of signaling errors, if given invalid args, e.g. (log -1.0).
897 Previously, they returned NaNs on some platforms but signaled errors
898 on others. The affected functions are acos, asin, tan, exp, expt,
899 log, log10, sqrt, and mod.
901 ** Interpreted files are eagerly macro-expanded during load.
902 This can significantly speed up execution of non-byte-compiled code,
903 but can also bump into harmless and previously unnoticed cyclic
904 dependencies. These should not be fatal: they will simply cause the
905 macro-calls to be left for later expansion (as before), but will also
906 result in a warning ("Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle")
907 describing the cycle.
909 ** Miscellaneous new functions:
913 *** `autoload-do-load'
915 *** `buffer-narrowed-p' tests if the buffer is narrowed.
917 *** `file-name-base' returns a file name sans directory and extension.
919 *** `function-get' fetches a function property, following aliases.
921 *** `posnp' tests if an object is a `posn'.
922 *** `set-temporary-overlay-map' sets up a temporary overlay map.
924 *** `system-users' returns the user names on the system.
926 *** `system-groups' returns the group names on the system.
928 *** `tty-top-frame' returns the topmost frame of a text terminal.
930 ** New macros `setq-local' and `defvar-local'.
933 ** New fringe bitmap `exclamation-mark'.
935 ** Face underlining can now use a wave.
936 See the "Face Attributes" section of the Elisp manual.
938 ** The following functions and variables are obsolete:
940 *** `automount-dir-prefix'
942 *** `buffer-has-markers-at'
944 *** `macro-declaration-function' (use `macro-declarations-alist')
946 *** `window-system-version'
948 *** `dired-pop-to-buffer' (use `dired-mark-pop-up')
950 *** `query-replace-interactive'
952 *** `font-list-limit' (has had no effect since Emacs < 23)
955 * Changes in Emacs 24.3 on non-free operating systems
958 ** Cygwin builds can use the native MS Windows user interface.
959 Pass --with-w32 to configure. The default remains the X11 interface.
961 ** Two new functions are available in Cygwin builds:
962 `cygwin-convert-path-from-windows' and `cygwin-convert-path-to-windows'.
963 These functions allow Lisp code to access the Cygwin file-name mapping
964 machinery to convert between Cygwin and Windows-native file names.
966 ** When invoked with the -nw switch to run on the Windows text-mode terminal,
967 Emacs now supports mouse highlight, help-echo (in the echo area), and
968 `mouse-autoselect-window'.
971 ** On MS Windows Vista and later Emacs now supports symbolic links.
974 ** On MS Windows, you can pass --without-libxml2 to configure.bat to omit
975 support for libxml2, even if its presence is detected.
978 ** On Mac OS X, the Nextstep port requires OS X 10.4 or later.
981 ** On Mac OS X, configure no longer automatically adds the Fink /sw
982 directories to the search path. You must add them yourself if you want them.
985 * Changes in Emacs 24.2
987 ** This is mainly a bug-fix release.
990 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.1
992 ** Emacs can be compiled with Gtk+ 3.0 if you pass --with-x-toolkit=gtk3
993 to configure. Note that other libraries used by Emacs, RSVG and GConf,
994 also depend on Gtk+. You can disable them with --without-rsvg and
997 ** Emacs can be compiled with GnuTLS support.
998 This happens by default if a suitably recent version of the library is
999 found at build time. To prevent this, use the configure option
1000 `--without-gnutls'. See below for GnuTLS features.
1002 ** Emacs can be compiled with SELinux support.
1003 This happens by default if a suitably recent version of the library is
1004 found at build time. To prevent this, use the configure option
1005 `--without-selinux'. See below for SELinux features.
1007 ** Emacs can be compiled with ImageMagick support.
1008 This happens by default if a suitably recent version of the library is
1009 found at build time. To prevent this, use the configure option
1010 `--without-imagemagick'. See below for ImageMagick features.
1011 This feature is not available for the Nextstep or MS ports.
1013 ** Emacs can be compiled with libxml2 support.
1014 This happens by default if a suitably recent version of the library is
1015 found at build time. To prevent this, use the configure option
1016 `--without-xml2'. See below for libxml2 features.
1018 ** By default, the installed Info and man pages are compressed.
1019 You can disable this by configuring --without-compress-info.
1021 ** New configure option --with-wide-int.
1022 With it, Emacs integers typically have 62 bits, even on 32-bit machines.
1023 On 32-bit hosts, this raises the limit on buffer sizes from about 512 MiB
1026 ** New configure options: --with-mmdf, --with-mail-unlink, --with-mailhost.
1027 These provide no new functionality, they just remove the need to edit
1028 lib-src/Makefile by hand in order to use the associated features.
1030 ** New configure option --enable-use-lisp-union-type.
1031 This is only useful for Emacs developers to debug certain types of bugs.
1032 This is not a new feature; only the configure flag is new.
1034 ** The standalone programs digest-doc and sorted-doc are removed.
1035 Emacs now uses Lisp commands `doc-file-to-man' and `doc-file-to-info'.
1037 ** The standalone program `fakemail' is removed.
1038 If you need it, feedmail.el provides a superset of the functionality.
1041 * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.1
1043 ** The --unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte
1044 command line arguments, and the EMACS_UNIBYTE environment variable, no
1045 longer have any effect. (They were declared obsolete in Emacs 23.)
1047 ** New command line option `--no-site-lisp' removes site-lisp directories
1048 from load-path. -Q now implies this. This option does not affect the
1049 EMACSLOADPATH environment variable (and hence has no effect for
1053 * Changes in Emacs 24.1
1057 *** Many packages now use the `completion-at-point' command,
1058 rather than implementing separate completion commands.
1060 *** `completion-at-point' now handles tags and semantic completion.
1062 *** Completion in a non-minibuffer now tries to detect the end of completion
1063 and pops down the *Completions* buffer accordingly.
1065 *** New option `completion-cycle-threshold' allows completion cycling.
1067 *** New option `completion-category-overrides' for overriding the
1068 default completion style in certain circumstances.
1070 *** New completion style `substring'.
1072 *** Completion of buffer names uses `substring' completion by default.
1074 *** The option `widget-complete-field' has been removed.
1078 *** The first time you try sending mail, Emacs asks for a mail method.
1079 This is implemented by a new default for `send-mail-function', which
1080 is `sendmail-query-once'. This offers to use the smtpmail package, or
1081 to use the old defaults relying on external mail facilities
1082 (`sendmail-send-it' on GNU/Linux and other Unix-like systems, and
1083 `mailclient-send-it' on Windows).
1085 *** Typing C-c m in the buffer made by M-x report-emacs-bug transfers
1086 the report to your desktop's preferred mail client, if there is one.
1087 This uses either the "xdg-email" utility, or Mac OS's "open" command.
1089 *** See Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages for SMTPmail changes
1090 and Mail mode changes
1092 ** Emacs server and client changes
1094 *** New option `server-port' specifies the port for TCP Emacs servers.
1096 *** New emacsclient argument -q/--quiet suppresses some status messages.
1098 *** New emacsclient argument --frame-parameters specifies the frame
1099 parameters of any newly-created graphical frame.
1101 *** If emacsclient shuts down due to Emacs signaling an error,
1102 its exit status is 1.
1104 *** New emacsclient argument --parent-id ID.
1105 This opens a client frame in parent X window ID, via XEmbed, similar
1106 to the --parent-id argument to Emacs.
1108 ** Internationalization changes
1110 *** Emacs now supports display and editing of bidirectional text.
