*** --enable-checking[=OPTIONS] builds emacs with extra runtime checks.
+---
+** `make install' now consistently ignores umask, creating a
+world-readable install.
+
+* Startup Changes in Emacs 23.2
+
+** Command-line option -Q (--quick) now also disables loading X resources.
+Note however that this does not affect Lucid or Motif widgets, if you
+are using those toolkits. On Windows, this option causes Emacs to
+ignore Registry settings, though environment variables set on the
+Registry are still honored.
+
+*** The new variable `inhibit-x-resources' shows whether X resources
+were loaded.
+
* Changes in Emacs 23.2
-** Unibyte sessions are declared obsolete.
+** Function arguments in *Help* buffers are now in uppercase by default.
+You can customize the new variable `help-downcase-arguments' to change it.
+
+** Unibyte sessions are now considered obsolete.
I.e. the use of the environment variable EMACS_UNIBYTE, or command line
arguments --unibyte, --multibyte, --no-multibyte, and --no-unibyte
is deprecated. Similarly for custom-izing enable-multibyte-characters, or
** The pointer now becomes invisible when typing.
Customize make-pointer-invisible to turn it off.
----
-** On MS-Windows, `display-time' now displays the system load average
-as well as the time, as it does on GNU and Unix.
-
** Killing a buffer with a running process now asks a confirmation.
You can remove this query in two ways: either removing
`process-kill-buffer-query-function' from `kill-buffer-query-functions' or
setting the appropriate process flag with `set-process-query-on-exit-flag'.
-+++
-** If `select-active-regions' is t, any active region automatically
-becomes the primary selection (for interaction with other window
-applications). If you enable this, you might want to bind
-`mouse-yank-primary' to Mouse-2.
-
** The variable `load-in-progress' won't get corrupted by binding it
with `let'. In certain situations, loading an Emacs Lisp file from
source while in the midst of loading another file (e.g., with
to be corrupted once the outer load completed. Most code doesn't care
about this, but some (like c-mode) may check it.
-** When `save-interprogram-paste-before-kill' is non-nil, emacs will not
-clobber the the interprogram paste when something is killed in it by
-saving the former in the `kill-ring' before the latter.
-
-** When `kill-do-not-save-duplicates' is non-nil, identical subsequent
-kills are not duplicated in the `kill-ring'.
-
** File-local variable changes
*** Specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that mode,
\f
* Editing Changes in Emacs 23.2
+** Selection changes
++++
+*** If `select-active-regions' is t, any active region automatically
+becomes the primary selection (for interaction with other window
+applications). If you enable this, you might want to bind
+`mouse-yank-primary' to Mouse-2.
+
+*** When `save-interprogram-paste-before-kill' is non-nil, emacs will
+not clobber the the interprogram paste when something is killed in it
+by saving the former in the `kill-ring' before the latter.
+
+** When `kill-do-not-save-duplicates' is non-nil, identical subsequent
+kills are not duplicated in the `kill-ring'.
+
+++
** The default value for `blink-matching-paren-distance' has been increased.
+** The new completion-style `initials' is available.
+For instance, this can complete M-x lch to list-command-history.
+
\f
* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2
if you have the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later
installed.
+** Calendar and diary
+
+*** Fancy diary display is now the default.
+If you prefer the simple display, customize `diary-display-function'.
+
+*** The diary's fancy display now enables view-mode.
+
+---
+*** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument
+giving an offset from today.
+
+** Desktop
+---
+*** The default value for `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is nil.
+This means Desktop will try restoring all buffers, when you restart
+your Emacs session. Also, `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is only
+effective for buffers that have no associated file. If you want to
+exempt buffers that do correspond to files, customize the value of
+`desktop-files-not-to-save' instead.
+
** FIXME mail-user-agent change
This probably affects a lot of documentation.
+++
** New connection methods in Tramp.
-The new connection method "rsyncc" has been introduced. On systems
-which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the new connection methods
-"dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce".
+The new connection methods "rsyncc", "imap" and "imaps" have been
+introduced. On systems which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the
+new connection methods "dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce".
-+++
-** Autorevert Tail mode
-Autorevert Tail mode works now for remote files.
