** New command line option `--no-site-lisp' removes site-lisp directories
from load-path. -Q now implies this.
+** On Windows, Emacs now warns when the obsolete _emacs init file is used.
+
\f
* Changes in Emacs 24.1
+** Completion in a non-minibuffer now tries to detect the end of completion
+and pops down the *Completions* buffer accordingly.
+
** emacsclient changes
*** New emacsclient argument --parent-id ID can be used to open a
client frame in parent X window ID, via XEmbed. This works like the
--parent-id argument to Emacs.
++++
+*** New emacsclient argument -q/--quiet suppresses some status messages.
+
*** If emacsclient shuts down as a result of Emacs signalling an
error, its exit status is 1.
** Completion can cycle, depending on completion-cycle-threshold.
+** `completing-read' can be customized using the new variable
+`completing-read-function'
+
** auto-mode-case-fold is now enabled by default.
+++
off by customizing x-gtk-use-system-tooltips.
** Lucid menus and dialogs can display antialiased fonts if Emacs is built
-with Xft. To change font, use X resource faceName, for example:
-Emacs.pane.menubar.faceName: Courier-12
-Set faceName to none and use font to use the old X fonts.
+with Xft. To change font, use the X resource font, for example:
+Emacs.pane.menubar.font: Courier-12
+++
** Enhanced support for characters that have no glyphs in available fonts
** On graphical displays, the mode-line no longer ends in dashes.
+** On Nextstep/OSX, the menu bar can be hidden by customizing
+ ns-auto-hide-menu-bar.
+
** Basic SELinux support has been added.
This requires Emacs to be linked with libselinux at build time.
*** Tramp offers handlers for file-selinux-context and set-file-selinux-context
for remote machines which support SELinux.
++++
+** The function format-time-string now supports the %N directive, for
+higher-resolution time stamps.
+
** The function kill-emacs is now run upon receipt of the signals SIGTERM
and SIGHUP, and upon SIGINT in batch mode.
** kill-emacs-hook is now also run in batch mode.
+If you have code that adds something to kill-emacs-hook, you should
+consider if it is still appropriate to add it in the noninteractive case.
** New scrolling commands `scroll-up-command' and `scroll-down-command'
-(bound to C-v/[next] and M-v/[prior]) does not signal errors at top/bottom
-of buffer at first key-press (instead moves to top/bottom of buffer)
+(bound to C-v/[next] and M-v/[prior]) do not signal errors at top/bottom
+of buffer at first key-press (instead move to top/bottom of buffer)
when a new variable `scroll-error-top-bottom' is non-nil.
** New scrolling commands `scroll-up-line' and `scroll-down-line'
** New property `scroll-command' should be set on a command's symbol to
define it as a scroll command affected by `scroll-preserve-screen-position'.
++++
+** If you customize `scroll-conservatively' to a value greater than 100,
+Emacs will never recenter point in the window when it scrolls due to
+cursor motion commands or commands that move point (e.f., `M-g M-g').
+Previously, you needed to use `most-positive-fixnum' as the value of
+`scroll-conservatively' to achieve the same effect.
+
+---
+** ``Aggressive'' scrolling now honors the scroll margins.
+If you customize `scroll-up-aggressively' or
+`scroll-down-aggressively' and move point off the window, Emacs now
+scrolls the window so as to avoid positioning point inside the scroll
+margin.
+
** Trash changes
*** `delete-by-moving-to-trash' now only affects commands that specify
\f
* Editing Changes in Emacs 24.1
+** Search changes
+
++++
+*** C-y in Isearch is now bound to isearch-yank-kill, instead of
+isearch-yank-line.
+
++++
+*** M-s C-e in Isearch is now bound to isearch-yank-line.
+
+++
** There is a new command `count-words-region', which does what you expect.
** Selection changes.
-The default handling of clipboard and primary selections has been
-changed to conform with other X applications. The exact changes are
-described below; in short, mouse commands to select and paste text now
-use the primary selection, while all other commands for killing and
-yanking text now use the clipboard.
-
-*** Merely selecting text (e.g. with drag-mouse-1) does not add it to
-the kill-ring. On systems with a primary selection separate from the
-clipboard (such as X), the selected text is put in the primary
-selection.
