Alan Mackenzie [Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:36:34 +0000 (17:36 +0000)]
Firm up documentation of generalized variables
* doc/lispref/variables.texi (Generalized Variables)
(Setting Generalized Variables): Define a generalized variable as something
setf can write to. Remove the insinuation that hackers have poor memories.
State explicitly that the list of GVs given is complete. Remove the
suggestion that `setf' has superseded, or is in the process of superseding,
`setq'. Make minor corrections to the English.
Eli Zaretskii [Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:57:41 +0000 (18:57 +0200)]
Improve documentation of Auto-Revert mode
* doc/emacs/files.texi (Reverting): Mention that Aut-Revert
applies to Dired buffers as well. Suggested by Michael Albinus
<michael.albinus@gmx.de> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Eli Zaretskii [Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:49:29 +0000 (18:49 +0200)]
Improvements in dired.texi
* doc/emacs/dired.texi (Dired): Mention that Dired works with
remote directories.
(Dired Enter): ls-lisp is used on some remote systems as well.
(Dired Navigation): Mention and index the command names.
(Dired Deletion): Document the 'always' value of
dired-recursive-deletes. Mention the alternative deletion method.
(Marks vs Flags): Fix spelling of Auto-Revert mode. Document what
marking does on a subdirectory header line.
(Operating on Files): Document that 'Z' uses gzip or compress.
(Comparison in Dired): Mention ediff-files.
(Misc Dired Features): Fix a typo. Suggested by Michael Albinus
<michael.albinus@gmx.de> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Noam Postavsky [Tue, 20 Mar 2018 23:18:33 +0000 (19:18 -0400)]
Revert "Support all perl variable declarators and prefixes"
It highlights normal variable names in perl programs (Bug#30812).
* lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el (perl-imenu-generic-expression)
(perl-font-lock-keywords-2): Restore values prior to Bug#27613 fix.
Don't merge to master, we will fix Bug#27613 properly there (it's too
close to release to do that on emacs-26).
Paul Eggert [Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:54:20 +0000 (09:54 -0700)]
Port to 32-bit sparc64
Backport from master.
Problem reported by Ulrich Mueller; fix suggested by Eli Zaretskii
and Andreas Schwab (Bug#30855).
* src/alloc.c (mark_memory): Call mark_maybe_object only on
pointers that are properly aligned for Lisp_Object.
Nick Helm [Sun, 18 Mar 2018 08:05:44 +0000 (21:05 +1300)]
Improve documentation of 'with-help-window'
* doc/lispref/help.texi (Help Functions): Change variable name
to 'buffer-or-name'.
* lisp/help.el (with-help-window): Change variable name to
'buffer-or-name' and rewrite the doc string, adding reference
to 'help-window-setup'. (Bug#30792)
Eli Zaretskii [Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:34:14 +0000 (11:34 +0200)]
Minor improvements in building.texi
* doc/emacs/building.texi (Compilation Shell): Mention that this
section is for local compilation buffers.
(Compilation, Compilation Mode): Mention that 'g' is bound to
'recompile' in compilation buffers.
(Grep Searching): Add a cross-reference to "Compilation Mode".
Suggested by Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Eli Zaretskii [Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:53:52 +0000 (21:53 +0200)]
Yet more proofreading of the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/building.texi (Compilation, Grep Searching)
(Debuggers, GUD Customization, Source Buffers)
(Breakpoints Buffer, Threads Buffer): Minor fixes and updates.
Suggested by Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/rmail.texi (Rmail): Mention Gnus.
(Rmail Basics, Rmail Scrolling): Improve cross-references and
indexing.
(Rmail Motion): Minor improvements.
(Rmail Inbox): Remove outdated text about Babyl format.
(Rmail Files): Formatting changes. Comment out
set-rmail-inbox-list in the table of commands, as it is commented
out in the text that follows.
(Rmail Output, Rmail Labels, Rmail Reply, Rmail Make Summary):
Minor copyedits.
(Rmail Summary Edit): Document
rmail-summary-scroll-between-messages.
(Rmail Editing): Improve indexing.
(Movemail): Fix typos.
(Remote Mailboxes): Use "POP3" rather than "POP".
Noam Postavsky [Wed, 14 Mar 2018 02:17:43 +0000 (22:17 -0400)]
Improve word motion docs (Bug#30815)
* doc/lispref/positions.texi (Word Motion): Fix reference to
`char-script-table'.
* lisp/simple.el (backward-word):
* src/syntax.c (forward-word): Mention `char-script-table' and add
link to the 'Word Motion' manual section.
Eli Zaretskii [Thu, 15 Mar 2018 06:36:09 +0000 (08:36 +0200)]
Minor copyedits in mule.texi
* doc/emacs/mule.texi (Recognize Coding, Fontsets): Minor changes
in wording. Suggested by Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Eli Zaretskii [Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:40:24 +0000 (19:40 +0200)]
Minor changes in mule.texi
* doc/emacs/mule.texi (International, Coding Systems)
(Bidirectional Editing): Minor wording changes and typo fixes.
Suggested by Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> in
emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Eli Zaretskii [Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:00:23 +0000 (18:00 +0200)]
Avoid assertion violation under visual-order-cursor-movement
* src/xdisp.c (Fmove_point_visually): Don't let point exceed the
BEGV..ZV range. Signal Beginning of buffer error when there's a
before-string at BEGV. (Bug#30787)
* doc/lispref/display.texi (ImageMagick Images): Remove an
outdated comment that references a fixed bug.
