From: Stefan Kangas Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:41:04 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Merge from origin/emacs-29 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=142f5683c1042a5344abd51b97fe8e0d0c8cc5f5;p=emacs.git Merge from origin/emacs-29 7678b7e46f2 Eglot: check server capability before sending didSave (bu... a3a1ef7bd5e Fix rust-ts-mode type and module highlighting (Bug#61302) 477aa047ee7 rust-ts-mode: Highlight variable reassignments 5206a551c16 Improve backward compatibility of save-restriction accd88d5545 Don't indent template_string contents (bug#61503) d97a3839967 csharp-ts-mode: fontify compiler directives (bug#61512) 420d2cae846 Update to Transient v0.3.7-209-gdab1dfa a3751b5d0c1 ; Raise an error if a VC package checkout is empty 6a32ba8b69c ; Fix the installation of dependencies for VC packages 4eac80fcc39 ; Prepare to update ERC version to 5.5 4f099a72173 ; Remove failing erc-reuse-buffers test 4bb27a5ca93 ; Minor docs copyedits 13bcff3da5c Merge branch 'emacs-29' of git.savannah.gnu.org:/srv/git/... 3d572ae0d50 Rename with/without-narrowing to with/without-restriction d806b0e33cf * lisp/repeat.el: Rename internal function and variable (... dd8b720ee74 ; * etc/NEWS: Fix typos. 909bd04cf5f ; * lisp/calendar/lunar.el: Add comments. (bug#61460) 10f2aedea9a ; * lisp/progmodes/c-ts-mode.el (c-ts-base-mode): delete ... 865758130a1 ; * admin/git-bisect-start: Update failing commits b948d0d7efe Merge branch 'scratch/fix-locked-narrowing' dcb2379a463 Minor improvements to labeled narrowing cc30422825a Fix spurious display of eclipses in Calendar f2114e8d89f Fix indentation for closing bracket in c-ts-mode (bug#61398) f49caaa8925 ; * src/pdumper.c (dump_buffer): Update hash. fe2ea5ddd8d Update to Org 9.6.1-31-gaf1bb1 8280d721d7c * src/.gdbinit (nextcons): Amend $.u.cdr to $.u.s.u.cdr (... eb2b0931cf1 Add lambda_expression to c-ts-common-indent-type-regexp-a... 2da05876edb ; Use the right name when specifying VC packages d4fc7012978 Tolerate missing elpa-packages.eld files 8bc1b7d0b27 Avoid warning about 'load-path' in non-interactive sessions 3d17aee13d9 ; Fix installation of dependencies for VC packages 86ca7df6a34 ; Mention Hunspell private-dictionary misfeature in doc s... 7287b7b53a1 Support webkit2gtk-4.1 048a2dabfc4 ; Fix typo 8f3091defb3 ; Fix typo in buffer.h 4da398d8b57 ; Fix typos 074008ee2d2 ; Fix doc strings in lisp/image/ directory 2d1e43436da ; Improve documentation of hash functions. 900f7e07275 ; Remove extraneous local variables from image-dired-*.el... 4297039bd13 Save and restore the absence of narrowing locks 4f053afe8e7 bug-reference: prevent match-data clobbering (bug#61395) 10af9fbcad1 ; * admin/notes/tree-sitter/starter-guide: Typos. 9ac242ce93d ; Fix recent changes in treesit docs f5789aefc2e Rename LIMIT to DEPTH in tree-sitter functions (bug#61231) b39821fdcef ; Fix incorrect function name in treesit manual 51901736965 Add 'live' property to treesit-node-check (bug#61235) 56960a6558b Update to Transient v0.3.7-205-gb8ad0da 68a6b364d1c Fix 'rmail-summary-output' 67c6ec25590 lisp-mode: add docstring recognition for more common lisp... 417a8ed8b05 ; Improve discoverability of empty file names handling e47cf6ca15a Update to Transient v0.3.7-204-gecff8c2 b04cce02ff4 Fix Scala entry in Eglot's DB of LSP servers 973c1d24c6a ruby-ts-mode: Also don't reindent 'identifier' when insid... a5651c0c403 ruby-ts-mode: Fix indentation inside empty if/unless/case... 2956e54b1dd Add an extensive test for labeled (locked) narrowing 79ce185ad13 Update the documentation about labeled (locked) narrowing a6cd4553d48 Rename two long line optimizations variables 0d73e4aa261 Add specific symbols for narrowings d8438e2bb44 Add 'without-narrowing' macro 97314447e60 Make 'narrowing-lock' and 'narrowing-unlock' internal a4aa32bdfff Fix 'save-restriction' for narrowing locks # Conflicts: # etc/NEWS --- 142f5683c1042a5344abd51b97fe8e0d0c8cc5f5 diff --cc etc/NEWS.29 index 2d15e39036a,00000000000..35063678f58 mode 100644,000000..100644 --- a/etc/NEWS.29 +++ b/etc/NEWS.29 @@@ -1,4847 -1,0 +1,4866 @@@ +GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. + +Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end of the file for license conditions. + +Please send Emacs bug reports to 'bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org'. +If possible, use 'M-x report-emacs-bug'. + +This file is about changes in Emacs version 29. + +See file HISTORY for a list of GNU Emacs versions and release dates. +See files NEWS.28, NEWS.27, ..., NEWS.18, and NEWS.1-17 for changes +in older Emacs versions. + +You can narrow news to a specific version by calling 'view-emacs-news' +with a prefix argument or by typing 'C-u C-h C-n'. + +Temporary note: ++++ indicates that all relevant manuals in doc/ have been updated. +--- means no change in the manuals is needed. +When you add a new item, use the appropriate mark if you are sure it +applies, and please also update docstrings as needed. + + +* Installation Changes in Emacs 29.1 + +--- +** Ahead-of-time native compilation can now be requested via configure. +Use '--with-native-compilation=aot' to request that all the Lisp files +in the Emacs tree should be natively compiled ahead of time. (This is +slow on most machines.) + +This feature existed in Emacs 28.1, but was less easy to request. + ++++ +** Emacs can be built with the tree-sitter parsing library. +This library, together with separate grammar libraries for each +language, provides incremental parsing capabilities for several +popular programming languages and other formatted files. Emacs built +with this library offers major modes, described elsewhere in this +file, that are based on the tree-sitter's parsers. If you have the +tree-sitter library installed, the configure script will automatically +include it in the build; use '--without-tree-sitter' at configure time +to disable that. + +Emacs modes based on the tree-sitter library require an additional +grammar library for each mode. These grammar libraries provide the +tree-sitter library with language-specific lexical analysis and +parsing capabilities, and are developed separately from the +tree-sitter library itself. If you don't have a grammar library +required by some Emacs major mode, and your distro doesn't provide it +as an installable package, you can compile and install such a library +yourself. Many libraries can be downloaded from the tree-sitter site: + + https://github.com/tree-sitter + +Emacs provides a user command, 'treesit-install-language-grammar', +that automates the download and build process of a grammar library. +It prompts for the language, the URL of the language grammar's VCS +repository, and then uses the installed C/C++ compiler to build the +library and install it. + +You can also do this manually. To compile such a library after +cloning its Git repository, compile the files "scanner.c" and +"parser.c" (sometimes named "scanner.cc" and "parser.cc") in the "src" +subdirectory of the library's source tree using the C or C++ compiler, +then link these two files into a shared library named +"libtree-sitter-LANG.so", where LANG is the name of the language +supported by the grammar as it is expected by the Emacs major mode +(for example, "c" for 'c-ts-mode', "cpp" for 'c++-ts-mode', "python" +for 'python-ts-mode', etc.). Then place the shared library you've +built in the same directory where you keep the other shared libraries +used by Emacs, or in the "tree-sitter" subdirectory of your +'user-emacs-directory', or in a directory mentioned in the variable +'treesit-extra-load-path'. + +You only need to install language grammar libraries required by the +Emacs modes you will use, as Emacs loads these libraries only when the +corresponding mode is turned on in some buffer for the first time in +an Emacs session. + ++++ +** Emacs can be built with built-in support for accessing SQLite databases. +This uses the popular sqlite3 library, and can be disabled by using +the '--without-sqlite3' option to the 'configure' script. + ++++ +** Support for the WebP image format. +This support is built by default when the libwebp library is +available, and includes support for animated WebP images. To disable +WebP support, use the '--without-webp' configure flag. Image +specifiers can now use ':type webp'. + ++++ +** Emacs has been ported to the Haiku operating system. +The configuration process should automatically detect and build for +Haiku. There is also an optional window-system port to Haiku, which +can be enabled by configuring Emacs with the option '--with-be-app', +which will require the Haiku Application Kit development headers and a +C++ compiler to be present on your system. If Emacs is not built with +the option '--with-be-app', the resulting Emacs will only run in +text-mode terminals. + +To enable Cairo support, ensure that the Cairo and FreeType +development files are present on your system, and configure Emacs with +'--with-be-cairo'. + +Unlike X, there is no compile-time option to enable or disable +double-buffering; it is always enabled. To disable it, change the +frame parameter 'inhibit-double-buffering' instead. + +--- +** Emacs now installs the ".pdmp" file using a unique fingerprint in the name. +The file is typically installed using a file name akin to +"...dir/libexec/emacs/29.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/emacs-.pdmp". +If a constant file name is required, the file can be renamed to +"emacs.pdmp", and Emacs will find it during startup anyway. + +--- +** Emacs on X now uses XInput 2 for input events. +If your X server has support and you have the XInput 2 development +headers installed, Emacs will use the X Input Extension for handling +input. If this causes problems, you can configure Emacs with the +option '--without-xinput2' to disable this support. + +'(featurep 'xinput2)' can be used to test for the presence of XInput 2 +support from Lisp programs. + ++++ +** Emacs now supports being built with pure GTK. +To use this option, make sure the GTK 3 (version 3.22.23 or later) and +Cairo development files are installed, and configure Emacs with the +option '--with-pgtk'. Unlike the default X and GTK build, the +resulting Emacs binary will work on any underlying window system +supported by GDK, such as Wayland and Broadway. We recommend that you +use this configuration only if you are running a window system other +than X that's supported by GDK. Running this configuration on X is +known to have problems, such as undesirable frame positioning and +various issues with keyboard input of sequences such as 'C-;' and +'C-S-u'. + +--- +** Emacs no longer reduces the size of the Japanese dictionary. +Building Emacs includes generation of a Japanese dictionary, which is +used by Japanese input methods. Previously, the build included a step +of reducing the size of this dictionary's vocabulary. This vocabulary +reduction is now optional, by default off. If you need the Emacs +build to include the vocabulary reduction, configure Emacs with the +option '--with-small-ja-dic'. In an Emacs source tree already +configured without that option, you can force the vocabulary reduction +by saying + + make -C leim generate-ja-dic JA_DIC_NO_REDUCTION_OPTION='' + +after deleting "lisp/leim/ja-dic/ja-dic.el". + +--- +** The docstrings of preloaded files are not in "etc/DOC" any more. +Instead, they're fetched as needed from the corresponding ".elc" +files, as was already the case for all the non-preloaded files. + + +* Startup Changes in Emacs 29.1 + ++++ +** '--batch' and '--script' now adjust the garbage collection levels. +These switches now set 'gc-cons-percentage' to 1.0 (up from the +default of 0.1). This means that batch processes will typically use +more memory than before, but use less time doing garbage collection. +Batch jobs that are supposed to run for a long time should adjust the +limit back down again. + ++++ +** Emacs can now be used more easily in an executable script. +If you start an executable script with + + #!