Aquamacs versions

A powerful, open-source editor for developers and programmers.
3.6
Mar 28, 2024
2.4
Nov 7, 2011
Editorial review
rating
2.2
Apr 7, 2011
Review

What's new

v2.4 [Nov 7, 2011]
Added visual-basic-mode. Code by Fred White, Dave Love, Randolph Fritz and Vincent Belaiche.
Fix crash that could occur during start of Aquamacs (in x_set_frame_parameters) Reported by Will Morton, Barbara Shirtcliff, Enrico Rinaldi.
Support for fullscreen button in windows, available in Mac OS X 10.7 ``Lion''. As additional keyboard shortcut, Command-Control-F, is available.
Improved support for resizing frames in Mac OS X 10.7.
Load calculator (M-x calc) correctly even after saving calculator settings. Reported by Stefan Vollmar.
When deleting (killing) a whole line, the beginning space of a following line was deleted in `smart-spacing-mode'. This is no longer the case. Reported by James Thurgood and Robert Morelli.
When deleting several words in a row (killing them to append them to the kill ring), they are no longer added as run-in words in smart spacing mode. Spaces are addes where appropriate.
Drag&drop into windows showing eshell, shell and other comint-based buffers now inserts the full file name. Suggested by Jan Marius Hofert.
When expanding the load path (e.g., for library files) in directories such as Library/Application Support/Aquamacs Emacs, a file called .nosearch now prevents Aquamacs from adding the present and subordinate directories. (The previous .ignore file only worked at the topmost level. Reported by Nathaniel Cunningham.
Fixed issue that could lead to a crash when using Aquamacs as an editor (ODB standard) from certain other applications. Reported by Kevin Kirkup.
Fixed issue where the toolbar could not be permanently hidden or shown using the toolbar context menu. Reported by Richard Spence.
Python-Mode has been updated to version 6.0.2. Suggested by Gilles Lenfant.
Matlab-Mode has been updated to version 3.3.1. Suggested by Dennis Rosset.

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