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merge up to latest default branch, doesn't compile yet
author Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org>
date Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:18:49 -0600
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1 2009-12-21 Jerry James <james@xemacs.rg>
2
3 * internals/internals.texi (A Summary of the Various XEmacs Modules):
4 Remove references to OffiX support files.
5 * lispref/dragndrop.texi (Drag and Drop): Remove reference to OffiX.
6 (Supported Protocols): Ditto.
7 (OffiX DND): Remove.
8
9 2009-12-10 Jerry James <james@xemacs.org>
10
11 * lispref/processes.texi (Functions that Create Subprocesses): Refer
12 to etags instead of the obsolete wakeup program.
13
14 2009-12-09 Jerry James <james@xemacs.org>
15
16 * internals/internals.texi (A Summary of the Various XEmacs Modules):
17 Remove references to xmu.c and xmu.h.
18 (Modules for Interfacing with X Windows): Ditto.
19
20 2009-11-10 Jerry James <james@xemacs.org>
21
22 * internals/internals.texi (XEmacs from the Perspective of Building):
23 Remove reference to dynodump.
24 (A Summary of the Various XEmacs Modules): Remove references to
25 deleted files.
26 (Low-Level Modules): Ditto.
27 (Modules for the Basic Displayable Lisp Objects): Remove reference to
28 NeXTstep.
29 * lispref/os.texi (Operating System Environment): Remove references to
30 old unsupported systems.
31 * make-stds.texi (Variables for Installation Directories): Likely
32 insufficient update to list of current operating systems.
33 * xemacs-faq.texi (Q1.2.2: What versions of Unix does XEmacs run on?):
34 Ditto.
35
36 2009-10-05 Jerry James <james@xemacs.org>
37
38 * beta.texi (Building XEmacs from a full distribution): Remove
39 "(builtin)" from GIF line in example Installation.
40 (Reporting Problems): Recommend taking screenshots as a PNG
41 instead of a GIF.
42 * internals/internals.texi (A Summary of the Various XEmacs Modules):
43 Remove GIF-related files.
44 * lispref/glyphs.texi (Image Instantiator Formats): Remove remark
45 about builtin GIF support.
46
47 2009-08-11 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
48
49 * lispref/numbers.texi (Bigfloat Basics):
50 Correct this documentation (ignoring for the moment that it breaks
51 off in mid-sentence).
52
53 2009-08-11 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
54
55 * cl.texi (Organization):
56 Remove references to the obsolete multiple-value emulating code.
57
58 2009-07-28 Stephen Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
59
60 * internals/internals.texi (Redisplay Piece by Piece):
61 Small improvements.
62
63 2009-07-08 Stephen Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
64
65 * xemacs/custom.texi (Xft Font Customization): Change references
66 from XftFont (now deprecated) to FcFontName.
67 Thanks, Raymond Toy <raymond.toy@stericsson.com>.
68
69 2009-05-18 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
70
71 * XEmacs 21.5.29 "garbanzo" is released.
72
73 2009-04-02 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
74
75 * internals/internals.texi: s/@urlref/@uref/g.
76 (Lstreams): Add urefs to David Beasley tutorials.
77
78 2009-04-20 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
79
80 * xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.5.3):
81 Add information about resolver configuration to Q2.5.3.
82 Thanks to Guillaume MULLER <gm.work.lists@gmail.com>.
83
84 * xemacs-faq.texi (Top): Update menu.
85 * xemacs-faq.texi (Installation): Update menu.
86
87 2009-02-26 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
88
89 * xemacs-faq.texi (Q3.0.12): New node for Meta key on Mac.
90 (Top):
91 (Editing):
92 (Q3.0.11):
93 (Q3.1.1):
94 Fix up Next/Prev/Menu references.
95
96 2009-02-04 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
97
98 * xemacs/xemacs.texi (Top):
99 * xemacs/misc.texi (Emulation):
100 * xemacs/building.texi (Lisp Libraries):
101 (Compiling Libraries):
102 Remove any reference to mocklisp as an active technology.
103 Also remove documentation of the related #'set-gosmacs-bindings,
104 which is no longer available.
105
106 2008-10-04 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
107
108 * xemacs-faq.texi (Q5.0.7): Fix broken instructions on use of
109 antialiased fonts.
110
111 2008-08-31 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
112
113 * xemacs-faq.texi (Q5.0.7): Add a section on how one can use
114 antialiased fonts under X11; thank you Giacomo Boffi.
115 (Q1.0.3): Clarify pronunciation using a serious phonetic
116 alphabet.
117
118 2008-07-26 Ville Skyttä <scop@xemacs.org>
119
120 * xemacs/custom.texi, xemacs/frame.texi, xemacs/mule.texi,
121 xemacs/packages.texi, xemacs/programs.texi, xemacs/trouble.texi:
122 Spelling fixes.
123
124 2008-07-26 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
125
126 * lispref/objects.texi (Character Type):
127 Document the error provoked when the reader sees an over-long
128 hexadecimal constant.
129
130 2008-07-26 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
131
132 * lispref/variables.texi (Extent):
133 Correct a misspelling of macros, add a needed space. Thank you
134 John Paul Wallington, thank you Stephen Turnbull.
135
136 2008-05-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
137
138 * lispref/objects.texi (Equality Predicates):
139 Expand on bignum equality; correct an omitted word in the last
140 commit.
141
142 2008-05-27 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
143
144 * lispref/objects.texi (Equality Predicates):
145 Cross reference to the section on comparison of numbers when
146 talking about using #'eq with integers; also mention that
147 #'eq gives t when passed identical integers, and that #'char= is
148 also available there.
149
150 2008-05-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
151
152 * internals/internals.texi (Ben's README):
153 Add a couple of @itemize / @end itemize pairs, to prevent
154 #'batch-texinfo-format choking on the input.
155
156 2008-01-20 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
157
158 * xemacs/cmdargs.texi (Command Switches):
159 Describe --script, -script.
160
161 2008-02-27 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
162
163 * internals/internals.texi (Discussion -- KKCC):
164 (Discussion -- Incremental Collector):
165 New nodes.
166 (Top):
167 (Discussion -- Garbage Collection):
168 (Discussion -- Pure Space):
169 Adjust pointers and menus for new nodes.
170
171 (lrecords): Remark that lcrecords are obsolete.
172
173 2007-12-17 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
174
175 * lispref/strings.texi (Formatting Strings):
176 Document %b for binary output.
177
178 2007-12-10 Ville Skyttä <scop@xemacs.org>
179
180 * internals/internals.texi: Spelling fixes.
181
182 2007-12-07 Ville Skyttä <scop@xemacs.org>
183
184 * beta.texi, emodules.texi, term.texi, termcap.texi, texinfo.texi,
185 widget.texi, xemacs-faq.texi: Spelling fixes.
186
187 2007-11-28 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
188
189 * internals/internals.texi (Ibytes and Ichars):
190 Cross reference to the Mule docs describing these typedefs,
191 instead of saying Not yet documented.
192
193 2007-11-14 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
194
195 * lispref/objects.texi (String Type):
196 Describe how one can include a trailing backslash in a raw string,
197 by means of the Unicode escape syntax.
198
199 2007-11-14 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
200
201 * xemacs/keystrokes.texi (Character Representation):
202 Clarify the description of which characters are displayed as
203 themselves and which as octal escapes bzw. "control" characters
204 with an initial caret.
205
206 2007-10-15 Adrian Aichner <adrian@xemacs.org>
207
208 * Makefile (info_files): Sync nt/xemacs.mak and man/Makefile.
209 Sort enries to easy future syncs.
210
211 2007-09-22 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
212
213 * lispref/searching.texi (Replacing Match): Document the escapes
214 for changing case in `replace-match'. Document the change to
215 STRBUFFER to permit subexpressions in string replacement.
216
217 2007-09-30 Adrian Aichner <adrian@xemacs.org>
218
219 * Makefile (TEXI2HTML_NOSPLIT): New.
220 * Makefile ($(HTMLDIR)/beta.html): Use TEXI2HTML_NOSPLIT.
221 * Makefile ($(HTMLDIR)/xemacs-faq.html): Ditto.
222
223 2007-09-30 Adrian Aichner <adrian@xemacs.org>
224
225 * Makefile (TEXI2HTML): Refactor TEXI2HTML for use by
226 xemacsweb/Documentation/Makefile.
227
228 2007-08-25 Adrian Aichner <adrian@xemacs.org>
229
230 * internals/internals.texi (Through Version 18): Fix error in
231 Emacs Timeline URL.
232 * internals/internals.texi (Better Rendering Support -- Configuration with the Interim Patches):
233
234 2007-06-27 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
235
236 * lispref/variables.texi (Extent):
237 Mention that lexical scope is available using lexical-let and
238 lexical-let* in cl-macs, instead of ignoring them entirely.
