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authorMichael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>2020-11-01 12:40:30 +0100
committerMichael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>2020-11-01 12:40:30 +0100
commit881eeeef9452c42a04f531a9ed18e7c254642a6b (patch)
tree4f159072df6d02c488b68516fbae2a37160a8920
parent47addaea9f5c4889e7eab57ff10f683c4cd3a16f (diff)
downloademacs-881eeeef9452c42a04f531a9ed18e7c254642a6b.tar.gz
* etc/NEWS: Add trashing of remote files. Fix typos.
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS71
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 5a646d2bb97..59a0f26f269 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ useful on systems such as FreeBSD which ships only with "etc/termcap".
This is controlled by the new variable 'scroll-minibuffer-conservatively'.
+++
-** New system for displaying documentation for groups of function.
+** New system for displaying documentation for groups of functions.
This can either be used by saying 'M-x shortdoc-display-group' and
choosing a group, or clicking a button in the *Help* buffers when
looking at the doc string of a function that belongs to one of these
groups.
-** New var 'redisplay-skip-initial-frame' to enable batch redisplay tests.
+** New variable 'redisplay-skip-initial-frame' to enable batch redisplay tests.
Setting it to nil forces the redisplay to do its job even in the
initial frame used in batch mode.
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ characters. Now it also covers the rest of the non-ASCII Unicode
space characters.
---
-** Prefer chat.freenode.net to irc.freenode.net.
-chat.freenode.net has been the preferred address for connecting to the
-freenode IRC network for years now. Occurrences of irc.freenode.net
-have been replaced with chat.freenode.net throughout Emacs.
+** Prefer "chat.freenode.net" to "irc.freenode.net".
+"chat.freenode.net" has been the preferred address for connecting to the
+freenode IRC network for years now. Occurrences of "irc.freenode.net"
+have been replaced with "chat.freenode.net" throughout Emacs.
* Editing Changes in Emacs 28.1
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ and variables.
** Archive mode
---
-*** Archive Mode can now parse .squashfs files.
+*** Archive Mode can now parse ".squashfs" files.
*** Can now modify members of 'ar' archives.
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ time zones will use a form like "+0100" instead of "CET".
+++
*** New user option 'dired-switches-in-mode-line'.
-This variable controls how 'ls' switches are displayed in the mode
+This user option controls how 'ls' switches are displayed in the mode
line, and allows truncating them (to preserve space on the mode line)
or showing them literally, either instead of, or in addition to,
displaying "by name" or "by date" sort order.
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ tags to be considered as well.
** Gnus
+++
-*** New value for user option 'smiley-style'
+*** New value for user option 'smiley-style'.
Smileys can now be rendered with emojis instead of small images when
using the new 'emoji' value in 'smiley-style'.
@@ -593,11 +593,12 @@ authentication mechanism by setting a value for the key 'smtp-auth'.
** Grep
+++
-*** New variable 'grep-match-regexp' matches grep markers to highlight.
-grep emits SGR ANSI escape sequences to color its output. The new variable
-'grep-match-regexp' holds the regular expression to match the appropriate
-markers in order to provide highlighting in the source buffer. The variable
-can be customized to accommodate other grep-like tools.
+*** New user option 'grep-match-regexp' matches grep markers to highlight.
+Grep emits SGR ANSI escape sequences to color its output. The new
+user option 'grep-match-regexp' holds the regular expression to match
+the appropriate markers in order to provide highlighting in the source
+buffer. The user option can be customized to accommodate other
+grep-like tools.
---
*** The 'lgrep' command now ignores directories.
@@ -622,7 +623,7 @@ recorded for the purpose of 'view-lossage'.
---
*** The command 'view-lossage' can now be invoked from the menu bar.
-The menu-bar Help menu now has a "Show Recent Inputs" item under the
+The menu bar "Help" menu now has a "Show Recent Inputs" item under the
"Describe" sub-menu.
** Ispell
@@ -685,11 +686,11 @@ doc string functions are accessible to the user through the user
option 'eldoc-documentation-strategy'.
*** New hook 'eldoc-display-functions'.
-This hook is intended to be used for displaying doc string. The
-functions receive the docstrings composed according to
-`eldoc-documentation-strategy' and are tasked with displaying it to
+This hook is intended to be used for displaying doc strings. The
+functions receive the doc string composed according to
+'eldoc-documentation-strategy' and are tasked with displaying it to
the user. Examples of such functions would use the echo area, a
-separate buffer or a tooltip.
+separate buffer, or a tooltip.
+++
*** New user option 'eldoc-documentation-strategy'.
@@ -738,6 +739,11 @@ preferred over the eudcb-mab.el backend.
like cell phones, tablets or cameras.
+++
+*** Trashed remote files are moved to the local trash directory.
+All remote files, which are trashed, are moved to the local trash
+directory. Except remote encrypted files, which are always deleted.
+
++++
*** New command 'tramp-crypt-add-directory'.
This command marks a remote directory to contain only encrypted files.
See the "(tramp) Keeping files encrypted" node of the Tramp manual for
@@ -1213,27 +1219,26 @@ window after starting). This variable defaults to nil.
---
*** The 'editable-list' widget now supports moving items up and down.
You can now move items up and down by deleting and then reinserting
-them, using the DEL and INS buttons respectively. This is useful in
-Custom buffers, for example, to change the order of the elements in a
-list.
+them, using the 'DEL' and 'INS' buttons respectively. This is useful
+in Custom buffers, for example, to change the order of the elements in
+a list.
** Diff
---
*** New 'diff-mode' font locking face 'diff-error'.
-This face is used for error messages from diff.
+This face is used for error messages from 'diff'.
+++
*** New command 'diff-refresh-hunk'.
This new command (bound to 'C-c C-l') regenerates the current hunk.
-
** Miscellaneous
+++
*** 'format-seconds' can now be used for sub-second times.
The new optional "," parameter has been added, and
-(format-seconds "%mm %,1ss" 66.4) will now result in "1m 6.4s".
+'(format-seconds "%mm %,1ss" 66.4)' will now result in "1m 6.4s".
---
*** 'global-display-fill-column-indicator-mode' skips some buffers.
@@ -1259,7 +1264,7 @@ visited errors, so you can have an overview what errors were already visited.
+++
*** New user option 'tab-first-completion'.
-If 'tab-always-indent' is 'complete', this new option can be used to
+If 'tab-always-indent' is 'complete', this new user option can be used to
further tweak whether to complete or indent.
---
@@ -1389,10 +1394,10 @@ horizontal movements now stop at the edge of the board.
---
*** TTY menu navigation is now supported in 'xterm-mouse-mode'.
-TTY menus support mouse navigation and selection when xterm-mouse-mode
+TTY menus support mouse navigation and selection when 'xterm-mouse-mode'
is active. When run on a terminal, clicking on the menu bar with the
mouse now pops up a TTY menu by default instead of running the command
-'tmm-menubar'. To restore the old behavior, set the variable
+'tmm-menubar'. To restore the old behavior, set the user option
'tty-menu-open-use-tmm' to non-nil.
** xwidget-webkit mode
@@ -1473,10 +1478,10 @@ type symbols. Both functions propagate D-Bus errors.
*** D-Bus errors, which have been converted from incoming D-Bus error
messages, contain the error name of that message now.
----
++++
*** D-Bus messages can be monitored with new function 'dbus-register-monitor'.
----
++++
*** D-Bus events have changed their internal structure.
They carry now the destination and the error-name of an event. They
also keep the type information of their arguments. Use the
@@ -1581,7 +1586,7 @@ This is no longer supported, and setting this variable has no effect.
Use macro 'with-current-buffer-window' with action alist entry 'body-function'.
+++
-** `byte-compile-file' optional argument LOAD is now obsolete.
+** 'byte-compile-file' optional argument LOAD is now obsolete.
To load the file after byte-compiling, add a call to 'load' from Lisp
or use 'M-x emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load' interactively.
@@ -1676,7 +1681,7 @@ When bound to the number 16, non-negative integers are printed in the
hexadecimal format.
+++
-** 'define-globalized-minor-mode' now takes a :predicate parameter.
+** 'define-globalized-minor-mode' now takes a ':predicate' parameter.
This can be used to control which major modes the minor mode should be
used in.
@@ -1845,7 +1850,7 @@ menu handling.
It is meant as an (experimental) aid for converting Emacs Lisp code
to lexical binding, where dynamic (special) variables bound in one
file can affect code in another. For details, see the manual section
-'(Elisp) Converting to Lexical Binding'.
+"(Elisp) Converting to Lexical Binding".
---
** 'unload-feature' now also tries to undo additions to buffer-local hooks.