[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/NEWS,v

[Kim F. Storm]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Kim F. Storm <kfstorm>  07/04/22 15:53:16

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1462
retrieving revision 1.1463
diff -u -b -r1.1462 -r1.1463
--- NEWS        22 Apr 2007 14:05:51 -0000      1.1462
+++ NEWS        22 Apr 2007 15:53:16 -0000      1.1463
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 
 * Installation Changes in Emacs 22.1
 
+** You can build Emacs with Gtk+ widgets by specifying `--with-x-toolkit=gtk'
+when you run configure.  This requires Gtk+ 2.4 or newer.  This port
+provides a way to display multilingual text in menus (with some caveats).
+
 ** Emacs comes with a new set of icons.
 These icons are displayed on the taskbar and/or titlebar when Emacs
 runs in a graphical environment.  Source files for these icons can be
@@ -44,33 +48,6 @@
 into the Emacs executable; see gnu.h in the source tree.  On MS
 Windows, see nt/icons/emacs.ico.)
 
-** Emacs now supports new configure options `--program-prefix',
-`--program-suffix' and `--program-transform-name' that affect the names of
-installed programs.
-
-** Emacs can now be built without sound support.
-
-** You can build Emacs with Gtk+ widgets by specifying `--with-x-toolkit=gtk'
-when you run configure.  This requires Gtk+ 2.4 or newer.  This port
-provides a way to display multilingual text in menus (with some caveats).
-
-** The `emacsserver' program has been removed, replaced with Lisp code.
-
-** The `yow' program has been removed.
-Use the corresponding Emacs feature instead.
-
-** By default, Emacs now uses a setgid helper program to update game
-scores.  The directory ${localstatedir}/games/emacs is the normal
-place for game scores to be stored.  You can control this with the
-configure option `--with-game-dir'.  The specific user that Emacs uses
-to own the game scores is controlled by `--with-game-user'.  If access
-to a game user is not available, then scores will be stored separately
-in each user's home directory.
-
-** Leim is now part of the Emacs distribution.
-You no longer need to download a separate tarball in order to build
-Emacs with Leim.
-
 ** The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is now part of the distribution.
 
 The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual in Info format is built as part of the
@@ -86,6 +63,10 @@
 item was added to the menu bar to make it easily accessible
 (Help->More Manuals->Introduction to Emacs Lisp).
 
+** Leim is now part of the Emacs distribution.
+You no longer need to download a separate tarball in order to build
+Emacs with Leim.
+
 ** New translations of the Emacs Tutorial are available in the
 following languages: Brasilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (both
 with simplified and traditional characters), French, Russian, and
@@ -103,23 +84,42 @@
 the supported image types and their associated dynamic libraries by
 setting the variable `image-library-alist'.
 
-** Support for a Cygwin build of Emacs was added.
-
-** Support for FreeBSD/Alpha has been added.
+** Support for GNU/Linux systems on X86-64 machines was added.
 
 ** Support for GNU/Linux systems on S390 machines was added.
 
 ** Support for GNU/Linux systems on Tensilica Xtensa machines was added.
 
+** Support for FreeBSD/Alpha has been added.
+
+** Support for a Cygwin build of Emacs was added.
+
 ** Support for MacOS X was added.
 See the files mac/README and mac/INSTALL for build instructions.
 
-** Support for GNU/Linux systems on X86-64 machines was added.
-
 ** Mac OS 9 port now uses the Carbon API by default.  You can also
 create a non-Carbon build by specifying `NonCarbon' as a target.  See
 the files mac/README and mac/INSTALL for build instructions.
 
+** The `emacsserver' program has been removed, replaced with Lisp code.
+
+** The `yow' program has been removed.
+Use the corresponding Emacs feature instead.
+
+** Emacs now supports new configure options `--program-prefix',
+`--program-suffix' and `--program-transform-name' that affect the names of
+installed programs.
+
+** By default, Emacs now uses a setgid helper program to update game
+scores.  The directory ${localstatedir}/games/emacs is the normal
+place for game scores to be stored.  You can control this with the
+configure option `--with-game-dir'.  The specific user that Emacs uses
+to own the game scores is controlled by `--with-game-user'.  If access
+to a game user is not available, then scores will be stored separately
+in each user's home directory.
+
+** Emacs can now be built without sound support.
+
 ** Building with -DENABLE_CHECKING does not automatically build with union
 types any more.  Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types.
 
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@
 `inhibit-splash-screen' (which is also aliased as
 `inhibit-startup-message').
 
-** The default is now to use a bitmap as the icon, so the command-line options
---icon-type, -i have been replaced with options --no-bitmap-icon, -nbi to turn
-the bitmap icon off.
+** The default is now to use a bitmap as the icon.
+The command-line options --icon-type, -i have been replaced with
+options --no-bitmap-icon, -nbi to turn the bitmap icon off.
 
 ** New user option `inhibit-startup-buffer-menu'.
 When loading many files, for instance with `emacs *', Emacs normally
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@
 
 * Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 22.1
 
+** You can now follow links by clicking Mouse-1 on the link.
+
+See below for more details.
+
 ** M-g is now a prefix key.
 M-g g and M-g M-g run goto-line.
 M-g n and M-g M-n run next-error (like C-x `).
@@ -237,31 +241,27 @@
 When goto-line starts to execute, if there's a number in the buffer at
 point then it acts as the default argument for the minibuffer.
 
+** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties;
+M-o M-o requests refontification.
+
 ** The old bindings C-M-delete and C-M-backspace have been deleted,
 since there are situations where one or the other will shut down
 the operating system or your X server.
 
-** line-move-ignore-invisible now defaults to t.
-
 ** When the undo information of the current command gets really large
 (beyond the value of `undo-outer-limit'), Emacs discards it and warns
 you about it.
 
-** `apply-macro-to-region-lines' now operates on all lines that begin
-in the region, rather than on all complete lines in the region.
-
-** A prefix argument is no longer required to repeat a jump to a
-previous mark if you set `set-mark-command-repeat-pop' to t.  I.e. C-u
-C-SPC C-SPC C-SPC ... cycles through the mark ring.  Use C-u C-u C-SPC
-to set the mark immediately after a jump.
-
-** The info-search bindings on C-h C-f, C-h C-k and C-h C-i
-have been moved to C-h F, C-h K and C-h S.
-
 ** In incremental search, C-w is changed.  M-%, C-M-w and C-M-y are special.
 
 See below under "incremental search changes".
 
+** When Emacs prompts for file names, SPC no longer completes the file name.
+This is so filenames with embedded spaces could be input without the
+need to quote the space with a C-q.  The underlying changes in the
+keymaps that are active in the minibuffer are described below under
+"New keymaps for typing file names".
+
 ** C-x C-f RET (find-file), typing nothing in the minibuffer, is no longer
 a special case.
 
@@ -276,19 +276,6 @@
 to the text before point.  If there is text in the buffer after point,
 it remains unchanged.
 
-** When Emacs prompts for file names, SPC no longer completes the file name.
-This is so filenames with embedded spaces could be input without the
-need to quote the space with a C-q.  The underlying changes in the
-keymaps that are active in the minibuffer are described below under
-"New keymaps for typing file names".
-
-** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties;
-M-o M-o requests refontification.
-
-** You can now follow links by clicking Mouse-1 on the link.
-
-See below for more details.
-
 ** In Dired's ! command (dired-do-shell-command), `*' and `?' now
 control substitution of the file names only when they are surrounded
 by whitespace.  This means you can now use them as shell wildcards
@@ -296,6 +283,19 @@
 doublequotes make no difference in the shell, but they prevent
 special treatment in `dired-do-shell-command'.
 
+** A prefix argument is no longer required to repeat a jump to a
+previous mark if you set `set-mark-command-repeat-pop' to t.  I.e. C-u
+C-SPC C-SPC C-SPC ... cycles through the mark ring.  Use C-u C-u C-SPC
+to set the mark immediately after a jump.
+
+** The info-search bindings on C-h C-f, C-h C-k and C-h C-i
+have been moved to C-h F, C-h K and C-h S.
+
+** `apply-macro-to-region-lines' now operates on all lines that begin
+in the region, rather than on all complete lines in the region.
+
+** line-move-ignore-invisible now defaults to t.
+
 ** Adaptive filling misfeature removed.
 It no longer treats `NNN.' or `(NNN)' as a prefix.
 
@@ -333,9 +333,6 @@
 but does not switch to that frame.  It's the multi-frame
 analogue of C-x 4 C-o.
 