239
240 2007-05-21 Ville Skyttä <scop@xemacs.org>
241
242 * internals/internals.texi: Fix corrupted/oddly encoded chars.
243 * lispref/ldap.texi: Ditto.
244
245 2007-05-21 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
246
247 * XEmacs 21.5.28 "fuki" is released.
248
249 2007-05-15 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
250
251 * internals/internals.texi:
252 Replace an inaccurate description of the read syntax of a Kanji
253 character with one using the recently-added Unicode escapes. Also
254 update the size of an Ichar; they're now 21-bit integers, not
255 19-bit integers.
256
257 2007-04-30 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
258
259 * internals/internals.texi (Creating a New Console/Device/Frame Type):
260 Typo fix.
261
262 2007-01-01 Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp@xemacs.org>
263
264 * internals/internals.texi (Ben's README): Use 'grep -F' instead
265 of fgrep.
266
267 2006-11-07 Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
268
269 * lispref/os.texi (User Identification): The code uses HOMEPATH,
270 not HOMEDIR.
271
272 2006-11-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
273
274 * xemacs/custom.texi (Face Resources):
275 Mention that the user should use full XLFD forms for specifying
276 fonts, and that Mule builds reject the short forms by
277 default. Also mention the work-around to the latter design choice
278 that was implemented for Ilya.
279
280 2006-11-16 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
281
282 * internals/internals.texi
283 (Better Rendering Support -- Configuration with the Interim Patches):
284 Fix examples of configuration via X resources.
285 (Better Rendering Support -- Implementation): Fix description of
286 xftFont resources, introduce fcFontName resource.
287
288 2006-11-11 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
289
290 * lispref/faces.texi (Face Convenience Functions):
291 Add information on how to specify a face's font for a given Mule
292 charset.
293
294 * lispref/specifiers.texi (Specifiers):
295 * lispref/specifiers.texi (Simple Specifier Usage):
296 * lispref/specifiers.texi (Specifiers In-Depth):
297 * lispref/specifiers.texi (Specifier Tag Functions):
298 * lispref/specifiers.texi (Specifier Instantiation Functions):
299 Update the documentation of specifiers to reflect the new support
300 for Mule character sets and associating tags with them.
301
302 2006-08-05 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
303
304 * lispref/objects.texi (String Type):
305 Give details of the raw string syntax, taken from SXEmacs and
306 Python.
307
308 2006-07-19 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
309
310 * new-users-guide/edit.texi (Insert): Document bogosity in
311 vendor labeling of DEL key.
312 (Numeric Argument): Remove spurious RETs from keystroke examples.
313 Thanks to Michael C. Wescott <wescott@sc.rr.com>.
314
315 2006-07-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
316
317 * xemacs/custom.texi (File Variables):
318 Make it clearer that file variables are buffer-local.
319 * xemacs/custom.texi (Faces):
320 "must be encoding" -> "must be encoded".
321
322 2006-07-16 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
323
324 * lispref/variables.texi (Creating Buffer-Local):
325 Mention that buffer-local variables are created when file local
326 variables are set.
327
328 2006-07-08 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
329
330 * internals/internals.texi (Internal String Encoding):
331 Mention that UTF-8 would be a reasonable alternative encoding.
332 * internals/internals.texi (Internal Character Encoding):
333 Re-arrange the description of characters to deal with 21-bit
334 characters.
335
336 2006-06-03 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
337
338 * lispref/mule.texi (CCL Syntax):
339 * lispref/mule.texi (CCL Statements):
340 Describe the mule-to-unicode and unicode-to-mule statements;
341 rename the section they are described in.
342
343 2006-05-17 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
344
345 * xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.2.3): New node.
346 (Q2.2.2, Q2.3.1): Fix navigation references.
347 (Top, Installation): Add to menus.
348
349 2006-05-16 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
350
351 * XEmacs 21.5.27 "fiddleheads" is released.
352
353 2006-05-09 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
354
355 * beta.texi (Building Beta XEmacs): Rename 'Compiling' -> 'Building'.
356 (Reporting Problems): Improve it, make it a top-level node, add
357 some vertical spacing to make node breaks more visible.
