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9 This file is about changes in Emacs version 24.
11 See files NEWS.23, NEWS.22, NEWS.21, NEWS.20, NEWS.19, NEWS.18,
12 and NEWS.1-17 for changes in older Emacs versions.
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24 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.3
26 ** New configure option '--without-all' to disable additional features.
27 This disables most of the features that are normally enabled by default.
29 ** New configure option '--enable-link-time-optimization' to utilize
30 an appropriate feature provided by GCC since version 4.5.0.
32 ** New configure option '--enable-gcc-warnings', intended for developers.
33 If building with GCC, this enables compile-time checks that warn about
34 possibly-questionable C code. On a recent GNU system there should be
35 no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the generated warnings
38 ** The configure option '--disable-maintainer-mode' has been removed,
39 as it was confusingly-named and rarely useful.
42 ** You can use `NO_BIN_LINK=t make install' to prevent the installation
43 overwriting "emacs" in the installation bin/ directory with a link
47 ** Emacs uses libtinfo in preference to libncurses, if available.
50 ** On FreeBSD and NetBSD, configure no longer adds /usr/local/lib and
51 /usr/pkg/lib to the linker search path. You must add them yourself if
55 ** On Mac OS X, configure no longer automatically adds the Fink /sw
56 directories to the search path. You must add them yourself if you want them.
59 ** The standalone scripts rcs-checkin and vcdiff have been removed
60 (from the bin and libexec directories, respectively). The former is
61 no longer relevant, the latter is replaced by lisp (in vc-sccs.el).
63 ** The configuration option '--enable-use-lisp-union-type' has been
64 renamed to '--enable-check-lisp-object-type', as the resulting
65 Lisp_Object type no longer uses a union to implement the compile time
66 check that this option enables.
69 * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.3
71 ** Emacs no longer searches for `leim-list.el' files beneath the standard
72 lisp/ directory. There should not be any there anyway. If you have
73 been adding them there, put them somewhere else, eg site-lisp.
76 ** The `--no-site-lisp' command line option now works for Nextstep builds.
79 * Changes in Emacs 24.3
83 *** `C-h f' (describe-function) can now perform autoloading.
84 When this command is called for an autoloaded function whose docstring
85 contains a key substitution construct, that function's library is
86 automatically loaded, so that the documentation can be shown
87 correctly. To disable this, set `help-enable-auto-load' to nil.
89 *** `C-h f' now reports previously-autoloaded functions as "autoloaded",
90 even after their associated libraries have been loaded (and the
91 autoloads have been redefined as functions).
93 ** The function `current-time' now returns extended-format time stamps
94 (HIGH LOW USEC PSEC) that use picosecond resolution; the PSEC
95 component is new. PSEC is typically a multiple of 1000 on current
96 machines. Other functions that use this format, such as
97 file-attributes and format-time-string, have been changed accordingly.
98 Old-format time stamps are still accepted.
100 ** Emacs now generates backtraces on fatal errors.
101 On encountering a fatal error, Emacs now outputs a textual description
102 of the fatal signal, and a short backtrace on platforms like glibc
103 that support backtraces.
105 ** New functions `system-users', `system-groups' return lists of the user
106 name, group names known to the system (where possible).
108 ** If your Emacs was built from a bzr checkout, the new variable
109 `emacs-bzr-version' contains information about which bzr revision was used.
111 ** ImageMagick support, if available, is automatically enabled.
112 It is no longer necessary to call `imagemagick-register-types'
113 explicitly to install ImageMagick image types; that function is called
114 automatically at startup, or when customizing a relevant imagemagick-
117 *** Setting `imagemagick-types-inhibit' to t now disables the use of
118 ImageMagick to view images. You must call imagemagick-register-types
119 afterwards if you do not use customize to change this.
121 *** The new variable `imagemagick-enabled-types' also affects which
122 ImageMagick types are treated as images. The function
123 `imagemagick-filter-types' returns the list of types that will be
126 *** Images displayed via ImageMagick now support transparency and the
127 :background image spec property.
129 ** Internationalization changes
131 *** New language environment: Persian.
133 ** Face underlining can now use a wave.
134 See the "Face Attributes" section of the Elisp manual.
136 ** New fringe bitmap exclamation-mark.
138 ** String values for `initial-buffer-choice' also apply to emacsclient
139 frames, if emacsclient is only told to open a new frame without
140 specifying any file to visit or expression to evaluate.
143 ** You can prevent the creation of lock files by setting `create-lockfiles'
144 to nil. Use with caution, and only if you really need to.
147 ** Using "unibyte: t" in Lisp source files is obsolete.
148 Use "coding: raw-text" instead.
152 *** New option `mode-line-default-help-echo' specifies the help text
153 (shown in a tooltip or in the echo area) for any part of the mode line
154 that does not have its own specialized help text.
156 *** You can now click mouse-3 in the coding system indicator to
157 invokes `set-buffer-file-coding-system'.
160 ** Setting `enable-remote-dir-locals' to non-nil allows directory
161 local variables on remote hosts.
164 ** `insert-char' is now a command, and `ucs-insert' an obsolete alias
167 ** The entry for PCL-CVS has been removed from the Tools menu.
168 The PCL-CVS commands are still available via the keyboard.
171 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.3
173 ** The `z' key no longer has a binding in most special modes.
174 It used to be bound to `kill-this-buffer', but `z' is too easy to
177 ** New option `yank-handled-properties' allows processing of text
178 properties on yanked text, in more ways that are more general than
179 just removing them, as done by `yank-excluded-properties'.
181 ** New option `delete-trailing-lines' specifies whether the M-x
182 delete-trailing-whitespace command should delete trailing lines at the
183 end of the buffer. It defaults to t.
187 *** Global `M-s _' starts a symbol (identifier) incremental search,
188 and `M-s _' in Isearch toggles symbol search mode.
189 `M-s c' in Isearch toggles search case-sensitivity.
191 *** `M-s SPC' in Isearch toggles whitespace matching mode
192 in both ordinary and regexp incremental search, so that each
193 sequence of spaces in the search string matches any combination
194 of one or more whitespace characters defined by the variable
195 `search-whitespace-regexp'. In ordinary incremental search,
196 `isearch-toggle-lax-whitespace' toggles the value of the variable
197 `isearch-lax-whitespace'. In regexp incremental search, it toggles
198 the value of the variable `isearch-regexp-lax-whitespace'.
200 ** query-replace changes
202 *** When new option `replace-lax-whitespace' is non-nil,
203 and you enter a space or spaces in the strings or regexps
204 to be replaced, `query-replace' will match any sequence matched
205 by the regexp `search-whitespace-regexp'.
207 ** M-x move-to-column, if called interactively with no prefix arg, now
208 prompts for a column number.
210 ** `mouse-avoidance-banish-position' can now be used to customize
211 `mouse-avoidance-mode' further.
213 ** `C-u M-=' now counts lines/words/characters in the entire buffer.
215 ** `C-M-f' and `C-M-b' will now move to the path name separator
216 character when doing minibuffer filename prompts.
218 ** `goto-char' is now bound to `M-g c'.
220 ** New command `C-x r M-w' (copy-rectangle-as-kill).
221 It copies the region-rectangle as the last rectangle kill.
223 ** New input method `vietnamese-vni'.
226 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.3
228 ** Compilation has a new `compilation-always-kill' configuration variable.
232 The variables `term-default-fg-color' and `term-default-bg-color' are
233 now deprecated in favor of the `term-face' face, that you can
234 customize. Also, it is now possible to customize how are displayed the
235 ANSI terminal colors and styles by customizing the corresponding
236 `term-color-<COLOR>', `term-color-underline' and `term-color-bold'
240 *** CL's main entry is now (require 'cl-lib).
241 `cl-lib' is like the old `cl' except that it uses the namespace cleanly,
242 i.e. all its definitions have the "cl-" prefix (and internal definitions use
245 If `cl' provided a feature under the name `foo', then `cl-lib' provides it
246 under the name `cl-foo' instead, with the exceptions of the few definitions
247 that had to use `foo*' to avoid conflicts with pre-existing Elisp entities,
248 which have not been renamed to `cl-foo*' but just `cl-foo'.
250 The old `cl' is now deprecated and is just a bunch of aliases that
251 provide the old non-prefixed names.
253 *** `cl-flet' is not like `flet' (which is deprecated).
254 Instead it obeys the behavior of Common-Lisp's `flet'.
256 *** `cl-labels' is slightly different from `labels'.
257 The difference is that it relies on the `lexical-binding' machinery (as opposed
258 to the `lexical-let' machinery used previously) to capture definitions in
259 closures, so such closures will only work if `lexical-binding' is in use.
261 *** `progv' was rewritten to use the `let' machinery.
262 A side effect is that vars without corresponding value are bound to nil
263 rather than making them unbound.
267 *** `desktop-path' no longer includes the "." directory. Desktop
268 files are now located in ~/.emacs.d by default.
272 A new version of python.el, which provides several new features, including:
273 per-buffer shells, better indentation, Python 3 support, and improved
274 shell-interaction compatible with iPython (and virtually any other
277 *** Some user options have been replaced/renamed:
278 Old defcustom: | New defcustom:
279 python-indent | python-indent-offset
280 python-guess-indent | python-indent-guess-indent-offset
281 python-pdbtrack-do-tracking-p | python-pdbtrack-activate
282 python-use-skeletons | python-skeleton-autoinsert
284 *** Some user options have been removed:
286 **** `python-indent-string-contents': Strings are never indented.
288 **** `python-honour-comment-indentation':
289 Comments are never considered as indentation markers themselves.
291 **** `python-continuation-offset': Indentation is automatically
292 calculated in a pep8 compliant way depending on the context.