+** nXML mode is now the default for editing XML files.
** VC and related modes
+*** FIXME: add info about the new VC functions: vc-root-diff and
+vc-root-print-log once they stabilize.
+
*** When a file is not found, VC will not try to check it out of RCS anymore.
*** vc-git changes
**** The new variable vc-git-add-signoff can be used to add a
Signed-off-by line when committing.
+**** Support for operating with stashes has been added to vc-dir: the stash list is
+displayed in the *vc-dir* header, stashes can be created, removed and
+their content displayed.
+
**** vc-dir displays the stash status
*** log-edit-strip-single-file-name controls whether or not single filenames
are stripped when copying text from the ChangeLog to the *VC-Log* buffer.
-** Calendar and diary
+** Elint
---
-*** The command `calendar-current-date' accepts an optional argument
-giving an offset from today.
+*** Elint now uses compilation-mode.
-** Desktop
+---
+*** Elint can now scan individual files and whole directories,
+and can be run in batch mode.
---
-*** The default value for `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is nil.
-This means Desktop will try restoring all buffers, when you restart
-your Emacs session. Also, `desktop-buffers-not-to-save' is only
-effective for buffers that have no associated file. If you want to
-exempt buffers that do correspond to files, customize the value of
-`desktop-files-not-to-save' instead.
+*** Elint does a more thorough initialization, and recognizes more built-in
+functions and variables. Customize `elint-scan-preloaded' if you want
+to sacrifice some accuracy for a faster startup.
+
+---
+*** Elint attempts some basic understanding of featurep and (f)boundp tests.
+
+---
+*** Customize `elint-ignored-warnings' to suppress some warnings.
** Miscellaneous
the end of the command. Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
Command*'.
----
-*** Elint now uses compilation-mode, and recognizes more built-in
-functions and variables.
++++
+*** Autorevert Tail mode now works now for remote files.
\f
* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2
+** FIXME CEDET
+
** js.el is a new major mode for JavaScript files.
+** imap-hash.el is a new library to address IMAP mailboxes as hashtables.
+
\f
* Lisp changes in Emacs 23.2
+** eval-next-after-load is obsolete.
+** New hook `after-load-functions' run after loading an Elisp file.
+
+** You can control which binding is preferentially shown in menus and
+docstrings by adding a `:advertised-binding' property to the corresponding
+command's symbol. That property can hold a single binding or a list
+of bindings.
+
+** New macro with-silent-modifications to tweak text properties without
+affecting the buffer's modification state.
** All the default-FOO variables that hold the default value of the FOO
variable, are now declared obsolete.
** read-key is a function halfway between read-event and read-key-sequence.
It reads a single key, but obeys input and escape sequence decoding.
-** start-process-shell-command start-file-process-shell-command only
-take a single `command' argument any more.
+** start-process-shell-command and start-file-process-shell-command
+now only take a single `command' argument.
** The variable `process-file-side-effects' shall be bound to nil, if
a `process-file' call does not change a remote file. By this, file
** completion-annotate-function specifies how to compute annotations
for completions displayed in *Completions*.
++++
+** Face aliases can now be marked as obsolete, using the macro
+`define-obsolete-face-alias'.
+
+---
+** Changing the file-names generated by byte-compilation by redefining
+the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
+Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.
+
+** Several obsolete functions removed.
+The functions have been obsolete since Emacs 19, and are unlikely to
+be in use:
+
+ time-stamp-month-dd-yyyy, time-stamp-dd/mm/yyyy, time-stamp-mon-dd-yyyy
+ time-stamp-dd-mon-yy, time-stamp-yy/mm/dd, time-stamp-yyyy/mm/dd,
+ time-stamp-yyyy-mm-dd, time-stamp-yymmdd, time-stamp-hh:mm:ss,
+ time-stamp-hhmm, baud-rate
+
+** `delete-directory' has an optional parameter RECURSIVE.
+
+\f
+* Changes in Emacs 23.2 on non-free operating systems
+
+---
+** On MS-Windows, `display-time' now displays the system load average
+as well as the time, as it does on GNU and Unix.
+
\f
* Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1
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