Re: icomplete.el changes

[Stefan Monnier]

> I have a library (icomplete+.el) that extends icomplete.el. I just
> picked up a Windows binary (thanks, Lennart) of Emacs 23 built on
> 2008-05-29, and I see that icomplete.el has changed drastically. (None
> of my code works anymore with it.)

> Besides doing a diff, I went to NEWS to find some description of the
> changes.  This is all I found by searching for "icomplete": 

NEWS only describes the user-level changes since it's not an elisp library.

> That doesn't really characterize the changes from either a Lisp or
> a user point of view, AFAICT. The code now uses an overlay instead of
> inserting the icomplete text, among other things. There seem to be
> quite a few changes.

>From a user point of view, there should be no other change (other than
details of how it handles the new partial-completion functionality).

> How can I see the changelogs for this file? I use the Web page
> interface to CVS, here:
> http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/lisp/icomplete.el?view=log.
> Is this all there is as a record of the changes, or is there something
> else I can consult?

That's all there is, yes.  Of course, there's also the actual diffs.


        Stefan