+The default handling of clipboard and primary selections was changed
+to conform with modern X applications. In short, most commands for
+killing and yanking text now use the clipboard, while mouse commands
+use the primary selection.
-*** mouse-2 is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary', which pastes from
-the primary selection regardless of the contents of the kill-ring.
+In the following, we provide a list of these changes, followed by a
+list of steps to get the old behavior back if you prefer that.
-*** Commands that kill text or copy it to the kill-ring (M-w, C-w,
-C-k, etc.) also put the killed text into the clipboard. This change
-also means that the "Copy", "Cut", and "Paste" items in the "Edit"
-menu are now exactly equivalent to, respectively M-w, C-w, and C-y.
+*** `mouse-drag-copy-region' now defaults to nil.
+*** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t.
+Merely selecting text (e.g. with drag-mouse-1) no longer puts it in
+the kill-ring. The selected text is put in the primary selection, if
+the system possesses a separate primary selection facility (e.g. X).
-*** Yank commands, such as C-y and M-y, retrieve text from the
-clipboard if it is available.
+**** `select-active-regions' also accepts a new value, `only'.
+This means to only set the primary selection for temporarily active
+regions (usually made by mouse-dragging or shift-selection);
+"ordinary" active regions, such as those made with C-SPC followed by
+point motion, do not alter the primary selection.
-*** The above changes are reflected in the following new defaults:
+*** mouse-2 is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
+This pastes from the primary selection, ignoring the kill-ring.
+Previously, mouse-2 was bound to `mouse-yank-at-click'.
-**** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t.
-It also accepts a new value, `only', which means to only set the
-primary selection for temporarily active regions (usually made by
-mouse-dragging or shift-selection).
+*** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t on all platforms.
+*** `x-select-enable-primary' now defaults to nil.
+Thus, commands that kill text or copy it to the kill-ring (such as
+M-w, C-w, and C-k) also use the clipboard---not the primary selection.
-**** `mouse-2' is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'.
-Previously, it was bound to `mouse-yank-at-click' (which is now
-unbound by default).
+**** The "Copy", "Cut", and "Paste" items in the "Edit" menu are now
+exactly equivalent to, respectively M-w, C-w, and C-y.
-**** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t on all platforms.
-Note that this variable was already non-nil by default on MS-Windows,
-which does not support the primary selection between applications.
+**** Note that on MS-Windows, `x-select-enable-clipboard' was already
+non-nil by default, as Windows does not support the primary selection
+between applications.
-**** `x-select-enable-primary' now defaults to nil.
-This variable exists only on X; its default value was t in previous
-versions.
+*** To return to the previous behavior, do the following:
-**** `mouse-drag-copy-region' now defaults to nil.
-
-*** To return to the previous behavior, where mouse commands use the
-clipboard, change `mouse-drag-copy-region' and (on X only)
-`x-select-enable-primary' to t. If you don't want Emacs to put the
-text into the clipboard, only to the primary selection, additionally
-set `x-select-enable-clipboard' to nil.
+**** Change `mouse-drag-copy-region' to t.
+**** Change `x-select-enable-primary' to t (on X only).
+**** Change `x-select-enable-clipboard' to nil.
+**** Bind `mouse-yank-at-click' to mouse-2.
*** Support for X cut buffers has been removed.
the lines in the current rectangle. With an prefix argument, this
prompts for a number to count from and for a format string.
+** The command shell prompts for the shell path name, when the default
+directory is a remote file name and neither environment variable
+$ESHELL nor variable `explicit-shell-file-name' is set.
+
\f
* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
+** The compile.el mode can be used without font-lock-mode.
+`compilation-parse-errors-function' is now obsolete.
+
** The Landmark game is now invoked with `landmark', not `lm'.
** Prolog mode has been completely revamped, with lots of additional
-functionality such as more intelligent indentation, electricty, support for
+functionality such as more intelligent indentation, electricity, support for
more variants, including Mercury, and a lot more.
** shell-mode can track your cwd by reading it from your prompt.
** Archive Mode has basic support to browse 7z archives.
** browse-url has gotten a new variable that is used for mailto: URLs,
- `browse-url-mailto-function', which defaults to `browse-url-mail'.
+`browse-url-mailto-function', which defaults to `browse-url-mail'.
