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XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released

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To: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org
From: "Stephen J. Turnbull, XEmacs 21.5 Beta Engineer" <stephen@xemacs.org>
Subject: XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.
Organization: The XEmacs Project

*          XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.
      "horseradish" is the thirty-fourth in the VEGETABLE series.

The successor to XEmacs 21.5.32 "habanero", "horseradish" adds a few
minor fixes and improvements.  The Help menu has been reorganized, and
there have been a number of syncs to GNU Emacs which are mostly useful
for supporting syncs of specific packages.  The most generally useful
improvement is probably new support for the [remap] syntax in `define-key'.

This is the development line.  The current series started with XEmacs
21.5.0 (an alias for XEmacs 21.4.0 "Solid Vapor", the first release in
the current stable line).  21.5 is the code base for introduction of
major new subsystems and fixes to design bugs that experience shows will
introduce instability.  So far the main effort has been on improved
support for Unicode, updates to the build infrastructure, and development
of new features in memory allocation.

For general information about XEmacs, the developers, and the user
community, see our home page,

		       http://www.xemacs.org/

* XEmacs 21.5.33 is "beta" software. 

The usual "no warranty" disclaimer (see etc/COPYING, sections 10 and 11)
applies.  At this point in time, it is the version that most developers
are using for their daily work.  However, it is certain that many bugs
remain and new ones will be introduced as development proceeds.  Be sure
to take care to safe your work often and follow a regular backup regime.

* Availability

Anonymous ftp:

             ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/xemacs-21.5

See http://www.xemacs.org/Install/ for more information about building
from source.

If you already have a 21.5.32 source tree, a patchkit is available in
xemacs-21.5.32-21.5.33.patch.gz.  This does not update .elcs or .infos.
They will be rebuilt when you make XEmacs.  If you have an earlier
version, you can repeatedly apply patchkits.

Also, if you don't have the packages yet, see

        http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packageGuide.html.

Mercurial repository:

              http://hg.debian.org/hg/xemacs/xemacs-beta

This is a read-only Mercurial repository.  To check out XEmacs 21.5.33,
use the command

    hg clone -r r21-5-33 http://hg.debian.org/hg/xemacs/xemacs-beta

to create a new Mercurial workspace, or

                        hg pull -u -r r21-5-33

if you already have a local workspace from Mercurial.  To update to the
most recent commits to the official repository, use

                            hg pull -u -r tip

For more details, see

             http://www.xemacs.org/Develop/hgaccess.html .

Changes in XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish"

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Major Features, Bugfixes, and Backward Incompatible Changes

-- Nothing major this time. -- nobody

User-Visible Bug Fixes and Improvements

-- Improve: Reorganize default menubar. -- Stephen J. Turnbull

Build Infrastructure and Source Tree

-- Fix: Prevent make distclean from deleting configure in modules. -- Mats Lidell
-- Improve: Make configure warn about missing system package hierarchies. -- Stephen J. Turnbull

Documentation

-- Fix: Description of Mercurial repositories. -- Stephen J. Turnbull
-- Fix: TUTORIAL to describe recenter-top-bottom correctly. -- Mats Lidell
-- Improve: Description of `mark-defun'. -- Steven Mitchell
-- Improve: Documentation of menus. -- Byrel Mitchell, Vin Shelton
-- Improve: INSTALL. -- Steven Mitchell, Stephen J. Turnbull, Robert D. Royar

Lisp API

-- Fix: Implement :active in submenu specs. -- Byrel Mitchell
-- New: Adopt GNU's ## syntax for the interned symbol with the zero-length name. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- New: Command remapping in keymaps from GNU. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- New: call-process-shell-command from GNU. -- Mats Lidell
-- New: delete-trailing-lines, delete-trailing-whitespace from GNU. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- New: recenter-positions, recenter-top-bottom, recenter-last-op from GNU. -- Mats Lidell
-- Improve: Accept GNU's UNIVERSAL argument in format-time-string. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- Improve: Allow noninteractive call of self-insert-command with null count. -- Stephen J. Turnbull

