starts the server. Clients can connect and create graphical or
terminal frames using emacsclient.
+**** emacsclient starts emacs in daemon mode and connects to it when
+--alternate-editor="" is used and emacsclient cannot connect to an
+emacs server.
+
*** The new command close-display-connection closes a connection to a
remote display.
the minibuffer that toggles word search (i.e. using key sequences
`C-s RET C-w' or `C-s M-e C-w') is obsolete. You can use the global key
`M-s w' to start word search, or type `M-s w' in Isearch mode to
-toggle word search.
+toggle word search. To start nonincremental word search you can now use
+`M-s w RET' and `M-s w C-r RET' instead of `C-s RET C-w' and `C-r RET C-w'.
+
++++
+** In Info, `Info-search' is unbound from `M-s' to allow using `M-s w'
+for word search as well as other search commands from the global prefix
+key `M-s'. `Info-search' is still bound to `s', and also incremental
+search commands `C-s', `C-M-s', `C-r', `C-M-r' are available for searching
+through multiple Info nodes, together with their nonincremental versions
+`C-s RET', `C-r RET', `C-M-s RET', `C-M-r RET', `M-s w RET'.
---
** In Text mode, `center-line' and `center-paragraph' are rebound
+++
*** The new command `set-file-modes' allows to set file's mode bits.
The mode bits can be specified in symbolic notation, like with GNU
-Coreutils, in addition to an octal number.
+Coreutils, in addition to an octal number. `chmod' is a new
+convenience alias for this function.
*** `next-error-recenter' specifies how next-error should recenter the
visited source file. Its value can be a number (for example, 0 for
attribute name or data value by using information about what is
allowed by the schema in that context.
-** proced.el provides a Dired-like interface for operating on processes.
-Proced makes an Emacs buffer containing a listing of the current
-processes (using ps(1)). You can use the normal Emacs commands to
-move around in this buffer, and special Proced commands to operate on
-the processes listed.
+** proced.el provides a Dired-like interface for operating on
+processes. Proced makes an Emacs buffer containing a listing of the
+current processes. You can use the normal Emacs commands to move
+around in this buffer, and special Proced commands to operate on the
+processes listed. It is currently only functional on GNU/Linux,
+MS-Windows and Solaris.
** Remember Mode is a mode for jotting down things to remember.
Notes can be saved to a Diary file. For details, see the Remember
Manual.
-** RST mode is a major mode for editing ReSTructured-Text files.
+** RST mode is a major mode for editing reStructuredText files.
+++
** Ruby mode is a major mode for Ruby files.
** New coding system alias `emacs-internal'.
++++
+** The new variable `generate-autoload-cookie' controls the magic comment
+string used by `update-file-autoloads' to find autoloaded forms. The
+variable `generated-autoload-file' similarly controls the name of the
+file where `update-file-autoloads' writes the calls to `autoload'.
+The default values are ";;;###autoload" and `loaddefs.el',
+respectively.
+
+++
** New primitives `list-system-processes' and `system-process-attributes'
let Lisp programs access the processes that are running on the local
*** minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map is now named
minibuffer-local-filename-must-match-map.
----
-*** `all-completions' may now return the base size in the last cdr.
-Since this means the returned list is not properly nil-terminated, this
-is an incompatible change and is thus enabled by the new variable
-completion-all-completions-with-base-size.
-
+++
*** The `require-match' argument to `completing-read' accepts the new
values `confirm-only' and `confirm-after-completion'.
** Changes related to multiple-terminal (multi-tty) support
+---
*** $TERM is now set to `dumb' for subprocesses. If you want to know the
$TERM inherited by Emacs you will have to look inside initial-environment.
+---
*** $DISPLAY is now dynamically inherited from the frame's `display'.
++++
*** The `window-system' variable is now frame-local. The new
`initial-window-system' variable contains the `window-system' value
for the first frame. `window-system' is also now a function that
*** The function `make-frame-on-display' now works during a tty
session, and `make-frame-on-tty' works during a graphical session.
-*** A new data type for terminals with functions: `get-device-terminal',
-`terminal-parameters', `terminal-parameter', `set-terminal-parameter'.
+*** A new `terminal' data type.
+The functions `get-device-terminal', `terminal-parameters',
+`terminal-parameter', `set-terminal-parameter' use this data type.
*** Function key sequences are now mapped using `local-function-key-map',
a new variable. This inherits from the global variable function-key-map,
*** `buffer-swap-text' swaps text between two buffers. This can be
useful for modes such as tar-mode, archive-mode, RMAIL.
+*** New variable `buffer-swapped-with' lets the modes that use
+`buffer-swap-text' arrange to save the file from the proper buffer.
+
+++
*** `read-color' reads a color name using the minibuffer.
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