+
+** Directory local variables can apply to file-less buffers, in certain modes
+(eg dired, vc-dir, log-edit). For example, adding
+"(diff-mode . ((mode . whitespace)))" to your .dir-locals.el file,
+will turn on `whitespace-mode' for *vc-diff* buffers. Modes should
+call `hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer' to support this.
+
++++
+** You can prevent directory local variables from applying to subdirectories.
+Add an element (subdirs . nil) to the alist portion of any variables
+settings to indicate said section should not be applied to subdirectories.
** ERC changes
** Calendar, Diary, and Appt
+*** New function `diary-hebrew-birthday'.
+
---
*** The obsolete (since Emacs 22.1) method of enabling the appt package
by adding appt-make-list to diary-hook has been removed. Use appt-activate.
*** dired-jump and dired-jump-other-window called with a prefix argument
read a file name from the minibuffer instead of using buffer-file-name.
-** Directory local variables can apply to file-less buffers.
-For example, adding "(diff-mode . ((mode . whitespace)))" to your
-.dir-locals.el file, will turn on `whitespace-mode' for *vc-diff* buffers.
++++
+*** The `dired local variables' feature provided by Dired-x is obsolete.
+The standard directory local variables feature replaces it.
** SQL Mode enhancements.
-*** Several variables have been marked as safe local variables. The
-variables `sql-product', `sql-user', `sql-server', `sql-database' and
-`sql-port' can now be safely used as local variables.
-
*** `sql-dialect' is a synonym for `sql-product'.
*** Added ability to login with a port on MySQL and Postgres.
**** List all objects.
Using `M-x sql-list-all', `C-c C-l a' or selecting "SQL->List all
objects" will list all the objects in the database. At a minimum it
-lists the tables and views in the database. Preceeding the command by
+lists the tables and views in the database. Preceding the command by
universal argument may provide additional details or extend the
listing to include other schemas objects. The list will appear in a
separate window in view-mode.
**** List Table details.
Using `M-x sql-list-table', `C-c C-l t' or selecting "SQL->List Table
details" will ask for the name of a database table or view and display
-the list of columns in the relation. Preceeding the comand with the
+the list of columns in the relation. Preceding the command with the
universal argument may provide additional details about each column.
The list will appear in a separate window in view-mode.
SQL interactive mode and this option used in its place.
*** SQL interactive mode will replace tabs with spaces.
-This prevents the comand interpretter for MySQL and Postgres from
+This prevents the command interpreter for MySQL and Postgres from
listing object name completions when being sent text via
`sql-send-*' functions.
** sregex.el is now obsolete, since rx.el is a strict superset.
-** s-region.el is now declared obsolete, superceded by shift-select-mode
-enabled by default in 23.1.
-
+** s-region.el and pc-select are now declared obsolete,
+superseded by shift-select-mode enabled by default in 23.1.
+** pc-mode.el is also declared obsolete.
** gdb-mi
*** GDB User Interface migrated to GDB Machine Interface and now
*** There exists a new inline access method "ksu" (kerberized su).
*** The following access methods are discontinued: "ssh1_old",
-"ssh2_old", "scp1_old", "scp2_old" and "fish".
+"ssh2_old", "scp1_old", "scp2_old", "imap", "imaps" and "fish".
** VC and related modes
*** Support for pulling on distributed version control systems.
-The vc-update command now runs a "pull" operation, if it is supported.
+The vc-pull command runs a "pull" operation, if it is supported.
This updates the current branch from upstream. A prefix argument
-means to prompt the user for command specifics, e.g. a pull location.
+means to prompt the user for specifics, e.g. a pull location.
-**** vc-pull is an alias for vc-update.
+**** `vc-update' is now an alias for `vc-pull'.
-**** Currently supported by Bzr.
+**** Currently supported by Bzr, Git, and Mercurial.
*** Support for merging on distributed version control systems.
The vc-merge command now runs a "merge" operation, if it is supported.
-This merges another branch into the current one. A prefix argument
-means to prompt the user for command specifics, e.g. a merge location.
+This merges another branch into the current one. This command prompts
+the user for specifics, e.g. a merge source.
+
+**** Currently supported for Bzr, Git, and Mercurial.
-**** Currently supported by Bzr.
+*** Log entries in some Log View buffers can be toggled to display a
+longer description by typing RET (log-view-toggle-entry-display).
+In the Log View buffers made by `C-x v L' (vc-print-root-log), you can
+use this to display the full log entry for the revision at point.
+
+**** Currently supported for Bzr, Git, and Mercurial.
+
+**** Packages using Log View mode can enable this functionality by
+binding `log-view-expanded-log-entry-function' to a suitable function.
** Miscellaneous
---
*** `copyright-fix-years' can optionally convert consecutive years to ranges.
+*** New command `nato-region' converts text to NATO phonetic alphabet.
+
+*** The new command `info-display-manual' will display an Info manual
+specified by its name. If that manual is already visited in some Info
+buffer within the current session, the command will display that
+buffer. Otherwise, it will load the manual and display it. This is
+handy if you have many manuals in many Info buffers, and don't
+remember the name of the buffer visiting the manual you want to
+consult.
+
\f
* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
** notifications.el provides an implementation of the Desktop
Notifications API. It requires D-Bus for communication.
+** soap-client.el supports access to SOAP web services from Emacs.
+soap-inspect.el is an interactive inspector for SOAP WSDL structures.
+
+** xmodmap-generic-mode for xmodmap files.
+
\f
* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.1
+** `copy-directory' now copies the source directory as a subdirectory
+of the target directory, if the latter is an existing directory. The
+new optional arg COPY-CONTENTS, if non-nil, makes the function copy
+the contents directly into a pre-existing target directory.
+
** `compose-mail' now accepts an optional 8th arg, RETURN-ACTION, and
passes it to the mail user agent function. This argument specifies an
action for returning to the caller after finishing with the mail.
programmer-visible consequences.
** Passing a nil argument to a minor mode function now turns the mode
- ON unconditionally.
+ON unconditionally.
** During startup, Emacs no longer adds entries for `menu-bar-lines'
-and `tool-bar-lines' to `default-frame-alist' and
-`initial-frame-alist'. With these alist entries omitted, `make-frame'
-checks the value of the variable `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode' to
-determine whether to create a menu-bar or tool-bar, respectively.
-If the alist entries are added, they override the value of
-`menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode'.
+and `tool-bar-lines' to `default-frame-alist' and `initial-frame-alist'.
+With these alist entries omitted, `make-frame' checks the value of the
+variable `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode' to determine whether to create
+a menu-bar or tool-bar, respectively. If the alist entries are added,
+they override the value of `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode'.
** Regions created by mouse dragging are now normal active regions,
similar to the ones created by shift-selection. In previous Emacs
\f
* Lisp changes in Emacs 24.1
+** `open-network-stream' can now be used to open an encrypted stream.
+It now accepts an optional `:type' parameter for initiating a TLS
+connection, directly or via STARTTLS. To do STARTTLS, additional
+parameters (`:end-of-command', `:success', `:capabilities-command')
+must also be supplied.
+
+** Code can now use lexical scoping by default instead of dynamic scoping.
+The `lexical-binding' variable lets code use lexical scoping for local
+variables. It is typically set via file-local variables, in which case it
+applies to all the code in that file.
+
+*** `eval' takes a new optional argument `lexical' to choose the new lexical
+binding instead of the old dynamic binding mode.
+
+*** Lexically scoped interpreted functions are represented with a new form
+of function value which looks like (closure ENV ARGS &rest BODY).
+
+*** New macro `letrec' to define recursive local functions.
+
+*** New function `special-variable-p' to check whether a variable is
+declared as dynamically bound.
+
+** pre/post-command-hook are not reset to nil upon error.
+Instead, the offending function is removed.
+
+** New low-level function run-hook-wrapped.
+
+** byte-compile-disable-print-circle is obsolete.
+** deferred-action-list and deferred-action-function are obsolete.
+** Removed the stack-trace-on-error variable.
+Also the debugger can now "continue" from an error, which means it will jump
+to the error handler as if the debugger had not been invoked instead of
+jumping all the way to the top-level.
+
** New function `read-char-choice' reads a restricted set of characters,
discarding any inputs not inside the set.
\f
* Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free operating systems
-** New configure.bat option --enable-checking builds emacs with extra
+** New configure.bat option --enable-checking builds Emacs with extra
runtime checks.
** New configure.bat option --distfiles to specify files to be
- included in binary distribution
+included in binary distribution.
-** New make target `dist' to create binary disttribution for Windows
- platform
+** New make target `dist' to create binary distribution for MS Windows.
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