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1187 1187
1188 ** Future Plans for XEmacs 1188 ** Future Plans for XEmacs
1189 ========================== 1189 ==========================
1190 1190
1191 For the curious, the biggest changes in 19.15 will include integration 1191 The next `feature' will be the unbundling of XEmacs into constituent
1192 of TM (a MIME package for VM and GNUS), EFS (the next generation of 1192 installable packages.
1193 ange-ftp), and Auc-TeX, and a "lite" distribution that includes a
1194 minimal base and a set of optional packages (which will include TM,
1195 EFS, and Auc-TeX, as well as all of the large packages currently
1196 distributed with XEmacs). There will also still be a full distribution
1197 that includes all the optional packages.
1198 1193
1199 We are working on improving the Mule support in future releases: 1194 We are working on improving the Mule support in future releases:
1200 1195
1201 -- Other input methods, such as wnn, will be supported. 1196 -- Other input methods, such as skk, will be supported.
1197
1198 -- Wnn support will be made more solid.
1202 1199
1203 -- More user-level documentation on using Mule. 1200 -- More user-level documentation on using Mule.
1201
1202 ** Major Differences between 20.0 and 20.1
1203
1204 Many packages have been add and upgraded.
1205
1206 -- Gnus-5.4.17 Courtesy of Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1207 -- mic-paren.el-1.3.1 Courtesy of Mikael Sjödin
1208 -- hyperbole-4.022 Courtesy of Bob Weiner
1209 -- W3-3.0.62 Courtesy of William Perry
1210 -- AUCTeX-9.7k Courtesy of Per Abrahamsen
1211 -- hm--html-menus-5.3 Courtesy of Heiko Muenkel
1212 -- custom-1.46 Courtesy of Per Abrahamsen
1213 -- python-mode.el-2.90 Courtesy of Barry Warsaw
1214 -- balloon-help-1.04 Courtesy of Kyle Jones
1215 -- xrdb-mode.el-1.21 Courtesy of Barry Warsaw
1216 -- igrep.el-2.56 Courtesy of Kevin Rodgers
1217 -- frame-icon.el Courtesy of Michael Lamoureux and Bob Weiner
1218 -- itimer.el-1.01 Courtesy of Kyle Jones
1219 -- redo.el-1.01 Courtesy of Kyle Jones
1220 -- VM-6.15 Courtesy of Kyle Jones
1221 -- OO-Browser-2.10 Courtesy of Bob Weiner
1222 -- viper-2.93 Courtesy of Michael Kifer
1223 -- ediff-2.64 Courtesy of Michael Kifer
1224 -- edmacro.el-3.05 Courtesy of Dave Gillespie, port to XEmacs by
1225 Hrvoje Niksic.
1226 -- detached-minibuf.el Courtesy of Alvin Shelton
1227 -- whitespace-mode.el Courtesy of Heiko Muenkel
1228 -- winmgr-mode.el Courtesy of David Konerding, Stefan Strobel & Barry Warsaw
1229 -- mine.el-1.17 Courtesy of Jacques Duthen
1230 -- fast-lock.el-3.11.01 Courtesy of Simon Marshall
1231 -- lazy-lock.el-1.16 Courtesy of Simon Marshall
1232 -- browse-cltl2.el-1.1 Courtesy of Holger Schauer
1233 -- eldoc.el-1.8 Courtesy of Noah Friedman
1234 -- tm-7.105 Courtesy of MORIOKA Tomohiko
1235 -- efs-1.15 courtesy of Andy Norman and Michael Sperber
1236 -- verilog-mode.el Courtesy of Michael McNamara & Adrian Aichner
1237 -- overlay.el Courtesy of Joseph Nuspl
1238
1239 *** User Interface changes.
1240
1241 The keysyms mouse-1, mouse-2, mouse-3 and down-mouse-1, down-mouse-2,
1242 and down-mouse-3 have been added for Emacs compatibility.
1243
1244 A new user customizable variable `signal-error-on-buffer-boundary' has
1245 been added. Set this to nil to avoid XEmacs usual lossage of zmacs
1246 region when moving up against a buffer boundary.
1247
1248 The logo has been changed, and the default background color is now
1249 shade of gray instead of white.
1250
1251 *** Other changes
1252
1253 First alpha level support of MS Windows NT is available courtesy of
1254 David Hobley.
1255
1256 Wnn/egg now has initial support Courtesy of Jareth Hein.
1257
1258 The XEmacs build process has been changed to make site administration
1259 easier. See lisp/site-load.el for details.
1260
1261 Various functions that were previously disabled are now enabled like
1262 eval-expression (M-:) and upcase-region (C-x C-u)/downcase-region (C-x
1263 C-l).
1204 1264
1205 ** Major Differences Between 19.14 and 20.0 1265 ** Major Differences Between 19.14 and 20.0
1206 1266
1207 XEmacs 20.0 is the first public release to have support for MULE 1267 XEmacs 20.0 is the first public release to have support for MULE
1208 (Multi-Lingual Emacs). The --with-mule configuration flag must be 1268 (Multi-Lingual Emacs). The --with-mule configuration flag must be