Assume C99 or later.

[bpt/emacs.git] / etc / NEWS

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@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ otherwise leave it unmarked.
 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.5
 
 +++
+** Building Emacs now requires C99 or later.
+
 ** Building Emacs now requires GNU make.
 
 ** By default, Emacs no longer works on IRIX.  We expect that Emacs
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ should be able to work around the problem either by porting the Emacs
 undumping code to GCC under IRIX, or by configuring --with-wide-int,
 or by sticking with Emacs 24.4.
 
+---
+** The configure option `--with-pkg-config-prog' has been removed.
+Use './configure PKG_CONFIG=/full/name/of/pkg-config' if you need to.
+
 \f
 * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.5
 
@@ -70,6 +76,18 @@ performance improvements when pasting large amounts of text.
 ** The Rmail commands d, C-d and u now handle repeat counts
 to delete or undelete multiple messages.
 
+** Calendar and diary
+
++++
+*** New commands to insert diary entries with Chinese dates:
+`diary-chinese-insert-anniversary-entry' `diary-chinese-insert-entry'
+`diary-chinese-insert-monthly-entry'
+`diary-chinese-insert-yearly-entry'
+
++++
+*** Calendar can list and mark diary entries with Chinese dates:
+`diary-chinese-list-entries' and `diary-chinese-mark-entries'.
+
 ** The URL package accepts now the protocols "ssh", "scp" and "rsync".
 When `url-handler-mode' is enabled, file operations for these
 protocols as well as for "telnet" and "ftp" are passed to Tramp.
@@ -85,17 +103,32 @@ protocols as well as for "telnet" and "ftp" are passed to Tramp.
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 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.5
 
+** window-configurations do not record the buffers's marks any more.
+
 ** inhibit-modification-hooks now also inhibits lock-file checks as well as
 active region handling.
 
 ** deactivate-mark is now buffer-local.
 
+** cl-the now asserts that its argument is of the given type.
+
 \f
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.5
 
+** New function `function-put' to use instead of `put' for function properties.
+
++++
+** New properties that can be specified with `declare':
+*** (interactive-only INSTEAD), tells to use INSTEAD for non-interactive use.
+*** (pure VAL), if VAL is non-nil, indicates the function is pure.
+*** (side-effect-free VAL), if VAL is non-nil, indicates the function does not
+have side effects.
+
 +++
-** You can specify a function's interactive-only property via `declare'.
-However you specify it, the property affects `describe-function' output.
+** New macro `with-file-modes', for evaluating expressions with default file
+permissions set to temporary values (e.g., for creating private files).
+
+** You can access the slots of structures using `cl-struct-slot-value'.
 
 \f
 * Changes in Emacs 24.5 on Non-Free Operating Systems
@@ -682,7 +715,9 @@ See also related options `desktop-restore-reuses-frames',
 
 +++
 ** New Dired minor mode `dired-hide-details-mode' toggles whether details,
-such as file ownership or permissions, are visible.
+such as file ownership or permissions, are visible in Dired buffers.
+See the new options `dired-hide-details-hide-symlink-targets' and
+`dired-hide-details-hide-information-lines' for customizing what to hide.
 
 ---
 ** You can enable ElDoc inside the `eval-expression' minibuffer with:
@@ -1295,6 +1330,15 @@ in the presence of files with negative time stamps.
 ** The cars of the elements in `interpreter-mode-alist' are now
 treated as regexps rather than literal strings.
 
+---
+** Overlay priority does not have to be nil or a non-negative integer.
+Overlay priority can be other kinds of Lisp objects.  We didn't yet
+decide whether other types of values are stable enough, and therefore
+don't feel it's right to document them.  For now, don't assume in your
+code that the values of overlay priority can only be either nil or an
+integer, always test them with an appropriate predicate to be one or
+the other.
+
 \f
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.4