294 **** `python-shell-prompt-alist', `python-shell-continuation-prompt-alist':
295 Have no direct mapping as the shell interaction is completely different.
297 **** `python-python-command', `python-jython-command':
298 Replaced by `python-shell-interpreter'.
300 **** `inferior-python-filter-regexp', `python-remove-cwd-from-path',
301 `python-pdbtrack-minor-mode-string', `python-source-modes':
304 *** Some commands have been replaced:
305 Old command | New command
306 python-insert-class | python-skeleton-class
307 python-insert-def | python-skeleton-def
308 python-insert-for | python-skeleton-for
309 python-insert-if | python-skeleton-if
310 python-insert-try/except | python-skeleton-try
311 python-insert-try/finally | python-skeleton-try
312 python-insert-while | python-skeleton-while
313 python-find-function | python-nav-jump-to-defun
314 python-next-statement | python-nav-forward-sentence
315 python-previous-statement | python-nav-backward-sentence
316 python-send-buffer | python-shell-send-buffer
317 python-send-defun | python-shell-send-defun
318 python-send-region | python-shell-send-region
319 python-send-region-and-go | Emulate with python-shell-send-region and
320 python-shell-switch-to-shell
321 python-send-string | python-shell-send-string
322 python-switch-to-python | python-shell-switch-to-shell
323 python-describe-symbol | python-eldoc-at-point
327 *** The free software compiler GHDL is supported (and now the default).
329 *** Support for the VHDL-AMS packages has been added/updated.
331 *** Updated to the 2002 revision of the VHDL standard.
333 *** Accepts \r and \f as whitespace.
337 Faces for changes now use the same diff color scheme as in modern VCSes
338 where deletions are displayed in red (new faces `diff-refine-removed'
339 and `smerge-refined-removed' and new definition of `diff-removed'),
340 insertions in green (new faces `diff-refine-added' and
341 `smerge-refined-added' and new definition of `diff-added').
342 The variable `diff-use-changed-face' defines whether to use
343 the face `diff-changed', or `diff-removed' and `diff-added'
344 to highlight changes in context diffs.
346 ** Ediff now uses the same color scheme as Diff mode
347 on high color displays.
349 ** Flymake uses fringe bitmaps to indicate errors and warnings.
350 See flymake-fringe-indicator-position, flymake-error-bitmap and
351 flymake-warning-bitmap.
354 *** Pairing of parens/quotes uses electric-pair-mode instead of skeleton-pair.
355 *** `sh-electric-here-document-mode' now controls auto-insertion of here-docs.
356 *** `sh-use-smie' lets you choose a new indentation and navigation code.
358 ** reStructuredText mode
360 *** Rebind nearly all keys making room for more keys and complying
361 better to usage in other modes. Describe bindings with C-c C-h.
363 *** Major revision of indentation working very similar to other
364 modes. TAB is your friend.
366 *** Major revision of filling working fine with most of
367 reStructuredText syntax. Support auto-filling.
369 *** Major revision of comment handling.
371 *** Major revision of fontification working with `jit-lock-mode'.
373 *** Cover reStructuredText syntax more closely. Improve
374 the experience for Sphinx users.
376 *** `rst-insert-list' inserts new list or continues existing lists.
378 *** Extend correct and improve customization.
380 *** Negative prefix argument always works for `rst-adjust'.
382 *** Reset window configuration after displaying TOC.
384 *** Package version in `rst-version'.
386 ** New `derived-mode' filter for Ibuffer, bound to `/ M'.
387 `/ m' is now bound to filter by used-mode, which used to be bound to `/ M'.
391 *** The faces used by Apropos are now directly customizable.
392 These faces are named `apropos-symbol', `apropos-keybinding', and so on;
393 see the `apropos' Custom group for details.
395 **** The old options whose values specified faces to use were removed
396 (i.e. `apropos-symbol-face', `apropos-keybinding-face', etc.).
399 This package has been rewritten to use Tabulated List mode.
401 *** Option `Buffer-menu-buffer+size-width' is now obsolete.
402 Use `Buffer-menu-name-width' and `Buffer-menu-size-width' instead.
406 *** The calendars produced by cal-html include holidays.
407 Customize cal-html-holidays to change this.
411 *** `custom-reset-button-menu' now defaults to t.
413 *** Non-option variables are never matched in `customize-apropos' and
414 `customize-apropos-options' (i.e. the prefix argument does nothing for
417 ** erc will look up server/channel names via auth-source and use the
418 channel keys found, if any.
422 *** `dired-do-async-shell-command' executes each file sequentially
423 if the command ends in `;' (when operating on multiple files).
424 Otherwise, it executes the command on each file in parallel.
428 *** New option `async-shell-command-buffer' specifies what buffer to use
429 for a new asynchronous shell command when the default output buffer
430 `*Async Shell Command*' is already taken by another running command.
434 *** The option `ffap-url-unwrap-remote' can now be a list of strings,
435 specifying URL types which should be converted to remote file names at
436 the FFAP prompt. The default is now '("ftp").
440 *** The obsolete variable `follow-mode-off-hook' has been removed.
442 *** Follow mode no longer works by using advice.
443 The option `follow-intercept-processes' has been removed.
445 ** The `server-auth-key' variable can be used to set a permanent
446 shared key for Emacs Server.
448 ** In Perl mode, new option `perl-indent-parens-as-block' causes non-block
449 closing brackets to be aligned with the line of the opening bracket.
451 ** FIXME something happened to ses.el, 2012-04-17.
453 ** which-function-mode now applies to all applicable major modes by default.
458 *** The syntax has been extended in order to allow ad-hoc proxy
459 definitions. See the manual for details.
462 *** Remote processes are now supported also on remote Windows host.
467 *** New variables `dbus-compiled-version' and `dbus-runtime-version'.
470 *** The D-Bus object manager interface is implemented.
473 *** Variables of type :(u)int32 and :(u)int64 accept floating points,
474 if their value does not fit into Emacs's integer range.
477 *** The function `dbus-call-method' works non-blocking now, it can be
478 interrupted by C-g. `dbus-call-method-non-blocking' is obsolete.
481 *** Signals can be sent also as unicast message.
484 *** The argument list of `dbus-register-signal' has been extended,
485 according to the new match rule types of D-Bus. See the manual for
489 *** `dbus-init-bus' supports private connections.
492 *** There is a new function `dbus-setenv'.
495 ** notifications.el supports now version 1.2 of the Notifications API.
496 The function `notifications-get-capabilities' returns the supported
501 *** Newly-available packages are listed in the Package Menu as "new",
502 and sorted above the other "available" packages by default.
504 ** Tabulated List and packages derived from it
506 *** New command `tabulated-list-sort', bound to `S', sorts the column
507 at point, or the Nth column if a numeric prefix argument is given.
511 *** Structs made by `url-generic-parse-url' have nil `attributes' slot.
512 Previously, this slot stored semicolon-separated attribute-value pairs
513 appended to some imap URLs, but this is not compatible with RFC 3986.
514 So now the `filename' slot stores the entire path and query components
515 and the `attributes' slot is always nil.
517 *** New function `url-encode-url' for encoding a URI string.
518 The `url-retrieve' function now uses this to encode its URL argument,
519 in case that is not properly encoded.
521 ** Obsolete packages:
524 In most cases, assoc+member+push+delq work just as well.
525 And in any case it's just a terrible package: ugly semantics, terrible
526 inefficiency, and not namespace-clean.
541 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.3
543 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.3
545 ** (random) by default now returns a different random sequence in
546 every Emacs run. Use (random S), where S is a string, to set the
547 random seed to a value based on S, in order to get a repeatable
548 sequence in later calls.
550 ** The function `x-select-font' can return a font spec, instead of a
551 font name as a string. Whether it returns a font spec or a font name
552 depends on the graphical library.
554 ** If the NEWTEXT arg to `replace-match' contains a substring "\?",
555 that substring is inserted literally even if the LITERAL arg is
556 non-nil, instead of causing an error to be signaled.
559 ** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options.
560 Only variables defined using `defcustom' are considered user options.
561 The function `user-variable-p' is now an obsolete alias for
565 ** The return values of `defalias', `defun' and `defmacro' have changed,
566 and are now undefined. For backwards compatibility, defun and
567 defmacro currently return the name of the newly defined function/macro
568 but this should not be relied upon.
570 ** `face-spec-set' no longer sets frame-specific attributes when the
571 third argument is a frame (that usage was obsolete since Emacs 22.2).
574 ** The arguments of `dbus-register-signal' are no longer just strings,
575 but keywords or keyword-string pairs. The old argument list will
576 still be supported for Emacs 24.x.
579 Some Lisp symbols have been renamed to avoid problems with spelling
580 that is incorrect or inconsistent with how Emacs normally spells a word.
582 *** Renamed functions
584 **** hangul-input-method-inactivate -> hangul-input-method-deactivate
585 **** inactivate-input-method -> deactivate-input-method
586 **** quail-inactivate -> quail-deactivate
587 **** robin-inactivate -> robin-deactivate
588 **** viper-inactivate-input-method -> viper-deactivate-input-method
589 **** viper-inactivate-input-method-action ->
590 viper-deactivate-input-method-action
591 **** ucs-input-inactivate -> ucs-input-deactivate
594 The old hooks are still supported for backward compatibility, but they
595 are deprecated and will be removed eventually.
597 **** input-method-inactivate-hook -> input-method-deactivate-hook
598 **** robin-inactivate-hook -> robin-deactivate-hook
599 **** quail-inactivate-hook -> quail-deactivate-hook
601 *** Renamed Lisp variables
603 **** follow-deactive-menu -> follow-inactive-menu
604 **** inactivate-current-input-method-function ->
605 deactivate-current-input-method-function
607 ** The following obsolete variables and varaliases have been removed:
609 *** `facemenu-unlisted-faces'
610 *** `rmail-decode-mime-charset'
611 *** `last-input-char' and `last-command-char'
614 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.3
616 ** Interpreted files get eagerly macro-expanded during load.
617 This can significantly speed up execution of non-byte-compiled code, but can
618 also bump into harmless and previously unnoticed cyclic dependencies.
619 These should not be fatal: they will simply cause the macro-calls to be left
620 for later expansion (as before), but will also result in a warning describing
623 ** New minor mode `read-only-mode' to replace toggle-read-only (now obsolete).
625 ** New functions `autoloadp' and `autoload-do-load'.
627 ** New function `posnp' to test if an object is a `posn'.
629 ** `function-get' fetches the property of a function, following aliases.
631 ** `toggle-read-only' accepts a second argument specifying whether to
632 print a message, if called from Lisp.
634 ** CL-style generalized variables are now in core Elisp.
635 `setf' is autoloaded and `push' and `pop' accept generalized variables.
637 ** `defun' also accepts a (declare DECLS) form, like `defmacro'.
638 The interpretation of the DECLS is determined by `defun-declarations-alist'.
640 ** `macro-declaration-function' is obsolete, use `macro-declarations-alist'.
642 ** New function `set-temporary-overlay-map'.
644 ** New macros `setq-local' and `defvar-local'.
646 ** New error type and new function `user-error'. Doesn't trigger the debugger.
650 *** The functions get-lru-window, get-mru-window and get-largest-window
651 now accept a third argument to avoid choosing the selected window.
653 *** New macro with-temp-buffer-window.
655 *** New option temp-buffer-resize-frames.
657 *** New function fit-frame-to-buffer and new option
658 fit-frame-to-buffer-bottom-margin.
660 *** New display action function display-buffer-below-selected.
662 *** New display action alist `inhibit-switch-frame', if non-nil, tells
663 display action functions to avoid changing which frame is selected.
665 *** New display action alist `pop-up-frame-parameters', if non-nil,
666 specifies frame parameters to give any newly-created frame.
668 *** The following variables are obsolete, as they can be replaced by
669 appropriate entries in the `display-buffer-alist' function introduced
672 **** `display-buffer-reuse-frames'
673 **** `special-display-regexps'
674 **** `special-display-frame-alist'
675 **** `special-display-buffer-names'
676 **** `special-display-function'
680 *** New function `completion-table-with-quoting' to handle completion
681 in the presence of quoting, such as file completion in shell buffers.
683 *** New function `completion-table-subvert' to use an existing completion
684 table, but with a different prefix.
688 *** `current-time-string' no longer requires that its argument's year
689 must be in the range 1000..9999. It now works with any year supported
690 by the underlying C implementation.
692 ** New function file-name-base.
694 ** New function `tty-top-frame' returns the topmost frame of a text terminal.
696 ** `automount-dir-prefix' is obsolete.
697 ** `buffer-has-markers-at' is obsolete.
698 ** `window-system-version' is obsolete.
700 * Changes in Emacs 24.3 on non-free operating systems
702 ** New configure.bat options on MS-Windows:
704 *** --without-libxml2 omits support for libxml2, even if its presence
707 ** When invoked with the -nw switch to run on the Windows text-mode terminal,
708 Emacs now supports mouse highlight, help-echo (in the echo area), and
709 mouse-autoselect-window.
711 ** On MS-Windows Vista and later Emacs now supports symbolic links.
713 * Changes in Emacs 24.2
715 ** This is mainly a bug-fix release.
718 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.1
720 ** Emacs can be compiled with Gtk+ 3.0 if you pass --with-x-toolkit=gtk3
721 to configure. Note that other libraries used by Emacs, RSVG and GConf,
722 also depend on Gtk+. You can disable them with --without-rsvg and
725 ** Emacs can be compiled with GnuTLS support.
726 This happens by default if a suitably recent version of the library is
727 found at build time. To prevent this, use the configure option
728 `--without-gnutls'. See below for GnuTLS features.
730 ** Emacs can be compiled with SELinux support.
731 This happens by default if a suitably recent version of the library is
732 found at build time. To prevent this, use the configure option
733 `--without-selinux'. See below for SELinux features.
735 ** Emacs can be compiled with ImageMagick support.
736 This happens by default if a suitably recent version of the library is
737 found at build time. To prevent this, use the configure option
738 `--without-imagemagick'. See below for ImageMagick features.
739 This feature is not available for the Nextstep or MS ports.
741 ** Emacs can be compiled with libxml2 support.
742 This happens by default if a suitably recent version of the library is
743 found at build time. To prevent this, use the configure option
744 `--without-xml2'. See below for libxml2 features.
746 ** By default, the installed Info and man pages are compressed.
747 You can disable this by configuring --without-compress-info.
749 ** New configure option --with-wide-int.
750 With it, Emacs integers typically have 62 bits, even on 32-bit machines.
751 On 32-bit hosts, this raises the limit on buffer sizes from about 512 MiB
754 ** New configure options: --with-mmdf, --with-mail-unlink, --with-mailhost.
755 These provide no new functionality, they just remove the need to edit
756 lib-src/Makefile by hand in order to use the associated features.
758 ** New configure option --enable-use-lisp-union-type.
759 This is only useful for Emacs developers to debug certain types of bugs.
760 This is not a new feature; only the configure flag is new.
762 ** The standalone programs digest-doc and sorted-doc are removed.
763 Emacs now uses Lisp commands `doc-file-to-man' and `doc-file-to-info'.
765 ** The standalone program `fakemail' is removed.
766 If you need it, feedmail.el provides a superset of the functionality.
769 * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.1
771 ** The --unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte
772 command line arguments, and the EMACS_UNIBYTE environment variable, no
773 longer have any effect. (They were declared obsolete in Emacs 23.)
775 ** New command line option `--no-site-lisp' removes site-lisp directories
776 from load-path. -Q now implies this. This option does not affect the
777 EMACSLOADPATH environment variable (and hence has no effect for
781 * Changes in Emacs 24.1
785 *** Many packages now use the `completion-at-point' command,
786 rather than implementing separate completion commands.
788 *** `completion-at-point' now handles tags and semantic completion.
790 *** Completion in a non-minibuffer now tries to detect the end of completion
791 and pops down the *Completions* buffer accordingly.
793 *** New option `completion-cycle-threshold' allows completion cycling.
795 *** New option `completion-category-overrides' for overriding the
796 default completion style in certain circumstances.
798 *** New completion style `substring'.
800 *** Completion of buffer names uses `substring' completion by default.
802 *** The option `widget-complete-field' has been removed.
806 *** The first time you try sending mail, Emacs asks for a mail method.
807 This is implemented by a new default for `send-mail-function', which
808 is `sendmail-query-once'. This offers to use the smtpmail package, or
809 to use the old defaults relying on external mail facilities
810 (`sendmail-send-it' on GNU/Linux and other Unix-like systems, and
811 `mailclient-send-it' on Windows).
813 *** Typing C-c m in the buffer made by M-x report-emacs-bug transfers
814 the report to your desktop's preferred mail client, if there is one.
815 This uses either the "xdg-email" utility, or Mac OS's "open" command.
817 *** See Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages for SMTPmail changes
818 and Mail mode changes
820 ** Emacs server and client changes
822 *** New option `server-port' specifies the port for TCP Emacs servers.
824 *** New emacsclient argument -q/--quiet suppresses some status messages.
826 *** New emacsclient argument --frame-parameters specifies the frame
827 parameters of any newly-created graphical frame.
829 *** If emacsclient shuts down due to Emacs signaling an error,
830 its exit status is 1.
832 *** New emacsclient argument --parent-id ID.
833 This opens a client frame in parent X window ID, via XEmbed, similar
834 to the --parent-id argument to Emacs.
836 ** Internationalization changes
838 *** Emacs now supports display and editing of bidirectional text.
839 Right-to-left (RTL) scripts, such as Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew, are
840 displayed in the correct visual order as expected by users of those
841 scripts. The display reordering is a "full bidirectionality" class
842 implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (UBA). Buffers
843 with no RTL text should look exactly the same as before.
845 **** New buffer-local variable `bidi-display-reordering'.
846 To disable display reordering in a buffer, change this to nil.
848 **** New buffer-local variable `bidi-paragraph-direction'.
849 If nil (the default), Emacs determines the base direction of each
850 paragraph from its text, as specified by the UBA. Setting the value
851 to `right-to-left' or `left-to-right' forces a base direction on each
854 Paragraphs with right-to-left base direction are displayed starting at
855 the right window edge.
857 *** Enhanced support for characters with no glyphs in available fonts,
858 or, on text terminals, characters that cannot be encoded by the
859 terminal coding system. The new option `glyphless-char-display-control'
860 specifies how to display them: as a hexadecimal code in a box, a thin
861 1-pixel space, an empty box, etc.
863 *** New input methods for Farsi and Bulgarian
864 (farsi-isiri-9147, farsi-transliterate-banan, bulgarian-alt-phonetic).
866 *** `nobreak-char-display' now also highlights Unicode hyphen chars
869 *** New Hebrew translation of the Emacs Tutorial.
870 Type `C-u C-h t' to choose it in case your language setup doesn't
871 automatically select it.
873 ** An Emacs Lisp package manager is now included.
874 This is a convenient way to download and install additional packages,
875 from a package repository at http://elpa.gnu.org.
877 *** M-x list-packages shows a list of packages, which can be
878 selected for installation.
880 *** New command `describe-package', bound to `C-h P'.
882 *** By default, all installed packages are loaded automatically when
883 Emacs starts up. To disable this, set `package-enable-at-startup' to
884 nil. To specify the packages to load, customize `package-load-list'.
886 ** Custom theme changes
888 *** New command `M-x customize-themes', which provides a convenient
889 interface for enabling and disabling Custom themes.
891 *** New option `custom-theme-load-path' is the load path for themes.
892 Emacs no longer looks for Custom themes in `load-path'. The default
893 value of `custom-theme-load-path' says to look for themes in
894 `custom-theme-directory', followed by a subdirectory of
895 `data-directory' named "themes/", which contains a small selection of
896 built-in Custom themes.
898 *** New option `custom-safe-themes' records known-safe theme files.
899 If a theme is not in this list, Emacs queries before loading it, and
900 offers to save the theme to `custom-safe-themes' automatically. By
901 default, all themes included in Emacs are treated as safe.
903 ** Improved GTK integration
905 *** GTK scroll-bars are now placed on the right by default.
906 The function `set-scroll-bar-mode' can change this.
908 *** GTK tool bars can have just text, just images or images and text.
909 Customize `tool-bar-style' to choose the style. On a Gnome desktop,
910 the default is taken from desktop settings.
912 *** GTK tool bars can be placed on any edge of the frame.
913 The frame-parameter tool-bar-position controls this. It takes the
914 values top, left, right or bottom. The Options => Show/Hide menu has
917 *** The default colors for selected text (the `region' face) are taken
918 from the GTK theme when Emacs is built with GTK.
920 *** Emacs uses GTK tooltips by default if built with GTK.
921 You can disable this by changing `x-gtk-use-system-tooltips' to nil.
923 ** Graphical interface changes
925 *** On graphical displays, the mode-line no longer ends in dashes.
926 Also, the first dash (which does not indicate anything) is just
927 displayed as a space.
929 *** `menu-bar-select-buffer-function' lets you choose another operation
930 instead of `switch-to-buffer' when selecting an item in the Buffers menu.
932 *** Lucid menus and dialogs can display antialiased fonts if Emacs is
933 built with Xft. These fonts can be set via X resources, for example:
934 Emacs.pane.menubar.font: Courier-12
938 *** Emacs now calls `kill-emacs' if it receives SIGTERM or SIGHUP,
939 or if it receives a SIGINT signal in batch mode.
941 *** `kill-emacs-hook' is now also run in batch mode.
942 Third-party code which adds to `kill-emacs-hook' should check if they
943 do the right thing in batch mode.
947 *** New scrolling commands `scroll-up-command' and `scroll-down-command'
948 (bound to C-v/[next] and M-v/[prior]) do not signal errors at top/bottom
949 of buffer at first key-press (instead they move to top/bottom of buffer)
950 when `scroll-error-top-bottom' is non-nil.
952 *** New option `scroll-error-top-bottom' (see above).
954 *** New scrolling commands `scroll-up-line' and `scroll-down-line'
955 scroll a line instead of full screen.
957 *** New property `scroll-command' should be set on a command's symbol to
958 define it as a scroll command affected by `scroll-preserve-screen-position'.
960 *** If you customize `scroll-conservatively' to a value greater than 100,
961 Emacs will never recenter point in the window when it scrolls due to
962 cursor motion commands or commands that move point (e.f., `M-g M-g').
963 Previously, you needed to use `most-positive-fixnum' as the value of
964 `scroll-conservatively' to achieve the same effect.
966 *** "Aggressive" scrolling now honors the scroll margins.
967 If you customize `scroll-up-aggressively' or
968 `scroll-down-aggressively' and move point off the window, Emacs now
969 scrolls the window so as to avoid positioning point inside the scroll
972 ** Basic SELinux support has been added.
973 This requires Emacs to be linked with libselinux at build time.
975 *** Emacs preserves the SELinux file context when backing up.
976 Also, the function `copy-file' has an extra optional argument for
977 preserving SELinux context, and the return value of `backup-buffer'
978 now includes the SELinux context.
980 *** New functions `file-selinux-context' and `set-file-selinux-context'
981 get and set the SELinux context of a file.
985 *** `delete-by-moving-to-trash' now only affects commands that specify
986 trashing. This avoids inadvertently trashing temporary files.
988 *** Calling `delete-file' or `delete-directory' with a prefix argument
989 now forces true deletion, regardless of `delete-by-moving-to-trash'.
991 ** File- and directory-local variable changes
993 *** You can stop directory local vars from applying to subdirectories.
994 Add an element (subdirs . nil) to the alist portion of any variables
995 settings to indicate that the section should not apply to
998 *** Directory local variables can apply to some file-less buffers.
999 Affected modes include dired, vc-dir, and log-edit. For example,
1000 adding "(diff-mode . ((mode . whitespace)))" to .dir-locals.el will
1001 turn on `whitespace-mode' for *vc-diff* buffers. Modes should call
1002 `hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer' to support this.
1004 *** Using "mode: MINOR-MODE" to enable a minor mode is deprecated.
1005 Instead, use "eval: (minor-mode 1)".
1007 *** The variable `inhibit-first-line-modes-regexps' has been renamed
1008 to `inhibit-local-variables-regexps'. As the name suggests, it now
1009 applies to ALL file local variables, not just -*- lines. The
1010 associated `inhibit-first-line-modes-suffixes' has been renamed in the
1015 *** The `quit-window' command now restores the last buffer displayed
1016 in the quitted window.
1018 *** Resizing an Emacs frame now preserves proportional window sizes,
1019 modulo restrictions like window minimum sizes and fixed-size windows.
1021 *** The behavior of `display-buffer' is now customizable in detail.
1023 **** New option `display-buffer-base-action' specifies a list of
1024 user-determined display "actions" (functions and optional arguments
1025 for choosing the displaying window).
1027 This takes precedence over the default display action, which is
1028 specified by `display-buffer-fallback-action'.
1030 **** New option `display-buffer-alist' maps buffer name regexps to
1031 display actions, taking precedence over `display-buffer-base-action'.
1033 *** New option `window-combination-limit'.
1034 The new option `window-combination-limit' allows to return the space
1035 obtained for resizing or creating a window more reliably to the window
1036 from which such space was obtained.
1038 *** New option `window-combination-resize'.
1039 The new option `window-combination-resize' allows to split a window that
1040 otherwise cannot be split because it's too small by stealing space from
1041 other windows in the same combination. Subsequent resizing or deletion
1042 of the window will resize all windows in the same combination as well.
1044 *** New option `frame-auto-hide-function' lets you choose between
1045 iconifying or deleting a frame when burying a buffer in a dedicated
1046 frame, or quitting a window showing a buffer in a frame of its own.
1048 *** New commands `maximize-window' and `minimize-window'.
1049 These maximize and minimize the size of a window within its frame.
1051 *** New commands `switch-to-prev-buffer' and `switch-to-next-buffer'.
1052 These functions allow to navigate through the live buffers that have
1053 been shown in a specific window.
1055 ** Minibuffer changes
1057 *** The inactive minibuffer has its own major mode `minibuffer-inactive-mode'.
1058 This is handy for minibuffer-only frames, and is also used for the feature
1059 where mouse-1 pops up *Messages*"', which can now easily be changed.
1061 *** Minibuffers set `truncate-lines' to nil.
1062 If you want to change the value to something else, you could use
1063 for example `minibuffer-setup-hook'.
1065 ** `auto-mode-case-fold' is now enabled by default.
1067 ** `backup-by-copying-when-mismatch' now defaults to t.
1069 ** New basic faces `error', `warning', `success'.
1070 These are used to highlight text indicating failure, caution or
1071 successful operation.
1073 ** New option `list-colors-sort' defines the color sort order
1074 for `list-colors-display'.
1076 ** The variable `focus-follows-mouse' now always defaults to nil.
1079 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.1
1083 *** C-y in Isearch is now bound to `isearch-yank-kill', instead of
1084 `isearch-yank-line'.
1086 *** M-y in Isearch is now bound to `isearch-yank-pop', instead of
1087 `isearch-yank-kill'.
1089 *** M-s C-e in Isearch is now bound to `isearch-yank-line'.
1091 ** New commands `count-words-region' and `count-words'.
1093 *** M-= is bound to `count-words-region', not `count-lines-region'.
1094 The `count-words-region' command, when called interactively, reports
1095 the number of lines, words, and characters in the region. It is a
1096 superset of the old `count-lines-region', which is now an obsolete
1099 ** The command `just-one-space' (M-SPC), if given a negative argument,
1100 also deletes newlines around point.
1104 *** New option `delete-active-region'.
1105 If non-nil, [delete] and DEL delete the region if it is active and no
1106 prefix argument is given. If set to `kill', those commands kill
1109 *** New command `delete-forward-char', bound to [delete].
1110 This is meant for interactive use, and obeys `delete-active-region'.
1111 The command `delete-char' does not obey `delete-active-region'.
1113 *** `delete-backward-char' is now a Lisp function.
1114 Apart from obeying `delete-active-region', its behavior is unchanged.
1115 However, the byte compiler now warns if it is called from Lisp; Lisp
1116 callers should use delete-char with a negative argument instead.
1118 *** The option `mouse-region-delete-keys' has been deleted.
1120 ** Selection changes.
1122 The default handling of clipboard and primary selections has been
1123 changed to conform with modern X applications. In short, most
1124 commands for killing and yanking text now use the clipboard, while
1125 mouse commands use the primary selection.
1127 In the following, we provide a list of these changes, followed by a
1128 list of steps to get the old behavior back if you prefer that.
1130 *** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t.
1131 Merely selecting text (e.g. with drag-mouse-1) no longer puts it in
1132 the kill ring. The selected text is put in the primary selection, if
1133 the system possesses a separate primary selection facility (e.g. X).
1135 **** `select-active-regions' also accepts a new value, `only'.
1136 This means to only set the primary selection for temporarily active
1137 regions (usually made by mouse-dragging or shift-selection);
1138 "ordinary" active regions, such as those made with C-SPC followed by
1139 point motion, do not alter the primary selection.
1141 **** `mouse-drag-copy-region' now defaults to nil.
1143 *** mouse-2 is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
1144 This pastes from the primary selection, ignoring the kill-ring.
1145 Previously, mouse-2 was bound to `mouse-yank-at-click'.
1147 *** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t on all platforms.
1149 *** `x-select-enable-primary' now defaults to nil.
1150 Thus, commands that kill text or copy it to the kill-ring (such as
1151 M-w, C-w, and C-k) also use the clipboard---not the primary selection.
1153 **** The "Copy", "Cut", and "Paste" items in the "Edit" menu are now
1154 exactly equivalent to M-w, C-w, and C-y respectively.
1156 **** Note that on MS-Windows, `x-select-enable-clipboard' was already
1157 non-nil by default, as Windows does not support the primary selection
1158 between applications.
1160 *** To return to the previous behavior, do the following:
1162 **** Change `select-active-regions' to nil.
1163 **** Change `mouse-drag-copy-region' to t.
1164 **** Change `x-select-enable-primary' to t (on X only).
