Emacs 25.1 released

From: Nicolas Petton Subject: Emacs 25.1 released Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 19:24:37 +0200

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

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