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Emacs 25.1 released

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Nicolas Petton

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Sep 17, 2016, 3:15:36 PM9/17/16
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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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