@c %**end of header
@c This is used in many places
-@set VER 23.1.50
+@set VER 23.2.91
@c This file is maintained by Romain Francoise <rfrancoise@gnu.org>.
@c Feel free to install changes without prior permission (but I'd
@c appreciate a notice if you do).
@copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.@*
+Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
+2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.@*
Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Reuven M. Lerner@*
Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Steven Byrnes@*
@dircategory Emacs
@direntry
-* Emacs FAQ: (efaq). Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.
+* Emacs FAQ: (efaq). Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.
@end direntry
@c The @titlepage stuff only appears in the printed version
@cindex Latest version of Emacs
@cindex Development, Emacs
@cindex Repository, Emacs
-@cindex CVS repository, Emacs
-@cindex Arch repository, Emacs
-@cindex Git repository, Emacs
+@cindex Bazaar repository, Emacs
Emacs @value{VER} is the current version as of this writing. A version
number with two components (e.g. @samp{22.1}) indicates a released
Emacs is under active development, hosted at
@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs/, Savannah}. The source
code can be retrieved anonymously following the
-@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs, instructions}.
-The primary repository is CVS, but Arch and Git mirrors are also
-available.
+@uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/bzr/?group=emacs, instructions}.
+The repository is GNU Bazaar.
Because Emacs undergoes many changes before a release, the version
number of a development version is not especially meaningful. It is
better to refer to the date on which the sources were retrieved from the
-development repository.
+development repository. The development version is usually quite robust
+for every-day use, but if stability is more important to you than the
+latest features, you may want to stick to the releases.
The following sections list some of the major new features in the last
few Emacs releases. For full details of the changes in any version of
enabled by default.
@item
-The maximum size of buffers has been doubled and is 256M on 32-bit
-machines.
+The maximum size of buffers is increased: on 32-bit machines, it is
+256 MBytes for Emacs 23.1, and 512 MBytes for Emacs 23.2 and above.
@item
Links can be followed with @kbd{mouse-1}, in addition to @kbd{mouse-2}.
@cindex Escape sequences in @code{ls} output
@cindex @code{ls} in Shell mode
-This happens because @code{ls} is aliased to @samp{ls --color} in your
-shell init file. You have two alternatives to solve this:
-
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
-Make the alias conditioned on the @code{EMACS} variable in the
-environment. When Emacs runs a subsidiary shell, it exports the
-@code{EMACS} variable to that shell, with value equal to the absolute
-file name of Emacs. You can
-unalias @code{ls} when that happens, thus limiting the alias to your
-interactive sessions.
+In many systems, @code{ls} is aliased to @samp{ls --color}, which
+prints using ANSI color escape sequences. Emacs version 21.1 and
+later includes the @code{ansi-color} package, which lets Shell mode
+recognize these escape sequences. In Emacs 23.2 and later, the
+package is enabled by default; in earlier versions you can enable it
+by typing @kbd{M-x ansi-color-for-comint-mode} in the Shell buffer, or
+by adding @code{(add-hook 'shell-mode-hook
+'ansi-color-for-comint-mode-on)} to your init file.
-@item
-Install the @code{ansi-color} package (bundled with Emacs 21.1 and
-later), which converts these ANSI escape sequences into colors.
-@end itemize
+In Emacs versions before 21.1, the @code{ansi-color} package is not
+included. In that case, you need to unalias @code{ls} for interactive
+shells running in Emacs; this can be done by checking the @code{EMACS}
+variable in the environment.
@node Fullscreen mode on MS-Windows
@section How can I start Emacs in fullscreen mode on MS-Windows?
Old versions (i.e., anything before 19.29) of Emacs had problems editing
files larger than 8 megabytes. In versions 19.29 and later, the maximum
buffer size is at least 2^27-1, or 134,217,727 bytes, or 132 MBytes.
-And in Emacs 22, the maximum buffer size has been increased to
-268,435,455 bytes (or 256 MBytes) on 32-bit machines.
+The maximum buffer size on 32-bit machines increased to 256 MBytes in
+Emacs 22, and again to 512 MBytes in Emacs 23.2.
Emacs compiled on a 64-bit machine can handle much larger buffers.
@table @b
@item Web site
-@uref{http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/}
+@uref{http://launchpad.net/vm}
+(was @uref{http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/})
@item Informational newsgroup
@uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.info}@*
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