/usr/bin/emacs -x + +Emacs will start without reading any init files (like with '--quick'), +and then execute the rest of the script file as Emacs Lisp. When it +reaches the end of the script, Emacs will exit with an exit code from +the value of the final form. + ++++ +** Emacs now supports setting 'user-emacs-directory' via '--init-directory'. +Use the '--init-directory' command-line option to set +'user-emacs-directory'. + ++++ +** Emacs now has a '--fingerprint' option. +This will output a string identifying the current Emacs build, and exit. + ++++ +** New hook 'after-pdump-load-hook'. +This is run at the end of the Emacs startup process, and is meant to +be used to reinitialize data structures that would normally be done at +load time. + +** Native Compilation + ++++ +*** New variable 'inhibit-automatic-native-compilation'. +If set, Emacs will inhibit native compilation (and won't write +anything to the eln cache automatically). The variable is initialized +during Emacs startup from the environment variable +'EMACS_INHIBIT_AUTOMATIC_NATIVE_COMPILATION'. + +--- +*** New command 'native-compile-prune-cache'. +This command deletes old subdirectories of the eln cache (but not the +ones for the current Emacs version). Note that subdirectories of the +system directory where the "*.eln" files are installed (usually, the +last entry in 'native-comp-eln-load-path') are not deleted. + +--- +*** New function 'startup-redirect-eln-cache'. +This function can be called in your init files to change the +user-specific directory where Emacs stores the "*.eln" files produced +by native compilation of Lisp packages Emacs loads. The default +eln cache directory is unchanged: it is the "eln-cache" subdirectory +of 'user-emacs-directory'. + + +* Incompatible changes in Emacs 29.1 + ++++ +** The image commands have changed key bindings. +In previous Emacs versions, images have had the '+', '-' and 'r' keys +bound when point is over an image. In Emacs 29.1, additional commands +were added, and this made it more likely that users would trigger the +image commands by mistake. To avoid this, all image commands have +moved to the 'i' keymap, so '+' is now 'i +', '-' is now 'i -', and +'r' is now 'i r'. In addition, these commands are now repeating, so +you can rotate an image twice by saying 'i r r', for instance. + ++++ +** Emacs now picks the correct coding-system for X input methods. +Previously, Emacs would use 'locale-coding-system' for input +methods, which could in some circumstances be incorrect, especially +when the input method chose to fall back to some other coding system. + +Emacs now automatically detects the coding-system used by input +methods, and uses that to decode input in preference to the value of +'locale-coding-system'. This unfortunately means that users who have +changed the coding system used to decode X keyboard input must adjust +their customizations to 'locale-coding-system' to the variable +'x-input-coding-system' instead. + ++++ +** Bookmarks no longer include context for encrypted files. +If you're visiting an encrypted file, setting a bookmark no longer +includes excerpts from that buffer in the bookmarks file. This is +implemented by the new hook 'bookmark-inhibit-context-functions', +where packages can register a function which returns non-nil for file +names to be excluded from adding such excerpts. + +--- +** 'show-paren-mode' is now disabled in 'special-mode' buffers. +In Emacs versions previous to Emacs 28.1, 'show-paren-mode' defaulted +off. In Emacs 28.1, the mode was switched on in all buffers. In +Emacs 29.1, this was changed to be switched on in all editing-related +buffers, but not in buffers that inherit from 'special-mode'. To go +back to how things worked in Emacs 28.1, put the following in your +init file: + + (setopt show-paren-predicate t) + ++++ +** Explicitly-set read-only state is preserved when reverting a buffer. +If you use the 'C-x C-q' command to change the read-only state of the +buffer and then revert it, Emacs would previously use the file +permission bits to determine whether the buffer should be read-only +after reverting the buffer. Emacs now remembers the decision made in +'C-x C-q'. + +--- +** The Gtk selection face is no longer used for the region. +The combination of a Gtk-controlled background and a foreground color +controlled by the internal Emacs machinery led to low-contrast faces +in common default setups. Emacs now uses the same 'region' face on +Gtk and non-Gtk setups. + +--- +** 'C-h f' and 'C-h x' may now require confirmation when you press 'RET'. +If the text in the minibuffer cannot be completed to a single function +or command, typing 'RET' will not automatically complete to the shortest +candidate, but will instead ask for confirmation. Typing 'TAB' will +complete as much as possible, and another 'TAB' will show all the +possible completions. This allows you to insist on the functions name +even if Help doesn't appear to know about it, by confirming with a +second 'RET'. + +** Dired + +--- +*** 'w' ('dired-copy-filename-as-kill') has changed behavior. +If there are several files marked, file names containing space and +quote characters will be quoted "like this". + +--- +*** The 'd' command now more consistently skips dot files. +In previous Emacs versions, commands like 'C-u 10 d' would put the "D" +mark on the next ten files, no matter whether they were dot files +(i.e., "." and "..") or not, while marking the next ten lines with the +mouse (in 'transient-mark-mode') and then hitting 'd' would skip dot +files. These now work equivalently. + ++++ +** Warning about "eager macro-expansion failure" is now an error. + +--- +** Previously, the X "reverseVideo" value at startup was heeded for all frames. +This meant that if you had a "reverseVideo" resource on the initial +display, and then opened up a new frame on a display without any +explicit "reverseVideo" setting, it would get heeded there, too. (This +included terminal frames.) In Emacs 29, the "reverseVideo" X resource +is handled like all the other X resources, and set on a per-frame basis. + ++++ +** 'E' in 'query-replace' now edits the replacement with exact case. +Previously, this command did the same as 'e'. + +--- +** '/ a' in "*Packages*" buffer now limits by archive name(s) instead of regexp. + ++++ +** Setting the goal columns now also affects '' and ''. +Previously, 'C-x C-n' only affected 'next-line' and 'previous-line', +but it now also affects 'scroll-up-command' and 'scroll-down-command'. + +--- +** Isearch in "*Help*" and "*info*" now char-folds quote characters by default. +This means that you can say 'C-s `foo' (GRAVE ACCENT) if the buffer +contains "‘foo" (LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK) and the like. These +quotation characters look somewhat similar in some fonts. To switch +this off, disable the new 'isearch-fold-quotes-mode' minor mode. + +--- +** Sorting commands no longer necessarily change modification status. +In earlier Emacs versions, commands like 'sort-lines' would always +change buffer modification status to "modified", whether they changed +something in the buffer or not. This has been changed: the buffer is +marked as modified only if the sorting ended up actually changing the +contents of the buffer. + +--- +** 'string-lines' handles trailing newlines differently. +It no longer returns an empty final string if the string ends with a +newline. + +--- +** 'TAB' and '' are now bound in 'button-map'. +This means that if point is on a button, 'TAB' will take you to the +next button, even if the mode has bound it to something else. This +also means that 'TAB' on a button in an 'outline-minor-mode' heading +will move point instead of collapsing the outline. + +--- +** 'outline-minor-mode-cycle-map' is now parent of 'outline-minor-mode'. +Instead of adding text property 'keymap' with 'outline-minor-mode-cycle' +on outline headings in 'outline-minor-mode', the keymap +'outline-minor-mode-cycle' is now active in the whole buffer. +But keybindings in 'outline-minor-mode-cycle' still take effect +only on outline headings because they are bound with the help of +'outline-minor-mode-cycle--bind' that checks if point is on a heading. + +--- +** 'Info-default-directory-list' is no longer populated at Emacs startup. +If you have code in your init file that removes directories from +'Info-default-directory-list', this will no longer work. + +--- +** 'C-k' no longer deletes files in 'ido-mode'. +To get the previous action back, put something like the following in +your Init file: + + (require 'ido) + (keymap-set ido-file-completion-map "C-k" #'ido-delete-file-at-head) + +--- +** New user option 'term-clear-full-screen-programs'. +By default, term.el will now work like most terminals when displaying +full-screen programs: When they exit, the output is cleared, leaving +what was displayed in the window before the programs started. Set +this user option to nil to revert back to the old behavior. + +--- +** Support for old EIEIO functions is not autoloaded any more. +You need an explicit '(require 'eieio-compat)' to use 'defmethod' +and 'defgeneric' (which have been made obsolete in Emacs 25.1 with +'cl-defmethod' and 'cl-defgeneric'). +Similarly you might need to '(require 'eieio-compat)' before loading +files that were compiled with an old EIEIO (Emacs<25). + +--- +** 'C-x 8 .' has been moved to 'C-x 8 . .'. +This is to open up the 'C-x 8 .' map to bind further characters there. + +--- +** 'C-x 8 =' has been moved to 'C-x 8 = ='. +You can now use 'C-x 8 =' to insert several characters with macron; +for example, 'C-x 8 = a' will insert U+0101 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH +MACRON. To insert a lone macron, type 'C-x 8 = =' instead of the +previous 'C-x ='. + +** Eshell + +*** Eshell's PATH is now derived from 'exec-path'. +For consistency with remote connections, Eshell now uses 'exec-path' +to determine the execution path on the local or remote system, instead +of using the PATH environment variable directly. + +--- +*** 'source' and '.' no longer accept the '--help' option. +This is for compatibility with the shell versions of these commands, +which don't handle options like '--help' in any special way. + ++++ +*** String delimiters in argument predicates/modifiers are more restricted. +Previously, some argument predicates/modifiers allowed arbitrary +characters as string delimiters. To provide more unified behavior +across all predicates/modifiers, the list of allowed delimiters has +been restricted to "...", '...', /.../, |...|, (...), [...], <...>, +and {...}. See the "(eshell) Argument Predication and Modification" +node in the Eshell manual for more details. + ++++ +*** Eshell pipelines now only pipe stdout by default. +To pipe both stdout and stderr, use the '|&' operator instead of '|'. + +--- +** The 'delete-forward-char' command now deletes by grapheme clusters. +This command is by default bound to the '' function key +(a.k.a. ''). When invoked without a prefix argument or +with a positive prefix numeric argument, the command will now delete +complete grapheme clusters produced by character composition. For +example, if point is before an Emoji sequence, pressing '' +will delete the entire sequence, not just a single character at its +beginning. + ++++ +** 'load-history' does not treat autoloads specially any more. +An autoload definition appears just as a '(defun . NAME)' and the +'(t . NAME)' entries are not generated any more. + +--- +** The Tamil input methods no longer insert Tamil digits. +The input methods 'tamil-itrans' and 'tamil-inscript' no longer insert +the Tamil digits, as those digit characters are not used nowadays by +speakers of the Tamil language. To get back the previous behavior, +use the new 'tamil-itrans-digits' and 'tamil-inscript-digits' input +methods instead. + ++++ +** New variable 'current-time-list' governing default timestamp form. +Functions like 'current-time' now yield '(TICKS . HZ)' timestamps if +this new variable is nil. The variable defaults to t, which means +these functions default to timestamps of the forms '(HI LO US PS)', +'(HI LO US)' or '(HI LO)', which are less regular and less efficient. +This is part of a long-planned change first documented in Emacs 27. +Developers are encouraged to test timestamp-related code with this +variable set to nil, as it will default to nil in a future Emacs +version and will be removed some time after that. + ++++ +** Functions that recreate the "*scratch*" buffer now also initialize it. +When functions like 'other-buffer' and 'server-execute' recreate +"*scratch*", they now also insert 'initial-scratch-message' and set +the major mode according to 'initial-major-mode', like at Emacs +startup. Previously, these functions ignored +'initial-scratch-message' and left "*scratch*" in 'fundamental-mode'. + +--- +** Naming of Image-Dired thumbnail files has changed. +Names of thumbnail files generated when 'image-dired-thumbnail-storage' +is 'image-dired' now always end in ".jpg". This fixes various issues +on different platforms, but means that thumbnails generated in Emacs 28 +will not be used in Emacs 29, and vice-versa. If disk space is an +issue, consider deleting the 'image-dired-dir' directory (usually +"~/.emacs.d/image-dired/") after upgrading to Emacs 29. + +--- +** The 'rlogin' method in the URL library is now obsolete. +Emacs will now display a warning if you request a URL like +"rlogin://foo@example.org". + +--- +** Setting 'url-gateway-method' to 'rlogin' is now obsolete. +Emacs will now display a warning when setting it to that value. +The user options 'url-gateway-rlogin-host', +'url-gateway-rlogin-parameters', and 'url-gateway-rlogin-user-name' +are also obsolete. + +--- +** The user function 'url-irc-function' now takes a SCHEME argument. +The user option 'url-irc-function' is now called with a sixth argument +corresponding to the scheme portion of the target URL. For example, +this would be "ircs" for a URL like "ircs://irc.libera.chat". + +--- +** The linum.el library is now obsolete. +We recommend using either the built-in 'display-line-numbers-mode', or +the 'nlinum' package from GNU ELPA instead. The former has better +performance, but the latter is closer to a drop-in replacement. + +1. To use 'display-line-numbers-mode', add something like this to your + Init file: + + (global-display-line-numbers-mode 1) + ;; Alternatively, to use it only in programming modes: + (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'display-line-numbers-mode) + +2. To use 'nlinum', add this to your Init file: + + (package-install 'nlinum) + (global-nlinum-mode 1) + ;; Alternatively, to use it only in programming modes: + (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'nlinum-mode) + +3. To continue using the obsolete package 'linum', add this line to + your Init file, in addition to any existing customizations: + + (require 'linum) + +--- +** The thumbs.el library is now obsolete. +We recommend using command 'image-dired' instead. + +--- +** The autoarg.el library is now marked obsolete. +This library provides the 'autoarg-mode' and 'autoarg-kp-mode' minor +modes to emulate the behavior of the historical editor Twenex Emacs. +We believe it is no longer useful. + +--- +** The quickurl.el library is now obsolete. +Use 'abbrev', 'skeleton' or 'tempo' instead. + +--- +** The rlogin.el library, and the 'rsh' command are now obsolete. +Use something like 'M-x shell RET ssh RET' instead. + +--- +** The url-about.el library is now obsolete. + +--- +** The autoload.el library is now obsolete. +It is superseded by the new loaddefs-gen.el library. + +--- +** The netrc.el library is now obsolete. +Use the 'auth-source-netrc-parse-all' function in auth-source.el +instead. + +--- +** The url-dired.el library is now obsolete. + +--- +** The fast-lock.el and lazy-lock.el libraries have been removed. +They have been obsolete since Emacs 22.1. + +The variable 'font-lock-support-mode' is occasionally useful for +debugging purposes. It is now a regular variable (instead of a user +option) and can be set to nil to disable Just-in-time Lock mode. + ++++ +** The 'utf-8-auto' coding-system now produces BOM on encoding. +This is actually a bugfix, since this is how 'utf-8-auto' was +documented from day one; it just didn't behave according to +documentation. It turns out some Lisp programs were using this +coding-system on the wrong assumption that the "auto" part means some +automagic handling of the end-of-line (EOL) format conversion; those - program will now start to fail, because BOM signature in UTF-8 encoded ++programs will now start to fail, because BOM signature in UTF-8 encoded +text is rarely expected. That is the reason we mention this bugfix +here. + +In general, this coding-system should probably never be used for +encoding, only for decoding. + + +* Changes in Emacs 29.1 + ++++ +** New user option 'major-mode-remap-alist' to specify favorite major modes. +This user option lets you remap the default modes (e.g. 'perl-mode' or +'latex-mode') to your favorite ones (e.g. 'cperl-mode' or +'LaTeX-mode') without having to use 'defalias', which can have +undesirable side effects. +This applies to all modes specified via 'auto-mode-alist', file-local +variables, etc. + +--- +** Emacs now supports Unicode Standard version 15.0. + +--- +** New user option 'electric-quote-replace-consecutive'. + +--- +** Emacs is now capable of editing files with very long lines. +The display of long lines has been optimized, and Emacs should no +longer choke when a buffer on display contains long lines. The +variable 'long-line-threshold' controls whether and when these display +optimizations are in effect. + +A companion variable 'large-hscroll-threshold' controls when another +set of display optimizations are in effect, which are aimed +specifically at speeding up display of long lines that are truncated +on display. + +If you still experience slowdowns while editing files with long lines, +this may be due to line truncation, or to one of the enabled minor +modes, or to the current major mode. Try turning off line truncation +with 'C-x x t', or try disabling all known slow minor modes with +'M-x so-long-minor-mode', or try disabling both known slow minor modes +and the major mode with 'M-x so-long-mode', or visit the file with +'M-x find-file-literally' instead of the usual 'C-x C-f'. + - Note that the display optimizations in these cases may cause the - buffer to be occasionally mis-fontified. ++In buffers in which these display optimizations are in effect, the ++'fontification-functions', 'pre-command-hook' and 'post-command-hook' ++hooks are executed on a narrowed portion of the buffer, whose size is ++controlled by the variables 'long-line-optimizations-region-size' and ++'long-line-optimizations-bol-search-limit', as if they were in a ++'with-restriction' form. This may, in particular, cause occasional ++mis-fontifications in these buffers. Modes which are affected by ++these optimizations and by the fact that the buffer is narrowed, ++should adapt and either modify their algorithm so as not to expect the ++entire buffer to be accessible, or, if accessing outside of the ++narrowed region doesn't hurt performance, use the ++'without-restriction' form to temporarily lift the restriction and ++access portions of the buffer outside of the narrowed region. + +The new function 'long-line-optimizations-p' returns non-nil when +these optimizations are in effect in the current buffer. + ++++ +** New command to change the font size globally. +To increase the font size, type 'C-x C-M-+' or 'C-x C-M-='; to +decrease it, type 'C-x C-M--'; to restore the font size, type 'C-x +C-M-0'. The final key in these commands may be repeated without the +leading 'C-x' and without the modifiers, e.g. 'C-x C-M-+ C-M-+ C-M-+' +and 'C-x C-M-+ + +' increase the font size by three steps. When +'mouse-wheel-mode' is enabled, 'C-M-wheel-up' and 'C-M-wheel-down' also +increase and decrease the font size globally. Additionally, the +user option 'global-text-scale-adjust-resizes-frames' controls whether +the frames are resized when the font size is changed. + +--- +** New config variable 'syntax-wholeline-max' to reduce the cost of long lines. +This variable is used by some operations (mostly syntax-propertization +and font-locking) to treat lines longer than this variable as if they +were made up of various smaller lines. This can help reduce the +slowdowns seen in buffers made of a single long line, but can also +cause misbehavior in the presence of such long lines (though most of +that misbehavior should usually be limited to mis-highlighting). You +can recover the previous behavior with: + + (setq syntax-wholeline-max most-positive-fixnum) + +--- +** New bindings in 'find-function-setup-keys' for 'find-library'. +When 'find-function-setup-keys' is enabled, 'C-x L' is now bound to +'find-library', 'C-x 4 L' is now bound to 'find-library-other-window' +and 'C-x 5 L' is now bound to 'find-library-other-frame'. + ++++ +** New key binding after 'M-x' or 'M-X': 'M-X'. +Emacs allows different completion predicates to be used with 'M-x' +(i.e., 'execute-extended-command') via the +'read-extended-command-predicate' user option. Emacs also has the +'M-X' (note upper case X) command, which only displays commands +especially relevant to the current buffer. Emacs now allows toggling +between these modes while the user is inputting a command by hitting +'M-X' while in the minibuffer. + +--- +** Interactively, 'kill-buffer' will now offer to save the buffer if unsaved. + +--- +** New commands 'duplicate-line' and 'duplicate-dwim'. +'duplicate-line' duplicates the current line the specified number of times. +'duplicate-dwim' duplicates the region if it is active. If not, it +works like 'duplicate-line'. An active rectangular region is +duplicated on its right-hand side. + +--- +** Files with the ".eld" extension are now visited in 'lisp-data-mode'. + ++++ +** 'network-lookup-address-info' can now check numeric IP address validity. +Specifying 'numeric' as the new optional HINTS argument makes it +check if the passed address is a valid IPv4/IPv6 address (without DNS +traffic). + + (network-lookup-address-info "127.1" 'ipv4 'numeric) + => ([127 0 0 1 0]) + ++++ +** New command 'find-sibling-file'. +This command jumps to a file considered a "sibling file", which is +determined according to the new user option 'find-sibling-rules'. + ++++ +** New user option 'delete-selection-temporary-region'. +When non-nil, 'delete-selection-mode' will only delete the temporary +regions (usually set by mouse-dragging or shift-selection). + ++++ +** New user option 'switch-to-prev-buffer-skip-regexp'. +This should be a regexp or a list of regexps; buffers whose names +match those regexps will be ignored by 'switch-to-prev-buffer' and +'switch-to-next-buffer'. + ++++ +** New command 'rename-visited-file'. +This command renames the file visited by the current buffer by moving +it to a new name or location, and also makes the buffer visit this new +file. + +** Menus + +--- +*** The entries following the buffers in the "Buffers" menu can now be altered. +Change the 'menu-bar-buffers-menu-command-entries' variable to alter +the entries that follow the buffer list. + +--- +** 'delete-process' is now a command. +When called interactively, it will kill the process running in the +current buffer (if any). This can be useful if you have runaway +output in the current buffer (from a process or a network connection), +and want to stop it. + ++++ +** New command 'restart-emacs'. +This is like 'save-buffers-kill-emacs', but instead of just killing +the current Emacs process at the end, it starts a new Emacs process +(using the same command line arguments as the running Emacs process). +'kill-emacs' and 'save-buffers-kill-emacs' have also gained new +optional arguments to restart instead of just killing the current +process. + +** Drag and Drop + ++++ +*** New user option 'mouse-drag-mode-line-buffer'. +If non-nil, dragging on the buffer name part of the mode-line will +drag the buffer's associated file to other programs. This option is +currently only available on X, Haiku and Nextstep (GNUstep or macOS). + ++++ +*** New user option 'mouse-drag-and-drop-region-cross-program'. +If non-nil, this option allows dragging text in the region from Emacs +to another program. + +--- +*** New user option 'mouse-drag-and-drop-region-scroll-margin'. +If non-nil, this option allows scrolling a window while dragging text +around without a scroll wheel. + ++++ +*** The value of 'mouse-drag-copy-region' can now be the symbol 'non-empty'. +This prevents mouse drag gestures from putting empty strings onto the +kill ring. + ++++ +*** New user options 'dnd-indicate-insertion-point' and 'dnd-scroll-margin'. +These options allow adjusting point and scrolling a window when +dragging items from another program. + ++++ +*** The X Direct Save (XDS) protocol is now supported. +This means dropping an image or file link from programs such as +Firefox will no longer create a temporary file in a random directory, +instead asking you where to save the file first. + ++++ +** New user option 'record-all-keys'. +If non-nil, this option will force recording of all input keys, +including those typed in response to passwords prompt (this was the +previous behavior). The default is nil, which inhibits recording of +passwords. + ++++ +** New function 'command-query'. +This function makes its argument command prompt the user for +confirmation before executing. + ++++ +** The 'disabled' property of a command's symbol can now be a list. +The first element of the list should be the symbol 'query', which will +cause the command disabled this way prompt the user with a y/n or a +yes/no question before executing. The new function 'command-query' is +a convenient method of making commands disabled in this way. + +--- +** 'count-words' will now report buffer totals if given a prefix. +Without a prefix, it will only report the word count for the narrowed +part of the buffer. + ++++ +** 'count-words' will now report sentence count when used interactively. + ++++ +** New user option 'set-message-functions'. +It allows selecting more functions for 'set-message-function' +in addition to the default function that handles messages +in the active minibuffer. The most useful are 'inhibit-message' +that allows specifying a list of messages to inhibit via +'inhibit-message-regexps', and 'set-multi-message' that +accumulates recent messages and displays them stacked +in the echo area. + +--- +** New user option 'find-library-include-other-files'. +If set to nil, commands like 'find-library' will only include library +files in the completion candidates. The default is t, which preserves +previous behavior, whereby non-library files could also be included. + ++++ +** New command 'sqlite-mode-open-file' for examining an sqlite3 file. +This uses the new 'sqlite-mode' which allows listing the tables in a +DB file, and examining and modifying the columns and the contents of +those tables. + +--- +** 'write-file' will now copy some file mode bits. +If the current buffer is visiting a file that is executable, the +'C-x C-w' command will now make the new file executable, too. + ++++ +** New user option 'process-error-pause-time'. +This determines how long to pause Emacs after a process +filter/sentinel error has been handled. + ++++ +** New faces for font-lock. +These faces are primarily meant for use with tree-sitter. They are: +'font-lock-bracket-face', 'font-lock-delimiter-face', +'font-lock-escape-face', 'font-lock-misc-punctuation-face', +'font-lock-number-face', 'font-lock-operator-face', +'font-lock-property-face', and 'font-lock-punctuation-face', +'font-lock-regexp-face'. + ++++ +** New face 'variable-pitch-text'. +This face is like 'variable-pitch' (from which it inherits), but is +slightly larger, which should help with the visual size differences +between the default, non-proportional font and proportional fonts when +mixed. + ++++ +** New face 'mode-line-active'. +This inherits from the 'mode-line' face, but is the face actually used +on the mode lines (along with 'mode-line-inactive'). + ++++ +** New face attribute pseudo-value 'reset'. +This value stands for the value of the corresponding attribute of the +'default' face. It can be used to reset attribute values produced by +inheriting from other faces. + ++++ +** New X resource: "borderThickness". +This controls the thickness of the external borders of the menu bars +and pop-up menus. + ++++ +** New X resource: "inputStyle". +This controls the style of the pre-edit and status areas of X input +methods. + ++++ +** New X resources: "highlightForeground" and "highlightBackground". +Only in the Lucid build, this controls colors used for highlighted +menu item widgets. + ++++ +** On X, Emacs now tries to synchronize window resize with the window manager. +This leads to less flicker and empty areas of a frame being displayed +when a frame is being resized. Unfortunately, it does not work on +some ancient buggy window managers, so if Emacs appears to freeze, but +is still responsive to input, you can turn it off by setting the X +resource "synchronizeResize" to "off". + ++++ +** On X, Emacs can optionally synchronize display with the graphics hardware. +When this is enabled by setting the X resource "synchronizeResize" to +"extended", frame content "tearing" is drastically reduced. This is +only supported on the Motif, Lucid, and no-toolkit builds, and +requires an X compositing manager supporting the extended frame +synchronization protocol (see +https://fishsoup.net/misc/wm-spec-synchronization.html). + +This behavior can be toggled on and off via the frame parameter +'use-frame-synchronization'. + ++++ +** New frame parameter 'alpha-background' and X resource "alphaBackground". +This controls the opacity of the text background when running on a +composited display. + ++++ +** New frame parameter 'shaded'. +With window managers which support this, it controls whether or not a +frame's contents will be hidden, leaving only the title bar on display. + +--- +** New user option 'x-gtk-use-native-input'. +This controls whether or not GTK input methods are used by Emacs, +instead of XIM input methods. + ++++ +** New user option 'use-system-tooltips'. +This controls whether to use the toolkit tooltips, or Emacs's own +native implementation of tooltips as small frames. This option is +only meaningful if Emacs was built with GTK+, Nextstep, or Haiku +support, and defaults to t, which makes Emacs use the toolkit +tooltips. The existing GTK-specific option +'x-gtk-use-system-tooltips' is now an alias of this new option. + ++++ +** Non-native tooltips are now supported on Nextstep. +This means Emacs built with GNUstep or built on macOS is now able to +display different faces and images inside tooltips when the +'use-system-tooltips' user option is nil. + +--- +** New minor mode 'pixel-scroll-precision-mode'. +When enabled, and if your mouse supports it, you can scroll the +display up or down at pixel resolution, according to what your mouse +wheel reports. Unlike 'pixel-scroll-mode', this mode scrolls the +display pixel-by-pixel, as opposed to only animating line-by-line +scrolls. + +** Terminal Emacs + +--- +*** Emacs will now use 24-bit colors on terminals that support "Tc" capability. +This is in addition to previously-supported ways of discovering 24-bit +color support: either via the "RGB" or "setf24" capabilities, or if +the 'COLORTERM' environment variable is set to the value "truecolor". + +--- +*** Select active regions with xterm selection support. +On terminals with xterm "setSelection" support, the active region may be +saved to the X primary selection, following the +'select-active-regions' variable. This support is enabled when +'tty-select-active-regions' is non-nil. + +--- +*** New command to set up display of unsupported characters. +The new command 'standard-display-by-replacement-char' produces Lisp +code that sets up the 'standard-display-table' to use a replacement +character for display of characters that the text-mode terminal +doesn't support. This code is intended to be used in your init files. +This feature is most useful with the Linux console and similar +terminals, where Emacs has a reliable way of determining which +characters have glyphs in the font loaded into the terminal's memory. + +--- +*** New functions to set terminal output buffer size. +The new functions 'tty--set-output-buffer-size' and +'tty--output-buffer-size' allow setting and retrieving the output +buffer size of a terminal device. The default buffer size is and has +always been BUFSIZ, which is defined in your system's stdio.h. When +you set a buffer size with 'tty--set-output-buffer-size', this also +prevents Emacs from explicitly flushing the tty output stream, except +at the end of display update. + +** ERT + ++++ +*** New ERT variables 'ert-batch-print-length' and 'ert-batch-print-level'. +These variables will override 'print-length' and 'print-level' when +printing Lisp values in ERT batch test results. + +--- +*** Redefining an ERT test in batch mode now signals an error. +Executing 'ert-deftest' with the same name as an existing test causes +the previous definition to be discarded, which was probably not +intended when this occurs in batch mode. To remedy the error, rename +tests so that they all have unique names. + ++++ +*** ERT can generate JUnit test reports. +When environment variable 'EMACS_TEST_JUNIT_REPORT' is set, ERT +generates a JUnit test report under this file name. This is useful +for Emacs integration into CI/CD test environments. + +--- +*** Unbound test symbols now signal an 'ert-test-unbound' error. +This affects the 'ert-select-tests' function and its callers. + +** Emoji + ++++ +*** Emacs now has several new methods for inserting Emoji. +The Emoji commands are under the new 'C-x 8 e' prefix. + ++++ +*** New command 'emoji-insert' (bound to 'C-x 8 e e' and 'C-x 8 e i'). +This command guides you through various Emoji categories and +combinations in a graphical menu system. + ++++ +*** New command 'emoji-search' (bound to 'C-x 8 e s'). +This command lets you search for Emoji based on names. + ++++ +*** New command 'emoji-list' (bound to 'C-x 8 e l'). +This command lists all Emoji (categorized by themes) in a special +buffer and lets you choose one of them. + +--- +*** New command 'emoji-recent' (bound to 'C-x 8 e r'). +This command lets you choose among the Emoji you have recently +inserted. + ++++ +*** New command 'emoji-describe' (bound to 'C-x 8 e d'). +This command will tell you the name of the Emoji at point. (It also +works for non-Emoji