358 (Getting the Source): Flesh it out a bit and move it to the
359 Building Beta XEmacs node.
360
361 2006-05-09 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
362
363 * xemacs/custom.texi (Xft Font Customization): New node.
364 (Faces): Create menu, add new node.
365 * xemacs/xemacs.texi (Top): add new node to detail menu.
366
367 2006-04-29 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
368
369 * lispref/objects.texi (Character Type):
370 Document the Unicode syntax for characters in characters and
371 strings.
372
373 2006-04-23 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
374
375 * internals/internals.texi: Run texinfo-master-menu.
376 (Creating a New Console/Device/Frame Type): New node.
377
378 2006-03-31 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
379
380 * XEmacs 21.5.26 "endive" is released.
381
382 2006-03-31 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
383
384 Miscellaneous doc cleanup, parts 2-4: move CHANGES-msw,
385 TODO.ben-mule-21-5, README.ben-mule-21-5, and
386 README.ben-separate-stderr to Internals Manual.
387
388 * internals/internals.texi (Ben's TODO list):
389 (CHANGES from 21.4-windows branch):
390 (Ben's README):
391 (Ben's separate stderr notes):
392 New nodes.
393
394 (Subprocesses): Add "Ben's separate stderr notes" to menu.
395 (The Great Mule Merge of March 2002): Add "Ben's TODO list" and
396 "Ben's README" to menu.
397 (Interface to MS Windows): Add "CHANGES from 21.4-windows branch"
398 to menu.
399
400 (Top): Update detailmenu.
401
402 2006-03-30 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
403
404 Miscellaneous doc cleanup, part 1: move CHANGES-ben-mule to
405 Internals Manual.
406
407 * internals/internals.texi (The Great Mule Merge of March 2002):
408 Insert CHANGES-ben-mule here, and reformat for Texinfo.
409
410 2006-02-26 Mike Sperber <mike@xemacs.org>
411
412 * xemacs/building.texi (External Lisp): Document that `run-lisp'
413 needs the os-utils package.
414
415 2006-02-26 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
416
417 * XEmacs 21.5.25 "eggplant" is released.
418
419 2005-11-25 Mike Sperber <mike@xemacs.org>
420
421 * lispref/packaging.texi (The User View):
422 * xemacs/startup.texi (Startup Paths):
423 * xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.1.6): Document new configure options and
424 environment variables for
425 package locations.
426
427 2005-12-24 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
428
429 * xemacs/keystrokes.texi (Keystrokes):
430 Add new node on keyboards with which one can't type Latin.
431 * xemacs/keystrokes.texi (Non-Latin keyboards):
432 Describe the support for falling back to a US key layout on
433 keyboards where typing the Roman alphabet is difficult.
434
435 2005-12-18 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
436
437 * XEmacs 21.5.24 "dandelion" is released.
438
439 2005-12-09 Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp@xemacs.org>
440
441 * internals/internals.texi (The configure Script): Documented
442 more fully the behaviour of complex options. Provided examples.
443
444 2005-12-03 Adrian Aichner <adrian@xemacs.org>
445
446 * custom.texi (Declaring Variables): Typo fixes.
447
448 2005-11-29 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
449
450 * xemacs/custom.texi (Faces): Describe some of the more important
451 font naming syntaxes under `set-face-font'. Fix a typo.
452
453 2005-11-22 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
454
455 * internals/internals.texi (Working with Lisp Objects): Explain
456 better why DEFSYMBOL is usually preferable to intern.
457
1 2005-11-08 Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp@xemacs.org> 458 2005-11-08 Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp@xemacs.org>
2 459
3 * internals/internals.texi (The configure Script): Added the 460 * internals/internals.texi (The configure Script): Added the
4 definition of the new macro XE_HELP_SUBSECTION. 461 definition of the new macro XE_HELP_SUBSECTION.
5 462
2805 * lispref/customize.texi (Enabling Behavior): 3262 * lispref/customize.texi (Enabling Behavior):
2806 New nodes. 3263 New nodes.
2807 3264
2808 2002-03-12 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> 3265 2002-03-12 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org>
2809 3266
2810 * The Great Mule Merge: placeholder. 3267 * The Great Mule Merge of March 2002:
3268 see node by that name in the Internals Manual.
2811 3269
2812 2002-03-05 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org> 3270 2002-03-05 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>
2813 3271
2814 * XEmacs 21.5.5 "beets" is released. 3272 * XEmacs 21.5.5 "beets" is released.
2815 3273