[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc ChangeLog faq.texi

[Glenn Morris]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Glenn Morris <gm>       09/11/26 03:07:22

Modified files:
        doc/misc       : ChangeLog faq.texi 

Log message:
        (Latest version of Emacs): Mention stability of development version.
        (Problems with very large files): Max buffer size increase in 23.2.
        (VM): VM has moved house again.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/ChangeLog?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.347&r2=1.348
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/faq.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.28&r2=1.29

Patches:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.347
retrieving revision 1.348
diff -u -b -r1.347 -r1.348
--- ChangeLog   22 Nov 2009 19:53:21 -0000      1.347
+++ ChangeLog   26 Nov 2009 03:07:21 -0000      1.348
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2009-11-26  Glenn Morris  <address@hidden>
+
+       * faq.texi (Latest version of Emacs): Mention stability of development
+       version.
+       (Problems with very large files): Max buffer size increase in 23.2.
+       (VM): VM has moved house again.
+
 2009-11-22  Jay Belanger  <address@hidden>
 
        * calc.texi (Radix modes): Discuss alternate bases for two's complement

Index: faq.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/faq.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -b -r1.28 -r1.29
--- faq.texi    27 Aug 2009 04:24:02 -0000      1.28
+++ faq.texi    26 Nov 2009 03:07:21 -0000      1.29
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 @c appreciate a notice if you do).
 
 @copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
-Free Software Foundation, address@hidden
+Copyright @copyright{} 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
+2009 Free Software Foundation, address@hidden
 Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
 Reuven M. address@hidden
 Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Steven address@hidden
@@ -1027,7 +1027,9 @@
 Because Emacs undergoes many changes before a release, the version
 number of a development version is not especially meaningful.  It is
 better to refer to the date on which the sources were retrieved from the
-development repository.
+development repository.  The development version is usually quite robust
+for every-day use, but if stability is more important to you than the
+latest features, you may want to stick to the releases.
 
 The following sections list some of the major new features in the last
 few Emacs releases.  For full details of the changes in any version of
@@ -2698,8 +2700,8 @@
 Old versions (i.e., anything before 19.29) of Emacs had problems editing
 files larger than 8 megabytes.  In versions 19.29 and later, the maximum
 buffer size is at least 2^27-1, or 134,217,727 bytes, or 132 MBytes.
-And in Emacs 22, the maximum buffer size has been increased to
-268,435,455 bytes (or 256 MBytes) on 32-bit machines.
+The maximum buffer size on 32-bit machines increased to 256 MBytes in
+Emacs 22, and again to 512 MBytes in Emacs 23.2.
 
 Emacs compiled on a 64-bit machine can handle much larger buffers.
 
@@ -3416,7 +3418,8 @@
 @table @b
 
 @item Web site
address@hidden://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/}
address@hidden://launchpad.net/vm}
+(was @uref{http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/})
 
 @item Informational newsgroup
 @uref{news:address@hidden