Emacspeak News --History Of User-Visible Changes $Id: NEWS-9.0 4047 2006-08-11 19:11:17Z tv.raman.tv $ Author: T. V. Raman <raman@cs.cornell.edu> Copyright (C) 1995 -- 2000, T. V. Raman * Emacspeak 9.0 Additions And Changes: Emacspeak 9.0 provides the following user level enhancements: * * FAQ List: The Emacspeak distribution now comes with an FAQ list --you can view this from within Emacspeak by pressing C-e F bound to command emacspeak-view-emacspeak-faq. ** emacspeak-speak-line now asks for confirmation before speaking extremely long lines. This is to avoid accidentally stumbling on a binary file and causing the speech system untold pain. ** Speech-enables supercite: emacspeak-supercite.el Emacspeak now speech-enables the supercite package --this helps in creating meaningful citations when participating in email conversations. ** Speech enables sql-mode: emacspeak-sql.el Emacspeak 9.0 speech-enables SQL mode to enable fluent database interaction. ** Speech support for Emacs 20.3 enhancements: Note: Make sure to run Emacs 20.3 in unibyte mode-- set your environment variable EMACS_UNIBYTE *before* starting Emacs *** Speech-enables package net-utils This package is used to access network diagnostic utilities. *** Speech-enables package find-func This package is used to locate Emacs source code. *** Speech-enables the new flyspell package This package allows on-the-fly spell checking. *** Speech-enables CPerl This is an enhanced perl mode. *** Hyperlink navigation in Emacs help buffers. *** Speech-enables new register commands. ** PSGML Support: Emacspeak now speech enables PSGML --a powerful SGML support package. This allows for creating and maintaining structured XML content. ** File operation utilities You can now copy or link the file visited in the current buffer with a single keystroke-- this is especially convenient when editting local files before publishing them to the WWW. Commands: *** emacspeak-copy-current-file Copies current document to specified location *** emacspeak-link-current-file Hard links current document to specified location *** emacspeak-symlink-current-file Symlink current document to a specified location. All these commands remember the most recently used target location. Local variables: mode: outline paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" end: