with a prefix argument or by typing C-u C-h C-n.
Temporary note:
-+++ indicates that the appropriate manual has already been updated.
---- means no change in the manuals is called for.
-When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or ---
-so we will look at it and add it to the manual.
++++ indicates that all necessary updates to the manuals in doc/ are complete.
+--- means no change in the manuals is needed.
+When you add a new item, use the appropriate mark if you know it applies,
+otherwise leave it unmarked.
\f
* Installation Changes in Emacs 24.4
** Directories passed to configure option `--enable-locallisppath' are
no longer created during installation.
+---
+** Emacs for NS (OSX, GNUStep) can be built with ImageMagick support.
+pkg-config is required to find ImageMagick libraries.
+
\f
* Startup Changes in Emacs 24.4
`frame-monitor-attributes' can be used to obtain information about
each physical monitor on multi-monitor setups.
+*** The functions `display-pixel-width' and `display-pixel-height' now
+behave consistently among the platforms: they return the pixel width
+or height for all physical monitors associated with the given display
+as just they were on X11. To get information for each physical
+monitor, use the new functions above. Similar notes also apply to
+`x-display-pixel-width', `x-display-pixel-height', `display-mm-width',
+`display-mm-height', `x-display-mm-width', and `x-display-mm-height'.
+
+** New macro `alternatives-define' can be used to define generic commands.
+Generic commands are interactive functions whose implementation can be
+selected among several alternatives, as a matter of user preference.
+
\f
* Editing Changes in Emacs 24.4
*** Battery information via the BSD `apm' utility is now supported.
+** Buffer Menu
+
+*** `M-s a C-o' shows lines matching a regexp in marked buffers using Occur.
+
** Calendar and Diary
+++
*** `desktop-auto-save-timeout' defines the number of seconds between
auto-saves of the desktop.
-*** `desktop-restore-frames enables saving and restoring the window/frame
+*** `desktop-restore-frames' enables saving and restoring the window/frame
configuration.
** Dired
*** Handlers for `file-acl' and `set-file-acl' for remote machines
which support POSIX ACLs.
++++
+*** Handlers for `file-notify-add-watch' and `file-notify-rm-watch'
+for remote machines which support filesystem notifications.
+
** VHDL mode
*** New options: `vhdl-actual-generic-name', `vhdl-beautify-options'.
** Woman
*** The commands `woman-default-faces' and `woman-monochrome-faces'
-are obsolete. Customize the `woman-* faces instead.
+are obsolete. Customize the `woman-*' faces instead.
** Eshell
-*** Added Eshell-TRAMP module
+*** Added Eshell-Tramp module
External su and sudo commands are now the default; the internal,
-TRAMP-using variants can still be used by enabling the eshell-tramp
+Tramp-using variants can still be used by enabling the eshell-tramp
module.
** New term.el option `term-suppress-hard-newline'.
- advice-add/advice-remove to add/remove a piece of advice on a named function,
much like `defadvice' does.
+** The package file-notify.el provides an interface for file system
+notifications. It requires, that Emacs is compiled with one of the
+low-level libraries gfilenotify.c, inotify.c or w32notify.c.
+
\f
* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.4
`DEL' (`dired-unmark-backward'), and `d' (`dired-flag-file-deletion')
mark/unmark/flag all files in the active region.
-*** The minibuffer default for `=' (`dired-diff) has changed.
+*** The minibuffer default for `=' (`dired-diff') has changed.
It is now the backup file for the file at point, if one exists.
In Transient Mark mode the default is the file at the active mark.
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