1111 Right-to-left (RTL) scripts, such as Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew, are
1112 displayed in the correct visual order as expected by users of those
1113 scripts. The display reordering is a "full bidirectionality" class
1114 implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (UBA). Buffers
1115 with no RTL text should look exactly the same as before.
1117 **** New buffer-local variable `bidi-display-reordering'.
1118 To disable display reordering in a buffer, change this to nil.
1120 **** New buffer-local variable `bidi-paragraph-direction'.
1121 If nil (the default), Emacs determines the base direction of each
1122 paragraph from its text, as specified by the UBA. Setting the value
1123 to `right-to-left' or `left-to-right' forces a base direction on each
1126 Paragraphs with right-to-left base direction are displayed starting at
1127 the right window edge.
1129 *** Enhanced support for characters with no glyphs in available fonts,
1130 or, on text terminals, characters that cannot be encoded by the
1131 terminal coding system. The new option `glyphless-char-display-control'
1132 specifies how to display them: as a hexadecimal code in a box, a thin
1133 1-pixel space, an empty box, etc.
1135 *** New input methods for Farsi and Bulgarian
1136 (farsi-isiri-9147, farsi-transliterate-banan, bulgarian-alt-phonetic).
1138 *** `nobreak-char-display' now also highlights Unicode hyphen chars
1139 (U+2010 and U+2011).
1141 *** New Hebrew translation of the Emacs Tutorial.
1142 Type `C-u C-h t' to choose it in case your language setup doesn't
1143 automatically select it.
1145 ** An Emacs Lisp package manager is now included.
1146 This is a convenient way to download and install additional packages,
1147 from a package repository at http://elpa.gnu.org.
1149 *** M-x list-packages shows a list of packages, which can be
1150 selected for installation.
1152 *** New command `describe-package', bound to `C-h P'.
1154 *** By default, all installed packages are loaded automatically when
1155 Emacs starts up. To disable this, set `package-enable-at-startup' to
1156 nil. To specify the packages to load, customize `package-load-list'.
1158 ** Custom theme changes
1160 *** New command `M-x customize-themes', which provides a convenient
1161 interface for enabling and disabling Custom themes.
1163 *** New option `custom-theme-load-path' is the load path for themes.
1164 Emacs no longer looks for Custom themes in `load-path'. The default
1165 value of `custom-theme-load-path' says to look for themes in
1166 `custom-theme-directory', followed by a subdirectory of
1167 `data-directory' named "themes/", which contains a small selection of
1168 built-in Custom themes.
1170 *** New option `custom-safe-themes' records known-safe theme files.
1171 If a theme is not in this list, Emacs queries before loading it, and
1172 offers to save the theme to `custom-safe-themes' automatically. By
1173 default, all themes included in Emacs are treated as safe.
1175 ** Improved GTK integration
1177 *** GTK scroll-bars are now placed on the right by default.
1178 The function `set-scroll-bar-mode' can change this.
1180 *** GTK tool bars can have just text, just images or images and text.
1181 Customize `tool-bar-style' to choose the style. On a Gnome desktop,
1182 the default is taken from desktop settings.
1184 *** GTK tool bars can be placed on any edge of the frame.
1185 The frame-parameter tool-bar-position controls this. It takes the
1186 values top, left, right or bottom. The Options => Show/Hide menu has
1189 *** The default colors for selected text (the `region' face) are taken
1190 from the GTK theme when Emacs is built with GTK.
1192 *** Emacs uses GTK tooltips by default if built with GTK.
1193 You can disable this by changing `x-gtk-use-system-tooltips' to nil.
1195 ** Graphical interface changes
1197 *** On graphical displays, the mode-line no longer ends in dashes.
1198 Also, the first dash (which does not indicate anything) is just
1199 displayed as a space.
1201 *** `menu-bar-select-buffer-function' lets you choose another operation
1202 instead of `switch-to-buffer' when selecting an item in the Buffers menu.
1204 *** Lucid menus and dialogs can display antialiased fonts if Emacs is
1205 built with Xft. These fonts can be set via X resources, for example:
1206 Emacs.pane.menubar.font: Courier-12
1210 *** Emacs now calls `kill-emacs' if it receives SIGTERM or SIGHUP,
1211 or if it receives a SIGINT signal in batch mode.
1213 *** `kill-emacs-hook' is now also run in batch mode.
1214 Third-party code which adds to `kill-emacs-hook' should check if they
1215 do the right thing in batch mode.
1217 ** Scrolling changes
1219 *** New scrolling commands `scroll-up-command' and `scroll-down-command'
1220 (bound to C-v/[next] and M-v/[prior]) do not signal errors at top/bottom
1221 of buffer at first key-press (instead they move to top/bottom of buffer)
1222 when `scroll-error-top-bottom' is non-nil.
1224 *** New option `scroll-error-top-bottom' (see above).
1226 *** New scrolling commands `scroll-up-line' and `scroll-down-line'
1227 scroll a line instead of full screen.
1229 *** New property `scroll-command' should be set on a command's symbol to
1230 define it as a scroll command affected by `scroll-preserve-screen-position'.
1232 *** If you customize `scroll-conservatively' to a value greater than 100,
1233 Emacs will never recenter point in the window when it scrolls due to
1234 cursor motion commands or commands that move point (e.f., `M-g M-g').
1235 Previously, you needed to use `most-positive-fixnum' as the value of
1236 `scroll-conservatively' to achieve the same effect.
1238 *** "Aggressive" scrolling now honors the scroll margins.
1239 If you customize `scroll-up-aggressively' or
1240 `scroll-down-aggressively' and move point off the window, Emacs now
1241 scrolls the window so as to avoid positioning point inside the scroll
1244 ** Basic SELinux support has been added.
1245 This requires Emacs to be linked with libselinux at build time.
1247 *** Emacs preserves the SELinux file context when backing up.
1248 Also, the function `copy-file' has an extra optional argument for
1249 preserving SELinux context, and the return value of `backup-buffer'
1250 now includes the SELinux context.
1252 *** New functions `file-selinux-context' and `set-file-selinux-context'
1253 get and set the SELinux context of a file.
1257 *** `delete-by-moving-to-trash' now only affects commands that specify
1258 trashing. This avoids inadvertently trashing temporary files.
1260 *** Calling `delete-file' or `delete-directory' with a prefix argument
1261 now forces true deletion, regardless of `delete-by-moving-to-trash'.
1263 ** File- and directory-local variable changes
1265 *** You can stop directory local vars from applying to subdirectories.
1266 Add an element (subdirs . nil) to the alist portion of any variables
1267 settings to indicate that the section should not apply to
1270 *** Directory local variables can apply to some file-less buffers.
1271 Affected modes include dired, vc-dir, and log-edit. For example,
1272 adding "(diff-mode . ((mode . whitespace)))" to .dir-locals.el will
1273 turn on `whitespace-mode' for *vc-diff* buffers. Modes should call
1274 `hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer' to support this.
1276 *** Using "mode: MINOR-MODE" to enable a minor mode is deprecated.
1277 Instead, use "eval: (minor-mode 1)".
1279 *** The variable `inhibit-first-line-modes-regexps' has been renamed
1280 to `inhibit-local-variables-regexps'. As the name suggests, it now
1281 applies to ALL file local variables, not just -*- lines. The
1282 associated `inhibit-first-line-modes-suffixes' has been renamed in the
1287 *** The `quit-window' command now restores the last buffer displayed
1288 in the quitted window.
1290 *** Resizing an Emacs frame now preserves proportional window sizes,
1291 modulo restrictions like window minimum sizes and fixed-size windows.
1293 *** The behavior of `display-buffer' is now customizable in detail.
