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10 This file is about changes in Emacs version 22.
12 See files NEWS.21, NEWS.20, NEWS.19, NEWS.18, and NEWS.1-17 for changes
13 in older Emacs versions.
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16 with a prefix argument or by typing C-u C-h C-n.
18 * About external Lisp packages
20 When you upgrade to Emacs 22 from a previous version, some older
21 versions of external Lisp packages are known to behave badly.
22 So in general, it is recommended that you upgrade to the latest
23 versions of any external Lisp packages that you are using.
25 You should also be aware that many Lisp packages have been included
26 with Emacs 22 (see the extensive list below), and you should remove
27 any older versions of these packages to ensure that the Emacs 22
28 version is used. You can use M-x list-load-path-shadows to find such
31 Some specific packages that are known to cause problems are given
32 below. Emacs tries to warn you about these through `bad-packages-alist'.
34 ** Semantic (used by CEDET, ECB, JDEE): upgrade to latest version.
36 ** cua.el, cua-mode.el: remove old versions.
39 * Installation Changes in Emacs 22.2
41 ** Emacs is now licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 (or later).
43 ** Support for GNU/kFreeBSD (GNU userland and FreeBSD kernel) was added.
45 * Changes in Emacs 22.2
47 ** In Image mode, whenever the displayed image is wider and/or higher
48 than the window, the usual keys for moving the cursor cause the image
49 to be scrolled horizontally or vertically instead.
51 ** Scrollbars follow the system theme on Windows XP and later.
52 Windows XP introduced themed scrollbars, but applications have to take
53 special steps to use them. Emacs now has the appropriate resources linked
54 in to make it use the scrollbars from the system theme.
56 ** focus-follows-mouse defaults to nil on MS Windows.
57 Previously this variable was incorrectly documented as having no effect
58 on MS Windows, and the default was inappropriate for the majority of
59 Windows installations. Users of software which modifies the behaviour of
60 Windows to cause focus to follow the mouse will now need to explicitly set
63 ** `bad-packages-alist' will warn about external packages that are known
64 to cause problems in this version of Emacs.
66 ** The values of `dired-recursive-deletes' and `dired-recursive-copies'
67 have been changed to `top'. This means that the user is asked once,
68 before deleting/copying the indicated directory recursively.
70 ** `browse-url-emacs' loads a URL into an Emacs buffer. Handy for *.el URLs.
72 ** The command gdba has been removed as gdb works now for those cases where it
73 was needed. In text command mode, if you have problems before execution has
74 started, use M-x gud-gdb.
76 ** desktop.el now detects conflicting uses of the desktop file.
77 When loading the desktop, desktop.el can now detect that the file is already
78 in use. The default behavior is to ask the user what to do, but you can
79 customize it with the new option `desktop-load-locked-desktop'. When saving,
80 desktop.el warns about attempts to overwrite a desktop file if it determines
81 that the desktop being saved is not an update of the one on disk.
83 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.2
85 ** bibtex-style-mode helps you write BibTeX's *.bst files.
87 ** The new package css-mode.el provides a major mode for editing CSS files.
89 ** The new package vera-mode.el provides a major mode for editing Vera files.
91 ** The new package verilog-mode.el provides a major mode for editing Verilog files.
93 ** The new package socks.el implements the SOCKS v5 protocol.
97 *** VC backends can provide completion of revision names.
99 *** VC backends can provide extra menu entries to be added to the "Version Control" menu.
100 This can be used to add menu entries for backend specific functions.
102 *** VC has some support for Mercurial (Hg).
104 *** VC has some support for Monotone (Mtn).
106 *** VC has some support for Bazaar (Bzr).
108 *** VC has some support for Git.
110 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.2.
112 ** Frame-local variables are deprecated and are slated for removal.
113 Use frame parameters instead.
115 ** The function invisible-p returns non-nil if the character
116 after a specified position is invisible.
119 ** inhibit-modification-hooks is bound to t while running modification hooks.
120 As a happy consequence, after-change-functions and before-change-functions
121 are not bound to nil any more while running an (after|before)-change-function.
123 ** New function `window-full-width-p' returns t if a window is as wide
126 ** The new function `image-refresh' refreshes all images associated
127 with a given image specification.
129 ** The new function `combine-and-quote-strings' concatenates a list of strings
130 using a specified separator. If a string contains double quotes, they
131 are escaped in the output.
133 ** The new function `split-string-and-unquote' performs the inverse operation to
134 `combine-and-quote-strings', i.e. splits a single string into a list
135 of strings, undoing any quoting added by `combine-and-quote-strings'.
136 (For some separator/string combinations, the original strings cannot
140 * Installation Changes in Emacs 22.1
142 ** You can build Emacs with Gtk+ widgets by specifying `--with-x-toolkit=gtk'
143 when you run configure. This requires Gtk+ 2.4 or newer. This port
144 provides a way to display multilingual text in menus (with some caveats).
146 ** The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual is now part of the distribution.
148 The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual in Info format is built as part of the
149 Emacs build procedure and installed together with the Emacs User
150 Manual. A menu item was added to the menu bar to make it easily
151 accessible (Help->More Manuals->Emacs Lisp Reference).
153 ** The Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp manual is now part of
156 This manual is now part of the standard distribution and is installed,
157 together with the Emacs User Manual, into the Info directory. A menu
158 item was added to the menu bar to make it easily accessible
159 (Help->More Manuals->Introduction to Emacs Lisp).
161 ** Leim is now part of the Emacs distribution.
162 You no longer need to download a separate tarball in order to build
165 ** Support for MacOS X was added.
166 See the files mac/README and mac/INSTALL for build instructions.
168 ** Mac OS 9 port now uses the Carbon API by default. You can also
169 create a non-Carbon build by specifying `NonCarbon' as a target. See
170 the files mac/README and mac/INSTALL for build instructions.
172 ** Support for a Cygwin build of Emacs was added.
174 ** Support for GNU/Linux systems on X86-64 machines was added.
176 ** Support for GNU/Linux systems on S390 machines was added.
178 ** Support for GNU/Linux systems on Tensilica Xtensa machines was added.
180 ** Support for FreeBSD/Alpha has been added.
182 ** New translations of the Emacs Tutorial are available in the
183 following languages: Brasilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (both
184 with simplified and traditional characters), French, Russian, and
185 Italian. Type `C-u C-h t' to choose one of them in case your language
186 setup doesn't automatically select the right one.
188 ** New translations of the Emacs reference card are available in the
189 Brasilian Portuguese and Russian. The corresponding PostScript files
192 ** A French translation of the `Emacs Survival Guide' is available.
194 ** Emacs now supports new configure options `--program-prefix',
195 `--program-suffix' and `--program-transform-name' that affect the names of
198 ** By default, Emacs now uses a setgid helper program to update game
199 scores. The directory ${localstatedir}/games/emacs is the normal
200 place for game scores to be stored. You can control this with the
201 configure option `--with-game-dir'. The specific user that Emacs uses
202 to own the game scores is controlled by `--with-game-user'. If access
203 to a game user is not available, then scores will be stored separately
204 in each user's home directory.
206 ** Emacs now includes support for loading image libraries on demand.
207 (Currently this feature is only used on MS Windows.) You can configure
208 the supported image types and their associated dynamic libraries by
209 setting the variable `image-library-alist'.
211 ** Emacs can now be built without sound support.
213 ** Emacs Lisp source files are compressed by default if `gzip' is available.
215 ** All images used in Emacs have been consolidated in etc/images and subdirs.
216 See also the changes to `find-image', documented below.
218 ** Emacs comes with a new set of icons.
219 These icons are displayed on the taskbar and/or titlebar when Emacs
220 runs in a graphical environment. Source files for these icons can be
221 found in etc/images/icons. (You can't change the icons displayed by
222 Emacs by changing these files directly. On X, the icon is compiled
223 into the Emacs executable; see gnu.h in the source tree. On MS
224 Windows, see nt/icons/emacs.ico.)
226 ** The `emacsserver' program has been removed, replaced with Lisp code.
228 ** The `yow' program has been removed.
229 Use the corresponding Emacs feature instead.
231 ** The Emacs terminal emulation in term.el uses a different terminfo name.
232 The Emacs terminal emulation in term.el now uses "eterm-color" as its
233 terminfo name, since term.el now supports color.
235 ** The script etc/emacs-buffer.gdb can be used with gdb to retrieve the
236 contents of buffers from a core dump and save them to files easily, should
239 ** Building with -DENABLE_CHECKING does not automatically build with union
240 types any more. Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types.
242 ** When pure storage overflows while dumping, Emacs now prints how
243 much pure storage it will approximately need.
246 * Startup Changes in Emacs 22.1
249 If the init file ~/.emacs does not exist, Emacs will try
250 ~/.emacs.d/init.el or ~/.emacs.d/init.elc. Likewise, if the shell init file
251 ~/.emacs_SHELL is not found, Emacs will try ~/.emacs.d/init_SHELL.sh.
253 ** Emacs can now be invoked in full-screen mode on a windowed display.
254 When Emacs is invoked on a window system, the new command-line options
255 `--fullwidth', `--fullheight', and `--fullscreen' produce a frame
256 whose width, height, or both width and height take up the entire
257 screen size. (For now, this does not work with some window managers.)
259 ** Emacs now displays a splash screen by default even if command-line
260 arguments were given. The new command-line option --no-splash
261 disables the splash screen; see also the variable
262 `inhibit-splash-screen' (which is also aliased as
263 `inhibit-startup-message').
265 ** New user option `inhibit-startup-buffer-menu'.
266 When loading many files, for instance with `emacs *', Emacs normally
267 displays a buffer menu. This option turns the buffer menu off.
269 ** New command line option -nbc or --no-blinking-cursor disables
270 the blinking cursor on graphical terminals.
272 ** The option --script FILE runs Emacs in batch mode and loads FILE.
273 It is useful for writing Emacs Lisp shell script files, because they
274 can start with this line:
276 #!/usr/bin/emacs --script
278 ** The -f option, used from the command line to call a function,
279 now reads arguments for the function interactively if it is
280 an interactively callable function.
282 ** The option --directory DIR now modifies `load-path' immediately.
283 Directories are added to the front of `load-path' in the order they
284 appear on the command line. For example, with this command line:
286 emacs -batch -L .. -L /tmp --eval "(require 'foo)"
288 Emacs looks for library `foo' in the parent directory, then in /tmp, then
289 in the other directories in `load-path'. (-L is short for --directory.)
291 ** When you specify a frame size with --geometry, the size applies to
292 all frames you create. A position specified with --geometry only
293 affects the initial frame.
295 ** Emacs built for MS-Windows now behaves like Emacs on X does,
296 with respect to its frame position: if you don't specify a position
297 (in your .emacs init file, in the Registry, or with the --geometry
298 command-line option), Emacs leaves the frame position to the Windows'
301 ** The command line option --no-windows has been changed to
302 --no-window-system. The old one still works, but is deprecated.
304 ** If the environment variable DISPLAY specifies an unreachable X display,
305 Emacs will now startup as if invoked with the --no-window-system option.
307 ** Emacs now reads the standard abbrevs file ~/.abbrev_defs
308 automatically at startup, if it exists. When Emacs offers to save
309 modified buffers, it saves the abbrevs too if they have changed. It
310 can do this either silently or asking for confirmation first,
311 according to the value of `save-abbrevs'.
313 ** New command line option -Q or --quick.
314 This is like using -q --no-site-file, but in addition it also disables
315 the fancy startup screen.
317 ** New command line option -D or --basic-display.
318 Disables the menu-bar, the tool-bar, the scroll-bars, tool tips, and
321 ** The default is now to use a bitmap as the icon.
322 The command-line options --icon-type, -i have been replaced with
323 options --no-bitmap-icon, -nbi to turn the bitmap icon off.
325 ** If the environment variable EMAIL is defined, Emacs now uses its value
326 to compute the default value of `user-mail-address', in preference to
327 concatenation of `user-login-name' with the name of your host machine.
330 * Incompatible Editing Changes in Emacs 22.1
332 ** You can now follow links by clicking Mouse-1 on the link.
334 See below for more details.
336 ** When the undo information of the current command gets really large
337 (beyond the value of `undo-outer-limit'), Emacs discards it and warns
340 ** When Emacs prompts for file names, SPC no longer completes the file name.
341 This is so filenames with embedded spaces could be input without the
342 need to quote the space with a C-q. The underlying changes in the
343 keymaps that are active in the minibuffer are described below under
344 "New keymaps for typing file names".
346 If you want the old behavior back, add these two key bindings to your
349 (define-key minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map
350 " " 'minibuffer-complete-word)
351 (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map
352 " " 'minibuffer-complete-word)
354 ** The completion commands TAB, SPC and ? in the minibuffer apply only
355 to the text before point. If there is text in the buffer after point,
356 it remains unchanged.
358 ** In incremental search, C-w is changed. M-%, C-M-w and C-M-y are special.
360 See below under "incremental search changes".
362 ** M-g is now a prefix key.
363 M-g g and M-g M-g run goto-line.
364 M-g n and M-g M-n run next-error (like C-x `).
365 M-g p and M-g M-p run previous-error.
367 ** C-u M-g M-g switches to the most recent previous buffer,
368 and goes to the specified line in that buffer.
370 When goto-line starts to execute, if there's a number in the buffer at
371 point then it acts as the default argument for the minibuffer.
373 ** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties;
374 M-o M-o requests refontification.
376 ** C-x C-f RET (find-file), typing nothing in the minibuffer, is no longer
379 Since the default input is the current directory, this has the effect
380 of specifying the current directory. Normally that means to visit the
381 directory with Dired.
383 You can get the old behavior by typing C-x C-f M-n RET, which fetches
384 the actual file name into the minibuffer.
386 ** In Dired's ! command (dired-do-shell-command), `*' and `?' now
387 control substitution of the file names only when they are surrounded
388 by whitespace. This means you can now use them as shell wildcards
389 too. If you want to use just plain `*' as a wildcard, type `*""'; the
390 doublequotes make no difference in the shell, but they prevent
391 special treatment in `dired-do-shell-command'.
393 ** The info-search bindings on C-h C-f, C-h C-k and C-h C-i
394 have been moved to C-h F, C-h K and C-h S.
396 ** `apply-macro-to-region-lines' now operates on all lines that begin
397 in the region, rather than on all complete lines in the region.
399 ** line-move-ignore-invisible now defaults to t.
401 ** Adaptive filling misfeature removed.
402 It no longer treats `NNN.' or `(NNN)' as a prefix.
404 ** The old bindings C-M-delete and C-M-backspace have been deleted,
405 since there are situations where one or the other will shut down
406 the operating system or your X server.
408 ** The register compatibility key bindings (deprecated since Emacs 19)
410 C-x / point-to-register (Use: C-x r SPC)
411 C-x j jump-to-register (Use: C-x r j)
412 C-x x copy-to-register (Use: C-x r s)
413 C-x g insert-register (Use: C-x r i)
416 * Editing Changes in Emacs 22.1
418 ** The max size of buffers and integers has been doubled.
419 On 32bit machines, it is now 256M (i.e. 268435455).
421 ** !MEM FULL! at the start of the mode line indicates that Emacs
422 cannot get any more memory for Lisp data. This often means it could
423 crash soon if you do things that use more memory. On most systems,
424 killing buffers will get out of this state. If killing buffers does
425 not make !MEM FULL! disappear, you should save your work and start
428 ** `undo-only' does an undo which does not redo any previous undo.
430 ** Yanking text now discards certain text properties that can
431 be inconvenient when you did not expect them. The variable
432 `yank-excluded-properties' specifies which ones. Insertion
433 of register contents and rectangles also discards these properties.
435 ** New command `kill-whole-line' kills an entire line at once.
436 By default, it is bound to C-S-<backspace>.
438 ** M-SPC (just-one-space) when given a numeric argument N
439 converts whitespace around point to N spaces.
441 ** You can now switch buffers in a cyclic order with C-x C-left
442 (previous-buffer) and C-x C-right (next-buffer). C-x left and
443 C-x right can be used as well. The functions keep a different buffer
444 cycle for each frame, using the frame-local buffer list.
446 ** C-x 5 C-o displays a specified buffer in another frame
447 but does not switch to that frame. It's the multi-frame
448 analogue of C-x 4 C-o.
450 ** `special-display-buffer-names' and `special-display-regexps' now
451 understand two new boolean pseudo-frame-parameters `same-frame' and
454 ** New commands to operate on pairs of open and close characters:
455 `insert-pair', `delete-pair', `raise-sexp'.
457 ** M-x setenv now expands environment variable references.
459 Substrings of the form `$foo' and `${foo}' in the specified new value
460 now refer to the value of environment variable foo. To include a `$'
461 in the value, use `$$'.
463 ** The default values of paragraph-start and indent-line-function have
464 been changed to reflect those used in Text mode rather than those used
465 in Paragraph-Indent Text mode.
467 ** The default for the paper size (variable ps-paper-type) is taken
470 ** Help command changes:
472 *** Changes in C-h bindings:
474 C-h e displays the *Messages* buffer.
476 C-h d runs apropos-documentation.
478 C-h r visits the Emacs Manual in Info.
480 C-h followed by a control character is used for displaying files
483 C-h C-f displays the FAQ.
484 C-h C-e displays the PROBLEMS file.
486 The info-search bindings on C-h C-f, C-h C-k and C-h C-i
487 have been moved to C-h F, C-h K and C-h S.
489 C-h c, C-h k, C-h w, and C-h f now handle remapped interactive commands.
490 - C-h c and C-h k report the actual command (after possible remapping)
491 run by the key sequence.
492 - C-h w and C-h f on a command which has been remapped now report the
493 command it is remapped to, and the keys which can be used to run
496 For example, if C-k is bound to kill-line, and kill-line is remapped
497 to new-kill-line, these commands now report:
498 - C-h c and C-h k C-k reports:
499 C-k runs the command new-kill-line
500 - C-h w and C-h f kill-line reports:
501 kill-line is remapped to new-kill-line which is on C-k, <deleteline>
502 - C-h w and C-h f new-kill-line reports:
503 new-kill-line is on C-k
505 *** The apropos commands now accept a list of words to match.
506 When more than one word is specified, at least two of those words must
507 be present for an item to match. Regular expression matching is still
510 *** The new option `apropos-sort-by-scores' causes the matching items
511 to be sorted according to their score. The score for an item is a
512 number calculated to indicate how well the item matches the words or
513 regular expression that you entered to the apropos command. The best
514 match is listed first, and the calculated score is shown for each
517 *** Help commands `describe-function' and `describe-key' now show function
518 arguments in lowercase italics on displays that support it. To change the
519 default, customize face `help-argument-name' or redefine the function
520 `help-default-arg-highlight'.
522 *** C-h v and C-h f commands now include a hyperlink to the C source for
523 variables and functions defined in C (if the C source is available).
525 *** Help mode now only makes hyperlinks for faces when the face name is
526 preceded or followed by the word `face'. It no longer makes
527 hyperlinks for variables without variable documentation, unless
528 preceded by one of the words `variable' or `option'. It now makes
529 hyperlinks to Info anchors (or nodes) if the anchor (or node) name is
530 enclosed in single quotes and preceded by `info anchor' or `Info
531 anchor' (in addition to earlier `info node' and `Info node'). In
532 addition, it now makes hyperlinks to URLs as well if the URL is
533 enclosed in single quotes and preceded by `URL'.
535 *** The new command `describe-char' (C-u C-x =) pops up a buffer with
536 description various information about a character, including its
537 encodings and syntax, its text properties, how to input, overlays, and
538 widgets at point. You can get more information about some of them, by
539 clicking on mouse-sensitive areas or moving there and pressing RET.
541 *** The command `list-text-properties-at' has been deleted because
542 C-u C-x = gives the same information and more.
544 *** New command `display-local-help' displays any local help at point
545 in the echo area. It is bound to `C-h .'. It normally displays the
546 same string that would be displayed on mouse-over using the
547 `help-echo' property, but, in certain cases, it can display a more
548 keyboard oriented alternative.
550 *** New user option `help-at-pt-display-when-idle' allows you to
551 automatically show the help provided by `display-local-help' on
552 point-over, after suitable idle time. The amount of idle time is
553 determined by the user option `help-at-pt-timer-delay' and defaults
554 to one second. This feature is turned off by default.
556 ** Mark command changes:
558 *** A prefix argument is no longer required to repeat a jump to a
559 previous mark if you set `set-mark-command-repeat-pop' to t. I.e. C-u
560 C-SPC C-SPC C-SPC ... cycles through the mark ring. Use C-u C-u C-SPC
561 to set the mark immediately after a jump.
563 *** Marking commands extend the region when invoked multiple times.
565 If you type C-M-SPC (mark-sexp), M-@ (mark-word), M-h
566 (mark-paragraph), or C-M-h (mark-defun) repeatedly, the marked region
567 extends each time, so you can mark the next two sexps with M-C-SPC
568 M-C-SPC, for example. This feature also works for
569 mark-end-of-sentence, if you bind that to a key. It also extends the
570 region when the mark is active in Transient Mark mode, regardless of
571 the last command. To start a new region with one of marking commands
572 in Transient Mark mode, you can deactivate the active region with C-g,
573 or set the new mark with C-SPC.
575 *** Some commands do something special in Transient Mark mode when the
576 mark is active--for instance, they limit their operation to the
577 region. Even if you don't normally use Transient Mark mode, you might
578 want to get this behavior from a particular command. There are two
579 ways you can enable Transient Mark mode and activate the mark, for one
582 One method is to type C-SPC C-SPC; this enables Transient Mark mode
583 and sets the mark at point. The other method is to type C-u C-x C-x.
584 This enables Transient Mark mode temporarily but does not alter the
587 After these commands, Transient Mark mode remains enabled until you
588 deactivate the mark. That typically happens when you type a command
589 that alters the buffer, but you can also deactivate the mark by typing
592 *** Movement commands `beginning-of-buffer', `end-of-buffer',
593 `beginning-of-defun', `end-of-defun' do not set the mark if the mark
594 is already active in Transient Mark mode.
596 *** M-h (mark-paragraph) now accepts a prefix arg.
598 With positive arg, M-h marks the current and the following paragraphs;
599 if the arg is negative, it marks the current and the preceding
602 ** Incremental Search changes:
604 *** M-% typed in isearch mode invokes `query-replace' or
605 `query-replace-regexp' (depending on search mode) with the current
606 search string used as the string to replace.
608 *** C-w in incremental search now grabs either a character or a word,
609 making the decision in a heuristic way. This new job is done by the
610 command `isearch-yank-word-or-char'. To restore the old behavior,
611 bind C-w to `isearch-yank-word' in `isearch-mode-map'.
613 *** C-y in incremental search now grabs the next line if point is already
614 at the end of a line.
616 *** C-M-w deletes and C-M-y grabs a character in isearch mode.
617 Another method to grab a character is to enter the minibuffer by `M-e'
618 and to type `C-f' at the end of the search string in the minibuffer.
620 *** Vertical scrolling is now possible within incremental search.
621 To enable this feature, customize the new user option
622 `isearch-allow-scroll'. User written commands which satisfy stringent
623 constraints can be marked as "scrolling commands". See the Emacs manual
626 *** Isearch no longer adds `isearch-resume' commands to the command
627 history by default. To enable this feature, customize the new
628 user option `isearch-resume-in-command-history'.
630 ** Replace command changes:
632 *** When used interactively, the commands `query-replace-regexp' and
633 `replace-regexp' allow \,expr to be used in a replacement string,
634 where expr is an arbitrary Lisp expression evaluated at replacement
635 time. `\#' in a replacement string now refers to the count of
636 replacements already made by the replacement command. All regular
637 expression replacement commands now allow `\?' in the replacement
638 string to specify a position where the replacement string can be
639 edited for each replacement. `query-replace-regexp-eval' is now
640 deprecated since it offers no additional functionality.
642 *** query-replace uses isearch lazy highlighting when the new user option
643 `query-replace-lazy-highlight' is non-nil.
645 *** The current match in query-replace is highlighted in new face
646 `query-replace' which by default inherits from isearch face.
648 *** New user option `query-replace-skip-read-only': when non-nil,
649 `query-replace' and related functions simply ignore
650 a match if part of it has a read-only property.
652 ** Local variables lists:
654 *** If the local variables list contains any variable-value pairs that
655 are not known to be safe, Emacs shows a prompt asking whether to apply
656 the local variables list as a whole. In earlier versions, a prompt
657 was only issued for variables explicitly marked as risky (for the
658 definition of risky variables, see `risky-local-variable-p').
660 At the prompt, you can choose to save the contents of this local
661 variables list to `safe-local-variable-values'. This new customizable
662 option is a list of variable-value pairs that are known to be safe.
663 Variables can also be marked as safe with the existing
664 `safe-local-variable' property (see `safe-local-variable-p').
665 However, risky variables will not be added to
666 `safe-local-variable-values' in this way.
668 *** The variable `enable-local-variables' controls how local variable
669 lists are handled. t, the default, specifies the standard querying
670 behavior. :safe means use only safe values, and ignore the rest.
671 :all means set all variables, whether or not they are safe.
672 nil means ignore them all. Anything else means always query.
674 *** The variable `safe-local-eval-forms' specifies a list of forms that
675 are ok to evaluate when they appear in an `eval' local variables
676 specification. Normally Emacs asks for confirmation before evaluating
677 such a form, but if the form appears in this list, no confirmation is
680 *** If a function has a non-nil `safe-local-eval-function' property,
681 that means it is ok to evaluate some calls to that function when it
682 appears in an `eval' local variables specification. If the property
683 is t, then any form calling that function with constant arguments is
684 ok. If the property is a function or list of functions, they are called
685 with the form as argument, and if any returns t, the form is ok to call.
687 If the form is not "ok to call", that means Emacs asks for
688 confirmation as before.
690 *** In processing a local variables list, Emacs strips the prefix and
691 suffix from every line before processing all the lines.
693 *** Text properties in local variables.
695 A file local variables list cannot specify a string with text
696 properties--any specified text properties are discarded.
698 ** File operation changes:
700 *** Unquoted `$' in file names do not signal an error any more when
701 the corresponding environment variable does not exist.
702 Instead, the `$ENVVAR' text is left as is, so that `$$' quoting
703 is only rarely needed.
705 *** C-x C-f RET, typing nothing in the minibuffer, is no longer a special case.
707 Since the default input is the current directory, this has the effect
708 of specifying the current directory. Normally that means to visit the
709 directory with Dired.
711 *** C-x s (save-some-buffers) now offers an option `d' to diff a buffer
712 against its file, so you can see what changes you would be saving.
714 *** Auto Compression mode is now enabled by default.
716 *** If the user visits a file larger than `large-file-warning-threshold',
717 Emacs asks for confirmation.
719 *** The commands copy-file, rename-file, make-symbolic-link and
720 add-name-to-file, when given a directory as the "new name" argument,
721 convert it to a file name by merging in the within-directory part of
722 the existing file's name. (This is the same convention that shell
723 commands cp, mv, and ln follow.) Thus, M-x copy-file RET ~/foo RET
724 /tmp RET copies ~/foo to /tmp/foo.
