Brief summary of changes to 21.2.27 "Hera" -- Dynamic layout for widgets from Andy Piper -- config.sub, config.guess major upgrade, Marcus Thiessel -- gdbinit renamed to .gdbinit -- dbxrc renamed to .dbxrc -- Mail locking overhaul, Michael Sperber -- Info-visit-file can now be used non-interactively, Martin Buchholz -- FAQ updates, Sandra Wambold -- Document lisp-level error handling, Hrvoje Niksic -- Windows changes, Kirill Katsnelson -- Portable dumper ported to Windows, Kirill Katsnelson -- idlwave-mode added, Carsten Dominik -- Info changes, Yoshiki Hayashi and Didier Verna. -- Again support BSD/OS 2.0 -- minibuf.* changes, Yoshiki Hayashi -- hyper-apropos changes, Yoshiki Hayashi -- buffers tab has its own face, Andy Piper -- modeline scrolling changes, Didier Verna -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.27/ChangeLog ------- 2000-01-15 Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com&gt; * etc/TUTORIAL.de: Update copyright and fix typo. 2000-01-14 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * configure.in: Create a .dbxrc in the src directory, like .gdbinit. * configure.in: Add `tests' symlink to make it easier to find automated tests directory. 2000-01-14 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * configure.in: for cygwin 1.0 we must pick up the mingw32 headers before the cygwin headers. 2000-01-08 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * configure.in: - Allow find-tag to work in the build directory. - rename src/gdbinit to src/.gdbinit, so that gdb can find it. - Less verbose messages when creating .sbinit, .gdbinit, TAGS. 2000-01-07 Marcus Thiessel <marcus(a)xemacs.org&gt; * config.sub: Upgrade to 1.169, imported from autoconf's CVS * config.guess: Upgrade to 1.158, imported from autoconf's CVS 2000-01-03 Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] <sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de&gt; * etc/NEWS: Document mail spool locking overhaul. * configure.usage (--mail-locking): * configure.in: Handle --mail-locking option correctly in preparation for the movemail locking overhaul. 2000-01-05 Daniel Pittman <daniel(a)danann.net&gt; * configure.in (Installation): Report which Athena header/library combo is being used. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.27/lib-src/ChangeLog ------- 2000-01-18 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * ootags.c: Ansify. * etags.c: * getopt.c: * cvtmail.c: Remove declarations of ANSI errno, getenv(), malloc(). 2000-01-13 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * movemail.c (main): * make-docfile.c (write_c_args): Simple compiler warning fixes. 2000-01-09 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * *.[ch]: Change <../src/config.h> to <config.h> * ellcc.c: Always use <...> to #include files not in `.' * Makefile.in.in: Use safer -I paths. Use $(top_srcdir) instead of $(srcdir)/../src Add warning comment. 2000-01-08 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * movemail.c: Warning removal. 2000-01-06 Norbert Koch <norbert(a)s.netic.de&gt; * movemail.c: Typo fix. 2000-01-03 Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] <sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de&gt; * movemail.c: Overhaul of the locking code. 2000-01-03 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * etags.c (etags_strrchr): Ansify. (etags_strchr): Ansify. (get_compressor_from_suffix): Remove warning, make code cleaner. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.27/lisp/ChangeLog ------- 2000-01-18 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * process.el (shell-command-to-string): Use the FSF docstring. Make shell-command-to-string the standard function, and exec-to-string the (deprecated) alias. * startup.el: typo fix. 2000-01-16 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * mule/mule-misc.el (char-octet): Move back into mule-charset.c. 2000-01-14 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * menubar-items.el (sort-buffers-menu-alphabetically): Put invisible buffers after visible buffers. (sort-buffers-menu-by-mode-then-alphabetically): Ditto. 2000-01-17 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * info.el (Info-extract-menu-node-name): Stop at a dot followed by whitespace or right parenthesis. 2000-01-15 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr&gt; * info.el (Info-directory-list): Warn against using Customize with Info-directory-list. 2000-01-15 Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com&gt; * minibuf.el (read-file-name): doc fix. * autoload.el (update-file-autoloads): doc fix. * about.el (about-hackers): Change my E-mail address. 