[bpt/emacs.git] / lispref / ChangeLog

2003-06-13  Kai Gro\e,A_\e(Bjohann  <kai.grossjohann@gmx.net>

	* files.texi (Changing Files): copy-file copies file modes, too.

2003-05-28  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* strings.texi (Creating Strings): Clarify split-string.

2003-05-22  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* strings.texi (Creating Strings): Update split-string specification
	and examples.

2003-05-19  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* elisp.texi: Correct invariant section names.

2003-04-20  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* os.texi (Timers): Explain about timers and quitting.

2003-04-19  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* internals.texi (Writing Emacs Primitives): Strings are
	no longer special for GCPROs.  Mention GCPRO5, GCPRO6.
	Explain GCPRO convention for varargs function args.

2003-04-16  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* minibuf.texi (Minibuffer Misc): Document fn minibuffer-message.

2003-04-08  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* files.texi (Kinds of Files): Correct return value of file-symlink-p.

2003-02-13  Kim F. Storm  <storm@cua.dk>

	* objects.texi (Character Type): New \s escape for space.

2003-01-31  Joe Buehler  <jhpb@draco.hekimian.com>

	* os.texi (System Environment): Added cygwin system-type.

2003-01-25  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* keymaps.texi: Document that a symbol can act as a keymap.

2003-01-13  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* text.texi (Changing Properties): Say string indices are origin-0.

	* positions.texi (Screen Lines) <compute-motion>:
	Correct order of elts in return value.

	* keymaps.texi (Changing Key Bindings) <define-key>: Mention
	how to define a default binding.

2002-12-07  Markus Rost  <rost@math.ohio-state.edu>

	* loading.texi (Unloading): Fix recent change for load-history.

	* customize.texi (Simple Types): Clarify description of custom
	type 'number. Describe new custom type 'float.

2002-12-04  Markus Rost  <rost@math.ohio-state.edu>

	* variables.texi (File Local Variables): Fix typo.

2002-10-23  Kai Gro\e,A_\e(Bjohann  <kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de>

	From Michael Albinus <Michael.Albinus@alcatel.de>.

	* README: Target for Info file is `make info'.

	* files.texi (File Name Components): Fixed typos in
	`file-name-sans-extension'.
	(Magic File Names): Complete list of operations for magic file
	name handlers.

2002-09-16  Jonathan Yavner  <jyavner@engineer.com>

	* variables.texi (File Local Variables): New function
	risky-local-variable-p.

2002-09-15  Jonathan Yavner  <jyavner@engineer.com>

	* functions.texi (Function safety): New node about unsafep.

2002-08-05  Per Abrahamsen  <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>

	* customize.texi (Splicing into Lists): Fixed example.
	Reported by Fabrice Bauzac <fabrice.bauzac@wanadoo.fr>

2002-06-17  Juanma Barranquero  <lektu@terra.es>

	* frames.texi (Display Feature Testing): Fix typo.

2002-06-12  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	* frames.texi (Initial Parameters, Resources): Fix references to
	the Emacs manual.

2002-05-13  Kim F. Storm  <storm@cua.dk>

	* variables.texi (Intro to Buffer-Local): Updated warning and
	example relating to changing buffer inside let.

2002-03-10  Jan Dj\e,Ad\e(Brv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>

	* os.texi (Session Management): New node about X Session management.

2002-01-18  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* elisp.texi (VERSION): Set to 2.9.  Update the version of Emacs
	to which the manual corresponds, and the copyright years.

	* Makefile.in (VERSION): Set to 2.9.

2001-11-29  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* elisp.texi: Change the category in @dircategory to "Emacs", to
	make it consistent with info/dir.

2001-11-25  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>

	* text.texi (Fields): Describe new `limit' arg in
	field-beginning/field-end.

2001-11-17  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* permute-index: Don't depend on csh-specific features.  Replace
	the interpreter name with /bin/sh.

	* two-volume-cross-refs.txt: New file.
	* two.el: New file.
	* spellfile: New file.

2001-11-16  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* permute-index: New file.

	* vol1.texi, vol2.texi: Renamed from elisp-vol1.texi and
	elisp-vol2.texi, respectively, to avoid file-name clashes in DOS
	8+3 restricted namespace.

	* Makefile.in (infodir): Define relative to $(srcdir).
	($(infodir)/elisp): Don't chdir into $(srcdir), but add it to the
	include directories list via -I switch to makeinfo.
	(index.texi): Use cp if both hard and symbolic links fail.

2001-11-10  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* Makefile.in (distclean): Add.

	The following changes make ELisp manual part of the Emacs
	distribution:

	* Makefile.in: Add Copyright notice.
	(prefix): Remove.
	(infodir): Change value to "../info".
	(VPATH): New variable.
	(MAKE): Don't define.
	(texmacrodir): Don't define.
	(texinputdir): Append the existing value of TEXINPUTS.
	($(infodir)/elisp): Instead of just "elisp".  Reformat the
	command to be compatible with man/Makefile.in, and to put the
	output into ../info.
	(info): Add target.
	(installall): Target removed.

2001-10-31  Pavel Jan\e,Bm\e(Bk  <Pavel@Janik.cz>

	* tips.texi (Coding Conventions): Fix typo.

2001-10-23  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* Makefile.in (srcs): Add gpl.texi and doclicense.texi.

2001-10-22  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* files.texi (File Name Components): Update the description of
	file-name-sans-extension and file-name-extension, as they now
	ignore leading dots.

2001-10-20  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* (Version 21.1 released.)

2001-10-19  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>

	* positions.texi (Text Lines): Describe behavior of
	`beginning-of-line'/`end-of-line' in the presence of field properties.

2001-10-17  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* Makefile.in (VERSION): Set to 2.8.
	(manual): Use `manual-21'.

	* elisp.texi (VERSION): Add and use it where the version
	number was used.  Set it to 2.8.

	* intro.texi: Likewise.

2001-10-13  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* files.texi (File Name Completion): Document the significance of
	a trailing slash in elements of completion-ignored-extensions.

2001-10-06  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>

	* variables.texi (Variable Aliases): It's `@defmac', not `@defmacro'.

2001-10-04  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* variables.texi (Variable Aliases): New node.

2001-10-04  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* Branch for 21.1.

2001-10-02  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>

	* minibuf.texi (Minibuffer Misc): Add entries for
	`minibuffer-contents', `minibuffer-contents-no-properties', and
	`delete-minibuffer-contents'.
	Correct description for `minibuffer-prompt-end'.

	* text.texi (Property Search): Correct descriptions of
	`next-char-property-change' and `previous-char-property-change'.
	Add entries for `next-single-char-property-change' and
	`previous-single-char-property-change'.
	Make operand names a bit more consistent.

2001-09-30  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* frames.texi (Finding All Frames): Document that next-frame and
	previous-frame are local to current terminal.

2001-09-26  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* keymaps.texi (Creating Keymaps): Fix the description of the
	result of make-keymap.

2001-09-23  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* display.texi (Font Lookup, Attribute Functions)
	(Image Descriptors): Add cross-references to the definition of
	selected frame.

	* buffers.texi (The Buffer List): Add cross-references to the
	definition of selected frame.

	* frames.texi (Input Focus): Clarify which frame is _the_ selected
	frame at any given time.
	(Multiple Displays, Size and Position): Add a cross-reference to
	the definition of the selected frame.

2001-09-08  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>

	* strings.texi (String Conversion) <string-to-number>: Document
	that a float is returned for integers that are too large.

	* frames.texi (Mouse Position): Document mouse-position-function.
	(Display Feature Testing): Document display-images-p.
	(Window Frame Parameters): Document the cursor-type variable.

	* numbers.texi (Integer Basics): Document CL style read syntax for
	integers in bases other than 10.

	* positions.texi (List Motion): Document
	open-paren-in-column-0-is-defun-start.

	* lists.texi (Sets And Lists): Document member-ignore-case.

	* internals.texi (Garbage Collection): Document the used and free
	strings report.
	(Memory Usage): Document strings-consed.

	* os.texi (Time of Day): Document float-time.
	(Recording Input): Document that clear-this-command-keys clears
	the vector to be returned by recent-keys.

	* keymaps.texi (Scanning Keymaps) <where-is-internal>: The
	argument keymap can be a list.

	* nonascii.texi (User-Chosen Coding Systems)
	<select-safe-coding-system>: Document the new argument
	accept-default-p and the variable
	select-safe-coding-system-accept-default-p.  Tell what happens if
	buffer-file-coding-system is undecided.
	(Default Coding Systems): Document auto-coding-regexp-alist.

	* display.texi (The Echo Area) <message>: Document
	message-truncate-lines.
	(Glyphs): Document that the glyph table is unused on windowed
	displays.

	* help.texi (Describing Characters) <single-key-description>:
	Document the new argument no-angles.
	(Accessing Documentation) <documentation-property>: Document that
	a non-string property is evaluated.
	<documentation>: Document that the function-documentation property
	is looked for.

	* windows.texi (Selecting Windows): Document some-window.

	* text.texi (MD5 Checksum): New node, documents the md5 primitive.

	* hooks.texi (Standard Hooks): Add kbd-macro-termination-hook and
	apropos-mode-hook.

	* commands.texi (Using Interactive): Document interactive-form.
	(Keyboard Macros): Document kbd-macro-termination-hook.
	(Command Loop Info): Document that clear-this-command-keys clears
	the vector to be returned by recent-keys.

2001-09-04  Werner LEMBERG  <wl@gnu.org>

	* Makefile.in (srcdir, texinputdir): New variables.
	(srcs, index.texi, install): Use $(srcdir).
	(.PHONY): Remove elisp.dvi.
	(elisp): Use -I switch for makeinfo.
	(elisp.dvi): Use $(srcdir) and $(texinputdir).
	(installall, dist): Use $(srcdir).
	Fix path to texinfo.tex.
	(maintainer-clean): Add elisp.dvi and elisp.oaux.

2001-08-30  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* display.texi (Conditional Display): Adjust to API change.

	* configure: New file.

2001-07-30  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* commands.texi (Repeat Events): Add description of
	double-click-fuzz.

2001-05-08  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>

	* syntax.texi (Syntax Class Table): Add the missing designator for
	comment and string fences.
	(Syntax Properties): Add a xref to syntax table internals.
	(Syntax Table Internals): Document string-to-syntax.

2001-05-07  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* Makefile.in (install): Use install-info command line options
	like in Emacs' Makefile.in.

2000-12-09  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>

	* windows.texi (Window Start): Update documentation for
	`pos-visible-in-window-p'.

2000-11-12  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>

	* lists.texi (Building Lists): Add footnote to explain how to add
	to the end of a list.

2000-10-25  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* files.texi (Visiting Functions): Typos.

2000-10-25  Kenichi Handa  <handa@etl.go.jp>

	* files.texi (Visiting Functions): Return value of
	find-file-noselect may be a list of buffers if wildcards are used.

2000-10-24  Miles Bader  <miles@lsi.nec.co.jp>

	* display.texi (Defining Faces): Document `graphic' display type
	in face specs.

2000-10-18  Kai Grossjohann  <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE>

	* hooks.texi (Standard Hooks): Replace obsolete
	`after-make-frame-hook' with `after-make-frame-functions'.

	* frames.texi (Creating Frames): Ditto.

	* variables.texi (Future Local Variables): Ditto.

2000-10-16  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* display.texi (Other Image Types): Add description of :foreground
	and :background properties of mono PBM images.

2000-08-17  Werner LEMBERG  <wl@gnu.org>

	* .cvsignore: New file.

2000-01-05  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>

	* tindex.pl: New script.

1999-12-03  Dave Love  <fx@gnu.org>

	* Makefile.in (MAKEINFO): New parameter.

1999-09-17  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* Makefile.in (srcs): Add hash.texi.
	(VERSION): Update to 20.6.

1999-09-13  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

	* Makefile.in (index.texi): If cannot make a symlink, make a hard link.

1998-08-29  Karl Heuer  <kwzh@gnu.org>

	* configure.in: New file.
	* Makefile.in: Renamed from Makefile.
	(prefix, infodir): Use value obtained from configure.
	(emacslibdir): Obsolete variable deleted.
	(dist): Distribute configure.in, configure, Makefile.in.

1998-06-12  Richard Stallman  <rms@psilocin.ai.mit.edu>

	* Makefile (INSTALL_INFO): New variable.
	(install): Run install-info.

1998-05-09  Richard Stallman  <rms@psilocin.ai.mit.edu>

	* Makefile (elisp.dvi): Add missing backslash.

1998-05-02  Richard Stallman  <rms@psilocin.gnu.org>

	* Makefile (elisp.dvi): Don't depend on texindex or on elisp.tps.
	Run texindex without `./'.  Always run texindex on elisp.tp.
	(elisp.tps): Target deleted.

1998-04-05  Richard Stallman  <rms@psilocin.gnu.org>

	* Makefile (srcs): Add nonascii.texi and customize.texi.
	(dist): Start by deleting `temp'.

1998-02-17  Richard Stallman  <rms@psilocin.gnu.org>

	* Makefile (makeinfo, texindex): Targets deleted.
	(makeinfo.o, texindex.o): Targets deleted.
	(clean, dist): Don't do anything with them or with getopt*.

1998-01-30  Richard Stallman  <rms@psilocin.gnu.org>

	* Makefile (SHELL): Defined.

1998-01-27  Richard Stallman  <rms@psilocin.gnu.org>

	* Makefile (elisp.tps): New target.
	(elisp.dvi): Depend on elisp.tps.

Wed Apr  3 15:24:25 1996  Karl Heuer  <kwzh@gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* README: Update phone number.

	* Makefile (elisp): Make this be the default target.
	Depend on makeinfo.c instead of makeinfo.
	(install): Don't depend on elisp.dvi, since we don't install that.
	Use mkinstalldirs.
	(dist): Add mkinstalldirs.

Mon Jun 19 14:35:26 1995  Richard Stallman  <rms@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* Makefile (VERSION): Update version number.
	(maintainer-clean): Renamed from realclean.

Wed Jun  7 17:04:59 1995  Karl Heuer  <kwzh@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

	* Makefile (realclean): New target.
	(elisp): Remove any old elisp-* files first.

