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@ -181,11 +181,6 @@ for use in Emacs bug reports.
hiding character but the default `.' can be used by let-binding the
variable `read-hide-char'.
** New variable `ns-use-fullscreen-animation' controls animation for
non-native NS fullscreen. The default is nil. Set to t to enable
animation when entering and leaving fullscreen. For native OSX fullscreen
this has no effect.
** A new text property `inhibit-read-only' can be used in read-only
buffers to allow certain parts of the text to be writable.
@ -197,12 +192,6 @@ name (as returned from, for instance, `file-name-all-completions' is
a directory file name. It returns non-nil if the last character in
the name is a forward slash.
+++
** New variable `fast-but-imprecise-scrolling' inhibits
fontification during full screen scrolling operations, giving less
hesitant operation during auto-repeat of C-v, M-v at the cost of
possible inaccuracies in the end position.
** The function `font-info' now returns more details about a font.
In particular, it now returns the average width of the font's
characters, which can be used for geometry-related calculations.
@ -227,21 +216,6 @@ font, and (iii) the specified window.
** New possible value for `system-type': nacl.
+++
** New variable `inhibit-message', when bound to non-nil, inhibits
`message' and related functions from displaying messages the Echo
Area. The output is still logged to the *Messages* buffer.
+++
** It is now safe for a mode that derives `tabulated-list-mode' to not
call `tabulated-list-init-header', in which case it will have no
header.
+++
** `tabulated-list-print' takes a second optional argument, update,
which specifies an alternative printing method which is faster when
few or no entries have changed.
** Emacs can now load shared/dynamic libraries (modules).
A dynamic Emacs module is a shared library that provides additional
functionality for use in Emacs Lisp programs, just like a package
@ -323,6 +297,12 @@ standards.
+++
** New buffer-local `electric-pair-local-mode'.
+++
** New variable `fast-but-imprecise-scrolling' inhibits
fontification during full screen scrolling operations, giving less
hesitant operation during auto-repeat of C-v, M-v at the cost of
possible inaccuracies in the end position.
* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.1
@ -929,6 +909,18 @@ compress many marked files into a single named archive. The
compression command is determined from the new
`dired-compress-files-alist' variable.
** Tabulated List Mode
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*** It is now safe for a mode that derives `tabulated-list-mode' to not
call `tabulated-list-init-header', in which case it will have no
header.
+++
*** `tabulated-list-print' takes a second optional argument, update,
which specifies an alternative printing method which is faster when
few or no entries have changed.
** Obsolete packages
---
@ -1007,6 +999,7 @@ large portions of the Emacs display, and want to avoid changes in the
pointer shape during dragging, should bind the variable `track-mouse'
to the special value `dragging' in the body of the form.
---
** The optional `predicate' argument of `lisp-complete-symbol' no longer
has any effect. (This change was made in Emacs 24.4 but was not
advertised at the time.)
@ -1014,6 +1007,7 @@ advertised at the time.)
** `indirect-function' does not signal `void-function' any more.
This is mostly a bug-fix, since this change was missed back in 24.4 when
symbol-function was changed not to signal `void-function' any more.
*** As a consequence, the second arg of `indirect-function' is now obsolete.
** Comint, term, and compile do not set the EMACS env var any more.
@ -1142,6 +1136,11 @@ of subprocess.
process filter, sentinel, etc., through keyword arguments (similar to
`make-network-process').
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** New variable `inhibit-message', when bound to non-nil, inhibits
`message' and related functions from displaying messages the Echo
Area. The output is still logged to the *Messages* buffer.
** `read-buffer' takes a new `predicate' argument.
** Emacs Lisp now supports generators.
@ -1447,6 +1446,12 @@ Pass '--without-ns' to configure to create an X11 build, the old default.
** OS X on PowerPC is no longer supported.
---
** New variable `ns-use-fullscreen-animation' controls animation for
non-native NS fullscreen. The default is nil. Set to t to enable
animation when entering and leaving fullscreen. For native OSX fullscreen
this has no effect.
---
** The new function 'w32-application-type' returns the type of an
MS-Windows application given the name of its executable program file.