From: Stefan Kangas Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 04:22:57 +0000 (+0200) Subject: * etc/NEWS: Improve some entries. X-Git-Tag: emacs-29.0.90~1910^2~796 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c874916d8d27226dcfd97ee2b78c911b0fb60e25;p=emacs.git * etc/NEWS: Improve some entries. --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 68c7490e56c..926f5d64645 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ This will output a string identifying the current Emacs build. +++ ** New hook 'after-pdump-load-hook'. -This is run at the end of the Emacs startup process, and it meant to +This is run at the end of the Emacs startup process, and is meant to be used to reinitialize structures that would normally be done at load time. @@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ newline. --- ** 'TAB' and '' are now bound in 'button-map'. -This means that if your cursor 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. +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. --- ** 'Info-default-directory-list' is no longer populated at Emacs startup. @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ If you have code in your init file that removes directories from --- ** 'C-k' no longer deletes files in 'ido-mode'. To get the previous action back, put something like the following in -your init file: +your Init file: (require 'ido) (keymap-set ido-file-completion-map "C-k" #'ido-delete-file-at-head) @@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ 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 '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 @@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ make it more convenient to inspect and modify them. Running 'with-connection-local-variables' defaults to application 'tramp'. This can be changed by let-binding 'connection-local-default-application' to another symbol. This is -useful when running code in a buffer, where Tramp has already set some -connection local variables. +useful when running code in a buffer where Tramp has already set some +connection-local variables. --- ** New minor mode 'pixel-scroll-precision-mode'. @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ or is itself too long. +++ *** 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. Default nil. +in addition to the ellipsis. The default is nil. --- *** New user option 'outline-minor-mode-buttons'. @@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ This is a list of pairs of open/close strings used to display buttons. +++ ** Support for the WebP image format. This support is built by default when the libwebp library is -available. (This also includes support for animated WebP images.) To -disable WebP support, use the '--without-webp' configure flag. Image +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'. ** Windows @@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ This change also affects 'cl-macrolet', 'cl-flet*' and +++ ** New user option 'translate-upper-case-key-bindings'. -This can be set to nil to inhibit translating upper case keys to lower +Set this option to nil to inhibit translating upper case keys to lower case keys. +++ @@ -691,8 +691,8 @@ point. --- ** Improved mouse behavior with auto-scrolling modes. -When clicking inside the 'scroll-margin' or 'hscroll-margin' region -the point is now moved only when releasing the mouse button. This no +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 been effectively dragged. @@ -713,9 +713,9 @@ Customize this option to limit the number of entries in the menu *** 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. Default nil. +delimiter in the echo area. The default is nil. -May also be set to the symbols 'overlay' or 'child-frame' in which +May 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. @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ On non-graphical frames, the context is shown in the echo area. +++ *** 'comint-term-environment' is now aware of connection-local variables. -The user option 'comint-terminfo-terminal' and variable +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. @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ allowed images. *** New user option 'shr-use-xwidgets-for-media'. If non-nil (and Emacs has been built with support for xwidgets), display