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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-10-15 16:56:07 -0400
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2012-10-15 16:56:07 -0400
commit1a9c683079f638f251eee7a17f9c6ae369d30ef7 (patch)
treebd01b62158a9304970409a1545bb0aac90b217f1 /etc
parent8599b23a90cf10e7308a59dbf9197d8e4c439ee2 (diff)
downloademacs-1a9c683079f638f251eee7a17f9c6ae369d30ef7.tar.gz
Apply program-transform-name etc in more places (bug#12536#34)
* Makefile.in (install-man, install-etc): Apply $TRANSFORM. (clean): Delete etc/emacs.tmpdesktop. * .bzrignore: Add etc/emacs.tmpdesktop. * etc/NEWS: Mention this. Unrelated copyedits.
Diffstat (limited to 'etc')
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS39
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 5a310d8f82c..337dfc31aff 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the generated warnings
may be useful.
---
-** The configuration option '--enable-use-lisp-union-type' has been
+** The configure option '--enable-use-lisp-union-type' has been
renamed to '--enable-check-lisp-object-type', as the resulting
Lisp_Object type no longer uses a union to implement the compile time
check that this option enables.
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ overwriting "emacs" in the installation bin/ directory with a link
to emacs-VERSION.
---
+** The configure option `--program-transform-name' applies to more than
+just the installed binaries. Now it also affects the man pages, icons,
+and desktop file. It does not affect the info pages, since this would
+break links between the various manuals.
+
+---
** Emacs uses libtinfo in preference to libncurses, if available.
---
@@ -203,7 +209,9 @@ The PCL-CVS commands are still available via the keyboard.
---
*** Fullscreen and frame parameter fullscreen is supported.
---
-*** A file dialog is used when open/saved is done from the menu/toolbar.
+*** A file dialog is used for open/save operations initiated from the
+menu/toolbar.
+
* Editing Changes in Emacs 24.3
@@ -415,8 +423,8 @@ The global binding for `M-=', `count-words-region' is in effect.
channel keys found, if any.
** Flymake uses fringe bitmaps to indicate errors and warnings.
-See flymake-fringe-indicator-position, flymake-error-bitmap and
-flymake-warning-bitmap.
+See `flymake-fringe-indicator-position', `flymake-error-bitmap' and
+`flymake-warning-bitmap'.
** Follow mode
@@ -634,6 +642,10 @@ inefficiency, and not namespace-clean.
* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.3
+
+FIXME? erc-desktop-notifications.el, gv.el, profiler.el,
+gnus-notifications.el, mm-archive.el
+
* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.3
@@ -848,7 +860,7 @@ describing the cycle.
** Miscellaneous new functions:
*** `autoloadp'
-*** `autoload-do-load'.
+*** `autoload-do-load'
+++
*** `buffer-narrowed-p' tests if the buffer is narrowed.
*** `file-name-base' returns a file name sans directory and extension.
@@ -873,7 +885,7 @@ See the "Face Attributes" section of the Elisp manual.
*** `automount-dir-prefix'
*** `buffer-has-markers-at'
-*** `macro-declaration-function' (use `macro-declarations-alist').
+*** `macro-declaration-function' (use `macro-declarations-alist')
*** `window-system-version'
*** `dired-pop-to-buffer' (use `dired-mark-pop-up')
*** `query-replace-interactive'
@@ -881,21 +893,20 @@ See the "Face Attributes" section of the Elisp manual.
* Changes in Emacs 24.3 on non-free operating systems
-** New configure.bat options on MS-Windows:
-
-*** --without-libxml2 omits support for libxml2, even if its presence
-is detected.
++++
+** On MS Windows, you can pass --without-libxml2 to configure.bat to omit
+support for libxml2, even if its presence is detected.
** When invoked with the -nw switch to run on the Windows text-mode terminal,
Emacs now supports mouse highlight, help-echo (in the echo area), and
-mouse-autoselect-window.
+`mouse-autoselect-window'.
-** Two new functions are available in Cygwin builds of Emacs:
-cygwin-convert-path-from-windows and cygwin-convert-path-to-windows.
+** Two new functions are available in Cygwin builds:
+`cygwin-convert-path-from-windows' and `cygwin-convert-path-to-windows'.
These functions allow Lisp code to access the Cygwin file-name mapping
machinery to convert between Cygwin and Windows-native file names.
-** On MS-Windows Vista and later Emacs now supports symbolic links.
+** On MS Windows Vista and later Emacs now supports symbolic links.
* Changes in Emacs 24.2