-** New commands to operate on pairs of open and close characters:
-`insert-pair', `delete-pair', `raise-sexp'.
-
 ** New command `kill-whole-line' kills an entire line at once.
 By default, it is bound to C-S-<backspace>.
 
@@ -348,6 +345,9 @@
 been changed to reflect those used in Text mode rather than those used
 in Indented-Text mode.
 
+** New commands to operate on pairs of open and close characters:
+`insert-pair', `delete-pair', `raise-sexp'.
+
 ** M-x setenv now expands environment variable references.
 
 Substrings of the form `$foo' and `${foo}' in the specified new value
@@ -848,18 +848,7 @@
 
 *** `vertical-border' face is used for the vertical divider between windows.
 
-** ebnf2ps changes:
-
-*** New option `ebnf-arrow-extra-width' which specify extra width for arrow
-shape drawing.
-The extra width is used to avoid that the arrowhead and the terminal border
-overlap.  It depends on `ebnf-arrow-shape' and `ebnf-line-width'.
-
-*** New option `ebnf-arrow-scale' which specify the arrow scale.
-Values lower than 1.0, shrink the arrow.
-Values greater than 1.0, expand the arrow.
-
-** Font-Lock changes:
+** Font-Lock (syntax highlighting) changes:
 
 *** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties;
 M-o M-o requests refontification.
@@ -918,15 +907,12 @@
 The `lazy-lock' package is superseded by `jit-lock' and is considered
 obsolete.  `jit-lock' is activated by default; if you wish to continue
 using `lazy-lock', activate it in your ~/.emacs like this:
-
   (setq font-lock-support-mode 'lazy-lock-mode)
 
 If you invoke `lazy-lock-mode' directly rather than through
 `font-lock-support-mode', it now issues a warning:
-
   "Use font-lock-support-mode rather than calling lazy-lock-mode"
 
-
 ** Menu support:
 
 *** A menu item "Show/Hide" was added to the top-level menu "Options".
@@ -967,18 +953,6 @@
 
 ** Mouse changes:
 
-*** If you set the new variable `mouse-autoselect-window' to a non-nil
-value, windows are automatically selected as you move the mouse from
-one Emacs window to another, even within a frame.  A minibuffer window
-can be selected only when it is active.
-
-*** On X, when the window manager requires that you click on a frame to
-select it (give it focus), the selected window and cursor position
-normally changes according to the mouse click position.  If you set
-the variable x-mouse-click-focus-ignore-position to t, the selected
-window and cursor position do not change when you click on a frame
-to give it focus.
-
 *** You can now follow links by clicking Mouse-1 on the link.
 
 Traditionally, Emacs uses a Mouse-1 click to set point and a Mouse-2
@@ -1009,6 +983,18 @@
 You can customize the new Mouse-1 behavior via the new user options
 `mouse-1-click-follows-link' and `mouse-1-click-in-non-selected-windows'.
 
+*** If you set the new variable `mouse-autoselect-window' to a non-nil
+value, windows are automatically selected as you move the mouse from
+one Emacs window to another, even within a frame.  A minibuffer window
+can be selected only when it is active.
+
+*** On X, when the window manager requires that you click on a frame to
+select it (give it focus), the selected window and cursor position
+normally changes according to the mouse click position.  If you set
+the variable x-mouse-click-focus-ignore-position to t, the selected
+window and cursor position do not change when you click on a frame
+to give it focus.
+
 *** Emacs normally highlights mouse sensitive text whenever the mouse
 is over the text.  By setting the new variable `mouse-highlight', you
 can optionally enable mouse highlighting only after you move the
@@ -1099,26 +1085,23 @@
 mule-unicode-0100-24ff charsets) on decoding.  Note that this mode
 will often effectively clobber data with an iso-2022 encoding.
 
-*** There is support for decoding Greek and Cyrillic characters into
-either Unicode (the mule-unicode charsets) or the iso-8859 charsets,
-when possible.  The latter are more space-efficient.  This is
-controlled by user option utf-fragment-on-decoding.
-
-*** New language environments: French, Ukrainian, Tajik,
-Bulgarian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, UTF-8, Windows-1255, Welsh, Latin-6,
-Latin-7, Lithuanian, Latvian, Swedish, Slovenian, Croatian, Georgian,
-Italian, Russian, Malayalam, Tamil, Russian, Chinese-EUC-TW,
-Esperanto.  (Set up automatically according to the locale.)
+*** New language environments (set up automatically according to the
+locale): Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese-EUC-TW, Croatian, Esperanto,
+French, Georgian, Italian, Latin-7, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam,
+Russian, Russian, Slovenian, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, UTF-8,Ukrainian,
+Welsh,Latin-6, Windows-1255.
 
