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* Changes in Emacs 21.4
-** The new command `ediff-backup' compares a file with its most recent
-backup using `ediff'. If you specify the name of a backup file,
-`ediff-backup' compares it with the file of which it is a backup.
-
+++
** The mode line position information now comes before the major mode.
When the file is maintained under version control, that information
Setting these variables directly does not take effect until next time
the Buffers menu is regenerated.
-+++
-** `C-u C-x =' now displays text properties of the character at point.
-
+++
** The commands M-x customize-face and M-x customize-face-other-window
now look at the character after point. If a face or faces are
Cyrillic-KOI8-T, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, UTF-8,
Windows-1255, Welsh, Latin-7, Lithuanian, Latvian.
+---
** New input methods: latin-alt-postfix, latin-postfix, latin-prefix,
ukrainian-computer, belarusian, bulgarian-bds, russian-computer,
vietnamese-telex, lithuanian-numeric, lithuanian-keyboard,
latvian-keyboard, welsh, georgian, rfc1345, ucs, sgml,
bulgarian-phonetic, dutch.
+---
+** A new coding system `euc-tw' has been added for traditional Chinese
+in CNS encoding; it accepts both Big 5 and CNS as input; on saving,
+Big 5 is then converted to CNS.
+
+---
** Many new coding systems are available by loading the `code-pages'
library. These include complete versions of most of those in
codepage.el, based Unicode mappings.
many columns to scroll. If the value is a floating-point number, it
gives the fraction of the window's width to scroll the window.
+The variable `automatic-hscrolling' was renamed to
+`auto-hscroll-mode'. The old name is still available as an alias.
+
+++
** The user option `tex-start-options-string' has been replaced
by two new user options: `tex-start-options', which should hold
command-line options to feed to TeX, and `tex-start-commands' which should hold
TeX commands to use at startup.
-+++
-** The variable `automatic-hscrolling' was renamed to `auto-hscroll-mode'.
-The old name is still available as an alias.
-
+++
** New display feature: focus follows mouse. If you set the variable
mouse-autoselect-window to non-nil value, moving the mouse to a different
to your .emacs to revert to the old behavior.
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-** A new coding system `euc-tw' has been added for traditional Chinese
-in CNS encoding; it accepts both Big 5 and CNS as input; on saving,
-Big 5 is then converted to CNS.
-
+++
** Emacs now reads the standard abbrevs file ~/.abbrev_defs
automatically at startup, if it exists. When Emacs offers to save
then it reverts to the old behavior and asks the user to select regions for
comparison.
+** The new command `ediff-backup' compares a file with its most recent
+backup using `ediff'. If you specify the name of a backup file,
+`ediff-backup' compares it with the file of which it is a backup.
+
+++
** Etags changes.
*** The new package ibuffer provides a powerful, completely
customizable replacement for buff-menu.el.
+*** The new package table.el implements editable, WYSIWYG, embedded
+`text tables' in Emacs buffers. It simulates the effect of putting
+these tables in a special major mode. The package emulates WYSIWYG
+table editing available in modern word processors. The package also
+can generate a table source in typesetting and markup languages such
+as latex and html from the visually laid out text table.
+
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** Support for `magic cookie' standout modes has been removed.
Emacs will still work on terminals that require magic cookies in order