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@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ When you add a new item, use the appropriate mark if you are sure it applies,
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* Installation Changes in Emacs 26.1
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---
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** By default libgnutls is now required when building Emacs.
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Use 'configure --with-gnutls=no' to build even when GnuTLS is missing.
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---
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** GnuTLS version 2.12.2 or later is now required, instead of merely
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version 2.6.6 or later.
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+++
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** The new option 'configure --with-mailutils' causes Emacs to rely on
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GNU Mailutils to retrieve email. It is recommended, and is the
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default if GNU Mailutils is installed. When --with-mailutils is not
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@ -39,12 +42,14 @@ via insecure channels. To avoid this problem, use either
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--with-mailutils or --without-pop when configuring; --without-pop
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is the default on platforms other than native MS-Windows.
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---
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** The new option 'configure --enable-gcc-warnings=warn-only' causes
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GCC to issue warnings without stopping the build. This behavior is
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now the default in developer builds. As before, use
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'--disable-gcc-warnings' to suppress GCC's warnings, and
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'--enable-gcc-warnings' to stop the build if GCC issues warnings.
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---
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** When GCC warnings are enabled, '--enable-check-lisp-object-type' is
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now enabled by default when configuring.
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@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ configure option '--disable-libsystemd'.
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(If your Emacs is installed in a non-standard location, you may
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need to copy the emacs.service file to eg ~/.config/systemd/user/)
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---
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** New configure option '--disable-build-details' attempts to build an
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Emacs that is more likely to be reproducible; that is, if you build
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and install Emacs twice, the second Emacs is a copy of the first.
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@ -80,11 +86,13 @@ linked to Little CMS exposes color management functions in Lisp: the
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color metrics 'lcms-cie-de2000' and 'lcms-cam02-ucs', as well as
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functions for conversion to and from CIE CAM02 and CAM02-UCS.
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---
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** The configure option '--with-gameuser' now defaults to 'no',
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as this appears to be the most common configuration in practice.
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When it is 'no', the shared game directory and the auxiliary program
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update-game-score are no longer needed and are not installed.
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---
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** Emacs no longer works on IRIX. We expect that Emacs users are not
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affected by this, as SGI stopped supporting IRIX in December 2013.
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@ -423,19 +431,28 @@ You can enable this by customizing 'mwheel-tilt-scroll-p'. If you
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want to reverse the direction of the scroll, customize
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'mwheel-flip-direction'.
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** Emacsclient changes
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** Emacsclient has a new option '-u' / '--suppress-output'.
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*** Emacsclient has a new option '-u' / '--suppress-output'.
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This option suppresses display of return values from the server
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process.
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** Emacsclient has a new option '-T' / '--tramp'.
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*** Emacsclient has a new option '-T' / '--tramp'.
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This helps with using a local Emacs session as the server for a remote
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emacsclient. With appropriate setup, one can now set the EDITOR
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environment variable on a remote machine to emacsclient, and
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use the local Emacs to edit remote files via Tramp. See the node
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"(emacs) emacsclient Options" in the user manual for the details.
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*** Emacsclient now accepts command-line options in ALTERNATE_EDITOR
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and '--alternate-editor'. For example, ALTERNATE_EDITOR="emacs -Q -nw".
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Arguments may be quoted "like this", so that for example an absolute
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path containing a space may be specified; quote escaping is not
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supported.
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---
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** New user option 'dig-program-options' and extended functionality
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for DNS-querying functions 'nslookup-host', 'dns-lookup-host',
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@ -488,13 +505,7 @@ line-number display in a window can use the new function
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Users and developers are encouraged to switch to this new feature
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instead.
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** emacsclient now accepts command-line options in ALTERNATE_EDITOR
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and '--alternate-editor'. For example, ALTERNATE_EDITOR="emacs -Q -nw".
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Arguments may be quoted "like this", so that for example an absolute
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path containing a space may be specified; quote escaping is not
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supported.
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---
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** The new user option 'arabic-shaper-ZWNJ-handling' controls how to
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handle ZWNJ in Arabic text rendering.
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@ -587,6 +598,7 @@ Negative prefix arg flips the direction of selection. Also,
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defun are selected unless they are separated from the defun by a blank
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line.
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---
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** New command 'replace-buffer-contents'.
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This command replaces the contents of the accessible portion of the
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current buffer with the contents of the accessible portion of a
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@ -691,6 +703,10 @@ A new option 'ediff-show-ancestor' and a new toggle
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*** Key 'U' is bound to 'Buffer-menu-unmark-all' and key 'M-DEL' is
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bound to 'Buffer-menu-unmark-all-buffers'.
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** hideshow mode got four key bindings that are analogous to outline
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mode bindings: 'C-c @ C-a', 'C-c @ C-t', 'C-c @ C-d', and 'C-c @ C-e'.
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** bs
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---
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@ -719,7 +735,6 @@ method is an NNTP select method.
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added: 'C-c C-s C-m C-m'.
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*** In 'message-citation-line-format' the '%Z' format is now the time
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zone name instead of the numeric form. The '%z' format continues to
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be the numeric form. The new behavior is compatible with
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@ -835,6 +850,14 @@ code.
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'eshell-input-filter-initial-space' to ignore adding commands prefixed
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with blank space to eshell history.
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** EUDC
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---
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*** Backward compatibility support for BBDB versions less than 3
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(i.e., BBDB 2.x) is deprecated and will likely be removed in the next
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major release of Emacs. Users of BBDB 2.x should plan to upgrade to
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BBDB 3.x.
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** eww
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@ -982,6 +1005,7 @@ there are now top-level domains added all the time. Message will no
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longer warn about sending emails to top-level domains it hasn't heard
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about.
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---
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*** 'message-beginning-of-line' (bound to 'C-a') understands folded headers.
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In 'visual-line-mode' it will look for the true beginning of a header
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while in non-'visual-line-mode' it will move the point to the indented
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@ -1135,6 +1159,10 @@ This is done with the help of 'c-or-c++-mode' function which analyses
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contents of the buffer to determine whether it's a C or C++ source
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file.
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---
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** New option 'cpp-message-min-time-interval' to allow user control
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of progress messages in cpp.el.
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---
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** New DNS mode command 'dns-mode-ipv6-to-nibbles' to convert IPv6 addresses
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to a format suitable for reverse lookup zone files.
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@ -1188,8 +1216,10 @@ the previous behavior.
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* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 26.1
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---
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** New Elisp data-structure library 'radix-tree'.
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---
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** New library 'xdg' with utilities for some XDG standards and specs.
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** HTML
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@ -1199,14 +1229,18 @@ the previous behavior.
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mode for *.html files. This mode handles indentation,
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fontification, and commenting for embedded JavaScript and CSS.
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** New mode 'conf-toml-mode' is a sub-mode of 'conf-mode', specialized
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for editing TOML files.
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---
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** New mode 'conf-desktop-mode' is a sub-mode of 'conf-unix-mode',
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specialized for editing freedesktop.org desktop entries.
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---
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** New minor mode 'pixel-scroll-mode' provides smooth pixel-level scrolling.
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---
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** New major mode 'less-css-mode' (a minor variant of 'css-mode') for
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editing Less files.
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@ -1244,10 +1278,6 @@ binding syntax as 'and-let*'.
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mode to send the same escape sequences that xterm does. This makes
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things like 'forward-word' in readline work.
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---
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** hideshow mode got four key bindings that are analogous to outline
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mode bindings: 'C-c @ C-a', 'C-c @ C-t', 'C-c @ C-d', and 'C-c @ C-e'.
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---
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** Customizable variable 'query-replace-from-to-separator'
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now doesn't propertize the string value of the separator.
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@ -1666,7 +1696,7 @@ job of signaling list cycles instead of looping indefinitely.
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** The new functions 'make-nearby-temp-file' and 'temporary-file-directory'
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can be used for creation of temporary files of remote or mounted directories.
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can be used for creation of temporary files on remote or mounted directories.
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** On GNU platforms when operating on a local file, 'file-attributes'
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@ -1694,7 +1724,7 @@ operating recursively and when some other process deletes the directory
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or its files before 'delete-directory' gets to them.
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*** New error type 'user-search-failed' like 'search-failed' but
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** New error type 'user-search-failed' like 'search-failed' but
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avoids debugger like 'user-error'.
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'drag-with-mode-line', 'snap-width', 'top-visible' and 'bottom-visible'
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allow to drag and resize frames with the mouse.
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**** 'minibuffer' is now set to the default minibuffer window when
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initially specified as nil and is not reset to nil when initially
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specifying a minibuffer window.
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*** The new function 'frame-list-z-order' returns a list of all frames
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in Z (stacking) order.
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