** `make install' now consistently ignores umask, creating a
world-readable install.
-* Changes in Emacs 23.2
+* Startup Changes in Emacs 23.2
** Command-line option -Q (--quick) now also disables loading X resources.
-On Windows, Registry settings are ignored, though environment variables set
-on the Registry are still honored. The new variable `inhibit-x-resources'
-shows whether X resources were loaded or not.
+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.
-** New completion-style `initials' to complete M-x lch to list-command-history.
+* Changes in Emacs 23.2
-** Unibyte sessions are declared obsolete.
+** 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,
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* 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.
+
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* 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.
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
*** 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
-
-*** 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.
-
** Miscellaneous
*** The new command `async-shell-command' bound globally to `M-&' executes
the end of the command. Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
Command*'.
++++
+*** Autorevert Tail mode now works now for remote files.
+
---
*** Elint now uses compilation-mode, and recognizes more built-in
functions and variables.
the function `byte-compile-dest-file' before loading bytecomp.el is obsolete.
Instead, customize byte-compile-dest-file-function.
+* 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.
+
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* Installation Changes in Emacs 23.1
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