nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (01/18/89)
Freemacs 1.5d is now released. The changes.doc file follows, followed by
the howtoget.it file. Note that I haven't been able to reach simtel20 with
any degree of luck lately, so it may take a while to get there. Freemacs
still has a 64K limit on file size.
-russ
This is a list of changes between versions 1.5c and 1.5d of Freemacs:
Conventions:
The library user.ed and user.edd (letter U) will now be automatically
loaded. Additional packages such as etags.min and norman.min (Norman Ramsey's
preferences) will be loaded into the User library.
Primitives:
#(dt) and #(tm) have been replaced by #(ct), which returns the same value
as Unix's ctime(). #(ct,filename) returns the time and date associated
with the filename, or a null string if the file doesn't exist.
#(si,foo,bar) uses the string foo to translate the string bar.
Mint code:
Rudimentary editing of the minibuffer:
C-a aka Home
C-b aka Left Arrow
C-d aka Delete
C-e aka End
C-f aka Right Arrow
C-k
down-page and up-page now moves up or down as many lines as in its argument.
C-x 0 added. It deletes the current window.
C-x 2 splits the current window and puts the *same* buffer in both windows.
M-x shell-command-to-buffer will put its output into the current
buffer if an argument is given.
Filename completion now listens to F-completion-ignored-extensions, which
causes some filename extensions to be ignored.
M-0 through M-9 and M-- are now handled the same as C-u, and either form
may be intermingled.
M-x switch-to-buffer (C-x b) will create a buffer if it doesn't exist.
M-x yank-rectangle didn't pad short lines correctly.
When a single character answer is expected, case is now ignored.
If you try to save a file without a filename, you are prompted for one.
M-x find-file-other-window (C-x 4 f) added.
M-x switch-to-buffer-other-window (C-x 4 b) added.
M-x dired-other-window (C-x 4 d) added.
howtoget.it:
You may freely copy this software. I only ask that you send improvements
back to me for incorporation into the package for the rest of us. The
distribution is available from one or more of the following sources:
EMACS15D ARC The executables and MINT code.
EMACS100 ARC Zenith Z-100 version. Requires EMACS15D.
EMACSPEL ARC Spelling checker.
EMACSEGA ARC A collection of EGA utilities
EMAC15DS ARC The .ASM source.
WFM BBS:
(315)265-8207 - 1200/2400 8N1, 24 hrs. File Area 4. No registration
required to download Freemacs.
CUHUG BBS:
(315)268-6667 - 1200/2400 8N1, 24 hrs. File area 25. No registration
required to download Freemacs.
Internet:
Anonymous ftp to simtel20.army.mil from PD:<MSDOS.FREEMACS>
Internet:
anonymous FTP to grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.13.196] from
/e/files/freemacs
Bitnet && UUCP:
Send mail to archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu. You may use
archive-server%sun.soe.clarkson.edu@omnigate if you are on Bitnet, or
uunet!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!archive-server if you are using UUCP. The
mail message should consist of 'help' if you want to learn how to use
the archive server, or else if you just want to get Freemacs, then send
the following lines:
send freemacs emacs15d.aa
send freemacs emacs15d.ab
send freemacs emacs15d.ac
send freemacs emacs15d.ad
send freemacs emacs15d.ae
The files that you will get back should be concatenated together, run
through uudecode, and thence through an unARCer such as arc or pkxarc.
I would like to see it on GEnie and Compu$erve, but they are a toll call
for me.
Or else send $15 (copying fee) to the author. This will assure you of the
latest version. Please specify floppy format:
5.25", 1.2 Meg
5.25", 360K
3.50", 720K
Russell Nelson
11 Grant St.
Potsdam, NY 13676
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--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])
"I saved the whales!" - Rebecca L. Nelson, 3.5 years old, on receiving her
Christmas present of a whale "adoption" certificate. Bless her liberal heart.