1 Tasks needed before the next release.
7 ** Let mouse-1 follow links.
9 ** Make Rmail find the best version of movemail.
10 To be done by Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net>.
12 ** Make VC-over-Tramp work where possible, or at least fail
13 gracefully if something isn't supported over Tramp.
14 To be done by Andre Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>.
18 ** Investigate face cache related crash.
20 Indications: Face cache seems to have been cleared, but
21 redisplay uses an invalidated face_id with FACE_FROM_ID
22 which then returns a NULL pointer. Said to happen with
25 ** Investigate reported crashes in compact_small_strings.
27 ** Investigate reported crashes related to using an
28 invalid pointer from string_free_list.
33 ** Clean up flymake.el to follow Emacs Lisp conventions.
35 ** Fix up url-ldap.el.
39 ** Ange-ftp should ignore irrelevant IPv6 errors:
41 Message-Id: <4121-Tue23Mar2004165249+0100-piet@cs.uu.nl>
42 From: "Piet van Oostrum" <piet@cs.uu.nl>
43 To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
44 Subject: Ange-ftp can't deal with IPV6/IPV4 fallback
48 C-x C-f /ftp.nluug.nl:/
50 The problem is that the DNS first gives an IPV6 address. However our
51 router doesn't do IPV6. Ftp then falls back to IPV4:
53 ftp> open ftp.nluug.nl
54 Trying 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36...
55 ftp: connect to address 2001:610:1:80aa:192:87:102:36: No route to host
56 Trying 192.87.102.36...
57 Connected to ftp.nluug.nl.
59 Ange-ftp chokes on the `No route to host' message and doesn't look any
62 I think in the near future we will see more of this problem, so it might be
63 time to make anfe-ftp more intelligent.
65 ** Mailabbrev should quote addresses to correspond to RFC 822.
66 See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/27585
68 ** The '@' character should not expand addresses in mailabbrev
69 See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/27585
71 ** Bug in url-http-parse-headers, reported in
72 From: Vivek Dasmohapatra <vivek@zeus.com>
73 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:13:13 +0100
75 Fetching a url with url-retrieve can reult in an anrbitrary buffer
76 being killed if a 401 (or possibly a 407) result is encountered:
78 url-http-parse-headers calls url-http-handle-authentication,
79 which can call url-retrieve.
81 This results in the current buffer being killed, and a new http buffer
82 being generated. However, when the old http buffer is killed, emacs
83 picks the top buffer from the list as the new current buffer, so by the
84 time we get to the end of url-http-parse-headers, _that_ buffer is marked
85 as dead even though it is not necessarily a url buffer, so next time the
86 url libraries reap their dead buffers, an innocent bystander buffer is
87 killed instead (and an obsolete http buffer may be left lying around too).
89 A possible fix (which I am currently using) is to call set-buffer
90 on the return value of url-http-parse-headers:
92 (case url-http-response-status
94 ;; The request requires user authentication. The response
95 ;; MUST include a WWW-Authenticate header field containing a
96 ;; challenge applicable to the requested resource. The
97 ;; client MAY repeat the request with a suitable
98 ;; Authorization header field.
99 (url-mark-buffer-as-dead (current-buffer))
100 (set-buffer (url-http-handle-authentication nil)))
103 which makes sure that it is the right http buffer that is current when
104 we come to mark the http buffers as dead.
110 ** Make GTK scrollbars behave like others w.r.t. overscrolling.
113 * REDISPLAY RELATED BUGS
115 ** Avoid unbreakable loops in redisplay.
117 Redisplay may loop if there is an error in some display property, e.g.
120 A fix would be to somehow disable handling of display properties if an error
124 ** Problem with modeline and window margins:
126 The mode line's right "box" line is misplaced under the right margin,
127 rather than at the right window edge.
130 (set-window-margins nil 25 25)
134 ** custom mode-line face makes Emacs freeze up
136 From: Stephen Berman <Stephen.Berman@gmx.net>
137 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:08:56 +0200
139 1. Start Emacs with -q -no-site-file.
141 2. Type `M-x customize-face' and at the prompt `mode-line'.
143 3. In the Custom buffer for mode-line face
144 a. check width and give it the value `narrow';
145 b. check height and give it the value 120 in 1/10 pt;
146 c. check underline and give it the value `on' (or `colored');
147 d. check overline and give it the value `on' (or `colored').
149 4. Set for current session.
151 5. Invoke Ediff on any two files.
153 6. Now Emacs is frozen and consumes 95-99% of CPU.
155 The customizations in step 3 appear to be the minimum necessary to
156 induce this bug. Leave out any one of them and Ediff runs without a
157 problem. Also if the 1/10 point value of height is 130 or greater
158 there's no bug (with the default font family; with e.g. Helvetica the
159 bug is induced only by a value of 100 or less).
161 I've noticed this freeze up only when invoking Ediff. The only thing
162 I've been able to do is kill Emacs externally, via top or with kill
163 when run in gdb, after interrupting. When the freeze up happens
164 within a gdb session, there is no automatic debugging feedback. After
165 interrupting I can get a backtrace, here's an example:
167 Update: Maybe only reveals itself when compiled with GTK+
170 ** line-spacing and Electric-pop-up-window
172 From: SAITO Takuya <tabmore@rivo.mediatti.net>
173 Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 02:08:10 +0900 (JST)
175 Electric-pop-up-window does not work well
176 if truncate long lines disabled and/or
177 `line-spacing' is set to positive integer.
179 For example, start emacs -Q --line-spacing 1, and type M-` .
180 Then, the last line of *Completions* buffer is not visible.
182 fit-window-to-buffer works well for me, so I guess
183 Electric-pop-up-window can use it.
186 ** Partial highlighting of wrapped overlay
188 From: Ralf Angeli <angeli@iwi.uni-sb.de>
189 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:09:19 +0200
193 (let* ((length (+ (- (window-width) (current-column)) 40))
195 (end (+ (point) length))
196 (string (make-string length ?x))
199 (setq ov (make-overlay start end))
200 (overlay-put ov 'mouse-face 'highlight)
201 (overlay-put ov 'display string))
203 into the *scratch* buffer and type `C-x C-e' with point at the last
204 parenthesis, you will get a string which does not fit into the line
205 and has to be wrapped. If you move over it with your mouse, you
206 should see that only the part on the second line is being highlighted.
207 The full string is highlighted only if the 'display property is not
214 ** Document Custom Themes.
216 ** Finish updating the Emacs Lisp manual.
218 ** Update the Emacs manual.
220 *** Update man/info.texi.
222 *** Update man/ack.texi.
224 ** Add missing years in copyright notices of all files.
228 ** Reorder NEWS entries.
230 ** Check the Emacs manual.
232 Each manual section should be proof-read by at least two people.
233 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
234 names of the people who have checked it.
238 -----------------------------
241 man/basic.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
242 man/buffers.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
243 man/building.texi "Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>
246 man/commands.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
249 man/display.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
250 man/emacs.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
251 man/entering.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
252 man/files.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
253 man/fixit.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
254 man/frames.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
256 man/help.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
257 man/indent.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
258 man/killing.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
259 man/kmacro.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
262 man/major.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
263 man/mark.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
264 man/mini.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
267 man/mule.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
268 man/m-x.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
271 man/regs.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
273 man/screen.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
274 man/search.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
276 man/text.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
278 man/windows.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
281 ** Check the Emacs Lisp manual.
283 Each manual section should be proof-read by at least two people.
284 After each file name, on the same line or the following line, come the
285 names of the people who have checked it.
288 ----------------------------------
289 lispref/abbrevs.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
290 lispref/advice.texi Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>
292 lispref/backups.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
293 lispref/buffers.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
294 lispref/calendar.texi Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>
295 lispref/commands.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
296 lispref/compile.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
297 lispref/control.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
298 lispref/customize.texi
299 lispref/debugging.texi Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se>
302 lispref/elisp.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
303 lispref/errors.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
304 lispref/eval.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
305 lispref/files.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
306 lispref/frames.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
307 lispref/functions.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
308 lispref/hash.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
309 lispref/help.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
311 lispref/internals.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
312 lispref/intro.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
313 lispref/keymaps.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
314 lispref/lists.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
315 lispref/loading.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
317 lispref/macros.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
319 lispref/markers.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
320 lispref/minibuf.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
322 lispref/nonascii.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
323 lispref/numbers.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
324 lispref/objects.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
325 lispref/os.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
326 lispref/positions.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
327 lispref/processes.texi
328 lispref/searching.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
329 lispref/sequences.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
330 lispref/streams.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
331 lispref/strings.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
332 lispref/symbols.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
333 lispref/syntax.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
335 lispref/tips.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
336 lispref/variables.texi "Luc Teirlinck"
337 lispref/windows.texi "Luc Teirlinck"