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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2002-08-19 00:58:26 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2002-08-19 00:58:26 +0000
commit813f3d41a52b771247f3e48becdb6f0b7ed63e76 (patch)
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parent0805d31a24d7ec92cb16194dda9ec74ff78cfc4b (diff)
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@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ See the files mac/README and mac/INSTALL for build instructions.
* Changes in Emacs 21.4
-** The new command `ediff-backup' compares a file with its most recent
-backup using `ediff'. If you specify the name of a backup file,
-`ediff-backup' compares it with the file of which it is a backup.
-
+++
** The mode line position information now comes before the major mode.
When the file is maintained under version control, that information
@@ -114,9 +110,6 @@ Setting these variables directly does not take effect until next time
the Buffers menu is regenerated.
+++
-** `C-u C-x =' now displays text properties of the character at point.
-
-+++
** The commands M-x customize-face and M-x customize-face-other-window
now look at the character after point. If a face or faces are
specified for that character, the commands by default customize those
@@ -126,12 +119,19 @@ faces.
Cyrillic-KOI8-T, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, UTF-8,
Windows-1255, Welsh, Latin-7, Lithuanian, Latvian.
+---
** New input methods: latin-alt-postfix, latin-postfix, latin-prefix,
ukrainian-computer, belarusian, bulgarian-bds, russian-computer,
vietnamese-telex, lithuanian-numeric, lithuanian-keyboard,
latvian-keyboard, welsh, georgian, rfc1345, ucs, sgml,
bulgarian-phonetic, dutch.
+---
+** A new coding system `euc-tw' has been added for traditional Chinese
+in CNS encoding; it accepts both Big 5 and CNS as input; on saving,
+Big 5 is then converted to CNS.
+
+---
** Many new coding systems are available by loading the `code-pages'
library. These include complete versions of most of those in
codepage.el, based Unicode mappings.
@@ -224,6 +224,9 @@ window so as to center point. If its value is an integer, it says how
many columns to scroll. If the value is a floating-point number, it
gives the fraction of the window's width to scroll the window.
+The variable `automatic-hscrolling' was renamed to
+`auto-hscroll-mode'. The old name is still available as an alias.
+
+++
** The user option `tex-start-options-string' has been replaced
by two new user options: `tex-start-options', which should hold
@@ -231,10 +234,6 @@ command-line options to feed to TeX, and `tex-start-commands' which should hold
TeX commands to use at startup.
+++
-** The variable `automatic-hscrolling' was renamed to `auto-hscroll-mode'.
-The old name is still available as an alias.
-
-+++
** New display feature: focus follows mouse. If you set the variable
mouse-autoselect-window to non-nil value, moving the mouse to a different
Emacs window will select that window (minibuffer window can be selected
@@ -590,11 +589,6 @@ it inserts non-ASCII chars if you hit M-i), you will need to add
to your .emacs to revert to the old behavior.
----
-** A new coding system `euc-tw' has been added for traditional Chinese
-in CNS encoding; it accepts both Big 5 and CNS as input; on saving,
-Big 5 is then converted to CNS.
-
+++
** Emacs now reads the standard abbrevs file ~/.abbrev_defs
automatically at startup, if it exists. When Emacs offers to save
@@ -666,6 +660,10 @@ currently highlighted regions in an inferior Ediff session. If you answer 'n'
then it reverts to the old behavior and asks the user to select regions for
comparison.
+** The new command `ediff-backup' compares a file with its most recent
+backup using `ediff'. If you specify the name of a backup file,
+`ediff-backup' compares it with the file of which it is a backup.
+
+++
** Etags changes.
@@ -989,6 +987,13 @@ There is also Global Reveal mode which affects all buffers.
*** The new package ibuffer provides a powerful, completely
customizable replacement for buff-menu.el.
+*** The new package table.el implements editable, WYSIWYG, embedded
+`text tables' in Emacs buffers. It simulates the effect of putting
+these tables in a special major mode. The package emulates WYSIWYG
+table editing available in modern word processors. The package also
+can generate a table source in typesetting and markup languages such
+as latex and html from the visually laid out text table.
+
---
** Support for `magic cookie' standout modes has been removed.
Emacs will still work on terminals that require magic cookies in order