From 03759e8ebfbe434611259ebf33f617e6d0a957b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:50:25 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ; * etc/NEWS: Some more minor copyedits. --- etc/NEWS | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index c152029fa4c..ef4d8cda397 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ procedure and therefore obeys saving hooks. 'auto-save-visited-file-name' is now obsolete. +++ -** New behavior of 'mark-defun' implemented +** New behavior of 'mark-defun'. Prefix argument selects that many (or that many more) defuns. Negative prefix arg flips the direction of selection. Also, 'mark-defun' between defuns correctly selects N following defuns (or @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ This can be customized via the info-menu category in completion-category-override. +++ -** The ancestor buffer is shown by default in 3way merges. +** The ancestor buffer is shown by default in 3-way merges. A new option ediff-show-ancestor and a new toggle ediff-toggle-show-ancestor. @@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ at image boundaries. the function 'image-dired-setup-dired-keybindings'. --- -*** Thumbnail generation is now asynchronous +*** Thumbnail generation is now asynchronous. The number of concurrent processes is limited by the variable 'image-dired-thumb-job-limit'. @@ -952,8 +952,9 @@ located and whether GnuPG's option "--homedir" is used or not. ** Tramp +++ -*** The method part of remote file names is mandatory now. A valid -remote file name starts with "/method:host:" or "/method:user@host:". +*** The method part of remote file names is mandatory now. +A valid remote file name starts with "/method:host:" or +"/method:user@host:". +++ *** The new pseudo method "-" is a marker for the default method. @@ -975,8 +976,9 @@ different group ID. Drive onsite repositories. +++ -*** Gateway methods in Tramp have been removed. Instead, the Tramp -manual documents how to configure ssh and PuTTY accordingly. +*** Gateway methods in Tramp have been removed. +Instead, the Tramp manual documents how to configure ssh and PuTTY +accordingly. +++ *** Setting the "ENV" environment variable in @@ -1088,13 +1090,14 @@ to a format suitable for reverse lookup zone files. ** Ispell +++ -*** Enchant (version 2.1.0 or later required) is now supported as a -spell-checker. Enchant is a meta-spell-checker that uses providers +*** Enchant is now supported as a spell-checker. + +Enchant is a meta-spell-checker that uses providers such as Hunspell to do the actual checking. With it, users can use spell-checkers not directly supported by Emacs, such as Voikko, Hspell and AppleSpell, more easily share personal word-lists with other programs, and configure different spelling-checkers for different -languages. +languages. (Version 2.1.0 or later of Enchant is required.) ** Flymake @@ -1140,9 +1143,9 @@ similarly but it doesn't prepend a '.'. +++ ** Certain cond/pcase/cl-case forms are now compiled using a faster jump -table implementation. This uses a new bytecode op 'switch', which isn't -compatible with previous Emacs versions. This functionality can be disabled -by setting 'byte-compile-cond-use-jump-table' to nil. +table implementation. This uses a new bytecode op 'switch', which +isn't compatible with previous Emacs versions. This functionality can +be disabled by setting 'byte-compile-cond-use-jump-table' to nil. --- ** 'C-up', 'C-down', 'C-left' and 'C-right' are now defined in term @@ -1502,12 +1505,12 @@ avoids debugger like 'user-error'. +++ ** The function 'line-number-at-pos' now takes a second optional -argument 'absolute'. If this parameter is nil, the default, this +argument 'absolute'. If this parameter is nil, the default, this function keeps on returning the line number taking potential narrowing -into account. If this parameter is non-nil, the function ignores +into account. If this parameter is non-nil, the function ignores narrowing and returns the absolute line number. -** Changes in Frame- and Window- Handling +** Changes in Frame and Window Handling +++ *** Resizing a frame no longer runs 'window-configuration-change-hook'. @@ -1640,8 +1643,10 @@ assign window parameters to the window used for displaying the buffer. +++ *** New function 'display-buffer-reuse-mode-window' is an action function -suitable for use in 'display-buffer-alist'. For example, to avoid creating -a new window when opening man pages when there's already one, use +suitable for use in 'display-buffer-alist'. For example, to avoid +creating a new window when opening man pages when there's already one, +use + (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("\\`\\*Man .*\\*\\'" . (display-buffer-reuse-mode-window -- 2.39.2