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* Changes in Emacs 21.1
+** New user option `read-mail-command' specifies a command to use to
+read mail from the menu etc.
+
+** Changes in Outline mode.
+
+There is now support for Imenu to index headings. A new command
+`outline-headers-as-kill' copies the visible headings in the region to
+the kill ring, e.g. to produce a table of contents.
+
** New command M-x check-parens can be used to find unbalanced paren
groups and strings in buffers in Lisp mode (or other modes).
- Mouse-3 on the buffer-name displays a buffer menu.
-- Mouse-1 on the read-only status in the mode line (`%' or `*')
+- Mouse-2 on the read-only status in the mode line (`%' or `*')
toggles the read-only status.
- Mouse-3 on the mode name display a minor-mode menu.
(lambda ()
(add-to-list 'mode-line-format 'hs-headline)))
-** Changes to Change Log mode
+** Changes to Change Log mode and Add-Log functions
+
+If you invoke `add-change-log-entry' from a backup file, it makes an
+entry appropriate for the file's parent. This is useful for making
+log entries by comparing a version with deleted functions.
+
+New command M-x change-log-merge merges another log into the current
+buffer, fixing old-style date formats if necessary.
Change Log mode now adds a file's version number to change log entries
if user-option `change-log-version-info-enabled' is non-nil.
** New modes and packages
+*** `paragraph-indent-minor-mode' is a new minor mode supporting
+paragraphs in the same style as `paragraph-indent-text-mode'.
+
*** bs.el is a new package for buffer selection similar to
list-buffers or electric-buffer-list. Use M-x bs-show to display a
buffer menu with this package. You can use M-x bs-customize to
When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or ---
so I will know I still need to look at it -- rms.
+** New function `keyword-p' is an efficient type predicate for keyword
+symbols.
+
** Variables `beginning-of-defun' and `end-of-defun', can be used to
define handlers for the functions of the same names. Major modes can
define these locally instead of rebinding M-C-a etc. if the normal