From c4682d186f8f9914d65f95b8a9470f166348b689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Rudalics Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:01:49 +0200 Subject: Document some window code changes in NEWS. --- doc/lispref/ChangeLog | 1 + etc/ChangeLog | 4 +++ etc/NEWS | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 96 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 90d346c0bf7..0094e7c12a6 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ window-list-1. (Buffers and Windows): Rewrite. Explain a window's previous and next buffers and the corresponding functions. + (Window Tree): Merge into Windows and Frames section. * elisp.texi (Top): Update node listings for frames and windows sections. diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog index 8e550bff8a0..e7d32b64ce4 100644 --- a/etc/ChangeLog +++ b/etc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-09-23 Martin Rudalics + + * NEWS: Document some window code changes. + 2011-09-20 Bill Wohler Release MH-E version 8.3. diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 9d078b9ba28..e697db7e888 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -961,6 +961,97 @@ of the line. ** Window changes ++++ +*** Window tree functions are accessible in Elisp. +Functions are provided to return the parent, siblings or child windows +of any window including internal windows (windows not associated with a +buffer) in the window tree. + ++++ +*** Window manipulation can deal with internal windows. +Many window handling functions like `split-window', `delete-window', or +`delete-other-windows' as well as the window resizing functions can now +act on any window including internal ones. + ++++ +*** window-total-height/-width vs window-body-height/-width. +The function `window-height' has been renamed to `window-total-height' +and `window-width' has been renamed to `window-body-width'. The old +names are provided as aliases. Two new functions `window-total-width' +and `window-body-height' are provided. + ++++ +*** Window parameters specific to window handling functions. +For each window you can specify a parameter to override the default +behavior of a number of functions like `split-window', `delete-window' +and `delete-other-windows'. + ++++ +*** New semantics of third argument of `split-window'. + +The third argument of `split-window' has been renamed to SIDE and can be +set to any of the values 'below, 'right, 'above, or 'left to make the +new window appear on the corresponding side of the window that shall be +split. Any other value of SIDE will cause `split-window' to split the +window into two side-by-side windows as before. + ++++ +*** New option `window-nest'. +The new option `window-nest' allows to return the space obtained for +resizing or creating a window more reliably to the window from which +such space was obtained. + ++++ +*** New option `window-splits'. +The new option `window-splits' allows to split a window that otherwise +cannot be split because it's too small by stealing space from other +windows in the same combination. + ++++ +*** `split-window-above-each-other' and `split-window-side-by-side'. +The commands `split-window-vertically' and `split-window-horizontally' +have been renamed to `split-window-above-each-other' and +`split-window-side-by-side' respectively. The old names are provided as +aliases. + ++++ +*** Window resizing functions. +A new standard function for resizing windows called `resize-window' has +been introduced. This and all other functions for resizing windows no +longer delete any windows when they become too small. + ++++ +*** Frame/window resizing. +Resizing an Emacs frame now preserves the proportional sizes of +subwindows modulo restrictions imposed by window minimum sizes and +fixed-size windows. + ++++ +*** `adjust-window-trailing-edge' adjustments. +`adjust-window-trailing-edge' can now deal with fixed-size windows and +is able to resize other windows if a window adjacent to the trailing +edge cannot be shrunk any more. This makes its behavior more similar to +that of Emacs 21 without compromising, however, its inability to delete +windows which was introduced in Emacs 22. + ++++ +*** Commands for maximizing and minimizing windows. +New functions to maximize and minimize a window within its frame are +provided, namely `maximize-window' and `minimize-window'. + ++++ +*** Window-local buffer lists. +Windows now have local buffer lists. This means that removing a buffer +from display in a window will preferably show the buffer previously +shown in that window with its previous window-start and window-point +positions. This also means that the same buffer may be automatically +shown twice even if it already appears in another window. + ++++ +*** New commands `switch-to-prev-buffer' and `switch-to-next-buffer'. +These functions allow to navigate through the live buffers that have +been shown in a specific window. + *** `switch-to-buffer' has a new optional argument FORCE-SAME-WINDOW, which if non-nil requires the buffer to be displayed in the currently selected window, signaling an error otherwise. If nil, another window -- cgit v1.2.3