1295 **** New option `display-buffer-base-action' specifies a list of
1296 user-determined display "actions" (functions and optional arguments
1297 for choosing the displaying window).
1299 This takes precedence over the default display action, which is
1300 specified by `display-buffer-fallback-action'.
1302 **** New option `display-buffer-alist' maps buffer name regexps to
1303 display actions, taking precedence over `display-buffer-base-action'.
1305 *** New option `window-combination-limit'.
1306 The new option `window-combination-limit' allows to return the space
1307 obtained for resizing or creating a window more reliably to the window
1308 from which such space was obtained.
1310 *** New option `window-combination-resize'.
1311 The new option `window-combination-resize' allows to split a window that
1312 otherwise cannot be split because it's too small by stealing space from
1313 other windows in the same combination. Subsequent resizing or deletion
1314 of the window will resize all windows in the same combination as well.
1316 *** New option `frame-auto-hide-function' lets you choose between
1317 iconifying or deleting a frame when burying a buffer in a dedicated
1318 frame, or quitting a window showing a buffer in a frame of its own.
1320 *** New commands `maximize-window' and `minimize-window'.
1321 These maximize and minimize the size of a window within its frame.
1323 *** New commands `switch-to-prev-buffer' and `switch-to-next-buffer'.
1324 These functions allow to navigate through the live buffers that have
1325 been shown in a specific window.
1327 ** Minibuffer changes
1329 *** The inactive minibuffer has its own major mode `minibuffer-inactive-mode'.
1330 This is handy for minibuffer-only frames, and is also used for the feature
1331 where mouse-1 pops up *Messages*"', which can now easily be changed.
1333 *** Minibuffers set `truncate-lines' to nil.
1334 If you want to change the value to something else, you could use
1335 for example `minibuffer-setup-hook'.
1337 ** `auto-mode-case-fold' is now enabled by default.
1339 ** `backup-by-copying-when-mismatch' now defaults to t.
1341 ** New basic faces `error', `warning', `success'.
1342 These are used to highlight text indicating failure, caution or
1343 successful operation.
1345 ** New option `list-colors-sort' defines the color sort order
1346 for `list-colors-display'.
1348 ** The variable `focus-follows-mouse' now always defaults to nil.
1351 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.1
1355 *** C-y in Isearch is now bound to `isearch-yank-kill', instead of
1356 `isearch-yank-line'.
1358 *** M-y in Isearch is now bound to `isearch-yank-pop', instead of
1359 `isearch-yank-kill'.
1361 *** M-s C-e in Isearch is now bound to `isearch-yank-line'.
1363 ** New commands `count-words-region' and `count-words'.
1365 *** M-= is bound to `count-words-region', not `count-lines-region'.
1366 The `count-words-region' command, when called interactively, reports
1367 the number of lines, words, and characters in the region. It is a
1368 superset of the old `count-lines-region', which is now an obsolete
1371 ** The command `just-one-space' (M-SPC), if given a negative argument,
1372 also deletes newlines around point.
1376 *** New option `delete-active-region'.
1377 If non-nil, [delete] and DEL delete the region if it is active and no
1378 prefix argument is given. If set to `kill', those commands kill
1381 *** New command `delete-forward-char', bound to [delete].
1382 This is meant for interactive use, and obeys `delete-active-region'.
1383 The command `delete-char' does not obey `delete-active-region'.
1385 *** `delete-backward-char' is now a Lisp function.
1386 Apart from obeying `delete-active-region', its behavior is unchanged.
1387 However, the byte compiler now warns if it is called from Lisp; Lisp
1388 callers should use delete-char with a negative argument instead.
1390 *** The option `mouse-region-delete-keys' has been deleted.
1392 ** Selection changes.
1394 The default handling of clipboard and primary selections has been
1395 changed to conform with modern X applications. In short, most
1396 commands for killing and yanking text now use the clipboard, while
1397 mouse commands use the primary selection.
1399 In the following, we provide a list of these changes, followed by a
1400 list of steps to get the old behavior back if you prefer that.
1402 *** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t.
1403 Merely selecting text (e.g. with drag-mouse-1) no longer puts it in
1404 the kill ring. The selected text is put in the primary selection, if
1405 the system possesses a separate primary selection facility (e.g. X).
1407 **** `select-active-regions' also accepts a new value, `only'.
1408 This means to only set the primary selection for temporarily active
1409 regions (usually made by mouse-dragging or shift-selection);
1410 "ordinary" active regions, such as those made with C-SPC followed by
1411 point motion, do not alter the primary selection.
1413 **** `mouse-drag-copy-region' now defaults to nil.
1415 *** mouse-2 is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
1416 This pastes from the primary selection, ignoring the kill-ring.
1417 Previously, mouse-2 was bound to `mouse-yank-at-click'.
1419 *** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t on all platforms.
1421 *** `x-select-enable-primary' now defaults to nil.
1422 Thus, commands that kill text or copy it to the kill-ring (such as
1423 M-w, C-w, and C-k) also use the clipboard---not the primary selection.
1425 **** The "Copy", "Cut", and "Paste" items in the "Edit" menu are now
1426 exactly equivalent to M-w, C-w, and C-y respectively.
1428 **** Note that on MS-Windows, `x-select-enable-clipboard' was already
1429 non-nil by default, as Windows does not support the primary selection
1430 between applications.
1432 *** To return to the previous behavior, do the following:
1434 **** Change `select-active-regions' to nil.
1435 **** Change `mouse-drag-copy-region' to t.
1436 **** Change `x-select-enable-primary' to t (on X only).
1437 **** Change `x-select-enable-clipboard' to nil.
1438 **** Bind `mouse-yank-at-click' to mouse-2.
1440 *** Support for X cut buffers has been removed.
1442 *** X clipboard managers are now supported.
1443 To inhibit this, change `x-select-enable-clipboard-manager' to nil.
1445 ** New command `C-x r N' (`rectangle-number-lines') numbers the lines
1446 in the current rectangle. With a prefix argument, this prompts for a
1447 number to count from and for a format string.
1449 ** `redisplay-dont-pause' now defaults to t.
1450 This makes Emacs feel more responsive to editing commands that arrive
1451 at high rate, e.g. if you lean on some key, because stopping redisplay
1452 in the middle (when this variable is nil) forces more expensive
1453 updates later on, and Emacs appears to be unable to keep up.
1455 ** The behavior of <TAB> for active regions in Text mode has changed.
1456 In Text and related modes, typing <TAB> (`indent-for-tab-command')
1457 when the region is active causes Emacs to indent all the lines in the
1458 region, aligning them with the line previous to the first line in the
1459 region (or with the left margin if there is no previous line).
1461 ** When `occur' is called with a prefix argument, matching strings are
1462 collected into the `*Occur*' buffer without line numbers. If there
1463 are parenthesized subexpressions in the specified regexp, `occur'
1464 reads replacement text that may contain \\& and \\N whose convention
1465 follows `replace-match'.
1468 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
1470 ** Archive Mode has basic support for browsing and updating 7z archives.
1474 *** BibTeX mode now supports biblatex.
1475 Use the variable `bibtex-dialect' to select different BibTeX dialects.
1476 `bibtex-entry-field-alist' is now an obsolete alias for
1477 `bibtex-BibTeX-entry-alist'.
1479 *** New command `bibtex-search-entries', bound to C-c C-a.
1481 *** New `bibtex-entry-format' option `sort-fields', disabled by default.
1483 *** New variable `bibtex-search-entry-globally'.
1487 *** New option `browse-url-mailto-function' specifies how to handle "mailto:"s.