2000-01-13 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * info.el (Info-visit-file): Just use the `f' interactive spec to read a filename in the standard way. 2000-01-13 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * gutter-items.el (gutter-buffers-tab-orientation): new variable. (gutter-buffers-tab-extent): new variable. (update-tab-in-gutter): call add-tab-to-gutter again if the orientation has changed. (add-tab-to-gutter): cope with different orientations. 2000-01-11 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * info.el (Info-following-node-name): backward-skip dots as well as spaces (dots at the end of a node name aren't part of it). (Info-extract-menu-node-name): don't skip dots. There could be some in the node name. (Info-index): allow dots to be part of a node name. 2000-01-12 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de&gt; * files.el (auto-mode-alist): Added idlwave-mode. Patch by Carsten Dominik <dominik(a)astro.uva.nl&gt;. 1999-12-22 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * info.el (Info-search): Show default value. 1999-12-20 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * info.el (Info-read-node-completion-table): New variable. (Info-read-node-name-1): New function. (Info-read-node-name): Use it. (Info-follow-reference): Use DEFAULT argument of completing-read. (Info-menu): Ditto. 1999-12-27 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * hyper-apropos.el (hyper-describe-key-briefly): Save window configuration. (hyper-describe-face): Use DEFAULT of completing-read. (hyper-apropos-read-variable-symbol): Ditto. (hyper-apropos-read-function-symbol): Ditto. 1999-12-27 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * mule/mule-cmds.el (set-default-coding-system): Set comint-exec-hook to use coding-system-for-read and coding-system-for-write so that C-x RET c works. 1999-12-27 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * minibuf.el (minibuffer-confirm-incomplete): Customize. (previous-matching-history-element): Increment minibuffer-max-depth by 1. (next-matching-history-element): Ditto. 2000-01-11 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * gutter-items.el (buffers-tab): Create a new face for the buffers tab. (buffers-tab-face): use it. 2000-01-10 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * modeline.el (modeline-scrolling-method): change modeline X cursor appearance according to the value. 2000-01-07 Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de&gt; * about.el (about-hackers): Moved my entry to contributor list. (xemacs-hackers): Added myself. (about-maintainer-info): Added description of myself. 2000-01-07 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * modeline.el (modeline-scrolling-method): new variable. (mouse-drag-modeline): add reference to it in the docstring. (mouse-drag-modeline): handle it. 2000-01-08 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * gutter-items.el (update-tab-in-gutter): remove resize-subwindow calls. (remove-buffer-from-gutter-tab): ditto. 2000-01-06 Per Abrahamsen <abraham(a)dina.kvl.dk&gt; * cus-edit.el (custom-hook-convert-widget): Fix comment. (custom-face-edit): Fix grammatical error in help message. 2000-01-03 Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor] <sperber(a)informatik.uni-tuebingen.de&gt; * movemail.el: Added. * dumped-lisp.el (preloaded-file-list): Added movemail.el. 2000-01-03 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * modeline.el (mouse-drag-modeline): remove the code related to the modeline horizontal scrolling facility. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.27/lwlib/ChangeLog ------- 2000-01-15 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * lwlib-Xlw.c (lw_update_one_widget): make sure global properties gets set. 2000-01-07 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * config.h.in (ATHENA_INCLUDE): CPP trickery to make old cpps happy. This extends support for gcc 2.6 (e.g. on BSD/OS 2.0) * lwlib.c: Fix up memset calls. * lwlib-Xm.c (xm_update_text): Warning suppression. (xm_update_text_field): Warning suppression. 2000-01-03 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * lwlib-Xaw.c (xaw_update_one_widget): Emergency fix for this crash: (yes-or-no-p-dialog-box "Yes or No") -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.27/man/ChangeLog ------- 2000-01-17 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * xemacs/regs.texi: Synch with FSF 20.5. 2000-01-14 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * info.texi: Change cross reference from emacs to xemacs. 2000-01-14 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * xemacs/mini.texi: Synch with FSF 20.5. Update. 2000-01-16 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.1.15): Fix up ＠table formatting. 2000-01-14 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.1.15): Update dbx/gdb debugging info. 2000-01-14 Sandra Wambold <wambold(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi: removed out-of-date XEmacs 19 questions. 2000-01-14 Sandra Wambold <wambold(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi: Updated Macintosh information, updated OS/2 info, changed turn-on-pending-delete answer. 2000-01-08 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.1.15): Make debugging info current. 2000-01-08 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr&gt; * lispref/control.texi (Signaling Errors): Document that `signal' is continuable. (Signaling Errors): Document `cerror', `signal-error', and `check-argument-type'. (Handling Errors): Mention `debug-on-signal'. (Error Symbols): Document `define-error'. (Processing of Errors): Document `display-error' and `error-message-string'. 2000-01-05 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * internals/internals.texi: Remove latin-1 char. 2000-01-05 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs/custom.texi (Key bindings using strings): add missing whitespace. * xemacs/xemacs.texi (Top): * new-users-guide/new-users-guide.texi (Top): add missing `＠top' node. 1999-12-24 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * lispref/minibuf.texi (Reading a Password): New section. 1999-12-21 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * lispref/minibuf.texi: Remove documentation about minibuffer-local-ns-map, read-no-blanks-input. 1999-12-21 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * lispref/minibuf.texi: Partial Synch with FSF manual. Add description about DEFAULT argument of reading functions. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.27/nt/ChangeLog ------- 2000-01-18 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * minitar.c: Errno.h --> errno.h. Remove errno declaration. 2000-01-13 Kirill 'Big K' Katsnelson <kkm(a)dtmx.com&gt; * xemacs.mak: Added USE_PORTABLE_DUMPER make command line macro. (temacs:) Added dependency for lastfile.lib so that 'make temacs' builds it first. 1999-12-28 Scott Blachowicz <Scott.Blachowicz(a)seaslug.org&gt; * minitar.mak: Add vars to allow building from main xemacs.mak. * xemacs.mak: Add rules to build & install minitar. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.27/src/ChangeLog ------- 2000-01-18 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * glyphs-eimage.c (struct tiff_error_struct): (tiff_error_func): (tiff_warning_func): #if HAVE_VSNPRINTF ==> #ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF * unexmips.c: * unexhp9k3.c: * unexfreebsd.c: * unexec.c: Remove vestigial Lucid C code. * unexalpha.c: * unexaix.c: * termcap.c: * libsst.c: Ansify. Remove declarations of errno and strerror(). * eval.c (Fbacktrace): Small Purify-cation. Fix docstring. * .dbxrc (run-temacs): Use the horrible ${1+"$＠"} instead of "$＠". 2000-01-16 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * mule-charset.c (Fchar_octet): Resurrect from earlier in 1999. Optimize. 2000-01-14 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * md5.c: * file-coding.c: * file-coding.h: Change enum eol_type to eol_type_t. 2000-01-17 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * gui.c (get_gui_callback): Check cons before accessing car. 2000-01-17 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * specifier.h (XSPECIFIER_TYPE): Add error checking version. (XSETSPECIFIER_TYPE): Ditto. 2000-01-17 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * redisplay.c (generate_fstring_runes): compute string size in characters, not bytes. 2000-01-09 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr&gt; * window.c (Fwindow_minibuffer_p): Make WINDOW optional. 2000-01-14 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr&gt; * print.c (print_error_message): Call print_prepare(). 2000-01-14 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * .dbxrc: Renamed from dbxrc. * events.c (event_to_character): Use `assert (foo)' instead of `if (!foo) abort()' * .gdbinit (xtype): Add documentation. * .gdbinit (check-temacs): New function. * .gdbinit (check-xemacs): New function. * dbxrc (check-xemacs): New function. * dbxrc (check-xemacs): New function. 2000-01-14 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * glyphs-widget.c (widget_query_geometry): Make sure that we calculate default dimensions correctly. 2000-01-13 Kirill 'Big K' Katsnelson <kkm(a)dtmx.com&gt; * symsinit.h: Added prototype for reinit_vars_of_frame_mswindows. * event-msw.c (vars_of_event_mswindows): Fixed a mistyped pdump_wire'd variable. * emacs.c: (main_1): Conditionalized calls to reinit_vars_of_scrollbar_x and reinit_vars_of_module. 2000-01-13 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * window.c (Fset_window_configuration): * sysdep.c (_start): * input-method-motif.c (res): * event-Xt.c (Xt_process_to_emacs_event): Simple compiler warning fixes. * bytecode.c (funcall_compiled_function): Use the original function symbol on the backtrace list in preference to the compiled_function object in error messages. 2000-01-13 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * glyphs-x.c (update_widget_face): Make sure we update the widget background as well as foreground. 2000-01-13 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * glyphs.h (struct Lisp_Image_Instance): Move justify and orient fields to subwindow. (IMAGE_INSTANCE_SUBWINDOW_JUSTIFY): new macro. (XIMAGE_INSTANCE_SUBWINDOW_JUSTIFY): ditto. (IMAGE_INSTANCE_SUBWINDOW_ORIENT): ditto. (XIMAGE_INSTANCE_SUBWINDOW_ORIENT): ditto. * glyphs-widget.c (check_valid_tab_orientation): new function. (initialize_widget_image_instance): zero orientation and justification. (widget_instantiate): pick up orientation. (tab_control_query_geometry): return appropriate values for vertical tabs. * glyphs-msw.c: (mswindows_tab_control_instantiate): assign appropriate creation flags for left, right and bottom tabs. * s/cygwin32.h: add tab definitions. 2000-01-12 Kirill 'Big K' Katsnelson <kkm(a)dtmx.com&gt; * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_unmap_subwindow): Set focus back to the frame upon hiding a subwindow. (mswindows_button_instantiate): Changed the push button style to BS_PUSHBUTTON. (mswindows_button_instantiate): Removed button BS_NOTIFY style. (mswindows_button_instantiate): Removed redundant check for a disabled gui item. (mswindows_button_instantiate): Made use of WS_TABSTOP consistent: "operable" controls (edit, button, tree, scroll) have this style, "display-only" ones (static, progress gauge) do not. This style is currently ignored by XEmacs though. Also, removed the WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT style - it is not for children, it is for their parents! (mswindows_edit_field_instantiate): Ditto. (mswindows_progress_gauge_instantiate): Ditto. (mswindows_tree_view_instantiate): Ditto. (mswindows_tab_control_instantiate): Ditto. (mswindows_scrollbar_instantiate): Ditto. (mswindows_combo_box_instantiate): Ditto. (mswindows_widget_instantiate): Added the WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT style to the "clip" window. (mswindows_button_instantiate): Removed compilation warning by equally typing terms of the ?: operator. 2000-01-12 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * redisplay.c (generate_fstring_runes): new parameter holding the last modeline-format extent. (add_glyph_to_fstring_db_runes): new parameter holding the glyph extent, fill the glyph block with it. (generate_fstring_runes): handle these parameters. (generate_formatted_string_db): ditto. * keymap.c (get_relevant_keymaps): retreive the keymaps from the glyphs'extents in the modeline. 1999-01-11 Mike Woolley <mike(a)bulsara.com&gt; * ntheap.c: Reduced the reserved heap space from 1Gb down to 256Mb, as a workaround for the non-starting problem many people have experienced. 2000-01-06 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * console-tty.c (Fset_console_tty_output_coding_system): Force redrawing tty frame. 2000-01-10 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * redisplay.c (generate_fstring_runes): fix size computation bug. 2000-01-09 William M. Perry <wmperry(a)aventail.com&gt; * gpmevent.c: (gpm_next_event_cb): Don't return value from void function. 2000-01-09 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * glyphs-msw.c: index -> i to avoid shadows. (xbm_create_bitmap_from_data): make static. (check_valid_string_or_int): deleted. (mswindows_control_wnd_proc): message -> msg to avoid shadows. * glyphs-x.c (x_update_subwindow): remove unused args. * glyphs.c (glyph_image_instance): return the thing. Don't set the back pointer - this is done in allocate_image_instance. (query_string_font): return Qnil to make the compiler happy. (unmap_subwindow): set to ~0 to make the compiler happy. (glyph_query_geometry): comment out until used. (glyph_layout): ditto. 2000-01-09 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr&gt; * insdel.c (signal_after_change): Remove extraneous unbind_to(). -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.27/tests/ChangeLog ------- 1999-12-24 Yoshiki Hayashi <t90553(a)mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp&gt; * automated/syntax-tests.el: New file. Add test for scan_words using forward-word and backword-word. 2000-01-08 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * automated/mule-tests.el: Test resizing of small and big (> 8k bytes) strings.