characters.) + +--- +*** New commands 'emoji-zoom-increase' and 'emoji-zoom-decrease'. +These are bound to 'C-x 8 e +' and 'C-x 8 e -', respectively. They +can be used on any character, but are mainly useful for Emoji. + +--- +*** New input method 'emoji'. +This allows you to enter Emoji using short strings, eg ':face_palm:' +or ':scream:'. + +** Help + +--- +*** Variable values displayed by 'C-h v' in "*Help*" are now fontified. + ++++ +*** New user option 'help-clean-buttons'. +If non-nil, link buttons in "*Help*" buffers will have any surrounding +quotes removed. + +--- +*** 'M-x apropos-variable' output now includes values of variables. +Such apropos buffer is more easily viewed with outlining after +enabling 'outline-minor-mode' in 'apropos-mode'. + ++++ +*** New docstring syntax to indicate that symbols shouldn't be links. +When displaying docstrings in "*Help*" buffers, strings that are +"`like-this'" are made into links (if they point to a bound +function/variable). This can lead to false positives when talking +about values that are symbols that happen to have the same names as +functions/variables. To inhibit this buttonification, use the new +"\\+`like-this'" syntax. + ++++ +*** New user option 'help-window-keep-selected'. +If non-nil, commands to show the info manual and the source will reuse +the same window in which the "*Help*" buffer is shown. + +--- +*** Commands like 'C-h f' have changed how they describe menu bindings. +For instance, previously a command might be described as having the +following bindings: + + It is bound to , C-x C-f, . + +This has been changed to: + + It is bound to and C-x C-f. + It can also be invoked from the menu: File → Visit New File... + ++++ +*** The 'C-h .' command now accepts a prefix argument. +'C-u C-h .' would previously inhibit displaying a warning message if +there's no local help at point. This has been changed to call +'button-describe'/'widget-describe' and display button/widget help +instead. + +--- +*** New user option 'help-enable-variable-value-editing'. +If enabled, 'e' on a value in "*Help*" will pop you to a new buffer +where you can edit the value. This is not enabled by default, because +it is easy to make an edit that yields an invalid result. + +--- +*** 'C-h b' uses outlining by default. +Set 'describe-bindings-outline' to nil to get back the old behavior. + +--- +*** Jumping to function/variable source now saves mark before moving point. +Jumping to source from a "*Help*" buffer moves point when the source +buffer is already open. Now, the old point is pushed onto mark ring. + ++++ +*** New key bindings in "*Help*" buffers: 'n' and 'p'. +These will take you (respectively) to the next and previous "page". + +--- +*** 'describe-char' now also outputs the name of Emoji sequences. + ++++ +*** New key binding in "*Help*" buffer: 'I'. +This will take you to the Emacs Lisp manual entry for the item +displayed, if any. + +--- +*** The 'C-h m' ('describe-mode') "*Help*" buffer has been reformatted. +It now only includes local minor modes at the start, and the global +minor modes are listed after the major mode. + ++++ +*** The user option 'help-window-select' now affects apropos commands. +The apropos commands will now select the apropos window if +'help-window-select' is non-nil. + +--- +*** 'describe-keymap' now considers the symbol at point. +If the symbol at point is a keymap, 'describe-keymap' suggests it as +the default candidate. + +--- +*** New command 'help-quick' displays an overview of common commands. +The command pops up a buffer at the bottom of the screen with a few +helpful commands for various tasks. You can toggle the display using +'C-h C-q'. + +** Emacs now comes with Org v9.6. +See the file "ORG-NEWS" for user-visible changes in Org. + +** Outline Mode + ++++ +*** Support for customizing the default visibility state of headings. +Customize the user option 'outline-default-state' to define what +headings will be visible initially, after Outline mode is turned on. +When the value is a number, the user option 'outline-default-rules' +determines the visibility of the subtree starting at the corresponding +level. Values are provided to control showing a heading subtree +depending on whether the heading matches a regexp, or on whether its +subtree has long lines or is itself too long. + +** Outline Minor Mode + ++++ +*** New user option 'outline-minor-mode-use-buttons'. +If non-nil, Outline Minor Mode will use buttons to hide/show outlines +in addition to the ellipsis. The default is nil, but in 'help-mode' +it has the value 'insert' that inserts the buttons directly into the +buffer, and you can use 'RET' to cycle outline visibility. When +the value is 'in-margins', Outline Minor Mode uses the window margins +for buttons that hide/show outlines. + ++++ +*** Buttons and headings now have their own keymaps. +'outline-button-icon-map', 'outline-overlay-button-map', and +'outline-inserted-button-map' are now available as defined keymaps +instead of being anonymous keymaps. + +** Windows + ++++ +*** New commands 'split-root-window-below' and 'split-root-window-right'. +These commands split the root window in two, and are bound to 'C-x w 2' +and 'C-x w 3', respectively. A number of other useful window-related +commands are now available with key sequences that start with the +'C-x w' prefix. + ++++ +*** New user option 'display-buffer-avoid-small-windows'. +If non-nil, this should be a window height in lines, a number. +Windows smaller than this will be avoided by 'display-buffer', if +possible. + ++++ +*** New display action 'display-buffer-full-frame'. +This action removes other windows from the frame when displaying a +buffer on that frame. + ++++ +*** 'display-buffer' now can set up the body size of the chosen window. +For example, a 'display-buffer-alist' entry of + + (window-width . (body-columns . 40)) + +will make the body of the chosen window 40 columns wide. For the +height use 'window-height' and 'body-lines', respectively. + +--- +*** You can customize on which window 'scroll-other-window' operates. +This is controlled by the new 'other-window-scroll-default' variable. + +** Frames + ++++ +*** Deleted frames can now be undeleted. +The 16 most recently deleted frames can be undeleted with 'C-x 5 u' when +'undelete-frame-mode' is enabled. Without a prefix argument, undelete +the most recently deleted frame. With a numerical prefix argument +between 1 and 16, where 1 is the most recently deleted frame, undelete +the corresponding deleted frame. + +** Tab Bars and Tab Lines + +--- +*** New user option 'tab-bar-auto-width' to automatically determine tab width. +This option is non-nil by default, which resizes tab-bar tabs so that +their width is evenly distributed across the tab bar. A companion +option 'tab-bar-auto-width-max' controls the maximum width of a tab +before its name on display is truncated. + +--- +*** 'C-x t RET' creates a new tab when the provided tab name doesn't exist. +It prompts for the name of a tab and switches to it, creating a new +tab if no tab exists by that name. + +--- +*** New keymap 'tab-bar-history-mode-map'. +By default, it contains 'C-c ' and 'C-c ' to browse +the history of tab window configurations back and forward. + +--- +** Better detection of text suspiciously reordered on display. +The function 'bidi-find-overridden-directionality' has been extended +to detect reordering effects produced by embeddings and isolates +(started by directional formatting control characters such as RLO and +LRI). The new command 'highlight-confusing-reorderings' finds and +highlights segments of buffer text whose reordering for display is +suspicious and could be malicious. + +** Emacs Server and Client + ++++ +*** New command-line option '-r'/'--reuse-frame' for emacsclient. +With this command-line option, Emacs reuses an existing graphical client +frame if one exists; otherwise it creates a new frame. + ++++ +*** New command-line option '-w N'/'--timeout=N' for emacsclient. +With this command-line option, emacsclient will exit if Emacs does not +respond within N seconds. The default is to wait forever. + ++++ +*** 'server-stop-automatically' can be used to automatically stop the server. +The Emacs server will be automatically stopped when certain conditions +are met. The conditions are given by the argument, which can be +'empty', 'delete-frame' or 'kill-terminal'. + +** Rcirc + ++++ +*** New command 'rcirc-when'. + ++++ +*** New user option 'rcirc-cycle-completion-flag'. +Rcirc will use the default 'completion-at-point' mechanism. The +conventional IRC behavior of completing by cycling through the +available options can be restored by enabling this option. + ++++ +*** New user option 'rcirc-bridge-bot-alist'. +If you are in a channel where a bot is responsible for bridging +between networks, you can use this variable to make these messages +appear more native. For example, you might set the option to: + + (setopt rcirc-bridge-bot-alist '(("bridge" . "{\\(.+?\\)}[[:space:]]+"))) + +for messages like + + 09:47 {john} I am not on IRC + +to be reformatted into + + 09:47 I am not on IRC + +--- +*** New formatting commands. +Most IRC clients (including rcirc) support basic formatting using +control codes. Under the 'C-c C-f' prefix a few commands have been +added to insert these automatically. For example, if a region is +active and 'C-c C-f C-b' is invoked, markup is inserted for the region +to be highlighted in bold. + +** Imenu + ++++ +*** 'imenu' is now bound to 'M-g i' globally. + +--- +*** New function 'imenu-flush-cache'. +Use it if you want Imenu to forget the buffer's index alist and +recreate it anew next time 'imenu' is invoked. + +--- +** Emacs is now capable of abandoning a window's redisplay that takes too long. +This is controlled by the new variable 'max-redisplay-ticks'. If that +variable is set to a non-zero value, display of a window will be +aborted after that many low-level redisplay operations, thus +preventing Emacs from becoming wedged when visiting files with very +long lines. The default is zero, which disables the feature: Emacs +will wait forever for redisplay to finish. (We believe you won't need +this feature, given the ability to display buffers with very long +lines.) + + +* Editing Changes in Emacs 29.1 + ++++ +** 'M-SPC' is now bound to 'cycle-spacing'. +Formerly it invoked 'just-one-space'. The actions performed by +'cycle-spacing' and their order can now be customized via the user +option 'cycle-spacing-actions'. + +--- +** 'zap-to-char' and 'zap-up-to-char' are case-sensitive for upper-case chars. +These commands now behave as case-sensitive for interactive calls when +they are invoked with an uppercase character, regardless of the value +of 'case-fold-search'. + +--- +** 'scroll-other-window' and 'scroll-other-window-down' now respect remapping. +These commands (bound to 'C-M-v' and 'C-M-V') used to scroll the other +windows without looking at customizations in that other window. These +functions now check whether they have been rebound in the buffer shown +in that other window, and then call the remapped function instead. In +addition, these commands now also respect the +'scroll-error-top-bottom' user option. + +--- +** Indentation of 'cl-flet' and 'cl-labels' has changed. +These forms now indent like this: + + (cl-flet ((bla (x) + (* x x))) + (bla 42)) + +This change also affects 'cl-macrolet', 'cl-flet*' and +'cl-symbol-macrolet'. + ++++ +** New user option 'translate-upper-case-key-bindings'. +Set this option to nil to inhibit the default translation of upper +case keys to their lower case variants. + ++++ +** New command 'ensure-empty-lines'. +This command increases (or decreases) the