This happens by default if a suitable support library is found at
build time, like libacl on GNU/Linux. To prevent this, use the
configure option `--disable-acl'.
+FIXME? Should be --without-acl?
** Emacs can now be compiled with file notification support.
This happens by default if a suitable system library is found at
+++
*** The key `?' now describes prefix bindings, like `C-h'.
+---
*** The command `describe-function' has been extended for EIEIO.
Running it on constructors will show a full description of the
generated class. For generic functions, it will show all
This unfinished feature was introduced by accident in Emacs 23.1;
simply disabling Transient Mark mode does the same thing.
+---
** The default value of `comment-use-global-state' is now t,
and this variable has been marked obsolete.
** CUA mode
++++
*** CUA mode now uses `delete-selection-mode' and `shift-select-mode'.
Hence, you can now enable it independently from those modes, and from
`transient-mark-mode'.
*** `cua-highlight-region-shift-only' is now obsolete.
You can disable `transient-mark-mode' to get the same result.
-*** CUA's rectangles can now be used via `cua-rectangle-mark-mode'.
++++
+*** CUA's rectangles can now be used without CUA by calling the command
+`cua-rectangle-mark-mode'.
** CFEngine mode
** Desktop
-*** `desktop-auto-save-timeout' defines the number of seconds idle time
-before auto-save of the desktop.
++++
+*** `desktop-save-mode' by default now auto-saves an existing desktop file
+after `desktop-auto-save-timeout'. To disable this, customize that option
+to nil (or zero).
*** `desktop-restore-frames', enabled by default, allows saving and
restoring the frame/window configuration (frameset). Additional options
** Electric Pair mode
++++
*** New option `electric-pair-preserve-balance', enabled by default.
If non-nil, pairing/skipping only kicks in when that help the balance
of parentheses and quotes, i.e. the buffer should end up at least as
You can further control this behavior by adjusting the predicates
stored in `electric-pair-inhibit-predicate' and `electric-pair-skip-self'.
++++
*** New option `electric-pair-delete-adjacent-pairs', enabled by default.
In `electric-pair-mode', the commands `backward-delete-char' and
`backward-delete-char-untabify' are now bound to electric variants
that delete the closer when invoked between adjacent pairs.
++++
*** New option `electric-pair-open-newline-between-pairs', enabled by default.
In `electric-pair-mode', inserting a newline between adjacent pairs
opens an extra newline after point, which is indented if
`electric-indent-mode' is also set.
++++
*** New option `electric-pair-skip-whitespace', enabled by default.
This controls if skipping over closing delimiters should jump over any
whitespace slack. Setting it to `chomp' makes it delete this
whitespace. See also the variable `electric-pair-skip-whitespace-chars'.
+---
*** New variables control the pairing in strings and comments.
You can customize `electric-pair-text-pairs' and
`electric-pair-text-syntax-table' to tweak pairing behavior inside
** Remember
-*** The new command `remember-notes' creates a buffer that is saved on
-`kill-emacs'. You can think of it as a *scratch* buffer whose content
-is preserved. In fact, it was designed as a replacement for *scratch*
-buffer and can be used that way by setting `initial-buffer-choice' to
-`remember-notes' and `remember-notes-buffer-name' to "*scratch*".
-Without the second change, the *scratch* buffer will still be there
-for notes that do not need to be preserved.
++++
+*** The new command `remember-notes' creates a buffer that is saved on exit.
+You can use it as a more permanent *scratch* buffer.
-*** The Remember package can now store notes in separates files.
-You can use the new function `remember-store-in-files' within the
-`remember-handler-functions' option. See `remember-data-directory'
-and `remember-directory-file-name-format' for new options related to
-this function.
++++
+*** Remember can now store notes in separate files.
+To use this, add `remember-store-in-files' to the `remember-handler-functions'
+option. The files are saved in `remember-data-directory' using
+names specified by `remember-directory-file-name-format'.
** Rmail
Emacs can learn the appropriate indentation settings if you provide it
with an indented sample file.
+---
+** SQL
+Improved login monitoring and appropriate response to login failures.
+Includes `sql-login-delay' to define maximum wait for a connection.
+
+*** Oracle support
+SQL*Plus script placeholders are properly highlighted and identified
+in `sql-placeholders-filter' correctly. When SQL*Plus is started,
+options specified in `sql-oracle-options' are passed before the logon
+parameter, as SQL*Plus expects. The default setting for
+`sql-oracle-options' has been altered to pass the `-L' option to limit
+the number of logon attempts per invocation.
+
---
** New Term mode option `term-suppress-hard-newline'.
Generic commands are interactive functions whose implementation can be
selected among several alternatives, as a matter of user preference.
-** The `defalias-fset-function' property lets you catch `defalias'
-calls, and redirect them to your own function, instead of `fset'.
++++
+** If you give a symbol a `defalias-fset-function' property, `defalias'
+on that symbol will use the associated value as a function to call
+in place of `fset'.
+++
** New variable `enable-dir-local-variables'.
+++
** New function `get-pos-property'.
++++
** `read-regexp' now uses the new variable `read-regexp-defaults-function'
as a function to call to provide default values.
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