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* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.2
+** eww
+
++++
+*** A new `s' command for switching to another eww buffer via the minibuffer.
+
++++
+** The commands that add ChangeLog entries now prefer a VCS root directory
+for the ChangeLog file, if none already exists. Customize
+`change-log-directory-files' to nil for the old behavior.
+
---
** Support for non-string values of `time-stamp-format' has been removed.
** Tramp
++++
*** New connection method "sg", which allows to edit files under
different group ID.
++++
+*** New connection method "doas" for OpenBSD hosts.
+
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* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.2
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* Changes in Emacs 25.1
++++
** Xwidgets: a new feature for embedding native widgets inside Emacs buffers.
-If you have gtk3 and webkitgtk3 installed, you can access the
-embedded webkit browser with `M-x xwidget-webkit-browse-url'. This
-opens a new buffer with the embedded browser. The buffer will
-have a new mode, `xwidget-webkit-mode' (similar to `image-mode'),
-which supports the webkit widget.
+If you have gtk3 and webkitgtk3 installed, and Emacs was built with
+xwidget support, you can access the embedded webkit browser with `M-x
+xwidget-webkit-browse-url'. This opens a new buffer with the embedded
+browser. The buffer will have a new mode, `xwidget-webkit-mode'
+(similar to `image-mode'), which supports the webkit widget.
++++
*** New functions for xwidget-webkit mode `xwidget-webkit-insert-string',
`xwidget-webkit-adjust-size-dispatch', `xwidget-webkit-back',
`xwidget-webkit-browse-url', `xwidget-webkit-reload',
** The new M-s M-w key binding uses eww to search the web for the
text in the region.
++++
+** The new `timer-list' command lists all active timers in a buffer
+where you can cancel them with the `c' command.
+
** M-x suggests shorthands and ignores obsolete commands for completion.
** x-select-enable-clipboard is renamed select-enable-clipboard.
x-select-enable-primary and renamed select-enable-primary.
** The option `even-window-heights' has been renamed to
`even-window-sizes' and now handles window widths as well.
++++
+** New function `read-multiple-choice' use to prompt for
+multiple-choice questions, with a handy way to display help texts.
+
+++
** terpri gets an optional arg ENSURE to conditionally output a newline.
** New minor mode global-eldoc-mode is enabled by default.
---
-** Emacs now supports "bracketed paste mode" when running on a terminal
-that supports it. This facility allows Emacs to understand pasted
-chunks of text as strings to be inserted, instead of interpreting each
-character in the pasted text as actual user input. This results in a
-paste experience similar to that under a window system, and significant
-performance improvements when pasting large amounts of text.
+** Emacs now uses "bracketed paste mode" on text terminals that support it.
+Bracketed paste mode causes text terminals to wrap pasted text in special
+escape sequences that allow Emacs to tell the difference between text
+you type and text you paste from other applications. Emacs then
+avoids interpreting each character in the pasted text as it does with
+keyboard input, which results in a paste experience similar to that
+under a window system, and significant performance improvements when
+pasting large amounts of text.
+
+Bracketed paste mode is disabled by default, so Emacs automatically
+enables it at startup if the terminal supports it.
+++
** Emacs now supports the latest version of the UBA.
It raises an error if a bookmark of that name already exists,
unlike `bookmark-set' which silently updates an existing bookmark.
+** Gnus
+
++++
+*** New user options `mm-html-inhibit-images' and `mm-html-blocked-images'
+now control how mm-* functions fetch and display images in an HTML
+message. Gnus still uses `gnus-inhibit-images' and `gnus-blocked-images'
+for that purpose, i.e., binds mm-html- variables with those gnus-
+variables, but other packages do not have to bind gnus- variables now.
+
+---
+*** `mm-inline-text-html-with-images' has been removed.
+Use `mm-html-inhibit-images' instead. Note that the value is opposite
+in meaning.
+
** IMAP
---
---
*** Reconnection is now asynchronous.
+---
+*** Nick completion is now case-insensitive again after inadvertently
+being made case-sensitive in Emacs 24.2.
+
+** MPC
+
+---
+*** New commands, key binds, and menu items.
