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@ -1695,43 +1695,46 @@ This was actually done in Emacs-21.1, and was not documented.
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* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 22.1:
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** Makefile mode has now been split up into specialized modes for automake,
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gmake, makepp and BSD make. The former two couldn't be differentiated before,
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and the latter two are new. Font-locking is robust now and offers new
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customizable faces.
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** Makefile mode has submodes for automake, gmake, makepp and BSD make.
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The former two couldn't be differentiated before, and the latter two
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are new. Font-locking is robust now and offers new customizable
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faces.
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+++
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** In Outline mode, hide-body no longer hides lines at the top
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** In Outline mode, `hide-body' no longer hides lines at the top
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of the file that precede the first header line.
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+++
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** Telnet now prompts you for a port number with C-u M-x telnet.
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---
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** The terminal emulation code in term.el has been improved, it can
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** The terminal emulation code in term.el has been improved; it can
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run most curses applications now.
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+++
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** M-x diff uses diff-mode instead of compilation-mode.
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** M-x diff uses Diff mode instead of Compilation mode.
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+++
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** You can now customize fill-nobreak-predicate to control where
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** You can now customize `fill-nobreak-predicate' to control where
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filling can break lines. The value is now normally a list of
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functions, but it can also be a single function, for compatibility.
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We provide two sample predicates, fill-single-word-nobreak-p and
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fill-french-nobreak-p, for use in the value of fill-nobreak-predicate.
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Emacs provide two predicates, `fill-single-word-nobreak-p' and
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`fill-french-nobreak-p', for use as the value of
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`fill-nobreak-predicate'.
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---
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** M-x view-file and commands that use it now avoid interfering
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with special modes such as Tar mode.
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---
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** Commands winner-redo and winner-undo, from winner.el, are now bound to
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C-c <left> and C-c <right>, respectively. This is an incompatible change.
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** Commands `winner-redo' and `winner-undo', from winner.el, are now
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bound to C-c <left> and C-c <right>, respectively. This is an
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incompatible change.
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---
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** global-whitespace-mode is a new alias for whitespace-global-mode.
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** `global-whitespace-mode' is a new alias for `whitespace-global-mode'.
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+++
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** M-x compare-windows now can automatically skip non-matching text to
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@ -1739,6 +1742,7 @@ resync points in both windows.
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+++
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** New user option `add-log-always-start-new-record'.
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When this option is enabled, M-x add-change-log-entry always
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starts a new record regardless of when the last record is.
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@ -1750,10 +1754,11 @@ when Emacs visits them.
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+++
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*** A numeric prefix argument of `info' selects an Info buffer
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with the number appended to the *info* buffer name (e.g. "*info*<2>").
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with the number appended to the `*info*' buffer name (e.g. "*info*<2>").
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---
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*** isearch in Info uses Info-search and searches through multiple nodes.
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Before leaving the initial Info node isearch fails once with the error
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message [initial node], and with subsequent C-s/C-r continues through
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other nodes. When isearch fails for the rest of the manual, it wraps
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@ -1792,11 +1797,13 @@ references and following them calls `browse-url'.
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+++
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*** Info now hides node names in menus and cross references by default.
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If you prefer the old behavior, you can set the new user option
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`Info-hide-note-references' to nil.
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---
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*** Images in Info pages are supported.
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Info pages show embedded images, in Emacs frames with image support.
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Info documentation that includes images, processed with makeinfo
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version 4.7 or newer, compiles to Info pages with embedded images.
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@ -1805,25 +1812,24 @@ version 4.7 or newer, compiles to Info pages with embedded images.
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*** The default value for `Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes' is now nil.
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---
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*** Info-index offers completion.
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*** `Info-index' offers completion.
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** Lisp mode changes:
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---
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*** Lisp mode now uses font-lock-doc-face for the docstrings.
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*** Lisp mode now uses `font-lock-doc-face' for doc strings.
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+++
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*** A prefix argument of C-M-q in Emacs Lisp mode pretty-printifies the
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list starting after point.
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*** C-u C-M-q in Emacs Lisp mode pretty-prints the list after point.
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*** New features in evaluation commands
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+++
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*** The function `eval-defun' (C-M-x) called on defface reinitializes
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**** The function `eval-defun' (C-M-x) called on defface reinitializes
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the face to the value specified in the defface expression.
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+++
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*** Typing C-x C-e twice prints the value of the integer result
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**** Typing C-x C-e twice prints the value of the integer result
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in additional formats (octal, hexadecimal, character) specified
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by the new function `eval-expression-print-format'. The same
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function also defines the result format for `eval-expression' (M-:),
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@ -1949,23 +1955,23 @@ module-open, module-close, inmodule, composition-open,
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composition-close, and incomposition.
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*** New functions to do hungry delete without enabling hungry delete mode.
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The functions c-hungry-backspace and c-hungry-delete-forward can be
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The functions `c-hungry-backspace' and `c-hungry-delete-forward' can be
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bound to keys to get this feature without toggling a mode.
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Contributed by Kevin Ryde.
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*** Better control over require-final-newline. The variable that
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controls how to handle a final newline when the buffer is saved,
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require-final-newline, is now customizable on a per-mode basis through
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c-require-final-newline. That is a list of modes, and only those
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modes set require-final-newline. By default that's C, C++ and
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Objective-C.
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*** Better control over `require-final-newline'.
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The specified modes set require-final-newline based on
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mode-require-final-newline, as usual.
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The variable `c-require-final-newline' specifies which of the modes
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implemented by CC mode should insert final newlines. Its value is a
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list of modes, and only those modes should do it. By default the list
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includes C, C++ and Objective-C modes.
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Whichever modes are in this list will set `require-final-newline'
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based on `mode-require-final-newline'.
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*** Format change for syntactic context elements.
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The elements in the syntactic context returned by c-guess-basic-syntax
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and stored in c-syntactic-context has been changed somewhat to allow
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The elements in the syntactic context returned by `c-guess-basic-syntax'
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and stored in `c-syntactic-context' has been changed somewhat to allow
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attaching more information. They are now lists instead of single cons
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cells. E.g. a line that previously had the syntactic analysis
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@ -1978,12 +1984,13 @@ is now analysed as
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In some cases there are more than one position given for a syntactic
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symbol.
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This change might affect code that call c-guess-basic-syntax directly,
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and custom lineup functions if they use c-syntactic-context. However,
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This change might affect code that call `c-guess-basic-syntax' directly,
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and custom lineup functions if they use `c-syntactic-context'. However,
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the argument given to lineup functions is still a single cons cell
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with nil or an integer in the cdr.
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*** API changes for derived modes.
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There have been extensive changes "under the hood" which can affect
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derived mode writers. Some of these changes are likely to cause
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incompatibilities with existing derived modes, but on the other hand
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@ -1995,8 +2002,8 @@ See the comment blurb near the top of cc-langs.el.
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**** New initialization functions.
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The initialization procedure has been split up into more functions to
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give better control: c-basic-common-init, c-font-lock-init, and
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c-init-language-vars.
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give better control: `c-basic-common-init', `c-font-lock-init', and
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`c-init-language-vars'.
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*** Changes in analysis of nested syntactic constructs.
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The syntactic analysis engine has better handling of cases where
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@ -2022,33 +2029,34 @@ its substatement. E.g:
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**** Syntactic indentation inside macros.
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The contents of multiline #define's are now analyzed and indented
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syntactically just like other code. This can be disabled by the new
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variable c-syntactic-indentation-in-macros. A new syntactic symbol
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cpp-define-intro has been added to control the initial indentation
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inside #define's.
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variable `c-syntactic-indentation-in-macros'. A new syntactic symbol
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`cpp-define-intro' has been added to control the initial indentation
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inside `#define's.
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**** New lineup function `c-lineup-cpp-define'.
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**** New lineup function c-lineup-cpp-define.
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Now used by default to line up macro continuation lines. The behavior
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of this function closely mimics the indentation one gets if the macro
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is indented while the line continuation backslashes are temporarily
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removed. If syntactic indentation in macros is turned off, it works
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much line c-lineup-dont-change, which was used earlier, but handles
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much line `c-lineup-dont-change', which was used earlier, but handles
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empty lines within the macro better.
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**** Automatically inserted newlines continues the macro if used within one.
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This applies to the newlines inserted by the auto-newline mode, and to
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c-context-line-break and c-context-open-line.
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`c-context-line-break' and `c-context-open-line'.
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**** Better alignment of line continuation backslashes.
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c-backslash-region tries to adapt to surrounding backslashes. New
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variable c-backslash-max-column which put a limit on how far out
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`c-backslash-region' tries to adapt to surrounding backslashes. New
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variable `c-backslash-max-column' which put a limit on how far out
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backslashes can be moved.
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**** Automatic alignment of line continuation backslashes.
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This is controlled by the new variable c-auto-align-backslashes. It
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affects c-context-line-break, c-context-open-line and newlines
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inserted in auto-newline mode.
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This is controlled by the new variable `c-auto-align-backslashes'. It
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affects `c-context-line-break', `c-context-open-line' and newlines
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inserted in Auto-Newline mode.
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**** Line indentation works better inside macros.
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Regardless whether syntactic indentation and syntactic indentation
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inside macros are enabled or not, line indentation now ignores the
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line continuation backslashes. This is most noticeable when syntactic
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@ -2057,37 +2065,35 @@ backslash) in the macro.
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*** indent-for-comment is more customizable.
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The behavior of M-; (indent-for-comment) is now configurable through
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the variable c-indent-comment-alist. The indentation behavior based
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the variable `c-indent-comment-alist'. The indentation behavior based
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on the preceding code on the line, e.g. to get two spaces after #else
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and #endif but indentation to comment-column in most other cases
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and #endif but indentation to `comment-column' in most other cases
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(something which was hardcoded earlier).
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*** New function c-context-open-line.
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It's the open-line equivalent of c-context-line-break.
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*** New function `c-context-open-line'.
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It's the open-line equivalent of `c-context-line-break'.
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*** New lineup functions
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**** c-lineup-string-cont
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**** `c-lineup-string-cont'
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This lineup function lines up a continued string under the one it
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continues. E.g:
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result = prefix + "A message "
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"string."; <- c-lineup-string-cont
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**** c-lineup-cascaded-calls
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**** `c-lineup-cascaded-calls'
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Lines up series of calls separated by "->" or ".".
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**** c-lineup-knr-region-comment
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**** `c-lineup-knr-region-comment'
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Gives (what most people think is) better indentation of comments in
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the "K&R region" between the function header and its body.
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**** c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg
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Provides better indentation inside asm blocks. Contributed by Kevin
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Ryde.
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**** `c-lineup-gcc-asm-reg'
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Provides better indentation inside asm blocks.
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**** c-lineup-argcont
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**** `c-lineup-argcont'
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Lines up continued function arguments after the preceding comma.
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Contributed by Kevin Ryde.
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*** Better caching of the syntactic context.
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CC Mode caches the positions of the opening parentheses (of any kind)
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@ -2107,7 +2113,7 @@ Statements are recognized most of the time even when they occur in an
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"invalid" context, e.g. in a function argument. In practice that can
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happen when macros are involved.
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*** Improved the way c-indent-exp chooses the block to indent.
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*** Improved the way `c-indent-exp' chooses the block to indent.
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It now indents the block for the closest sexp following the point
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whose closing paren ends on a different line. This means that the
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point doesn't have to be immediately before the block to indent.
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@ -2115,7 +2121,7 @@ Also, only the block and the closing line is indented; the current
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line is left untouched.
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*** Added toggle for syntactic indentation.
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The function c-toggle-syntactic-indentation can be used to toggle
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The function `c-toggle-syntactic-indentation' can be used to toggle
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syntactic indentation.
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@ -2145,7 +2151,7 @@ Lines that match are never indented, and are given distinctive font-locking.
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`fortran-beginning-of-block'.
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---
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*** F90 mode and Fortran mode have support for hs-minor-mode (hideshow).
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*** F90 mode and Fortran mode have support for `hs-minor-mode' (hideshow).
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It cannot deal with every code format, but ought to handle a sizeable
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majority.
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@ -2190,50 +2196,51 @@ TeX commands to use at startup.
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and super/sub-scripts are made into super/sub-scripts.
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*** New major mode doctex-mode for *.dtx files.
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*** New major mode Doctex mode, for *.dtx files.
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** BibTeX mode:
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*** The new command bibtex-url browses a URL for the BibTeX entry at
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*** The new command `bibtex-url' browses a URL for the BibTeX entry at
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point (bound to C-c C-l and mouse-2, RET on clickable fields).
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*** The new command bibtex-entry-update (bound to C-c C-u) updates
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*** The new command `bibtex-entry-update' (bound to C-c C-u) updates
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an existing BibTeX entry.
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*** New `bibtex-entry-format' option `required-fields', enabled by default.
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*** bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries can take values `plain',
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*** `bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries' can take values `plain',
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`crossref', and `entry-class' which control the sorting scheme used
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for BibTeX entries. `bibtex-sort-entry-class' controls the sorting
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scheme `entry-class'. TAB completion for reference keys and
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automatic detection of duplicates does not require anymore that
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bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries is non-nil.
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`bibtex-maintain-sorted-entries' is non-nil.
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*** If the new variable bibtex-parse-keys-fast is non-nil,
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*** If the new variable `bibtex-parse-keys-fast' is non-nil,
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use fast but simplified algorithm for parsing BibTeX keys.
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*** If the new variable bibtex-autoadd-commas is non-nil,
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*** If the new variable `bibtex-autoadd-commas' is non-nil,
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automatically add missing commas at end of BibTeX fields.