number of empty lines before +point. + +--- +** Improved mouse behavior with auto-scrolling modes. +When clicking inside the 'scroll-margin' or 'hscroll-margin' region, +point is now moved only when releasing the mouse button. This no +longer results in a bogus selection, unless the mouse has also been +dragged. + ++++ +** 'kill-ring-max' now defaults to 120. + +--- +** New user option 'yank-menu-max-items'. +Customize this option to limit the number of entries in the menu +"Edit → Paste from Kill Menu". The default is 60. + +--- +** New user option 'copy-region-blink-predicate'. +By default, when copying a region with 'kill-ring-save', Emacs only +blinks point and mark when the region is not denoted visually, that +is, when either the region is inactive, or the 'region' face is +indistinguishable from the 'default' face. + +Users who would rather enable blinking unconditionally can now set +this user option to 'always'. To disable blinking unconditionally, +either set this option to 'ignore', or set 'copy-region-blink-delay' +to 0. + ++++ +** Performing a pinch gesture on a touchpad now increases the text scale. + +** Show Paren Mode + ++++ +*** New user option 'show-paren-context-when-offscreen'. +When non-nil, if the point is in a closing delimiter and the opening +delimiter is offscreen, shows some context around the opening +delimiter in the echo area. The default is nil. + +This option can also be set to the symbols 'overlay' or 'child-frame', +in which case the context is shown in an overlay or child-frame at the +top-left of the current window. The latter option requires a +graphical frame. On non-graphical frames, the context is shown in the +echo area. + +** Comint + ++++ +*** 'comint-term-environment' is now aware of connection-local variables. +The user option 'comint-terminfo-terminal' and the variable +'system-uses-terminfo' can now be set as connection-local variables to +change the terminal used on a remote host. + +--- +*** New user option 'comint-delete-old-input'. +When nil, this prevents comint from deleting the current input when +inserting previous input using ''. The default is t, to +preserve previous behavior. + +--- +*** New minor mode 'comint-fontify-input-mode'. +This minor mode is enabled by default in "*shell*" and "*ielm*" +buffers. It fontifies input text according to 'shell-mode' or +'emacs-lisp-mode' font-lock rules. Customize the user options +'shell-fontify-input-enable' and 'ielm-fontify-input-enable' to nil if +you don't want to enable input fontification by default. + +** Mwheel + +--- +*** New user options for alternate wheel events. +The user options 'mouse-wheel-down-alternate-event' and +'mouse-wheel-up-alternate-event' as well as the variables +'mouse-wheel-left-alternate-event' and +'mouse-wheel-right-alternate-event' have been added to better support +systems where two kinds of wheel events can be received. + +** Internationalization + +--- +*** The '' function key now allows deleting the entire composed sequence. +For the details, see the item about the 'delete-forward-char' command +above. + +--- +*** New user option 'composition-break-at-point'. +Setting it to a non-nil value temporarily disables automatic +composition of character sequences at point, and thus makes it easier +to edit such sequences by allowing point to "enter" the composed +sequence. + +--- +*** Support for many old scripts and writing systems. +Emacs now supports, and has language-environments and input methods, +for several dozens of old scripts that were used in the past for +various languages. For each such script Emacs now has font-selection +and character composition rules, a language environment, and an input +method. The newly-added scripts and the corresponding language +environments are: + + Tai Tham script and the Northern Thai language environment + + Brahmi script and language environment + + Kaithi script and language environment + + Tirhuta script and language environment + + Sharada script and language environment + + Siddham script and language environment + + Syloti Nagri script and language environment + + Modi script and language environment + + Baybayin script and Tagalog language environment + + Hanunoo script and language environment + + Buhid script and language environment + + Tagbanwa script and language environment + + Limbu script and language environment + + Balinese script and language environment + + Javanese script and language environment + + Sundanese script and language environment + + Batak script and language environment + + Rejang script and language environment + + Makasar script and language environment + + Lontara script and language environment + + Hanifi Rohingya script and language environment + + Grantha script and language environment + + Kharoshthi script and language environment + + Lepcha script and language environment + + Meetei Mayek script and language environment + + Adlam script and language environment + + Mende Kikakui script and language environment + + Wancho script and language environment + + Toto script and language environment + + Gothic script and language environment + + Coptic script and language environment + +--- +*** The "Oriya" language environment was renamed to "Odia". +This is to follow the change in the official name of the script. The +'oriya' input method was also renamed to 'odia'. However, the old +name of the language environment and the input method are still +supported. + +--- +*** New Greek translation of the Emacs tutorial. +Type 'C-u C-h t' to select it in case your language setup does not do +so automatically. + +--- +*** New Ukrainian translation of the Emacs Tutorial. + +--- +*** New default phonetic input method for the Tamil language environment. +The default input method for the Tamil language environment is now +"tamil-phonetic" which is a customizable phonetic input method. To +change the input method's translation rules, customize the user option +'tamil-translation-rules'. + +--- +*** New 'tamil99' input method for the Tamil language. +This supports the keyboard layout specifically designed for the Tamil +language. + +--- +*** New input method 'slovak-qwerty'. +This is a variant of the 'slovak' input method, which corresponds to +the QWERTY Slovak keyboards. + +--- +*** New input method 'cyrillic-chuvash'. +This input method is based on the russian-computer input method, and +is intended for typing in the Chuvash language written in the Cyrillic +script. + + +* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 29.1 + +** Ecomplete + +--- +*** New commands 'ecomplete-edit' and 'ecomplete-remove'. +These allow you to (respectively) edit and bulk-remove entries from +the ecomplete database. + +--- +*** New user option 'ecomplete-auto-select'. +If non-nil and there's only one matching option, auto-select that. + +--- +*** New user option 'ecomplete-filter-regexp'. +If non-nil, this user option describes what entries not to add to the +database stored on disk. + +** Auth Source + ++++ +*** New user option 'auth-source-pass-extra-query-keywords'. +Whether to recognize additional keyword params, like ':max' and +':require', as well as accept lists of query terms paired with +applicable keywords. This disables most known behavioral quirks +unique to auth-source-pass, such as wildcard subdomain matching. + +** Dired + ++++ +*** 'dired-guess-shell-command' moved from dired-x to dired. +This means that 'dired-do-shell-command' will now provide smarter +defaults without first having to require 'dired-x'. See the node +"(emacs) Shell Command Guessing" in the Emacs manual for more details. + +--- +*** 'dired-clean-up-buffers-too' moved from dired-x to dired. +This means that Dired now offers to kill buffers visiting files and +dirs when they are deleted in Dired. Before, you had to require +'dired-x' to enable this behavior. To disable this behavior, +customize the user option 'dired-clean-up-buffers-too' to nil. The +related user option 'dired-clean-confirm-killing-deleted-buffers' +(which see) has also been moved to 'dired'. + ++++ +*** 'dired-do-relsymlink' moved from dired-x to dired. +The corresponding key 'Y' is now bound by default in Dired. + ++++ +*** 'dired-do-relsymlink-regexp' moved from dired-x to dired. +The corresponding key sequence '% Y' is now bound by default in Dired. + +--- +*** 'M-G' is now bound to 'dired-goto-subdir'. +Before, that binding was only available if the dired-x package was +loaded. + ++++ +*** 'dired-info' and 'dired-man' moved from dired-x to dired. +The 'dired-info' and 'dired-man' commands have been moved from the +dired-x package to dired. They have also been renamed to +'dired-do-info' and 'dired-do-man'; the old command names are obsolete +aliases. + +The keys 'I' ('dired-do-info') and 'N' ('dired-do-man') are now bound +in Dired mode by default. The user options 'dired-bind-man' and +'dired-bind-info' no longer have any effect and are obsolete. + +To get the old behavior back and unbind these keys in Dired mode, add +the following to your Init file: + + (with-eval-after-load 'dired + (keymap-set dired-mode-map "N" nil) + (keymap-set dired-mode-map "I" nil)) + +--- +*** New command 'dired-do-eww'. +This command visits the file on the current line with EWW. + +--- +*** New user option 'dired-omit-lines'. +This is used by 'dired-omit-mode', and now allows you to hide based on +other things than just the file names. + ++++ +*** New user option 'dired-mouse-drag-files'. +If non-nil, dragging file names with the mouse in a Dired buffer will +initiate a drag-and-drop session allowing them to be opened in other +programs. + ++++ +*** New user option 'dired-free-space'. +Dired will now, by default, include the free space in the first line +instead of having it on a separate line. To get the previous behavior +back, say: + + (setopt dired-free-space 'separate) + +--- +*** New user option 'dired-make-directory-clickable'. +If non-nil (which is the default), hitting 'RET' or 'mouse-1' on +the directory components at the directory displayed at the start of +the buffer will take you to that directory. + +--- +*** Search and replace in Dired/Wdired supports more regexps. +For example, the regexp ".*" will match only characters that are part +of the file name. Also "^.