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author | Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> | 2012-01-23 14:52:18 +0800 |
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committer | Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org> | 2012-01-23 14:52:18 +0800 |
commit | 20d2304d18b31ed4de8a535f1a66defeeaa424a1 (patch) | |
tree | f4c234057756e015d8f61a173209cdc6e0db416e /doc/emacs/anti.texi | |
parent | 31cbea1d3d3c548025f70551514bd1a370301ccf (diff) | |
download | emacs-20d2304d18b31ed4de8a535f1a66defeeaa424a1.tar.gz |
* doc/emacs/anti.texi (Antinews): Add Emacs 24 antinews.
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diff --git a/doc/emacs/anti.texi b/doc/emacs/anti.texi index d9f17c91f5e..7bc405e442e 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/anti.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/anti.texi @@ -13,7 +13,100 @@ greater simplicity that results from the absence of many Emacs @itemize @bullet @item -FIXME +Support for displaying and editing ``bidirectional'' text has been +removed. Text is now always displayed on the screen in a single +consistent direction---left to right---regardless of the underlying +script. Similarly, @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-b} always move the text +cursor to the right and left respectively. Also, @key{right} and +@key{left} are now equivalent to @kbd{C-f} and @kbd{C-b}, as you might +expect, rather than moving forward or backward based on the underlying +``paragraph direction''. + +Users of ``right-to-left'' languages, like Arabic and Hebrew, may +adapt by reading and/or editing text in left-to-right order. + +@item +The Emacs Lisp package manager has been removed. Instead of using a +``user interface'' (@kbd{M-x list-packages}), additional Lisp packages +must now be installed by hand, which is the most flexible and +``Lispy'' method anyway. Typically, this just involves editing your +init file to add the package installation directory to the load path +and defining some autoloads; see each package's commentary section +and/or README file for details. + +@item +The option @code{delete-active-region} has been deleted. When the +region is active, typing @key{DEL} or @key{delete} no longer deletes +the text in the region; it deletes a single character instead. + +@item +We have reworked how Emacs handles the clipboard and the X primary +selection. Commands for killing and yanking, like @kbd{C-w} and +@kbd{C-y}, use the primary selection and not the clipboard, so you can +use these commands without interfering with ``cutting'' or ``pasting'' +in other programs. The @samp{Cut}/@samp{Copy}/@samp{Paste} menu items +are bound to separate clipboard commands, not to the same commands as +@kbd{C-w}/@kbd{M-w}/@kbd{C-y}. + +Selecting text by dragging with the mouse now puts the text in the +kill ring, in addition to the primary selection. But note that +selecting an active region with @kbd{C-@key{SPC}} does @emph{not} +alter the kill ring nor the primary selection, even though the text +highlighting is visually identical. + +@item +In Isearch, @kbd{C-y} and @kbd{M-y} are no longer bound to +@code{isearch-yank-kill} and @code{isearch-yank-pop} respectively. +Instead, @kbd{C-y} yanks the rest of the current line into the search +string (@code{isearch-yank-line}), whereas @kbd{M-y} does +@code{isearch-yank-kill}. The mismatch with the usual meanings of +@kbd{C-y} and @kbd{M-y} is unintended. + +@item +Various completion features have been simplified. The options +@code{completion-cycle-threshold} and +@code{completion-category-overrides} have been removed. Due to the +latter removal, Emacs uses a single consistent scheme to generate +completions, instead of using a separate scheme for (say) buffer name +completion. Several major modes, such as Shell mode, now implement +their own inline completion commands instead of using +@code{completion-at-point}. + +@item +We have removed various options for controlling how windows are used, +e.g.@: @code{display-buffer-base-action}, @code{display-buffer-alist}, +@code{window-combination-limit}, and @code{window-combination-resize}. + +@item +The command @kbd{M-x customize-themes} has been removed. Emacs no +longer comes with pre-defined themes (you can write your own). + +@item +Emacs no longer adapts various aspects of its display to GTK+ +settings, opting instead for a uniform toolkit-independent look. GTK+ +scroll bars are placed on the left, the same position as non-GTK+ X +scroll bars. Emacs no longer refers to GTK+ to set the default +@code{region} face, nor for drawing tooltips. + +@item +Setting the option @code{delete-by-moving-to-trash} to a +non-@code{nil} now causes all file deletions to use the system trash, +even temporary files created by Lisp programs; furthermore, the +@kbd{M-x delete-file} and @kbd{M-x delete-directory} commands no +longer accept prefix arguments to force true deletion. + +@item +On GNU/Linux and Unix, the default method for sending mail (as +specified by @code{send-mail-function}) is to use the +@command{sendmail} program. Emacs no longer asks for a delivery +method the first time you try to send mail, trusting instead that the +system is configured for mail delivery, as it ought to be. + +@item +Several VC features have been removed, including the @kbd{C-x v +} and +@kbd{C-x v m} commands for pulling and merging on distributed version +control systems, and the ability to view inline log entries in the log +buffers made by @kbd{C-x v L}. @item To keep up with decreasing computer memory capacity and disk space, many |