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authorGlenn Morris2014-01-20 15:07:57 -0500
committerGlenn Morris2014-01-20 15:07:57 -0500
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@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ decompress gzip- and zlib-format compressed data.
57** Emacs for NS (Mac OS X, GNUstep) can be built with ImageMagick support. 57** Emacs for NS (Mac OS X, GNUstep) can be built with ImageMagick support.
58This requires pkg-config to be available at configure time. 58This requires pkg-config to be available at configure time.
59 59
60** New Core Text based font backend for Mac OS X 10.5 and newer.
61GNUstep and Mac OS X 10.4 use the old font backend.
62To use the old backend by default, do on the command line:
63% defaults write org.gnu.Emacs FontBackend ns
64
65 60
66* Startup Changes in Emacs 24.4 61* Startup Changes in Emacs 24.4
67 62
@@ -765,32 +760,34 @@ with an indented sample file.
765 760
766** Todo mode has been rewritten and enhanced. 761** Todo mode has been rewritten and enhanced.
767New features include: 762New features include:
768- support for multiple todo files and archive files of done items; 763*** Support for multiple todo files and archive files of done items
769- renaming, reordering, moving, merging, and deleting categories; 764*** Renaming, reordering, moving, merging, and deleting categories
770- sortable tabular summaries of categories and the types of items they contain; 765*** Sortable tabular summaries of categories and the types of items they contain
771- cross-category lists of items filtered by specific criteria; 766*** Cross-category lists of items filtered by specific criteria
772- more fine-grained interaction with the Emacs diary, by being able to decide 767*** More fine-grained interaction with the Emacs diary, by being able to decide
773 for each todo item whether it appears in the Fancy Diary display; 768 for each todo item whether it appears in the Fancy Diary display
774- highly flexible new item insertion and item editing; 769*** Highly flexible new item insertion and item editing
775- moving items between categories, storing done items in their category or in 770*** Moving items between categories, storing done items in their category or in
776 archive files, undoing or unarchiving done items; 771 archive files, undoing or unarchiving done items
777- reprioritizing items by inputting a numerical priority; 772*** Reprioritizing items by inputting a numerical priority
778- extensive customizability of operation and display, including numerous faces. 773*** Extensive customizability of operation and display, including numerous faces
779The Todo mode user manual describes all commands and most user options. 774
780To support some of these features, a new file format is used, which is 775The Todo mode user manual describes all commands and most user
781incompatible with the old format; however, you can convert old todo and done 776options. To support some of these features, a new file format is
782item files to the new format on initializing the first new todo file, or at any 777used, which is incompatible with the old format; however, you can
783later time with the provided conversion command. The old version of 778convert old todo and done item files to the new format on initializing
784todo-mode.el has been made obsolete and renamed otodo-mode.el. 779the first new todo file, or at any later time with the provided
785 780conversion command. The previous version of todo-mode.el has been
786** trace-function was largely rewritten. 781renamed to otodo-mode.el and is now obsolete.
787New features include: 782
788- no prompting for the destination buffer, unless a prefix-arg was used. 783** trace-function
789- additionally to prompting for a destination buffer, when a prefix-arg is 784
790 used, the user can enter a "context", i.e. Lisp expression whose value at the 785*** No prompting for the destination buffer, unless a prefix argument is used.
791 time the function is entered/exited will be printed along with the function 786
792 name and arguments. Useful to trace the value of (current-buffer) or 787*** With a prefix argument, you can enter a "context"; i.e., a Lisp
793 (point) when the function is invoked. 788expression whose value at the time the function is entered/exited will
789be printed along with the function name and arguments. For example,
790you can use this to trace the value of current-buffer or point.
794 791
795** Tramp 792** Tramp
796 793
@@ -887,10 +884,12 @@ as a single word, similar to what `subword-mode' does.
887+++ 884+++
888** New package nadvice.el offers lighter-weight advice facilities. 885** New package nadvice.el offers lighter-weight advice facilities.
889It is layered as: 886It is layered as:
890- add-function/remove-function which can be used to add/remove code on any 887
891 function-carrying place, such as process-filters or `<foo>-function' hooks. 888*** add-function/remove-function, which can be used to add/remove code on any
892- advice-add/advice-remove to add/remove a piece of advice on a named function, 889function-carrying place, such as process-filters or `<foo>-function' hooks.
893 much like `defadvice' does. 890
891*** advice-add/advice-remove to add/remove a piece of advice on a named
892function,much like `defadvice' does.
894 893
895** New package frameset.el. 894** New package frameset.el.
896It provides a set of operations to save a frameset (the state of all 895It provides a set of operations to save a frameset (the state of all
@@ -1331,14 +1330,19 @@ edited in another Emacs session or by another user. See the node
1331"Interlocking" in the Emacs User Manual for the details. To disable 1330"Interlocking" in the Emacs User Manual for the details. To disable
1332file locking, customize `create-lockfiles' to nil. 1331file locking, customize `create-lockfiles' to nil.
1333 1332
1333** New Core Text based font backend for Mac OS X 10.5 and newer.
1334GNUstep and Mac OS X 10.4 use the old font backend.
1335To use the old backend by default, do on the command line:
1336% defaults write org.gnu.Emacs FontBackend ns
1337
1334** Improved fullscreen support on Mac OS X. 1338** Improved fullscreen support on Mac OS X.
1335Both native (>= Mac OS X 10.7) and "old style" fullscreen are supported. 1339Emacs supports both native (Mac OS X 10.7 and newer) and "old style" fullscreen.
1336Customize `ns-use-native-fullscreen' to change style. For >= 10.7 1340Customize `ns-use-native-fullscreen' to change the style.
1337native is the default. 1341For Mac OS X 10.7 and newer, native is the default.
1338 1342
1339** Mac OS X >= 10.7 can use sRGB colorspace. 1343** On Mac OS X 10.7 and newer, Emacs uses sRGB colorspace by default.
1340Customize `ns-use-srgb-colorspace' to change style. t is the default. 1344Customize `ns-use-srgb-colorspace' to disable this. Note that this
1341Note: This does not apply to images. 1345does not apply to images.
1342 1346
1343 1347
1344* Installation Changes in Emacs 24.3 1348* Installation Changes in Emacs 24.3