From 2d3c36db70ea118d3168a43e92b750c8999d60a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:07:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] * etc/NEWS: Small edits --- etc/NEWS | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 2c6c1eaaa74..6fda2c811ab 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ decompress gzip- and zlib-format compressed data. ** Emacs for NS (Mac OS X, GNUstep) can be built with ImageMagick support. This requires pkg-config to be available at configure time. -** New Core Text based font backend for Mac OS X 10.5 and newer. -GNUstep and Mac OS X 10.4 use the old font backend. -To use the old backend by default, do on the command line: -% defaults write org.gnu.Emacs FontBackend ns - * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.4 @@ -765,32 +760,34 @@ with an indented sample file. ** Todo mode has been rewritten and enhanced. New features include: -- support for multiple todo files and archive files of done items; -- renaming, reordering, moving, merging, and deleting categories; -- sortable tabular summaries of categories and the types of items they contain; -- cross-category lists of items filtered by specific criteria; -- more fine-grained interaction with the Emacs diary, by being able to decide - for each todo item whether it appears in the Fancy Diary display; -- highly flexible new item insertion and item editing; -- moving items between categories, storing done items in their category or in - archive files, undoing or unarchiving done items; -- reprioritizing items by inputting a numerical priority; -- extensive customizability of operation and display, including numerous faces. -The Todo mode user manual describes all commands and most user options. -To support some of these features, a new file format is used, which is -incompatible with the old format; however, you can convert old todo and done -item files to the new format on initializing the first new todo file, or at any -later time with the provided conversion command. The old version of -todo-mode.el has been made obsolete and renamed otodo-mode.el. - -** trace-function was largely rewritten. -New features include: -- no prompting for the destination buffer, unless a prefix-arg was used. -- additionally to prompting for a destination buffer, when a prefix-arg is - used, the user can enter a "context", i.e. Lisp expression whose value at the - time the function is entered/exited will be printed along with the function - name and arguments. Useful to trace the value of (current-buffer) or - (point) when the function is invoked. +*** Support for multiple todo files and archive files of done items +*** Renaming, reordering, moving, merging, and deleting categories +*** Sortable tabular summaries of categories and the types of items they contain +*** Cross-category lists of items filtered by specific criteria +*** More fine-grained interaction with the Emacs diary, by being able to decide + for each todo item whether it appears in the Fancy Diary display +*** Highly flexible new item insertion and item editing +*** Moving items between categories, storing done items in their category or in + archive files, undoing or unarchiving done items +*** Reprioritizing items by inputting a numerical priority +*** Extensive customizability of operation and display, including numerous faces + +The Todo mode user manual describes all commands and most user +options. To support some of these features, a new file format is +used, which is incompatible with the old format; however, you can +convert old todo and done item files to the new format on initializing +the first new todo file, or at any later time with the provided +conversion command. The previous version of todo-mode.el has been +renamed to otodo-mode.el and is now obsolete. + +** trace-function + +*** No prompting for the destination buffer, unless a prefix argument is used. + +*** With a prefix argument, you can enter a "context"; i.e., a Lisp +expression whose value at the time the function is entered/exited will +be printed along with the function name and arguments. For example, +you can use this to trace the value of current-buffer or point. ** Tramp @@ -887,10 +884,12 @@ as a single word, similar to what `subword-mode' does. +++ ** New package nadvice.el offers lighter-weight advice facilities. It is layered as: -- add-function/remove-function which can be used to add/remove code on any - function-carrying place, such as process-filters or `-function' hooks. -- advice-add/advice-remove to add/remove a piece of advice on a named function, - much like `defadvice' does. + +*** add-function/remove-function, which can be used to add/remove code on any +function-carrying place, such as process-filters or `-function' hooks. + +*** advice-add/advice-remove to add/remove a piece of advice on a named +function,much like `defadvice' does. ** New package frameset.el. It provides a set of operations to save a frameset (the state of all @@ -1331,14 +1330,19 @@ edited in another Emacs session or by another user. See the node "Interlocking" in the Emacs User Manual for the details. To disable file locking, customize `create-lockfiles' to nil. +** New Core Text based font backend for Mac OS X 10.5 and newer. +GNUstep and Mac OS X 10.4 use the old font backend. +To use the old backend by default, do on the command line: +% defaults write org.gnu.Emacs FontBackend ns + ** Improved fullscreen support on Mac OS X. -Both native (>= Mac OS X 10.7) and "old style" fullscreen are supported. -Customize `ns-use-native-fullscreen' to change style. For >= 10.7 -native is the default. +Emacs supports both native (Mac OS X 10.7 and newer) and "old style" fullscreen. +Customize `ns-use-native-fullscreen' to change the style. +For Mac OS X 10.7 and newer, native is the default. -** Mac OS X >= 10.7 can use sRGB colorspace. -Customize `ns-use-srgb-colorspace' to change style. t is the default. -Note: This does not apply to images. +** On Mac OS X 10.7 and newer, Emacs uses sRGB colorspace by default. +Customize `ns-use-srgb-colorspace' to disable this. Note that this +does not apply to images. * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.3 -- 2.39.2