 *** New input methods: latin-alt-postfix, latin-postfix, latin-prefix,
-ukrainian-computer, belarusian, bulgarian-bds, russian-computer,
-vietnamese-telex, lithuanian-numeric, lithuanian-keyboard,
-latvian-keyboard, welsh, georgian, rfc1345, ucs, sgml,
-bulgarian-phonetic, dutch, slovenian, croatian, malayalam-inscript,
-tamil-inscript.
+belarusian, bulgarian-bds, bulgarian-phonetic, chinese-sisheng (for
+Chinese Pinyin characters), croatian, dutch, georgian, latvian-keyboard,
+lithuanian-numeric, lithuanian-keyboard, malayalam-inscript, rfc1345,
+russian-computer, sgml, slovenian, tamil-inscript, ukrainian-computer,
+ucs, vietnamese-telex, welsh.
 
-*** New input method chinese-sisheng for inputting Chinese Pinyin
-characters.
+*** There is support for decoding Greek and Cyrillic characters into
+either Unicode (the mule-unicode charsets) or the iso-8859 charsets,
+when possible.  The latter are more space-efficient.
+  This is controlled by user option utf-fragment-on-decoding.
 
 *** Improved Thai support.  A new minor mode `thai-word-mode' (which is
 automatically activated if you select Thai as a language
@@ -1133,11 +1116,8 @@
 
 *** Indian support has been updated.
 The in-is13194 coding system is now Unicode-based.  CDAC fonts are
-assumed.  There is a framework for supporting various
-Indian scripts, but currently only Devanagari, Malayalam and Tamil are
-supported.
-
-*** A UTF-7 coding system is available in the library `utf-7'.
+assumed.  There is a framework for supporting various Indian scripts,
+but currently only Devanagari, Malayalam and Tamil are supported.
 
 *** The utf-8/16 coding systems have been enhanced.
 By default, untranslatable utf-8 sequences are simply composed into
@@ -1152,6 +1132,8 @@
 one-dimensional internal charsets, specifically the ISO-8859 ones.
 The utf-16 coding system is affected similarly.
 
+*** A UTF-7 coding system is available in the library `utf-7'.
+
 *** A new coding system `euc-tw' has been added for traditional Chinese
 in CNS encoding; it accepts both Big 5 and CNS as input; on saving,
 Big 5 is then converted to CNS.
@@ -1290,11 +1272,11 @@
 `comint-use-prompt-regexp'.  The old name has been kept as an alias,
 but declared obsolete.
 
-*** The new INSIDE_EMACS environment variable is set to "t" in
-subshells running inside Emacs.  This supersedes the EMACS environment
-variable, which will be removed in a future Emacs release.  Programs
-that need to know whether they are started inside Emacs should check
-INSIDE_EMACS instead of EMACS.
+*** The new INSIDE_EMACS environment variable is set to "t" in subshells
+running inside Emacs.  This supersedes the EMACS environment variable,
+which will be removed in a future Emacs release.  Programs that need
+to know whether they are started inside Emacs should check INSIDE_EMACS
+instead of EMACS.
 
 ** M-x Compile changes:
 
@@ -1489,6 +1471,17 @@
 
 *** There's a new support for colors on `rxvt' terminal emulator.
 
+** ebnf2ps changes:
+
+*** New option `ebnf-arrow-extra-width' which specify extra width for arrow
+shape drawing.
+The extra width is used to avoid that the arrowhead and the terminal border
+overlap.  It depends on `ebnf-arrow-shape' and `ebnf-line-width'.
+
+*** New option `ebnf-arrow-scale' which specify the arrow scale.
+Values lower than 1.0, shrink the arrow.
+Values greater than 1.0, expand the arrow.
+
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.1
 
 ** ERC is now part of the Emacs distribution.
@@ -3614,8 +3607,7 @@
 By setting this variable to a function, you can control
 how the editor command loop shows the user an error message.
 
-*** `debug-on-entry' accepts primitive functions that are not special forms
-now.
+*** `debug-on-entry' accepts primitive functions that are not special forms.
 
 ** Lisp code indentation features: