(Extended commands): Most people have arrow keys.
(Emacs manual): Say how to follow info links.
(File-name conventions): Change title a bit. Explain about source
versus installed. Condense etc description.
(Guidelines for newsgroup postings): Mention Savannah list page.
(Newsgroup archives): Simplify.
(Contacting the FSF): Add contact URL.
(Emacs Lisp documentation): Printed version not always available.
(Installing Texinfo documentation): Explain how by hand installation is
not normally needed. Use add-to-list. Remove duplicate reference.
(Informational files for Emacs): Move info on Help menu here from
"File-name conventions".
(Help installing Emacs): Tweak uref.
(Obtaining the FAQ): Mention repository.
(Origin of the term Emacs): Explain "ITS".
(Changing load-path): Use add-to-list.
(Automatic indentation): Clarify this is for Text mode.
Don't mention Indented Text mode.
(Finding Emacs on the Internet): The FSF does not seem to offer a
deluxe distribution on CD anymore.
Recommend the latest release. Mention how to get older FAQs.
Recommend the Emacs manual.
(Guidelines for newsgroup postings): Discourage cross-posts.
(Underlining paragraphs): Remove.
(Editing MS-DOS files): Remove pre-Emacs 20 information.
(Bugs and problems): Update key-binding.
(Problems with very large files): Mention 64-bit.
(Shell process exits abnormally): Remove.
(Problems with Shell Mode): Rename and update.
(Spontaneous entry into isearch-mode)
(Problems talking to certain hosts): Remove. This is old information,
in etc/PROBLEMS if needed.
(Emacs takes a long time to visit files, Updating Emacs): Remove.
(Dired claims that no file is on this line): Update.
(Installing Emacs, Problems building Emacs): Simplify.
(Emacs for MS-DOS): Refer to msdos/INSTALL rather than duplicating
information.
(Emacs for MS-Windows): Rename from "Emacs for Windows". Simplify.
(Emacs for Mac OS X): Rename from "Emacs for Apple computers".
(JDEE): "JDEE", not "JDE".
(Handling C-s and C-q with flow control, Binding C-s and C-q):
Remove. This is old information, in etc/PROBLEMS if needed.
(stty and Backspace key, Kanji and Chinese characters): Remove.
(Right-to-left alphabets): Update section.
(Changing the included text prefix): Gnus uses message-yank-prefix.
Add cross-reference to Supercite manual.
(Saving a copy of outgoing mail): Simplify output file description.
(Expanding aliases when sending mail): Refer to Emacs manual.
Remove old info about RFC822.
Correct description of how to rebuild aliases.
(Rmail writes to /var/spool/mail): Update location from /usr/spool/mail.
(MIME with Emacs mail packages)
(Viewing articles with embedded underlining)
(Saving a multi-part Gnus posting, Gnus hangs for a long time):
Remove old sections.
(Killing based on nonstandard headers): Remove. Scoring is preferable,
and is well-documented in the Gnus manual.
(Reading news with Emacs): Merge "Learning more about Gnus" into here.
(Making Gnus faster): Rename from "Starting Gnus faster".
Merge "Catch-up is slow in Gnus" into here.
Customize is no longer "new".
(Displaying the current line or column): Line-number mode is on by
default. Don't mention `column' package. Mention linum.el.
(Turning on abbrevs by default): Explain how to do it for buffers,
modes, and everywhere.
(Associating modes with files): Use add-to-list. Don't mention Emacs 19.
(Highlighting a region): On by default since 23.1.
(Replacing highlighted text): Update doc quote.
(Working with unprintable characters): Don't mention search-quote-char.
(Using an already running Emacs process): Gnuclient is probably not an
enhancement these days.
(Indenting switch statements): Remove mention of pre-Emacs 20.
(Horizontal scrolling): Abbreviate Emacs 20 description.
(Replacing text across multiple files): Fix name of dired command.
(Disabling backups): Use require not load.
in this day and age the common meaning is "on the web".
(copying): Use @copyright in all cases.
(Basic keys): Remove reference to deleted manual node "Text Characters".
(File-name conventions): Use GNU as an example rather than SERVICE.
default.el lives in site-lisp. Update Info directory location.
(Real meaning of copyleft): GPL actions have been brought, but all
settled out of court.
(Guidelines for newsgroup postings): Shorten section title.
Simplify comp.emacs description.
(Newsgroup archives): Change Google URL. Describe Gmane.
(Unsubscribing from Emacs lists): Remove discussion of "distribution
points". Mention List-Unsubscribe header.
(Contacting the FSF): Update email and URLs.
(Basic editing): Mention F1 for help.
(Installing Texinfo documentation): Refer to Texinfo website rather
than ftp server.
(Printing a Texinfo file): Mention texi2pdf.
(Informational files for Emacs): Don't describe FTP or SERVICE, they
are just stubs nowadays.
(Latest version of Emacs): Explain version numbers.
(Spell-checkers, Checking TeX and *roff documents): Remove sections.
(Turning on syntax highlighting): No need to mention hilit19 any more.
(Finding Emacs on the Internet): Refer to URLs rather than DISTRIB, FTP.
(Modes for various languages): Remove section.
(Major packages and programs): Remove most version and maintainer
information - it's hard to keep up-to-date, and adds nothing.
Similarly with direct links to mailing lists.
(Spell-checkers): Rename node from Ispell. Mention Aspell and Hunspell.
(Mailcrypt): Remove section - mailcrypt has not been updated in mnay
years, and Emacs comes with tools for this now.
(Patch): Remove section - this is a standard tool.
(Using function keys under X): Remove section.
Remove the optional arguments from all @node commands: makeinfo can
generate these automatically, and it is easier to edit and rearrange
nodes without them.
(Help installing Emacs): Remove reference to deleted X11 node.
(Associating modes with files): Interpreter-mode-alist is no longer
subservient to auto-mode-alist.
(Installing Emacs): Change future Emacs version.
(Linking with -lX11 fails): Remove old section.
(Packages that do not come with Emacs): Update ELL location.
Emacs Lisp archive is dead.
(Emacs for Windows): Remove reference to old CE port.
(Emacs for OS/2, Emacs for Atari ST, Emacs for the Amiga ):
Remove old ports.
(Emacs for GNUstep): Rename from "Emacs for NeXTSTEP" and update.
(Removing flashing messages): Remove section about non-existent Gnus option.
(The LPF): Make the updated URL the sole reference point.
(Learning how to do something): Update refcard price and format.
(Getting a printed manual): Sources in doc/emacs/, not man/.
Also available in PDF format. Since the page count varies, be less precise.
(Informational files for Emacs): Remove references to deleted files
LPF and SUN-SUPPORT, and to UUCP.
(Obtaining the FAQ): Refer to the service web-page rather than SERVICE.
Remove many obsolete ways to get the FAQ, which now seems only to be
distributed with Emacs.
(Mail and news): Remove sections about Rmail Babyl that no longer apply.
* picture-xtra.texi (Insert in Picture): Use <next> and <prior>.
* mini.texi (Completion Commands): Decapitalize <next> and <prior>, and
use camel-case for PageUp and PageDown.
* display.texi (Scrolling): Decapitalize <next> and <prior>, and use
camel-case for PageUp and PageDown.
* calendar.texi (Scroll Calendar): Decapitalize <next> and <prior>.
* search.texi (Isearch Scroll): Decapitalize <next> and <prior>.
(Project File Overview, No project files, Set compiler options)
(Use GNAT project file, Use multiple GNAT project files)
(Identifier completion): Use @samp for menu items, and @kbd for key
sequences.
since saving colors and faces set this way is not implemented.
(Environment variables): Remove mention of mac-fix-env, which is
scheduled to be removed.
since saving colors and faces set this way is not implemented.
(Environment variables): Remove mention of mac-fix-env, which is
scheduled to be removed.
* backups.texi (Making Backups): backup-directory-alist and
make-backup-file-name-function are options.
(Auto-Saving): auto-save-list-file-prefix is an option.
* buffers.texi (Killing Buffers): buffer-offer-save is an
option.
* display.texi (Refresh Screen): no-redraw-on-reenter is an
option.
(Echo Area Customization): echo-keystrokes is an option.
(Selective Display): selective-display-ellipses is an option.
(Temporary Displays): temp-buffer-show-function is an option.
(Face Attributes): underline-minimum-offset and x-bitmap-file-path
are options.
(Font Selection): face-font-family-alternatives,
face-font-selection-order, face-font-registry-alternatives, and
scalable-fonts-allowed are options.
(Fringe Indicators): indicate-buffer-boundaries is an option.
(Fringe Cursors): overflow-newline-into-fringe is an option.
(Scroll Bars): scroll-bar-mode is an option.
* eval.texi (Eval): max-lisp-eval-depth is an option.
* files.texi (Visiting Functions): find-file-hook is an option.
(Directory Names): directory-abbrev-alist is an option.
(Unique File Names): temporary-file-directory and
small-temporary-file-directory are options.
