otherwise leave it unmarked.
\f
+* Installation Changes in Emacs 24.5
+
++++
+** Building Emacs now requires GNU make.
+
+** By default, Emacs no longer works on IRIX. We expect that Emacs
+users are not affected by this, as SGI stopped supporting IRIX in
+December 2013. If you are affected, please send a bug report. You
+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.
+
+\f
+* Startup Changes in Emacs 24.5
+
+\f
+* Changes in Emacs 24.5
+
+---
+** The default value of `history-length' has increased to 100.
+
++++
+** The new variable `term-file-aliases' replaces some files from lisp/term.
+The function `tty-run-terminal-initialization' consults this variable
+when deciding what terminal-specific initialization code to run.
+
+---
+** New variable `system-configuration-features', listing some of the
+main features that Emacs was compiled with. This is mainly intended
+for use in Emacs bug reports.
+
+\f
+* Editing Changes in Emacs 24.5
+
+Emacs now supports "bracketed paste mode" when running on a terminal
+that supports it. This facility allows Emacs to understand pasted
+chunks of text as strings to be inserted instead of interpreting each
+character in the pasted text as actual user input, resulting in a
+paste experience similar to that under a window system and significant
+performance improvements when pasting large amounts of text.
+
+\f
+* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.5
+
+---
+** The Rmail commands d, C-d and u now handle repeat counts
+to delete or undelete multiple messages.
+
+** 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.
+
+** Obsolete packages
+
+---
+*** gulp.el
+
+\f
+* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.5
+
+\f
+* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.5
+
+** inhibit-modification-hooks now also inhibits lock-file checks as well as
+active region handling.
+
+** deactivate-mark is now buffer-local.
+
+\f
+* Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.5
+
++++
+** You can specify a function's interactive-only property via `declare'.
+However you specify it, the property affects `describe-function' output.
+
+** You can access the slots of structures using `cl-struct-slot-value'
+ and `cl-struct-set-slot-value'.
+
+\f
+* Changes in Emacs 24.5 on Non-Free Operating Systems
+
+\f
* Installation Changes in Emacs 24.4
---
\f
* Changes in Emacs 24.4
++++
** New function `zlib-decompress-region', which decompresses gzip- and
zlib-format compressed data using built-in zlib support, if available.
the *Messages* buffer should call the function `messages-buffer' to do
so and set up the mode.
++++
** Emacs can now support ACLs (access control lists).
This requires a suitable support library to be found at build time.
+On GNU/Linux, the POSIX ACL interface is used via libacl.
+On MS-Windows, the NT Security APIs are used to emulate the POSIX interface.
+++
*** Emacs preserves the ACL entries of files when backing up.
+++
*** New functions `file-acl' and `set-file-acl' get and set the ACL
-entries of a file. On GNU/Linux, the POSIX ACL interface is used via
-libacl. On MS-Windows, the NT Security APIs are used to emulate the
-POSIX ACL interfaces.
+entries of a file.
** Multi-monitor support has been added.
`frame-monitor-attributes' can be used to obtain information about
each physical monitor on multi-monitor setups.
++++
*** The functions `display-pixel-width' and `display-pixel-height' now
behave consistently among the platforms: they return the pixel width
or height for all physical monitors associated with the given display
-as if they were on X11. To get information for each physical
+as if they were on X. To get information for each physical
monitor, use the new functions above. Similar notes also apply to
`x-display-pixel-width', `x-display-pixel-height', `display-mm-width',
`display-mm-height', `x-display-mm-width', and `x-display-mm-height'.
** In keymaps where SPC scrolls forward, S-SPC now scrolls backward.
This affects View mode, etc.
++++
+** The default value of `make-backup-file-name-function' is no longer nil.
+Instead it defaults to a function that does what the nil value used to.
+
** Help changes
+++
** Frame and window changes
++++
+*** The function `window-in-direction' introduced in Emacs 24.1 now
+takes additional arguments for specifying a reference point, wrapping
+selection around frame borders, and specifying ways to select the
+minibuffer window.
+
+++
*** New commands `toggle-frame-fullscreen' and `toggle-frame-maximized',
bound to <f11> and M-<f10>, respectively.
*** New hooks `focus-in-hook', `focus-out-hook'.
These are normal hooks run when an Emacs frame gains or loses input focus.
++++
*** Emacs can now change frame sizes in units of pixels, rather than
text rows or columns. When maximizing a frame or making it fullscreen,
remaining extra pixels are no longer given to the minibuffer, the rightmost
is non-nil, all frame size changes happen pixelwise and set the
corresponding size hints for the window manager.
++++
*** Emacs can now change window sizes in units of pixels.
Mouse-dragging a mode line or window divider now changes the size of
adjacent windows pixelwise. If the new option `window-resize-pixelwise'
window sizes now have an additional argument that allows changes to apply,
or values to be returned, in pixels instead of lines/columns.
++++
+*** The functions `window-body-height' and `window-body-width' now never
+count partially visible lines or columns if called with a nil PIXELWISE
+argument.
+
++++
*** Emacs can now draw dividers between adjacent windows. To put
dividers between side-by-side/vertically stacked windows customize the
frame parameters `right-divider-width' and `bottom-divider-width' to
two are useful to provide a 3D effect, or to better distinguish dividers
from surrounding display objects.
++++
*** New functions are provided to return the pixel sizes of window
components, namely `window-scroll-bar-width', `window-mode-line-height'
`window-header-line-height', `window-right-divider-width' and
`window-bottom-divider-width'.
++++
*** The new function `window-text-pixel-size' returns the size of the
text of a window's buffer in pixels. This allows functions like
`fit-frame-to-buffer' and `fit-window-to-buffer' to accurately fit a
window to its buffer as it will be displayed.
-*** `fit-window-to-buffer' can now resize windows horizontally.
++++
+*** `fit-window-to-buffer' can now resize windows in both dimensions.
This behavior is controlled by the new option
-`fit-window-to-buffer-horizontally'.
+`fit-window-to-buffer-horizontally'. The new option
+`fit-frame-to-buffer' allows to fit the window's frame to its buffer.
-*** `fit-frame-to-buffer' can now fit frames in both directions.
-This behavior is controlled by the option `fit-frame-to-buffer' which
-tells in which direction(s) the frame shall be fit. The new options
-`fit-frame-to-buffer-margins' and `fit-frame-to-buffer-sizes' allow to
++++
+*** `fit-frame-to-buffer' now fits frames in both dimensions. The new
+options `fit-frame-to-buffer-margins' and `fit-frame-to-buffer-sizes'
control the size of the frame and its position on screen.
+---
*** Temp Buffer Resize Mode can now adjust height and width of windows
and frames. `temp-buffer-resize-mode' is now able to adjust the height
and the width of a window displaying a temporary buffer. The new option
`display-buffer' choose or make a window at the bottom of the selected
frame.
++++
*** New display action function `display-buffer-no-window' to not
display the buffer in a window.
++++
*** New display action alist entry `allow-no-window' to indicate the
caller of `display-buffer' is ready to handle the case of not
displaying the buffer in a window.
** Indentation changes
++++
+*** `electric-indent-mode' is now enabled by default.
+Typing RET reindents the current line and indents the new line.
+`C-j' inserts a newline but does not indent. In some programming modes,
+additional characters are electric (eg `{').
+
++++
+*** New buffer-local `electric-indent-local-mode'.
+
+++
*** The behavior of `C-x TAB' (`indent-rigidly') has changed.
When invoked without a prefix argument, it now activates a transient
the text indentation in the region. Typing any other key resumes
normal editing behavior.
-*** `electric-indent-mode' is enabled by default.
-
+++
*** `tab-stop-list' is now implicitly extended to infinity by repeating
the last step. Its default value is changed to nil, which means a tab
+++
** Uniquify is enabled by default, with `post-forward-angle-brackets' style.
++++
** New command `C-x SPC' (`rectangle-mark-mode') makes a rectangular region.
Most commands are still unaware of it, but kill/yank do work on the rectangle.
This searches the region for identical lines, and removes all but one
copy of each repeated line. The lines need not be sorted.
++++
+** `blink-matching-paren' now only highlights the matching open-paren
+by default, instead of moving cursor. Set this variable to `jump' to
+enable the old behavior.
+
\f
* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.4
*** New Lisp debugger command `v' (`debugger-toggle-locals') toggles the
display of local variables of the current stack frame.
++++
*** The Lisp debugger's `e' command (`debugger-eval-expression') now includes
the lexical environment when evaluating the code in the context at point
(and so allows you to access lexical variables).
*** EDE
++++
**** The cpp-root project now supports executing a compile command.
It can be set through the new :compile-command slot or the
buffer-local variable `compile-command'.
++++
**** Better selection of include directories for the 'linux' project.
Include directories now support out-of-tree build directories and
target architecture auto-detection.
+---
*** Semantic
**** Improved detection of used namespaces in current scope in C++.
to nil (or zero).
+++
-*** `desktop-restore-frames', enabled by default, allows saving and
-restoring the frame/window configuration (frameset). Additional options
-`desktop-restore-in-current-display', `desktop-restore-reuses-frames'
-and `desktop-restore-forces-onscreen' offer further customization.
+*** Desktop now saves and restores the frame/window configuration.
+To disable this, set `desktop-restore-frames' to nil.
+See also related options `desktop-restore-reuses-frames',
+`desktop-restore-in-current-display', and `desktop-restore-forces-onscreen'.
+++
** New Dired minor mode `dired-hide-details-mode' toggles whether details,
to filter the list of packages by a keyword.
+++
-*** In the `describe-package' buffer, there are now buttons listing the
+*** In the `describe-package' buffer, there are now buttons listing the
keywords related to the package. Click on a button to see other packages
related to that keyword.
+++
*** `M-s i' in Isearch mode toggles whether search matches invisible text.
++++
*** `query-replace' skips invisible text when `search-invisible' is nil,
and opens overlays with hidden text when `search-invisible' is `open'.
---
*** `sh-mode' now has its own setting for `add-log-current-defun-function'.
-** SMIE indentation can be customized via `smie-config'.
-Emacs can learn the appropriate indentation settings if you provide it
-with an indented sample file.
+** SMIE
+
++++
+*** You can customize the SMIE indentation of a mode via `smie-config'.
+The command `smie-config-guess' can help you derive the appropriate
+indentation settings, if you provide it with an indented sample file.
+Use `smie-config-save' to save the result.
+
++++
+*** You can customize the SMIE indentation of a file by adding an entry to
+the file's local variables of the form: `eval: (smie-config-local '(RULES))'.
+
++++
+*** New commands `smie-config-show-indent' and `smie-config-set-indent'.
---
** SQL mode
\f
* Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.4
+** overlays-at can optionally sort its result by priority.
+
+++
** The second argument of `eval' can now specify a lexical environment.
*** The hook `term-setup-hook' is obsolete. It is entirely equivalent
to `emacs-startup-hook'. See also the new `tty-setup-hook'.
++++
** New hook `pre-redisplay-function'.
+++
*** `generic-make-keywords-list'
*** `get-upcase-table' (use `case-table-get-table' instead).
++++
** `with-wrapper-hook' is obsoleted by `add-function'.
The few hooks that used with-wrapper-hook are replaced as follows:
*** `abbrev-expand-function' obsoletes `abbrev-expand-functions'.
argument, with the same interpretation as the returned value of
`visited-file-modtime'.
-** Autorevert changes
+** Revert and Autorevert changes
+
++++
+*** The default values of `buffer-stale-function', `revert-buffer-function',
+and `revert-buffer-insert-file-contents-function' are no longer nil.
+Instead they default to functions that do what the nil value used to.
+
++++
+*** `buffer-stale-function' is now used for buffers visiting files too.
---
-*** If Emacs is compiled with file notification support, notifications
-are used instead of checking the time stamp of the files. You can
-disable this by setting the user option `auto-revert-use-notify' to
-nil. Alternatively, a regular expression of directories to be
-excluded from file notifications can be specified by
+*** If Emacs is compiled with file notification support, it uses notifications
+instead of checking file time stamps. To disable this, set the user option
+`auto-revert-use-notify' to nil. Alternatively, you can specify a regular
+expression matching directories to be excluded from file notifications via
`auto-revert-notify-exclude-dir-regexp'.
---
*** The new user option `auto-revert-remote-files' enables reversion
-of remote files when set to non-nil.
+of remote files, if set to non-nil.
** Face changes
*** New function `add-face-text-property', which can be used to
conveniently prepend/append new face properties.
+---
*** Face specs set via Custom themes now replace the `defface' spec
-rather than inheriting from it (as do face specs set via Customize).
+rather than inheriting from it. In other words, setting a face via a
+theme now behaves like setting it via Customize: you only need to
+specify the attributes that you want, you don't need to unset those
+that you don't want.
---
*** New face characteristic (supports :underline (:style wave))
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