(SVG Images): Fix grammar, and call functions functions (there are
no commands in lisp/svg.el).
Eli Zaretskii [Thu, 8 Mar 2018 15:53:09 +0000 (17:53 +0200)]
More minor changes in the manual
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Useless Whitespace): Don't upcase "TAB"
and "SPC" when alluding to characters. Suggested by Richard
Stallman <rms@gnu.org>.
* doc/emacs/buffers.texi (Misc Buffer): Clarify what "read-only"
means for buffers.
(Buffers): Define and describe "buffer contents". Suggested by
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>. (Bug#30685)
Eli Zaretskii [Wed, 7 Mar 2018 19:51:59 +0000 (21:51 +0200)]
Minor improvements in manuals
* doc/lispref/variables.texi (Local Variables): Make more clear
that local bindings of 'let' are in effect only within the body.
Suggested by Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>, see
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-03/msg00217.html
for the details.
* doc/emacs/programs.texi (Matching): Fix a typo. Reported by
Alex Branham <alex.branham@gmail.com> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Improve indexing.
Eli Zaretskii [Wed, 7 Mar 2018 19:02:24 +0000 (21:02 +0200)]
Minor copyedits in display.texi
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Highlight Interactively)
(Useless Whitespace, Line Truncation, Visual Line Mode): Minor
changes of wording and typo corrections. Suggested by Michael
Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Glenn Morris [Wed, 7 Mar 2018 01:18:54 +0000 (20:18 -0500)]
Remove some unused spam.el variables
* lisp/gnus/spam.el (spam-ifile-path, spam-ifile-database-path)
(spam-bogofilter-path, spam-bsfilter-path)
(spam-spamassassin-path, spam-sa-learn-path):
Remove variables that are described as obsolete, but are
really completely unused, and have been for years.
Define if-let* and derivatives as aliases for if-let etc
This commit reverts declaring `if-let' and `when-let' obsolete in
favor of the new `if-let*' and `when-let*' versions because of the
compiler warning mess (Bug#30039). Instead we make foo-let* aliases
for foo-let. The old single-tuple variable spec case is still
supported for backward compatibility.
* lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.el (if-let, when-let): Don't declare
obsolete. Tweak edebug specs.
(and-let): Renamed from `and-let*' for compatibility with the names
`if-let' and `when-let'.
(if-let*, when-let*, and-let*): Define as aliases for `if-let',
`when-let' and `and-let'.
* test/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x-tests.el (if-let-single-tuple-case-test)
(when-let-single-tuple-case-test): New tests for the single-binding
tuple case.
In the whole file, prefer the names without "*".
Eli Zaretskii [Mon, 5 Mar 2018 18:37:34 +0000 (20:37 +0200)]
Minor fix in Emacs manual's Glossary
* doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Fix outdated text about
primary selection. Reported by Gijs Hillenius
<gijs@hillenius.net> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
Eli Zaretskii [Sat, 3 Mar 2018 09:50:24 +0000 (11:50 +0200)]
More improvements of the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/rmail.texi (Rmail Reply, Rmail Sorting): Improve
wording. Suggested by Daniel Chakraborty
<danielmchakraborty@gmail.com>.
* doc/emacs/glossary.texi (Glossary): Add cross-references.
Improve and clarify wording. Suggested by Gijs Hillenius
<gijs@hillenius.net> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/text.texi (Org Authoring): Add more supported formats
to the list.
(TeX Print): Improve wording. Slightly rearrange stuff.
(TeX Misc): Mention doctex-mode-hook.
(Two-Column): Minor rearrangement of text. Suggested by Michael
Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Saving Emacs Sessions):
* doc/emacs/programs.texi (Program Modes): Remove redundant text
and index entries.
Dmitry Gutov [Wed, 28 Feb 2018 02:03:16 +0000 (04:03 +0200)]
Backport: xref--next-error-function: Move xref's window point
* lisp/progmodes/xref.el (xref--next-error-function): Move
xref's window point if it's visible. When we don't do that,
navigation can start looping after a while.
Eli Zaretskii [Fri, 2 Mar 2018 08:44:44 +0000 (10:44 +0200)]
Fix downloading non-text files in EWW
* lisp/net/eww.el (eww-download-callback): Bind
coding-system-for-read to 'no-conversion', to avoid any code- or
EOL-conversions in downloaded files. (Bug#30664)
Eli Zaretskii [Thu, 1 Mar 2018 15:51:25 +0000 (17:51 +0200)]
Improve the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/xresources.texi (Table of Resources): Mention that
some resources are ignored by toolkit builds.
* doc/emacs/custom.texi (Key Bindings): Improve indexing.
(Bug#30530)
Paul Eggert [Thu, 1 Mar 2018 00:27:06 +0000 (16:27 -0800)]
Require a larger stack size for threads on macOS (bug#30364)
* src/systhread.c (sys_thread_create)
[THREADS_ENABLED && HAVE_PTHREAD && DARWIN_OS]:
Require at least 8MB stack size for x64 and 4MB for x86 on macOS.
Do not merge to master.
Eli Zaretskii [Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:46:06 +0000 (19:46 +0200)]
More fixes in the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/xresources.texi (Table of Resources, Lucid Resources):
Sort the resources.
(Lucid Resources): Add cross-references.
(GTK Resource Basics): Fix wording.
(GTK styles): Add empty lines in a @table. Suggested by Michael
Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> in emacs-manual-bugs@gnu.org.