726 *** require-final-newline now has two new possible values:
728 `visit' means add a newline (as an undoable change) if it's needed
729 when visiting the file.
731 `visit-save' means add a newline (as an undoable change) if it's
732 needed when visiting the file, and also add a newline if it's needed
733 when saving the file.
735 *** The new option mode-require-final-newline controls how certain
736 major modes enable require-final-newline. Any major mode that's
737 designed for a kind of file that should normally end in a newline
738 sets require-final-newline based on mode-require-final-newline.
739 So you can customize mode-require-final-newline to control what these
742 *** When you are root, and you visit a file whose modes specify
743 read-only, the Emacs buffer is now read-only too. Type C-x C-q if you
744 want to make the buffer writable. (As root, you can in fact alter the
747 *** find-file-read-only visits multiple files in read-only mode,
748 when the file name contains wildcard characters.
750 *** find-alternate-file replaces the current file with multiple files,
751 when the file name contains wildcard characters. It now asks if you
752 wish save your changes and not just offer to kill the buffer.
754 *** When used interactively, `format-write-file' now asks for confirmation
755 before overwriting an existing file, unless a prefix argument is
756 supplied. This behavior is analogous to `write-file'.
758 *** The variable `auto-save-file-name-transforms' now has a third element that
759 controls whether or not the function `make-auto-save-file-name' will
760 attempt to construct a unique auto-save name (e.g. for remote files).
762 *** The new option `write-region-inhibit-fsync' disables calls to fsync
763 in `write-region'. This can be useful on laptops to avoid spinning up
764 the hard drive upon each file save. Enabling this variable may result
765 in data loss, use with care.
767 ** Minibuffer changes:
769 *** The completion commands TAB, SPC and ? in the minibuffer apply only
770 to the text before point. If there is text in the buffer after point,
771 it remains unchanged.
773 *** The new file-name-shadow-mode is turned ON by default, so that when
774 entering a file name, any prefix which Emacs will ignore is dimmed.
776 *** There's a new face `minibuffer-prompt'.
777 Emacs adds this face to the list of text properties stored in the
778 variable `minibuffer-prompt-properties', which is used to display the
781 *** Enhanced visual feedback in `*Completions*' buffer.
783 Completions lists use faces to highlight what all completions
784 have in common and where they begin to differ.
786 The common prefix shared by all possible completions uses the face
787 `completions-common-part', while the first character that isn't the
788 same uses the face `completions-first-difference'. By default,
789 `completions-common-part' inherits from `default', and
790 `completions-first-difference' inherits from `bold'. The idea of
791 `completions-common-part' is that you can use it to make the common
792 parts less visible than normal, so that the rest of the differing
793 parts is, by contrast, slightly highlighted.
795 Above fontification is always done when listing completions is
796 triggered at minibuffer. If you want to fontify completions whose
797 listing is triggered at the other normal buffer, you have to pass
798 the common prefix of completions to `display-completion-list' as
801 *** File-name completion can now ignore specified directories.
802 If an element of the list in `completion-ignored-extensions' ends in a
803 slash `/', it indicates a subdirectory that should be ignored when
804 completing file names. Elements of `completion-ignored-extensions'
805 which do not end in a slash are never considered when a completion
806 candidate is a directory.
808 *** New user option `history-delete-duplicates'.
809 If set to t when adding a new history element, all previous identical
810 elements are deleted from the history list.
812 ** Redisplay changes:
814 *** The new face `mode-line-inactive' is used to display the mode line
815 of non-selected windows. The `mode-line' face is now used to display
816 the mode line of the currently selected window.
818 The new variable `mode-line-in-non-selected-windows' controls whether
819 the `mode-line-inactive' face is used.
821 *** The mode line position information now comes before the major mode.
822 When the file is maintained under version control, that information
823 appears between the position information and the major mode.
825 *** You can now customize the use of window fringes. To control this
826 for all frames, use M-x fringe-mode or the Show/Hide submenu of the
827 top-level Options menu, or customize the `fringe-mode' variable. To
828 control this for a specific frame, use the command M-x
831 *** Angle icons in the fringes can indicate the buffer boundaries. In
832 addition, up and down arrow bitmaps in the fringe indicate which ways
833 the window can be scrolled.
835 This behavior is activated by setting the buffer-local variable
836 `indicate-buffer-boundaries' to a non-nil value. The default value of
837 this variable is found in `default-indicate-buffer-boundaries'.
839 If value is `left' or `right', both angle and arrow bitmaps are
840 displayed in the left or right fringe, resp.
842 The value can also be an alist which specifies the presence and
843 position of each bitmap individually.
845 For example, ((top . left) (t . right)) places the top angle bitmap
846 in left fringe, the bottom angle bitmap in right fringe, and both
847 arrow bitmaps in right fringe. To show just the angle bitmaps in the
848 left fringe, but no arrow bitmaps, use ((top . left) (bottom . left)).
850 *** On window systems, lines which are exactly as wide as the window
851 (not counting the final newline character) are no longer broken into
852 two lines on the display (with just the newline on the second line).
853 Instead, the newline now "overflows" into the right fringe, and the
854 cursor will be displayed in the fringe when positioned on that newline.
856 The new user option 'overflow-newline-into-fringe' can be set to nil to
857 revert to the old behavior of continuing such lines.
859 *** A window can now have individual fringe and scroll-bar settings,
860 in addition to the individual display margin settings.
862 Such individual settings are now preserved when windows are split
863 horizontally or vertically, a saved window configuration is restored,
864 or when the frame is resized.
866 *** When a window has display margin areas, the fringes are now
867 displayed between the margins and the buffer's text area, rather than
868 outside those margins.
870 *** New face `escape-glyph' highlights control characters and escape glyphs.
872 *** Non-breaking space and hyphens are now displayed with a special
873 face, either nobreak-space or escape-glyph. You can turn this off or
874 specify a different mode by setting the variable `nobreak-char-display'.
876 *** The parameters of automatic hscrolling can now be customized.
877 The variable `hscroll-margin' determines how many columns away from
878 the window edge point is allowed to get before automatic hscrolling
879 will horizontally scroll the window. The default value is 5.
881 The variable `hscroll-step' determines how many columns automatic
882 hscrolling scrolls the window when point gets too close to the
883 window edge. If its value is zero, the default, Emacs scrolls the
884 window so as to center point. If its value is an integer, it says how
885 many columns to scroll. If the value is a floating-point number, it
886 gives the fraction of the window's width to scroll the window.
888 The variable `automatic-hscrolling' was renamed to
889 `auto-hscroll-mode'. The old name is still available as an alias.
891 *** Moving or scrolling through images (and other lines) taller than
892 the window now works sensibly, by automatically adjusting the window's
895 *** Preemptive redisplay now adapts to current load and bandwidth.
897 To avoid preempting redisplay on fast computers, networks, and displays,
898 the arrival of new input is now performed at regular intervals during
899 redisplay. The new variable `redisplay-preemption-period' specifies
900 the period; the default is to check for input every 0.1 seconds.
902 *** The %c and %l constructs are now ignored in frame-title-format.
903 Due to technical limitations in how Emacs interacts with windowing
904 systems, these constructs often failed to render properly, and could
905 even cause Emacs to crash.
907 *** If value of `auto-resize-tool-bars' is `grow-only', the tool bar
908 will expand as needed, but not contract automatically. To contract
909 the tool bar, you must type C-l.
911 *** New customize option `overline-margin' controls the space between
914 *** New variable `x-underline-at-descent-line' controls the relative
915 position of the underline. When set, it overrides the
916 `x-use-underline-position-properties' variables.
920 *** `mode-line-highlight' is the standard face indicating mouse sensitive
921 elements on mode-line (and header-line) like `highlight' face on text
924 *** `mode-line-buffer-id' is the standard face for buffer identification
925 parts of the mode line.
927 *** `shadow' face defines the appearance of the "shadowed" text, i.e.
928 the text which should be less noticeable than the surrounding text.
929 This can be achieved by using shades of grey in contrast with either
930 black or white default foreground color. This generic shadow face
931 allows customization of the appearance of shadowed text in one place,
932 so package-specific faces can inherit from it.
934 *** `vertical-border' face is used for the vertical divider between windows.
936 ** Font-Lock (syntax highlighting) changes:
938 *** All modes now support using M-x font-lock-mode to toggle
939 fontification, even those such as Occur, Info, and comint-derived
940 modes that do their own fontification in a special way.
942 The variable `Info-fontify' is no longer applicable; to disable
943 fontification in Info, remove `turn-on-font-lock' from
946 *** New standard font-lock face `font-lock-comment-delimiter-face'.
948 *** New standard font-lock face `font-lock-preprocessor-face'.
950 *** Easy to overlook single character negation can now be font-locked.
951 You can use the new variable `font-lock-negation-char-face' and the face of
952 the same name to customize this. Currently the cc-modes, sh-script-mode,
953 cperl-mode and make-mode support this.
955 *** Font-Lock mode: in major modes such as Lisp mode, where some Emacs
956 features assume that an open-paren in column 0 is always outside of
957 any string or comment, Font-Lock now highlights any such open-paren in
958 bold-red if it is inside a string or a comment, to indicate that it
959 can cause trouble. You should rewrite the string or comment so that
960 the open-paren is not in column 0.
962 *** M-o now is the prefix key for setting text properties;
963 M-o M-o requests refontification.
965 *** The default settings for JIT stealth lock parameters are changed.
966 The default value for the user option jit-lock-stealth-time is now nil
967 instead of 3. This setting of jit-lock-stealth-time disables stealth
968 fontification: on today's machines, it may be a bug in font lock
969 patterns if fontification otherwise noticeably degrades interactivity.
970 If you find movement in infrequently visited buffers sluggish (and the
971 major mode maintainer has no better idea), customizing
972 jit-lock-stealth-time to a non-nil value will let Emacs fontify
973 buffers in the background when it considers the system to be idle.
974 jit-lock-stealth-nice is now 0.5 instead of 0.125 which is supposed to
975 cause less load than the old defaults.
977 *** jit-lock can now be delayed with `jit-lock-defer-time'.
979 If this variable is non-nil, its value should be the amount of Emacs
980 idle time in seconds to wait before starting fontification. For
981 example, if you set `jit-lock-defer-time' to 0.25, fontification will
982 only happen after 0.25s of idle time.
984 *** contextual refontification is now separate from stealth fontification.
986 jit-lock-defer-contextually is renamed jit-lock-contextually and
987 jit-lock-context-time determines the delay after which contextual
988 refontification takes place.
990 *** lazy-lock is considered obsolete.
992 The `lazy-lock' package is superseded by `jit-lock' and is considered
993 obsolete. `jit-lock' is activated by default; if you wish to continue
994 using `lazy-lock', activate it in your ~/.emacs like this:
995 (setq font-lock-support-mode 'lazy-lock-mode)
997 If you invoke `lazy-lock-mode' directly rather than through
998 `font-lock-support-mode', it now issues a warning:
999 "Use font-lock-support-mode rather than calling lazy-lock-mode"
1003 *** A menu item "Show/Hide" was added to the top-level menu "Options".
1004 This menu allows you to turn various display features on and off (such
1005 as the fringes, the tool bar, the speedbar, and the menu bar itself).
1006 You can also move the vertical scroll bar to either side here or turn
1007 it off completely. There is also a menu-item to toggle displaying of
1008 current date and time, current line and column number in the mode-line.
1010 *** Speedbar has moved from the "Tools" top level menu to "Show/Hide".
1012 *** The menu item "Open File..." has been split into two items, "New File..."
1013 and "Open File...". "Open File..." now opens only existing files. This is
1014 to support existing GUI file selection dialogs better.
1016 *** The file selection dialog for Gtk+, Mac, W32 and Motif/LessTif can be
1017 disabled by customizing the variable `use-file-dialog'.
1019 *** The pop up menus for Lucid now stay up if you do a fast click and can
1020 be navigated with the arrow keys (like Gtk+, Mac and W32).
1022 *** The menu bar for Motif/LessTif/Lucid/Gtk+ can be navigated with keys.
1023 Pressing F10 shows the first menu in the menu bar. Navigation is done with
1024 the arrow keys, select with the return key and cancel with the escape keys.
1026 *** The Lucid menus can display multilingual text in your locale. You have
1027 to explicitly specify a fontSet resource for this to work, for example
1028 `-xrm "Emacs*fontSet: -*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*,*"'.
1030 *** Dialogs for Lucid/Athena and LessTif/Motif now pop down on pressing
1031 ESC, like they do for Gtk+, Mac and W32.
1033 *** For the Gtk+ version, you can make Emacs use the old file dialog
1034 by setting the variable `x-gtk-use-old-file-dialog' to t. Default is to use
1037 *** You can exit dialog windows and menus by typing C-g.
1039 ** Buffer Menu changes:
1041 *** The new options `buffers-menu-show-directories' and
1042 `buffers-menu-show-status' let you control how buffers are displayed
1043 in the menu dropped down when you click "Buffers" from the menu bar.
1045 `buffers-menu-show-directories' controls whether the menu displays
1046 leading directories as part of the file name visited by the buffer.
1047 If its value is `unless-uniquify', the default, directories are
1048 shown unless uniquify-buffer-name-style' is non-nil. The value of nil
1049 and t turn the display of directories off and on, respectively.
1051 `buffers-menu-show-status' controls whether the Buffers menu includes
1052 the modified and read-only status of the buffers. By default it is
1053 t, and the status is shown.
1055 Setting these variables directly does not take effect until next time
1056 the Buffers menu is regenerated.
1058 *** New command `Buffer-menu-toggle-files-only' toggles display of file
1059 buffers only in the Buffer Menu. It is bound to T in Buffer Menu
1062 *** `buffer-menu' and `list-buffers' now list buffers whose names begin
1063 with a space, when those buffers are visiting files. Normally buffers
1064 whose names begin with space are omitted.
1068 *** You can now follow links by clicking Mouse-1 on the link.
1070 Traditionally, Emacs uses a Mouse-1 click to set point and a Mouse-2
1071 click to follow a link, whereas most other applications use a Mouse-1
1072 click for both purposes, depending on whether you click outside or
1073 inside a link. Now the behavior of a Mouse-1 click has been changed
1074 to match this context-sensitive dual behavior. (If you prefer the old
1075 behavior, set the user option `mouse-1-click-follows-link' to nil.)
1077 Depending on the current mode, a Mouse-2 click in Emacs can do much
1078 more than just follow a link, so the new Mouse-1 behavior is only
1079 activated for modes which explicitly mark a clickable text as a "link"
1080 (see the new function `mouse-on-link-p' for details). The Lisp
1081 packages that are included in release 22.1 have been adapted to do
1082 this, but external packages may not yet support this. However, there
1083 is no risk in using such packages, as the worst thing that could
1084 happen is that you get the original Mouse-1 behavior when you click
1085 on a link, which typically means that you set point where you click.
1087 If you want to get the original Mouse-1 action also inside a link, you
1088 just need to press the Mouse-1 button a little longer than a normal
1089 click (i.e. press and hold the Mouse-1 button for half a second before
1092 Dragging the Mouse-1 inside a link still performs the original
1093 drag-mouse-1 action, typically copy the text.
1095 You can customize the new Mouse-1 behavior via the new user options
1096 `mouse-1-click-follows-link' and `mouse-1-click-in-non-selected-windows'.
1098 *** If you set the new variable `mouse-autoselect-window' to a non-nil
1099 value, windows are automatically selected as you move the mouse from
1100 one Emacs window to another, even within a frame. A minibuffer window
1101 can be selected only when it is active.
1103 *** On X, when the window manager requires that you click on a frame to
1104 select it (give it focus), the selected window and cursor position
1105 normally changes according to the mouse click position. If you set
1106 the variable x-mouse-click-focus-ignore-position to t, the selected
1107 window and cursor position do not change when you click on a frame
1110 *** Emacs normally highlights mouse sensitive text whenever the mouse
1111 is over the text. By setting the new variable `mouse-highlight', you
1112 can optionally enable mouse highlighting only after you move the
1113 mouse, so that highlighting disappears when you press a key. You can
1114 also disable mouse highlighting.
1116 *** You can now customize if selecting a region by dragging the mouse
1117 shall not copy the selected text to the kill-ring by setting the new
1118 variable mouse-drag-copy-region to nil.
1120 *** Under X, mouse-wheel-mode is turned on by default.
1122 *** Emacs ignores mouse-2 clicks while the mouse wheel is being moved.
1124 People tend to push the mouse wheel (which counts as a mouse-2 click)
1125 unintentionally while turning the wheel, so these clicks are now
1126 ignored. You can customize this with the mouse-wheel-click-event and
1127 mouse-wheel-inhibit-click-time variables.
1129 *** mouse-wheels can now scroll a specific fraction of the window
1130 (rather than a fixed number of lines) and the scrolling is `progressive'.
1132 ** Multilingual Environment (Mule) changes:
1134 *** You can disable character translation for a file using the -*-
1135 construct. Include `enable-character-translation: nil' inside the
1136 -*-...-*- to disable any character translation that may happen by
1137 various global and per-coding-system translation tables. You can also
1138 specify it in a local variable list at the end of the file. For
1139 shortcut, instead of using this long variable name, you can append the
1140 character "!" at the end of coding-system name specified in -*-
1141 construct or in a local variable list. For example, if a file has the
1142 following header, it is decoded by the coding system `iso-latin-1'
1143 without any character translation:
1144 ;; -*- coding: iso-latin-1!; -*-
1146 *** Language environment and various default coding systems are setup
1147 more correctly according to the current locale name. If the locale
1148 name doesn't specify a charset, the default is what glibc defines.
1149 This change can result in using the different coding systems as
1150 default in some locale (e.g. vi_VN).
1152 *** The keyboard-coding-system is now automatically set based on your
1153 current locale settings if you are not using a window system. This
1154 can mean that the META key doesn't work but generates non-ASCII
1155 characters instead, depending on how the terminal (or terminal
1156 emulator) works. Use `set-keyboard-coding-system' (or customize
1157 keyboard-coding-system) if you prefer META to work (the old default)
1158 or if the locale doesn't describe the character set actually generated
1159 by the keyboard. See Info node `Unibyte Mode'.
1161 *** The new command `set-file-name-coding-system' (C-x RET F) sets
1162 coding system for encoding and decoding file names. A new menu item
1163 (Options->Mule->Set Coding Systems->For File Name) invokes this
1166 *** The new command `revert-buffer-with-coding-system' (C-x RET r)
1167 revisits the current file using a coding system that you specify.
1169 *** New command `recode-region' decodes the region again by a specified
1172 *** The new command `recode-file-name' changes the encoding of the name
1175 *** New command `ucs-insert' inserts a character specified by its
1178 *** New command quail-show-key shows what key (or key sequence) to type
1179 in the current input method to input a character at point.
1181 *** Limited support for character `unification' has been added.
1182 Emacs now knows how to translate between different representations of
1183 the same characters in various Emacs charsets according to standard
1184 Unicode mappings. This applies mainly to characters in the ISO 8859
1185 sets plus some other 8-bit sets, but can be extended. For instance,
1186 translation works amongst the Emacs ...-iso8859-... charsets and the
1187 mule-unicode-... ones.
1189 By default this translation happens automatically on encoding.
1190 Self-inserting characters are translated to make the input conformant
1191 with the encoding of the buffer in which it's being used, where
1194 You can force a more complete unification with the user option
1195 unify-8859-on-decoding-mode. That maps all the Latin-N character sets
1196 into Unicode characters (from the latin-iso8859-1 and
1197 mule-unicode-0100-24ff charsets) on decoding. Note that this mode
1198 will often effectively clobber data with an iso-2022 encoding.
1200 *** New language environments (set up automatically according to the
1201 locale): Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese-EUC-TW, Croatian, Esperanto,
1202 French, Georgian, Italian, Latin-7, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam,
1203 Russian, Russian, Slovenian, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, UTF-8,Ukrainian,
1204 Welsh,Latin-6, Windows-1255.
1206 *** New input methods: latin-alt-postfix, latin-postfix, latin-prefix,
1207 belarusian, bulgarian-bds, bulgarian-phonetic, chinese-sisheng (for
1208 Chinese Pinyin characters), croatian, dutch, georgian, latvian-keyboard,
1209 lithuanian-numeric, lithuanian-keyboard, malayalam-inscript, rfc1345,
1210 russian-computer, sgml, slovenian, tamil-inscript, ukrainian-computer,
1211 ucs, vietnamese-telex, welsh.
1213 *** There is support for decoding Greek and Cyrillic characters into
1214 either Unicode (the mule-unicode charsets) or the iso-8859 charsets,
1215 when possible. The latter are more space-efficient.
1216 This is controlled by user option utf-fragment-on-decoding.
1218 *** Improved Thai support. A new minor mode `thai-word-mode' (which is
1219 automatically activated if you select Thai as a language
1220 environment) changes key bindings of most word-oriented commands to
1221 versions which recognize Thai words. Affected commands are
1225 M-DEL (backward-kill-word)
1226 M-t (transpose-words)
1227 M-q (fill-paragraph)
1229 *** Indian support has been updated.
1230 The in-is13194 coding system is now Unicode-based. CDAC fonts are
1231 assumed. There is a framework for supporting various Indian scripts,
1232 but currently only Devanagari, Malayalam and Tamil are supported.
1234 *** The utf-8/16 coding systems have been enhanced.
1235 By default, untranslatable utf-8 sequences are simply composed into
1236 single quasi-characters. User option `utf-translate-cjk-mode' (it is
1237 turned on by default) arranges to translate many utf-8 CJK character
1238 sequences into real Emacs characters in a similar way to the Mule-UCS
1239 system. As this loads a fairly big data on demand, people who are not
1240 interested in CJK characters may want to customize it to nil.
1241 You can augment/amend the CJK translation via hash tables
1242 `ucs-mule-cjk-to-unicode' and `ucs-unicode-to-mule-cjk'. The utf-8
1243 coding system now also encodes characters from most of Emacs's
1244 one-dimensional internal charsets, specifically the ISO-8859 ones.
1245 The utf-16 coding system is affected similarly.
1247 *** A UTF-7 coding system is available in the library `utf-7'.
1249 *** A new coding system `euc-tw' has been added for traditional Chinese
1250 in CNS encoding; it accepts both Big 5 and CNS as input; on saving,
1251 Big 5 is then converted to CNS.
1253 *** Many new coding systems are available in the `code-pages' library.
1254 These include complete versions of most of those in codepage.el, based
1255 on Unicode mappings. `codepage-setup' is now obsolete and is used
1256 only in the MS-DOS port of Emacs. All coding systems defined in
1257 `code-pages' are auto-loaded.
1259 *** New variable `utf-translate-cjk-unicode-range' controls which
1260 Unicode characters to translate in `utf-translate-cjk-mode'.
1262 *** iso-10646-1 (`Unicode') fonts can be used to display any range of
1263 characters encodable by the utf-8 coding system. Just specify the
1264 fontset appropriately.
1266 ** Customize changes:
1268 *** Custom themes are collections of customize options. Create a
1269 custom theme with M-x customize-create-theme. Use M-x load-theme to
1270 load and enable a theme, and M-x disable-theme to disable it. Use M-x
1271 enable-theme to enable a disabled theme.
1273 *** The commands M-x customize-face and M-x customize-face-other-window
1274 now look at the character after point. If a face or faces are
1275 specified for that character, the commands by default customize those
1278 *** The face-customization widget has been reworked to be less confusing.
1279 In particular, when you enable a face attribute using the corresponding
1280 check-box, there's no longer a redundant `*' option in value selection
1281 for that attribute; the values you can choose are only those which make
1282 sense for the attribute. When an attribute is de-selected by unchecking
1283 its check-box, then the (now ignored, but still present temporarily in
1284 case you re-select the attribute) value is hidden.
1286 *** When you set or reset a variable's value in a Customize buffer,
1287 the previous value becomes the "backup value" of the variable.
1288 You can go back to that backup value by selecting "Use Backup Value"
1289 under the "[State]" button.
1293 *** In Dired's ! command (dired-do-shell-command), `*' and `?' now
1294 control substitution of the file names only when they are surrounded
1295 by whitespace. This means you can now use them as shell wildcards
1296 too. If you want to use just plain `*' as a wildcard, type `*""'; the
1297 double quotes make no difference in the shell, but they prevent
1298 special treatment in `dired-do-shell-command'.
1300 *** The Dired command `dired-goto-file' is now bound to j, not M-g.
1301 This is to avoid hiding the global key binding of M-g.
1303 *** New faces dired-header, dired-mark, dired-marked, dired-flagged,
1304 dired-ignored, dired-directory, dired-symlink, dired-warning
1305 introduced for Dired mode instead of font-lock faces.
1307 *** New Dired command `dired-compare-directories' marks files
1308 with different file attributes in two dired buffers.
1310 *** New Dired command `dired-do-touch' (bound to T) changes timestamps
1311 of marked files with the value entered in the minibuffer.
1313 *** In Dired, the w command now stores the current line's file name
1314 into the kill ring. With a zero prefix arg, it stores the absolute file name.
1316 *** In Dired-x, Omitting files is now a minor mode, dired-omit-mode.
1318 The mode toggling command is bound to M-o. A new command
1319 dired-mark-omitted, bound to * O, marks omitted files. The variable
1320 dired-omit-files-p is obsoleted, use the mode toggling function
1323 *** The variables dired-free-space-program and dired-free-space-args
1324 have been renamed to directory-free-space-program and
1325 directory-free-space-args, and they now apply whenever Emacs puts a
1326 directory listing into a buffer.
1330 *** The new INSIDE_EMACS environment variable is set to "t" in subshells
1331 running inside Emacs. This supersedes the EMACS environment variable,
1332 which will be removed in a future Emacs release. Programs that need
1333 to know whether they are started inside Emacs should check INSIDE_EMACS
1336 *** The comint prompt can now be made read-only, using the new user
1337 option `comint-prompt-read-only'. This is not enabled by default,
1338 except in IELM buffers. The read-only status of IELM prompts can be
1339 controlled with the new user option `ielm-prompt-read-only', which
1340 overrides `comint-prompt-read-only'.
1342 The new commands `comint-kill-whole-line' and `comint-kill-region'
1343 support editing comint buffers with read-only prompts.
1345 `comint-kill-whole-line' is like `kill-whole-line', but ignores both
1346 read-only and field properties. Hence, it always kill entire
1347 lines, including any prompts.
1349 `comint-kill-region' is like `kill-region', except that it ignores
1350 read-only properties, if it is safe to do so. This means that if any
1351 part of a prompt is deleted, then the entire prompt must be deleted
1352 and that all prompts must stay at the beginning of a line. If this is
1353 not the case, then `comint-kill-region' behaves just like
1354 `kill-region' if read-only properties are involved: it copies the text
1355 to the kill-ring, but does not delete it.
1357 *** The new command `comint-insert-previous-argument' in comint-derived
1358 modes (shell-mode, etc.) inserts arguments from previous command lines,
1359 like bash's `ESC .' binding. It is bound by default to `C-c .', but
1360 otherwise behaves quite similarly to the bash version.
1362 *** `comint-use-prompt-regexp-instead-of-fields' has been renamed
1363 `comint-use-prompt-regexp'. The old name has been kept as an alias,
1364 but declared obsolete.
1366 ** M-x Compile changes:
1368 *** M-x compile has become more robust and reliable
1370 Quite a few more kinds of messages are recognized. Messages that are
1371 recognized as warnings or informational come in orange or green, instead of
1372 red. Informational messages are by default skipped with `next-error'
1373 (controlled by `compilation-skip-threshold').
1375 Location data is collected on the fly as the *compilation* buffer changes.
1376 This means you could modify messages to make them point to different files.
1377 This also means you can not go to locations of messages you may have deleted.
1379 The variable `compilation-error-regexp-alist' has now become customizable. If
1380 you had added your own regexps to this, you'll probably need to include a
1381 leading `^', otherwise they'll match anywhere on a line. There is now also a
1382 `compilation-mode-font-lock-keywords' and it nicely handles all the checks
1383 that configure outputs and -o options so you see at a glance where you are.
1385 The new file etc/compilation.txt gives examples of each type of message.
1387 *** New user option `compilation-environment'.
1388 This option allows you to specify environment variables for inferior
1389 compilation processes without affecting the environment that all
1390 subprocesses inherit.
1392 *** New user option `compilation-disable-input'.
1393 If this is non-nil, send end-of-file as compilation process input.
1395 *** New options `next-error-highlight' and `next-error-highlight-no-select'
1396 specify the method of highlighting of the corresponding source line
1397 in new face `next-error'.
1399 *** A new minor mode `next-error-follow-minor-mode' can be used in
1400 compilation-mode, grep-mode, occur-mode, and diff-mode (i.e. all the
1401 modes that can use `next-error'). In this mode, cursor motion in the
1402 buffer causes automatic display in another window of the corresponding
1403 matches, compilation errors, etc. This minor mode can be toggled with
1406 *** When the left fringe is displayed, an arrow points to current message in
1407 the compilation buffer.
1409 *** The new variable `compilation-context-lines' controls lines of leading
1410 context before the current message. If nil and the left fringe is displayed,
1411 it doesn't scroll the compilation output window. If there is no left fringe,
1412 no arrow is displayed and a value of nil means display the message at the top
1415 ** Occur mode changes:
1417 *** The new command `multi-occur' is just like `occur', except it can
1418 search multiple buffers. There is also a new command
1419 `multi-occur-in-matching-buffers' which allows you to specify the
1420 buffers to search by their filenames or buffer names. Internally,
1421 Occur mode has been rewritten, and now uses font-lock, among other
1424 *** You can now use next-error (C-x `) and previous-error to advance to
1425 the next/previous matching line found by M-x occur.
1427 *** In the *Occur* buffer, `o' switches to it in another window, and
1428 C-o displays the current line's occurrence in another window without
1433 *** Grep has been decoupled from compilation mode setup.
1435 There's a new separate package grep.el, with its own submenu and
1436 customization group.
1438 *** `grep-find' is now also available under the name `find-grep' where
1439 people knowing `find-grep-dired' would probably expect it.
1441 *** New commands `lgrep' (local grep) and `rgrep' (recursive grep) are
1442 more user-friendly versions of `grep' and `grep-find', which prompt
1443 separately for the regular expression to match, the files to search,
1444 and the base directory for the search. Case sensitivity of the
1445 search is controlled by the current value of `case-fold-search'.
1447 These commands build the shell commands based on the new variables
1448 `grep-template' (lgrep) and `grep-find-template' (rgrep).
1450 The files to search can use aliases defined in `grep-files-aliases'.
1452 Subdirectories listed in `grep-find-ignored-directories' such as those
1453 typically used by various version control systems, like CVS and arch,
1454 are automatically skipped by `rgrep'.
1456 *** The grep commands provide highlighting support.
1458 Hits are fontified in green, and hits in binary files in orange. Grep buffers
1459 can be saved and automatically revisited.
1461 *** New option `grep-highlight-matches' highlights matches in *grep*
1462 buffer. It uses a special feature of some grep programs which accept
1463 --color option to output markers around matches. When going to the next
1464 match with `next-error' the exact match is highlighted in the source
1465 buffer. Otherwise, if `grep-highlight-matches' is nil, the whole
1466 source line is highlighted.
1468 *** New key bindings in grep output window:
1469 SPC and DEL scrolls window up and down. C-n and C-p moves to next and
1470 previous match in the grep window. RET jumps to the source line of
1471 the current match. `n' and `p' shows next and previous match in
1472 other window, but does not switch buffer. `{' and `}' jumps to the
1473 previous or next file in the grep output. TAB also jumps to the next
1476 *** M-x grep now tries to avoid appending `/dev/null' to the command line
1477 by using GNU grep `-H' option instead. M-x grep automatically
1478 detects whether this is possible or not the first time it is invoked.
1479 When `-H' is used, the grep command line supplied by the user is passed
1480 unchanged to the system to execute, which allows more complicated
1481 command lines to be used than was possible before.
1483 *** The new variables `grep-window-height' and `grep-scroll-output' override
1484 the corresponding compilation mode settings, for grep commands only.
1486 ** Cursor display changes:
1488 *** Emacs can produce an underscore-like (horizontal bar) cursor.
1489 The underscore cursor is set by putting `(cursor-type . hbar)' in
1490 default-frame-alist. It supports variable heights, like the `bar'
1493 *** The variable `cursor-in-non-selected-windows' can now be set to any
1494 of the recognized cursor types.
1496 *** Display of hollow cursors now obeys the buffer-local value (if any)
1497 of `cursor-in-non-selected-windows' in the buffer that the cursor
1500 *** On text terminals, the variable `visible-cursor' controls whether Emacs
1501 uses the "very visible" cursor (the default) or the normal cursor.
1503 *** The X resource cursorBlink can be used to turn off cursor blinking.
1505 *** On X, MS Windows, and Mac OS, the blinking cursor's "off" state is
1506 now controlled by the variable `blink-cursor-alist'.
1508 ** X Windows Support:
1510 *** Emacs now supports drag and drop for X. Dropping a file on a window
1511 opens it, dropping text inserts the text. Dropping a file on a dired
1512 buffer copies or moves the file to that directory.
1514 *** Under X11, it is possible to swap Alt and Meta (and Super and Hyper).
1515 The new variables `x-alt-keysym', `x-hyper-keysym', `x-meta-keysym',
1516 and `x-super-keysym' can be used to choose which keysyms Emacs should
1517 use for the modifiers. For example, the following two lines swap
1519 (setq x-alt-keysym 'meta)
1520 (setq x-meta-keysym 'alt)
1522 *** The X resource useXIM can be used to turn off use of XIM, which can
1523 speed up Emacs with slow networking to the X server.
1525 If the configure option `--without-xim' was used to turn off use of
1526 XIM by default, the X resource useXIM can be used to turn it on.
1528 *** The new variable `x-select-request-type' controls how Emacs
1529 requests X selection. The default value is nil, which means that
1530 Emacs requests X selection with types COMPOUND_TEXT and UTF8_STRING,
1531 and use the more appropriately result.
1533 *** The scrollbar under LessTif or Motif has a smoother drag-scrolling.
1534 On the other hand, the size of the thumb does not represent the actual
1535 amount of text shown any more (only a crude approximation of it).
1539 *** If you enable Xterm Mouse mode, Emacs will respond to mouse clicks
1540 on the mode line, header line and display margin, when run in an xterm.
1542 *** Improved key bindings support when running in an xterm.
1543 When Emacs is running in an xterm more key bindings are available.
1544 The following should work:
1545 {C,S,C-S,A}-{right,left,up,down,prior,next,delete,insert,F1-12}.
1546 These key bindings work on xterm from X.org 6.8 (and later versions),
1547 they might not work on some older versions of xterm, or on some
1548 proprietary versions.
1549 The various keys generated by xterm when the "modifyOtherKeys"
1550 resource is set are also supported.
1552 ** Character terminal color support changes:
1554 *** The new command-line option --color=MODE lets you specify a standard
1555 mode for a tty color support. It is meant to be used on character
1556 terminals whose capabilities are not set correctly in the terminal
1557 database, or with terminal emulators which support colors, but don't
1558 set the TERM environment variable to a name of a color-capable
1559 terminal. "emacs --color" uses the same color commands as GNU `ls'
1560 when invoked with "ls --color", so if your terminal can support colors
1561 in "ls --color", it will support "emacs --color" as well. See the
1562 user manual for the possible values of the MODE parameter.
1564 *** Emacs now supports several character terminals which provide more
1565 than 8 colors. For example, for `xterm', 16-color, 88-color, and
1566 256-color modes are supported. Emacs automatically notes at startup
1567 the extended number of colors, and defines the appropriate entries for
1568 all of these colors.
1570 *** Emacs now uses the full range of available colors for the default
1571 faces when running on a color terminal, including 16-, 88-, and
1572 256-color xterms. This means that when you run "emacs -nw" on an
1573 88-color or 256-color xterm, you will see essentially the same face
1576 *** There's a new support for colors on `rxvt' terminal emulator.
1580 *** New option `ebnf-arrow-extra-width' which specify extra width for arrow
1582 The extra width is used to avoid that the arrowhead and the terminal border
1583 overlap. It depends on `ebnf-arrow-shape' and `ebnf-line-width'.
1585 *** New option `ebnf-arrow-scale' which specify the arrow scale.
1586 Values lower than 1.0, shrink the arrow.
1587 Values greater than 1.0, expand the arrow.
1589 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.1
1591 ** CUA mode is now part of the Emacs distribution.
1593 The new cua package provides CUA-like keybindings using C-x for
1594 cut (kill), C-c for copy, C-v for paste (yank), and C-z for undo.
1595 With cua, the region can be set and extended using shifted movement
1596 keys (like pc-selection-mode) and typed text replaces the active
1597 region (like delete-selection-mode). Do not enable these modes with
1598 cua-mode. Customize the variable `cua-mode' to enable cua.
1600 The cua-selection-mode enables the CUA keybindings for the region but
1601 does not change the bindings for C-z/C-x/C-c/C-v. It can be used as a
1602 replacement for pc-selection-mode.
1604 In addition, cua provides unified rectangle support with visible
1605 rectangle highlighting: Use C-return to start a rectangle, extend it
1606 using the movement commands (or mouse-3), and cut or copy it using C-x
1607 or C-c (using C-w and M-w also works).
1609 Use M-o and M-c to `open' or `close' the rectangle, use M-b or M-f, to
1610 fill it with blanks or another character, use M-u or M-l to upcase or
1611 downcase the rectangle, use M-i to increment the numbers in the
1612 rectangle, use M-n to fill the rectangle with a numeric sequence (such
1613 as 10 20 30...), use M-r to replace a regexp in the rectangle, and use
1614 M-' or M-/ to restrict command on the rectangle to a subset of the
1615 rows. See the commentary in cua-base.el for more rectangle commands.
1617 Cua also provides unified support for registers: Use a numeric
1618 prefix argument between 0 and 9, i.e. M-0 .. M-9, for C-x, C-c, and
1619 C-v to cut or copy into register 0-9, or paste from register 0-9.
1621 The last text deleted (not killed) is automatically stored in
1622 register 0. This includes text deleted by typing text.
1624 Finally, cua provides a global mark which is set using S-C-space.
1625 When the global mark is active, any text which is cut or copied is
1626 automatically inserted at the global mark position. See the
1627 commentary in cua-base.el for more global mark related commands.
1629 The features of cua also works with the standard Emacs bindings for
1630 kill, copy, yank, and undo. If you want to use cua mode, but don't
1631 want the C-x, C-c, C-v, and C-z bindings, you can customize the
1632 `cua-enable-cua-keys' variable.
1634 Note: This version of cua mode is not backwards compatible with older
1635 versions of cua.el and cua-mode.el. To ensure proper operation, you
1636 must remove older versions of cua.el or cua-mode.el as well as the
1637 loading and customization of those packages from the .emacs file.
1639 ** Tramp is now part of the distribution.
1641 This package is similar to Ange-FTP: it allows you to edit remote
1642 files. But whereas Ange-FTP uses FTP to access the remote host,
1643 Tramp uses a shell connection. The shell connection is always used
1644 for filename completion and directory listings and suchlike, but for
1645 the actual file transfer, you can choose between the so-called
1646 `inline' methods (which transfer the files through the shell
1647 connection using base64 or uu encoding) and the `out-of-band' methods
1648 (which invoke an external copying program such as `rcp' or `scp' or
1649 `rsync' to do the copying).
1651 Shell connections can be acquired via `rsh', `ssh', `telnet' and also
1652 `su' and `sudo'. Ange-FTP is still supported via the `ftp' method.
1654 If you want to disable Tramp you should set
1656 (setq tramp-default-method "ftp")
1658 Removing Tramp, and re-enabling Ange-FTP, can be achieved by M-x
1661 ** The image-dired.el package allows you to easily view, tag and in
1662 other ways manipulate image files and their thumbnails, using dired as
1663 the main interface. Image-Dired provides functionality to generate
1664 simple image galleries.
1666 ** Image files are normally visited in Image mode, which lets you toggle
1667 between viewing the image and viewing the text using C-c C-c.
1669 ** The new python.el package is used to edit Python and Jython programs.
1671 ** The URL package (which had been part of W3) is now part of Emacs.
1673 ** Calc is now part of the Emacs distribution.
1675 Calc is an advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool written in
1676 Emacs Lisp. The prefix for Calc has been changed to `C-x *' and Calc
1677 can be started with `C-x * *'. The Calc manual is separate from the
1678 Emacs manual; within Emacs, type "C-h i m calc RET" to read the
1679 manual. A reference card is available in `etc/calccard.tex' and
1682 ** Org mode is now part of the Emacs distribution
1684 Org mode is a mode for keeping notes, maintaining ToDo lists, and
1685 doing project planning with a fast and effective plain-text system.
1686 It also contains a plain-text table editor with spreadsheet-like
1689 The Org mode table editor can be integrated into any major mode by
1690 activating the minor mode, Orgtbl mode.
1692 The documentation for org-mode is in a separate manual; within Emacs,
1693 type "C-h i m org RET" to read that manual. A reference card is
1694 available in `etc/orgcard.tex' and `etc/orgcard.ps'.
1696 ** ERC is now part of the Emacs distribution.
1698 ERC is a powerful, modular, and extensible IRC client for Emacs.
1700 To see what modules are available, type
1701 M-x customize-option erc-modules RET.
1703 To start an IRC session with ERC, type M-x erc, and follow the prompts
1704 for server, port, and nick.
1706 ** Rcirc is now part of the Emacs distribution.
1708 Rcirc is an Internet relay chat (IRC) client. It supports
1709 simultaneous connections to multiple IRC servers. Each discussion
1710 takes place in its own buffer. For each connection you can join
1711 several channels (many-to-many) and participate in private
1712 (one-to-one) chats. Both channel and private chats are contained in
1715 To start an IRC session using the default parameters, type M-x irc.
1716 If you type C-u M-x irc, it prompts you for the server, nick, port and
1717 startup channel parameters before connecting.
1719 ** The new package ibuffer provides a powerful, completely
1720 customizable replacement for buff-menu.el.
1722 ** Newsticker is now part of the Emacs distribution.
1724 Newsticker asynchronously retrieves headlines (RSS) from a list of news
1725 sites, prepares these headlines for reading, and allows for loading the
1726 corresponding articles in a web browser. Its documentation is in a
1729 ** The wdired.el package allows you to use normal editing commands on Dired
1730 buffers to change filenames, permissions, etc...
1732 ** Ido mode is now part of the Emacs distribution.
1734 The ido (interactively do) package is an extension of the iswitchb
1735 package to do interactive opening of files and directories in addition
1736 to interactive buffer switching. Ido is a superset of iswitchb (with
1737 a few exceptions), so don't enable both packages.
1739 ** The new global minor mode `file-name-shadow-mode' modifies the way
1740 filenames being entered by the user in the minibuffer are displayed, so
1741 that it's clear when part of the entered filename will be ignored due to
1742 Emacs' filename parsing rules. The ignored portion can be made dim,
1743 invisible, or otherwise less visually noticeable. The display method can
1744 be displayed by customizing the variable `file-name-shadow-properties'.
1746 ** Emacs' keyboard macro facilities have been enhanced by the new
1749 Keyboard macros are now defined and executed via the F3 and F4 keys:
1750 F3 starts a macro, F4 ends the macro, and pressing F4 again executes
1751 the last macro. While defining the macro, F3 inserts a counter value
1752 which automatically increments every time the macro is executed.
1754 There is now a keyboard macro ring which stores the most recently
1757 The C-x C-k sequence is now a prefix for the kmacro keymap which
1758 defines bindings for moving through the keyboard macro ring,
1759 C-x C-k C-p and C-x C-k C-n, editing the last macro C-x C-k C-e,
1760 manipulating the macro counter and format via C-x C-k C-c,
1761 C-x C-k C-a, and C-x C-k C-f. See the commentary in kmacro.el
1764 The original macro bindings C-x (, C-x ), and C-x e are still
1765 available, but they now interface to the keyboard macro ring too.
1767 The C-x e command now automatically terminates the current macro
1768 before calling it, if used while defining a macro.
1770 In addition, when ending or calling a macro with C-x e, the macro can
1771 be repeated immediately by typing just the `e'. You can customize
1772 this behavior via the variables kmacro-call-repeat-key and
1773 kmacro-call-repeat-with-arg.
1775 Keyboard macros can now be debugged and edited interactively.
1776 C-x C-k SPC steps through the last keyboard macro one key sequence
1777 at a time, prompting for the actions to take.
1779 ** The new keypad setup package provides several common bindings for
1780 the numeric keypad which is available on most keyboards. The numeric
1781 keypad typically has the digits 0 to 9, a decimal point, keys marked
1782 +, -, /, and *, an Enter key, and a NumLock toggle key. The keypad
1783 package only controls the use of the digit and decimal keys.
1785 By customizing the variables `keypad-setup', `keypad-shifted-setup',
1786 `keypad-numlock-setup', and `keypad-numlock-shifted-setup', or by
1787 using the function `keypad-setup', you can rebind all digit keys and
1788 the decimal key of the keypad in one step for each of the four
1789 possible combinations of the Shift key state (not pressed/pressed) and
1790 the NumLock toggle state (off/on).
1792 The choices for the keypad keys in each of the above states are:
1793 `Plain numeric keypad' where the keys generates plain digits,
1794 `Numeric keypad with decimal key' where the character produced by the
1795 decimal key can be customized individually (for internationalization),
1796 `Numeric Prefix Arg' where the keypad keys produce numeric prefix args
1797 for Emacs editing commands, `Cursor keys' and `Shifted Cursor keys'
1798 where the keys work like (shifted) arrow keys, home/end, etc., and
1799 `Unspecified/User-defined' where the keypad keys (kp-0, kp-1, etc.)
1800 are left unspecified and can be bound individually through the global
1803 ** The printing package is now part of the Emacs distribution.
1805 If you enable the printing package by including (require 'printing) in
1806 the .emacs file, the normal Print item on the File menu is replaced
1807 with a Print sub-menu which allows you to preview output through
1808 ghostview, use ghostscript to print (if you don't have a PostScript
1809 printer) or send directly to printer a PostScript code generated by
1810 `ps-print' package. Use M-x pr-help for more information.
1812 ** The new package longlines.el provides a minor mode for editing text
1813 files composed of long lines, based on the `use-hard-newlines'
1814 mechanism. The long lines are broken up by inserting soft newlines,
1815 which are automatically removed when saving the file to disk or
1816 copying into the kill ring, clipboard, etc. By default, Longlines
1817 mode inserts soft newlines automatically during editing, a behavior
1818 referred to as "soft word wrap" in other text editors. This is
1819 similar to Refill mode, but more reliable. To turn the word wrap
1820 feature off, set `longlines-auto-wrap' to nil.
1822 ** SES mode (ses-mode) is a new major mode for creating and editing
1823 spreadsheet files. Besides the usual Emacs features (intuitive command
1824 letters, undo, cell formulas in Lisp, plaintext files, etc.) it also offers
1825 viral immunity and import/export of tab-separated values.
1827 ** The new package table.el implements editable, WYSIWYG, embedded
1828 `text tables' in Emacs buffers. It simulates the effect of putting
1829 these tables in a special major mode. The package emulates WYSIWYG
1830 table editing available in modern word processors. The package also
1831 can generate a table source in typesetting and markup languages such
1832 as latex and html from the visually laid out text table.
1834 ** Filesets are collections of files. You can define a fileset in
1835 various ways, such as based on a directory tree or based on
1836 program files that include other program files.
1838 Once you have defined a fileset, you can perform various operations on
1839 all the files in it, such as visiting them or searching and replacing
1842 ** The minor mode Reveal mode makes text visible on the fly as you
1843 move your cursor into hidden regions of the buffer.
1844 It should work with any package that uses overlays to hide parts
1845 of a buffer, such as outline-minor-mode, hs-minor-mode, hide-ifdef-mode, ...
1847 There is also Global Reveal mode which affects all buffers.
1849 ** New minor mode, Visible mode, toggles invisibility in the current buffer.
1850 When enabled, it makes all invisible text visible. When disabled, it
1851 restores the previous value of `buffer-invisibility-spec'.
1853 ** The new package flymake.el does on-the-fly syntax checking of program
1854 source files. See the Flymake's Info manual for more details.
1856 ** savehist saves minibuffer histories between sessions.
1857 To use this feature, turn on savehist-mode in your `.emacs' file.
1859 ** The ruler-mode.el library provides a minor mode for displaying an
1860 "active" ruler in the header line. You can use the mouse to visually
1861 change the `fill-column', `window-margins' and `tab-stop-list'
1864 ** The file t-mouse.el is now part of Emacs and provides access to mouse
1865 events from the console. It still requires gpm to work but has been updated
1866 for Emacs 22. In particular, the mode-line is now position sensitive.
1868 ** The new package scroll-lock.el provides the Scroll Lock minor mode
1869 for pager-like scrolling. Keys which normally move point by line or
1870 paragraph will scroll the buffer by the respective amount of lines
1871 instead and point will be kept vertically fixed relative to window
1872 boundaries during scrolling.
1874 ** The new global minor mode `size-indication-mode' (off by default)
1875 shows the size of accessible part of the buffer on the mode line.
1877 ** The new package conf-mode.el handles thousands of configuration files, with
1878 varying syntaxes for comments (;, #, //, /* */ or !), assignment (var = value,
1879 var : value, var value or keyword var value) and sections ([section] or
1880 section { }). Many files under /etc/, or with suffixes like .cf through
1881 .config, .properties (Java), .desktop (KDE/Gnome), .ini and many others are
1884 ** GDB-Script-mode is used for files like .gdbinit.
1886 ** The new package dns-mode.el adds syntax highlighting of DNS master files.
1887 It is a modern replacement for zone-mode.el, which is now obsolete.
1889 ** `cfengine-mode' is a major mode for editing GNU Cfengine
1890 configuration files.
1892 ** The TCL package tcl-mode.el was replaced by tcl.el.
1893 This was actually done in Emacs-21.1, and was not documented.
1895 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.1:
1899 *** Bindings for Image-Dired added.
1900 Several new keybindings, all starting with the C-t prefix, have been
1901 added to Dired. They are all bound to commands in Image-Dired. As a
1902 starting point, mark some image files in a dired buffer and do C-t d
1903 to display thumbnails of them in a separate buffer.
1905 ** Info mode changes
1907 *** Images in Info pages are supported.
1909 Info pages show embedded images, in Emacs frames with image support.
1910 Info documentation that includes images, processed with makeinfo
1911 version 4.7 or newer, compiles to Info pages with embedded images.
1913 *** `Info-index' offers completion.
1915 *** http and ftp links in Info are now operational: they look like cross
1916 references and following them calls `browse-url'.
1918 *** isearch in Info uses Info-search and searches through multiple nodes.
1920 Before leaving the initial Info node isearch fails once with the error
1921 message [initial node], and with subsequent C-s/C-r continues through
1922 other nodes. When isearch fails for the rest of the manual, it wraps
1923 around the whole manual to the top/final node. The user option
1924 `Info-isearch-search' controls whether to use Info-search for isearch,
1925 or the default isearch search function that wraps around the current
1928 *** New search commands: `Info-search-case-sensitively' (bound to S),
1929 `Info-search-backward', and `Info-search-next' which repeats the last
1930 search without prompting for a new search string.
1932 *** New command `info-apropos' searches the indices of the known
1933 Info files on your system for a string, and builds a menu of the
1936 *** New command `Info-history-forward' (bound to r and new toolbar icon)
1937 moves forward in history to the node you returned from after using
1938 `Info-history-back' (renamed from `Info-last').
1940 *** New command `Info-history' (bound to L) displays a menu of visited nodes.
1942 *** New command `Info-toc' (bound to T) creates a node with table of contents
1943 from the tree structure of menus of the current Info file.
1945 *** New command `Info-copy-current-node-name' (bound to w) copies
1946 the current Info node name into the kill ring. With a zero prefix
1947 arg, puts the node name inside the `info' function call.
1949 *** New face `info-xref-visited' distinguishes visited nodes from unvisited
1950 and a new option `Info-fontify-visited-nodes' to control this.
1952 *** A numeric prefix argument of `info' selects an Info buffer
1953 with the number appended to the `*info*' buffer name (e.g. "*info*<2>").
1955 *** Info now hides node names in menus and cross references by default.
1957 If you prefer the old behavior, you can set the new user option
1958 `Info-hide-note-references' to nil.
1960 *** The default value for `Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes' is now nil.
1962 ** Emacs server changes
1964 *** You can have several Emacs servers on the same machine.
1966 % emacs --eval '(setq server-name "foo")' -f server-start &
1967 % emacs --eval '(setq server-name "bar")' -f server-start &
1968 % emacsclient -s foo file1
1969 % emacsclient -s bar file2
1971 *** The `emacsclient' command understands the options `--eval' and
1972 `--display' which tell Emacs respectively to evaluate the given Lisp
1973 expression and to use the given display when visiting files.
1975 *** User option `server-mode' can be used to start a server process.
1979 *** By default, reverting the *Locate* buffer now just runs the last
1980 `locate' command back over again without offering to update the locate
1981 database (which normally only works if you have root privileges). If
1982 you prefer the old behavior, set the new customizable option
1983 `locate-update-when-revert' to t.
1987 *** Desktop saving is now a minor mode, `desktop-save-mode'.
1989 *** The variable `desktop-enable' is obsolete.
1991 Customize `desktop-save-mode' to enable desktop saving.
1993 *** Buffers are saved in the desktop file in the same order as that in the
1996 *** The desktop package can be customized to restore only some buffers
1997 immediately, remaining buffers are restored lazily (when Emacs is
2000 *** New command line option --no-desktop
2003 - desktop-revert reverts to the last loaded desktop.
2004 - desktop-change-dir kills current desktop and loads a new.
2005 - desktop-save-in-desktop-dir saves desktop in the directory from which
2007 - desktop-lazy-complete runs the desktop load to completion.
2008 - desktop-lazy-abort aborts lazy loading of the desktop.
2010 *** New customizable variables:
2011 - desktop-save. Determines whether the desktop should be saved when it is
2013 - desktop-file-name-format. Format in which desktop file names should be saved.
2014 - desktop-path. List of directories in which to lookup the desktop file.
2015 - desktop-locals-to-save. List of local variables to save.
2016 - desktop-globals-to-clear. List of global variables that `desktop-clear' will clear.
2017 - desktop-clear-preserve-buffers-regexp. Regexp identifying buffers that `desktop-clear'
2019 - desktop-restore-eager. Number of buffers to restore immediately. Remaining buffers are
2020 restored lazily (when Emacs is idle).
2021 - desktop-lazy-verbose. Verbose reporting of lazily created buffers.
2022 - desktop-lazy-idle-delay. Idle delay before starting to create buffers.
2025 - desktop-after-read-hook run after a desktop is loaded.
2026 - desktop-no-desktop-file-hook run when no desktop file is found.
2030 The recent file list is now automatically cleaned up when recentf mode is
2031 enabled. The new option `recentf-auto-cleanup' controls when to do
2034 The ten most recent files can be quickly opened by using the shortcut
2035 keys 1 to 9, and 0, when the recent list is displayed in a buffer via
2036 the `recentf-open-files', or `recentf-open-more-files' commands.
2038 The `recentf-keep' option replaces `recentf-keep-non-readable-files-p'
2039 and provides a more general mechanism to customize which file names to
2040 keep in the recent list.
2042 With the more advanced option `recentf-filename-handlers', you can
2043 specify functions that successively transform recent file names. For
2044 example, if set to `file-truename' plus `abbreviate-file-name', the
2045 same file will not be in the recent list with different symbolic
2046 links, and the file name will be abbreviated.
2048 To follow naming convention, `recentf-menu-append-commands-flag'
2049 replaces the misnamed option `recentf-menu-append-commands-p'. The
2050 old name remains available as alias, but has been marked obsolete.
2052 ** Auto-Revert changes
2054 *** You can now use Auto Revert mode to `tail' a file.
2056 If point is at the end of a file buffer before reverting, Auto Revert
2057 mode keeps it at the end after reverting. Similarly if point is
2058 displayed at the end of a file buffer in any window, it stays at the end
2059 of the buffer in that window. This allows you to "tail" a file: just
2060 put point at the end of the buffer and it stays there. This rule
2061 applies to file buffers. For non-file buffers, the behavior can be mode
2064 If you are sure that the file will only change by growing at the end,
2065 then you can tail the file more efficiently by using the new minor
2066 mode Auto Revert Tail mode. The function `auto-revert-tail-mode'
2069 *** Auto Revert mode is now more careful to avoid excessive reverts and
2070 other potential problems when deciding which non-file buffers to
2071 revert. This matters especially if Global Auto Revert mode is enabled
2072 and `global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers' is non-nil. Auto Revert
2073 mode only reverts a non-file buffer if the buffer has a non-nil
2074 `revert-buffer-function' and a non-nil `buffer-stale-function', which
2075 decides whether the buffer should be reverted. Currently, this means
2076 that auto reverting works for Dired buffers (although this may not
2077 work properly on all operating systems) and for the Buffer Menu.
2079 *** If the new user option `auto-revert-check-vc-info' is non-nil, Auto
2080 Revert mode reliably updates version control info (such as the version
2081 control number in the mode line), in all version controlled buffers in
2082 which it is active. If the option is nil, the default, then this info
2083 only gets updated whenever the buffer gets reverted.
2085 ** Changes in Shell Mode
2087 *** Shell output normally scrolls so that the input line is at the
2088 bottom of the window -- thus showing the maximum possible text. (This
2089 is similar to the way sequential output to a terminal works.)
2091 ** Changes in Hi Lock
2093 *** hi-lock-mode now only affects a single buffer, and a new function
2094 `global-hi-lock-mode' enables Hi Lock in all buffers. By default, if
2095 hi-lock-mode is used in what appears to be the initialization file, a
2096 warning message suggests to use global-hi-lock-mode instead. However,
2097 if the new variable `hi-lock-archaic-interface-deduce' is non-nil,
2098 using hi-lock-mode in an initialization file will turn on Hi Lock in all
2099 buffers and no warning will be issued (for compatibility with the
2100 behavior in older versions of Emacs).
2102 ** Changes in Allout
2104 *** Topic cryptography added, enabling easy gpg topic encryption and
2105 decryption. Per-topic basis enables interspersing encrypted-text and
2106 clear-text within a single file to your heart's content, using symmetric
2107 and/or public key modes. Time-limited key caching, user-provided
2108 symmetric key hinting and consistency verification, auto-encryption of
2109 pending topics on save, and more, make it easy to use encryption in
2110 powerful ways. Encryption behavior customization is collected in the
2111 allout-encryption customization group.
2113 *** Default command prefix was changed to "\C-c " (control-c space), to
2114 avoid intruding on user's keybinding space. Customize the
2115 `allout-command-prefix' variable to your preference.
2117 *** Some previously rough topic-header format edge cases are reconciled.
2118 Level 1 topics use the mode's comment format, and lines starting with the
2119 asterisk - for instance, the comment close of some languages (eg, c's "*/"
2120 or mathematica's "*)") - at the beginning of line are no longer are
2121 interpreted as level 1 topics in those modes.
2123 *** Many or most commonly occurring "accidental" topics are disqualified.
2124 Text in item bodies that looks like a low-depth topic is no longer mistaken
2125 for one unless its first offspring (or that of its next sibling with
2126 offspring) is only one level deeper.
2128 For example, pasting some text with a bunch of leading asterisks into a
2129 topic that's followed by a level 3 or deeper topic will not cause the
2130 pasted text to be mistaken for outline structure.
2132 The same constraint is applied to any level 2 or 3 topics.
2134 This settles an old issue where typed or pasted text needed to be carefully
2135 reviewed, and sometimes doctored, to avoid accidentally disrupting the
2136 outline structure. Now that should be generally unnecessary, as the most
2137 prone-to-occur accidents are disqualified.
2139 *** Allout now refuses to create "containment discontinuities", where a
2140 topic is shifted deeper than the offspring-depth of its container. On the
2141 other hand, allout now operates gracefully with existing containment
2142 discontinuities, revealing excessively contained topics rather than either
2143 leaving them hidden or raising an error.
2145 *** Navigation within an item is easier. Repeated beginning-of-line and
2146 end-of-line key commands (usually, ^A and ^E) cycle through the
2147 beginning/end-of-line and then beginning/end of topic, etc. See new
2148 customization vars `allout-beginning-of-line-cycles' and
2149 `allout-end-of-line-cycles'.
2151 *** New or revised allout-mode activity hooks enable creation of
2152 cooperative enhancements to allout mode without changes to the mode,
2155 See `allout-exposure-change-hook', `allout-structure-added-hook',
2156 `allout-structure-deleted-hook', and `allout-structure-shifted-hook'.
2158 `allout-exposure-change-hook' replaces the existing
2159 `allout-view-change-hook', which is being deprecated. Both are still
2160 invoked, but `allout-view-change-hook' will eventually be ignored.
2161 `allout-exposure-change-hook' is called with explicit arguments detailing
2162 the specifics of each change (as are the other new hooks), making it easier
2163 to use than the old version.
2165 There is a new mode deactivation hook, `allout-mode-deactivate-hook', for
2166 coordinating with deactivation of allout-mode. Both that and the mode
2167 activation hook, `allout-mode-hook' are now run after the `allout-mode'
2168 variable is changed, rather than before.
2170 *** Allout now uses text overlay's `invisible' property for concealed text,
2171 instead of selective-display. This simplifies the code, in particular
2172 avoiding the need for kludges for isearch dynamic-display, discretionary
2173 handling of edits of concealed text, undo concerns, etc.
2175 *** There are many other fixes and refinements, including:
2177 - repaired inhibition of inadvertent edits to concealed text, without
2178 inhibiting undo; we now reveal undo changes within concealed text.
2179 - auto-fill-mode is now left inactive when allout-mode starts, if it
2180 already was inactive. also, `allout-inhibit-auto-fill' custom
2181 configuration variable makes it easy to disable auto fill in allout
2182 outlines in general or on a per-buffer basis.
2183 - allout now tolerates fielded text in outlines without disruption.
2184 - hot-spot navigation now is modularized with a new function,
2185 `allout-hotspot-key-handler', enabling easier use and enhancement of
2186 the functionality in allout addons.
2187 - repaired retention of topic body hanging indent upon topic depth shifts
2188 - bulleting variation is simpler and more accommodating, both in the
2189 default behavior and in ability to vary when creating new topics
2190 - mode deactivation now does cleans up effectively, more properly
2191 restoring affected variables and hooks to former state, removing
2192 overlays, etc. see `allout-add-resumptions' and
2193 `allout-do-resumptions', which replace the old `allout-resumptions'.
2194 - included a few unit-tests for interior functionality. developers can
2195 have them automatically run at the end of module load by customizing
2196 the option `allout-run-unit-tests-on-load'.
2197 - many, many other, more minor tweaks, fixes, and refinements.
2198 - version number incremented to 2.2
2200 ** Hideshow mode changes
2202 *** New variable `hs-set-up-overlay' allows customization of the overlay
2203 used to effect hiding for hideshow minor mode. Integration with isearch
2204 handles the overlay property `display' specially, preserving it during
2205 temporary overlay showing in the course of an isearch operation.
2207 *** New variable `hs-allow-nesting' non-nil means that hiding a block does
2208 not discard the hidden state of any "internal" blocks; when the parent
2209 block is later shown, the internal blocks remain hidden. Default is nil.
2213 *** New ffap commands and keybindings:
2215 C-x C-r (`ffap-read-only'),
2216 C-x C-v (`ffap-alternate-file'), C-x C-d (`ffap-list-directory'),
2217 C-x 4 r (`ffap-read-only-other-window'), C-x 4 d (`ffap-dired-other-window'),
2218 C-x 5 r (`ffap-read-only-other-frame'), C-x 5 d (`ffap-dired-other-frame').
2220 *** FFAP accepts wildcards in a file name by default.
2222 C-x C-f passes the file name to `find-file' with non-nil WILDCARDS
2223 argument, which visits multiple files, and C-x d passes it to `dired'.
2225 ** Changes in Skeleton
2227 *** In skeleton.el, `-' marks the `skeleton-point' without interregion interaction.
2229 `@' has reverted to only setting `skeleton-positions' and no longer
2230 sets `skeleton-point'. Skeletons which used @ to mark
2231 `skeleton-point' independent of `_' should now use `-' instead. The
2232 updated `skeleton-insert' docstring explains these new features along
2233 with other details of skeleton construction.
2235 *** The variables `skeleton-transformation', `skeleton-filter', and
2236 `skeleton-pair-filter' have been renamed to
2237 `skeleton-transformation-function', `skeleton-filter-function', and
2238 `skeleton-pair-filter-function'. The old names are still available
2241 ** HTML/SGML changes
2243 *** Emacs now tries to set up buffer coding systems for HTML/XML files
2246 *** SGML mode has indentation and supports XML syntax.
2247 The new variable `sgml-xml-mode' tells SGML mode to use XML syntax.
2248 When this option is enabled, SGML tags are inserted in XML style,
2249 i.e., there is always a closing tag.
2250 By default, its setting is inferred on a buffer-by-buffer basis
2251 from the file name or buffer contents.
2253 *** The variable `sgml-transformation' has been renamed to
2254 `sgml-transformation-function'. The old name is still available as
2257 *** `xml-mode' is now an alias for `sgml-mode', which has XML support.
2261 *** New major mode Doctex mode, for *.dtx files.
2263 *** C-c C-c prompts for a command to run, and tries to offer a good default.
2265 *** The user option `tex-start-options-string' has been replaced
2266 by two new user options: `tex-start-options', which should hold
2267 command-line options to feed to TeX, and `tex-start-commands' which should hold
2268 TeX commands to use at startup.
2270 *** verbatim environments are now highlighted in courier by font-lock
2271 and super/sub-scripts are made into super/sub-scripts.
2273 ** RefTeX mode changes
2275 *** Changes to RefTeX's table of contents
2277 The new command keys "<" and ">" in the TOC buffer promote/demote the
2278 section at point or all sections in the current region, with full
2279 support for multifile documents.
2281 The new command `reftex-toc-recenter' (`C-c -') shows the current
2282 section in the TOC buffer without selecting the TOC window.
2283 Recentering can happen automatically in idle time when the option
2284 `reftex-auto-recenter-toc' is turned on. The highlight in the TOC
2285 buffer stays when the focus moves to a different window. A dedicated
2286 frame can show the TOC with the current section always automatically
2287 highlighted. The frame is created and deleted from the toc buffer
2290 The toc window can be split off horizontally instead of vertically.
2291 See new option `reftex-toc-split-windows-horizontally'.
2293 Labels can be renamed globally from the table of contents using the
2296 The new command `reftex-goto-label' jumps directly to a label
2299 *** Changes related to citations and BibTeX database files
2301 Commands that insert a citation now prompt for optional arguments when
2302 called with a prefix argument. Related new options are
2303 `reftex-cite-prompt-optional-args' and `reftex-cite-cleanup-optional-args'.
2305 The new command `reftex-create-bibtex-file' creates a BibTeX database
2306 with all entries referenced in the current document. The keys "e" and
2307 "E" allow to produce a BibTeX database file from entries marked in a
2308 citation selection buffer.
2310 The command `reftex-citation' uses the word in the buffer before the
2311 cursor as a default search string.
2313 The support for chapterbib has been improved. Different chapters can
2314 now use BibTeX or an explicit `thebibliography' environment.
2316 The macros which specify the bibliography file (like \bibliography)
2317 can be configured with the new option `reftex-bibliography-commands'.
2319 Support for jurabib has been added.
2321 *** Global index matched may be verified with a user function.
2323 During global indexing, a user function can verify an index match.
2324 See new option `reftex-index-verify-function'.
2326 *** Parsing documents with many labels can be sped up.
2328 Operating in a document with thousands of labels can be sped up
2329 considerably by allowing RefTeX to derive the type of a label directly
2330 from the label prefix like `eq:' or `fig:'. The option
2331 `reftex-trust-label-prefix' needs to be configured in order to enable
2332 this feature. While the speed-up is significant, this may reduce the
2333 quality of the context offered by RefTeX to describe a label.
2335 *** Miscellaneous changes
2337 The macros which input a file in LaTeX (like \input, \include) can be
2338 configured in the new option `reftex-include-file-commands'.
2340 RefTeX supports global incremental search.
2344 *** The new command `bibtex-url' browses a URL for the BibTeX entry at
2345 point (bound to C-c C-l and mouse-2, RET on clickable fields).
2347 *** The new command `bibtex-entry-update' (bound to C-c C-u) updates
2348 an existing BibTeX entry by inserting fields that may occur but are not
2351 *** New `bibtex-entry-format' option `required-fields', enabled by default.
2353 *** `bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries' can take values `plain',
2354 `crossref', and `entry-class' which control the sorting scheme used
2355 for BibTeX entries. `bibtex-sort-entry-class' controls the sorting
2356 scheme `entry-class'. TAB completion for reference keys and
2357 automatic detection of duplicates does not require anymore that
2358 `bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries' is non-nil.
2360 *** The new command `bibtex-complete' completes word fragment before
2361 point according to context (bound to M-tab).
2363 *** In BibTeX mode the command `fill-paragraph' (M-q) fills
2364 individual fields of a BibTeX entry.
2366 *** The new variable `bibtex-autofill-types' contains a list of entry
2367 types for which fields are filled automatically (if possible).
2369 *** The new commands `bibtex-find-entry' and `bibtex-find-crossref'
2370 locate entries and crossref'd entries (bound to C-c C-s and C-c C-x).
2371 Crossref fields are clickable (bound to mouse-2, RET).
2373 *** The new variables `bibtex-files' and `bibtex-file-path' define a set
2374 of BibTeX files that are searched for entry keys.
2376 *** The new command `bibtex-validate-globally' checks for duplicate keys
2377 in multiple BibTeX files.
2379 *** If the new variable `bibtex-autoadd-commas' is non-nil,
2380 automatically add missing commas at end of BibTeX fields.
2382 *** The new command `bibtex-copy-summary-as-kill' pushes summary
2383 of BibTeX entry to kill ring (bound to C-c C-t).
2385 *** If the new variable `bibtex-parse-keys-fast' is non-nil,
2386 use fast but simplified algorithm for parsing BibTeX keys.
2388 *** The new variables bibtex-expand-strings and
2389 bibtex-autokey-expand-strings control the expansion of strings when
2390 extracting the content of a BibTeX field.
2392 *** The variables `bibtex-autokey-name-case-convert' and
2393 `bibtex-autokey-titleword-case-convert' have been renamed to
2394 `bibtex-autokey-name-case-convert-function' and
2395 `bibtex-autokey-titleword-case-convert-function'. The old names are
2396 still available as aliases.
2400 *** The new package gdb-ui.el provides an enhanced graphical interface to
2401 GDB. You can interact with GDB through the GUD buffer in the usual way, but
2402 there are also further buffers which control the execution and describe the
2403 state of your program. It can separate the input/output of your program from
2404 that of GDB and watches expressions in the speedbar. It also uses features of
2405 Emacs 21/22 such as the toolbar, and bitmaps in the fringe to indicate
2408 To use this package just type M-x gdb. See the Emacs manual if you want the
2411 *** GUD mode has its own tool bar for controlling execution of the inferior
2412 and other common debugger commands.
2414 *** In GUD mode, when talking to GDB, C-x C-a C-j "jumps" the program
2415 counter to the specified source line (the one where point is).
2417 *** The variable tooltip-gud-tips-p has been removed. GUD tooltips can now be
2418 toggled independently of normal tooltips with the minor mode
2421 *** In graphical mode, with a C program, GUD Tooltips have been extended to
2422 display the #define directive associated with an identifier when program is
2425 *** GUD mode improvements for jdb:
2427 **** Search for source files using jdb classpath and class information.
2428 Fast startup since there is no need to scan all source files up front.
2429 There is also no need to create and maintain lists of source
2430 directories to scan. Look at `gud-jdb-use-classpath' and
2431 `gud-jdb-classpath' customization variables documentation.
2433 **** The previous method of searching for source files has been
2434 preserved in case someone still wants/needs to use it.
2435 Set `gud-jdb-use-classpath' to nil.
2437 **** Supports the standard breakpoint (gud-break, gud-clear)
2438 set/clear operations from Java source files under the classpath, stack
2439 traversal (gud-up, gud-down), and run until current stack finish
2442 **** Supports new jdb (Java 1.2 and later) in addition to oldjdb
2445 *** Added jdb Customization Variables
2447 **** `gud-jdb-command-name'. What command line to use to invoke jdb.
2449 **** `gud-jdb-use-classpath'. Allows selection of java source file searching
2450 method: set to t for new method, nil to scan `gud-jdb-directories' for
2451 java sources (previous method).
2453 **** `gud-jdb-directories'. List of directories to scan and search for Java
2454 classes using the original gud-jdb method (if `gud-jdb-use-classpath'
2457 *** Minor Improvements
2459 **** The STARTTLS wrapper (starttls.el) can now use GNUTLS
2460 instead of the OpenSSL based `starttls' tool. For backwards
2461 compatibility, it prefers `starttls', but you can toggle
2462 `starttls-use-gnutls' to switch to GNUTLS (or simply remove the
2465 **** Do not allow debugger output history variable to grow without bounds.
2467 ** Lisp mode changes
2469 *** Lisp mode now uses `font-lock-doc-face' for doc strings.
2471 *** C-u C-M-q in Emacs Lisp mode pretty-prints the list after point.
2473 *** New features in evaluation commands
2475 **** The function `eval-defun' (C-M-x) called on defface reinitializes
2476 the face to the value specified in the defface expression.
2478 **** Typing C-x C-e twice prints the value of the integer result
2479 in additional formats (octal, hexadecimal, character) specified
2480 by the new function `eval-expression-print-format'. The same
2481 function also defines the result format for `eval-expression' (M-:),
2482 `eval-print-last-sexp' (C-j) and some edebug evaluation functions.
2484 ** Changes to cmuscheme
2486 *** Emacs now offers to start Scheme if the user tries to
2487 evaluate a Scheme expression but no Scheme subprocess is running.
2489 *** If the file ~/.emacs_NAME or ~/.emacs.d/init_NAME.scm (where NAME
2490 is the name of the Scheme interpreter) exists, its contents are sent
2491 to the Scheme subprocess upon startup.
2493 *** There are new commands to instruct the Scheme interpreter to trace
2494 procedure calls (`scheme-trace-procedure') and to expand syntactic forms
2495 (`scheme-expand-current-form'). The commands actually sent to the Scheme
2496 subprocess are controlled by the user options `scheme-trace-command',
2497 `scheme-untrace-command' and `scheme-expand-current-form'.
2501 *** The new function `ewoc-delete' deletes specified nodes.
2503 *** `ewoc-create' now takes optional arg NOSEP, which inhibits insertion of
2504 a newline after each pretty-printed entry and after the header and footer.
2505 This allows you to create multiple-entry ewocs on a single line and to
2506 effect "invisible" nodes by arranging for the pretty-printer to not print
2507 anything for those nodes.
2509 For example, these two sequences of expressions behave identically:
2512 (defun PP (data) (insert (format "%S" data)))
2513 (ewoc-create 'PP "start\n")
2516 (defun PP (data) (insert (format "%S\n" data)))
2517 (ewoc-create 'PP "start\n\n" "\n" t)
2521 *** The CC Mode manual has been extensively revised.
2522 The information about using CC Mode has been separated from the larger
2523 and more difficult chapters about configuration.
2526 **** Electric Minor Mode toggles the electric action of non-alphabetic keys.
2527 The new command c-toggle-electric-mode is bound to C-c C-l. Turning the
2528 mode off can be helpful for editing chaotically indented code and for
2529 users new to CC Mode, who sometimes find electric indentation
2530 disconcerting. Its current state is displayed in the mode line with an
2533 **** Subword Minor Mode makes Emacs recognize word boundaries at upper case
2534 letters in StudlyCapsIdentifiers. You enable this feature by C-c C-w. It can
2535 also be used in non-CC Mode buffers. :-) Contributed by Masatake YAMATO.
2537 *** Support for the AWK language.
2538 Support for the AWK language has been introduced. The implementation is
2539 based around GNU AWK version 3.1, but it should work pretty well with
2540 any AWK. As yet, not all features of CC Mode have been adapted for AWK.
2543 **** Indentation Engine
2544 The CC Mode indentation engine fully supports AWK mode.
2546 AWK mode handles code formatted in the conventional AWK fashion: `{'s
2547 which start actions, user-defined functions, or compound statements are
2548 placed on the same line as the associated construct; the matching `}'s
2549 are normally placed under the start of the respective pattern, function
2550 definition, or structured statement.
2552 The predefined line-up functions haven't yet been adapted for AWK
2553 mode, though some of them may work serendipitously. There shouldn't
2554 be any problems writing custom indentation functions for AWK mode.
2557 There is a single level of font locking in AWK mode, rather than the
2558 three distinct levels the other modes have. There are several
2559 idiosyncrasies in AWK mode's font-locking due to the peculiarities of
2560 the AWK language itself.
2562 **** Comment and Movement Commands
2563 These commands all work for AWK buffers. The notion of "defun" has
2564 been augmented to include AWK pattern-action pairs - the standard
2565 "defun" commands on key sequences C-M-a, C-M-e, and C-M-h use this
2566 extended definition.
2568 **** "awk" style, Auto-newline Insertion and Clean-ups
2569 A new style, "awk" has been introduced, and this is now the default
2570 style for AWK code. With auto-newline enabled, the clean-up
2571 c-one-liner-defun (see above) is useful.
2573 *** Font lock support.
2574 CC Mode now provides font lock support for all its languages. This
2575 supersedes the font lock patterns that have been in the core font lock
2576 package for C, C++, Java and Objective-C. Like indentation, font
2577 locking is done in a uniform way across all languages (except the new
2578 AWK mode - see below). That means that the new font locking will be
2579 different from the old patterns in various details for most languages.
2581 The main goal of the font locking in CC Mode is accuracy, to provide a
2582 dependable aid in recognizing the various constructs. Some, like
2583 strings and comments, are easy to recognize while others like
2584 declarations and types can be very tricky. CC Mode can go to great
2585 lengths to recognize declarations and casts correctly, especially when
2586 the types aren't recognized by standard patterns. This is a fairly
2587 demanding analysis which can be slow on older hardware, and it can
2588 therefore be disabled by choosing a lower decoration level with the
2589 variable font-lock-maximum-decoration.
2591 Note that the most demanding font lock level has been tuned with lazy
2592 fontification in mind; Just-In-Time-Lock mode should be enabled for
2593 the highest font lock level (by default, it is). Fontifying a file
2594 with several thousand lines in one go can take the better part of a
2597 **** The (c|c++|objc|java|idl|pike)-font-lock-extra-types variables
2598 are now used by CC Mode to recognize identifiers that are certain to
2599 be types. (They are also used in cases that aren't related to font
2600 locking.) At the maximum decoration level, types are often recognized
2601 properly anyway, so these variables should be fairly restrictive and
2602 not contain patterns for uncertain types.
2604 **** Support for documentation comments.
2605 There is a "plugin" system to fontify documentation comments like
2606 Javadoc and the markup within them. It's independent of the host
2607 language, so it's possible to e.g. turn on Javadoc font locking in C
2608 buffers. See the variable c-doc-comment-style for details.
2610 Currently three kinds of doc comment styles are recognized: Sun's
2611 Javadoc, Autodoc (which is used in Pike) and GtkDoc (used in C). (The
2612 last was contributed by Masatake YAMATO). This is by no means a
2613 complete list of the most common tools; if your doc comment extractor
2614 of choice is missing then please drop a note to bug-cc-mode@gnu.org.
2616 **** Better handling of C++ templates.
2617 As a side effect of the more accurate font locking, C++ templates are
2618 now handled much better. The angle brackets that delimit them are
2619 given parenthesis syntax so that they can be navigated like other
2622 This also improves indentation of templates, although there still is
2623 work to be done in that area. E.g. it's required that multiline
2624 template clauses are written in full and then refontified to be
2625 recognized, and the indentation of nested templates is a bit odd and
2626 not as configurable as it ought to be.
2628 **** Improved handling of Objective-C and CORBA IDL.
2629 Especially the support for Objective-C and IDL has gotten an overhaul.
2630 The special "@" declarations in Objective-C are handled correctly.
2631 All the keywords used in CORBA IDL, PSDL, and CIDL are recognized and
2632 handled correctly, also wrt indentation.
2634 *** Changes in Key Sequences
2635 **** c-toggle-auto-hungry-state is no longer bound to C-c C-t.
2637 **** c-toggle-hungry-state is no longer bound to C-c C-d.
2638 This binding has been taken over by c-hungry-delete-forwards.
2640 **** c-toggle-auto-state (C-c C-t) has been renamed to c-toggle-auto-newline.
