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Diffstat (limited to 'etc/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 39 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -174,6 +174,21 @@ types any more. Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types. * Changes in Emacs 21.4 +++ +** New function `looking-back' checks whether a regular expression matches +the text before point. Specifying the LIMIT argument bounds how far +back the match can start; this is a way to keep it from taking too long. + ++++ +** New functions `make-progress-reporter', `progress-reporter-update', +`progress-reporter-force-update' and `progress-reporter-done' provide +a simple and efficient way of printing progress messages to the user. + ++++ +** In Enriched mode, `set-left-margin' and `set-right-margin' are now +by default bound to `C-c [' and `C-c ]' instead of the former `C-c C-l' +and `C-c C-r'. + ++++ ** In processing a local variables list, Emacs strips the prefix and suffix are from every line before processing all the lines. @@ -1237,12 +1252,23 @@ to new-kill-line, these commands now report: new-kill-line is on C-k +++ +** Vertical scrolling is now possible within incremental search. +To enable this feature, customize the new user option +`isearch-allow-scroll'. User written commands which satisfy stringent +constraints can be marked as "scrolling commands". See the Emacs manual +for details. + ++++ ** C-w in incremental search now grabs either a character or a word, making the decision in a heuristic way. This new job is done by the command `isearch-yank-word-or-char'. To restore the old behavior, bind C-w to `isearch-yank-word' in `isearch-mode-map'. +++ +** C-y in incremental search now grabs the next line if point is already +at the end of a line. + ++++ ** C-M-w deletes and C-M-y grabs a character in isearch mode. Another method to grab a character is to enter the minibuffer by `M-e' and to type `C-f' at the end of the search string in the minibuffer. @@ -1466,6 +1492,10 @@ controls whether or not the function `make-auto-save-file-name' will attempt to construct a unique auto-save name (e.g. for remote files). +++ +** There is a new calendar package, icalendar.el, that can be used to +convert Emacs diary entries to/from the iCalendar format. + ++++ ** Diary sexp entries can have custom marking in the calendar. Diary sexp functions which only apply to certain days (such as `diary-block' or `diary-cyclic') now take an optional parameter MARK, @@ -1481,6 +1511,11 @@ appointments, paydays or anything else using a sexp. year and day number, and moves to that date. Negative day numbers count backward from the end of the year. ++++ +** The new Calendar function `calendar-goto-iso-week' (g w) +prompts for a year and a week number, and moves to the first +day of that ISO week. + --- ** The functions `holiday-easter-etc' and `holiday-advent' now take arguments, and only report on the specified holiday rather than all. @@ -2558,9 +2593,8 @@ symbol identifying a fringe bitmap, either built-in or defined with `define-fringe-bitmap', and FACE is an optional face name to be used for displaying the bitmap. -*** New function `fringe-bitmaps-at-pos' returns a cons (LEFT . RIGHT) -identifying the current fringe bitmaps in the display line at a given -buffer position. A nil value means no bitmap. +*** New function `fringe-bitmaps-at-pos' returns the current fringe +bitmaps in the display line at a given buffer position. ** Multiple overlay arrows can now be defined and managed via the new variable `overlay-arrow-variable-list'. It contains a list of @@ -2579,10 +2613,12 @@ If either property is not set, the default `overlay-arrow-string' or line in current buffer, or if optional buffer position is given, line number of corresponding line in current buffer. ++++ ** The default value of `sentence-end' is now defined using the new variable `sentence-end-without-space' which contains such characters that end a sentence without following spaces. ++++ ** The function `sentence-end' should be used to obtain the value of the variable `sentence-end'. If the variable `sentence-end' is nil, then this function returns the regexp constructed from the variables |