Internal API and Implementation

-- Fix: Avoid malloc'ing inside search. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- Fix: GCPRO etc in define-specifier-tag. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- Fix: Incorrect handling of empty sets in subsetp. -- Stephen J. Turnbull, Benson Mitchell, Steven Mitchell
-- Fix: Inhibit error at compile time in equal, member, assoc, rassoc. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- Fix: Regexp in describe-register-1. -- Stephen Turnbull, Mats Lidell
-- Fix: Respect face and display table information in the minibuffer prompt. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- Improve: Charset not in table warning message. -- Stephen J. Turnbull
-- Improve: find-coding-system-magic-cookie-in-file moved to C. -- Aidan Kehoe

Testing and Debugging

-- New: Simple test cases for call-process-shell-command. -- Mats Lidell
-- New: Test regular expression in describe-register-1. -- Mats Lidell
-- New: Test search for character ranges with dirty syntax table. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- New: Test the new command remapping functionality. -- Aidan Kehoe
-- New: Tests of #'subsetp. -- Stephen J. Turnbull, Steven Mitchell, Benson Mitchell

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

2012-12-27  Robert D. Royar	<xemacs@royar.org>

	Minor additions by Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>.

	* INSTALL: correct typographical errors; update 
	version numbers provided in Running Make section;
	change default datadir reference to /usr/local/share
	to match all other references to datadir's subdirectories;
	change "can not" to "cannot".

2012-11-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* INSTALL: Reorganize and update.
	Thanks to Steven Mitchell for the suggestion.

2012-08-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* configure.ac (Package Search): New Installation section.
	Warn about missing system package hierarchies.

	* configure: Regenerate.

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

2012-09-18  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* TUTORIAL: Updated due to recenter-top-bottom

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

2012-12-28  Byrel Mitchell  <byrel.mitchell@gmail.com>

	* menubar.el (check-menu-syntax): Implement :active in submenu specs.

2012-08-03  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* menubar-items.el (default-menubar): Reorganize.
	Add PROBLEMS to toplevel.
	New "More about XEmacs" submenu for NEWS, licensing, etc.
	New "Recent History" menu for messages, lossage, etc.
	Get rid of ugly and unexpressive ellipses.

2012-12-14  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* register.el (describe-register-1): Fix erroneous regular
	expression. Thank you Stephen Turnbull.

2012-11-06  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* cl-macs.el (equal, member, assoc, rassoc):
	Never error at compile time in these compiler macros because of an
	incorrect number of arguments.

2012-10-14  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* help.el:
	* help.el (describe-function-1):
	Add some newlines here when dealing with remapped commands, thank
	you Robert Pluim.

2012-10-13  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* process.el (call-process-shell-command): New function from GNU.

2012-09-18  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* window-xemacs.el (recenter-positions): New defcustom.
	(recenter-top-bottom): New command.
	(recenter-last-op): New defvar.

	* replace.el (perform-replace): Let-bind recenter-last-op to nil.
	For def=recenter, replace `recenter' with `recenter-top-bottom'
	that is called with `this-command' and `last-command' let-bound to
	`recenter-top-bottom'.  When the last `def' was not `recenter',
	set `recenter-last-op' to nil.

	* keydefs.el (global-map): Make recenter-top-bottom new default
	for C-l.

2012-09-08  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* simple.el:
	* simple.el (delete-trailing-lines): New.
	* simple.el (delete-trailing-whitespace): New.
	Import this function and an associated variable from GNU, thank
	you GNU.
	Update its interactive spec to work correctly in XEmacs.

2012-09-07  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* files.el:
	* files.el (find-coding-system-magic-cookie-in-file):
	Removed. Move this to C, so we can use
	look_for_coding_system_magic_cookie().

2012-09-02  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* help.el (describe-function-1):
	Document any command remapping that has been done in this function.

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

2013-01-02  Vin Shelton  <acs@xemacs.org>

	* lispref/menus.texi (Creating Menu Accelerators): Clarify that
	the menu accelerator must be lowercase.

2012-12-28  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* xemacs/programs.texi (Defuns): Improve description of `mark-defun'.
	Thanks to Steven Mitchell for the suggestion.

2012-12-28  Byrel Mitchell  <byrel.mitchell@gmail.com>

	* lispref/menus.texi (Menu Format):
	Document use of :active in submenu specs.

2012-12-28  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* internals/internals.texi (Mercurial Basics):
	Update references to repository to reflect current reality.

2012-12-28  Byrel Mitchell  <byrel.mitchell@gmail.com>

	* lispref/menus.texi (Creating Menu Accelerators): Typo fix.

2012-10-13  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* lispref/processes.texi (Synchronous Processes): New function
	call-process-shell-command.

2012-09-18  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* lispref/windows.texi (Vertical Scrolling): Added
	recenter-top-bottom and recenter-positions

	* xemacs/display.texi (Display): Rearranged and added
	documentation due to new function recenter-top-bottom.

2012-08-06  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* lispref/symbols.texi (Symbol Components):
	Document the new syntax of ## for the symbol with name "" interned
	in obarray.

2012-09-02  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* lispref/keymaps.texi (Keymaps):
	* lispref/keymaps.texi (Changing Key Bindings):
	* lispref/keymaps.texi (Scanning Keymaps):
	* lispref/keymaps.texi (Remapping commands):
	* lispref/keymaps.texi (XEmacs): New.
	* lispref/keymaps.texi (Other Keymap Functions):
	Document the new command remapping functionality in this file.

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

2012-10-15  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* common/Makefile.common (distclean): Don't delete configure.

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

2012-12-24  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	(Fself_insert_command): Oops, Aidan renamed make_int to make_fixnum.
	Adjust my patch to match.  Thank you, Mr. Buildbot (and matsl! :-)

2012-12-24  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* cmds.c (Fself_insert_command):
	Allow noninteractive call with null argument.

2012-12-24  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	Based on patch by Benson and Steven Mitchell on XEmacs Beta
	<50D16FF7.4090708@bnin.net>.

	* sequence.c (venn): Fix bug in handling null arguments.
	Add null set short circuits, conditional on caller is `subsetp'.

2012-10-18  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* fontcolor-xlike-inc.c (xft_find_charset_font):
	Improve charset not in table warning message.

2012-11-06  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* keymap.c (define_key_check_and_coerce_keysym):
	When worrying about GNU Emacs-like keysym syntax, if the symbol
	name starts with c-whatever (or s-whatever, or m-whatever), check
	for a function binding for that before erroring. Otherwise command
	remapping and C mode interact badly, since most of the C mode
	commands are regarded as GNU Emacs-style keysyms.

2012-11-06  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* keymap.c (event_binding):
	Do command remapping here for interactive lookups; avoids a
	relatively expensive repeated call to get_relevant_keymaps(), as
	was necessary in 7371081ce8f7 (which changeset has been backed
	out).

2012-10-14  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	Respect face and display table information in the minibuffer
	prompt. Thanks for the bug report, Nelson Ferreira!
	* redisplay.c (struct prop_block):
	Add entries representing the minibuffer prompt explicitly to the
	union here.
	* redisplay.c (add_propagation_runes):
	Respect the face and the display table for the minibuffer prompt
	here.
	* redisplay.c (regenerate_window):
	Use the new union members when passing the minibuffer prompt info
	to add_propagation_runes().

2012-09-16  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* editfns.c (Fformat_time_string):
	Accept GNU's UNIVERSAL argument, which means we call gmtime()
	instead of localtime(). Thanks for the report of org-mode
	incompatibility, Matsl!

2012-09-07  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* file-coding.c:
	* file-coding.c (snarf_coding_system):
	Take a new parameter, FIND_CODING_SYSTEM_P, which indicates that
	find_coding_system() should be called.
	* file-coding.c (look_for_coding_system_magic_cookie):
	* file-coding.c (determine_real_coding_system):
	* file-coding.c (undecided_convert):
	Use this parameter.
	* file-coding.c (Ffind_coding_system_magic_cookie_in_file):	
	New, moved from files.el, so we can use
	look_for_coding_system_magic_cookie's implementation.
	* file-coding.c (syms_of_file_coding):
	Make Ffind_coding_system_magic_cookie_in_file available.

2012-09-05  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* keymap.c:
	* keymap.c (Fdefine_key):
	* keymap.c (remap_command):
	* keymap.c (Fremap_command):
	Don't sanity-check commands to be remapped with the (define-key
	KEYMAP [remap COMMAND1] COMMAND2) syntax, for better compatibility
	with GNU Emacs. Thank you Robert Pluim!

2012-09-02  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* regex.c (re_search_2):
	* regex.c (re_match_2):
	If the mirror syntax table is dirty, update it before the search,
	preventing a malloc() inside the search code, something which
	isn't allowed. Thank you Henry Thompson!

2012-08-12  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* specifier.c (define_specifier_tag):
	GC protect the list that Fcharset_list () gave back, it's freshly
	consed.
	Clear the alist entries for this tag in CHARSET's tag list if the
	charset_predicate is nil, so re-creating a charset tag works more
	effectively.
	* specifier.c (Fdefine_specifier_tag):
	Device-type-specific tags *are* available, even if that device
	type isn't; see specifier.el.

2012-08-06  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* lread.c (read1):
	* print.c (print_symbol):
	Adopt GNU's ## syntax for the interned symbol with the zero-length
	name.

2012-09-02  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* keymap.c:
	Add command remapping, a more robust equivalent to
	#'substitute-key-definition.
	* keymap.c (CHECK_REMAPPING_POSITION): New.
	* keymap.c (keymap_equal): Correct a comment here.
	* keymap.c (Fdefine_key): Document the command remapping syntax.
	* keymap.c (Fremap_command): New.
	* keymap.c (command_remapping): New.
	* keymap.c (Fcommand_remapping): New.
	* keymap.c (commands_remapped_to_mapper): New.
	* keymap.c (commands_remapped_to_traverser): New.
	* keymap.c (Fcommands_remapped_to): New.
	* keymap.c (get_relevant_keymaps): Take a new POSITION argument.
	* keymap.c (Fcurrent_keymaps, event_binding):
	Supply the new POSITION argument to get_relevant_keymaps.
	* keymap.c (Fkey_binding):
	Add new arguments, NO-REMAP and POSITION.

	* keymap.c (map_keymap_mapper):
	* keymap.c (Fwhere_is_internal):
	* keymap.c (where_is_to_char):
	* keymap.c (where_is_recursive_mapper):
	Don't expose the key remapping in these functions. This conflicts
	with GNU, but is more sane for our callers. Access to command
	remapping is with the functions #'command-remapping,
	#'commands-remapped-to, and #'remap-command, not with the general
	keymap functions, apart from the compatibility hack in #'define-key.

	* keymap.c (syms_of_keymap):
	* keymap.c (vars_of_keymap):
	* keymap.c (complex_vars_of_keymap):
	* lisp.h: New CHECK_COMMAND macro.

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2013-01-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* XEmacs 21.5.33 "horseradish" is released.

2012-12-19  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>

	* automated/lisp-tests.el: Add tests of #'subsetp.
	Thanks Steven and Benson Mitchell <smitchell@bnin.net>.

2012-12-14  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* automated/register-tests.el: New. Test for register.el. Test
	case for bug in regular expression in describe-register-1

2012-10-13  Mats Lidell  <matsl@xemacs.org>

	* automated/process-tests.el: Simple test cases for
	call-process-shell-command.

2012-09-02  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* automated/regexp-tests.el:
	Make sure we can search for character ranges successfully when the
	syntax table is dirty.

2012-09-02  Aidan Kehoe  <kehoea@parhasard.net>

	* automated/keymap-tests.el:
	Test the new command remapping functionality.

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