1489 *** The default browser used by the package is now the "xdg-open" program,
1490 on platforms that support it. This calls your desktop's preferred browser.
1492 ** Calendar, Diary, and Appt
1494 *** Diary entries can contain non-printing "comments".
1495 See the variable `diary-comment-start'.
1497 *** Appointments can specify their individual warning times.
1498 See the variable `appt-warning-time-regexp'.
1500 *** The function specified by `appt-disp-window-function' may be passed
1501 lists of arguments if multiple appointments are due at similar times.
1502 If you are using a custom function for this, you should update it.
1504 *** New function `diary-hebrew-birthday'.
1506 *** Elements of `calendar-day-abbrev-array' and `calendar-month-abbrev-array'
1507 may no longer be nil, but must all be strings.
1509 *** The obsolete (since Emacs 22.1) method of enabling the appt
1510 package by adding `appt-make-list' to `diary-hook' has been removed.
1511 Use `appt-activate' instead.
1513 *** Some appt variables (obsolete since Emacs 22.1) have been removed:
1514 appt-issue-message (use the function appt-activate)
1515 appt-visible/appt-msg-window (use the variable appt-display-format)
1517 *** Some diary function aliases (obsolete since Emacs 22.1) have been removed:
1518 view-diary-entries, list-diary-entries, show-all-diary-entries
1522 *** New feature to "guess" the style in an existing buffer.
1523 The main entry point is M-x c-guess.
1525 *** Java Mode now supports Java 5.0 (Tiger) and 6 (Mustang).
1527 *** `c-beginning-of-defun' and `c-end-of-defun' now respect nested scopes.
1528 Thus C-M-a will, by default, go to the beginning of the immediate function,
1531 *** "Macros with semicolons" can be registered for correct indentation.
1532 Where such a macro ends a line (no semicolon) the next statement is no longer
1533 parsed as a statement continuation.
1535 ** Comint and modes derived from it use the standard completion code.
1539 *** Compilation mode can be used without Font Lock mode.
1540 `compilation-parse-errors-function' is now obsolete.
1542 *** New variable `compilation-filter-start', which is bound while
1543 `compilation-filter-hook' runs. It records the start position of the
1544 text inserted by `compilation-filter'.
1546 *** `compilation-error-screen-columns' and `compilation-first-column'
1547 are obeyed in the editing buffer. So programming language modes can
1548 set them, whereas previously only the value in the *Compilation*
1553 *** Customize buffers now contain a search field.
1554 The search is performed using `customize-apropos'.
1555 To turn off the search field, set `custom-search-field' to nil.
1557 *** Options in customize group buffers start out hidden if not customized.
1558 Use the arrow to the left of the option name to toggle visibility.
1560 *** custom-buffer-sort-alphabetically now defaults to t.
1562 *** The color widget now has a "Choose" button, which allows you to
1563 choose a color via `list-colors-display'.
1567 *** It is now possible to access buses other than the default system
1570 *** The `dbus-register-method' and `dbus-register-property' functions
1571 optionally do not register names.
1573 *** The new function `dbus-register-service' registers a known service
1574 name on a D-Bus without also registering a property or a method.
1578 *** C-x C-j (`dired-jump') and C-x 4 C-j (`dired-jump-other-window'),
1579 if called with a prefix argument, read a file name from the minibuffer
1580 instead of using the current buffer.
1582 *** The "dired local variables" feature of Dired-x is obsolete.
1583 The standard directory local variables feature replaces it.
1587 *** New options `erc-autojoin-timing' and `erc-autojoin-delay',
1588 controlling attempts to autojoin a channel.
1590 *** New variable `erc-coding-system-precedence': If we use `undecided'
1591 as the server coding system, this variable will then be consulted.
1592 The default is to decode strings that can be decoded as utf-8 as
1593 utf-8, and do the normal `undecided' decoding for the rest.
1597 *** The default value of `eshell-directory-name' has changed
1598 to be an "eshell" directory in `user-emacs-directory'.
1599 The old "~/.eshell/" directory is still used if it exists, though.
1603 *** The M-x gdb command now uses the GDB Machine Interface protocol.
1604 It now supports multithread non-stop debugging and simultaneous
1605 debugging of several threads.
1609 *** RET (`image-toggle-animation') toggles animation, if applicable.
1610 Animation plays once, unless the option `image-animate-loop' is non-nil.
1614 *** New command M-x info-display-manual displays a named Info manual.
1615 If that manual is already visited in some Info buffer, it displays
1616 that buffer. (This is handy if you have many manuals in many *info*
1617 buffers, and don't remember the name of the buffer visiting the manual
1618 you want to consult.) Otherwise, it loads and displays the manual.
1620 *** `e' is now bound to `end-of-buffer' rather than to `Info-edit'.
1621 This is for compatibility with the stand-alone Info reader program,
1622 and also because `Info-edit' is a rarely used command that is disabled
1625 ** Mail mode changes (not Message mode)
1627 *** New command M-x mail-add-attachment for adding MIME attachments
1629 *** The command M-x mail-attach-file was renamed to M-x mail-insert-file.
1630 (Its name is misleading, since it has nothing to do with MIME
1631 attachments.) The old name is now an obsolete alias to the new name.
1633 ** MH-E has been updated to MH-E version 8.3.1.
1634 See MH-E-NEWS for details.
1636 ** Modula-2 mode provides auto-indentation.
1638 ** mpc.el: Can use pseudo tags of the form tag1|tag2 as a union of two tags.
1640 ** nXML mode no longer binds C-RET to `nxml-complete'.
1641 Completion is now performed via `completion-at-point', bound to C-M-i
1642 or M-TAB. If `nxml-bind-meta-tab-to-complete-flag' is non-nil (the
1643 default), this performs tag completion.
1645 ** Org mode has been updated to version 7.8.09.
1646 See ORG-NEWS for details.
1648 ** Prolog mode has been completely revamped, with lots of additional
1649 functionality such as more intelligent indentation, electricity,
1650 support for more variants, including Mercury, and a lot more.
1654 *** The command `rmail-epa-decrypt' decrypts OpenPGP data
1655 in the Rmail incoming message.
1657 *** The variable `rmail-message-filter' no longer has any effect.
1658 This change was made in Emacs 23.1 but was not advertised at the time.
1659 Try using `rmail-show-message-hook' instead.
1663 *** M-x shell prompts for the shell path name if the default directory
1664 is a remote file name and neither the environment variable $ESHELL nor
1665 the variable `explicit-shell-file-name' is set.
1667 *** TAB is now bound to the standard `completion-at-point' command,
1668 which now implements the pcomplete rules for shell command completion.
1672 *** SMTPmail now uses encrypted connections (via STARTTLS) by default
1673 if the mail server supports them. This uses either built-in GnuTLS
1674 support, or the starttls.el library. Customize `smtpmail-stream-type'
1677 *** The variable `smtpmail-auth-credentials' has been removed.
1678 By default, the information is now stored in the file ~/.authinfo.
1679 This was the default value of smtpmail-auth-credentials. If you had
1680 customized smtpmail-auth-credentials to a list of user names and
1681 passwords, those settings are not used. During your first connection
1682 to the smtp server, Emacs will prompt for the user name and password,
1683 and offer to save them to ~/.authinfo. Or you can manually copy the
1684 credentials to ~/.authinfo. For example, if you had
1686 (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
1687 '(("mail.example.org" 25 "jim" "s!cret")))
1689 then the equivalent line in ~/.authinfo would be
1691 machine mail.example.org port 25 login jim password s!cret
1693 See the auth-source manual for more information, e.g. on encrypting
1694 the credentials file.
1696 *** The variable `smtpmail-starttls-credentials' has been removed.
1697 If you had that set, you need to put
1699 machine smtp.whatever.foo port 25 key "~/.my_smtp_tls.key" cert "~/.my_smtp_tls.cert"
1701 in your ~/.authinfo file instead.
1703 *** SMTPmail defaults to using the address in the From: header as the
1704 SMTP MAIL FROM envelope. To override this, set `mail-envelope-from'
1705 to the address you wish to use instead.
1709 *** New options `sql-port', `sql-connection-alist', `sql-send-terminator',
1710 and `sql-oracle-scan-on'.
1712 *** New options controlling prompting for login parameters.
1713 Each supported product has a custom variable `sql-*-login-params',
1714 which is a list of the parameters to be prompted for before a
1715 connection is established.
1717 *** The command `sql-product-interactive' now takes a prefix argument,
1718 which causes it to prompt for an SQL product.
1720 *** Product-specific SQL interactive commands now take prefix arguments.
1721 These commands (`sql-sqlite', `sql-postgres', `sql-mysql', etc.),
1722 given a prefix argument, prompt for a name for the SQL interactive
1723 buffer. This reduces the need for calling `sql-rename-buffer'.
1725 *** SQL interactive modes suppress command continuation prompts, and
1726 replace tabs with spaces. The first change impacts multiple line SQL
1727 statements entered with C-j between each line, statements yanked into
1728 the buffer and statements sent with `sql-send-*' functions. The
1729 second prevents the MySQL and Postgres interpreters from listing
1730 object name completions when sent text via `sql-send-*' functions.
1732 *** New command `sql-connect' starts a predefined SQLi session,
1733 using the login parameters from `sql-connection-alist'.
1735 *** New "Save Connection" menu item in SQLi buffers.
1736 This gathers the login params specified for the SQLi session, if it
1737 was not started by a connection, and saves them as a new connection.
1739 *** New commands for listing database objects and details:
1740 sql-list-all and sql-list-table.
1742 *** An API for manipulating SQL product definitions has been added.
1746 *** latex-electric-env-pair-mode keeps \begin..\end matched on the fly.
1750 *** New inline access method "ksu" (kerberized su).
1752 *** The following access methods are discontinued: "ssh1_old",
1753 "ssh2_old", "scp1_old", "scp2_old", "imap", "imaps" and "fish".
1755 *** The user option `remote-file-name-inhibit-cache' controls whether
1756 remote file attributes are cached for better performance.
1758 *** The option `ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp' has changed its
1759 default value to "".
1761 *** Handlers for `file-selinux-context' and `set-file-selinux-context'
1762 for remote machines which support SELinux.
1764 ** New function `url-queue-retrieve', which behaves like url-retrieve,
1765 but with limits (`url-queue-parallel-processes', `url-queue-timeout') on
1766 the degree of parallelism.
1768 ** VC and related modes
1770 *** Support for pulling on distributed version control systems.
1771 The command C-x v + (`vc-pull') runs a "pull" operation, if it is
1772 supported (currently with Bzr, Git, and Mercurial), to update the
1773 current branch and working tree. A prefix argument means to prompt
1774 the user for specifics, e.g. a pull location.
1776 *** `vc-update' is now an alias for `vc-pull'.
1778 *** Support for merging on distributed version control systems.
1779 The command C-x v m (`vc-merge') now runs a "merge" operation, if it
1780 is supported (currently with Bzr, Git, and Mercurial), to merge
1781 changes from another branch into the current one. It prompts for
1782 specifics, e.g. a merge source.
1784 *** New option `vc-revert-show-diff' controls whether `vc-revert'
1785 shows a diff while querying the user. It defaults to t.
1787 *** Log entries in some Log View buffers can be toggled to display a
1788 longer description by typing RET (log-view-toggle-entry-display).
1789 This is currently supported for Bzr, Git, and Mercurial (to support
1790 another backend, define a `log-view-expanded-log-entry-function').
1791 In the Log View buffers made by C-x v L (`vc-print-root-log'), you can
1792 use this to display the full log entry for the revision at point.
1794 *** New command `vc-ediff' allows visual comparison of two revisions
1795 of a file similar to `vc-diff', but using ediff backend.
1797 *** The option `vc-initial-comment' was removed in Emacs 23.2, but
1798 this was not advertised at the time.
1800 *** `vc-toggle-read-only' is an obsolete alias for `toggle-read-only'.
1801 Since Emacs 23, it has done the same thing as `toggle-read-only', but
1802 this was not advertised at the time.
1808 *** erc-hecomplete.el (use erc-pcomplete.el instead)
1810 *** partial-completion-mode (complete.el) is obsolete.
1811 You can get a comparable behavior with:
1812 (setq completion-styles '(partial-completion initials))
1813 (setq completion-pcm-complete-word-inserts-delimiters t)
1815 *** pc-mode.el is obsolete (CUA mode is much more comprehensive).
1817 *** pgg is obsolete (use EasyPG instead).
1819 *** sregex.el is obsolete, since rx.el is a strict superset.
1821 *** s-region.el and pc-select.el are obsolete.
1822 They are superseded by shift-select-mode, enabled by default since 23.1.
1824 *** vc-mcvs.el is obsolete (for lack of a maintainer).
1828 *** The Landmark game is now invoked with `landmark', not `lm'.
1829 Its functions and variables have been similarly renamed.
1831 *** In `ido-file-completion-map', C-v is no longer bound to `ido-toggle-vc'.
1832 (This interfered with cua-mode.)
1834 *** f90.el has some support for Fortran 2008 syntax.
1836 *** `copyright-fix-years' can optionally convert consecutive years to ranges.
1838 *** New command `nato-region' converts text to NATO phonetic alphabet.
1841 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
1843 ** Occur Edit mode applies edits made in *Occur* buffers to the
1844 original buffers. It is bound to "e" in Occur mode.
1846 ** New global minor mode electric-pair-mode.
1847 When enabled, typing an open parenthesis automatically inserts the
1848 matching closing one.
1850 ** New global minor mode electric-indent-mode.
1851 When enabled, typing certain characters triggers reindentation.
1852 Major modes wishing to use this can set electric-indent-chars or
1853 electric-indent-functions.
1855 ** New global minor mode electric-layout-mode.
1856 When enabled, typing certain characters automatically inserts newlines.
1857 Major modes wishing to use this can set electric-layout-rules.
1859 ** tabulated-list.el provides a generic major mode for tabulated data,
1860 from which other modes can be derived.
1862 ** pcase.el provides the ML-style pattern matching macro `pcase'.
1864 ** secrets.el is an implementation of the Secret Service API, an
1865 interface to password managers like GNOME Keyring or KDE Wallet. The
1866 Secret Service API requires D-Bus for communication. The command
1867 `secrets-show-secrets' offers a buffer with a visualization of the
1870 ** notifications.el provides an implementation of the Desktop
1871 Notifications API. It requires D-Bus for communication.
1873 ** soap-client.el supports access to SOAP web services from Emacs.
1874 soap-inspect.el is an interactive inspector for SOAP WSDL structures.
1876 ** New generic mode, xmodmap-generic-mode, for xmodmap files.
1878 ** New emacs-lock.el package.
1879 The previous version has been moved to obsolete/old-emacs-lock.el.
1880 Now, there is a proper minor mode `emacs-lock-mode'. Protection
1881 against exiting Emacs and killing the buffer can be set separately.
1882 The mechanism for automatically turning off protection for buffers
1883 with dead inferior processes has been generalized.
1886 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.1
1888 ** Passing a nil argument to a minor mode function call now ENABLES
1889 the minor mode unconditionally. This is so that you can write e.g.
