From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 25.1 released Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 22:14:07 +0100 Message-ID: <87fuoyxm8w.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <87fuoyzbfu.fsf@petton.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474146875 2542 195.159.176.226 (17 Sep 2016 21:14:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 21:14:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel To: Nicolas Petton Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 17 23:14:30 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1blMwH-0007Ez-A2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 23:14:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47500 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blMwI-0002T2-CJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:14:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56441) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blMwB-0002Su-1C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:14:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blMw6-0002vn-P6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:14:13 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([31.216.48.48]:58800) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blMw6-0002vQ-F4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:14:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From; bh=mjsyGrpOjbYUTWArvzJLmOpUU61nU2lzp6SIdpz3fi4=; b=Lo6bY5zJy7uyjzwB1WJ4msK3Mm MoEM6Hx2wf8cMVieODBOmMgimBvL+/9wKuskjWTpIQWBSD7/ukrKNESGml94Fubnl9v2PxYXsEh++ 8vShnfGed7dBb3ku2D08CZm7ZgqbwjqFc+g+Y+76voKRUztNiTIiwQrbk2q2vzmxYp6tiYP9O4bmR OYp+seHf6BXK4vVu8p1NqxkF79A0CDXUKx+K/Kh4Lf69pZNVtnBbnrO4bmMvzSpg4NrAtUR+B/qxo UVMMtAXgxDKksCF4/yEBi6YiYDnhiasFQeKmhNSxZalgYbZd19sgW5Dd6FIrt/m9HglyDwUTOY3sD W5UJj3Yg==; Original-Received: from cpc14-benw10-2-0-cust305.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([92.234.125.50]:34632 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_1) (envelope-from ) id 1blMw5-004EWl-I2; Sat, 17 Sep 2016 22:14:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87fuoyzbfu.fsf@petton.fr> (Nicolas Petton's message of "Sat, 17 Sep 2016 19:24:37 +0200") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 31.216.48.48 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:207511 Archived-At: Would it be possible to put a banner at the top of http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs? New versions of Emacs are not that common, and it would be nice to make a bit of a splash. Phil Nicolas Petton writes: > Version 25.1 of the Emacs text editor is now available. > > For more information on Emacs, see: > http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs > > You can retrieve the source from your nearest GNU mirror by using one > of the following links: > http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.xz > http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.gz > > You can get the PGP signatures at > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.xz.sig > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-25.1.tar.gz.sig > > You can choose a mirror explicitly from the list at: > http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html > > Mirrors may take some time to update; the main GNU ftp server is at: > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ > > Highlights of this release include: > > - Emacs can now load shared/dynamic libraries (modules) > > - Experimental support for Cairo drawing > > - Enhanced network security (TLS/SSL certificate validity and the > like) > > - New minor mode 'electric-quote-mode' for using curved quotes as you > type > > - Character folding support in isearch.el > > - Xwidgets: a new feature for embedding native widgets inside Emacs > buffers > > - New and improved facilities for inserting Unicode characters > > > There are many more changes; for a summary see the etc/NEWS file, > which you can view from Emacs with `C-h n'. > > For the complete list of changes and the people who made them, see the > various ChangeLog files in the source distribution. For a summary > of all the people who have contributed to Emacs, see the etc/AUTHORS > file. > > Printed copies of the Emacs manual are available for purchase from the > Free Software Foundation's online store at: > http://shop.fsf.org/product/emacs-manual/ > > (The version on sale is updated for Emacs 24.2, but it remains a great > reference book for current Emacs, and buying a copy is a great way to > support the work of the FSF.) > > Regards, > Nico