From: Michael Albinus Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:47:51 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ; Further cosmetic changes in etc/NEWS X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.0.90~4155 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f7cbe83e3b37d2faa56947490e8eaa348565b1af;p=emacs.git ; Further cosmetic changes in etc/NEWS --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 6e52f6cd1fa..92b20c700a4 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ We recommend against putting any customizations in this file that don't need to be set up before initializing installed add-on packages, because the early init file is read too early into the startup process, and some important parts of the Emacs session, such as -window-system and other GUI features, are not yet set up, which could +'window-system' and other GUI features, are not yet set up, which could make some customization fail to work. +++ @@ -300,15 +300,15 @@ the node "(emacs) Directory Variables" of the user manual. ** Follow mode In the current follow group of windows, "ghost" cursors are no longer displayed in the non-selected follow windows. To get the old behavior -back, customize follow-hide-ghost-cursors to nil. +back, customize 'follow-hide-ghost-cursors' to nil. ** Windmove *** Windmove supports directional window display and selection. -The new command windmove-display-default-keybindings binds default -keys with provided modifiers (by default, shift-meta) to the commands +The new command 'windmove-display-default-keybindings' binds default +keys with provided modifiers (by default, Shift-Meta) to the commands that display the next buffer in the window at the specified direction. -This is like windmove-default-keybindings that binds keys to commands +This is like 'windmove-default-keybindings' that binds keys to commands that select the window in the specified direction, but additionally it displays the buffer from the next command in that window. For example, 'S-M-right C-h i' displays the *Info* buffer in the right window, @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ creating the window if necessary. A special key can be customized to display the buffer in the same window, for example, 'S-M-0 C-h e' displays the *Messages* buffer in the same window. -*** windmove-create-window when non-nil makes a new window on moving off +*** 'windmove-create-window' when non-nil makes a new window on moving off the edge of the frame. ** Octave mode @@ -324,25 +324,31 @@ The mode is automatically enabled in files that start with the 'function' keyword. ** project.el -*** New commands project-search and project-query-replace +*** New commands 'project-search' and 'project-query-replace'. ** Etags + +++ -*** 'next-file' is now an obsolete alias of tags-next-file -*** tags-loop-revert-buffers is an obsolete alias of multifile-revert-buffers -*** The tags-loop-continue function along with the tags-loop-operate and -tags-loop-scan variables are now obsolete; use the new multifile-initialize and -multifile-continue functions instead. +*** 'next-file' is now an obsolete alias of 'tags-next-file'. + +*** 'tags-loop-revert-buffers' is an obsolete alias of +'multifile-revert-buffers'. + +*** The 'tags-loop-continue' function along with the +'tags-loop-operate' and 'tags-loop-scan' variables are now obsolete; +use the new 'multifile-initialize' and 'multifile-continue' functions +instead. ---- ** bibtex + +--- *** New commands 'bibtex-next-entry' and 'bibtex-previous-entry'. -In bibtex-mode-map, forward-paragraph and backward-paragraph are +In 'bibtex-mode-map', 'forward-paragraph' and 'backward-paragraph' are remapped to these, respectively. -+++ ** Dired ++++ *** New command 'dired-create-empty-file'. ** Change Logs and VC @@ -361,7 +367,7 @@ With non-nil, 'vc-find-revision' doesn't write the created buffer to file. *** New customizable variable 'vc-git-grep-template'. This new variable allows customizing the default arguments passed to -git-grep when 'vc-git-grep' is used. +'git-grep' when 'vc-git-grep' is used. *** Command 'vc-git-stash' now respects marks in the '*vc-dir*' buffer. When some files are marked, only those are stashed. @@ -376,12 +382,12 @@ with conflicts existed in earlier versions of Emacs, but incorrectly never detected a conflict due to invalid assumptions about cached values. -** diff-mode +** Diff mode *** Hunks are now automatically refined by default. To disable it, set the new defcustom 'diff-font-lock-refine' to nil. *** File headers can be shortened, mimicking Magit's diff format. -To enable it, set the new defcustom 'diff-font-lock-prettify to t. +To enable it, set the new defcustom 'diff-font-lock-prettify' to t. +++ *** Prefix arg of 'diff-goto-source' means jump to the old revision @@ -401,7 +407,7 @@ shown in the currently selected window. Also, 'shell-strip-ctrl-m' is declared obsolete. +++ -*** 'C-c .' (comint-insert-previous-argument) no longer interprets '&'. +*** 'C-c .' ('comint-insert-previous-argument') no longer interprets '&'. This feature caused problems when '&&' was present in the previous command. Since this command emulates 'M-.' in Bash and zsh, neither of which treats '&' specially, the feature was removed for @@ -462,13 +468,13 @@ This enables more efficient backends. See the docstring of ** Package *** New function 'package-get-version' lets packages query their own version. -Example use in auctex.el: (defconst auctex-version (package-get-version)) +Example use in auctex.el: '(defconst auctex-version (package-get-version))' *** New 'package-quickstart' feature. When 'package-quickstart' is non-nil, package.el precomputes a big autoloads file so that activation of packages can be done much faster, which can speed up your startup significantly. -It also causes variables like package-user-dir and package-load-list to be +It also causes variables like 'package-user-dir' and 'package-load-list' to be consulted when 'package-quickstart-refresh' is run rather than at startup so you don't need to set them in your early init file. @@ -566,7 +572,7 @@ and 'hfy-rgb-txt-color-map' have been renamed from names that used +++ ** Enriched mode supports the 'charset' text property. You can add or modify the 'charset' text properties of text using the -Edit->Text Properties->Special Properties menu, or by invoking the +'Edit->Text Properties->Special Properties' menu, or by invoking the 'facemenu-set-charset' command. Documents in Enriched mode will be saved with the charset properties, and those properties will be restored when the file is visited. @@ -574,9 +580,9 @@ restored when the file is visited. ** Smtpmail Authentication mechanisms can be added via external packages, by -defining new cl-defmethod of smtpmail-try-auth-method. +defining new 'cl-defmethod' of 'smtpmail-try-auth-method'. -** Footnote-mode +** Footnote mode *** Support Hebrew-style footnotes *** Footnote text lines are now aligned. @@ -616,7 +622,7 @@ directories in the destination. ** Help --- -*** Output format of 'C-h l' (view-lossage) has changed. +*** Output format of 'C-h l' ('view-lossage') has changed. For convenience, 'view-lossage' now displays the last keystrokes and commands in the same format as the edit buffer of 'edit-last-kbd-macro'. This makes it possible to copy the lines from @@ -630,29 +636,29 @@ can now be searched via 'C-s'. ** Ibuffer --- -*** New filter ibuffer-filter-by-process; bound to '/E'. +*** New filter 'ibuffer-filter-by-process'; bound to '/E'. ** Search and Replace -*** isearch-lazy-count shows the current match number and total number +*** 'isearch-lazy-count' shows the current match number and total number of matches in the Isearch prompt. Customizable variables -lazy-count-prefix-format and lazy-count-suffix-format define the +'lazy-count-prefix-format' and 'lazy-count-suffix-format' define the format of the current and the total number of matches in the prompt's prefix and suffix respectively. -*** lazy-highlight-buffer highlights matches in the full buffer. -It is useful in combination with lazy-highlight-cleanup customized to nil +*** 'lazy-highlight-buffer' highlights matches in the full buffer. +It is useful in combination with 'lazy-highlight-cleanup' customized to nil to leave matches highlighted in the whole buffer after exiting isearch. -Also when lazy-highlight-buffer prepares highlighting in the buffer, +Also when 'lazy-highlight-buffer' prepares highlighting in the buffer, navigation through the matches without flickering is more smooth. -lazy-highlight-buffer-max-at-a-time controls the number of matches to +'lazy-highlight-buffer-max-at-a-time' controls the number of matches to highlight in one iteration while processing the full buffer. +++ *** New isearch bindings. -'C-M-w' in isearch changed from isearch-del-char to the new function -isearch-yank-symbol-or-char. isearch-del-char is now bound to +'C-M-w' in isearch changed from 'isearch-del-char' to the new function +'isearch-yank-symbol-or-char'. 'isearch-del-char' is now bound to 'C-M-d'. +++ @@ -983,7 +989,7 @@ its default value changed in Emacs 27.1. ** Interpretation of relative HOME directory has changed. If $HOME is set to a relative file name, 'expand-file-name' now interprets it relative to the directory where Emacs was started, not -relative to the default-directory of the current buffer. We recommend +relative to the 'default-directory' of the current buffer. We recommend always setting $HOME to an absolute file name, so that its meaning is independent of where Emacs was started. @@ -1112,7 +1118,7 @@ by hand. This can convert decoded times and Lisp time values to Lisp timestamps of various forms, including a new timestamp form '(TICKS . HZ)', where TICKS is an integer and HZ is a positive integer denoting a clock -frequency. The old encode-time API is still supported. +frequency. The old 'encode-time' API is still supported. +++ ** 'time-add', 'time-subtract', and 'time-less-p' now accept