+
+**** `<' and `>' for navigating previous and next tracks in playlist
+
+**** New play/pause command `mpc-toggle-play' bound to `s'
+
+**** `g' bound to new command `mpc-seek-current' will navigate current
+ track.
+
+**** New commands `mpc-toggle-{consume,repeat,single,shuffle}' for
+ toggling playback modes.
+
+---
+*** Now supports connecting to a UNIX domain socket.
+
+---
+*** Looks at more image file names to use as album art.
+Case-insensitively tries for .folder.png (freedesktop) and folder.jpg
+(XP) in addition to cover.jpg.
+
+---
+*** Searches in more locations for MPD configuration files.
+MPD supports the XDG base directory specification since version 0.17.6.
+
** Midnight-mode
---
dependencies). This variable can also be manually customized.
---
-*** New command `package-install-user-selected-packages' installs all
+*** New command `package-install-selected-packages' installs all
packages from `package-selected-packages' which are currently missing.
---
** Search and Replace
+++
-*** New user option `search-default-regexp-mode'
+*** New user option `search-default-mode'
specifies the default mode for I-search.
+++
*** text/html messages that contain inline image parts will be
transformed into multipart/related messages before sending.
+---
+*** The `message-valid-fqdn-regexp' variable has been removed, since
+there are now top-level domains added all the time. Message will no
+longer warn about sending emails to top-level domains it hasn't heard
+about.
+
+*** `message-beginning-of-line' (bound to C-a) understands folded headers.
+In `visual-line-mode' it will look for the true beginning of a header
+while in non-`visual-line-mode' it will move the point to the indented
+header’s value.
+
+++
** In Show Paren Mode, a parenthesis can be highlighted when point
stands inside it, and certain parens can be highlighted when point is
respectively, `show-paren-when-point-inside-paren' or
`show-paren-when-point-in-periphery'.
+---
+** If gpg2 exists on the system, it is now used as the default value
+of `epg-gpg-program' (instead of gpg).
+
+** Images
+
++++
+*** Images are automatically scaled before displaying based on the
+`image-scaling-factor' variable (if Emacs supports scaling the images
+in question).
+
+*** Images inserted with `insert-image' and related functions get a
+keymap put into the text properties (or overlays) that span the
+image. This keymap binds keystrokes for manipulating size and
+rotation, as well as saving the image to a file.
+
** Lisp mode
---
replace the face `compare-windows', which is now an obsolete alias for
`compare-windows-added'.
+---
+*** The VC state indicator in the mode line now has different faces
+corresponding to each of the possible states. See the `vc-faces'
+customization group.
+
---
*** `log-edit-insert-changelog' converts "(tiny change)" to
"Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes". Set `log-edit-rewrite-tiny-change'
node "Generic Functions" in the Emacs Lisp manual for more details.
---
-** scss-mode (a minor variant of css-mode)
+** scss-mode (a minor variant of css-mode) is a major mode for editing
+SCSS (Sassy CSS) files.
---
** let-alist is a new macro (and a package) that allows one to easily
---
*** The ls-lisp package uses `string-collate-lessp' to sort file names.
-If you want the old, locale-independent sorting, customize the new
-option `ls-lisp-use-string-collate' to a nil value.
+The effect is that, on systems that use ls-lisp for Dired, the default
+sort order of the files in Dired is now different from what it was in
+previous versions of Emacs. In particular, the file names are sorted
+disregarding punctuation, accents, and diacritics, and letter case is
+ignored. For example, files whose name begin with a period will no
+longer appear near the beginning of the directory listing. If you
+want the old, locale-independent sorting, customize the new option
+`ls-lisp-use-string-collate' to the nil value.
+++
*** The MS-Windows specific variable `w32-collate-ignore-punctuation',
+++
*** New language Ruby
-Names of modules, classes, methods, and functions are tagged.
-Overloaded operators are also tagged.
+Names of modules, classes, methods, functions, and constants are
+tagged. Overloaded operators are also tagged.
+
++++
+*** New language Go
+Names of packages, functions, and types are tagged.
+++
*** Improved support for Lua