From d29bf51cef5ca60fe719d7614ffdfdd1339fc84d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Berman Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:44:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: Mention new version of todo-mode.el and obsoleting and renaming of old version. --- etc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ etc/NEWS | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog index 057125ea279..c8748396f60 100644 --- a/etc/ChangeLog +++ b/etc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-06-27 Stephen Berman + + * NEWS: Mention new version of todo-mode.el and obsoleting and + renaming of old version. + 2013-06-27 Juanma Barranquero * NEWS: Mention policy change with respect to locallisppath dirs. diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index f94db746926..85cf3b80acd 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -167,9 +167,6 @@ for new options related to this function. ** More packages look for ~/.emacs.d/ additionally to ~/.. Affected files: ~/.emacs.d/timelog replaces ~/.timelog -~/.emacs.d/todo-do replaces ~/.todo-do -~/.emacs.d/todo-done replaces ~/.todo-done -~/.emacs.d/todo-top replaces ~/.todo-top ~/.emacs.d/vip replaces ~/.vip ~/.emacs.d/viper replaces ~/.viper ~/.emacs.d/ido.last replaces ~/.ido.last @@ -183,6 +180,11 @@ Affected files: ~/.emacs.d/strokes replaces ~/.strokes ~/.emacs.d/notes replaces ~/.notes ~/.emacs.d/type-break replaces ~/.type-break +Also the following files used by the now obsolete otodo-mode.el: +~/.emacs.d/todo-do replaces ~/.todo-do +~/.emacs.d/todo-done replaces ~/.todo-done +~/.emacs.d/todo-top replaces ~/.todo-top + ** Delphi mode is now called OPascal mode. *** All delphi-* variables and functions have been renamed to opascal-*. @@ -352,6 +354,25 @@ space, no spaces, or reverting to the original spacing. Like `just-one-space' command it can handle or ignore newlines and leave different number of spaces. +** 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-categorial 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. +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. + ** Tramp +++ @@ -397,6 +418,8 @@ module. *** terminal.el is obsolete; use term.el instead. +*** The previous version of todo-mode.el is obsolete and renamed otodo-mode.el. + *** xesam.el. +++ -- 2.39.2