1165 **** Change `x-select-enable-clipboard' to nil.
1166 **** Bind `mouse-yank-at-click' to mouse-2.
1168 *** Support for X cut buffers has been removed.
1170 *** X clipboard managers are now supported.
1171 To inhibit this, change `x-select-enable-clipboard-manager' to nil.
1173 ** New command `C-x r N' (`rectangle-number-lines') numbers the lines
1174 in the current rectangle. With a prefix argument, this prompts for a
1175 number to count from and for a format string.
1177 ** `redisplay-dont-pause' now defaults to t.
1178 This makes Emacs feel more responsive to editing commands that arrive
1179 at high rate, e.g. if you lean on some key, because stopping redisplay
1180 in the middle (when this variable is nil) forces more expensive
1181 updates later on, and Emacs appears to be unable to keep up.
1183 ** The behavior of <TAB> for active regions in Text mode has changed.
1184 In Text and related modes, typing <TAB> (`indent-for-tab-command')
1185 when the region is active causes Emacs to indent all the lines in the
1186 region, aligning them with the line previous to the first line in the
1187 region (or with the left margin if there is no previous line).
1189 ** When `occur' is called with a prefix argument, matching strings are
1190 collected into the `*Occur*' buffer without line numbers. If there
1191 are parenthesized subexpressions in the specified regexp, `occur'
1192 reads replacement text that may contain \\& and \\N whose convention
1193 follows `replace-match'.
1196 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
1198 ** Archive Mode has basic support for browsing and updating 7z archives.
1202 *** BibTeX mode now supports biblatex.
1203 Use the variable `bibtex-dialect' to select different BibTeX dialects.
1204 `bibtex-entry-field-alist' is now an obsolete alias for
1205 `bibtex-BibTeX-entry-alist'.
1207 *** New command `bibtex-search-entries', bound to C-c C-a.
1209 *** New `bibtex-entry-format' option `sort-fields', disabled by default.
1211 *** New variable `bibtex-search-entry-globally'.
1215 *** New option `browse-url-mailto-function' specifies how to handle "mailto:"s.
1217 *** The default browser used by the package is now the "xdg-open" program,
1218 on platforms that support it. This calls your desktop's preferred browser.
1220 ** Calendar, Diary, and Appt
1222 *** Diary entries can contain non-printing "comments".
1223 See the variable `diary-comment-start'.
1225 *** Appointments can specify their individual warning times.
1226 See the variable `appt-warning-time-regexp'.
1228 *** The function specified by `appt-disp-window-function' may be passed
1229 lists of arguments if multiple appointments are due at similar times.
1230 If you are using a custom function for this, you should update it.
1232 *** New function `diary-hebrew-birthday'.
1234 *** Elements of `calendar-day-abbrev-array' and `calendar-month-abbrev-array'
1235 may no longer be nil, but must all be strings.
1237 *** The obsolete (since Emacs 22.1) method of enabling the appt
1238 package by adding `appt-make-list' to `diary-hook' has been removed.
1239 Use `appt-activate' instead.
1241 *** Some appt variables (obsolete since Emacs 22.1) have been removed:
1242 appt-issue-message (use the function appt-activate)
1243 appt-visible/appt-msg-window (use the variable appt-display-format)
1245 *** Some diary function aliases (obsolete since Emacs 22.1) have been removed:
1246 view-diary-entries, list-diary-entries, show-all-diary-entries
1250 *** New feature to "guess" the style in an existing buffer.
1251 The main entry point is M-x c-guess.
1253 *** Java Mode now supports Java 5.0 (Tiger) and 6 (Mustang).
1255 *** `c-beginning-of-defun' and `c-end-of-defun' now respect nested scopes.
1256 Thus C-M-a will, by default, go to the beginning of the immediate function,
1259 *** "Macros with semicolons" can be registered for correct indentation.
1260 Where such a macro ends a line (no semicolon) the next statement is no longer
1261 parsed as a statement continuation.
1263 ** Comint and modes derived from it use the standard completion code.
1267 *** Compilation mode can be used without Font Lock mode.
1268 `compilation-parse-errors-function' is now obsolete.
1270 *** New variable `compilation-filter-start', which is bound while
1271 `compilation-filter-hook' runs. It records the start position of the
1272 text inserted by `compilation-filter'.
1274 *** `compilation-error-screen-columns' and `compilation-first-column'
1275 are obeyed in the editing buffer. So programming language modes can
1276 set them, whereas previously only the value in the *Compilation*
1281 *** Customize buffers now contain a search field.
1282 The search is performed using `customize-apropos'.
1283 To turn off the search field, set `custom-search-field' to nil.
1285 *** Options in customize group buffers start out hidden if not customized.
1286 Use the arrow to the left of the option name to toggle visibility.
1288 *** custom-buffer-sort-alphabetically now defaults to t.
1290 *** The color widget now has a "Choose" button, which allows you to
1291 choose a color via `list-colors-display'.
1295 *** It is now possible to access buses other than the default system
1298 *** The `dbus-register-method' and `dbus-register-property' functions
1299 optionally do not register names.
1301 *** The new function `dbus-register-service' registers a known service
1302 name on a D-Bus without also registering a property or a method.
1306 *** C-x C-j (`dired-jump') and C-x 4 C-j (`dired-jump-other-window'),
1307 if called with a prefix argument, read a file name from the minibuffer
1308 instead of using the current buffer.
1310 *** The "dired local variables" feature of Dired-x is obsolete.
1311 The standard directory local variables feature replaces it.
1315 *** New options `erc-autojoin-timing' and `erc-autojoin-delay',
1316 controlling attempts to autojoin a channel.
1318 *** New variable `erc-coding-system-precedence': If we use `undecided'
1319 as the server coding system, this variable will then be consulted.
1320 The default is to decode strings that can be decoded as utf-8 as
1321 utf-8, and do the normal `undecided' decoding for the rest.
1325 *** The default value of `eshell-directory-name' has changed
1326 to be an "eshell" directory in `user-emacs-directory'.
1327 The old "~/.eshell/" directory is still used if it exists, though.
1331 *** The M-x gdb command now uses the GDB Machine Interface protocol.
1332 It now supports multithread non-stop debugging and simultaneous
1333 debugging of several threads.
1337 *** RET (`image-toggle-animation') toggles animation, if applicable.
1338 Animation plays once, unless the option `image-animate-loop' is non-nil.
1342 *** New command M-x info-display-manual displays a named Info manual.
1343 If that manual is already visited in some Info buffer, it displays
1344 that buffer. (This is handy if you have many manuals in many *info*
1345 buffers, and don't remember the name of the buffer visiting the manual
1346 you want to consult.) Otherwise, it loads and displays the manual.
1348 *** `e' is now bound to `end-of-buffer' rather than to `Info-edit'.
1349 This is for compatibility with the stand-alone Info reader program,
1350 and also because `Info-edit' is a rarely used command that is disabled
1353 ** Mail mode changes (not Message mode)
1355 *** New command M-x mail-add-attachment for adding MIME attachments
1357 *** The command M-x mail-attach-file was renamed to M-x mail-insert-file.
1358 (Its name is misleading, since it has nothing to do with MIME
1359 attachments.) The old name is now an obsolete alias to the new name.
1361 ** MH-E has been updated to MH-E version 8.3.1.
1362 See MH-E-NEWS for details.
1364 ** Modula-2 mode provides auto-indentation.
1366 ** mpc.el: Can use pseudo tags of the form tag1|tag2 as a union of two tags.
1368 ** nXML mode no longer binds C-RET to `nxml-complete'.
1369 Completion is now performed via `completion-at-point', bound to C-M-i
1370 or M-TAB. If `nxml-bind-meta-tab-to-complete-flag' is non-nil (the
1371 default), this performs tag completion.
1373 ** Org mode has been updated to version 7.8.09.
1374 See ORG-NEWS for details.
1376 ** Prolog mode has been completely revamped, with lots of additional
1377 functionality such as more intelligent indentation, electricity,
1378 support for more variants, including Mercury, and a lot more.
1382 *** The command `rmail-epa-decrypt' decrypts OpenPGP data
1383 in the Rmail incoming message.
1385 *** The variable `rmail-message-filter' no longer has any effect.
1386 This change was made in Emacs 23.1 but was not advertised at the time.
1387 Try using `rmail-show-message-hook' instead.
1391 *** M-x shell prompts for the shell path name if the default directory
1392 is a remote file name and neither the environment variable $ESHELL nor
1393 the variable `explicit-shell-file-name' is set.
1395 *** TAB is now bound to the standard `completion-at-point' command,
1396 which now implements the pcomplete rules for shell command completion.
1400 *** SMTPmail now uses encrypted connections (via STARTTLS) by default
1401 if the mail server supports them. This uses either built-in GnuTLS
1402 support, or the starttls.el library. Customize `smtpmail-stream-type'
1405 *** The variable `smtpmail-auth-credentials' has been removed.
1406 By default, the information is now stored in the file ~/.authinfo.
1407 This was the default value of smtpmail-auth-credentials. If you had
1408 customized smtpmail-auth-credentials to a list of user names and
1409 passwords, those settings are not used. During your first connection
1410 to the smtp server, Emacs will prompt for the user name and password,
1411 and offer to save them to ~/.authinfo. Or you can manually copy the
1412 credentials to ~/.authinfo. For example, if you had
1414 (setq smtpmail-auth-credentials
1415 '(("mail.example.org" 25 "jim" "s!cret")))
1417 then the equivalent line in ~/.authinfo would be
1419 machine mail.example.org port 25 login jim password s!cret
1421 See the auth-source manual for more information, e.g. on encrypting
1422 the credentials file.
1424 *** The variable `smtpmail-starttls-credentials' has been removed.
1425 If you had that set, you need to put
1427 machine smtp.whatever.foo port 25 key "~/.my_smtp_tls.key" cert "~/.my_smtp_tls.cert"
1429 in your ~/.authinfo file instead.
