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| author | Glenn Morris | 2009-11-26 03:07:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris | 2009-11-26 03:07:21 +0000 |
| commit | 16f6287e0d2b147d01eb83f8c94bc468912c1947 (patch) | |
| tree | 1de4726dd7bfdd362bc1d12cbb27868ee95800a5 /doc | |
| parent | 31dcb395c4bd724d4dc7b4affc58fdd8b6bfb249 (diff) | |
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(Latest version of Emacs): Mention stability of development version.
(Problems with very large files): Max buffer size increase in 23.2.
(VM): VM has moved house again.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/faq.texi | 15 |
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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 8d5dcc09a0b..dde87568796 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog | |||
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| 1 | 2009-11-26 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | ||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | * faq.texi (Latest version of Emacs): Mention stability of development | ||
| 4 | version. | ||
| 5 | (Problems with very large files): Max buffer size increase in 23.2. | ||
| 6 | (VM): VM has moved house again. | ||
| 7 | |||
| 1 | 2009-11-22 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com> | 8 | 2009-11-22 Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com> |
| 2 | 9 | ||
| 3 | * calc.texi (Radix modes): Discuss alternate bases for two's complement | 10 | * calc.texi (Radix modes): Discuss alternate bases for two's complement |
diff --git a/doc/misc/faq.texi b/doc/misc/faq.texi index 1c10c91c763..44bb54066da 100644 --- a/doc/misc/faq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/faq.texi | |||
| @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ | |||
| 12 | @c appreciate a notice if you do). | 12 | @c appreciate a notice if you do). |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | @copying | 14 | @copying |
| 15 | Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 | 15 | Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, |
| 16 | Free Software Foundation, Inc.@* | 16 | 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.@* |
| 17 | Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 | 17 | Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| 18 | Reuven M. Lerner@* | 18 | Reuven M. Lerner@* |
| 19 | Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Steven Byrnes@* | 19 | Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Steven Byrnes@* |
| @@ -1027,7 +1027,9 @@ available. | |||
| 1027 | Because Emacs undergoes many changes before a release, the version | 1027 | Because Emacs undergoes many changes before a release, the version |
| 1028 | number of a development version is not especially meaningful. It is | 1028 | number of a development version is not especially meaningful. It is |
| 1029 | better to refer to the date on which the sources were retrieved from the | 1029 | better to refer to the date on which the sources were retrieved from the |
| 1030 | development repository. | 1030 | development repository. The development version is usually quite robust |
| 1031 | for every-day use, but if stability is more important to you than the | ||
| 1032 | latest features, you may want to stick to the releases. | ||
| 1031 | 1033 | ||
| 1032 | The following sections list some of the major new features in the last | 1034 | The following sections list some of the major new features in the last |
| 1033 | few Emacs releases. For full details of the changes in any version of | 1035 | few Emacs releases. For full details of the changes in any version of |
| @@ -2698,8 +2700,8 @@ type @kbd{C-h C-p} to read it. | |||
| 2698 | Old versions (i.e., anything before 19.29) of Emacs had problems editing | 2700 | Old versions (i.e., anything before 19.29) of Emacs had problems editing |
| 2699 | files larger than 8 megabytes. In versions 19.29 and later, the maximum | 2701 | files larger than 8 megabytes. In versions 19.29 and later, the maximum |
| 2700 | buffer size is at least 2^27-1, or 134,217,727 bytes, or 132 MBytes. | 2702 | buffer size is at least 2^27-1, or 134,217,727 bytes, or 132 MBytes. |
| 2701 | And in Emacs 22, the maximum buffer size has been increased to | 2703 | The maximum buffer size on 32-bit machines increased to 256 MBytes in |
| 2702 | 268,435,455 bytes (or 256 MBytes) on 32-bit machines. | 2704 | Emacs 22, and again to 512 MBytes in Emacs 23.2. |
| 2703 | 2705 | ||
| 2704 | Emacs compiled on a 64-bit machine can handle much larger buffers. | 2706 | Emacs compiled on a 64-bit machine can handle much larger buffers. |
| 2705 | 2707 | ||
| @@ -3416,7 +3418,8 @@ See the file @file{nextstep/INSTALL} in the distribution. | |||
| 3416 | @table @b | 3418 | @table @b |
| 3417 | 3419 | ||
| 3418 | @item Web site | 3420 | @item Web site |
| 3419 | @uref{http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/} | 3421 | @uref{http://launchpad.net/vm} |
| 3422 | (was @uref{http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/}) | ||
| 3420 | 3423 | ||
| 3421 | @item Informational newsgroup | 3424 | @item Informational newsgroup |
| 3422 | @uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.info}@* | 3425 | @uref{news:gnu.emacs.vm.info}@* |