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Subject: GNU Emacs FAQ (6/5): Changes
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                          GNU Emacs FAQ: Changes

The latest version of the GNU Emacs FAQ has changed from the previous version.
This article shows the changed text.  The contents of this article are from the
output of `diff -wu2'.  Since the question numbers are generated automatically
and can change, these are stripped from both versions before comparing them.
After generating the differences for each part, they were concatenated and then
edited to remove as much noise as possible.  You can't use this as a patch.

--
Steven Byrnes <[e-mail]> (and Joe Wells <[e-mail]>)

E-mail [e-mail] for details about the League for Programming Freedom.

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@@ -225,9 +225,8 @@

     Anonymous FTP:
-      /prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/MailingListArchives/
+      /prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/MailingListArchives/

-  {There was a WAIS database named `comp-emacs' on lambada.oit.unc.edu that
-  makes available the last 10 days of articles in comp.emacs.  It appears to
-  have died.  Anyone know if it moved?}
+  There is a WAIS database named `comp.emacs' on wais.oit.unc.edu that
+  makes available the last few days of articles in comp.emacs.

 QQQ: Where should I report bugs and other problems with GNU Emacs?

@@ -612,5 +611,5 @@
     it might (or might not) do some good to complain to your news
     administrator, because the most recent FAQ should not expire before
-    November 21, 1992.
+    March 6, 1993.

   * Via anonymous FTP.  You can fetch the FAQ articles via anonymous FTP
@@ -642,6 +641,6 @@
   * In the GNU Emacs distribution.  Since GNU Emacs 18.56, the latest
     available version of the FAQ at the time of release has been part of the
-    GNU Emacs distribution as file etc/FAQ.  18.58 is the latest version,
-    and it was released in February 1992.
+    GNU Emacs distribution as file etc/FAQ.  18.59 is the latest version,
+    and it was released in October 1992.

   * There is an old version of the FAQ list available for FTP in the GNU
@@ -677,5 +676,5 @@
 QQQ: What is the latest version of GNU Emacs?

-  GNU Emacs 18.58 is the current version.  Fixes from 18.57 include better
+  GNU Emacs 18.59 is the current version.  Fixes from 18.57 include better
   mail address parsing, an X visual bell speedup, a call-process
   enhancement, a regexp matching change, the ability to apply a numeric
@@ -698,5 +697,5 @@
   which is a good sign.

-  Lucid has released Lucid GNU Emacs 19.2, which is based on an early
+  Lucid has released Lucid GNU Emacs 19.3, which is based on an early
   unreleased version of GNU Emacs 19.  This will be similar to Emacs 19 when
   it finally arrives, but they are not the same.  See question QQQ.

@@ -185,5 +185,5 @@

   There are ways to get highlighting (reverse video, inverse video) in GNU
-  Emacs 18.58, but either they require patching the C code of Emacs and
+  Emacs 18.59, but either they require patching the C code of Emacs and
   rebuilding, or they are slow and the highlighting disappears if you scroll
   or redraw the screen and it can not follow the point.  Howard Gayle's
@@ -194,5 +194,6 @@
   <[e-mail]>), which is available for FTP:

-    /laas.laas.fr:pub/emacs/patch-X11-18.5{5,7}
+    /laas.laas.fr:pub/emacs/patch-X11-18.55
+    /laas.laas.fr:pub/emacs/patch-X11-18.57

   You can highlight regions in a variety of ways in Epoch and Lucid Emacs.
@@ -241,5 +242,5 @@
   Trinkle.  A more recent version is available via FTP:

-    /arthur.cs.purdue.edu:pub/trinkle/detex-2.3.tar.Z
+    /arthur.cs.purdue.edu:pub/trinkle/detex-2.4.tar

   Raphael Cerf <[e-mail]> recently released a program for this
@@ -428,7 +429,8 @@

   Under versions of Emacs before 18.58, the bell volume was annoying loud
-  and difficult to turn off.  So upgrading to 18.58 will reduce the volume.
-  If you want to turn it off completely, use `xset'.  There is no way to
-  turn the bell off just for Emacs without affecting all other programs.
+  and difficult to turn off.  So upgrading to 18.58 or higher will reduce
+  the volume.  If you want to turn it off completely, use `xset'.  There is
+  no way to turn the bell off just for Emacs without affecting all other
+  programs.

   Under Epoch you can do:
@@ -585,7 +587,7 @@

   Anonymous FTP:
-    /csi.jpl.nasa.gov:pub/emacs.patch1  (Matt Wette)
+    /csi.jpl.nasa.gov:pub/emax.patch1  (Matt Wette)
     /ftp.eu.net:gnu/emacs/FP-Xfun.Z  (Johan Vromans)
-    /ftp.urc.tue.nl:pub/tex/emacs/FP-Xfun  (Johan Vromans)
+    /ftp.urc.tue.nl:/pub/tex/emacs/FP-Xfun  (Johan Vromans)

 QQQ: How do I use regexps (regular expressions) in Emacs?
@@ -664,4 +666,7 @@
 QQQ: Why can't Emacs find files in current directory on startup?

+  The PWD bug has been fixed as of GNU Emacs 18.59.  Read on if you are
+  running an older version of Emacs.
+
   Most likely, you have an environment variable named PWD that is set to a
   value other than the name of your current directory.  This is most
@@ -670,6 +675,7 @@
   variable, but `sh' doesn't.  If you start sh from ksh, change your
   current directory inside sh, and then start Emacs from inside sh, PWD
-  will have the wrong value but Emacs will use this value.  See the
-  etc/OPTIONS file for more details.
+  will have the wrong value but Emacs will use this value.  An invalid
+  setting for PWD can also be a problem if you use X Windows and csh on an
+  RS/6000.  See the etc/OPTIONS file for more details.

   Perhaps an easier solution is not to use two shells.  The `chsh' program

@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@
   The latest version is always available via anonymous FTP at MIT:

-    /prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/emacs-18.58.tar.Z
+    /prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/emacs-18.59.tar.Z

   See question QQQ.
@@ -130,5 +130,5 @@
     ;; tex-complete|Sebastian Kremer|[e-mail]
     ;; |Minibuffer name completion for editing [La]TeX.
-    ;; |91-03-26|$Revision: 1.12 $|~/packages/tex-complete.el.Z
+    ;; |91-03-26|$Revision: 19.4 $|~/packages/tex-complete.el.Z

   Dave Brennan has software which automatically looks for data in this
@@ -231,5 +231,4 @@
   The unofficial HP GNU Emacs is available via anonymous FTP:

-    /me10.lbl.gov:pub/interex/HUGE/
     /ee.utah.edu:HUGE/  (PLEASE FTP DURING NON-WORK HOURS!!!)

@@ -301,13 +300,9 @@
     are different from GNU Emacs.  It is rumored that MicroEmacs can not
     correctly edit files larger than memory.  The author is Daniel Lawrence
-    <[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]>.  The
-    latest version is 3.10 and it is available via anonymous FTP:
+    <[e-mail], mdbs![e-mail]>.  The latest version is 3.11
+    and it is available via anonymous FTP:

-      /midas.mgmt.purdue.edu:  (non-working hours only)
-      /durer.cme.nist.gov:
-      /wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/memacs/
+      /wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/uemacs/

-    Version 3.11 is in beta test.
-
   * JOVE

@@ -318,7 +313,5 @@
     available via anonymous FTP:

-      /cs.rochester.edu:/pub/jove.tar.4.14.Z
-      /cs.toronto.edu:/pub/moraes/jove4.14.3.tar.Z
-      /ftp.uu.net:
+      /cs.toronto.edu:/pub/moraes/jove4.14.7.tar.Z

   * MG
@@ -584,5 +577,5 @@
     /alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu:ange-ftp/ange-ftp.tar.Z
     /archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/ange-ftp.tar.Z
-    ugle.unit.no:pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/ange-ftp.tar.Z
+    /ugle.unit.no:pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/ange-ftp.tar.Z
   Mailing lists:
     [e-mail] (for subscriptions)
@@ -618,6 +611,6 @@
   Latest released version: 6.1 {???}
   Anonymous FTP:
-    /iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auctex_5_6e.tar.Z  {wrong}
-    /iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auc-tex.tar.Z
+    /iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auctex_6_1d.tar.Z
+    /iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auctex.tar.Z
   Mailing list:
     [e-mail] (for subscriptions)

@@ -854,5 +854,5 @@
   Anonymous FTP:
     /ftp.eu.net:gnu/emacs/FP-EightBit.Z
-    /ftp.urc.tue.nl:pub/tex/emacs/FP-EightBit
+    /ftp.urc.tue.nl:/pub/tex/emacs/FP-EightBit
     /cs.purdue.edu:pub/ygz/cemacs.tar.Z:cemacs/8bit-patch-18.57
     /sics.se:archive/emacs-18.55-8bit-diff
@@ -865,10 +865,25 @@

   Anders Edenbrandt <[e-mail]> has produced a more comprehensive
-  patch for Emacs 18.57 that allows for 8-bit input and output.
+  patch for Emacs 18.59 that allows for 8-bit input and output.

   Anonymous FTP:
-    /sics.se:archive/emacs-8bit-diff-lth
-    /gatekeeper.dec.com:pub/GNU/DS-emacs-18.57-8bit-diff-lth
+    /ftp.efd.lth.se:pub/gnu/emacs_8-bit.patch

+  In the words of the author:
+
+    With these patches, Emacs becomes fully 8-bit operational.  There is
+    support for displaying 8-bit characters, as well as for entering such
+    characters from the keyboard.  In addition, upcase/lowcase tranlatsion
+    is supported, accented characters are recognized as "letters" (important
+    when doing 'forward-word', for example), and text with 8-bit characters
+    can be sorted correctly.
+
+    A Meta-shift key can still be used, provided that you run in an
+    environment where it is possible to distinguish between a character
+    entered using the Meta-shift key and one entered directly. The diffs
+    include patches to make this work under SunView (with emacstool) as
+    well as under X.  If you can't use a Meta-shift key, you have to enter
+    Meta-commands with the ESC-prefix.
+
   The most comprehensive patches for 8-bit output are by Howard Gayle
   (originally for Emacs 18.55.  These patches allow displaying any arbitrary
@@ -877,15 +892,15 @@
   translations.  It is reported that the 8-bit character support in Emacs 19
   is largely based on these patches.  Thomas Bellman
-  <[e-mail]> has updated these patches for Emacs 18.57.
+  <[e-mail]> has updated these patches for Emacs 18.59.

   Anonymous FTP:
     /sics.se:archive/emacs-gayle.tar.Z  (patches for 18.55)
-    /ftp.lysator.liu.se:pub/emacs/gayle-18.57.diff.tar.Z  (patches)
-    /ftp.lysator.liu.se:pub/emacs/emacs-18.57-gayle.tar.Z  (patched Emacs)
+    /ftp.lysator.liu.se:pub/emacs/gayle-18.58.diff.tar.Z  (patches)
+    /ftp.lysator.liu.se:pub/emacs/emacs-18.59-gayle.tar.Z  (patched Emacs)

-  I am not sure if Epoch can display 8-bit characters as is.  Lucid Emacs
-  has the ctl-arrow patch installed.  Nemacs displays 8-bit characters, and
-  it may be useful for displaying the 8-bit ISO-8859 alphabet, but I don't
-  know for sure (see question QQQ).
+  Epoch's 8-bit character support is based on Anders Edenbrandt's patches.
+  Lucid Emacs has the ctl-arrow patch installed.  Nemacs displays 8-bit
+  characters, and it may be useful for displaying the 8-bit ISO-8859
+  alphabet, but I don't know for sure (see question QQQ).

 QQQ: How do I input 8-bit characters?
@@ -922,5 +937,4 @@

     /crl.nmsu.edu:pub/misc/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z
-    /uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu:editors/Nemacs-3.3.2/
     /miki.cs.titech.ac.jp:JAPAN/nemacs/nemacs-3.3.2.tar.Z

@@ -271,5 +271,5 @@
  the error, "Writing to process: no more processes, nntpd"

-  Upgrade to Emacs 18.58.
+  Upgrade to Emacs 18.58 or higher.

 QQQ: How do I save all the items of a multi-part posting in GNUS?
@@ -390,6 +390,5 @@
     (defun gnus-inews-date () nil)

-  I think this is fixed in GNUS 3.14.1 if you set gnus-news-system {?} to
-  Cnews.
+  This is not fixed as of GNUS 3.14.1.

 QQQ: Why doesn't GNUS generate the `Lines:' header?
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Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 Steven Byrnes

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