From cec849219337360f7d23eb3ca59899d38cfb9948 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:59:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS entries for mail-user-agent and CEDET. --- etc/NEWS | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index d3fdf359c4f..92016661ae6 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -219,16 +219,6 @@ dired buffers automatically on revisiting. *** When `doc-view-continuous' is non-nil, scrolling a line on the page edge advances to the next/previous page. -** FIXME mail-user-agent change -This probably affects a lot of documentation. - -*** If the user has not customized mail-user-agent, the `compose-mail' -command (C-x m) checks for customizations for Mail mode, the previous -default mail-user-agent. It issues a warning if these customizations -are found, to prevent mail configurations from silently breaking. - -To disable this check, set compose-mail-user-agent-warnings to nil. - ** FIXME gdb-mi ** Grep @@ -244,6 +234,22 @@ matched topics found in the index. manual that generates an Info file which gives the same information through a menu structure. +** Message mode is now the default mode for composing mail. + +The default for `mail-user-agent' is now message-user-agent, so the +C-x m (`compose-mail') command uses Message mode instead of Mail mode. + +Message mode has been included in Emacs, as part of the Gnus package, +for several years. It provides several features that are absent in +Mail mode, such as MIME handling. + +*** If the user has not customized mail-user-agent, `compose-mail' +checks for Mail mode customizations, and issues a warning if these +customizations are found. This alerts users who may otherwise be +unaware that their mail configuration has changed. + +To disable this check, set compose-mail-user-agent-warnings to nil. + ** nXML mode is now the default for editing XML files. ** Shell @@ -273,7 +279,7 @@ by default anymore. The number of entries shown can be chosen interactively with a prefix argument, by customizing vc-log-show-limit. The log buffer display buttons that can be used to change the number of entries shown. -RCS, SCCS, CVS do not support this feature. +RCS, SCCS, CVS do not support this feature. *** vc-annotate supports annotations through file copies and renames, it displays the old names for the files and it can show logs/diffs for @@ -364,12 +370,35 @@ consider the background light). * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2 +** CEDET (the Collection of Emacs Development Tools) is now in Emacs. +This is a collection of packages to aid with using Emacs as an IDE +(integrated development environment): + +*** The Semantic package allows the use of parsers to intelligently +edit and navigate source code. Parsers for C/C++, Java, Javascript, +and several other languages are included by default, and Semantic can +also interface with external tools such as GNU Global and GNU Idutils. + +To enable Semantic, use the global minor mode `semantic-mode'. +See the Semantic manual for details. + +*** EDE (Emacs Development Environment) is a package for managing code +projects, including features such as automatic Makefile generation. + +To enable EDE, use the minor mode `global-ede-mode'. +See the EDE manual for details. + +*** SRecode is a library for recoding Semantic tags back into source +code. It is currently used by some parts of Semantic and EDE; in the +future, it may be used for code generation features. + +*** The EIEIO library implements a subset of the Common Lisp Object +System (CLOS). It is used by the other CEDET packages. + ** mpc.el is a front end for the Music Player Daemon. Run it with M-x mpc. ** htmlfontify.el turns a fontified Emacs buffer into an HTML page. -** FIXME CEDET - ** js.el is a new major mode for JavaScript files. ** imap-hash.el is a new library to address IMAP mailboxes as hashtables. -- 2.11.4.GIT