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author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2014-06-01 18:02:21 -0700 |
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committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2014-06-01 18:02:21 -0700 |
commit | 4982861a08d0ec3262a0b68ff699920bb2938c40 (patch) | |
tree | cf01c1b9ce846288a2dcbc9e5c660071cecedc14 /doc | |
parent | 953e106ac84587e765244995687b088969b5f6e1 (diff) | |
download | emacs-4982861a08d0ec3262a0b68ff699920bb2938c40.tar.gz |
Make some old emulation modes obsolete
Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-05/msg00502.html
* lisp/emulation/crisp.el, lisp/emulation/tpu-edt.el:
* lisp/emulation/tpu-extras.el, lisp/emulation/tpu-mapper.el:
* lisp/emulation/vi.el, lisp/emulation/vip.el, lisp/emulation/ws-mode.el:
Move to obsolete/.
* doc/emacs/ack.texi (Acknowledgments): Remove some obsolete items.
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Emulation): Remove section.
* doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Autoload): Update loaddefs.el details.
* doc/misc/efaq.texi (Finding a package with particular functionality):
Update example.
* doc/misc/vip.texi: Mention this is obsolete.
* etc/NEWS: Mention this.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/ack.texi | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/emacs.texi | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/misc.texi | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/lispintro/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/efaq.texi | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/vip.texi | 8 |
9 files changed, 36 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 2a46642f0dc..cf6d038cc58 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2014-06-02 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + * ack.texi (Acknowledgments): Remove some obsolete items. + * misc.texi (Emulation): Remove section. + * macos.texi (Mac / GNUstep Customization): Mention ns custom group. (Customization options specific to Mac OS / GNUstep): Remove section. diff --git a/doc/emacs/ack.texi b/doc/emacs/ack.texi index ef4e202cea9..93fc51f718d 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ack.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/ack.texi @@ -346,8 +346,7 @@ mail messages; and @file{saveplace.el}, for preserving point's location in files between editing sessions. @item -Gary Foster wrote @file{crisp.el}, the emulation for CRiSP and Brief -editors; and @file{scroll-all.el}, a mode for scrolling several buffers +Gary Foster wrote @file{scroll-all.el}, a mode for scrolling several buffers together. @item @@ -593,7 +592,7 @@ buffers. @item Michael Kifer wrote @code{ediff}, an interactive interface to the @command{diff}, @command{patch}, and @command{merge} programs; and -Viper, another emulator of the VI editor. +Viper, an emulator of the VI editor. @item Richard King wrote the first version of @file{userlock.el} and @@ -872,9 +871,6 @@ Thien-Thi Nguyen and Dan Nicolaescu wrote @file{hideshow.el}, a minor mode for selectively displaying blocks of text. @item -Jurgen Nickelsen wrote @file{ws-mode.el}, providing WordStar emulation. - -@item Dan Nicolaescu added support for running Emacs as a daemon. He also wrote @file{romanian.el}, support for editing Romanian text; @file{iris-ansi.el}, support for running Emacs on SGI's @code{xwsh} @@ -1025,10 +1021,8 @@ Alex Rezinsky wrote @file{which-func.el}, a mode that shows the name of the current function in the mode line. @item -Rob Riepel wrote @file{tpu-edt.el} and its associated files, providing -an emulation of the VMS TPU text editor emulating the VMS EDT editor, -and @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control functions for the DEC -VT line of terminals. +Rob Riepel wrote @file{vt-control.el}, providing some control +functions for the DEC VT line of terminals. @item Nick Roberts wrote @file{t-mouse.el}, for mouse support in text @@ -1071,9 +1065,6 @@ James B. Salem and Brewster Kahle wrote @file{completion.el}, providing dynamic word completion. @item -Masahiko Sato wrote @file{vip.el}, an emulation of the VI editor. - -@item Holger Schauer wrote @file{fortune.el}, a package for using fortune in message signatures. diff --git a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi index d665a9dedaf..d9aabb87daf 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/emacs.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/emacs.texi @@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ Advanced Features * Editing Binary Files:: Editing binary files with Hexl mode. * Saving Emacs Sessions:: Saving Emacs state from one session to the next. * Recursive Edit:: Performing edits while "within another command". -* Emulation:: Emulating some other editors with Emacs. * Hyperlinking:: Following links in buffers. * Amusements:: Various games and hacks. * Packages:: Installing additional features. diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi index a2813f8b197..b7f1fdd0683 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi @@ -2269,17 +2269,17 @@ new major mode which provides a command to switch back. These approaches give you more flexibility to go back to unfinished tasks in the order you choose. +@ignore +@c Apart from edt and viper, this is all obsolete. +@c (Can't believe we were saying ``most other editors'' into 2014!) +@c There seems no point having a node just for those, which both have +@c their own manuals. @node Emulation @section Emulation @cindex emulating other editors @cindex other editors @cindex EDT @cindex vi -@cindex PC key bindings -@cindex scrolling all windows -@cindex PC selection -@cindex Motif key bindings -@cindex Macintosh key bindings @cindex WordStar GNU Emacs can be programmed to emulate (more or less) most other @@ -2319,7 +2319,7 @@ buffers or major modes while in EDT emulation. @item vi (Berkeley editor) @findex viper-mode -Viper is the newest emulator for vi. It implements several levels of +Viper is an emulator for vi. It implements several levels of emulation; level 1 is closest to vi itself, while level 5 departs somewhat from strict emulation to take advantage of the capabilities of Emacs. To invoke Viper, type @kbd{M-x viper-mode}; it will guide you @@ -2360,6 +2360,8 @@ not use it. @kbd{M-x wordstar-mode} provides a major mode with WordStar-like key bindings. @end table +@end ignore + @node Hyperlinking @section Hyperlinking and Navigation Features diff --git a/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog b/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog index a5878fc7568..304e036e3b1 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispintro/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-06-02 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + + * emacs-lisp-intro.texi (Autoload): Update loaddefs.el details. + 2014-04-17 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * Makefile.in (infoclean): Be consistent about reporting failures. diff --git a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi index f181569ca75..6d5296725b3 100644 --- a/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi +++ b/doc/lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @@ -17548,8 +17548,8 @@ are not loaded right away; but you need to wait a moment when you first use such a function, while its containing file is evaluated. Rarely used functions are frequently autoloaded. The -@file{loaddefs.el} library contains hundreds of autoloaded functions, -from @code{bookmark-set} to @code{wordstar-mode}. Of course, you may +@file{loaddefs.el} library contains thousands of autoloaded functions, +from @code{5x5} to @code{zone}. Of course, you may come to use a `rare' function frequently. When you do, you should load that function's file with a @code{load} expression in your @file{.emacs} file. diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index a0aa2879b5f..0bf989c75d4 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2014-06-02 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + + * efaq.texi (Finding a package with particular functionality): + Update example. + * vip.texi: Mention this is obsolete. + 2014-05-27 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * texinfo.tex: Update from gnulib. diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq.texi b/doc/misc/efaq.texi index 2e136017039..3e86f30cdb5 100644 --- a/doc/misc/efaq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/efaq.texi @@ -3264,8 +3264,8 @@ archive sites that make GNU software available. First of all, you should check to make sure that the package isn't already available. For example, typing @kbd{M-x apropos @key{RET} -wordstar @key{RET}} lists all functions and variables containing the -string @samp{wordstar}. +python @key{RET}} lists all functions and variables containing the +string @samp{python}. It is also possible that the package is on your system, but has not been loaded. To see which packages are available for loading, look through diff --git a/doc/misc/vip.texi b/doc/misc/vip.texi index 193d50f3a46..4008fbecd82 100644 --- a/doc/misc/vip.texi +++ b/doc/misc/vip.texi @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ modify this GNU manual.'' @dircategory Emacs misc features @direntry -* VIP: (vip). An older VI-emulation for Emacs. +* VIP: (vip). An obsolete VI-emulation for Emacs. @end direntry @ifnottex @@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ are fairly accustomed to Vi but not so much with Emacs. Also we will concentrate mainly on differences from Vi, especially features unique to VIP. +VIP is obsolete since Emacs 24.5---consider using Viper instead. +@xref{Top, Viper,, viper, The Viper VI-emulation mode for Emacs}. + It is recommended that you read nodes on survey and on customization before you start using VIP@. Other nodes may be visited as needed. @@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ fairly accustomed to Vi but not so much with Emacs. Also we will concentrate mainly on differences from Vi, especially features unique to VIP. +VIP is obsolete since Emacs 24.5---consider using Viper instead. +@xref{Top, Viper,, viper, The Viper VI-emulation mode for Emacs}. + It is recommended that you read chapters on survey and on customization before you start using VIP@. Other chapters may be used as future references. |