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- (This means all relevant manuals in doc/ AND lisp doc-strings.)
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-otherwise leave it unmarked.
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* Installation Changes in Emacs 25.1
+++
+
** Building Emacs now requires C99 or later.
+** The default value of `history-length' has increased to 100.
+
+** The variable `redisplay-dont-pause' is obsolete.
+
** Building Emacs now requires GNU make, version 3.81 or later.
+** `call-process-shell-command' and `process-file-shell-command' no longer
+take "&rest args".
+
+** The option `browse-url-firefox-startup-arguments' no longer has an effect.
+
** By default, Emacs no longer works on IRIX. We expect that Emacs
users are not affected by this, as SGI stopped supporting IRIX in
December 2013. If you are affected, please send a bug report. You
undumping code to GCC under IRIX, or by configuring --with-wide-int,
or by sticking with Emacs 24.4.
+** ERC
+
** 'configure' now prefers gnustep-config when configuring GNUstep.
If gnustep-config is not available, the old heuristics are used.
++++
+*** New option `erc-rename-buffers'.
+
+*** New faces `erc-my-nick-prefix-face' and `erc-nick-prefix-face'.
+
+*** `erc-format-@nick' displays all user modes instead of only op and voice.
+
+*** The display of irc commands in the current buffer has been disabled.
+
+*** `erc-version' now follows the Emacs version.
+
+** Obsolete packages
+
+*** cc-compat.el
+
---
** The configure option `--with-pkg-config-prog' has been removed.
Use './configure PKG_CONFIG=/full/name/of/pkg-config' if you need to.
+*** crisp.el (moved to elpa.gnu.org)
+
** The configure option '--enable-silent-rules' is now the default,
and silent rules are now quieter. To get the old behavior where
'make' chatters a lot, configure with '--disable-silent-rules' or
build with 'make V=1'.
+*** tpu-edt.el, ws-mode.el
+These emulations of old editors are believed to be no longer relevant
+ - contact emacs-devel@gnu.org if you disagree.
+
---
** The configure option '--with-gameuser' now allows to specify a
group instead of a user if its argument is prefixed by ':' (a colon).
It has no particular connection to Emacs and has not changed in years,
so if you want to use it, you can always take a copy from an older Emacs.
+*** vi.el, vip.el (try M-x viper instead)
+
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* Startup Changes in Emacs 25.1