1431 *** SMTPmail defaults to using the address in the From: header as the
1432 SMTP MAIL FROM envelope. To override this, set `mail-envelope-from'
1433 to the address you wish to use instead.
1437 *** New options `sql-port', `sql-connection-alist', `sql-send-terminator',
1438 and `sql-oracle-scan-on'.
1440 *** New options controlling prompting for login parameters.
1441 Each supported product has a custom variable `sql-*-login-params',
1442 which is a list of the parameters to be prompted for before a
1443 connection is established.
1445 *** The command `sql-product-interactive' now takes a prefix argument,
1446 which causes it to prompt for an SQL product.
1448 *** Product-specific SQL interactive commands now take prefix arguments.
1449 These commands (`sql-sqlite', `sql-postgres', `sql-mysql', etc.),
1450 given a prefix argument, prompt for a name for the SQL interactive
1451 buffer. This reduces the need for calling `sql-rename-buffer'.
1453 *** SQL interactive modes suppress command continuation prompts, and
1454 replace tabs with spaces. The first change impacts multiple line SQL
1455 statements entered with C-j between each line, statements yanked into
1456 the buffer and statements sent with `sql-send-*' functions. The
1457 second prevents the MySQL and Postgres interpreters from listing
1458 object name completions when sent text via `sql-send-*' functions.
1460 *** New command `sql-connect' starts a predefined SQLi session,
1461 using the login parameters from `sql-connection-alist'.
1463 *** New "Save Connection" menu item in SQLi buffers.
1464 This gathers the login params specified for the SQLi session, if it
1465 was not started by a connection, and saves them as a new connection.
1467 *** New commands for listing database objects and details:
1468 sql-list-all and sql-list-table.
1470 *** An API for manipulating SQL product definitions has been added.
1474 *** latex-electric-env-pair-mode keeps \begin..\end matched on the fly.
1478 *** New inline access method "ksu" (kerberized su).
1480 *** The following access methods are discontinued: "ssh1_old",
1481 "ssh2_old", "scp1_old", "scp2_old", "imap", "imaps" and "fish".
1483 *** The user option `remote-file-name-inhibit-cache' controls whether
1484 remote file attributes are cached for better performance.
1486 *** The option `ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp' has changed its
1487 default value to "".
1489 *** Handlers for `file-selinux-context' and `set-file-selinux-context'
1490 for remote machines which support SELinux.
1492 ** New function `url-queue-retrieve', which behaves like url-retrieve,
1493 but with limits (`url-queue-parallel-processes', `url-queue-timeout') on
1494 the degree of parallelism.
1496 ** VC and related modes
1498 *** Support for pulling on distributed version control systems.
1499 The command C-x v + (`vc-pull') runs a "pull" operation, if it is
1500 supported (currently with Bzr, Git, and Mercurial), to update the
1501 current branch and working tree. A prefix argument means to prompt
1502 the user for specifics, e.g. a pull location.
1504 *** `vc-update' is now an alias for `vc-pull'.
1506 *** Support for merging on distributed version control systems.
1507 The command C-x v m (`vc-merge') now runs a "merge" operation, if it
1508 is supported (currently with Bzr, Git, and Mercurial), to merge
1509 changes from another branch into the current one. It prompts for
1510 specifics, e.g. a merge source.
1512 *** New option `vc-revert-show-diff' controls whether `vc-revert'
1513 shows a diff while querying the user. It defaults to t.
1515 *** Log entries in some Log View buffers can be toggled to display a
1516 longer description by typing RET (log-view-toggle-entry-display).
1517 This is currently supported for Bzr, Git, and Mercurial (to support
1518 another backend, define a `log-view-expanded-log-entry-function').
1519 In the Log View buffers made by C-x v L (`vc-print-root-log'), you can
1520 use this to display the full log entry for the revision at point.
1522 *** New command `vc-ediff' allows visual comparison of two revisions
1523 of a file similar to `vc-diff', but using ediff backend.
1525 *** The option `vc-initial-comment' was removed in Emacs 23.2, but
1526 this was not advertised at the time.
1528 *** `vc-toggle-read-only' is an obsolete alias for `toggle-read-only'.
1529 Since Emacs 23, it has done the same thing as `toggle-read-only', but
1530 this was not advertised at the time.
1536 *** erc-hecomplete.el (use erc-pcomplete.el instead)
1538 *** partial-completion-mode (complete.el) is obsolete.
1539 You can get a comparable behavior with:
1540 (setq completion-styles '(partial-completion initials))
1541 (setq completion-pcm-complete-word-inserts-delimiters t)
1543 *** pc-mode.el is obsolete (CUA mode is much more comprehensive).
1545 *** pgg is obsolete (use EasyPG instead).
1547 *** sregex.el is obsolete, since rx.el is a strict superset.
1549 *** s-region.el and pc-select.el are obsolete.
1550 They are superseded by shift-select-mode, enabled by default since 23.1.
1552 *** vc-mcvs.el is obsolete (for lack of a maintainer).
1556 *** The Landmark game is now invoked with `landmark', not `lm'.
1557 Its functions and variables have been similarly renamed.
1559 *** In `ido-file-completion-map', C-v is no longer bound to `ido-toggle-vc'.
1560 (This interfered with cua-mode.)
1562 *** f90.el has some support for Fortran 2008 syntax.
1564 *** `copyright-fix-years' can optionally convert consecutive years to ranges.
1566 *** New command `nato-region' converts text to NATO phonetic alphabet.
1569 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
1571 ** Occur Edit mode applies edits made in *Occur* buffers to the
1572 original buffers. It is bound to "e" in Occur mode.
1574 ** New global minor mode electric-pair-mode.
1575 When enabled, typing an open parenthesis automatically inserts the
1576 matching closing one.
1578 ** New global minor mode electric-indent-mode.
1579 When enabled, typing certain characters triggers reindentation.
1580 Major modes wishing to use this can set electric-indent-chars or
1581 electric-indent-functions.
1583 ** New global minor mode electric-layout-mode.
1584 When enabled, typing certain characters automatically inserts newlines.
1585 Major modes wishing to use this can set electric-layout-rules.
1587 ** tabulated-list.el provides a generic major mode for tabulated data,
1588 from which other modes can be derived.
1590 ** pcase.el provides the ML-style pattern matching macro `pcase'.
1592 ** secrets.el is an implementation of the Secret Service API, an
1593 interface to password managers like GNOME Keyring or KDE Wallet. The
1594 Secret Service API requires D-Bus for communication. The command
1595 `secrets-show-secrets' offers a buffer with a visualization of the
1598 ** notifications.el provides an implementation of the Desktop
1599 Notifications API. It requires D-Bus for communication.
1601 ** soap-client.el supports access to SOAP web services from Emacs.
1602 soap-inspect.el is an interactive inspector for SOAP WSDL structures.
1604 ** New generic mode, xmodmap-generic-mode, for xmodmap files.
1606 ** New emacs-lock.el package.
1607 The previous version has been moved to obsolete/old-emacs-lock.el.
1608 Now, there is a proper minor mode `emacs-lock-mode'. Protection
1609 against exiting Emacs and killing the buffer can be set separately.
1610 The mechanism for automatically turning off protection for buffers
1611 with dead inferior processes has been generalized.
1614 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.1
1616 ** Passing a nil argument to a minor mode function call now ENABLES
1617 the minor mode unconditionally. This is so that you can write e.g.
1619 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'foo-mode)
1621 to enable foo-mode in Text mode buffers, removing the need for
1622 `turn-on-foo-mode' style functions. This affects all mode commands
1623 defined by `define-minor-mode'. If called interactively, the mode
1624 command still toggles the minor mode.
1626 ** The return value of `backup-buffer' has changed.
1627 It is now a list of three elements, where the second element is a list
1628 describing the original file's SELinux context. If Emacs or the
1629 system lacks SELinux support, the context list is (nil nil nil nil).
1630 See "Basic SELinux support" above, under "Changes in Emacs 24.1".
1632 ** `char-direction-table' and the `char-direction' function were deleted.
1633 They were buggy and inferior to the new support of bidirectional
1634 editing introduced in Emacs 24. If you need the bidirectional
1635 properties of a character, use `get-char-code-property' with the last
1636 argument `bidi-class'.
1638 ** `copy-directory' now copies the source directory as a subdirectory
1639 of the target directory, if the latter is an existing directory. The
1640 new optional arg COPY-CONTENTS, if non-nil, makes the function copy
1641 the contents directly into a pre-existing target directory.
1643 ** For mouse click input events in the text area, the Y pixel
1644 coordinate in the POSITION list now counts from the top of the text
1645 area, excluding any header line. Previously, it counted from the top
1648 ** Support for "old-style" backquotes, obsolete for 10+ years, has
1649 been further reduced. Now a backquote not followed by a space is
1650 always treated as a "new-style" backquote. Please remove all
1651 "old-style" backquotes from your code. If your code uses backquotes
1652 as documented in the Elisp manual, and compiles without warning, then
1653 you have nothing to do in this regard. Code not following the
1654 appropriate conventions may fail to compile.
1656 The most common cause of trouble seems to be an old-style backquote
1657 followed by a newline. Another cause of trouble is vector notation
1658 for key sequence notation: instead of [(control ,)] and [(control ')],
1659 you should write [(control ?,)] and [(control ?')], which will work in
1662 ** The macro `eval-at-startup' was removed in Emacs 23.2, but this
1663 was not advertised at the time. The function `custom-initialize-delay'
1664 replaced all known uses.
1666 ** `view-buffer' now treats special mode-class in the same way that
1667 `view-file' has since Emacs 22 (i.e. it won't enable View mode if the
1668 major mode is special).
1670 ** Menu and tool bar changes
1672 *** During startup, Emacs no longer adds entries for `menu-bar-lines'
1673 and `tool-bar-lines' to `default-frame-alist' and `initial-frame-alist'.
1674 With these alist entries omitted, `make-frame' checks the value of the
1675 variable `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode' to determine whether to create
1676 a menu-bar or tool-bar, respectively. If the alist entries are added,
1677 they override the value of `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode'.
1679 *** The menu bar bindings's caches are not used any more.
1680 Use (where-is-internal <def> nil t) instead.
1682 ** Regions created by mouse dragging are now normal active regions,
1683 similar to those created by shift-selection (see Selection changes
1684 above). In previous Emacs versions, these regions were delineated by
1685 `mouse-drag-overlay'; that variable has been removed.
1687 ** The fourth argument of `filter-buffer-substring' has been removed.
1688 If you want to remove text properties from the final result, simply
1689 pass the result through substring-no-properties.
1691 ** cl.el no longer provides `cl-19'.
1693 ** The following obsolete functions and aliases have been removed
1694 (the appropriate new function is given in parentheses; "not needed"
1695 means you can just remove all calls to the function in question):
1697 *** `comint-kill-output' (`comint-delete-output')
1698 *** `decompose-composite-char' (`char-to-string')
1699 *** `outline-visible' (`outline-invisible-p')
1700 *** `internal-find-face' (`facep')
1701 *** `internal-get-face' (`facep and check-face')
1702 *** `frame-update-faces' (not needed)
1703 *** `frame-update-face-colors' (`frame-set-background-mode')
1704 *** `x-frob-font-weight' and `x-frob-font-slant' (`make-face-*' functions)
1705 *** `x-make-font-bold and x-make-font-demibold (`make-face-bold')
1706 *** `x-make-font-italic' and `x-make-font-oblique' (`make-face-italic')
1707 *** `x-make-font-bold-italic' (`make-face-bold-italic')
1708 *** `x-make-font-unbold' (`make-face-unbold')
1709 *** `x-make-font-unitalic' (`make-face-unitalic')
1710 *** `mldrag-drag-mode-line' (`mouse-drag-mode-line')
1711 *** `mldrag-drag-vertical-line' (`mouse-drag-vertical-line')
1712 *** `iswitchb-default-keybindings' (`iswitchb-mode')
1713 *** `char-bytes' (== 1)
1714 *** `isearch-return-char' (`isearch-printing-char')
1715 *** `make-local-hook' (not needed)
1716 *** `set-screen-height' (`set-frame-height')
1717 *** `set-screen-width' (`set-frame-width')
1719 ** The following obsolete variables and varaliases have been removed
1720 (the appropriate new variable is given in parentheses):
1722 *** `checkdoc-minor-keymap' (`checkdoc-minor-mode-map')
1723 *** `vc-header-alist' (`vc-BACKEND-header')
1724 *** `directory-sep-char' (== ?/)
1725 *** `font-lock-defaults-alist' (`font-lock-defaults')
1726 *** `e' (`float-e').
1728 ** The following obsolete files were removed:
1729 sc.el, x-menu.el, rnews.el, rnewspost.el
1731 ** The format of the finder-inf.el file has changed, since the Finder
1732 mechanism is now based on the package system. The variable
1733 `finder-package-info' is replaced by `package--builtins' and
1734 `finder-keywords-hash'.
1736 ** When generating autoloads, `update-directory-autoloads' no longer
1737 assumes every inspected file is in your `load-path'. It instead
1738 generates relative names according to the current `load-path'.
1741 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.1
1743 ** Code can now use lexical scoping by default instead of dynamic scoping.
1744 The `lexical-binding' variable enables lexical scoping for local
1745 variables. It is typically set via a file-local variable in the first
1746 line of the file, in which case it applies to all the code in that
1749 *** `eval' takes a new optional argument `lexical' to choose the new lexical
1750 binding instead of the old dynamic binding mode.
1752 *** Lexically scoped interpreted functions are represented with a new form
1753 of function value which looks like (closure ENV ARGS &rest BODY).
1755 *** New macro `letrec' to define recursive local functions.
1757 *** `defvar' and `defconst' now mark the variable as special (dynamic).
1758 So do `defcustom' and other forms that call `defvar' as a subroutine.
1760 *** New function `special-variable-p' to check whether a variable is
1761 declared as dynamically bound.
1763 *** The form ((lambda ...) ...) is deprecated.
1765 ** An Emacs Lisp testing tool is now included.
1766 Emacs Lisp developers can use this tool to write automated tests for
1767 their code. See the ERT info manual for details.
1769 ** Changes for bidirectional display and editing
1771 *** New function `current-bidi-paragraph-direction'.
1772 This returns the base direction of the paragraph at point.
1774 *** New function `bidi-string-mark-left-to-right'.
1775 Given a string containing characters from right-to-left scripts, this
1776 function returns another string which can be safely inserted into a
1777 buffer, such that any following text will be always displayed to the
1778 right of that string. (This works by appending an invisible Unicode
1779 "LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK" character if the argument string might need it.)
1781 This is useful when the buffer has overall left-to-right paragraph
1782 direction and you need to insert a string whose contents are not known
1783 in advance, without disrupting the layout of the line.
1787 *** Window tree functions are accessible in Elisp.
1788 Functions are provided to return the parent, siblings or child windows
1789 of any window including internal windows (windows not associated with a
1790 buffer) in the window tree.
1792 **** New function `window-valid-p' gives non-nil for live and internal
1795 **** Window manipulation can deal with internal windows.
1796 Many window handling functions like `split-window', `delete-window', or
1797 `delete-other-windows' as well as the window resizing functions can now
1798 act on any window including internal ones.
1800 *** window-total-height/-width vs window-body-height/-width.
1801 The function `window-height' has been renamed to `window-total-height'
1802 and `window-width' has been renamed to `window-body-width'. The old
1803 names are provided as aliases. Two new functions `window-total-width'
1804 and `window-body-height' are provided.
1806 *** Window parameters specific to window handling functions.
1807 For each window you can specify a parameter to override the default
1808 behavior of a number of functions like `split-window', `delete-window'
1809 and `delete-other-windows'. The variable `ignore-window-parameters'
1810 allows to ignore processing such parameters.
1812 *** New semantics of third argument of `split-window'.
1813 The third argument of `split-window' has been renamed to SIDE and can be
1814 set to any of the values 'below, 'right, 'above, or 'left to make the
1815 new window appear on the corresponding side of the window that shall be
1816 split. Any other value of SIDE will cause `split-window' to split the
1817 window into two side-by-side windows as before.
1819 *** Window resizing functions.
1820 A new standard function for resizing windows called `window-resize' has
1821 been introduced. This and all other functions for resizing windows no
1822 longer delete any windows when they become too small.
1824 *** Deleting the selected window now selects the most recently selected
1825 live window on that frame instead.
1827 *** `adjust-window-trailing-edge' adjustments.
1828 `adjust-window-trailing-edge' can now deal with fixed-size windows and
1829 is able to resize other windows if a window adjacent to the trailing
1830 edge cannot be shrunk any more. This makes its behavior more similar to
1831 that of Emacs 21 without compromising, however, its inability to delete
1832 windows which was introduced in Emacs 22.
1834 *** Window-local buffer lists.
1835 Windows now have local buffer lists. This means that removing a buffer
1836 from display in a window will preferably show the buffer previously
1837 shown in that window with its previous window-start and window-point
1838 positions. This also means that the same buffer may be automatically
1839 shown twice even if it already appears in another window.
1841 *** `switch-to-buffer' has a new optional argument FORCE-SAME-WINDOW,
1842 which if non-nil requires the buffer to be displayed in the currently
1843 selected window, signaling an error otherwise. If nil, another window
1844 can be used, e.g. if the selected one is strongly dedicated.
1846 *** `split-window-vertically' and `split-window-horizontally' renamed
1847 to `split-window-below' and `split-window-right' respectively.
1848 The old names are kept as aliases.
1852 **** The second arg to `display-buffer' and `pop-to-buffer' is now
1853 named ACTION, and takes a display action of the same form as
1854 `display-buffer-base-action' (see Changes, above). A non-nil,
1855 non-list value is treated specially, as the old meaning.
1857 **** New variable `display-buffer-overriding-action'.
1859 **** The procedure of `display-buffer' etc. to choose a window is
1860 determined by combining `display-buffer-overriding-action',
1861 `display-buffer-alist', the ACTION arg, `display-buffer-base-action',
1862 and `display-buffer-fallback-action'. The second and fourth of these
1863 are user-customizable variables.
1865 See the docstring of `display-buffer' for details.
1867 *** New functions `window-state-get' and `window-state-put'.
1868 These functions allow to save and restore the state of an arbitrary
1869 frame or window as an Elisp object.
1873 *** New variable `completion-extra-properties' used to specify extra
1874 properties of the current completion:
1875 - :annotate-function, same as the old completion-annotate-function.
1876 - :exit-function, function to call after completion took place.
1878 *** Functions on `completion-at-point-functions' can return any of the
1879 properties valid for `completion-extra-properties'.
1881 *** `completion-annotate-function' is obsolete.
1883 *** New `metadata' method for completion tables. The metadata thus returned
1884 can specify various details of the data returned by `all-completions':
1885 - `category' is the kind of objects returned (e.g., `buffer', `file', ...),
1886 used to select a style in completion-category-overrides.
1887 - `annotation-function' to add annotations in *Completions*.
1888 - `display-sort-function' to specify how to sort entries in *Completions*.
1889 - `cycle-sort-function' to specify how to sort entries when cycling.
1891 *** `minibuffer-local-filename-must-match-map' is not used any more.
1892 Instead, the bindings in `minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map'
1893 are combined with `minibuffer-local-must-match-map'.
1895 *** New variable `completing-read-function' allows overriding the
1896 behavior of `completing-read'.
1898 ** `glyphless-char-display' can now distinguish between graphical and
1899 text terminal display, via a char-table entry that is a cons cell.
1901 ** `pre-command-hook'/`post-command-hook' are not reset to nil on error.
1902 Instead, the offending function is removed.
1906 *** New function `run-hook-wrapped' for running an abnormal hook by
1907 passing the hook functions as arguments to a "wrapping" function.
1908 Like `run-hook-with-args-until-success', it stops at the first
1909 non-nil return value.
1911 *** New macro `with-wrapper-hook' for running an abnormal hook as a
1912 set of "wrapping" filters, similar to around advice.