2641 c-toggle-auto-state remains as an alias.
2643 **** The new commands c-hungry-backspace and c-hungry-delete-forwards
2644 have key bindings C-c C-DEL (or C-c DEL, for the benefit of TTYs) and
2645 C-c C-d (or C-c C-<delete> or C-c <delete>) respectively. These
2646 commands delete entire blocks of whitespace with a single
2647 key-sequence. [N.B. "DEL" is the <backspace> key.]
2649 **** The new command c-toggle-electric-mode is bound to C-c C-l.
2651 **** The new command c-subword-mode is bound to C-c C-w.
2653 *** C-c C-s (`c-show-syntactic-information') now highlights the anchor
2656 *** New syntactic symbols in IDL mode.
2657 The top level constructs "module" and "composition" (from CIDL) are
2658 now handled like "namespace" in C++: They are given syntactic symbols
2659 module-open, module-close, inmodule, composition-open,
2660 composition-close, and incomposition.
2662 *** New functions to do hungry delete without enabling hungry delete mode.
2663 The new functions `c-hungry-backspace' and `c-hungry-delete-forward'
2664 provide hungry deletion without having to toggle a mode. They are
2665 bound to C-c C-DEL and C-c C-d (and several variants, for the benefit
2666 of different keyboard setups. See "Changes in key sequences" above).
2668 *** Better control over `require-final-newline'.
2670 The variable `c-require-final-newline' specifies which of the modes
2671 implemented by CC mode should insert final newlines. Its value is a
2672 list of modes, and only those modes should do it. By default the list
2673 includes C, C++ and Objective-C modes.
2675 Whichever modes are in this list will set `require-final-newline'
2676 based on `mode-require-final-newline'.
2678 *** Format change for syntactic context elements.
2680 The elements in the syntactic context returned by `c-guess-basic-syntax'
2681 and stored in `c-syntactic-context' has been changed somewhat to allow
2682 attaching more information. They are now lists instead of single cons
2683 cells. E.g. a line that previously had the syntactic analysis
2685 ((inclass . 11) (topmost-intro . 13))
2689 ((inclass 11) (topmost-intro 13))
2691 In some cases there are more than one position given for a syntactic
2694 This change might affect code that calls `c-guess-basic-syntax'
2695 directly, and custom lineup functions if they use
2696 `c-syntactic-context'. However, the argument given to lineup
2697 functions is still a single cons cell with nil or an integer in the
2700 *** API changes for derived modes.
2702 There have been extensive changes "under the hood" which can affect
2703 derived mode writers. Some of these changes are likely to cause
2704 incompatibilities with existing derived modes, but on the other hand
2705 care has now been taken to make it possible to extend and modify CC
2706 Mode with less risk of such problems in the future.
2708 **** New language variable system.
2709 These are variables whose values vary between CC Mode's different
2710 languages. See the comment blurb near the top of cc-langs.el.
2712 **** New initialization functions.
2713 The initialization procedure has been split up into more functions to
2714 give better control: `c-basic-common-init', `c-font-lock-init', and
2715 `c-init-language-vars'.
2717 *** Changes in analysis of nested syntactic constructs.
2718 The syntactic analysis engine has better handling of cases where
2719 several syntactic constructs appear nested on the same line. They are
2720 now handled as if each construct started on a line of its own.
2722 This means that CC Mode now indents some cases differently, and
2723 although it's more consistent there might be cases where the old way
2724 gave results that's more to one's liking. So if you find a situation
2725 where you think that the indentation has become worse, please report
2726 it to bug-cc-mode@gnu.org.
2728 **** New syntactic symbol substatement-label.
2729 This symbol is used when a label is inserted between a statement and
2730 its substatement. E.g:
2736 *** Better handling of multiline macros.
2738 **** Syntactic indentation inside macros.
2739 The contents of multiline #define's are now analyzed and indented
2740 syntactically just like other code. This can be disabled by the new
2741 variable `c-syntactic-indentation-in-macros'. A new syntactic symbol
2742 `cpp-define-intro' has been added to control the initial indentation
2745 **** New lineup function `c-lineup-cpp-define'.
2747 Now used by default to line up macro continuation lines. The behavior
2748 of this function closely mimics the indentation one gets if the macro
2749 is indented while the line continuation backslashes are temporarily
2750 removed. If syntactic indentation in macros is turned off, it works
2751 much line `c-lineup-dont-change', which was used earlier, but handles
2752 empty lines within the macro better.
2754 **** Automatically inserted newlines continues the macro if used within one.
2755 This applies to the newlines inserted by the auto-newline mode, and to
2756 `c-context-line-break' and `c-context-open-line'.
2758 **** Better alignment of line continuation backslashes.
2759 `c-backslash-region' tries to adapt to surrounding backslashes. New
2760 variable `c-backslash-max-column' puts a limit on how far out
2761 backslashes can be moved.
2763 **** Automatic alignment of line continuation backslashes.
2764 This is controlled by the new variable `c-auto-align-backslashes'. It
2765 affects `c-context-line-break', `c-context-open-line' and newlines
2766 inserted in Auto-Newline mode.
2768 **** Line indentation works better inside macros.
2769 Regardless whether syntactic indentation and syntactic indentation
2770 inside macros are enabled or not, line indentation now ignores the
2771 line continuation backslashes. This is most noticeable when syntactic
2772 indentation is turned off and there are empty lines (save for the
2773 backslash) in the macro.
2775 *** indent-for-comment is more customizable.
2776 The behavior of M-; (indent-for-comment) is now configurable through
2777 the variable `c-indent-comment-alist'. The indentation behavior is
2778 based on the preceding code on the line, e.g. to get two spaces after
2779 #else and #endif but indentation to `comment-column' in most other
2780 cases (something which was hardcoded earlier).
2782 *** New function `c-context-open-line'.
2783 It's the open-line equivalent of `c-context-line-break'.
2787 **** `comment-close-slash'.
2788 With this clean-up, a block (i.e. c-style) comment can be terminated by
2789 typing a slash at the start of a line.
2791 **** `c-one-liner-defun'
2792 This clean-up compresses a short enough defun (for example, an AWK
2793 pattern/action pair) onto a single line. "Short enough" is configurable.
2795 *** New lineup functions
2797 **** `c-lineup-string-cont'
2798 This lineup function lines up a continued string under the one it
2801 result = prefix + "A message "
2802 "string."; <- c-lineup-string-cont
2804 **** `c-lineup-cascaded-calls'
2805 Lines up series of calls separated by "->" or ".".
2807 **** `c-lineup-knr-region-comment'
2808 Gives (what most people think is) better indentation of comments in
2809 the "K&R region" between the function header and its body.
2811 **** `c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg'
2812 Provides better indentation inside asm blocks.
2814 **** `c-lineup-argcont'
2815 Lines up continued function arguments after the preceding comma.
2817 *** Added toggle for syntactic indentation.
2818 The function `c-toggle-syntactic-indentation' can be used to toggle
2819 syntactic indentation.
2821 *** Better caching of the syntactic context.
2822 CC Mode caches the positions of the opening parentheses (of any kind)
2823 of the lists surrounding the point. Those positions are used in many
2824 places as anchor points for various searches. The cache is now
2825 improved so that it can be reused to a large extent when the point is
2826 moved. The less it moves, the less needs to be recalculated.
2828 The effect is that CC Mode should be fast most of the time even when
2829 opening parens are hung (i.e. aren't in column zero). It's typically
2830 only the first time after the point is moved far down in a complex
2831 file that it'll take noticeable time to find out the syntactic
2834 *** Statements are recognized in a more robust way.
2835 Statements are recognized most of the time even when they occur in an
2836 "invalid" context, e.g. in a function argument. In practice that can
2837 happen when macros are involved.
2839 *** Improved the way `c-indent-exp' chooses the block to indent.
2840 It now indents the block for the closest sexp following the point
2841 whose closing paren ends on a different line. This means that the
2842 point doesn't have to be immediately before the block to indent.
2843 Also, only the block and the closing line is indented; the current
2844 line is left untouched.
2846 ** Changes in Makefile mode
2848 *** Makefile mode has submodes for automake, gmake, makepp, BSD make and imake.
2850 The former two couldn't be differentiated before, and the latter three
2851 are new. Font-locking is robust now and offers new customizable
2854 *** The variable `makefile-query-one-target-method' has been renamed
2855 to `makefile-query-one-target-method-function'. The old name is still
2860 *** The variable `sql-product' controls the highlighting of different
2861 SQL dialects. This variable can be set globally via Customize, on a
2862 buffer-specific basis via local variable settings, or for the current
2863 session using the new SQL->Product submenu. (This menu replaces the
2864 SQL->Highlighting submenu.)
2866 The following values are supported:
2868 ansi ANSI Standard (default)
2882 The current product name will be shown on the mode line following the
2885 The technique of setting `sql-mode-font-lock-defaults' directly in
2886 your `.emacs' will no longer establish the default highlighting -- Use
2887 `sql-product' to accomplish this.
2889 ANSI keywords are always highlighted.
2891 *** The function `sql-add-product-keywords' can be used to add
2892 font-lock rules to the product specific rules. For example, to have
2893 all identifiers ending in `_t' under MS SQLServer treated as a type,
2894 you would use the following line in your .emacs file:
2896 (sql-add-product-keywords 'ms
2897 '(("\\<\\w+_t\\>" . font-lock-type-face)))
2899 *** Oracle support includes keyword highlighting for Oracle 9i.
2901 Most SQL and PL/SQL keywords are implemented. SQL*Plus commands are
2902 highlighted in `font-lock-doc-face'.
2904 *** Microsoft SQLServer support has been significantly improved.
2906 Keyword highlighting for SqlServer 2000 is implemented.
2907 sql-interactive-mode defaults to use osql, rather than isql, because
2908 osql flushes its error stream more frequently. Thus error messages
2909 are displayed when they occur rather than when the session is
2912 If the username and password are not provided to `sql-ms', osql is
2913 called with the `-E' command line argument to use the operating system
2914 credentials to authenticate the user.
2916 *** Postgres support is enhanced.
2917 Keyword highlighting of Postgres 7.3 is implemented. Prompting for
2918 the username and the pgsql `-U' option is added.
2920 *** MySQL support is enhanced.
2921 Keyword highlighting of MySql 4.0 is implemented.
2923 *** Imenu support has been enhanced to locate tables, views, indexes,
2924 packages, procedures, functions, triggers, sequences, rules, and
2927 *** Added SQL->Start SQLi Session menu entry which calls the
2928 appropriate `sql-interactive-mode' wrapper for the current setting of
2931 *** sql.el supports the SQLite interpreter--call 'sql-sqlite'.
2933 ** Fortran mode changes
2935 *** F90 mode and Fortran mode have support for `hs-minor-mode' (hideshow).
2936 It cannot deal with every code format, but ought to handle a sizeable
2939 *** F90 mode and Fortran mode have new navigation commands
2940 `f90-end-of-block', `f90-beginning-of-block', `f90-next-block',
2941 `f90-previous-block', `fortran-end-of-block',
2942 `fortran-beginning-of-block'.
2944 *** Fortran mode does more font-locking by default. Use level 3
2945 highlighting for the old default.
2947 *** Fortran mode has a new variable `fortran-directive-re'.
2948 Adapt this to match the format of any compiler directives you use.
2949 Lines that match are never indented, and are given distinctive font-locking.
2951 *** The new function `f90-backslash-not-special' can be used to change
2952 the syntax of backslashes in F90 buffers.
2954 ** Miscellaneous programming mode changes
2956 *** In sh-script, a continuation line is only indented if the backslash was
2957 preceded by a SPC or a TAB.
2959 *** Perl mode has a new variable `perl-indent-continued-arguments'.
2961 *** The old Octave mode bindings C-c f and C-c i have been changed
2962 to C-c C-f and C-c C-i. The C-c C-i subcommands now have duplicate
2963 bindings on control characters--thus, C-c C-i C-b is the same as
2964 C-c C-i b, and so on.
2966 *** Prolog mode has a new variable `prolog-font-lock-keywords'
2967 to support use of font-lock.
2971 *** New backends for Subversion and Meta-CVS.
2973 *** The new variable `vc-cvs-global-switches' specifies switches that
2974 are passed to any CVS command invoked by VC.
2976 These switches are used as "global options" for CVS, which means they
2977 are inserted before the command name. For example, this allows you to
2978 specify a compression level using the `-z#' option for CVS.
2980 *** The key C-x C-q only changes the read-only state of the buffer
2981 (toggle-read-only). It no longer checks files in or out.
2983 We made this change because we held a poll and found that many users
2984 were unhappy with the previous behavior. If you do prefer this
2985 behavior, you can bind `vc-toggle-read-only' to C-x C-q in your
2988 (global-set-key "\C-x\C-q" 'vc-toggle-read-only)
2990 The function `vc-toggle-read-only' will continue to exist.
2992 *** VC-Annotate mode enhancements
2994 In VC-Annotate mode, you can now use the following key bindings for
2995 enhanced functionality to browse the annotations of past revisions, or
2996 to view diffs or log entries directly from vc-annotate-mode:
2998 P: annotates the previous revision
2999 N: annotates the next revision
3000 J: annotates the revision at line
3001 A: annotates the revision previous to line
3002 D: shows the diff of the revision at line with its previous revision
3003 L: shows the log of the revision at line
3004 W: annotates the workfile (most up to date) version
3008 *** In pcl-cvs mode, there is a new `d y' command to view the diffs
3009 between the local version of the file and yesterday's head revision
3012 *** In pcl-cvs mode, there is a new `d r' command to view the changes
3013 anyone has committed to the repository since you last executed
3014 `checkout', `update' or `commit'. That means using cvs diff options
3019 *** M-x diff uses Diff mode instead of Compilation mode.
3021 *** Diff mode key bindings changed.
3023 These are the new bindings:
3025 C-c C-e diff-ediff-patch (old M-A)
3026 C-c C-n diff-restrict-view (old M-r)
3027 C-c C-r diff-reverse-direction (old M-R)
3028 C-c C-u diff-context->unified (old M-U)
3029 C-c C-w diff-refine-hunk (old C-c C-r)
3031 To convert unified to context format, use C-u C-c C-u.
3032 In addition, C-c C-u now operates on the region
3033 in Transient Mark mode when the mark is active.
3037 *** When comparing directories.
3038 Typing D brings up a buffer that lists the differences between the contents of
3039 directories. Now it is possible to use this buffer to copy the missing files
3040 from one directory to another.
3042 *** When comparing files or buffers.
3043 Typing the = key now offers to perform the word-by-word comparison of the
3044 currently highlighted regions in an inferior Ediff session. If you answer 'n'
3045 then it reverts to the old behavior and asks the user to select regions for
3048 *** The new command `ediff-backup' compares a file with its most recent
3049 backup using `ediff'. If you specify the name of a backup file,
3050 `ediff-backup' compares it with the file of which it is a backup.
3054 *** New regular expressions features
3056 **** New syntax for regular expressions, multi-line regular expressions.
3058 The syntax --ignore-case-regexp=/regex/ is now undocumented and retained
3059 only for backward compatibility. The new equivalent syntax is
3060 --regex=/regex/i. More generally, it is --regex=/TAGREGEX/TAGNAME/MODS,
3061 where `/TAGNAME' is optional, as usual, and MODS is a string of 0 or
3062 more characters among `i' (ignore case), `m' (multi-line) and `s'
3063 (single-line). The `m' and `s' modifiers behave as in Perl regular
3064 expressions: `m' allows regexps to match more than one line, while `s'
3065 (which implies `m') means that `.' matches newlines. The ability to
3066 span newlines allows writing of much more powerful regular expressions
3067 and rapid prototyping for tagging new languages.
3069 **** Regular expressions can use char escape sequences as in GCC.
3071 The escaped character sequence \a, \b, \d, \e, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v,
3072 respectively, stand for the ASCII characters BEL, BS, DEL, ESC, FF, NL,
3075 **** Regular expressions can be bound to a given language.
3077 The syntax --regex={LANGUAGE}REGEX means that REGEX is used to make tags
3078 only for files of language LANGUAGE, and ignored otherwise. This is
3079 particularly useful when storing regexps in a file.
3081 **** Regular expressions can be read from a file.
3083 The --regex=@regexfile option means read the regexps from a file, one
3084 per line. Lines beginning with space or tab are ignored.
3086 *** New language parsing features
3088 **** New language HTML.
3090 Tags are generated for `title' as well as `h1', `h2', and `h3'. Also,
3091 when `name=' is used inside an anchor and whenever `id=' is used.
3093 **** New language PHP.
3095 Functions, classes and defines are tags. If the --members option is
3096 specified to etags, variables are tags also.
3098 **** New language Lua.
3100 All functions are tagged.
3102 **** The `::' qualifier triggers C++ parsing in C file.
3104 Previously, only the `template' and `class' keywords had this effect.
3106 **** The GCC __attribute__ keyword is now recognized and ignored.
3108 **** In C and derived languages, etags creates tags for #undef
3110 **** In Makefiles, constants are tagged.
3112 If you want the old behavior instead, thus avoiding to increase the
3113 size of the tags file, use the --no-globals option.
3115 **** In Perl, packages are tags.
3117 Subroutine tags are named from their package. You can jump to sub tags
3118 as you did before, by the sub name, or additionally by looking for
3121 **** In Prolog, etags creates tags for rules in addition to predicates.
3123 **** New default keywords for TeX.
3125 The new keywords are def, newcommand, renewcommand, newenvironment and
3128 *** Honor #line directives.
3130 When Etags parses an input file that contains C preprocessor's #line
3131 directives, it creates tags using the file name and line number
3132 specified in those directives. This is useful when dealing with code
3133 created from Cweb source files. When Etags tags the generated file, it
3134 writes tags pointing to the source file.
3136 *** New option --parse-stdin=FILE.
3138 This option is mostly useful when calling etags from programs. It can
3139 be used (only once) in place of a file name on the command line. Etags
3140 reads from standard input and marks the produced tags as belonging to
3145 *** Ctags now allows duplicate tags
3149 *** Support for `movemail' from GNU mailutils was added to Rmail.
3151 This version of `movemail' allows you to read mail from a wide range of
3152 mailbox formats, including remote POP3 and IMAP4 mailboxes with or
3153 without TLS encryption. If GNU mailutils is installed on the system
3154 and its version of `movemail' can be found in exec-path, it will be
3155 used instead of the native one.
3157 *** The new commands rmail-end-of-message and rmail-summary end-of-message,
3158 by default bound to `/', go to the end of the current mail message in
3159 Rmail and Rmail summary buffers.
3161 *** Rmail now displays 5-digit message ids in its summary buffer.
3165 *** Gnus now includes Sieve and PGG
3167 Sieve is a library for managing Sieve scripts. PGG is a library to handle
3170 *** There are many news features, bug fixes and improvements.
3172 See the file GNUS-NEWS or the node "Oort Gnus" in the Gnus manual for details.
3176 Upgraded to MH-E version 8.0.3. There have been major changes since
3177 version 5.0.2; see MH-E-NEWS for details.
3179 ** Miscellaneous mail changes
3181 *** The new variable `mail-default-directory' specifies
3182 `default-directory' for mail buffers. This directory is used for
3183 auto-save files of mail buffers. It defaults to "~/".
3185 *** The mode line can indicate new mail in a directory or file.
3187 See the documentation of the user option `display-time-mail-directory'.
3191 *** There is a new calendar package, icalendar.el, that can be used to
3192 convert Emacs diary entries to/from the iCalendar format.
3194 *** The new package cal-html.el writes HTML files with calendar and
3197 *** The new functions `diary-from-outlook', `diary-from-outlook-gnus',
3198 and `diary-from-outlook-rmail' can be used to import diary entries
3199 from Outlook-format appointments in mail messages. The variable
3200 `diary-outlook-formats' can be customized to recognize additional
3203 *** The procedure for activating appointment reminders has changed:
3204 use the new function `appt-activate'. The new variable
3205 `appt-display-format' controls how reminders are displayed, replacing
3206 `appt-issue-message', `appt-visible', and `appt-msg-window'.
3208 *** The function `simple-diary-display' now by default sets a header line.
3209 This can be controlled through the variables `diary-header-line-flag'
3210 and `diary-header-line-format'.
3212 *** Diary sexp entries can have custom marking in the calendar.
3213 Diary sexp functions which only apply to certain days (such as
3214 `diary-block' or `diary-cyclic') now take an optional parameter MARK,
3215 which is the name of a face or a single-character string indicating
3216 how to highlight the day in the calendar display. Specifying a
3217 single-character string as @var{mark} places the character next to the
3218 day in the calendar. Specifying a face highlights the day with that
3219 face. This lets you have different colors or markings for vacations,
3220 appointments, paydays or anything else using a sexp.
3222 *** The meanings of C-x < and C-x > have been interchanged.
3223 < means to scroll backward in time, and > means to scroll forward.
3225 *** You can now use < and >, instead of C-x < and C-x >, to scroll
3226 the calendar left or right.
3228 *** The new function `calendar-goto-day-of-year' (g D) prompts for a
3229 year and day number, and moves to that date. Negative day numbers
3230 count backward from the end of the year.
3232 *** The new Calendar function `calendar-goto-iso-week' (g w)
3233 prompts for a year and a week number, and moves to the first
3234 day of that ISO week.
3236 *** The functions `holiday-easter-etc' and `holiday-advent' now take
3237 optional arguments, in order to only report on the specified holiday
3238 rather than all. This makes customization of variables such as
3239 `christian-holidays' simpler.
3241 *** The new variable `calendar-minimum-window-height' affects the
3242 window generated by the function `generate-calendar-window'.
3246 *** Speedbar items can now be selected by clicking mouse-1, based on
3247 the `mouse-1-click-follows-link' mechanism.
3249 *** The new command `speedbar-toggle-line-expansion', bound to SPC,
3250 contracts or expands the line under the cursor.
3252 *** New command `speedbar-create-directory', bound to `M'.
3254 *** The new commands `speedbar-expand-line-descendants' and
3255 `speedbar-contract-line-descendants', bound to `[' and `]'
3256 respectively, expand and contract the line under cursor with all of
3259 *** The new user option `speedbar-use-tool-tips-flag', if non-nil,
3260 means to display tool-tips for speedbar items.
3262 *** The new user option `speedbar-query-confirmation-method' controls
3263 how querying is performed for file operations. A value of 'always
3264 means to always query before file operations; 'none-but-delete means
3265 to not query before any file operations, except before a file
3268 *** The new user option `speedbar-select-frame-method' specifies how
3269 to select a frame for displaying a file opened with the speedbar. A
3270 value of 'attached means to use the attached frame (the frame that
3271 speedbar was started from.) A number such as 1 or -1 means to pass
3272 that number to `other-frame'.
3274 *** SPC and DEL are no longer bound to scroll up/down in the speedbar
3277 *** The frame management code in speedbar.el has been split into a new
3278 `dframe' library. Emacs Lisp code that makes use of the speedbar
3279 should use `dframe-attached-frame' instead of
3280 `speedbar-attached-frame', `dframe-timer' instead of `speedbar-timer',
3281 `dframe-close-frame' instead of `speedbar-close-frame', and
3282 `dframe-activity-change-focus-flag' instead of
3283 `speedbar-activity-change-focus-flag'. The variables
3284 `speedbar-update-speed' and `speedbar-navigating-speed' are also
3285 obsolete; use `dframe-update-speed' instead.
3287 ** battery.el changes
3289 *** display-battery-mode replaces display-battery.
3291 *** battery.el now works on recent versions of OS X.
3295 *** The game `mpuz' is enhanced.
3297 `mpuz' now allows the 2nd factor not to have two identical digits. By
3298 default, all trivial operations involving whole lines are performed
3299 automatically. The game uses faces for better visual feedback.
3301 ** Obsolete and deleted packages
3303 *** fast-lock.el and lazy-lock.el are obsolete. Use jit-lock.el instead.
3305 *** iso-acc.el is now obsolete. Use one of the latin input methods instead.
3307 *** zone-mode.el is now obsolete. Use dns-mode.el instead.
3309 *** cplus-md.el has been deleted.
3313 *** The variable `woman-topic-at-point' is renamed
3314 to `woman-use-topic-at-point' and behaves differently: if this
3315 variable is non-nil, the `woman' command uses the word at point
3316 automatically, without asking for a confirmation. Otherwise, the word
3317 at point is suggested as default, but not inserted at the prompt.
3319 *** You can now customize `fill-nobreak-predicate' to control where
3320 filling can break lines. The value is now normally a list of
3321 functions, but it can also be a single function, for compatibility.
3323 Emacs provide two predicates, `fill-single-word-nobreak-p' and
3324 `fill-french-nobreak-p', for use as the value of
3325 `fill-nobreak-predicate'.
3327 *** M-x view-file and commands that use it now avoid interfering
3328 with special modes such as Tar mode.
3330 *** `global-whitespace-mode' is a new alias for `whitespace-global-mode'.
3332 *** The saveplace.el package now filters out unreadable files.
3334 When you exit Emacs, the saved positions in visited files no longer
3335 include files that aren't readable, e.g. files that don't exist.
3336 Customize the new option `save-place-forget-unreadable-files' to nil
3337 to get the old behavior. The new options `save-place-save-skipped'
3338 and `save-place-skip-check-regexp' allow further fine-tuning of this
3341 *** Commands `winner-redo' and `winner-undo', from winner.el, are now
3342 bound to C-c <left> and C-c <right>, respectively. This is an
3343 incompatible change.
3345 *** The type-break package now allows `type-break-file-name' to be nil
3346 and if so, doesn't store any data across sessions. This is handy if
3347 you don't want the `.type-break' file in your home directory or are
3348 annoyed by the need for interaction when you kill Emacs.
3350 *** `ps-print' can now print characters from the mule-unicode charsets.
3352 Printing text with characters from the mule-unicode-* sets works with
3353 `ps-print', provided that you have installed the appropriate BDF
3354 fonts. See the file INSTALL for URLs where you can find these fonts.
3356 *** New command `strokes-global-set-stroke-string'.
3357 This is like `strokes-global-set-stroke', but it allows you to bind
3358 the stroke directly to a string to insert. This is convenient for
3359 using strokes as an input method.
3361 *** In Outline mode, `hide-body' no longer hides lines at the top
3362 of the file that precede the first header line.
3364 *** `hide-ifdef-mode' now uses overlays rather than selective-display
3365 to hide its text. This should be mostly transparent but slightly
3366 changes the behavior of motion commands like C-e and C-p.
3368 *** In Artist mode the variable `artist-text-renderer' has been
3369 renamed to `artist-text-renderer-function'. The old name is still
3372 *** In Enriched mode, `set-left-margin' and `set-right-margin' are now
3373 by default bound to `C-c [' and `C-c ]' instead of the former `C-c C-l'
3376 *** `partial-completion-mode' now handles partial completion on directory names.
3378 *** You can now disable pc-selection-mode after enabling it.
3380 M-x pc-selection-mode behaves like a proper minor mode, and with no
3381 argument it toggles the mode. Turning off PC-Selection mode restores
3382 the global key bindings that were replaced by turning on the mode.