Tue Nov 23 19:59:40 1993  Noah Friedman  (friedman@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (VERSION): New variable.
	(dist): Make packaged directory name `elisp-manual-19-$(VERSION)'.
	Compressed file suffix should be `.gz', not `.z'.

Mon Nov 22 15:06:19 1993  Richard Stallman  (rms@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (elisp): Depend on makeinfo.

Fri Nov 19 02:29:33 1993  Noah Friedman  (friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (srcs): Add anti.texi.

Fri May 28 18:04:53 1993  Richard Stallman  (rms@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (infodir, prefix): New vars.
	(install): Use infodir.
	(emacsinfodir): Deleted.

Thu May 27 02:11:25 1993  Richard Stallman  (rms@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (srcs): Add calendar.texi.

	* Makefile (dist): Copy texindex.c and makeinfo.c.
	Limit elisp-* files to those with one or two digits.

Sun May 16 17:58:21 1993  Jim Blandy  (jimb@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (dist): Changed to use Gzip instead of compress.

Fri Apr 23 01:05:23 1993  Eric S. Raymond  (eric@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* loading.texi (Unloading): define-function changed back to
	defalias.  It may not stay this way, but at least it's
	consistent with the known-good version of the code patch.

Fri Mar 26 21:14:54 1993  Eric S. Raymond  (eric@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* modes.texi (Hooks): Document new optional arg of add-hook.

Wed Mar 17 08:48:24 1993  Eric S. Raymond  (eric@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* variables.texi: Document nil initial value of buffer-local variables.

	* tips.texi: Add new section on standard library headers.

Sat Feb 27 18:00:25 1993  Jim Blandy  (jimb@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (srcs): Add frame.texi to the list of sources.

Tue Feb 23 10:50:25 1993  Jim Blandy  (jimb@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (dist): Don't bother excluding autosave files; they'll
	never make it into the temp directory anyway, and the hash marks
	in the name are problematic for make and the Bourne shell.
	(srcs):

Fri Feb 12 16:54:38 1993  Jim Blandy  (jimb@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (dist): Don't include backup files or autosave files in
	the distribution tar file.

Tue Nov 26 21:10:34 1991  Richard Stallman  (rms@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (srcs): Added index.perm.
	(elisp.dvi): Remove erroneous shell comment.
	Expect output of permute-index in permuted.fns.
	Save old elisp.aux in elisp.oaux.
	(clean): Added index.texi to be deleted.

Sat Aug 11 17:39:10 1990  Richard Stallman  (rms@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile (elisp.dvi, index.texi): Use shell if instead of ifdef.

Tue Jun 26 09:57:26 1990  David Lawrence  (tale@geech)

	* files.texi:  Noted that completion-ignored-extensions is ignored
	when making *Completions*.

Fri Jun  8 16:44:44 EDT 1990 Jay Fenlason (hack@ai.mit.edu)

	* Makefile  make dist now depends on elisp.dvi, since it tries
	to include it in the dist file.

Wed Mar 28 22:57:35 1990  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@mole.ai.mit.edu)

	* functions.texinfo (Mapping Functions): Add missing quote

Mon Jun 19 18:09:24 1989  Richard Stallman  (rms@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu)

	* texinfo.tex (frenchspacing): Use decimal codes for char to be set.
	(defunargs): Turn off \hyphenchar of \sl font temporarily.

Wed May 10 18:01:17 1989  Robert J. Chassell  (bob@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu)

	* @result{}, @expansion{}, @print{}, @quiv{}, @point{},
	and @error{} are the terms now being used.  The files in the
	directory have been changed to reflect this.

	* All instances of @indentedresultt{} have been changed to
	`     @result{}', using 5 spaces at the begining of the line.

Mon Apr 24 21:02:55 1989  Robert J. Chassell  (bob@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu)

	* @result{}, @expandsto{}, @prints{}, @quiv{}, @error{}, and the
	experimental @indentedresult{}, @indentedexpandsto{} are part of
	the texinfo.tex in this directory.  These TeX macros are not
	stable yet.

Mon Apr 17 18:56:50 1989  Robert J. Chassell  (bob@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu)

	* texinfo.tex:  temporarily added
		\let\result=\dblarrow
		\def\error{{\it ERROR} \longdblarrow}
	We need to do this better soon.

Tue Apr 11 12:23:28 1989  Robert J. Chassell  (bob@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu)

	* Applied Karl Berry's patches to *.texinfo files, but not to
	texinfo.tex; those diffs are in `berry-texinfo-tex-diffs'. (Karl's
	new title page format is also not applied, since it requires
	texinfo.tex changes.)

	* Cleaned up `Makefile' and defined the `emacslibdir' directory
	for the Project GNU development environment.

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