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71 bindings. 71 bindings.
72 72
73 * XEmacs Release Notes 73 * XEmacs Release Notes
74 ====================== 74 ======================
75 75
76 ** Major Differences Between 19.15 and 19.16
77 ============================================
78
79 Many bugs have been fixed. XEmacs 19.16 is a bug-fix release only. No
80 new features have been added.
81
82 -- shell-command did not respect its output-buffer argument.
83
84 -- When using CVS in conjunction with frame-icon, an error
85 would occur when a frame was iconified.
86
87 -- dired did not properly protect its data structures durin
88 garbage collection.
89
90 -- y-or-n-p-minibuf could crash XEmacs 19.15.
91
92 -- overlay-lists did not always return a pair of lists.
93
94 -- Starting with the -nw option did not prevent XEmacs 19.15 from
95 attempting to connect to a tooltalk server.
96
97 -- XEmacs 19.15 could not be built on a DUNIX4.0 system.
98
99 -- appt.el did not respect the user's hooks.
100
101 -- outline-mode did not work in a tty-only XEmacs 19.15.
102
103 -- MD5 checksum generation did not work on a 64-bit machine.
104
105 -- XEmacs 19.15 ignored the user's mail path.
106
107 -- The rcompile package checked for ange-ftp instead of efs.
108
109 -- vc-directory did not work.
110
111 -- Sometimes clicking on a modeline did not advance to the
112 next or previous buffer as it should have.
113
114 -- The variable enable-local-variables was sometimes ignored.
115
116 -- pending-del did not respect the user's hooks.
117
118 -- CRiSP mode was synchronized with FSF emacs.
119
120 -- The performance of font-lock was improved.
121
122 -- There were numerous holes in the garbage collection.
123
124 -- There were 2 minor bugs with using XEmacs 19.15 on a tty.
125
126 -- XEmacs 19.15 ignored certain dead_key events.
127
128 -- XEmacs 19.15 had minor fontification problems with java.
129
130 -- mark-pop did not always restore the mark properly.
131
132 -- smtpmail.el had a couple of minor bugs.
133
134 -- telnet-mode did not always respond to the telnet prompt.
135
136 -- gomoku was broken in XEmacs 19.15.
137
138 -- recover-all files did not work in XEmacs 19.15.
139
140 -- transient-mark-mode and skeleton.el did not work together.
141
142 -- Footnotes were not properly formatted in info.
143
144 -- Configuration of XEmacs 19.15 did not work on Sequent
145 computers, because they do not have a working version of alloca.
146
147 -- In XEmacs 19.15 it was impossible to compile with Lucid
148 scrollbars without Motif.
149
150 -- XEmacs 19.15 would erroneously report an internal error on
151 certain types of minibuffer input.
152
153 -- When using virtual screens with your X server, sometimes
154 iconify-frame would cause XEmacs 19.15 to lose one of the frames.
155
156 -- server-kill-buffer always returned nil.
157
158 -- The :filter keyword on a menubar could crash XEmacs 19.15.
159
160 -- psgml-mode did not respect the user's hooks.
161
162 -- Many bugs in efs mode were fixed.
163
164 -- sh-script.el could hang XEmacs.
165
166 -- Options could not be saved after fonts were changed in
167 XEmacs 19.15.
168
169 -- read-from-string could not read "1.".
170
171 -- dired was confused about where chown lives on Linux.
172
173 -- Edebug did not work on floating point numbers.
174
175 -- first-change-hook saved the wrong buffer, so unwinding the
176 stack could result in the wrong buffer's being restored.
177
178 -- pcl-cvs was incompatible with live-icon.
179
180 -- save-buffer deactivated the zmacs region.
181
182 -- When running a sub-process, if the standard error could
183 not be opened, the error was reported incorectly.
184
185 -- shell-command-on-region had a bogus test for the active
186 region.
187
188 -- get-frame-for-buffer ignored relevant properties.
189
190 -- make-database did not correctly expand its filename
191 argument.
192
193 -- A few minor improvements were made to the optimizer in the
194 byte-compiler.
195
196 -- kill-region could get confused when the beginning of the
197 region was after the end of the region.
198
199 -- movemail was upgraded to the same version which shipped
200 with XEmacs 20.2; this version understands Linux file locking.
201
202 -- The regexp cache size was too small.
203
204 -- The "save as" dialog was buggy.
205
206 -- Minor bugs in sendmail mode.
207
208 -- tm did not understand the png image format.
209
210 -- set-text-properties only removed the first text property.
211
212 -- add-log.el has been upgraded to the version supported by
213 FSF emacs 20.1.
214
215 -- When tags-loop-continue was called inappropriately, the
216 wrong error message resulted.
217
218 -- Frame creation was buggy, and could crash XEmacs.
219
220 -- PNG support did not work on Linux.
221
222 -- Asynchronous process output did not always work.
223
224 -- x-compose.el did not support the degree sign or the
225 grave keysym.
226
227 -- mh-invisible-headers did not work.
228
229 -- Creating a tty frame could crash XEmacs 19.15.
230
231 -- detach-extent could crash XEmacs.
232
233 -- The minibuffer could get the read-only attribute.
234
235 -- When the mouse was in the right side of the frame, its
236 position could be reported incorrectly.
237
238 -- lib-complete didn't work with compressed files.
239
240 -- getloadavg.c was brought into sync with the XEmacs 20.2
241 version.
242
76 ** Major Differences Between 19.14 and 19.15 243 ** Major Differences Between 19.14 and 19.15
77 ============================================ 244 ============================================
78 245
79 Many bugs have been fixed. An effort has been made to eradicate all 246 Many bugs have been fixed. An effort has been made to eradicate all
80 XEmacs crashes, although we are not quite done yet. The overall 247 XEmacs crashes, although we are not quite done yet. The overall
88 -- TM (Tools for Mime) now comes with XEmacs. This provides MIME 255 -- TM (Tools for Mime) now comes with XEmacs. This provides MIME
89 (Multi-purpose Internet Multi-media Extensions?) support for Mail 256 (Multi-purpose Internet Multi-media Extensions?) support for Mail
90 and News. The primary author is Morioka Tomohiko. 257 and News. The primary author is Morioka Tomohiko.
91 258
92 -- There is a new way to customize faces and (some) variables. 259 -- There is a new way to customize faces and (some) variables.
93
94 Try it with `M-x customize RET', or from the Options->Customize menu. 260 Try it with `M-x customize RET', or from the Options->Customize menu.
95 Documented in <URL:info:custom>. 261 Documented in <URL:info:custom>.
96 262
97 -- The AUC TeX environment for editing and running TeX is now bundled. 263 -- The AUC TeX environment for editing and running TeX is now bundled.
98 (Per Abrahamsen.) 264 (Per Abrahamsen.)