1913 (A version of this macro was actually added in Emacs 23.2 but was not
1914 advertised at the time.)
1918 *** New macro `condition-case-unless-debug' (this was actually added in
1919 Emacs 23.1 as condition-case-no-debug, but not advertised)
1921 *** The macro `with-demoted-errors' was added in Emacs 23.1, but not advertised.
1923 *** Variable `stack-trace-on-error' removed.
1925 *** The debugger can now "continue" from an error, which means it will
1926 jump to the error handler as if the debugger had not been invoked
1927 instead of jumping all the way to the top-level.
1929 *** Set `debug-on-event' to enter the debugger on events like SIGUSR1.
1930 This can be useful when `inhibit-quit' is set.
1932 *** Set `debug-on-message' to enter the debugger when a certain
1933 message is displayed in the echo area. This can be useful when trying
1934 to work out which code is doing something.
1936 ** The new function `server-eval-at' allows evaluation of Lisp forms on
1937 named Emacs server instances.
1939 ** `call-process' and `call-process-region' allow a `(:file "file")' spec
1940 to redirect STDOUT to a file.
1942 ** The function `format-time-string' now supports the %N directive,
1943 for higher-resolution time stamps.
1945 ** New input reading functions
1947 *** New function `read-char-choice' reads a restricted set of
1948 characters, discarding any inputs not inside the set.
1950 *** The command `read-color' now requires a match for a color name
1951 or RGB triplet, instead of signaling an error if the user provides
1954 **** `facemenu-read-color' is now an alias for `read-color'.
1956 ** `image-library-alist' is renamed to `dynamic-library-alist'.
1957 The variable is now used to load all kind of supported dynamic libraries,
1958 not just image libraries. The previous name is still available as an
1961 ** Syntax parsing changes
1963 *** New variable `syntax-propertize-function'.
1964 This replaces `font-lock-syntactic-keywords' which is now obsolete.
1965 This allows syntax-table properties to be set independently from font-lock:
1966 just call syntax-propertize to make sure the text is propertized.
1967 Together with this new variable come a new hook
1968 syntax-propertize-extend-region-functions, as well as two helper functions:
1969 syntax-propertize-via-font-lock to reuse old font-lock-syntactic-keywords
1970 as-is; and syntax-propertize-rules which provides a new way to specify
1973 *** Syntax tables support a new "comment style c" additionally to style b.
1975 ** New hook `post-self-insert-hook', run after `self-insert-command'.
1977 ** frame-local variables cannot be let-bound any more.
1979 ** Major and minor mode changes
1981 *** `set-auto-mode' now respects mode: local variables at the end of files,
1982 as well as those in the -*- line.
1984 *** `prog-mode' is a new major mode from which programming modes
1987 **** `prog-mode-hook' can be used to enable features for programming
1988 modes, e.g. (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'flyspell-prog-mode) to enable
1989 on-the-fly spell checking for comments and strings.
1991 *** New hook `change-major-mode-after-body-hook', run by
1992 `run-mode-hooks' just before any other mode hooks.
1994 *** Enabled globalized minor modes can be disabled in specific major modes.
1995 If the global mode is global-FOO-mode, then run (FOO-mode -1) in the
1996 major mode's hook, where FOO-mode toggles the mode on a per-buffer basis.
1998 *** `define-minor-mode' accepts new keywords :variable, :after-hook.
2000 ** File-handling changes
2002 *** `delete-file' and `delete-directory' now accept optional arg TRASH.
2003 Trashing is performed if TRASH and `delete-by-moving-to-trash' are
2004 both non-nil. Interactively, TRASH defaults to t, unless a prefix
2005 argument is supplied (see Trash changes, above).
2007 *** New file predicates: `file-equal-p', `file-in-directory-p'.
2009 ** Tool-bars can display separators.
2010 Tool-bar separators are handled like menu separators in menu-bar maps,
2011 i.e. via menu entries of the form `(menu-item "--")'.
2015 *** Animated images support (currently animated gifs only).
2017 **** `image-animated-p' returns non-nil if an image can be animated.
2019 **** `image-animate' animates a supplied image spec.
2021 **** `image-animate-timer' returns the timer object for an image that
2024 *** `image-extension-data' has been renamed to `image-metadata'.
2025 The old name is an obsolete alias to the new one.
2027 *** Image mode can view any image type that ImageMagick supports.
2028 This requires Emacs to be built with ImageMagick support.
2030 **** New function `imagemagick-types', defined if ImageMagick support
2031 is enabled, returns a list of image file extensions that your
2032 ImageMagick installation supports.
2034 **** New function `imagemagick-register-types' enables ImageMagick
2035 image types in Image mode and in `create-image' and other helper
2038 **** New option `imagemagick-types-inhibit' excludes certain
2039 ImageMagick image types from `imagemagick-register-types'.
2041 **** With ImageMagick support, there are extra Image mode commands to
2042 resize and rotate images: `image-transform-fit-to-height',
2043 `image-transform-fit-to-width', `image-transform-set-rotation', and
2044 `image-transform-set-scale'.
2046 ** `compose-mail' now accepts an optional 8th arg, RETURN-ACTION, and
2047 passes it to the mail user agent function. This argument specifies an
2048 action for returning to the caller after finishing with the mail. For
2049 example, this is used by Rmail to optionally delete a mail window.
2051 ** XML and HTML parsing
2052 If Emacs is compiled with libxml2 support, there are two new
2053 functions: `libxml-parse-html-region' (which parses "real world" HTML)
2054 and `libxml-parse-xml-region' (which parses XML). Both return an
2055 Emacs Lisp parse tree.
2057 ** Networking and encryption changes
2059 *** `open-network-stream' can now be used to open an encrypted stream.
2060 It now accepts an optional `:type' parameter for initiating a TLS
2061 connection, directly or via STARTTLS. To do STARTTLS, additional
2062 parameters (`:end-of-command', `:success', `:capabilities-command')
2063 must also be supplied.
2065 *** New library gnutls.el.
2066 The new function `gnutls-available-p' returns non-nil if Emacs is
2067 built with GnuTLS support. The main entry points are
2068 `open-gnutls-stream' and `gnutls-negotiate'. It's easiest to use
2069 these functions through `open-network-stream', because that can
2070 upgrade connections through STARTTLS opportunistically or use plain
2071 SSL, depending on your needs. For debugging, set `gnutls-log-level'
2074 *** New primitive `secure-hash' that supports many secure hash algorithms:
2075 md5, sha1, sha2, sha224, sha256, sha384, and sha512. The lisp library
2076 sha1.el has been removed. The `sha1' feature is provided by default.
2080 *** New hook `isearch-update-post-hook' that runs in `isearch-update'.
2082 ** Progress reporters can now "spin".
2083 The MIN-VALUE and MAX-VALUE arguments of `make-progress-reporter' can
2084 now be nil, or omitted. This makes a "non-numeric" reporter. Each
2085 time you call `progress-reporter-update' on that progress reporter,
2086 with a nil or omitted VALUE argument, the reporter message is
2087 displayed with a "spinning bar".
2089 ** New variable `revert-buffer-in-progress-p' is true while a buffer is
2090 being reverted, even if the buffer has a local `revert-buffer-function'.
2092 ** New variables `delayed-warnings-list' and `delayed-warnings-hook'.
2093 If delayed-warnings-list is non-nil, the command loop calls
2094 `delayed-warnings-hook' after `post-command-hook'. At present, this
2095 is only used by Emacs on some platforms to display warnings during
2096 startup, which might otherwise not be noticed. This uses the
2097 functions `display-delayed-warnings' and `collapse-delayed-warnings'.
2099 ** rx.el has a new `group-n' construct for explicitly numbered groups.
2101 ** New function `make-composed-keymap' that constructs a new keymap
2102 from multiple input maps. You can use this to make a keymap that
2103 inherits from multiple maps, eg:
2104 (set-keymap-parent newmap (make-composed-keymap othermap parent))
2106 ** New function `string-prefix-p'.
2107 (This was actually added in Emacs 23.2 but was not advertised at the time.)
2109 ** New reader macro ## that stands for the empty symbol.
2110 This means that the empty symbol can now be read back. Also, #: by itself
2111 (when not immediately followed by a possible symbol character) stands for
2112 an empty uninterned symbol.
2114 ** New math functions `isnan', `copysign', `frexp', `ldexp'.
2116 ** The following functions and variables are obsolete:
2118 *** `tooltip-use-echo-area' is obsolete.
2119 Rather than setting this to t, disable Tooltip mode instead.
2121 *** buffer-substring-filters is obsolete.
2122 Use `filter-buffer-substring-functions' instead.
2124 *** `byte-compile-disable-print-circle' is obsolete.
2126 *** `deferred-action-list' and `deferred-action-function' are obsolete.
2127 Use `post-command-hook' instead.
2129 *** `font-lock-maximum-size' is obsolete.
2132 * Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free operating systems
2134 ** On MS Windows, Emacs warns when using the obsolete init file _emacs,
2135 and also when HOME is set to C:\ by default.
2137 ** New configure.bat options
2139 *** --enable-checking builds Emacs with extra runtime checks.
2141 *** --distfiles specifies files to be included in binary distribution.
2143 *** --without-gnutls disables automatic GnuTLS detection.
2145 *** --lib for general library linkage, works with the USER_LIBS build variable.
2147 ** New make target `dist' to create binary distribution for MS Windows.
2149 ** The Lisp function `w32-default-color-map' is now obsolete.
2150 (It is only used internally in the Emacs C code.)
2152 ** Customize ns-auto-hide-menu-bar to have the menu-bar hidden, but
2153 reappear on mouse-over. (Requires OS X 10.6 or later.)
2155 ** On Mac OS X, dragging a file into Emacs visits the file, like on
2156 other platforms, rather than inserting its contents into the buffer.
2159 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
2160 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
2162 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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2165 (at your option) any later version.
2167 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
2168 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
2169 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
2170 GNU General Public License for more details.
2172 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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