* frames.texi (Initial Parameters): initial-frame-alist,
minibuffer-frame-alist and default-frame-alist are options.
(Cursor Parameters): blink-cursor-alist and
cursor-in-non-selected-windows ar options.
(Window System Selections): selection-coding-system is an
option.
(Display Feature Testing): display-mm-dimensions-alist is an
option.
* help.texi (Help Functions): help-char and help-event-list are
options.
* keymaps.texi (Functions for Key Lookup): meta-prefix-char is
an option.
* minibuf.texi (Minibuffer History): history-length and
history-delete-duplicates are options.
(High-Level Completion): read-buffer-function and
read-buffer-completion-ignore-case are options.
(Reading File Names): read-file-name-completion-ignore-case is
an option.
* modes.texi (Mode Line Top): mode-line-format is an option.
(Mode Line Variables): mode-line-position and mode-line-modes
are options.
* nonascii.texi (Text Representations):
enable-multibyte-characters is an option.
(Default Coding Systems): auto-coding-regexp-alist,
file-coding-system-alist, auto-coding-alist and
auto-coding-functions are options.
(Specifying Coding Systems): inhibit-eol-conversion is an
option.
* os.texi (Init File): site-run-file is an option.
(System Environment): mail-host-address is an option.
(User Identification): user-mail-address is an option.
(Terminal Output): baud-rate is an option.
* positions.texi (Word Motion): words-include-escapes is an
option.
* searching.texi (Standard Regexps): page-delimiter,
paragraph-separate, paragraph-separate and sentence-end are
options.
* text.texi (Margins): left-margin and fill-nobreak-predicate
are options.
* variables.texi (Local Variables): max-specpdl-size is an
option.
* windows.texi (Choosing Window):
split-window-preferred-function, special-display-function and
display-buffer-function are options.
arguments to syntax-ppss-flush-cache.
* processes.texi (Input to Processes): Mark PROCESS arg to
process-running-child-p as optional.
(Network Options): Document NO-ERROR arg to
set-network-process-option.
* buffers.texi (Indirect Buffers): Mark clone-indirect-buffer as a
command.
* searching.texi (POSIX Regexps): Mark posix-search-forward and
posix-search-backward as commands.
* os.texi (Killing Emacs): Mark kill-emacs as a command.
(Suspending Emacs): Mark suspend-emacs as a command.
(Processor Run Time): Mark emacs-uptime and emacs-init-time as
commands.
(Terminal Output): Remove obsolete function baud-rate. Document
TERMINAL arg for send-string-to-terminal.
* nonascii.texi (Terminal I/O Encoding): Document TERMINAL arg for
terminal-coding-system and set-terminal-coding-system.
(Explicit Encoding): Mark DESTINATION arg of decode-coding-region
as optional.
(Character Sets): Document RESTRICTION arg of char-charset.
(Character Codes): Mark POS argument to get-byte as optional.
* minibuf.texi (Minibuffer Misc): Document ARGS arg for
minibuffer-message.
* files.texi (Create/Delete Dirs): Mark make-directory and
delete-directory as commands.
* abbrevs.texi (Abbrev Tables): Fix arglist for make-abbrev-table.
* text.texi (Base 64): Mark base64-decode-string and
base64-encode-string as commands.
(Columns): Mark move-to-column as a command.
(Mode-Specific Indent): Document RIGID arg to
indent-for-tab-command.
(Region Indent): Mark TO-COLUMN arg to indent-region as optional.
Mark indent-code-rigidly as a command.
(Substitution): Mark translate-region as a command.
* frames.texi (Size and Position): Remove obsolete functions
screen-height and screen-width.
(Displaying Buffers, Resizing Windows): Correct mistakes;
next-window, previous-window, and pop-to-buffer are not commands,
and fit-window-to-buffer" is a command. (Pointed out by Martin
Rudalics.)
with-selected-window and get-lru-window.
(Cyclic Window Ordering): Refer to particular frame when talking
about how splitting affects the ordering.
(Displaying Buffers): Fix descriptions of switch-to-buffer and
switch-to-buffer-other-window. Explain how setting of
display-buffer-reuse-frames affects pop-to-buffer.
(Choosing Window): Clarify some details in descriptions of
display-buffer-reuse-frames, pop-up-frames, and
pop-up-frame-function.
(Dedicated Windows): Clarify some details.
(Textual Scrolling): Replace term vscroll by term vertical
scroll position.
(Vertical Scrolling): Fix typo.
(Window Hooks): Relate text on jit-lock-register to window
scrolling and size changes.