*$" can be used to match at the beginning +of the file name and at the end of the file name. This is used only +when searching on file names. In Wdired this can be used when the new +user option 'wdired-search-replace-filenames' is non-nil (which is the +default). + +** Elisp + +--- +*** New command 'elisp-eval-region-or-buffer' (bound to 'C-c C-e'). +This command evals the forms in the active region or in the whole buffer. + +--- +*** New commands 'elisp-byte-compile-file' and 'elisp-byte-compile-buffer'. +These commands (bound to 'C-c C-f' and 'C-c C-b', respectively) +byte-compile the visited file and the current buffer, respectively. + +** Games + +--- +*** New user option 'tetris-allow-repetitions'. +This controls how randomness is implemented (whether to use pure +randomness as before, or to use a bag). + +** Battery + ++++ +*** New user option 'battery-update-functions'. +This can be used to trigger actions based on the battery status. + +** DocView + +--- +*** doc-view can now generate SVG images when viewing PDF files. +If Emacs is built with SVG support, doc-view can generate SVG files +when using MuPDF as the converter for PDF files, which generally leads +to sharper images (especially when zooming), and allows customization +of background and foreground color of the page via the new user +options 'doc-view-svg-background' and 'doc-view-svg-foreground'. To +activate this behavior, set 'doc-view-mupdf-use-svg' to non-nil if +your Emacs has SVG support. Note that, with some versions of MuPDF, +SVG generation is known to sometimes produce SVG files that are buggy +or can take a long time to render. + +** Enriched Mode + ++++ +*** New command 'enriched-toggle-markup'. +This allows you to see the markup in 'enriched-mode' buffers (e.g., +the "HELLO" file). + +** Shell Script Mode + +--- +*** New user option 'sh-indent-statement-after-and'. +This controls how statements like the following are indented: + + foo && + bar + +*** New Flymake backend using the ShellCheck program. +It is enabled by default, but requires that the external "shellcheck" +command is installed. + +** CC Mode + +--- +*** C++ Mode now supports most of the new features in the C++20 Standard. + +--- +*** In Objective-C Mode, no extra types are recognized by default. +The default value of 'objc-font-lock-extra-types' has been changed to +nil, since too many identifiers were getting misfontified as types. +This may cause some actual types not to get fontified. To get the old +behavior back, customize the user option to the value suggested in its +doc string. + +** Cperl Mode + +--- +*** New user option 'cperl-file-style'. +This option determines the indentation style to be used. It can also +be used as a file-local variable. + +** Gud + +--- +*** 'gud-go' is now bound to 'C-c C-v'. +If given a prefix, it will prompt for an argument to use for the +run/continue command. + +--- +*** 'perldb' now recognizes '-E'. +As of Perl 5.10, 'perl -E 0' behaves like 'perl -e 0' but also activates +all optional features of the Perl version in use. 'perldb' now uses +this invocation as its default. + +** Customize + +--- +*** New command 'custom-toggle-hide-all-widgets'. +This is bound to 'H' and toggles whether to hide or show the widget +contents. + +** Diff Mode + +--- +*** New user option 'diff-whitespace-style'. +Sets the value of the buffer-local variable 'whitespace-style' in +'diff-mode' buffers. By default, this variable is '(face trailing)', +which preserves behavior of previous Emacs versions. + ++++ +*** New user option 'diff-add-log-use-relative-names'. +If non-nil insert file names in ChangeLog skeletons relative to the +VC root directory. + +** Ispell + +--- +*** 'ispell-region' and 'ispell-buffer' now push the mark. +These commands push onto the mark ring the location of the last +misspelled word where corrections were offered, so that you can then +skip back to that location with 'C-x C-x'. + +** Dabbrev + +--- +*** New function 'dabbrev-capf' for use on 'completion-at-point-functions'. + ++++ +*** New user option 'dabbrev-ignored-buffer-modes'. +Buffers with major modes in this list will be ignored. By default, +this includes "binary" buffers like 'archive-mode' and 'image-mode'. + +** Package + ++++ +*** New command 'package-update'. +This command allows you to upgrade packages without using 'M-x +list-packages'. + ++++ +*** New command 'package-update-all'. +This command allows updating all packages without any queries. + ++++ +*** New commands 'package-recompile' and 'package-recompile-all'. +These commands can be useful if the ".elc" files are out of date +(invalid byte code and macros). + ++++ +*** New DWIM action on 'x' in "*Packages*" buffer. +If no packages are marked, 'x' will install the package under point if +it isn't already, and remove it if it is installed. + ++++ +*** New command 'package-vc-install'. +Packages can now be installed directly from source by cloning from +their repository. + ++++ +*** New command 'package-vc-install-from-checkout'. +An existing checkout can now be loaded via package.el, by creating a +symbolic link from the usual package directory to the checkout. + ++++ +*** New command 'package-vc-checkout'. +Used to fetch the source of a package by cloning a repository without +activating the package. + ++++ +*** New command 'package-vc-prepare-patch'. +This command allows you to send patches to package maintainers, for +packages checked out using 'package-vc-install'. + ++++ +*** New command 'package-report-bug'. +This command helps you compose an email for sending bug reports to +package maintainers. + ++++ +*** New user option 'package-vc-selected-packages'. +By customizing this user option you can specify specific packages to +install. + +** Emacs Sessions (Desktop) + ++++ +*** New user option to load a locked desktop if locking Emacs is not running. +The option 'desktop-load-locked-desktop' can now be set to the value +'check-pid', which means to allow loading a locked ".emacs.desktop" +file if the Emacs process which locked it is no longer running on the +local machine. This allows avoiding questions about locked desktop +files when the Emacs session which locked it crashes, or was otherwise +interrupted and didn't exit gracefully. See the "(emacs) Saving +Emacs Sessions" node in the Emacs manual for more details. + +** Miscellaneous + ++++ +*** New command 'scratch-buffer'. +This command switches to the "*scratch*" buffer. If "*scratch*" doesn't +exist, the command creates it first. You can use this command if you +inadvertently delete the "*scratch*" buffer. + +** Debugging + +--- +*** 'q' in a "*Backtrace*" buffer no longer clears the buffer. +Instead it just buries the buffer and switches the mode from +'debugger-mode' to 'backtrace-mode', since commands like 'e' are no +longer available after exiting the recursive edit. + ++++ +*** New user option 'debug-allow-recursive-debug'. +This user option controls whether the 'e' (in a "*Backtrace*" +buffer or while edebugging) and 'C-x C-e' (while edebugging) commands +lead to a (further) backtrace. By default, this variable is nil, +which is a change in behavior from previous Emacs versions. + ++++ +*** 'e' in edebug can now take a prefix arg to pretty-print the results. +When invoked with a prefix argument, as in 'C-u e', this command will +pop up a new buffer and show the full pretty-printed value there. + ++++ +*** 'C-x C-e' now interprets a non-zero prefix arg to pretty-print the results. +When invoked with a non-zero prefix argument, as in 'C-u C-x C-e', +this command will pop up a new buffer and show the full pretty-printed +value there. + ++++ +*** You can now generate a backtrace from Lisp errors in redisplay. +To do this, set the new variable 'backtrace-on-redisplay-error' to a +non-nil value. The backtrace will be written to a special buffer +named "*Redisplay-trace*". This buffer will not be automatically +displayed in a window. + +** Compile + ++++ +*** New user option 'compilation-hidden-output'. +This can be used to make specific parts of compilation output +invisible. + ++++ +*** The 'compilation-auto-jump-to-first-error' user option has been extended. +It can now have the additional values 'if-location-known' (which will +only jump if the location of the first error is known), and +'first-known' (which will jump to the first known error location). + ++++ +*** New user option 'compilation-max-output-line-length'. +Lines longer than the value of this option will have their ends +hidden, with a button to reveal the hidden text. This speeds up +operations like grepping on files that have few newlines. The default +value is 400; set to nil to disable hiding. + +** Flymake + ++++ +*** New user option 'flymake-mode-line-lighter'. + ++++ +** New minor mode 'word-wrap-whitespace-mode' for extending 'word-wrap'. +This mode switches 'word-wrap' on, and breaks on all the whitespace +characters instead of just 'SPC' and 'TAB'. + +--- +** New mode, 'emacs-news-mode', for editing the NEWS file. +This mode adds some highlighting, makes the 'M-q' command aware of the +format of NEWS entries, and has special commands for doing maintenance +of the Emacs NEWS files. In addition, this mode turns on +'outline-minor-mode', and thus displays customizable icons (see +'icon-preference') in the margins. To disable these icons, set +'outline-minor-mode-use-buttons' to a nil value. + +--- +** Kmacro +Kmacros are now OClosures and have a new constructor 'kmacro' which +uses the 'key-parse' syntax. It replaces the old 'kmacro-lambda-form' +(which is now declared obsolete). + +--- +** savehist.el can now truncate variables that are too long. +An element of user option 'savehist-additional-variables' can now be +of the form '(VARIABLE . MAX-ELTS)', which means to truncate the +VARIABLE's value to at most MAX-ELTS elements (if the value is a list) +before saving the value. + +** Minibuffer and Completions + ++++ +*** New commands for navigating completions from the minibuffer. +When the minibuffer is the current buffer, typing 'M-' or +'M-' selects a previous/next completion candidate from the +"*Completions*" buffer and inserts it to the minibuffer. +When the user option 'minibuffer-completion-auto-choose' is nil, +'M-' and 'M-' do the same, but without inserting +a completion candidate to the minibuffer, then 'M-RET' can be used +to choose the currently active candidate from the "*Completions*" +buffer and exit the minibuffer. With a prefix argument, 'C-u M-RET' +inserts the currently active candidate to the minibuffer, but doesn't +exit the minibuffer. These keys are also available for in-buffer +completion, but they don't insert candidates automatically, you need +to type 'M-RET' to insert the selected candidate to the buffer. + ++++ +*** Choosing a completion with a prefix argument doesn't exit the minibuffer. +This means that typing 'C-u RET' on a completion candidate in the +"*Completions*" buffer inserts the completion into the minibuffer, +but doesn't exit the minibuffer. + ++++ +*** The "*Completions*" buffer can now be automatically selected. +To enable this behavior, customize the user option +'completion-auto-select' to t, then pressing 'TAB' will switch to the +"*Completions*" buffer when it pops up that buffer. If the value is +'second-tab', then the first 'TAB' will display "*Completions*", and +the second one will switch to the "*Completions*" buffer. + +--- +*** New user option 'completion-auto-wrap'. +When non-nil, the commands 'next-completion' and 'previous-completion' +automatically wrap around on reaching the beginning or the end of +the "*Completions*" buffer. + ++++ +*** New values for the 'completion-auto-help' user option. +There are two new values to control the way the "*Completions*" buffer +behaves after pressing a 'TAB' if completion is not unique. The value +'always' updates or shows the "*Completions*" buffer after any attempt +to complete. The value 'visual' is like 'always', but only updates +the completions if they are already visible. The default value t +always hides the completion buffer after some completion is made. + +--- +*** New commands to complete the minibuffer history. +'minibuffer-complete-history' ('C-x ') is like 'minibuffer-complete' +but completes on the history items instead of the default completion +table. 