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@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ lib-src/Makefile by hand in order to use the associated features. ** There is a new configure option --with-crt-dir. This is only useful if your crt*.o files are in a non-standard location. +--- +** Emacs can be compiled against Gtk+ 3.0 if you pass --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 +to configure. Note that other libraries used by Emacs, RSVG and GConf, +also depend on Gtk+. You can disable them with --without-rsvg and +--without-gconf. + +** There is a new configure option --enable-use-lisp-union-type. +This is only useful for Emacs developers to debug certain types of bugs. +These is not a new feature; only the configure flag is new. + * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.1 @@ -144,6 +154,41 @@ loaded, customize `package-load-list'. ** completion-at-point is now an alias for complete-symbol. ** mouse-region-delete-keys has been deleted. + +** Deletion changes + +*** New option `delete-active-region'. +If non-nil, C-d, [delete], and DEL delete the region if it is active +and no prefix argument is given. If set to `kill', these commands +kill instead. + +*** New command `delete-forward-char', bound to C-d and [delete]. +This is meant for interactive use, and obeys `delete-active-region'; +delete-char, meant for Lisp, does not obey `delete-active-region'. + +*** `delete-backward-char' is now a Lisp function. +Apart from obeying `delete-active-region', its behavior is unchanged. +However, the byte compiler now warns if it is called from Lisp; you +should use delete-char with a negative argument instead. + +*** The option `mouse-region-delete-keys' has been deleted. + +** Selection changes. + +The way Emacs interacts with the clipboard and primary selection, by +default, is now similar to other X applications. In particular, kill +and yank use the clipboard, in addition to the primary selection. + +*** `select-active-regions' now defaults to t. + +*** `x-select-enable-clipboard' now defaults to t. + +*** `x-select-enable-primary' now defaults to nil. + +*** `mouse-drag-copy-region' now defaults to nil. + +*** `mouse-2' is now bound to `mouse-yank-primary'. + * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1 @@ -211,9 +256,9 @@ For example, adding "(diff-mode . ((mode . whitespace)))" to your ** SQL Mode enhancements. -*** Several variables have been marked as safe local variables. -The variables `sql-product', `sql-user', `sql-server', and -`sql-database' can now be safely used as local variables. +*** Several variables have been marked as safe local variables. The +variables `sql-product', `sql-user', `sql-server', `sql-database' and +`sql-port' can now be safely used as local variables. *** Added ability to login with a port on MySQL. The custom variable `sql-port' can be specified for connection to @@ -224,15 +269,69 @@ Each supported product has a custom variable `sql-*-login-params' which is a list of the parameters to be prompted for before a connection is established. +By default, the value of the parameter is simply prompted for. For +`server' and `database', they can be specified in a list as shown +below: + + (server :file ARG) + (database :file ARG) + (server :completion ARG) + (database :completion ARG) + +The ARG when :file is specified is a regexp that will match valid file +names (without the directory portion). Generally these strings will +be of the form ".+\.SUF" where SUF is the desired file suffix. + +When :completion is specified, the ARG corresponds to the PREDICATE +argument to the `completing-read' function. + +*** Added `sql-connection-alist' to record login parameter values. +An alist for recording different username, database and server +values. If there are multiple databases that you connect to the +parameters needed can be stored in this alist. + +For example, the following might be set in the user's init.el: + + (setq sql-connection-alist + '((dev (sql-product 'sqlite) + (sql-database "/home/mmaug/dev.db")) + (prd (sql-product 'oracle) + (sql-user "mmaug") + (sql-database "iprd2a")))) + +This defines two connections named "dev" and "prd". + +*** Added `sql-connect' to use predefined connections. +Sets the login parameters based on the values in the +`sql-connection-alist' and start a SQL interactive session. Any +values specified in the connection will not be prompted for. + +In the example above, if the user were to invoke M-x sql-connect, they +would be prompted for the connection. The user can respond with +either "dev" or "prd". The "dev" connection would connect to the +SQLite database without prompting; the "prd" connection would prompt +for the users password and then connect to the Oracle database. + +**** Added SQL->Start... submenu when connections are defined. +When connections have been defined, There is a submenu available that +allows the user to select one to start a SQLi session. The "Start +SQLi Session" item moves to the "Start..." submenu when cnnections +have been defined. + +**** Added "Save Connection" menu item in SQLi buffers. +When a SQLi session is not started by a connection then +`sql-save-connection' will gather the login params specified for the +session and save them as a new connection. + *** Added option `sql-send-terminator'. When set makes sure that each command sent with `sql-send-*' commands are properly terminated and submitted to the SQL processor. *** Added option `sql-oracle-scan-on'. When set commands sent to Oracle's SQL*Plus are scanned for strings -starting with an ampersand and the user is asked for replacement -text. In general, the SQL*Plus option SCAN should be set OFF under -SQL interactive mode. +starting with an ampersand and the user is asked for replacement text. +In general, the SQL*Plus option SCAN should always be set OFF under +SQL interactive mode and this option used in its place. *** SQL interactive mode will replace tabs with spaces. This prevents the comand interpretter for MySQL and Postgres from @@ -275,6 +374,20 @@ programmer-visible consequences. ** Passing a nil argument to a minor mode function now turns the mode ON unconditionally. + +** During startup, Emacs no longer adds entries for `menu-bar-lines' +and `tool-bar-lines' to `default-frame-alist' and +`initial-frame-alist'. With these alist entries omitted, `make-frame' +checks the value of the variable `menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode' to +determine whether to create a menu-bar or tool-bar, respectively. +If the alist entries are added, they override the value of +`menu-bar-mode'/`tool-bar-mode'. + +** Regions created by mouse dragging are now normal active regions, +similar to the ones created by shift-selection. In previous Emacs +versions, these regions were delineated by `mouse-drag-overlay', which +has now been removed. + * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.1 @@ -316,6 +429,9 @@ displayed with a "spinning bar". * Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free operating systems +** New configure.bat option --enable-checking builds emacs with extra +runtime checks. + ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This file is part of GNU Emacs. |