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*** The new variable bibtex-autofill-types contains a list of entry
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*** The new variable `bibtex-autofill-types' contains a list of entry
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types for which fields are filled automatically (if possible).
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*** The new command bibtex-complete completes word fragment before
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*** The new command `bibtex-complete' completes word fragment before
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point according to context (bound to M-tab).
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*** The new commands bibtex-find-entry and bibtex-find-crossref
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*** The new commands `bibtex-find-entry' and `bibtex-find-crossref'
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locate entries and crossref'd entries (bound to C-c C-s and C-c C-x).
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Crossref fields are clickable (bound to mouse-2, RET).
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*** In BibTeX mode the command fill-paragraph (bound to M-q) fills
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*** In BibTeX mode the command `fill-paragraph' (M-q) fills
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individual fields of a BibTeX entry.
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*** The new variables bibtex-files and bibtex-file-path define a set
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*** The new variables `bibtex-files' and `bibtex-file-path' define a set
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of BibTeX files that are searched for entry keys.
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*** The new command bibtex-validate-globally checks for duplicate keys
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*** The new command `bibtex-validate-globally' checks for duplicate keys
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in multiple BibTeX files.
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*** The new command bibtex-copy-summary-as-kill pushes summary
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*** The new command `bibtex-copy-summary-as-kill' pushes summary
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of BibTeX entry to kill ring (bound to C-c C-t).
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@ -2262,7 +2269,7 @@ Emacs 21 such as the display margin for breakpoints, and the toolbar.
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Use M-x gdba to start GDB-UI.
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*** GUD tooltips can be toggled independently of normal tooltips
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with the minor mode, gud-tooltip-mode.
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with the minor mode `gud-tooltip-mode'.
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*** In graphical mode, with a C program, GUD Tooltips have been extended to
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@ -2288,27 +2295,27 @@ not executing.
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*** The previous method of searching for source files has been
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preserved in case someone still wants/needs to use it.
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Set gud-jdb-use-classpath to nil.
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Set `gud-jdb-use-classpath' to nil.
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Added Customization Variables
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*** gud-jdb-command-name. What command line to use to invoke jdb.
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*** `gud-jdb-command-name'. What command line to use to invoke jdb.
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*** gud-jdb-use-classpath. Allows selection of java source file searching
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method: set to t for new method, nil to scan gud-jdb-directories for
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*** `gud-jdb-use-classpath'. Allows selection of java source file searching
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method: set to t for new method, nil to scan `gud-jdb-directories' for
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java sources (previous method).
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*** gud-jdb-directories. List of directories to scan and search for java
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classes using the original gud-jdb method (if gud-jdb-use-classpath
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*** `gud-jdb-directories'. List of directories to scan and search for java
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classes using the original gud-jdb method (if `gud-jdb-use-classpath'
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is nil).
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Minor Improvements
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*** The STARTTLS wrapper (starttls.el) can now use GNUTLS
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instead of the OpenSSL based "starttls" tool. For backwards
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compatibility, it prefers "starttls", but you can toggle
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instead of the OpenSSL based `starttls' tool. For backwards
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compatibility, it prefers `starttls', but you can toggle
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`starttls-use-gnutls' to switch to GNUTLS (or simply remove the
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"starttls" tool).
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`starttls' tool).
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*** Do not allow debugger output history variable to grow without bounds.
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@ -2316,6 +2323,7 @@ compatibility, it prefers "starttls", but you can toggle
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+++
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*** You can now use Auto Revert mode to `tail' a file.
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If point is at the end of a file buffer before reverting, Auto Revert
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mode keeps it at the end after reverting. Similarly if point is
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displayed at the end of a file buffer in any window, it stays at
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@ -2371,17 +2379,20 @@ old name remains available as alias, but has been marked obsolete.
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** Desktop package
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+++
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*** Desktop saving is now a minor mode, desktop-save-mode. Variable
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desktop-enable is obsolete. Customize desktop-save-mode to enable desktop
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saving.
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*** Desktop saving is now a minor mode, `desktop-save-mode'.
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*** The variable `desktop-enable' is obsolete.
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Customize `desktop-save-mode' to enable desktop saving.
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---
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*** Buffers are saved in the desktop file in the same order as that in the
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buffer list.
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+++
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*** The desktop package can be customized to restore only some buffers immediately,
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remaining buffers are restored lazily (when Emacs is idle).
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*** The desktop package can be customized to restore only some buffers
|
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immediately, remaining buffers are restored lazily (when Emacs is
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idle).
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+++
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*** New commands:
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