'minibuffer-complete-defaults' ('C-x ') completes +on the list of default items. + ++++ +*** User option 'minibuffer-eldef-shorten-default' is now obsolete. +Customize the user option 'minibuffer-default-prompt-format' instead. + ++++ +*** New user option 'completions-sort'. +This option controls the sorting of the completion candidates in +the "*Completions*" buffer. Available styles are no sorting, +alphabetical (the default), or a custom sort function. + ++++ +*** New user option 'completions-max-height'. +This option limits the height of the "*Completions*" buffer. + ++++ +*** New user option 'completions-header-format'. +This is a string to control the header line to show in the +"*Completions*" buffer before the list of completions. +If it contains "%s", that is replaced with the number of completions. +If nil, the header line is not shown. + ++++ +*** New user option 'completions-highlight-face'. +When this user option names a face, the current +candidate in the "*Completions*" buffer is highlighted with that face. +The nil value disables this highlighting. The default is to highlight +using the 'completions-highlight' face. + ++++ +*** You can now define abbrevs for the minibuffer modes. +'minibuffer-mode-abbrev-table' and +'minibuffer-inactive-mode-abbrev-table' are now defined. + +** Isearch and Replace + ++++ +*** Changes in how Isearch responds to 'mouse-yank-at-point'. +If a user does 'C-s' and then uses '' ('mouse-yank-primary') +outside the echo area, Emacs will, by default, end the Isearch and +yank the text at mouse cursor. But if 'mouse-yank-at-point' is +non-nil, the text will now be added to the Isearch instead. + ++++ +*** Changes for values 'no' and 'no-ding' of 'isearch-wrap-pause'. +Now with these values the search will wrap around not only on repeating +with 'C-s C-s', but also after typing a character. + ++++ +*** New user option 'char-fold-override'. +Non-nil means that the default definitions of equivalent characters +are overridden. + +*** New command 'describe-char-fold-equivalences'. +It displays character equivalences used by 'char-fold-to-regexp'. + ++++ +*** New command 'isearch-emoji-by-name'. +It is bound to 'C-x 8 e RET' during an incremental search. The +command accepts the Unicode name of an Emoji (for example, "smiling +face" or "heart with arrow"), like 'C-x 8 e e', with minibuffer +completion, and adds the Emoji into the search string. + +** Glyphless Characters + ++++ +*** New minor mode 'glyphless-display-mode'. +This allows an easy way to toggle seeing all glyphless characters in +the current buffer. + +--- +*** The extra slot of 'glyphless-char-display' can now have cons values. +The extra slot of the 'glyphless-char-display' char-table can now have +values that are cons cells, specifying separate values for text-mode +and GUI terminals. + ++++ +*** "Replacement character" feature for undisplayable characters on TTYs. +The 'acronym' method of displaying glyphless characters on text-mode +frames treats single-character acronyms specially: they are displayed +without the surrounding '[..]' "box", thus in effect treating such +"acronyms" as replacement characters. + +** Registers + ++++ +*** Buffer names can now be stored in registers. +For instance, to enable jumping to the "*Messages*" buffer with +'C-x r j m': + + (set-register ?m '(buffer . "*Messages*")) + +** Pixel Fill + ++++ +*** This is a new package that deals with filling variable-pitch text. + ++++ +*** New function 'pixel-fill-region'. +This fills the region to be no wider than a specified pixel width. + +** Info + ++++ +*** Command 'info-apropos' now takes a prefix argument to search for regexps. + +--- +*** New command 'Info-goto-node-web' and key binding 'G'. +This will take you to the "gnu.org" web server's version of the current +info node. This command only works for the Emacs and Emacs Lisp manuals. + +** Shortdoc + +--- +*** New command 'shortdoc-copy-function-as-kill' bound to 'w'. +It copies the name of the function near point into the kill ring. + +--- +*** 'N' and 'P' are now bound to 'shortdoc-{next,previous}-section'. +This is in addition to the old keybindings 'C-c C-n' and 'C-c C-p'. + +** VC + +--- +*** New command 'vc-pull-and-push'. +This commands first does a "pull" command, and if that is successful, +does a "push" command afterwards. Currently supported in Git and Bzr. + ++++ +*** 'C-x v b' prefix key is used now for branch commands. +'vc-print-branch-log' is bound to 'C-x v b l', and new commands are +'vc-create-branch' ('C-x v b c') and 'vc-switch-branch' ('C-x v b s'). +The VC Directory buffer now uses the prefix 'b' for these branch-related +commands. + ++++ +*** New command 'vc-dir-mark-by-regexp' bound to '% m' and '* %'. +This command marks files based on a regexp. If given a prefix +argument, unmark instead. + ++++ +*** New command 'C-x v !' ('vc-edit-next-command'). +This prefix command requests editing of the next VC shell command +before execution. For example, in a Git repository, you can produce a +log of more than one branch by typing 'C-x v ! C-x v b l' and then +appending additional branch names to the 'git log' command. + +--- +*** 'C-x v v' in a diffs buffer allows to commit only some of the changes. +This command is intended to allow you to commit only some of the +changes you have in your working tree. Begin by creating a buffer +with the changes against the last commit, e.g. with 'C-x v D' +('vc-root-diff'). Then edit the diffs to remove the hunks you don't +want to commit. Finally, type 'C-x v v' in that diff buffer to commit +only part of your changes, those whose hunks were left in the buffer. + +--- +*** 'C-x v v' on an unregistered file will now use the most specific backend. +Previously, if you had an SVN-covered "~/" directory, and a Git-covered +directory in "~/foo/bar", using 'C-x v v' on a new, unregistered file +"~/foo/bar/zot" would register it in the SVN repository in "~/" instead of +in the Git repository in "~/foo/bar". This makes this command +consistent with 'vc-responsible-backend'. + +--- +*** Log Edit now fontifies long Git commit summary lines. +Writing shorter summary lines avoids truncation in contexts in which +Git commands display summary lines. See the two new user options +'vc-git-log-edit-summary-target-len' and 'vc-git-log-edit-summary-max-len'. + +--- +*** New 'log-edit-headers-separator' face. +It is used to style the line that separates the 'log-edit' headers +from the 'log-edit' summary. + +--- +*** The function 'vc-read-revision' accepts a new MULTIPLE argument. +If non-nil, multiple revisions can be queried. This is done using +'completing-read-multiple'. + +--- +*** New function 'vc-read-multiple-revisions'. +This function invokes 'vc-read-revision' with a non-nil value for +MULTIPLE. + ++++ +*** New command 'vc-prepare-patch'. +Patches for any version control system can be prepared using VC. The +command will query what commits to send and will compose messages for +your mail user agent. The behavior of 'vc-prepare-patch' can be +modified by the user options 'vc-prepare-patches-separately' and +'vc-default-patch-addressee'. + +** Message + +--- +*** New user option 'mml-attach-file-at-the-end'. +If non-nil, 'C-c C-a' will put attached files at the end of the message. + +--- +*** Message Mode now supports image yanking. + ++++ +*** New user option 'message-server-alist'. +This controls automatic insertion of the "X-Message-SMTP-Method" +header before sending a message. + +** HTML Mode + +--- +*** HTML Mode now supports "text/html" and "image/*" yanking. + +** Texinfo Mode + +--- +*** 'texinfo-mode' now has a specialized 'narrow-to-defun' definition. +It narrows to the current node. + +** EUDC + ++++ +*** Deprecations planned for next release. +After Emacs 29.1, some aspects of EUDC will be deprecated. The goal +of these deprecations is to simplify EUDC server configuration by +making 'eudc-server-hotlist' the only place to add servers. There +will not be a need to set the server using the 'eudc-set-server' +command. Instead, the 'eudc-server-hotlist' user option should be +customized to have an entry for the server. The plan is to obsolete +the 'eudc-hotlist' package since Customize is sufficient for changing +'eudc-server-hotlist'. How the 'eudc-server' user option works in this +context is to-be-determined; it can't be removed, because that would +break compatibility, but it may become synchronized with +'eudc-server-hotlist' so that 'eudc-server' is always equal to '(car +eudc-server-hotlist)'. The first entry in 'eudc-server-hotlist' is the +first server tried by 'eudc-expand-try-all'. The hotlist +simplification will allow 'eudc-query-form' to show a drop down of +possible servers, instead of requiring a call to 'eudc-set-server' +like it does in this release. The default value of +'eudc-ignore-options-file' will be changed from nil to t. + ++++ +*** New user option 'eudc-ignore-options-file' that defaults to nil. +The 'eudc-ignore-options-file' user option can be configured to ignore +the 'eudc-options-file' (typically "~/.emacs.d/eudc-options"). Most +users should configure this to t and put EUDC configuration in the +main Emacs initialization file ("~/.emacs" or "~/.emacs.d/init.el"). + ++++ +*** 'eudc-expansion-overwrites-query' to 'eudc-expansion-save-query-as-kill'. +The user option 'eudc-expansion-overwrites-query' is renamed to +'eudc-expansion-save-query-as-kill' to reflect the actual behavior of +the user option. The former is kept as alias. + ++++ +*** New command 'eudc-expand-try-all'. +This command can be used in place of 'eudc-expand-inline'. It takes a +prefix argument that causes 'eudc-expand-try-all' to return matches +from all servers instead of just the matches from the first server to +return any. This is useful for example, if one wants to search LDAP +for a name that happens to match a contact in one's BBDB. + ++++ +*** New behavior and default for user option 'eudc-inline-expansion-format'. +EUDC inline expansion result formatting defaulted to + + ("%s %s <%s>" firstname name email) + +Since email address specifications need to comply with RFC 5322 in +order to be useful in messages, there was a risk to produce syntax +which was standard with RFC 822, but is marked as obsolete syntax by +its successor RFC 5322. Also, the first and last name part was never +enclosed in double quotes, potentially producing invalid address +specifications, which may be rejected by a receiving MTA. Thus, this +variable can now additionally be set to nil (the new default), or a +function. In both cases, the formatted result will be in compliance +with RFC 5322. When set to nil, a default format very similar to the +old default will be produced. When set to a function, that function +is called, and the returned values are used to populate the phrase and +comment parts (see RFC 5322 for definitions). In both cases, the +phrase part will be automatically quoted if necessary. + ++++ +*** New function 'eudc-capf-complete' with 'message-mode' integration. +EUDC can now contribute email addresses to 'completion-at-point' by +adding the new function 'eudc-capf-complete' to +'completion-at-point-functions' in 'message-mode'. + ++++ +*** Additional attributes of query and results in eudcb-macos-contacts.el. +The EUDC back-end for the macOS Contacts app now provides a wider set +of attributes to use for queries, and delivers more attributes in +query results. + ++++ +*** New back-end for ecomplete. +A new back-end for ecomplete allows information from that database to +be queried by EUDC, too. The attributes present in the EUDC query are +used to select the entry type in the ecomplete database. + ++++ +*** New back-end for mailabbrev. +A new back-end for mailabbrev allows information from that database to +be queried by EUDC, too. The attributes 'email', 'name', and 'firstname' +are supported only. + +** EWW/SHR + ++++ +*** New user option to automatically rename EWW buffers. +The 'eww-auto-rename-buffer' user option can be configured to rename +rendered web pages by using their title, URL, or a user-defined +function which returns a string. For the first two cases, the length +of the resulting name is controlled by the user option +'eww-buffer-name-length'. By default, no automatic renaming is +performed. + ++++ +*** New user option 'shr-allowed-images'. +This complements 'shr-blocked-images', but allows specifying just the +allowed images. + ++++ +*** New user option 'shr-use-xwidgets-for-media'. +If non-nil (and Emacs has been built with support for xwidgets), +display