3384 *** `uniquify-strip-common-suffix' tells uniquify to prefer
3385 `file|dir1' and `file|dir2' to `file|dir1/subdir' and `file|dir2/subdir'.
3387 *** New user option `add-log-always-start-new-record'.
3389 When this option is enabled, M-x add-change-log-entry always
3390 starts a new record regardless of when the last record is.
3392 *** M-x compare-windows now can automatically skip non-matching text to
3393 resync points in both windows.
3395 *** PO translation files are decoded according to their MIME headers
3396 when Emacs visits them.
3398 *** Telnet now prompts you for a port number with C-u M-x telnet.
3400 *** calculator.el now has radix grouping mode.
3402 To enable this, set `calculator-output-radix' non-nil. In this mode a
3403 separator character is used every few digits, making it easier to see
3404 byte boundaries etc. For more info, see the documentation of the
3405 variable `calculator-radix-grouping-mode'.
3407 *** LDAP support now defaults to ldapsearch from OpenLDAP version 2.
3409 *** The terminal emulation code in term.el has been improved; it can
3410 run most curses applications now.
3412 *** Support for `magic cookie' standout modes has been removed.
3414 Emacs still works on terminals that require magic cookies in order to
3415 use standout mode, but they can no longer display mode-lines in
3419 * Changes in Emacs 22.1 on non-free operating systems
3421 ** The HOME directory defaults to Application Data under the user profile.
3423 If you used a previous version of Emacs without setting the HOME
3424 environment variable and a `.emacs' was saved, then Emacs will continue
3425 using C:/ as the default HOME. But if you are installing Emacs afresh,
3426 the default location will be the "Application Data" (or similar
3427 localized name) subdirectory of your user profile. A typical location
3428 of this directory is "C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data",
3429 where USERNAME is your user name.
3431 This change means that users can now have their own `.emacs' files on
3432 shared computers, and the default HOME directory is less likely to be
3433 read-only on computers that are administered by someone else.
3435 ** Images are now supported on MS Windows.
3437 PBM and XBM images are supported out of the box. Other image formats
3438 depend on external libraries. All of these libraries have been ported
3439 to Windows, and can be found in both source and binary form at
3440 http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/. Note that libpng also depends on
3441 zlib, and tiff depends on the version of jpeg that it was compiled
3442 against. For additional information, see nt/INSTALL.
3444 ** Sound is now supported on MS Windows.
3446 WAV format is supported on all versions of Windows, other formats such
3447 as AU, AIFF and MP3 may be supported in the more recent versions of
3448 Windows, or when other software provides hooks into the system level
3449 sound support for those formats.
3451 ** Tooltips now work on MS Windows.
3453 See the Emacs 21.1 NEWS entry for tooltips for details.
3455 ** Pointing devices with more than 3 buttons are now supported on MS Windows.
3457 The new variable `w32-pass-extra-mouse-buttons-to-system' controls
3458 whether Emacs should handle the extra buttons itself (the default), or
3459 pass them to Windows to be handled with system-wide functions.
3461 ** Passing resources on the command line now works on MS Windows.
3463 You can use --xrm to pass resource settings to Emacs, overriding any
3464 existing values. For example:
3466 emacs --xrm "Emacs.Background:red" --xrm "Emacs.Geometry:100x20"
3468 will start up Emacs on an initial frame of 100x20 with red background,
3469 irrespective of geometry or background setting on the Windows registry.
3471 ** Emacs takes note of colors defined in Control Panel on MS-Windows.
3473 The Control Panel defines some default colors for applications in much
3474 the same way as wildcard X Resources do on X. Emacs now adds these
3475 colors to the colormap prefixed by System (eg SystemMenu for the
3476 default Menu background, SystemMenuText for the foreground), and uses
3477 some of them to initialize some of the default faces.
3478 `list-colors-display' shows the list of System color names, in case
3479 you wish to use them in other faces.
3481 ** Running in a console window in Windows now uses the console size.
3483 Previous versions of Emacs erred on the side of having a usable Emacs
3484 through telnet, even though that was inconvenient if you use Emacs in
3485 a local console window with a scrollback buffer. The default value of
3486 w32-use-full-screen-buffer is now nil, which favors local console
3487 windows. Recent versions of Windows telnet also work well with this
3488 setting. If you are using an older telnet server then Emacs detects
3489 that the console window dimensions that are reported are not sane, and
3490 defaults to 80x25. If you use such a telnet server regularly at a size
3491 other than 80x25, you can still manually set
3492 w32-use-full-screen-buffer to t.
3494 ** Different shaped mouse pointers are supported on MS Windows.
3496 The mouse pointer changes shape depending on what is under the pointer.
3498 ** On MS Windows, the "system caret" now follows the cursor.
3500 This enables Emacs to work better with programs that need to track the
3501 cursor, for example screen magnifiers and text to speech programs.
3502 When such a program is in use, the system caret is made visible
3503 instead of Emacs drawing its own cursor. This seems to be required by
3504 some programs. The new variable w32-use-visible-system-caret allows
3505 the caret visibility to be manually toggled.
3507 ** On MS Windows NT/W2K/XP, Emacs uses Unicode for clipboard operations.
3509 Those systems use Unicode internally, so this allows Emacs to share
3510 multilingual text with other applications. On other versions of
3511 MS Windows, Emacs now uses the appropriate locale coding-system, so
3512 the clipboard should work correctly for your local language without
3515 ** On Mac OS, `keyboard-coding-system' changes based on the keyboard script.
3517 ** The variable `mac-keyboard-text-encoding' and the constants
3518 `kTextEncodingMacRoman', `kTextEncodingISOLatin1', and
3519 `kTextEncodingISOLatin2' are obsolete.
3521 ** The variable `mac-command-key-is-meta' is obsolete. Use
3522 `mac-command-modifier' and `mac-option-modifier' instead.
3524 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1
3526 ** Mode line display ignores text properties as well as the
3527 :propertize and :eval forms in the value of a variable whose
3528 `risky-local-variable' property is nil.
3530 The function `comint-send-input' now accepts 3 optional arguments:
3532 (comint-send-input &optional no-newline artificial)
3534 Callers sending input not from the user should use bind the 3rd
3535 argument `artificial' to a non-nil value, to prevent Emacs from
3536 deleting the part of subprocess output that matches the input.
3538 ** The `read-file-name' function now returns a null string if the
3539 user just types RET.
3541 ** The variables post-command-idle-hook and post-command-idle-delay have
3542 been removed. Use run-with-idle-timer instead.
3544 ** A hex or octal escape in a string constant forces the string to
3545 be multibyte or unibyte, respectively.
3547 ** The explicit method of creating a display table element by
3548 combining a face number and a character code into a numeric
3549 glyph code is deprecated.
3551 Instead, the new functions `make-glyph-code', `glyph-char', and
3552 `glyph-face' must be used to create and decode glyph codes in
3555 ** `suppress-keymap' now works by remapping `self-insert-command' to
3556 the command `undefined'. (In earlier Emacs versions, it used
3557 `substitute-key-definition' to rebind self inserting characters to
3560 ** The third argument of `accept-process-output' is now milliseconds.
3561 It used to be microseconds.
3563 ** The function find-operation-coding-system may be called with a cons
3564 (FILENAME . BUFFER) in the second argument if the first argument
3565 OPERATION is `insert-file-contents', and thus a function registered in
3566 `file-coding-system-alist' is also called with such an argument.
3568 ** When Emacs receives a USR1 or USR2 signal, this generates
3569 input events: sigusr1 or sigusr2. Use special-event-map to
3570 handle these events.
3572 ** The variable `memory-full' now remains t until
3573 there is no longer a shortage of memory.
3575 ** Support for Mocklisp has been removed.
3578 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1
3580 ** General Lisp changes:
3582 *** New syntax: \s now stands for the SPACE character.
3584 `?\s' is a new way to write the space character. You must make sure
3585 it is not followed by a dash, since `?\s-...' indicates the "super"
3586 modifier. However, it would be strange to write a character constant
3587 and a following symbol (beginning with `-') with no space between
3590 `\s' stands for space in strings, too, but it is not really meant for
3591 strings; it is easier and nicer just to write a space.
3593 *** New syntax: \uXXXX and \UXXXXXXXX specify Unicode code points in hex.
3595 For instance, you can use "\u0428" to specify a string consisting of
3596 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA, or `"U0001D6E2" to specify one consisting
3597 of MATHEMATICAL ITALIC CAPITAL ALPHA (the latter is greater than
3598 #xFFFF and thus needs the longer syntax).
3600 This syntax works for both character constants and strings.
3602 *** New function `unsafep' determines whether a Lisp form is safe.
3604 It returns nil if the given Lisp form can't possibly do anything
3605 dangerous; otherwise it returns a reason why the form might be unsafe
3606 (calls unknown function, alters global variable, etc.).
3608 *** The function `eql' is now available without requiring the CL package.
3610 *** The new function `memql' is like `memq', but uses `eql' for comparison,
3611 that is, floats are compared by value and other elements with `eq'.
3613 *** New functions `string-or-null-p' and `booleanp'.
3615 `string-or-null-p' returns non-nil if OBJECT is a string or nil.
3616 `booleanp' returns non-nil if OBJECT is t or nil.
3618 *** `makehash' is now obsolete. Use `make-hash-table' instead.
3620 *** Minor change in the function `format'.
3622 Some flags that were accepted but not implemented (such as "*") are no
3625 *** `add-to-list' takes an optional third argument, APPEND.
3627 If APPEND is non-nil, the new element gets added at the end of the
3628 list instead of at the beginning. This change actually occurred in
3629 Emacs 21.1, but was not documented then.
3631 *** New function `add-to-ordered-list' is like `add-to-list' but
3632 associates a numeric ordering of each element added to the list.
3634 *** New function `add-to-history' adds an element to a history list.
3636 Lisp packages should use this function to add elements to their
3639 If `history-delete-duplicates' is non-nil, it removes duplicates of
3640 the new element from the history list it updates.
3642 *** New function `copy-tree' makes a copy of a tree.
3644 It recursively copies through both CARs and CDRs.
3646 *** New function `delete-dups' deletes `equal' duplicate elements from a list.
3648 It modifies the list destructively, like `delete'. Of several `equal'
3649 occurrences of an element in the list, the one that's kept is the
3652 *** New function `rassq-delete-all'.
3654 (rassq-delete-all VALUE ALIST) deletes, from ALIST, each element whose
3655 CDR is `eq' to the specified value.
3657 *** Functions `get' and `plist-get' no longer give errors for bad plists.
3659 They return nil for a malformed property list or if the list is
3662 *** New functions `lax-plist-get' and `lax-plist-put'.
3664 They are like `plist-get' and `plist-put', except that they compare
3665 the property name using `equal' rather than `eq'.
3667 *** The function `number-sequence' makes a list of equally-separated numbers.
3669 For instance, (number-sequence 4 9) returns (4 5 6 7 8 9). By
3670 default, the separation is 1, but you can specify a different
3671 separation as the third argument. (number-sequence 1.5 6 2) returns
3674 *** New variables `most-positive-fixnum' and `most-negative-fixnum'.
3676 They hold the largest and smallest possible integer values.
3678 *** The function `expt' handles negative exponents differently.
3679 The value for `(expt A B)', if both A and B are integers and B is
3680 negative, is now a float. For example: (expt 2 -2) => 0.25.
3682 *** The function `atan' now accepts an optional second argument.
3684 When called with 2 arguments, as in `(atan Y X)', `atan' returns the
3685 angle in radians between the vector [X, Y] and the X axis. (This is
3686 equivalent to the standard C library function `atan2'.)
3688 *** New macro `with-case-table'
3690 This executes the body with the case table temporarily set to a given
3693 *** New macro `with-local-quit' temporarily allows quitting.
3695 A quit inside the body of `with-local-quit' is caught by the
3696 `with-local-quit' form itself, but another quit will happen later once
3697 the code that has inhibited quitting exits.
3699 This is for use around potentially blocking or long-running code
3700 inside timer functions and `post-command-hook' functions.
3702 *** New macro `define-obsolete-function-alias'.
3704 This combines `defalias' and `make-obsolete'.
3706 *** New macro `eval-at-startup' specifies expressions to
3707 evaluate when Emacs starts up. If this is done after startup,
3708 it evaluates those expressions immediately.
3710 This is useful in packages that can be preloaded.
3712 *** New function `macroexpand-all' expands all macros in a form.
3714 It is similar to the Common-Lisp function of the same name.
3715 One difference is that it guarantees to return the original argument
3716 if no expansion is done, which can be tested using `eq'.
3718 *** A function or macro's doc string can now specify the calling pattern.
3720 You put this info in the doc string's last line. It should be
3721 formatted so as to match the regexp "\n\n(fn .*)\\'". If you don't
3722 specify this explicitly, Emacs determines it from the actual argument
3723 names. Usually that default is right, but not always.
3725 *** New variable `print-continuous-numbering'.
3727 When this is non-nil, successive calls to print functions use a single
3728 numbering scheme for circular structure references. This is only
3729 relevant when `print-circle' is non-nil.
3731 When you bind `print-continuous-numbering' to t, you should
3732 also bind `print-number-table' to nil.
3734 *** `list-faces-display' takes an optional argument, REGEXP.
3736 If it is non-nil, the function lists only faces matching this regexp.
3738 *** New hook `command-error-function'.
3740 By setting this variable to a function, you can control
3741 how the editor command loop shows the user an error message.
3743 *** `debug-on-entry' accepts primitive functions that are not special forms.
3745 ** Lisp code indentation features:
3747 *** The `defmacro' form can contain indentation and edebug declarations.
3749 These declarations specify how to indent the macro calls in Lisp mode
3750 and how to debug them with Edebug. You write them like this:
3752 (defmacro NAME LAMBDA-LIST [DOC-STRING] [DECLARATION ...] ...)
3754 DECLARATION is a list `(declare DECLARATION-SPECIFIER ...)'. The
3755 possible declaration specifiers are:
3758 Set NAME's `lisp-indent-function' property to INDENT.
3761 Set NAME's `edebug-form-spec' property to DEBUG. (This is
3762 equivalent to writing a `def-edebug-spec' for the macro,
3763 but this is cleaner.)
3765 *** cl-indent now allows customization of Indentation of backquoted forms.
3767 See the new user option `lisp-backquote-indentation'.
3769 *** cl-indent now handles indentation of simple and extended `loop' forms.
3771 The new user options `lisp-loop-keyword-indentation',
3772 `lisp-loop-forms-indentation', and `lisp-simple-loop-indentation' can
3773 be used to customize the indentation of keywords and forms in loop
3776 ** Variable aliases:
3778 *** New function: defvaralias ALIAS-VAR BASE-VAR [DOCSTRING]
3780 This function defines the symbol ALIAS-VAR as a variable alias for
3781 symbol BASE-VAR. This means that retrieving the value of ALIAS-VAR
3782 returns the value of BASE-VAR, and changing the value of ALIAS-VAR
3783 changes the value of BASE-VAR.
3785 DOCSTRING, if present, is the documentation for ALIAS-VAR; else it has
3786 the same documentation as BASE-VAR.
3788 *** The macro `define-obsolete-variable-alias' combines `defvaralias' and
3789 `make-obsolete-variable'.
3791 *** New function: indirect-variable VARIABLE
3793 This function returns the variable at the end of the chain of aliases
3794 of VARIABLE. If VARIABLE is not a symbol, or if VARIABLE is not
3795 defined as an alias, the function returns VARIABLE.
3797 It might be noteworthy that variables aliases work for all kinds of
3798 variables, including buffer-local and frame-local variables.
3800 ** defcustom changes:
3802 *** The package-version keyword has been added to provide
3803 `customize-changed-options' functionality to packages in the future.
3804 Developers who make use of this keyword must also update the new
3805 variable `customize-package-emacs-version-alist'.
3807 *** The new customization type `float' requires a floating point number.
3811 *** A hex escape in a string constant forces the string to be multibyte.
3813 *** An octal escape in a string constant forces the string to be unibyte.
3815 *** New function `string-to-multibyte' converts a unibyte string to a
3816 multibyte string with the same individual character codes.
3818 *** `split-string' now includes null substrings in the returned list if
3819 the optional argument SEPARATORS is non-nil and there are matches for
3820 SEPARATORS at the beginning or end of the string. If SEPARATORS is
3821 nil, or if the new optional third argument OMIT-NULLS is non-nil, all
3822 empty matches are omitted from the returned list.
3824 *** The new function `assoc-string' replaces `assoc-ignore-case' and
3825 `assoc-ignore-representation', which are still available, but have
3826 been declared obsolete.
3828 *** New function `substring-no-properties' returns a substring without
3831 ** Displaying warnings to the user.
3833 See the functions `warn' and `display-warning', or the Lisp Manual.
3834 If you want to be sure the warning will not be overlooked, this
3835 facility is much better than using `message', since it displays
3836 warnings in a separate window.
3838 ** Progress reporters.
3840 These provide a simple and uniform way for commands to present
3841 progress messages for the user.
3843 See the new functions `make-progress-reporter',
3844 `progress-reporter-update', `progress-reporter-force-update',
3845 `progress-reporter-done', and `dotimes-with-progress-reporter'.
3847 ** Buffer positions:
3849 *** Function `compute-motion' now calculates the usable window
3850 width if the WIDTH argument is nil. If the TOPOS argument is nil,
3851 the usable window height and width is used.
3853 *** The `line-move', `scroll-up', and `scroll-down' functions will now
3854 modify the window vscroll to scroll through display rows that are
3855 taller that the height of the window, for example in the presence of
3856 large images. To disable this feature, bind the new variable
3857 `auto-window-vscroll' to nil.
3859 *** The argument to `forward-word', `backward-word' is optional.
3863 *** Argument to `forward-to-indentation' and `backward-to-indentation' is optional.
3867 *** `field-beginning' and `field-end' take new optional argument, LIMIT.
3869 This argument tells them not to search beyond LIMIT. Instead they
3870 give up and return LIMIT.
3872 *** New function `window-line-height' is an efficient way to get
3873 information about a specific text line in a window provided that the
3874 window's display is up-to-date.
3876 *** New function `line-number-at-pos' returns the line number of a position.
3878 It an optional buffer position argument that defaults to point.
3880 *** Function `pos-visible-in-window-p' now returns the pixel coordinates
3881 and partial visibility state of the corresponding row, if the PARTIALLY
3884 *** New functions `posn-at-point' and `posn-at-x-y' return
3885 click-event-style position information for a given visible buffer
3886 position or for a given window pixel coordinate.
3888 *** New function `mouse-on-link-p' tests if a position is in a clickable link.
3890 This is the function used by the new `mouse-1-click-follows-link'
3893 ** Text modification:
3895 *** The new function `buffer-chars-modified-tick' returns a buffer's
3896 tick counter for changes to characters. Each time text in that buffer
3897 is inserted or deleted, the character-change counter is updated to the
3898 tick counter (`buffer-modified-tick'). Text property changes leave it
3901 *** The new function `insert-for-yank' normally works like `insert', but
3902 removes the text properties in the `yank-excluded-properties' list
3903 and handles the `yank-handler' text property.
3905 *** The new function `insert-buffer-substring-as-yank' is like
3906 `insert-for-yank' except that it gets the text from another buffer as
3907 in `insert-buffer-substring'.
3909 *** The new function `insert-buffer-substring-no-properties' is like
3910 `insert-buffer-substring', but removes all text properties from the
3913 *** The new function `filter-buffer-substring' extracts a buffer
3914 substring, passes it through a set of filter functions, and returns
3915 the filtered substring. Use it instead of `buffer-substring' or
3916 `delete-and-extract-region' when copying text into a user-accessible
3917 data structure, such as the kill-ring, X clipboard, or a register.
3919 The list of filter function is specified by the new variable
3920 `buffer-substring-filters'. For example, Longlines mode adds to
3921 `buffer-substring-filters' to remove soft newlines from the copied
3924 *** Function `translate-region' accepts also a char-table as TABLE
3927 *** The new translation table `translation-table-for-input'
3928 is used for customizing self-insertion. The character to
3929 be inserted is translated through it.
3933 The new function `text-clone-create'. Text clones are chunks of text
3934 that are kept identical by transparently propagating changes from one
3937 *** The function `insert-string' is now obsolete.
3941 *** In determining an adaptive fill prefix, Emacs now tries the function in
3942 `adaptive-fill-function' _before_ matching the buffer line against
3943 `adaptive-fill-regexp' rather than _after_ it.
3945 ** Atomic change groups.
3947 To perform some changes in the current buffer "atomically" so that
3948 they either all succeed or are all undone, use `atomic-change-group'
3949 around the code that makes changes. For instance:
3951 (atomic-change-group
3953 (delete-region x y))
3955 If an error (or other nonlocal exit) occurs inside the body of
3956 `atomic-change-group', it unmakes all the changes in that buffer that
3957 were during the execution of the body. The change group has no effect
3958 on any other buffers--any such changes remain.
3960 If you need something more sophisticated, you can directly call the
3961 lower-level functions that `atomic-change-group' uses. Here is how.
3963 To set up a change group for one buffer, call `prepare-change-group'.
3964 Specify the buffer as argument; it defaults to the current buffer.
3965 This function returns a "handle" for the change group. You must save
3966 the handle to activate the change group and then finish it.
3968 Before you change the buffer again, you must activate the change
3969 group. Pass the handle to `activate-change-group' afterward to
3972 After you make the changes, you must finish the change group. You can
3973 either accept the changes or cancel them all. Call
3974 `accept-change-group' to accept the changes in the group as final;
3975 call `cancel-change-group' to undo them all.
3977 You should use `unwind-protect' to make sure the group is always
3978 finished. The call to `activate-change-group' should be inside the
3979 `unwind-protect', in case the user types C-g just after it runs.
3980 (This is one reason why `prepare-change-group' and
3981 `activate-change-group' are separate functions.) Once you finish the
3982 group, don't use the handle again--don't try to finish the same group
3985 To make a multibuffer change group, call `prepare-change-group' once
3986 for each buffer you want to cover, then use `nconc' to combine the
3987 returned values, like this:
3989 (nconc (prepare-change-group buffer-1)
3990 (prepare-change-group buffer-2))
3992 You can then activate the multibuffer change group with a single call
3993 to `activate-change-group', and finish it with a single call to
3994 `accept-change-group' or `cancel-change-group'.
3996 Nested use of several change groups for the same buffer works as you
3997 would expect. Non-nested use of change groups for the same buffer
3998 will lead to undesirable results, so don't let it happen; the first
3999 change group you start for any given buffer should be the last one
4002 ** Buffer-related changes:
4004 *** The new function `buffer-local-value' returns the buffer-local
4005 binding of VARIABLE (a symbol) in buffer BUFFER. If VARIABLE does not
4006 have a buffer-local binding in buffer BUFFER, it returns the default
4007 value of VARIABLE instead.
4009 *** `list-buffers-noselect' now takes an additional argument, BUFFER-LIST.
4011 If it is non-nil, it specifies which buffers to list.
4013 *** `kill-buffer-hook' is now a permanent local.
4015 *** The function `frame-or-buffer-changed-p' now lets you maintain
4016 various status records in parallel.
4018 It takes a variable (a symbol) as argument. If the variable is non-nil,
4019 then its value should be a vector installed previously by
4020 `frame-or-buffer-changed-p'. If the frame names, buffer names, buffer
4021 order, or their read-only or modified flags have changed, since the
4022 time the vector's contents were recorded by a previous call to
4023 `frame-or-buffer-changed-p', then the function returns t. Otherwise
4026 On the first call to `frame-or-buffer-changed-p', the variable's
4027 value should be nil. `frame-or-buffer-changed-p' stores a suitable
4028 vector into the variable and returns t.
4030 If the variable is itself nil, then `frame-or-buffer-changed-p' uses,
4031 for compatibility, an internal variable which exists only for this
4034 *** The function `read-buffer' follows the convention for reading from
4035 the minibuffer with a default value: if DEF is non-nil, the minibuffer
4036 prompt provided in PROMPT is edited to show the default value provided
4037 in DEF before the terminal colon and space.
4039 ** Searching and matching changes:
4041 *** New function `looking-back' checks whether a regular expression matches
4042 the text before point. Specifying the LIMIT argument bounds how far
4043 back the match can start; this is a way to keep it from taking too long.
4045 *** The new variable `search-spaces-regexp' controls how to search
4046 for spaces in a regular expression. If it is non-nil, it should be a
4047 regular expression, and any series of spaces stands for that regular
4048 expression. If it is nil, spaces stand for themselves.
4050 Spaces inside of constructs such as `[..]' and inside loops such as
4051 `*', `+', and `?' are never replaced with `search-spaces-regexp'.
4053 *** New regular expression operators, `\_<' and `\_>'.
4055 These match the beginning and end of a symbol. A symbol is a
4056 non-empty sequence of either word or symbol constituent characters, as
4057 specified by the syntax table.
4059 *** `skip-chars-forward' and `skip-chars-backward' now handle
4060 character classes such as `[:alpha:]', along with individual
4061 characters and ranges.
4063 *** In `replace-match', the replacement text no longer inherits
4064 properties from surrounding text.
4066 *** The list returned by `(match-data t)' now has the buffer as a final
4067 element, if the last match was on a buffer. `set-match-data'
4068 accepts such a list for restoring the match state.
4070 *** Functions `match-data' and `set-match-data' now have an optional
4071 argument `reseat'. When non-nil, all markers in the match data list
4072 passed to these functions will be reseated to point to nowhere.
4074 *** rx.el has new corresponding `symbol-start' and `symbol-end' elements.
4076 *** The default value of `sentence-end' is now defined using the new
4077 variable `sentence-end-without-space', which contains such characters
4078 that end a sentence without following spaces.
4080 The function `sentence-end' should be used to obtain the value of the
4081 variable `sentence-end'. If the variable `sentence-end' is nil, then
4082 this function returns the regexp constructed from the variables
4083 `sentence-end-without-period', `sentence-end-double-space' and
4084 `sentence-end-without-space'.
4088 *** `buffer-undo-list' allows programmable elements.
4090 These elements have the form (apply FUNNAME . ARGS), where FUNNAME is
4091 a symbol other than t or nil. That stands for a high-level change
4092 that should be undone by evaluating (apply FUNNAME ARGS).
4094 These entries can also have the form (apply DELTA BEG END FUNNAME . ARGS)
4095 which indicates that the change which took place was limited to the
4096 range BEG...END and increased the buffer size by DELTA.
4098 *** If the buffer's undo list for the current command gets longer than
4099 `undo-outer-limit', garbage collection empties it. This is to prevent
4100 it from using up the available memory and choking Emacs.
4102 ** Killing and yanking changes:
4104 *** New `yank-handler' text property can be used to control how
4105 previously killed text on the kill ring is reinserted.
4107 The value of the `yank-handler' property must be a list with one to four
4108 elements with the following format:
4109 (FUNCTION PARAM NOEXCLUDE UNDO).
4111 The `insert-for-yank' function looks for a yank-handler property on
4112 the first character on its string argument (typically the first
4113 element on the kill-ring). If a `yank-handler' property is found,
4114 the normal behavior of `insert-for-yank' is modified in various ways:
4116 When FUNCTION is present and non-nil, it is called instead of `insert'
4117 to insert the string. FUNCTION takes one argument--the object to insert.
4118 If PARAM is present and non-nil, it replaces STRING as the object
4119 passed to FUNCTION (or `insert'); for example, if FUNCTION is
4120 `yank-rectangle', PARAM should be a list of strings to insert as a
4122 If NOEXCLUDE is present and non-nil, the normal removal of the
4123 `yank-excluded-properties' is not performed; instead FUNCTION is
4124 responsible for removing those properties. This may be necessary
4125 if FUNCTION adjusts point before or after inserting the object.
4126 If UNDO is present and non-nil, it is a function that will be called
4127 by `yank-pop' to undo the insertion of the current object. It is
4128 called with two arguments, the start and end of the current region.
4129 FUNCTION can set `yank-undo-function' to override the UNDO value.
4131 *** The functions `kill-new', `kill-append', and `kill-region' now have an
4132 optional argument to specify the `yank-handler' text property to put on
4135 *** The function `yank-pop' will now use a non-nil value of the variable
4136 `yank-undo-function' (instead of `delete-region') to undo the previous
4137 `yank' or `yank-pop' command (or a call to `insert-for-yank'). The function
4138 `insert-for-yank' automatically sets that variable according to the UNDO
4139 element of the string argument's `yank-handler' text property if present.
4141 *** The function `insert-for-yank' now supports strings where the
4142 `yank-handler' property does not span the first character of the
4143 string. The old behavior is available if you call
4144 `insert-for-yank-1' instead.
4146 ** Syntax table changes:
4148 *** The new function `syntax-ppss' provides an efficient way to find the
4149 current syntactic context at point.
4151 *** The new function `syntax-after' returns the syntax code
4152 of the character after a specified buffer position, taking account
4153 of text properties as well as the character code.
4155 *** `syntax-class' extracts the class of a syntax code (as returned
4158 *** The macro `with-syntax-table' no longer copies the syntax table.
4160 ** File operation changes:
4162 *** New vars `exec-suffixes' and `load-suffixes' used when
4163 searching for an executable or an Emacs Lisp file.
4165 *** New function `locate-file' searches for a file in a list of directories.
4166 `locate-file' accepts a name of a file to search (a string), and two
4167 lists: a list of directories to search in and a list of suffixes to
4168 try; typical usage might use `exec-path' and `load-path' for the list
4169 of directories, and `exec-suffixes' and `load-suffixes' for the list
4170 of suffixes. The function also accepts a predicate argument to
4171 further filter candidate files.
4173 One advantage of using this function is that the list of suffixes in
4174 `exec-suffixes' is OS-dependant, so this function will find
4175 executables without polluting Lisp code with OS dependencies.
4177 *** The new function `file-remote-p' tests a file name and returns
4178 non-nil if it specifies a remote file (one that Emacs accesses using
4179 its own special methods and not directly through the file system).
4180 The value in that case is an identifier for the remote file system.
4182 *** The new hook `before-save-hook' is invoked by `basic-save-buffer'
4183 before saving buffers. This allows packages to perform various final
4184 tasks. For example, it can be used by the copyright package to make
4185 sure saved files have the current year in any copyright headers.
4187 *** `file-chase-links' now takes an optional second argument LIMIT which
4188 specifies the maximum number of links to chase through. If after that
4189 many iterations the file name obtained is still a symbolic link,
4190 `file-chase-links' returns it anyway.
4192 *** Functions `file-name-sans-extension' and `file-name-extension' now
4193 ignore the leading dots in file names, so that file names such as
4194 `.emacs' are treated as extensionless.
4196 *** If `buffer-save-without-query' is non-nil in some buffer,
4197 `save-some-buffers' will always save that buffer without asking (if
4200 *** `buffer-auto-save-file-format' is the new name for what was
4201 formerly called `auto-save-file-format'. It is now a permanent local.
4203 *** `visited-file-modtime' and `calendar-time-from-absolute' now return
4204 a list of two integers, instead of a cons.
4206 *** The precedence of file name handlers has been changed.
4208 Instead of choosing the first handler that matches,
4209 `find-file-name-handler' now gives precedence to a file name handler
4210 that matches nearest the end of the file name. More precisely, the
4211 handler whose (match-beginning 0) is the largest is chosen. In case
4212 of ties, the old "first matched" rule applies.
4214 *** A file name handler can declare which operations it handles.
4216 You do this by putting an `operation' property on the handler name
4217 symbol. The property value should be a list of the operations that
4218 the handler really handles. It won't be called for any other
4221 This is useful for autoloaded handlers, to prevent them from being
4222 autoloaded when not really necessary.
4224 *** The function `make-auto-save-file-name' is now handled by file
4225 name handlers. This will be exploited for remote files mainly.
4227 *** The function `file-name-completion' accepts an optional argument
4228 PREDICATE, and rejects completion candidates that don't satisfy PREDICATE.
4230 *** The new primitive `set-file-times' sets a file's access and
4231 modification times. Magic file name handlers can handle this
4236 *** Functions `y-or-n-p', `read-char', `read-key-sequence' and the like, that
4237 display a prompt but don't use the minibuffer, now display the prompt
4238 using the text properties (esp. the face) of the prompt string.
4240 *** The functions `read-event', `read-char', and `read-char-exclusive'
4241 have a new optional argument SECONDS. If non-nil, this specifies a
4242 maximum time to wait for input, in seconds. If no input arrives after
4243 this time elapses, the functions stop waiting and return nil.
4245 *** An interactive specification can now use the code letter `U' to get
4246 the up-event that was discarded in case the last key sequence read for a
4247 previous `k' or `K' argument was a down-event; otherwise nil is used.
4249 *** The new interactive-specification `G' reads a file name
4250 much like `F', but if the input is a directory name (even defaulted),
4251 it returns just the directory name.
4253 *** (while-no-input BODY...) runs BODY, but only so long as no input
4254 arrives. If the user types or clicks anything, BODY stops as if a
4255 quit had occurred. `while-no-input' returns the value of BODY, if BODY
4256 finishes. It returns nil if BODY was aborted by a quit, and t if
4257 BODY was aborted by arrival of input.
4259 *** `recent-keys' now returns the last 300 keys.
4261 ** Minibuffer changes:
4263 *** The new function `minibufferp' returns non-nil if its optional
4264 buffer argument is a minibuffer. If the argument is omitted, it
4265 defaults to the current buffer.
4267 *** New function `minibuffer-selected-window' returns the window which
4268 was selected when entering the minibuffer.
4270 *** The `read-file-name' function now takes an additional argument which
4271 specifies a predicate which the file name read must satisfy. The
4272 new variable `read-file-name-predicate' contains the predicate argument
4273 while reading the file name from the minibuffer; the predicate in this
4274 variable is used by read-file-name-internal to filter the completion list.
4276 *** The new variable `read-file-name-function' can be used by Lisp code
4277 to override the built-in `read-file-name' function.
4279 *** The new variable `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case' specifies
4280 whether completion ignores case when reading a file name with the
4281 `read-file-name' function.
4283 *** The new function `read-directory-name' is for reading a directory name.
4285 It is like `read-file-name' except that the defaulting works better
4286 for directories, and completion inside it shows only directories.
4288 *** The new variable `history-add-new-input' specifies whether to add new
4289 elements in history. If set to nil, minibuffer reading functions don't
4290 add new elements to the history list, so it is possible to do this
4291 afterwards by calling `add-to-history' explicitly.
4293 ** Completion changes:
4295 *** The new function `minibuffer-completion-contents' returns the contents
4296 of the minibuffer just before point. That is what completion commands
4299 *** The functions `all-completions' and `try-completion' now accept lists
4300 of strings as well as hash-tables additionally to alists, obarrays
4301 and functions. Furthermore, the function `test-completion' is now
4302 exported to Lisp. The keys in alists and hash tables can be either
4303 strings or symbols, which are automatically converted with to strings.
4305 *** The new macro `dynamic-completion-table' supports using functions
4306 as a dynamic completion table.
4308 (dynamic-completion-table FUN)
4310 FUN is called with one argument, the string for which completion is required,
4311 and it should return an alist containing all the intended possible
4312 completions. This alist can be a full list of possible completions so that FUN
4313 can ignore the value of its argument. If completion is performed in the
4314 minibuffer, FUN will be called in the buffer from which the minibuffer was
4315 entered. `dynamic-completion-table' then computes the completion.
4317 *** The new macro `lazy-completion-table' initializes a variable
4318 as a lazy completion table.
4320 (lazy-completion-table VAR FUN)
4322 If the completion table VAR is used for the first time (e.g., by passing VAR
4323 as an argument to `try-completion'), the function FUN is called with no
4324 arguments. FUN must return the completion table that will be stored in VAR.
4325 If completion is requested in the minibuffer, FUN will be called in the buffer
4326 from which the minibuffer was entered. The return value of
4327 `lazy-completion-table' must be used to initialize the value of VAR.
4331 *** `define-abbrev' now accepts an optional argument SYSTEM-FLAG.
4333 If non-nil, this marks the abbrev as a "system" abbrev, which means
4334 that it won't be stored in the user's abbrevs file if he saves the
4335 abbrevs. Major modes that predefine some abbrevs should always
4338 *** The new function `copy-abbrev-table' copies an abbrev table.
4340 It returns a new abbrev table that is a copy of a given abbrev table.
4342 ** Enhancements to keymaps.
4344 *** Cleaner way to enter key sequences.
4346 You can enter a constant key sequence in a more natural format, the
4347 same one used for saving keyboard macros, using the macro `kbd'. For
4350 (kbd "C-x C-f") => "\^x\^f"
4352 Actually, this format has existed since Emacs 20.1.
4354 *** Interactive commands can be remapped through keymaps.
4356 This is an alternative to using `defadvice' or `substitute-key-definition'
4357 to modify the behavior of a key binding using the normal keymap
4358 binding and lookup functionality.
4360 When a key sequence is bound to a command, and that command is
4361 remapped to another command, that command is run instead of the
4365 Suppose that minor mode `my-mode' has defined the commands
4366 `my-kill-line' and `my-kill-word', and it wants C-k (and any other key
4367 bound to `kill-line') to run the command `my-kill-line' instead of
4368 `kill-line', and likewise it wants to run `my-kill-word' instead of
4371 Instead of rebinding C-k and the other keys in the minor mode map,
4372 command remapping allows you to directly map `kill-line' into
4373 `my-kill-line' and `kill-word' into `my-kill-word' using `define-key':
4375 (define-key my-mode-map [remap kill-line] 'my-kill-line)
4376 (define-key my-mode-map [remap kill-word] 'my-kill-word)
4378 When `my-mode' is enabled, its minor mode keymap is enabled too. So
4379 when the user types C-k, that runs the command `my-kill-line'.
4381 Only one level of remapping is supported. In the above example, this
4382 means that if `my-kill-line' is remapped to `other-kill', then C-k still
4383 runs `my-kill-line'.
4385 The following changes have been made to provide command remapping:
4387 - Command remappings are defined using `define-key' with a prefix-key
4388 `remap', i.e. `(define-key MAP [remap CMD] DEF)' remaps command CMD
4389 to definition DEF in keymap MAP. The definition is not limited to
4390 another command; it can be anything accepted for a normal binding.
4392 - The new function `command-remapping' returns the binding for a
4393 remapped command in the current keymaps, or nil if not remapped.
4395 - `key-binding' now remaps interactive commands unless the optional
4396 third argument NO-REMAP is non-nil.
4398 - `where-is-internal' now returns nil for a remapped command (e.g.
4399 `kill-line', when `my-mode' is enabled), and the actual key binding for
4400 the command it is remapped to (e.g. C-k for my-kill-line).
4401 It also has a new optional fifth argument, NO-REMAP, which inhibits
4402 remapping if non-nil (e.g. it returns "C-k" for `kill-line', and
4403 "<kill-line>" for `my-kill-line').
4405 - The new variable `this-original-command' contains the original
4406 command before remapping. It is equal to `this-command' when the
4407 command was not remapped.
4409 *** The definition of a key-binding passed to define-key can use XEmacs-style
4410 key-sequences, such as [(control a)].
4412 *** New keymaps for typing file names
4414 Two new keymaps, `minibuffer-local-filename-completion-map' and
4415 `minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map', apply whenever
4416 Emacs reads a file name in the minibuffer. These key maps override
4417 the usual binding of SPC to `minibuffer-complete-word' (so that file
4418 names with embedded spaces could be typed without the need to quote
4421 *** New function `current-active-maps' returns a list of currently
4424 *** New function `describe-buffer-bindings' inserts the list of all
4425 defined keys and their definitions.
4427 *** New function `keymap-prompt' returns the prompt string of a keymap.
4429 *** If text has a `keymap' property, that keymap takes precedence
4430 over minor mode keymaps.
4432 *** The `keymap' property now also works at the ends of overlays and
4433 text properties, according to their stickiness. This also means that it
4434 works with empty overlays. The same hold for the `local-map' property.
4436 *** `key-binding' will now look up mouse-specific bindings. The
4437 keymaps consulted by `key-binding' will get adapted if the key
4438 sequence is started with a mouse event. Instead of letting the click
4439 position be determined from the key sequence itself, it is also
4440 possible to specify it with an optional argument explicitly.
4442 *** `define-key-after' now accepts keys longer than 1.
4444 *** (map-keymap FUNCTION KEYMAP) applies the function to each binding
4447 *** New variable `emulation-mode-map-alists'.
4449 Lisp packages using many minor mode keymaps can now maintain their own
4450 keymap alist separate from `minor-mode-map-alist' by adding their
4451 keymap alist to this list.
4453 *** Dense keymaps now handle inheritance correctly.
4455 Previously a dense keymap would hide all of the simple-char key
4456 bindings of the parent keymap.
4458 ** Enhancements to process support
4460 *** Adaptive read buffering of subprocess output.
4462 On some systems, when Emacs reads the output from a subprocess, the
4463 output data is read in very small blocks, potentially resulting in
4464 very poor performance. This behavior can be remedied to some extent
4465 by setting the new variable `process-adaptive-read-buffering' to a
4466 non-nil value (the default), as it will automatically delay reading
4467 from such processes, allowing them to produce more output before
4468 Emacs tries to read it.
4470 *** Processes now have an associated property list where programs can
4471 maintain process state and other per-process related information.
4473 Use the new functions `process-get' and `process-put' to access, add,
4474 and modify elements on this property list. Use the new functions
4475 `process-plist' and `set-process-plist' to access and replace the
4476 entire property list of a process.
4478 *** Function `list-processes' now has an optional argument; if non-nil,
4479 it lists only the processes whose query-on-exit flag is set.
4481 *** New fns `set-process-query-on-exit-flag' and `process-query-on-exit-flag'.
4483 These replace the old function `process-kill-without-query'. That
4484 function is still supported, but new code should use the new
4487 *** The new function `call-process-shell-command'.
4489 This executes a shell command synchronously in a separate process.
4491 *** The new function `process-file' is similar to `call-process', but
4492 obeys file handlers. The file handler is chosen based on
4493 `default-directory'.
4495 *** Function `signal-process' now accepts a process object or process
4496 name in addition to a process id to identify the signaled process.
4498 *** Function `accept-process-output' has a new optional fourth arg
4499 JUST-THIS-ONE. If non-nil, only output from the specified process
4500 is handled, suspending output from other processes. If value is an
4501 integer, also inhibit running timers. This feature is generally not
4502 recommended, but may be necessary for specific applications, such as
4505 *** A process filter function gets the output as multibyte string
4506 if the process specifies t for its filter's multibyteness.
4508 That multibyteness is decided by the value of
4509 `default-enable-multibyte-characters' when the process is created, and
4510 you can change it later with `set-process-filter-multibyte'.
4512 *** The new function `set-process-filter-multibyte' sets the
4513 multibyteness of the strings passed to the process's filter.
4515 *** The new function `process-filter-multibyte-p' returns the
4516 multibyteness of the strings passed to the process's filter.
4518 *** If a process's coding system is `raw-text' or `no-conversion' and its
4519 buffer is multibyte, the output of the process is at first converted
4520 to multibyte by `string-to-multibyte' then inserted in the buffer.
4521 Previously, it was converted to multibyte by `string-as-multibyte',
4522 which was not compatible with the behavior of file reading.
4524 ** Enhanced networking support.
4526 *** The new `make-network-process' function makes network connections.
4527 It allows opening of stream and datagram connections to a server, as well as
4528 create a stream or datagram server inside Emacs.
4530 - A server is started using :server t arg.
4531 - Datagram connection is selected using :type 'datagram arg.
4532 - A server can open on a random port using :service t arg.
4533 - Local sockets are supported using :family 'local arg.
4534 - IPv6 is supported (when available). You may explicitly select IPv6
4535 using :family 'ipv6 arg.
4536 - Non-blocking connect is supported using :nowait t arg.
4537 - The process' property list can be initialized using :plist PLIST arg;
4538 a copy of the server process' property list is automatically inherited
4539 by new client processes created to handle incoming connections.
4541 To test for the availability of a given feature, use featurep like this:
4542 (featurep 'make-network-process '(:type datagram))
4543 (featurep 'make-network-process '(:family ipv6))
4545 *** The old `open-network-stream' now uses `make-network-process'.
4547 *** `process-contact' has an optional KEY argument.
4549 Depending on this argument, you can get the complete list of network
4550 process properties or a specific property. Using :local or :remote as
4551 the KEY, you get the address of the local or remote end-point.
4553 An Inet address is represented as a 5 element vector, where the first
4554 4 elements contain the IP address and the fifth is the port number.
4556 *** New functions `stop-process' and `continue-process'.
4558 These functions stop and restart communication through a network
4559 connection. For a server process, no connections are accepted in the
4560 stopped state. For a client process, no input is received in the
4563 *** New function `format-network-address'.
4565 This function reformats the Lisp representation of a network address
4566 to a printable string. For example, an IP address A.B.C.D and port
4567 number P is represented as a five element vector [A B C D P], and the
4568 printable string returned for this vector is "A.B.C.D:P". See the doc
4569 string for other formatting options.
4571 *** New function `network-interface-list'.
4573 This function returns a list of network interface names and their
4574 current network addresses.
4576 *** New function `network-interface-info'.
4578 This function returns the network address, hardware address, current
4579 status, and other information about a specific network interface.
4581 *** New functions `process-datagram-address', `set-process-datagram-address'.
4583 These functions are used with datagram-based network processes to get
4584 and set the current address of the remote partner.
4586 *** Deleting a network process with `delete-process' calls the sentinel.
4588 The status message passed to the sentinel for a deleted network
4589 process is "deleted". The message passed to the sentinel when the
4590 connection is closed by the remote peer has been changed to
4591 "connection broken by remote peer".
4593 ** Using window objects:
4595 *** You can now make a window as short as one line.
4597 A window that is just one line tall does not display either a mode
4598 line or a header line, even if the variables `mode-line-format' and
4599 `header-line-format' call for them. A window that is two lines tall
4600 cannot display both a mode line and a header line at once; if the
4601 variables call for both, only the mode line actually appears.
4603 *** The new function `window-inside-edges' returns the edges of the
4604 actual text portion of the window, not including the scroll bar or
4605 divider line, the fringes, the display margins, the header line and
4608 *** The new functions `window-pixel-edges' and `window-inside-pixel-edges'
4609 return window edges in units of pixels, rather than columns and lines.
4611 *** New function `window-body-height'.
4613 This is like `window-height' but does not count the mode line or the
4616 *** The new function `adjust-window-trailing-edge' moves the right
4617 or bottom edge of a window. It does not move other window edges.
4619 *** The new macro `with-selected-window' temporarily switches the
4620 selected window without impacting the order of `buffer-list'.
4621 It saves and restores the current buffer, too.
4623 *** `select-window' takes an optional second argument NORECORD.
4625 This is like `switch-to-buffer'.
4627 *** `save-selected-window' now saves and restores the selected window
4628 of every frame. This way, it restores everything that can be changed
4629 by calling `select-window'. It also saves and restores the current
4632 *** `set-window-buffer' has an optional argument KEEP-MARGINS.
4634 If non-nil, that says to preserve the window's current margin, fringe,
4635 and scroll-bar settings.
4637 *** The new function `window-tree' returns a frame's window tree.
4639 *** The functions `get-lru-window' and `get-largest-window' take an optional
4640 argument `dedicated'. If non-nil, those functions do not ignore
4643 ** Customizable fringe bitmaps
4645 *** There are new display properties, `left-fringe' and `right-fringe',
4646 that can be used to show a specific bitmap in the left or right fringe
4647 bitmap of the display line.
4649 Format is `display (left-fringe BITMAP [FACE])', where BITMAP is a
4650 symbol identifying a fringe bitmap, either built-in or defined with
4651 `define-fringe-bitmap', and FACE is an optional face name to be used
4652 for displaying the bitmap instead of the default `fringe' face.
4653 When specified, FACE is automatically merged with the `fringe' face.
4655 *** New buffer-local variables `fringe-indicator-alist' and
4656 `fringe-cursor-alist' maps between logical (internal) fringe indicator
4657 and cursor symbols and the actual fringe bitmaps to be displayed.
4658 This decouples the logical meaning of the fringe indicators from the
4659 physical appearance, as well as allowing different fringe bitmaps to
4660 be used in different windows showing different buffers.
4662 *** New function `define-fringe-bitmap' can now be used to create new
4663 fringe bitmaps, as well as change the built-in fringe bitmaps.
4665 *** New function `destroy-fringe-bitmap' deletes a fringe bitmap
4666 or restores a built-in one to its default value.
4668 *** New function `set-fringe-bitmap-face' specifies the face to be
4669 used for a specific fringe bitmap. The face is automatically merged
4670 with the `fringe' face, so normally, the face should only specify the
4671 foreground color of the bitmap.
4673 *** New function `fringe-bitmaps-at-pos' returns the current fringe
4674 bitmaps in the display line at a given buffer position.
4676 ** Other window fringe features:
4678 *** Controlling the default left and right fringe widths.
4680 The default left and right fringe widths for all windows of a frame
4681 can now be controlled by setting the `left-fringe' and `right-fringe'
4682 frame parameters to an integer value specifying the width in pixels.
4683 Setting the width to 0 effectively removes the corresponding fringe.
4685 The actual default fringe widths for the frame may deviate from the
4686 specified widths, since the combined fringe widths must match an
4687 integral number of columns. The extra width is distributed evenly
4688 between the left and right fringe. To force a specific fringe width,
4689 specify the width as a negative integer (if both widths are negative,
4690 only the left fringe gets the specified width).
4692 Setting the width to nil (the default), restores the default fringe
4693 width which is the minimum number of pixels necessary to display any
4694 of the currently defined fringe bitmaps. The width of the built-in
4695 fringe bitmaps is 8 pixels.
4697 *** Per-window fringe and scrollbar settings
4699 **** Windows can now have their own individual fringe widths and
4702 To control the fringe widths of a window, either set the buffer-local
4703 variables `left-fringe-width', `right-fringe-width', or call
4704 `set-window-fringes'.
4706 To control the fringe position in a window, that is, whether fringes
4707 are positioned between the display margins and the window's text area,
4708 or at the edges of the window, either set the buffer-local variable
4709 `fringes-outside-margins' or call `set-window-fringes'.
4711 The function `window-fringes' can be used to obtain the current
4712 settings. To make `left-fringe-width', `right-fringe-width', and
4713 `fringes-outside-margins' take effect, you must set them before
4714 displaying the buffer in a window, or use `set-window-buffer' to force
4715 an update of the display margins.
4717 **** Windows can now have their own individual scroll-bar settings
4718 controlling the width and position of scroll-bars.
4720 To control the scroll-bar of a window, either set the buffer-local
4721 variables `scroll-bar-mode' and `scroll-bar-width', or call
4722 `set-window-scroll-bars'. The function `window-scroll-bars' can be
4723 used to obtain the current settings. To make `scroll-bar-mode' and
4724 `scroll-bar-width' take effect, you must set them before displaying
4725 the buffer in a window, or use `set-window-buffer' to force an update
4726 of the display margins.
4728 ** Redisplay features:
4730 *** `sit-for' can now be called with args (SECONDS &optional NODISP).
4732 *** Iconifying or deiconifying a frame no longer makes sit-for return.
4734 *** New function `redisplay' causes an immediate redisplay if no input is
4735 available, equivalent to (sit-for 0). The call (redisplay t) forces
4736 an immediate redisplay even if input is pending.
4738 *** New function `force-window-update' can initiate a full redisplay of
4739 one or all windows. Normally, this is not needed as changes in window
4740 contents are detected automatically. However, certain implicit
4741 changes to mode lines, header lines, or display properties may require
4742 forcing an explicit window update.
4744 *** (char-displayable-p CHAR) returns non-nil if Emacs ought to be able
4745 to display CHAR. More precisely, if the selected frame's fontset has
4746 a font to display the character set that CHAR belongs to.
4748 Fontsets can specify a font on a per-character basis; when the fontset
4749 does that, this value cannot be accurate.
4751 *** You can define multiple overlay arrows via the new
4752 variable `overlay-arrow-variable-list'.
4754 It contains a list of variables which contain overlay arrow position
4755 markers, including the original `overlay-arrow-position' variable.
4757 Each variable on this list can have individual `overlay-arrow-string'
4758 and `overlay-arrow-bitmap' properties that specify an overlay arrow
4759 string (for non-window terminals) or fringe bitmap (for window
4760 systems) to display at the corresponding overlay arrow position.
4761 If either property is not set, the default `overlay-arrow-string' or
4762 'overlay-arrow-fringe-bitmap' will be used.
4764 *** New `line-height' and `line-spacing' properties for newline characters
4766 A newline can now have `line-height' and `line-spacing' text or overlay
4767 properties that control the height of the corresponding display row.
4769 If the `line-height' property value is t, the newline does not
4770 contribute to the height of the display row; instead the height of the
4771 newline glyph is reduced. Also, a `line-spacing' property on this
4772 newline is ignored. This can be used to tile small images or image
4773 slices without adding blank areas between the images.
4775 If the `line-height' property value is a positive integer, the value
4776 specifies the minimum line height in pixels. If necessary, the line
4777 height it increased by increasing the line's ascent.
4779 If the `line-height' property value is a float, the minimum line
4780 height is calculated by multiplying the default frame line height by
4783 If the `line-height' property value is a cons (FACE . RATIO), the
4784 minimum line height is calculated as RATIO * height of named FACE.
4785 RATIO is int or float. If FACE is t, it specifies the current face.
4787 If the `line-height' property value is a cons (nil . RATIO), the line
4788 height is calculated as RATIO * actual height of the line's contents.
4790 If the `line-height' value is a cons (HEIGHT . TOTAL), HEIGHT specifies
4791 the line height as described above, while TOTAL is any of the forms
4792 described above and specifies the total height of the line, causing a
4793 varying number of pixels to be inserted after the line to make it line
4794 exactly that many pixels high.
4796 If the `line-spacing' property value is an positive integer, the value
4797 is used as additional pixels to insert after the display line; this
4798 overrides the default frame `line-spacing' and any buffer local value of
4799 the `line-spacing' variable.
4801 If the `line-spacing' property is a float or cons, the line spacing
4802 is calculated as specified above for the `line-height' property.
4804 *** The buffer local `line-spacing' variable can now have a float value,
4805 which is used as a height relative to the default frame line height.
4807 *** Enhancements to stretch display properties
4809 The display property stretch specification form `(space PROPS)', where
4810 PROPS is a property list, now allows pixel based width and height
4811 specifications, as well as enhanced horizontal text alignment.
4813 The value of these properties can now be a (primitive) expression
4814 which is evaluated during redisplay. The following expressions
4817 EXPR ::= NUM | (NUM) | UNIT | ELEM | POS | IMAGE | FORM
4818 NUM ::= INTEGER | FLOAT | SYMBOL
4819 UNIT ::= in | mm | cm | width | height
4820 ELEM ::= left-fringe | right-fringe | left-margin | right-margin
4822 POS ::= left | center | right
4823 FORM ::= (NUM . EXPR) | (OP EXPR ...)
4826 The form `NUM' specifies a fractional width or height of the default
4827 frame font size. The form `(NUM)' specifies an absolute number of
4828 pixels. If a symbol is specified, its buffer-local variable binding
4829 is used. The `in', `mm', and `cm' units specifies the number of
4830 pixels per inch, milli-meter, and centi-meter, resp. The `width' and
4831 `height' units correspond to the width and height of the current face
4832 font. An image specification corresponds to the width or height of
4835 The `left-fringe', `right-fringe', `left-margin', `right-margin',
4836 `scroll-bar', and `text' elements specify to the width of the
4837 corresponding area of the window.
4839 The `left', `center', and `right' positions can be used with :align-to
4840 to specify a position relative to the left edge, center, or right edge
4841 of the text area. One of the above window elements (except `text')
4842 can also be used with :align-to to specify that the position is
4843 relative to the left edge of the given area. Once the base offset for
4844 a relative position has been set (by the first occurrence of one of
4845 these symbols), further occurrences of these symbols are interpreted as
4846 the width of the area.
4848 For example, to align to the center of the left-margin, use
4849 :align-to (+ left-margin (0.5 . left-margin))
4851 If no specific base offset is set for alignment, it is always relative
4852 to the left edge of the text area. For example, :align-to 0 in a
4853 header line aligns with the first text column in the text area.
4855 The value of the form `(NUM . EXPR)' is the value of NUM multiplied by
4856 the value of the expression EXPR. For example, (2 . in) specifies a
4857 width of 2 inches, while (0.5 . IMAGE) specifies half the width (or
4858 height) of the specified image.
4860 The form `(+ EXPR ...)' adds up the value of the expressions.
4861 The form `(- EXPR ...)' negates or subtracts the value of the expressions.
4863 *** Normally, the cursor is displayed at the end of any overlay and
4864 text property string that may be present at the current window
4865 position. The cursor can now be placed on any character of such
4866 strings by giving that character a non-nil `cursor' text property.
4868 *** The display space :width and :align-to text properties are now
4869 supported on text terminals.
4871 *** Support for displaying image slices
4873 **** New display property (slice X Y WIDTH HEIGHT) can be used with
4874 an image property to display only a specific slice of the image.
4876 **** Function `insert-image' has new optional fourth arg to
4877 specify image slice (X Y WIDTH HEIGHT).
4879 **** New function `insert-sliced-image' inserts a given image as a
4880 specified number of evenly sized slices (rows x columns).
4882 *** Images can now have an associated image map via the :map property.
4884 An image map is an alist where each element has the format (AREA ID PLIST).
4885 An AREA is specified as either a rectangle, a circle, or a polygon:
4886 A rectangle is a cons (rect . ((X0 . Y0) . (X1 . Y1))) specifying the
4887 pixel coordinates of the upper left and bottom right corners.
4888 A circle is a cons (circle . ((X0 . Y0) . R)) specifying the center
4889 and the radius of the circle; R can be a float or integer.
4890 A polygon is a cons (poly . [X0 Y0 X1 Y1 ...]) where each pair in the
4891 vector describes one corner in the polygon.
4893 When the mouse pointer is above a hot-spot area of an image, the
4894 PLIST of that hot-spot is consulted; if it contains a `help-echo'
4895 property it defines a tool-tip for the hot-spot, and if it contains
4896 a `pointer' property, it defines the shape of the mouse cursor when
4897 it is over the hot-spot. See the variable `void-area-text-pointer'
4898 for possible pointer shapes.
4900 When you click the mouse when the mouse pointer is over a hot-spot,
4901 an event is composed by combining the ID of the hot-spot with the
4902 mouse event, e.g. [area4 mouse-1] if the hot-spot's ID is `area4'.
4904 *** The function `find-image' now searches in etc/images/ and etc/.
4905 The new variable `image-load-path' is a list of locations in which to
4906 search for image files. The default is to search in etc/images, then
4907 in etc/, and finally in the directories specified by `load-path'.
4908 Subdirectories of etc/ and etc/images are not recursively searched; if
4909 you put an image file in a subdirectory, you have to specify it
4910 explicitly; for example, if an image is put in etc/images/foo/bar.xpm:
4912 (defimage foo-image '((:type xpm :file "foo/bar.xpm")))
4914 Note that all images formerly located in the lisp directory have been
4915 moved to etc/images.
4917 *** New function `image-load-path-for-library' returns a suitable
4918 search path for images relative to library. This function is useful in
4919 external packages to save users from having to update
4922 *** The new variable `max-image-size' defines the maximum size of
4923 images that Emacs will load and display.
4925 *** The new variable `display-mm-dimensions-alist' can be used to
4926 override incorrect graphical display dimensions returned by functions
4927 `display-mm-height' and `display-mm-width'.
4929 ** Mouse pointer features:
4931 *** The mouse pointer shape in void text areas (i.e. after the end of a
4932 line or below the last line in the buffer) of the text window is now
4933 controlled by the new variable `void-text-area-pointer'. The default
4934 is to use the `arrow' (non-text) pointer. Other choices are `text'
4935 (or nil), `hand', `vdrag', `hdrag', `modeline', and `hourglass'.
4937 *** The mouse pointer shape over an image can now be controlled by the
4938 :pointer image property.
4940 *** The mouse pointer shape over ordinary text or images can now be
4941 controlled/overridden via the `pointer' text property.
4943 ** Mouse event enhancements:
4945 *** All mouse events now include a buffer position regardless of where
4946 you clicked. For mouse clicks in window margins and fringes, this is
4947 a sensible buffer position corresponding to the surrounding text.
4949 *** Mouse events for clicks on window fringes now specify `left-fringe'
4950 or `right-fringe' as the area.
4952 *** Mouse events include actual glyph column and row for all event types
4955 *** Mouse events can now indicate an image object clicked on.
4957 *** Mouse events include relative X and Y pixel coordinates relative to
4958 the top left corner of the object (image or character) clicked on.
4960 *** Mouse events include the pixel width and height of the object
4961 (image or character) clicked on.
4963 *** Function `mouse-set-point' now works for events outside text area.
4965 *** `posn-point' now returns buffer position for non-text area events.
4967 *** New function `posn-area' returns window area clicked on (nil means
4970 *** New function `posn-actual-col-row' returns the actual glyph coordinates
4971 of the mouse event position.
4973 *** New functions 'posn-object', 'posn-object-x-y', 'posn-object-width-height'.
4975 These return the image or string object of a mouse click, the X and Y
4976 pixel coordinates relative to the top left corner of that object, and
4977 the total width and height of that object.
4979 ** Text property and overlay changes:
4981 *** Arguments for `remove-overlays' are now optional, so that you can
4982 remove all overlays in the buffer with just (remove-overlays).
4984 *** New variable `char-property-alias-alist'.
4986 This variable allows you to create alternative names for text
4987 properties. It works at the same level as `default-text-properties',
4988 although it applies to overlays as well. This variable was introduced
4989 to implement the `font-lock-face' property.
4991 *** New function `get-char-property-and-overlay' accepts the same
4992 arguments as `get-char-property' and returns a cons whose car is the
4993 return value of `get-char-property' called with those arguments and
4994 whose cdr is the overlay in which the property was found, or nil if
4995 it was found as a text property or not found at all.
4997 *** The new function `remove-list-of-text-properties'.
4999 It is like `remove-text-properties' except that it takes a list of
5000 property names as argument rather than a property list.
5004 *** The variable `facemenu-unlisted-faces' has been removed.
5005 Emacs has a lot more faces than in the past, and nearly all of them
5006 needed to be excluded. The new variable `facemenu-listed-faces' lists
5007 the faces to include in the face menu.
5009 *** The new face attribute condition `min-colors' can be used to tailor
5010 the face color to the number of colors supported by a display, and
5011 define the foreground and background colors accordingly so that they
5012 look best on a terminal that supports at least this many colors. This
5013 is now the preferred method for defining default faces in a way that
5014 makes a good use of the capabilities of the display.
5016 *** New function `display-supports-face-attributes-p' can be used to test
5017 whether a given set of face attributes is actually displayable.
5019 A new predicate `supports' has also been added to the `defface' face
5020 specification language, which can be used to do this test for faces
5021 defined with `defface'.
5023 *** The special treatment of faces whose names are of the form `fg:COLOR'
5024 or `bg:COLOR' has been removed. Lisp programs should use the
5025 `defface' facility for defining faces with specific colors, or use
5026 the feature of specifying the face attributes :foreground and :background
5027 directly in the `face' property instead of using a named face.
5029 *** The first face specification element in a defface can specify
5030 `default' instead of frame classification. Then its attributes act as
5031 defaults that apply to all the subsequent cases (and can be overridden
5034 *** The function `face-differs-from-default-p' now truly checks
5035 whether the given face displays differently from the default face or
5036 not (previously it did only a very cursory check).
5038 *** `face-attribute', `face-foreground', `face-background', `face-stipple'.
5040 These now accept a new optional argument, INHERIT, which controls how
5041 face inheritance is used when determining the value of a face
5044 *** New functions `face-attribute-relative-p' and `merge-face-attribute'
5045 help with handling relative face attributes.
5047 *** The priority of faces in an :inherit attribute face list is reversed.
5049 If a face contains an :inherit attribute with a list of faces, earlier
5050 faces in the list override later faces in the list; in previous
5051 releases of Emacs, the order was the opposite. This change was made
5052 so that :inherit face lists operate identically to face lists in text
5055 *** The variable `face-font-rescale-alist' specifies how much larger
5056 (or smaller) font we should use. For instance, if the value is
5057 '((SOME-FONTNAME-PATTERN . 1.3)) and a face requests a font of 10
5058 point, we actually use a font of 13 point if the font matches
5059 SOME-FONTNAME-PATTERN.
5061 *** On terminals, faces with the :inverse-video attribute are displayed
5062 with swapped foreground and background colors even when one of them is
5063 not specified. In previous releases of Emacs, if either foreground
5064 or background color was unspecified, colors were not swapped. This
5065 was inconsistent with the face behavior under X.
5067 *** `set-fontset-font', `fontset-info', `fontset-font' now operate on
5068 the default fontset if the argument NAME is nil..
5070 ** Font-Lock changes:
5072 *** New special text property `font-lock-face'.
5074 This property acts like the `face' property, but it is controlled by
5075 M-x font-lock-mode. It is not, strictly speaking, a builtin text
5076 property. Instead, it is implemented inside font-core.el, using the
5077 new variable `char-property-alias-alist'.
5079 *** font-lock can manage arbitrary text-properties beside `face'.
5081 **** the FACENAME returned in `font-lock-keywords' can be a list of the
5082 form (face FACE PROP1 VAL1 PROP2 VAL2 ...) so you can set other
5083 properties than `face'.
5085 **** `font-lock-extra-managed-props' can be set to make sure those
5086 extra properties are automatically cleaned up by font-lock.
5088 *** jit-lock obeys a new text-property `jit-lock-defer-multiline'.
5090 If a piece of text with that property gets contextually refontified
5091 (see `jit-lock-defer-contextually'), then all of that text will
5092 be refontified. This is useful when the syntax of a textual element
5093 depends on text several lines further down (and when `font-lock-multiline'
5094 is not appropriate to solve that problem). For example in Perl:
5102 Adding/removing the last `e' changes the `bar' from being a piece of
5103 text to being a piece of code, so you'd put a `jit-lock-defer-multiline'
5104 property over the second half of the command to force (deferred)
5105 refontification of `bar' whenever the `e' is added/removed.
5107 *** `font-lock-extend-region-functions' makes it possible to alter the way
5108 the fontification region is chosen. This can be used to prevent rounding
5109 up to whole lines, or to extend the region to include all related lines
5110 of multiline constructs so that such constructs get properly recognized.
5112 ** Major mode mechanism changes:
5114 *** New variable `magic-mode-alist' determines major mode for a file by
5115 looking at the file contents. It takes precedence over `auto-mode-alist'.
5117 *** New variable `magic-fallback-mode-alist' determines major mode for a file by
5118 looking at the file contents. It is handled after `auto-mode-alist',
5119 only if `auto-mode-alist' (and `magic-mode-alist') says nothing about the file.
5121 *** XML or SGML major mode is selected when file starts with an `<?xml'
5122 or `<!DOCTYPE' declaration.
5124 *** An interpreter magic line (if present) takes precedence over the
5125 file name when setting the major mode.
5127 *** If new variable `auto-mode-case-fold' is set to a non-nil value,
5128 Emacs will perform a second case-insensitive search through
5129 `auto-mode-alist' if the first case-sensitive search fails. This
5130 means that a file FILE.TXT is opened in text-mode, and a file
5131 PROG.HTML is opened in html-mode. Note however, that independent of
5132 this setting, *.C files are usually recognized as C++ files. It also
5133 has no effect on systems with case-insensitive file names.
5135 *** All major mode functions should now run the new normal hook
5136 `after-change-major-mode-hook', at their very end, after the mode
5137 hooks. `run-mode-hooks' does this automatically.
5139 *** Major modes can define `eldoc-documentation-function'
5140 locally to provide Eldoc functionality by some method appropriate to
5143 *** Use the new function `run-mode-hooks' to run the major mode's mode hook.
5145 *** The new function `run-mode-hooks' and the new macro `delay-mode-hooks'
5146 are used by `define-derived-mode' to make sure the mode hook for the
5147 parent mode is run at the end of the child mode.
5149 *** `define-derived-mode' by default creates a new empty abbrev table.
5150 It does not copy abbrevs from the parent mode's abbrev table.
5152 *** If a major mode function has a non-nil `no-clone-indirect'
5153 property, `clone-indirect-buffer' signals an error if you use
5156 ** Minor mode changes:
5158 *** `define-minor-mode' now accepts arbitrary additional keyword arguments
5159 and simply passes them to `defcustom', if applicable.
5161 *** `define-globalized-minor-mode'.
5163 This is a new name for what was formerly called
5164 `easy-mmode-define-global-mode'. The old name remains as an alias.
5166 *** `minor-mode-list' now holds a list of minor mode commands.
5168 ** Command loop changes:
5170 *** The new function `called-interactively-p' does what many people
5171 have mistakenly believed `interactive-p' to do: it returns t if the
5172 calling function was called through `call-interactively'.
5174 Only use this when you cannot solve the problem by adding a new
5175 INTERACTIVE argument to the command.
5177 *** The function `commandp' takes an additional optional argument.
5179 If it is non-nil, then `commandp' checks for a function that could be
5180 called with `call-interactively', and does not return t for keyboard
5183 *** When a command returns, the command loop moves point out from
5184 within invisible text, in the same way it moves out from within text
5185 covered by an image or composition property.
5187 This makes it generally unnecessary to mark invisible text as intangible.
5188 This is particularly good because the intangible property often has
5189 unexpected side-effects since the property applies to everything
5190 (including `goto-char', ...) whereas this new code is only run after
5191 `post-command-hook' and thus does not care about intermediate states.
5193 *** If a command sets `transient-mark-mode' to `only', that
5194 enables Transient Mark mode for the following command only.
5195 During that following command, the value of `transient-mark-mode'
5196 is `identity'. If it is still `identity' at the end of the command,
5197 the next return to the command loop changes to nil.
5199 *** Both the variable and the function `disabled-command-hook' have
5200 been renamed to `disabled-command-function'. The variable
5201 `disabled-command-hook' has been kept as an obsolete alias.
5203 *** `emacsserver' now runs `pre-command-hook' and `post-command-hook'
5204 when it receives a request from emacsclient.
5206 *** `current-idle-time' reports how long Emacs has been idle.
5208 ** Lisp file loading changes:
5210 *** `load-history' can now have elements of the form (t . FUNNAME),
5211 which means FUNNAME was previously defined as an autoload (before the
5212 current file redefined it).
5214 *** `load-history' now records (defun . FUNNAME) when a function is
5215 defined. For a variable, it records just the variable name.
5217 *** The function `symbol-file' can now search specifically for function,
5218 variable or face definitions.
5220 *** `provide' and `featurep' now accept an optional second argument
5221 to test/provide subfeatures. Also `provide' now checks `after-load-alist'
5222 and runs any code associated with the provided feature.
5224 *** The variable `recursive-load-depth-limit' has been deleted.
5225 Emacs now signals an error if the same file is loaded with more
5226 than 3 levels of nesting.
5228 ** Byte compiler changes:
5230 *** The byte compiler now displays the actual line and character
5231 position of errors, where possible. Additionally, the form of its
5232 warning and error messages have been brought into line with GNU standards
5233 for these. As a result, you can use next-error and friends on the
5234 compilation output buffer.
5236 *** The new macro `with-no-warnings' suppresses all compiler warnings
5237 inside its body. In terms of execution, it is equivalent to `progn'.
5239 *** You can avoid warnings for possibly-undefined symbols with a
5240 simple convention that the compiler understands. (This is mostly
5241 useful in code meant to be portable to different Emacs versions.)
5242 Write forms like the following, or code that macroexpands into such
5245 (if (fboundp 'foo) <then> <else>)
5246 (if (boundp 'foo) <then> <else)
5248 In the first case, using `foo' as a function inside the <then> form
5249 won't produce a warning if it's not defined as a function, and in the
5250 second case, using `foo' as a variable won't produce a warning if it's
5251 unbound. The test must be in exactly one of the above forms (after
5252 macro expansion), but such tests can be nested. Note that `when' and
5253 `unless' expand to `if', but `cond' doesn't.
5255 *** `(featurep 'xemacs)' is treated by the compiler as nil. This
5256 helps to avoid noisy compiler warnings in code meant to run under both
5257 Emacs and XEmacs and can sometimes make the result significantly more
5258 efficient. Since byte code from recent versions of XEmacs won't
5259 generally run in Emacs and vice versa, this optimization doesn't lose
5262 *** The local variable `no-byte-compile' in Lisp files is now obeyed.
5264 *** When a Lisp file uses CL functions at run-time, compiling the file
5265 now issues warnings about these calls, unless the file performs
5266 (require 'cl) when loaded.
5268 ** Frame operations:
5270 *** New functions `frame-current-scroll-bars' and `window-current-scroll-bars'.
5272 These functions return the current locations of the vertical and
5273 horizontal scroll bars in a frame or window.
5275 *** The new function `modify-all-frames-parameters' modifies parameters
5276 for all (existing and future) frames.
5278 *** The new frame parameter `tty-color-mode' specifies the mode to use
5279 for color support on character terminal frames. Its value can be a
5280 number of colors to support, or a symbol. See the Emacs Lisp
5281 Reference manual for more detailed documentation.
5283 *** When using non-toolkit scroll bars with the default width,
5284 the `scroll-bar-width' frame parameter value is nil.
5286 ** Mode line changes:
5288 *** New function `format-mode-line'.
5290 This returns the mode line or header line of the selected (or a
5291 specified) window as a string with or without text properties.
5293 *** The new mode-line construct `(:propertize ELT PROPS...)' can be
5294 used to add text properties to mode-line elements.
5296 *** The new `%i' and `%I' constructs for `mode-line-format' can be used
5297 to display the size of the accessible part of the buffer on the mode
5300 *** Mouse-face on mode-line (and header-line) is now supported.
5302 ** Menu manipulation changes:
5304 *** To manipulate the File menu using easy-menu, you must specify the
5305 proper name "file". In previous Emacs versions, you had to specify
5306 "files", even though the menu item itself was changed to say "File"
5307 several versions ago.
5309 *** The dummy function keys made by easy-menu are now always lower case.
5310 If you specify the menu item name "Ada", for instance, it uses `ada'
5311 as the "key" bound by that key binding.
5313 This is relevant only if Lisp code looks for the bindings that were
5314 made with easy-menu.
5316 *** `easy-menu-define' now allows you to use nil for the symbol name
5317 if you don't need to give the menu a name. If you install the menu
5318 into other keymaps right away (MAPS is non-nil), it usually doesn't
5319 need to have a name.
5323 *** Already true in Emacs 21.1, but not emphasized clearly enough:
5325 Multibyte buffers can now faithfully record all 256 character codes
5326 from 0 to 255. As a result, most of the past reasons to use unibyte
5327 buffers no longer exist. We only know of three reasons to use them
5330 1. If you prefer to use unibyte text all of the time.
5332 2. For reading files into temporary buffers, when you want to avoid
5333 the time it takes to convert the format.
5335 3. For binary files where format conversion would be pointless and
5338 *** The new variable `auto-coding-functions' lets you specify functions
5339 to examine a file being visited and deduce the proper coding system
5340 for it. (If the coding system is detected incorrectly for a specific
5341 file, you can put a `coding:' tags to override it.)
5343 *** The new variable `ascii-case-table' stores the case table for the
5344 ascii character set. Language environments (such as Turkish) may
5345 alter the case correspondences of ASCII characters. This variable
5346 saves the original ASCII case table before any such changes.
5348 *** The new function `merge-coding-systems' fills in unspecified aspects
5349 of one coding system from another coding system.
5351 *** New coding system property `mime-text-unsuitable' indicates that
5352 the coding system's `mime-charset' is not suitable for MIME text
5355 *** New function `decode-coding-inserted-region' decodes a region as if
5356 it is read from a file without decoding.
5358 *** New CCL functions `lookup-character' and `lookup-integer' access
5359 hash tables defined by the Lisp function `define-translation-hash-table'.
5361 *** New function `quail-find-key' returns a list of keys to type in the
5362 current input method to input a character.
5364 *** `set-buffer-file-coding-system' now takes an additional argument,
5365 NOMODIFY. If it is non-nil, it means don't mark the buffer modified.
5367 ** Operating system access:
5369 *** The new primitive `get-internal-run-time' returns the processor
5370 run time used by Emacs since start-up.
5372 *** Functions `user-uid' and `user-real-uid' now return floats if the
5373 user UID doesn't fit in a Lisp integer. Function `user-full-name'
5374 accepts a float as UID parameter.
5376 *** New function `locale-info' accesses locale information.
5378 *** On MS Windows, locale-coding-system is used to interact with the OS.
5379 The Windows specific variable w32-system-coding-system, which was
5380 formerly used for that purpose is now an alias for locale-coding-system.
5382 *** New function `redirect-debugging-output' can be used to redirect
5383 debugging output on the stderr file handle to a file.
5387 *** New variable `gc-cons-percentage' automatically grows the GC cons threshold
5388 as the heap size increases.
5390 *** New variables `gc-elapsed' and `gcs-done' provide extra information
5391 on garbage collection.
5393 *** The normal hook `post-gc-hook' is run at the end of garbage collection.
5395 The hook is run with GC inhibited, so use it with care.
5399 *** A number of hooks have been renamed to better follow the conventions:
5401 `find-file-hooks' to `find-file-hook',
5402 `find-file-not-found-hooks' to `find-file-not-found-functions',
5403 `write-file-hooks' to `write-file-functions',
5404 `write-contents-hooks' to `write-contents-functions',
5405 `x-lost-selection-hooks' to `x-lost-selection-functions',
5406 `x-sent-selection-hooks' to `x-sent-selection-functions',
5407 `delete-frame-hook' to `delete-frame-functions'.
5409 In each case the old name remains as an alias for the moment.
5411 *** Variable `local-write-file-hooks' is marked obsolete.
5413 Use the LOCAL arg of `add-hook'.
5415 *** New function `x-send-client-message' sends a client message when
5418 * New Packages for Lisp Programming in Emacs 22.1
5420 ** The new library button.el implements simple and fast `clickable
5421 buttons' in Emacs buffers. Buttons are much lighter-weight than the
5422 `widgets' implemented by widget.el, and can be used by lisp code that
5423 doesn't require the full power of widgets. Emacs uses buttons for
5424 such things as help and apropos buffers.
5426 ** The new library tree-widget.el provides a widget to display a set
5427 of hierarchical data as an outline. For example, the tree-widget is
5428 well suited to display a hierarchy of directories and files.
5430 ** The new library bindat.el provides functions to unpack and pack
5431 binary data structures, such as network packets, to and from Lisp
5434 ** master-mode.el implements a minor mode for scrolling a slave
5435 buffer without leaving your current buffer, the master buffer.
5437 It can be used by sql.el, for example: the SQL buffer is the master
5438 and its SQLi buffer is the slave. This allows you to scroll the SQLi
5439 buffer containing the output from the SQL buffer containing the
5442 This is how to use sql.el and master.el together: the variable
5443 sql-buffer contains the slave buffer. It is a local variable in the
5446 (add-hook 'sql-mode-hook
5447 (function (lambda ()
5449 (master-set-slave sql-buffer))))
5450 (add-hook 'sql-set-sqli-hook
5451 (function (lambda ()
5452 (master-set-slave sql-buffer))))
5454 ** The new library benchmark.el does timing measurements on Lisp code.
5456 This includes measuring garbage collection time.
5458 ** The new library testcover.el does test coverage checking.
5460 This is so you can tell whether you've tested all paths in your Lisp
5461 code. It works with edebug.
5463 The function `testcover-start' instruments all functions in a given
5464 file. Then test your code. The function `testcover-mark-all' adds
5465 overlay "splotches" to the Lisp file's buffer to show where coverage
5466 is lacking. The command `testcover-next-mark' (bind it to a key!)
5467 will move point forward to the next spot that has a splotch.
5469 Normally, a red splotch indicates the form was never completely
5470 evaluated; a brown splotch means it always evaluated to the same
5471 value. The red splotches are skipped for forms that can't possibly
5472 complete their evaluation, such as `error'. The brown splotches are
5473 skipped for forms that are expected to always evaluate to the same
5474 value, such as (setq x 14).
5476 For difficult cases, you can add do-nothing macros to your code to
5477 help out the test coverage tool. The macro `noreturn' suppresses a
5478 red splotch. It is an error if the argument to `noreturn' does
5479 return. The macro `1value' suppresses a brown splotch for its argument.
5480 This macro is a no-op except during test-coverage -- then it signals
5481 an error if the argument actually returns differing values.
5485 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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5489 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
5490 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
5493 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
5494 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
5495 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
5496 GNU General Public License for more details.
5498 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
5499 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
5500 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
5501 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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