* doc/misc/faq.texi (Major packages and programs): Remove section.
There is no point listing 6 packages (cf etc/MORE.STUFF).
(Finding Emacs and related packages): Move "Spell-checkers" here.
* doc/misc/faq.texi (Contacting the FSF): Mainly just refer to the web-site.
(Binding combinations of modifiers and function keys):
Let's assume people reading this are not using Emacs 18.
* lisp/mail/mailalias.el (build-mail-aliases): Make it interactive.
* lisp/mail/sendmail.el (build-mail-aliases): Update autoload.
* doc/misc/faq.texi (Expanding aliases when sending mail):
Now build-mail-aliases is interactive.
* doc/misc/Makefile.in (emacsdir): New variable.
($(infodir)/efaq): Pass -I $(emacsdir) to makeinfo.
* doc/misc/faq.texi (VER): Replace with EMACSVER from emacsver.texi.
* doc/lispref/Makefile.in (emacsdir): New variable.
(MAKEINFO): Add -I $emacsdir.
(dist): Copy emacsver.texi.
* doc/lispref/book-spine.texinfo, doc/lispref/elisp.texi:
* doc/lispref/vol2.texi, doc/lispref/vol1.texi:
Set EMACSVER by including emacsver.texi.
* doc/emacs/emacsver.texi.in: New file.
* doc/emacs/emacs.texi: Set EMACSVER by including emacsver.texi.
* doc/emacs/Makefile.in (distclean): Delete emacsver.texi.
(dist): Copy emacsver.texi.
* admin/admin.el (set-version): No need to act on doc/ files any more.
* configure.in (AC_OUTPUT): Add doc/emacs/emacsver.texi.
* make-dist: Include doc/emacs/*.texi.in.
(Extended commands): Most people have arrow keys.
(Emacs manual): Say how to follow info links.
(File-name conventions): Change title a bit. Explain about source
versus installed. Condense etc description.
(Guidelines for newsgroup postings): Mention Savannah list page.
(Newsgroup archives): Simplify.
(Contacting the FSF): Add contact URL.
(Emacs Lisp documentation): Printed version not always available.
(Installing Texinfo documentation): Explain how by hand installation is
not normally needed. Use add-to-list. Remove duplicate reference.
(Informational files for Emacs): Move info on Help menu here from
"File-name conventions".
(Help installing Emacs): Tweak uref.
(Obtaining the FAQ): Mention repository.
(Origin of the term Emacs): Explain "ITS".
(Changing load-path): Use add-to-list.
(Automatic indentation): Clarify this is for Text mode.
Don't mention Indented Text mode.
(Finding Emacs on the Internet): The FSF does not seem to offer a
deluxe distribution on CD anymore.
Recommend the latest release. Mention how to get older FAQs.
Recommend the Emacs manual.
(Guidelines for newsgroup postings): Discourage cross-posts.
(Underlining paragraphs): Remove.
(Editing MS-DOS files): Remove pre-Emacs 20 information.
(Bugs and problems): Update key-binding.
(Problems with very large files): Mention 64-bit.
(Shell process exits abnormally): Remove.
(Problems with Shell Mode): Rename and update.
(Spontaneous entry into isearch-mode)
(Problems talking to certain hosts): Remove. This is old information,
in etc/PROBLEMS if needed.
(Emacs takes a long time to visit files, Updating Emacs): Remove.
(Dired claims that no file is on this line): Update.
(Installing Emacs, Problems building Emacs): Simplify.
(Emacs for MS-DOS): Refer to msdos/INSTALL rather than duplicating
information.
(Emacs for MS-Windows): Rename from "Emacs for Windows". Simplify.
(Emacs for Mac OS X): Rename from "Emacs for Apple computers".
(JDEE): "JDEE", not "JDE".
(Handling C-s and C-q with flow control, Binding C-s and C-q):
Remove. This is old information, in etc/PROBLEMS if needed.
(stty and Backspace key, Kanji and Chinese characters): Remove.
(Right-to-left alphabets): Update section.
(Changing the included text prefix): Gnus uses message-yank-prefix.
Add cross-reference to Supercite manual.
(Saving a copy of outgoing mail): Simplify output file description.
(Expanding aliases when sending mail): Refer to Emacs manual.
Remove old info about RFC822.
Correct description of how to rebuild aliases.
(Rmail writes to /var/spool/mail): Update location from /usr/spool/mail.
(MIME with Emacs mail packages)
(Viewing articles with embedded underlining)
(Saving a multi-part Gnus posting, Gnus hangs for a long time):
Remove old sections.
(Killing based on nonstandard headers): Remove. Scoring is preferable,
and is well-documented in the Gnus manual.
(Reading news with Emacs): Merge "Learning more about Gnus" into here.
(Making Gnus faster): Rename from "Starting Gnus faster".
Merge "Catch-up is slow in Gnus" into here.
Customize is no longer "new".
(Displaying the current line or column): Line-number mode is on by
default. Don't mention `column' package. Mention linum.el.
(Turning on abbrevs by default): Explain how to do it for buffers,
modes, and everywhere.
(Associating modes with files): Use add-to-list. Don't mention Emacs 19.
(Highlighting a region): On by default since 23.1.
(Replacing highlighted text): Update doc quote.
(Working with unprintable characters): Don't mention search-quote-char.
(Using an already running Emacs process): Gnuclient is probably not an
enhancement these days.
(Indenting switch statements): Remove mention of pre-Emacs 20.
(Horizontal scrolling): Abbreviate Emacs 20 description.
(Replacing text across multiple files): Fix name of dired command.
(Disabling backups): Use require not load.
in this day and age the common meaning is "on the web".
(copying): Use @copyright in all cases.
(Basic keys): Remove reference to deleted manual node "Text Characters".
(File-name conventions): Use GNU as an example rather than SERVICE.
default.el lives in site-lisp. Update Info directory location.
(Real meaning of copyleft): GPL actions have been brought, but all
settled out of court.
(Guidelines for newsgroup postings): Shorten section title.
Simplify comp.emacs description.
(Newsgroup archives): Change Google URL. Describe Gmane.
(Unsubscribing from Emacs lists): Remove discussion of "distribution
points". Mention List-Unsubscribe header.
(Contacting the FSF): Update email and URLs.
(Basic editing): Mention F1 for help.
(Installing Texinfo documentation): Refer to Texinfo website rather
than ftp server.
(Printing a Texinfo file): Mention texi2pdf.
(Informational files for Emacs): Don't describe FTP or SERVICE, they
are just stubs nowadays.
(Latest version of Emacs): Explain version numbers.
(Spell-checkers, Checking TeX and *roff documents): Remove sections.
(Turning on syntax highlighting): No need to mention hilit19 any more.
(Finding Emacs on the Internet): Refer to URLs rather than DISTRIB, FTP.
(Modes for various languages): Remove section.
(Major packages and programs): Remove most version and maintainer
information - it's hard to keep up-to-date, and adds nothing.
Similarly with direct links to mailing lists.
(Spell-checkers): Rename node from Ispell. Mention Aspell and Hunspell.
(Mailcrypt): Remove section - mailcrypt has not been updated in mnay
years, and Emacs comes with tools for this now.
(Patch): Remove section - this is a standard tool.
(Using function keys under X): Remove section.
Remove the optional arguments from all @node commands: makeinfo can
generate these automatically, and it is easier to edit and rearrange
nodes without them.
(Help installing Emacs): Remove reference to deleted X11 node.
(Associating modes with files): Interpreter-mode-alist is no longer
subservient to auto-mode-alist.
(Installing Emacs): Change future Emacs version.
(Linking with -lX11 fails): Remove old section.
(Packages that do not come with Emacs): Update ELL location.
Emacs Lisp archive is dead.
(Emacs for Windows): Remove reference to old CE port.
(Emacs for OS/2, Emacs for Atari ST, Emacs for the Amiga ):
Remove old ports.
(Emacs for GNUstep): Rename from "Emacs for NeXTSTEP" and update.
(Removing flashing messages): Remove section about non-existent Gnus option.
(The LPF): Make the updated URL the sole reference point.
(Learning how to do something): Update refcard price and format.
(Getting a printed manual): Sources in doc/emacs/, not man/.
Also available in PDF format. Since the page count varies, be less precise.
(Informational files for Emacs): Remove references to deleted files
LPF and SUN-SUPPORT, and to UUCP.
(Obtaining the FAQ): Refer to the service web-page rather than SERVICE.
Remove many obsolete ways to get the FAQ, which now seems only to be
distributed with Emacs.
(Mail and news): Remove sections about Rmail Babyl that no longer apply.
