GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2010-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
** New command line option `--no-site-lisp' removes site-lisp directories
from load-path. -Q now implies this.
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-** On Windows, Emacs now warns when the obsolete _emacs init file is used,
-and also when HOME is set to C:\ by default.
-
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* Changes in Emacs 24.1
** Mail changes
-The default of `send-mail-function' is now `sendmail-query-once',
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+*** The default of `send-mail-function' is now `sendmail-query-once',
which asks the user (once) whether to use the smtpmail package to send
email, or to use the old defaults that rely on external mail
facilities (`sendmail-send-it' on GNU/Linux and other Unix-like
in your ~/.authinfo file instead.
-*** sendmail changes
+*** Mail mode changes (this is the old Mail mode, not Message mode)
+++
-You can now add MIME attachments to outgoing messages with the new
-command `mail-add-attachment'.
-
+**** New command `mail-add-attachment' for adding MIME attachments
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-The command `mail-attach-file' was renamed to `mail-insert-file'; the
-old name is now an obsolete alias to the new name.
+**** The command `mail-attach-file' was renamed to `mail-insert-file'.
+The old name is now an obsolete alias to the new name.
** Emacs server and client changes
+++
loaded, customize `package-load-list'.
** Custom Themes
-
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*** `M-x customize-themes' lists Custom themes which can be enabled.
-
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*** New option `custom-theme-load-path' is the load path for themes.
Emacs no longer looks for custom themes in `load-path'. The default
is to search in `custom-theme-directory', followed by a built-in theme
directory named "themes/" in `data-directory'.
-
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*** New option `custom-safe-themes' records known-safe theme files.
If a theme is not in this list, Emacs queries before loading it, and
offers to save the theme to `custom-safe-themes' automatically. By
Add an element (subdirs . nil) to the alist portion of any variables
settings to indicate that the section should not apply to
subdirectories.
-
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*** Directory local variables can apply to some file-less buffers.
Affected modes include dired, vc-dir, and log-edit. For example,
adding "(diff-mode . ((mode . whitespace)))" to .dir-locals.el will
*** Using "mode: MINOR-MODE" to enable a minor mode is deprecated.
Instead, use "eval: (minor-mode 1)".
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+*** The variable `inhibit-first-line-modes-regexps' has been renamed
+to `inhibit-local-variables-regexps'. As the name suggests, it now
+applies to ALL file local variables, not just -*- mode ones.
+The associated `inhibit-first-line-modes-suffixes' has been renamed
+in the corresponding way.
+
+++
** The variable `focus-follows-mouse' now always defaults to nil.
+++
** Archive Mode has basic support for browsing and updating 7z archives.
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** browse-url has a new variable `browse-url-mailto-function'
specifies how mailto: URLs are handled. The default is `browse-url-mail'.
** Customize
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*** Customize buffers now contain a search field.
The search is performed using `customize-apropos'.
To turn off the search field, set custom-search-field to nil.
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*** Custom options now start out hidden if at their default values.
Use the arrow to the left of the option name to toggle visibility.
*** custom-buffer-sort-alphabetically now defaults to t.
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*** The color widget now has a "Choose" button, which allows you to
choose a color via list-colors-display.
exists, that is used instead.
** gdb-mi
-
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*** GDB User Interface migrated to GDB Machine Interface and now
supports multithread non-stop debugging and debugging of several
threads simultaneously.
remember the name of the buffer visiting the manual you want to
consult.
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+*** `e' is now bound to `end-of-buffer' rather than to `Info-edit'.
+This is for compatibility with the stand-alone Info reader program,
+and also because `Info-edit' is a rarely used command that is disabled
+by default.
+
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** The Landmark game is now invoked with `landmark', not `lm'.
** MH-E has been upgraded to MH-E version 8.3.1.
Try using `rmail-show-message-hook' instead.
** Shell mode
-
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*** Shell mode uses pcomplete rules, with the standard completion UI.
-
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*** The `shell' command prompts for the shell path name if the default
directory is a remote file name and neither the environment variable
$ESHELL nor the variable `explicit-shell-file-name' is set.
-*** New variable `shell-dir-cookie-re'.
-If set to an appropriate regexp, Shell mode can track your cwd by
-reading it from your prompt.
-
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** SQL Mode enhancements.
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*** `copyright-fix-years' can optionally convert consecutive years to ranges.
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*** New command `nato-region' converts text to NATO phonetic alphabet.
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* Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free operating systems
+---
+** On MS Windows, Emacs now warns when the obsolete _emacs init file is used,
+and also when HOME is set to C:\ by default.
+
** New configure.bat option --enable-checking builds Emacs with extra
runtime checks.
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