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diff etc/NEWS @ 56:c0965ff3b039 r19-16-pre3
Import from CVS: tag r19-16-pre3
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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:58:20 +0200 |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Mon Aug 13 08:57:57 2007 +0200 +++ b/etc/NEWS Mon Aug 13 08:58:20 2007 +0200 @@ -73,6 +73,173 @@ * XEmacs Release Notes ====================== +** Major Differences Between 19.15 and 19.16 +============================================ + +Many bugs have been fixed. XEmacs 19.16 is a bug-fix release only. No +new features have been added. + +-- shell-command did not respect its output-buffer argument. + +-- When using CVS in conjunction with frame-icon, an error + would occur when a frame was iconified. + +-- dired did not properly protect its data structures durin + garbage collection. + +-- y-or-n-p-minibuf could crash XEmacs 19.15. + +-- overlay-lists did not always return a pair of lists. + +-- Starting with the -nw option did not prevent XEmacs 19.15 from + attempting to connect to a tooltalk server. + +-- XEmacs 19.15 could not be built on a DUNIX4.0 system. + +-- appt.el did not respect the user's hooks. + +-- outline-mode did not work in a tty-only XEmacs 19.15. + +-- MD5 checksum generation did not work on a 64-bit machine. + +-- XEmacs 19.15 ignored the user's mail path. + +-- The rcompile package checked for ange-ftp instead of efs. + +-- vc-directory did not work. + +-- Sometimes clicking on a modeline did not advance to the + next or previous buffer as it should have. + +-- The variable enable-local-variables was sometimes ignored. + +-- pending-del did not respect the user's hooks. + +-- CRiSP mode was synchronized with FSF emacs. + +-- The performance of font-lock was improved. + +-- There were numerous holes in the garbage collection. + +-- There were 2 minor bugs with using XEmacs 19.15 on a tty. + +-- XEmacs 19.15 ignored certain dead_key events. + +-- XEmacs 19.15 had minor fontification problems with java. + +-- mark-pop did not always restore the mark properly. + +-- smtpmail.el had a couple of minor bugs. + +-- telnet-mode did not always respond to the telnet prompt. + +-- gomoku was broken in XEmacs 19.15. + +-- recover-all files did not work in XEmacs 19.15. + +-- transient-mark-mode and skeleton.el did not work together. + +-- Footnotes were not properly formatted in info. + +-- Configuration of XEmacs 19.15 did not work on Sequent + computers, because they do not have a working version of alloca. + +-- In XEmacs 19.15 it was impossible to compile with Lucid + scrollbars without Motif. + +-- XEmacs 19.15 would erroneously report an internal error on + certain types of minibuffer input. + +-- When using virtual screens with your X server, sometimes + iconify-frame would cause XEmacs 19.15 to lose one of the frames. + +-- server-kill-buffer always returned nil. + +-- The :filter keyword on a menubar could crash XEmacs 19.15. + +-- psgml-mode did not respect the user's hooks. + +-- Many bugs in efs mode were fixed. + +-- sh-script.el could hang XEmacs. + +-- Options could not be saved after fonts were changed in + XEmacs 19.15. + +-- read-from-string could not read "1.". + +-- dired was confused about where chown lives on Linux. + +-- Edebug did not work on floating point numbers. + +-- first-change-hook saved the wrong buffer, so unwinding the + stack could result in the wrong buffer's being restored. + +-- pcl-cvs was incompatible with live-icon. + +-- save-buffer deactivated the zmacs region. + +-- When running a sub-process, if the standard error could + not be opened, the error was reported incorectly. + +-- shell-command-on-region had a bogus test for the active + region. + +-- get-frame-for-buffer ignored relevant properties. + +-- make-database did not correctly expand its filename + argument. + +-- A few minor improvements were made to the optimizer in the + byte-compiler. + +-- kill-region could get confused when the beginning of the + region was after the end of the region. + +-- movemail was upgraded to the same version which shipped + with XEmacs 20.2; this version understands Linux file locking. + +-- The regexp cache size was too small. + +-- The "save as" dialog was buggy. + +-- Minor bugs in sendmail mode. + +-- tm did not understand the png image format. + +-- set-text-properties only removed the first text property. + +-- add-log.el has been upgraded to the version supported by + FSF emacs 20.1. + +-- When tags-loop-continue was called inappropriately, the + wrong error message resulted. + +-- Frame creation was buggy, and could crash XEmacs. + +-- PNG support did not work on Linux. + +-- Asynchronous process output did not always work. + +-- x-compose.el did not support the degree sign or the + grave keysym. + +-- mh-invisible-headers did not work. + +-- Creating a tty frame could crash XEmacs 19.15. + +-- detach-extent could crash XEmacs. + +-- The minibuffer could get the read-only attribute. + +-- When the mouse was in the right side of the frame, its + position could be reported incorrectly. + +-- lib-complete didn't work with compressed files. + +-- getloadavg.c was brought into sync with the XEmacs 20.2 + version. + ** Major Differences Between 19.14 and 19.15 ============================================ @@ -90,7 +257,6 @@ and News. The primary author is Morioka Tomohiko. -- There is a new way to customize faces and (some) variables. - Try it with `M-x customize RET', or from the Options->Customize menu. Documented in <URL:info:custom>.