What's new in Emacs 26.3
Aug 31, 2019
- Emacs modules can now be built outside of the Emacs tree source.
- Emacs is now compliant with the latest version 11.0 of the Unicode Standard.
- In Dired, the 'Z' command on a directory name compresses all of its files.
New in Emacs 26.2 (Apr 13, 2019)
- Emacs modules can now be built outside of the Emacs tree source.
- Emacs is now compliant with the latest version 11.0 of the Unicode Standard.
- In Dired, the 'Z' command on a directory name compresses all of its files.
New in Emacs 26.1 (May 29, 2018)
- Limited form of concurrency with Lisp threads
- Support for optional display of line numbers in the buffer
- Emacs now uses double buffering to reduce flicker on the X Window System
- Flymake has been completely redesigned
- TRAMP has a new connection method for Google Drive
- New single-line horizontal scrolling mode
- A systemd user unit file is provided
- Support for 24-bit colors on capable text terminals
New in Emacs 25.1 (Sep 19, 2016)
- 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
New in Emacs 24.3 (Mar 11, 2013)
- A packaging system and interface (M-x list-packages) for downloading and installing extensions. A default package archive is hosted by GNU and maintained by the Emacs developers.
- Support for displaying and editing bidirectional text, including right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew.
- Support for lexical scoping in Emacs Lisp.
- Improvements to the Custom Themes system (M-x customize-themes).
- Unified and improved completion system in many modes and packages.
- Built-in support for GnuTLS, GTK+ 3, ImageMagick, SELinux, and Libxml2.