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authorMichael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>2020-09-04 15:09:22 +0200
committerMichael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>2020-09-04 15:09:22 +0200
commit93d8ee1d6b2de28396e35ae9687f4bf66d19c5a7 (patch)
treeb9d99b8301fdc2d79f76b8906d519b82c9ee0cb7
parenta418b0a92090624e2c7beea3681f0a179ade837a (diff)
downloademacs-93d8ee1d6b2de28396e35ae9687f4bf66d19c5a7.tar.gz
* etc/NEWS: Add changes for D-Bus; fix typos.
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS46
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e88eaa7167c..e0ea8f53cc8 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ still a valid backend.
---
** Building without double buffering support.
-configure --with-xdbe=no can now be used to disable double buffering
+'configure --with-xdbe=no' can now be used to disable double buffering
at build time.
---
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ box if the point is on an image larger than 'SIZE' pixels in any
dimension.
+++
-** New custom option 'word-wrap-by-category'.
+** New user option 'word-wrap-by-category'.
When word-wrap is enabled, and this option is non-nil, that allows
Emacs to break lines after more characters than just whitespace
characters. In particular, this significantly improves word-wrapping
for CJK text mixed with Latin text.
---
-*** Improved language transliteration in Malayalam input methods.
+** Improved language transliteration in Malayalam input methods.
Added a new Mozhi scheme. The inapplicable ITRANS scheme is now
deprecated. Errors in the Inscript method were corrected.
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ it is still logged to the *Messages* buffer), or the warning can be
disabled entirely.
** mspool.el
+
---
-*** Autoload the main entry point 'mspool-show'
+*** Autoload the main entry point 'mspool-show'.
+
** Windows
*** The key prefix 'C-x 4 1' displays next command buffer in the same window.
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ invoke 'C-u C-x v s' ('vc-create-tag').
*** 'vc-hg' now uses 'hg summary' to populate extra 'vc-dir' headers.
---
-*** New variable 'vc-git-revision-complete-only-branches'.
+*** New user option 'vc-git-revision-complete-only-branches'.
If non-nil, only branches and remotes are considered when doing
completion over Git branch names. The default is nil, which causes
tags to be considered as well.
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ tags to be considered as well.
** Gnus
+++
-*** New option 'gnus-dbus-close-on-sleep'
+*** New user option 'gnus-dbus-close-on-sleep'.
On systems with D-Bus support, it is now possible to register a signal
to close all Gnus servers before the system sleeps.
@@ -390,7 +392,6 @@ In Message mode buffers, the 'C-c C-p' ('message-insert-screenshot')
command has been added. It depends on using an external program to
take the actual screenshot, and defaults to "ImageMagick import".
-
** Smtpmail
+++
@@ -918,17 +919,16 @@ based on the current window size. In previous versions of Emacs, this
was always done (and that could lead to odd displays when resizing the
window after starting). This variable defaults to nil.
-
** Miscellaneous
+++
-*** The user can now customize how \"default\" values are prompted for.
+*** The user can now customize how "default" values are prompted for.
The new utility function 'format-prompt' has been added which uses the
-new 'minibuffer-default-prompt-format' variable to format \"default\"
+new 'minibuffer-default-prompt-format' user option to format "default"
prompts. This means that prompts that look like "Enter a number
(default 10)" can be customized to look like, for instance, "Enter a
number [10]", or not have the default displayed at all, like "Enter a
-number". (This requires that all callers are altered to user
+number". (This requires that all callers are altered to use
'format-prompt', though.)
---
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ number". (This requires that all callers are altered to user
This face is used for error messages from diff.
+++
-*** New global mode 'global-goto-address-mode'
+*** New global mode 'global-goto-address-mode'.
This will enable 'goto-address-mode' in all buffers.
---
@@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ never be narrower than 19 characters.
When the bookmark.el library is loaded, a customize choice is added
to 'tab-bar-new-tab-choice' for new tabs to show the bookmark list.
-
** xwidget-webkit mode
*** New xwidget functions.
@@ -1045,6 +1044,14 @@ The following user options have been renamed:
The old names are now obsolete.
+** D-Bus
+
++++
+*** Registered properties can have the new access type ':write'.
+
++++
+*** In case of problems, handlers can emit proper D-Bus error messages now.
+
* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 28.1
@@ -1134,12 +1141,12 @@ ledit.el, lmenu.el, lucid.el and old-whitespace.el.
'allout-init', 'bookmark-jump-noselect',
'bookmark-read-annotation-text-func', 'buffer-menu-mode-hook',
'c-forward-into-nomenclature', 'char-coding-system-table',
-'char-valid-p', 'charset-bytes', 'charset-id', 'charset-list'
-(function), 'choose-completion-delete-max-match', 'complete-in-turn',
+'char-valid-p', 'charset-bytes', 'charset-id', 'charset-list',
+'choose-completion-delete-max-match', 'complete-in-turn',
'completion-base-size', 'completion-common-substring',
'crm-minibuffer-complete', 'crm-minibuffer-complete-and-exit',
'crm-minibuffer-completion-help', 'custom-mode', 'custom-mode-hook',
-'detect-coding-with-priority', 'dirtrack-debug' (function),
+'detect-coding-with-priority', 'dirtrack-debug',
'dirtrack-debug-toggle', 'dynamic-completion-table',
'easy-menu-precalculate-equivalent-keybindings',
'epa-display-verify-result', 'epg-passphrase-callback-function',
@@ -1159,10 +1166,9 @@ ledit.el, lmenu.el, lucid.el and old-whitespace.el.
'nonascii-translation-table', 'password-read-and-add',
'pre-abbrev-expand-hook', 'princ-list', 'print-help-return-message',
'process-filter-multibyte-p', 'read-file-name-predicate',
-'remember-buffer' (function), 'rmail-highlight-face',
-'rmail-message-filter', 'set-coding-priority',
-'set-process-filter-multibyte', 'shadows-compare-text-p',
-'shell-dirtrack-toggle', 't-mouse-mode',
+'remember-buffer', 'rmail-highlight-face', 'rmail-message-filter',
+'set-coding-priority', 'set-process-filter-multibyte',
+'shadows-compare-text-p', 'shell-dirtrack-toggle', 't-mouse-mode',
'term-dynamic-simple-complete', 'tooltip-hook', 'tpu-have-ispell',
'url-generate-unique-filename', 'url-temporary-directory',
'vc-arch-command', 'vc-default-working-revision' (variable),