1891 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'foo-mode)
1893 to enable foo-mode in Text mode buffers, removing the need for
1894 `turn-on-foo-mode' style functions. This affects all mode commands
1895 defined by `define-minor-mode'. If called interactively, the mode
1896 command still toggles the minor mode.
1898 ** The return value of `backup-buffer' has changed.
1899 It is now a list of three elements, where the second element is a list
1900 describing the original file's SELinux context. If Emacs or the
1901 system lacks SELinux support, the context list is (nil nil nil nil).
1902 See "Basic SELinux support" above, under "Changes in Emacs 24.1".
1904 ** `char-direction-table' and the `char-direction' function were deleted.
1905 They were buggy and inferior to the new support of bidirectional
1906 editing introduced in Emacs 24. If you need the bidirectional
1907 properties of a character, use `get-char-code-property' with the last
1908 argument `bidi-class'.
1910 ** `copy-directory' now copies the source directory as a subdirectory
1911 of the target directory, if the latter is an existing directory. The
1912 new optional arg COPY-CONTENTS, if non-nil, makes the function copy
1913 the contents directly into a pre-existing target directory.
1915 ** For mouse click input events in the text area, the Y pixel
1916 coordinate in the POSITION list now counts from the top of the text
1917 area, excluding any header line. Previously, it counted from the top
1920 ** Support for "old-style" backquotes, obsolete for 10+ years, has
1921 been further reduced. Now a backquote not followed by a space is
1922 always treated as a "new-style" backquote. Please remove all
1923 "old-style" backquotes from your code. If your code uses backquotes
1924 as documented in the Elisp manual, and compiles without warning, then
1925 you have nothing to do in this regard. Code not following the
1926 appropriate conventions may fail to compile.
1928 The most common cause of trouble seems to be an old-style backquote
1929 followed by a newline. Another cause of trouble is vector notation
1930 for key sequence notation: instead of [(control ,)] and [(control ')],
1931 you should write [(control ?,)] and [(control ?')], which will work in
1934 ** The macro `eval-at-startup' was removed in Emacs 23.2, but this
1935 was not advertised at the time. The function `custom-initialize-delay'
1936 replaced all known uses.
1938 ** `view-buffer' now treats special mode-class in the same way that
1939 `view-file' has since Emacs 22 (i.e. it won't enable View mode if the
1940 major mode is special).
1942 ** Menu and tool bar changes
1944 *** During startup, Emacs no longer adds entries for `menu-bar-lines'
1945 and `tool-bar-lines' to `default-frame-alist' and `initial-frame-alist'.
1946 With these alist entries omitted, `make-frame' checks the value of the
1947 variable `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode' to determine whether to create
1948 a menu-bar or tool-bar, respectively. If the alist entries are added,
1949 they override the value of `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode'.
1951 *** The menu bar bindings's caches are not used any more.
1952 Use (where-is-internal <def> nil t) instead.
1954 ** Regions created by mouse dragging are now normal active regions,
1955 similar to those created by shift-selection (see Selection changes
1956 above). In previous Emacs versions, these regions were delineated by
1957 `mouse-drag-overlay'; that variable has been removed.
1959 ** The fourth argument of `filter-buffer-substring' has been removed.
1960 If you want to remove text properties from the final result, simply
1961 pass the result through substring-no-properties.
1963 ** cl.el no longer provides `cl-19'.
1965 ** The following obsolete functions and aliases have been removed
1966 (the appropriate new function is given in parentheses; "not needed"
1967 means you can just remove all calls to the function in question):
1969 *** `comint-kill-output' (`comint-delete-output')
1970 *** `decompose-composite-char' (`char-to-string')
1971 *** `outline-visible' (`outline-invisible-p')
1972 *** `internal-find-face' (`facep')
1973 *** `internal-get-face' (`facep and check-face')
1974 *** `frame-update-faces' (not needed)
1975 *** `frame-update-face-colors' (`frame-set-background-mode')
1976 *** `x-frob-font-weight' and `x-frob-font-slant' (`make-face-*' functions)
1977 *** `x-make-font-bold and x-make-font-demibold (`make-face-bold')
1978 *** `x-make-font-italic' and `x-make-font-oblique' (`make-face-italic')
1979 *** `x-make-font-bold-italic' (`make-face-bold-italic')
1980 *** `x-make-font-unbold' (`make-face-unbold')
1981 *** `x-make-font-unitalic' (`make-face-unitalic')
1982 *** `mldrag-drag-mode-line' (`mouse-drag-mode-line')
1983 *** `mldrag-drag-vertical-line' (`mouse-drag-vertical-line')
1984 *** `iswitchb-default-keybindings' (`iswitchb-mode')
1985 *** `char-bytes' (== 1)
1986 *** `isearch-return-char' (`isearch-printing-char')
1987 *** `make-local-hook' (not needed)
1988 *** `set-screen-height' (`set-frame-height')
1989 *** `set-screen-width' (`set-frame-width')
1991 ** The following obsolete variables and varaliases have been removed
1992 (the appropriate new variable is given in parentheses):
1994 *** `checkdoc-minor-keymap' (`checkdoc-minor-mode-map')
1995 *** `vc-header-alist' (`vc-BACKEND-header')
1996 *** `directory-sep-char' (== ?/)
1997 *** `font-lock-defaults-alist' (`font-lock-defaults')
1998 *** `e' (`float-e').
2000 ** The following obsolete files were removed:
2001 sc.el, x-menu.el, rnews.el, rnewspost.el
2003 ** The format of the finder-inf.el file has changed, since the Finder
2004 mechanism is now based on the package system. The variable
2005 `finder-package-info' is replaced by `package--builtins' and
2006 `finder-keywords-hash'.
2008 ** When generating autoloads, `update-directory-autoloads' no longer
2009 assumes every inspected file is in your `load-path'. It instead
2010 generates relative names according to the current `load-path'.
2013 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.1
2015 ** Code can now use lexical scoping by default instead of dynamic scoping.
2016 The `lexical-binding' variable enables lexical scoping for local
2017 variables. It is typically set via a file-local variable in the first
2018 line of the file, in which case it applies to all the code in that
2021 *** `eval' takes a new optional argument `lexical' to choose the new lexical
2022 binding instead of the old dynamic binding mode.
2024 *** Lexically scoped interpreted functions are represented with a new form
2025 of function value which looks like (closure ENV ARGS &rest BODY).
2027 *** New macro `letrec' to define recursive local functions.
2029 *** `defvar' and `defconst' now mark the variable as special (dynamic).
2030 So do `defcustom' and other forms that call `defvar' as a subroutine.
2032 *** New function `special-variable-p' to check whether a variable is
2033 declared as dynamically bound.
2035 *** The form ((lambda ...) ...) is deprecated.
2037 ** An Emacs Lisp testing tool is now included.
2038 Emacs Lisp developers can use this tool to write automated tests for
2039 their code. See the ERT info manual for details.
2041 ** Changes for bidirectional display and editing
2043 *** New function `current-bidi-paragraph-direction'.
2044 This returns the base direction of the paragraph at point.
2046 *** New function `bidi-string-mark-left-to-right'.
2047 Given a string containing characters from right-to-left scripts, this
2048 function returns another string which can be safely inserted into a
2049 buffer, such that any following text will be always displayed to the
2050 right of that string. (This works by appending an invisible Unicode
2051 "LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK" character if the argument string might need it.)
2053 This is useful when the buffer has overall left-to-right paragraph
2054 direction and you need to insert a string whose contents are not known
2055 in advance, without disrupting the layout of the line.
2059 *** Window tree functions are accessible in Elisp.
2060 Functions are provided to return the parent, siblings or child windows
2061 of any window including internal windows (windows not associated with a
2062 buffer) in the window tree.
2064 **** New function `window-valid-p' gives non-nil for live and internal
2067 **** Window manipulation can deal with internal windows.
2068 Many window handling functions like `split-window', `delete-window', or
2069 `delete-other-windows' as well as the window resizing functions can now
2070 act on any window including internal ones.
2072 *** window-total-height/-width vs window-body-height/-width.
2073 The function `window-height' has been renamed to `window-total-height'
2074 and `window-width' has been renamed to `window-body-width'. The old
2075 names are provided as aliases. Two new functions `window-total-width'
2076 and `window-body-height' are provided.
2078 *** Window parameters specific to window handling functions.
2079 For each window you can specify a parameter to override the default
2080 behavior of a number of functions like `split-window', `delete-window'
2081 and `delete-other-windows'. The variable `ignore-window-parameters'
2082 allows to ignore processing such parameters.
2084 *** New semantics of third argument of `split-window'.
2085 The third argument of `split-window' has been renamed to SIDE and can be
2086 set to any of the values 'below, 'right, 'above, or 'left to make the
2087 new window appear on the corresponding side of the window that shall be
2088 split. Any other value of SIDE will cause `split-window' to split the
2089 window into two side-by-side windows as before.
2091 *** Window resizing functions.
2092 A new standard function for resizing windows called `window-resize' has
2093 been introduced. This and all other functions for resizing windows no
2094 longer delete any windows when they become too small.
2096 *** Deleting the selected window now selects the most recently selected
2097 live window on that frame instead.
2099 *** `adjust-window-trailing-edge' adjustments.
2100 `adjust-window-trailing-edge' can now deal with fixed-size windows and
2101 is able to resize other windows if a window adjacent to the trailing
2102 edge cannot be shrunk any more. This makes its behavior more similar to
2103 that of Emacs 21 without compromising, however, its inability to delete
2104 windows which was introduced in Emacs 22.
2106 *** Window-local buffer lists.
2107 Windows now have local buffer lists. This means that removing a buffer
2108 from display in a window will preferably show the buffer previously
2109 shown in that window with its previous window-start and window-point
2110 positions. This also means that the same buffer may be automatically
2111 shown twice even if it already appears in another window.
2113 *** `switch-to-buffer' has a new optional argument FORCE-SAME-WINDOW,
2114 which if non-nil requires the buffer to be displayed in the currently
2115 selected window, signaling an error otherwise. If nil, another window
2116 can be used, e.g. if the selected one is strongly dedicated.
2118 *** `split-window-vertically' and `split-window-horizontally' renamed
2119 to `split-window-below' and `split-window-right' respectively.
2120 The old names are kept as aliases.
2124 **** The second arg to `display-buffer' and `pop-to-buffer' is now
2125 named ACTION, and takes a display action of the same form as
2126 `display-buffer-base-action' (see Changes, above). A non-nil,
2127 non-list value is treated specially, as the old meaning.
2129 **** New variable `display-buffer-overriding-action'.
2131 **** The procedure of `display-buffer' etc. to choose a window is
2132 determined by combining `display-buffer-overriding-action',
2133 `display-buffer-alist', the ACTION arg, `display-buffer-base-action',
2134 and `display-buffer-fallback-action'. The second and fourth of these
2135 are user-customizable variables.
2137 See the docstring of `display-buffer' for details.
2139 *** New functions `window-state-get' and `window-state-put'.
2140 These functions allow to save and restore the state of an arbitrary
2141 frame or window as an Elisp object.
2145 *** New variable `completion-extra-properties' used to specify extra
2146 properties of the current completion:
2147 - :annotate-function, same as the old completion-annotate-function.
2148 - :exit-function, function to call after completion took place.
2150 *** Functions on `completion-at-point-functions' can return any of the
2151 properties valid for `completion-extra-properties'.
2153 *** `completion-annotate-function' is obsolete.
2155 *** New `metadata' method for completion tables. The metadata thus returned
2156 can specify various details of the data returned by `all-completions':
2157 - `category' is the kind of objects returned (e.g., `buffer', `file', ...),
2158 used to select a style in completion-category-overrides.
2159 - `annotation-function' to add annotations in *Completions*.
2160 - `display-sort-function' to specify how to sort entries in *Completions*.
2161 - `cycle-sort-function' to specify how to sort entries when cycling.
2163 *** `minibuffer-local-filename-must-match-map' is not used any more.
2164 Instead, the bindings in `minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map'
2165 are combined with `minibuffer-local-must-match-map'.
2167 *** New variable `completing-read-function' allows overriding the
2168 behavior of `completing-read'.
2170 ** `glyphless-char-display' can now distinguish between graphical and
2171 text terminal display, via a char-table entry that is a cons cell.
2173 ** `pre-command-hook'/`post-command-hook' are not reset to nil on error.
2174 Instead, the offending function is removed.
2178 *** New function `run-hook-wrapped' for running an abnormal hook by
2179 passing the hook functions as arguments to a "wrapping" function.
2180 Like `run-hook-with-args-until-success', it stops at the first
2181 non-nil return value.
2183 *** New macro `with-wrapper-hook' for running an abnormal hook as a
2184 set of "wrapping" filters, similar to around advice.
2185 (A version of this macro was actually added in Emacs 23.2 but was not
2186 advertised at the time.)
2190 *** New macro `condition-case-unless-debug' (this was actually added in
2191 Emacs 23.1 as condition-case-no-debug, but not advertised)
2193 *** The macro `with-demoted-errors' was added in Emacs 23.1, but not advertised.
2195 *** Variable `stack-trace-on-error' removed.
2197 *** The debugger can now "continue" from an error, which means it will
2198 jump to the error handler as if the debugger had not been invoked
2199 instead of jumping all the way to the top-level.
2201 *** Set `debug-on-event' to enter the debugger on events like SIGUSR1.
2202 This can be useful when `inhibit-quit' is set.
2204 ** The new function `server-eval-at' allows evaluation of Lisp forms on
2205 named Emacs server instances.
2207 ** `call-process' and `call-process-region' allow a `(:file "file")' spec
2208 to redirect STDOUT to a file.
2210 ** The function `format-time-string' now supports the %N directive,
2211 for higher-resolution time stamps.
2213 ** New input reading functions
2215 *** New function `read-char-choice' reads a restricted set of
2216 characters, discarding any inputs not inside the set.
2218 *** The command `read-color' now requires a match for a color name
2219 or RGB triplet, instead of signaling an error if the user provides
2222 **** `facemenu-read-color' is now an alias for `read-color'.
2224 ** `image-library-alist' is renamed to `dynamic-library-alist'.
2225 The variable is now used to load all kind of supported dynamic libraries,
2226 not just image libraries. The previous name is still available as an
2229 ** Syntax parsing changes
2231 *** New variable `syntax-propertize-function'.
2232 This replaces `font-lock-syntactic-keywords' which is now obsolete.
2233 This allows syntax-table properties to be set independently from font-lock:
2234 just call syntax-propertize to make sure the text is propertized.
2235 Together with this new variable come a new hook
2236 syntax-propertize-extend-region-functions, as well as two helper functions:
2237 syntax-propertize-via-font-lock to reuse old font-lock-syntactic-keywords
2238 as-is; and syntax-propertize-rules which provides a new way to specify
2241 *** Syntax tables support a new "comment style c" additionally to style b.
2243 ** New hook `post-self-insert-hook', run after `self-insert-command'.
2245 ** frame-local variables cannot be let-bound any more.
2247 ** Major and minor mode changes
2249 *** `set-auto-mode' now respects mode: local variables at the end of files,
2250 as well as those in the -*- line.
2252 *** `prog-mode' is a new major mode from which programming modes
2255 **** `prog-mode-hook' can be used to enable features for programming
2256 modes, e.g. (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'flyspell-prog-mode) to enable
2257 on-the-fly spell checking for comments and strings.
2259 *** New hook `change-major-mode-after-body-hook', run by
2260 `run-mode-hooks' just before any other mode hooks.
2262 *** Enabled globalized minor modes can be disabled in specific major modes.
2263 If the global mode is global-FOO-mode, then run (FOO-mode -1) in the
2264 major mode's hook, where FOO-mode toggles the mode on a per-buffer basis.
2266 *** `define-minor-mode' accepts new keywords :variable, :after-hook.
2268 ** File-handling changes
2270 *** `delete-file' and `delete-directory' now accept optional arg TRASH.
2271 Trashing is performed if TRASH and `delete-by-moving-to-trash' are
2272 both non-nil. Interactively, TRASH defaults to t, unless a prefix
2273 argument is supplied (see Trash changes, above).
2275 *** New file predicates: `file-equal-p', `file-in-directory-p'.
2277 ** Tool-bars can display separators.
2278 Tool-bar separators are handled like menu separators in menu-bar maps,
2279 i.e. via menu entries of the form `(menu-item "--")'.
2283 *** Animated images support (currently animated gifs only).
2285 **** `image-animated-p' returns non-nil if an image can be animated.
2287 **** `image-animate' animates a supplied image spec.
2289 **** `image-animate-timer' returns the timer object for an image that
2292 *** `image-extension-data' has been renamed to `image-metadata'.
2293 The old name is an obsolete alias to the new one.
2295 *** Image mode can view any image type that ImageMagick supports.
2296 This requires Emacs to be built with ImageMagick support.
2298 **** New function `imagemagick-types', defined if ImageMagick support
2299 is enabled, returns a list of image file extensions that your
2300 ImageMagick installation supports.
2302 **** New function `imagemagick-register-types' enables ImageMagick
2303 image types in Image mode and in `create-image' and other helper
2306 **** New option `imagemagick-types-inhibit' excludes certain
2307 ImageMagick image types from `imagemagick-register-types'.
2309 **** With ImageMagick support, there are extra Image mode commands to
2310 resize and rotate images: `image-transform-fit-to-height',
2311 `image-transform-fit-to-width', `image-transform-set-rotation', and
2312 `image-transform-set-scale'.
2314 ** `compose-mail' now accepts an optional 8th arg, RETURN-ACTION, and
2315 passes it to the mail user agent function. This argument specifies an
2316 action for returning to the caller after finishing with the mail. For
2317 example, this is used by Rmail to optionally delete a mail window.
2319 ** XML and HTML parsing
2320 If Emacs is compiled with libxml2 support, there are two new
2321 functions: `libxml-parse-html-region' (which parses "real world" HTML)
2322 and `libxml-parse-xml-region' (which parses XML). Both return an
2323 Emacs Lisp parse tree.
2325 ** Networking and encryption changes
2327 *** `open-network-stream' can now be used to open an encrypted stream.
2328 It now accepts an optional `:type' parameter for initiating a TLS
2329 connection, directly or via STARTTLS. To do STARTTLS, additional
2330 parameters (`:end-of-command', `:success', `:capabilities-command')
2331 must also be supplied.
2333 *** New library gnutls.el.
2334 The new function `gnutls-available-p' returns non-nil if Emacs is
2335 built with GnuTLS support. The main entry points are
2336 `open-gnutls-stream' and `gnutls-negotiate'. It's easiest to use
2337 these functions through `open-network-stream', because that can
2338 upgrade connections through STARTTLS opportunistically or use plain
2339 SSL, depending on your needs. For debugging, set `gnutls-log-level'
2342 *** New primitive `secure-hash' that supports many secure hash algorithms:
2343 md5, sha1, sha2, sha224, sha256, sha384, and sha512. The lisp library
2344 sha1.el has been removed. The `sha1' feature is provided by default.
2348 *** New hook `isearch-update-post-hook' that runs in `isearch-update'.
2350 ** Progress reporters can now "spin".
2351 The MIN-VALUE and MAX-VALUE arguments of `make-progress-reporter' can
2352 now be nil, or omitted. This makes a "non-numeric" reporter. Each
2353 time you call `progress-reporter-update' on that progress reporter,
2354 with a nil or omitted VALUE argument, the reporter message is
2355 displayed with a "spinning bar".
2357 ** New variable `revert-buffer-in-progress-p' is true while a buffer is
2358 being reverted, even if the buffer has a local `revert-buffer-function'.
2360 ** New variables `delayed-warnings-list' and `delayed-warnings-hook'.
2361 If delayed-warnings-list is non-nil, the command loop calls
2362 `delayed-warnings-hook' after `post-command-hook'. At present, this
2363 is only used by Emacs on some platforms to display warnings during
2364 startup, which might otherwise not be noticed. This uses the
2365 functions `display-delayed-warnings' and `collapse-delayed-warnings'.
2367 ** rx.el has a new `group-n' construct for explicitly numbered groups.
2369 ** New function `make-composed-keymap' that constructs a new keymap
2370 from multiple input maps. You can use this to make a keymap that
2371 inherits from multiple maps, eg:
2372 (set-keymap-parent newmap (make-composed-keymap othermap parent))
2374 ** New function `string-prefix-p'.
2375 (This was actually added in Emacs 23.2 but was not advertised at the time.)
2377 ** New reader macro ## that stands for the empty symbol.
2378 This means that the empty symbol can now be read back. Also, #: by itself
2379 (when not immediately followed by a possible symbol character) stands for
2380 an empty uninterned symbol.
2382 ** New math functions `isnan', `copysign', `frexp', `ldexp'.
2384 ** The following functions and variables are obsolete:
2386 *** `tooltip-use-echo-area' is obsolete.
2387 Rather than setting this to t, disable Tooltip mode instead.
2389 *** buffer-substring-filters is obsolete.
2390 Use `filter-buffer-substring-functions' instead.
2392 *** `byte-compile-disable-print-circle' is obsolete.
2394 *** `deferred-action-list' and `deferred-action-function' are obsolete.
2395 Use `post-command-hook' instead.
2397 *** `font-lock-maximum-size' is obsolete.
2400 * Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free operating systems
2402 ** On MS Windows, Emacs warns when using the obsolete init file _emacs,
2403 and also when HOME is set to C:\ by default.
2405 ** New configure.bat options
2407 *** --enable-checking builds Emacs with extra runtime checks.
2409 *** --distfiles specifies files to be included in binary distribution.
2411 *** --without-gnutls disables automatic GnuTLS detection.
2413 *** --lib for general library linkage, works with the USER_LIBS build variable.
2415 ** New make target `dist' to create binary distribution for MS Windows.
2417 ** The Lisp function `w32-default-color-map' is now obsolete.
2418 (It is only used internally in the Emacs C code.)
2420 ** Customize ns-auto-hide-menu-bar to have the menu-bar hidden, but
2421 reappear on mouse-over. (Requires OS X 10.6 or later.)
2423 ** On Mac OS X, dragging a file into Emacs visits the file, like on
2424 other platforms, rather than inserting its contents into the buffer.
2427 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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2430 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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2433 (at your option) any later version.
2435 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
2436 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
2437 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
2438 GNU General Public License for more details.
2440 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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