From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: icomplete.el changes Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 00:59:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <006701c8c290$97fd2cd0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212210031 16035 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2008 05:00:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 05:00:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 07:01:12 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K2JDL-0006RP-9b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 07:01:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54333 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2JCZ-0006iP-I6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 01:00:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2JCB-0006YP-Bs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 00:59:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2JCA-0006Xl-Fi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 00:59:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39867 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2JCA-0006Xe-5d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 00:59:58 -0400 Original-Received: from 206-248-174-248.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.174.248]:43871 helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2JC9-0008CU-Sw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 00:59:58 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8DDDFB41E7; Sat, 31 May 2008 00:59:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <006701c8c290$97fd2cd0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 30 May 2008 13:06:05 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:98108 Archived-At: > I have a library (icomplete+.el) that extends icomplete.el. I just > picked up a Windows binary (thanks, Lennart) of Emacs 23 built on > 2008-05-29, and I see that icomplete.el has changed drastically. (None > of my code works anymore with it.) > Besides doing a diff, I went to NEWS to find some description of the > changes. This is all I found by searching for "icomplete": NEWS only describes the user-level changes since it's not an elisp library. > That doesn't really characterize the changes from either a Lisp or > a user point of view, AFAICT. The code now uses an overlay instead of > inserting the icomplete text, among other things. There seem to be > quite a few changes. >From a user point of view, there should be no other change (other than details of how it handles the new partial-completion functionality). > How can I see the changelogs for this file? I use the Web page > interface to CVS, here: > http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/icomplete.el?view=log. > Is this all there is as a record of the changes, or is there something > else I can consult? That's all there is, yes. Of course, there's also the actual diffs. Stefan