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authorChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2011-08-29 18:02:21 -0400
committerChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2011-08-29 18:02:21 -0400
commit3fd50d5c65684312f9603c4f28e1e1c3010887cd (patch)
treea7d99f56b782d010dbe51e4b981516c7549e4c9c /etc
parent9a45d6c33122eba90f3e7378dd091494d10faba7 (diff)
Update and edit manual sections on major modes.
* doc/emacs/modes.texi (Choosing Modes): auto-mode-case-fold is now t. * doc/lispref/modes.texi (Basic Major Modes): New node. Callers updated. (Major Modes): Document fundamental-mode and major-mode. (Major Mode Basics): Node deleted; text moved to Major Modes. (Derived Modes): Document derived-mode-p.
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@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ to configure. Note that other libraries used by Emacs, RSVG and GConf,
also depend on Gtk+. You can disable them with --without-rsvg and
--without-gconf.
+---
** There is a new configure option --enable-use-lisp-union-type.
This is only useful for Emacs developers to debug certain types of bugs.
This is not a new feature; only the configure flag is new.
+---
** There is a new configure option --with-wide-int.
With it, Emacs integers typically have 62 bits, even on 32-bit machines.
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ and also when HOME is set to C:\ by default.
* Changes in Emacs 24.1
++++
** auto-mode-case-fold is now enabled by default.
** Completion
@@ -314,15 +317,12 @@ for `list-colors-display'.
** An Emacs Lisp package manager is now included.
This is a convenient way to download and install additional packages,
-from a package repository at elpa.gnu.org.
-
+from a package repository at http://elpa.gnu.org.
+++
*** `M-x list-packages' shows a list of packages, which can be
selected for installation.
-
+++
*** New command `describe-package', bound to `C-h P'.
-
+++
*** By default, all installed packages are loaded and activated
automatically when Emacs starts up. To disable this, set
@@ -479,10 +479,8 @@ between applications.
+++
*** Support for X cut buffers has been removed.
-*** Support for X clipboard managers has been added.
-
-**** To inhibit use of the clipboard manager, set
-`x-select-enable-clipboard-manager' to nil.
+*** X clipboard managers are now supported.
+To inhibit this, change `x-select-enable-clipboard-manager' to nil.
** New command `rectangle-number-lines', bound to `C-x r N', numbers
the lines in the current rectangle. With an prefix argument, this
@@ -1032,6 +1030,7 @@ syntactic rules.
** frame-local variables cannot be let-bound any more.
++++
** prog-mode is a new major-mode meant to be the parent of programming mode.
The prog-mode-hook it defines can be used to enable features for
programming modes. For example: