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Bump Emacs Version to 27.1
- oblio 6y agoFor non-Emacsers out there, why is this news-worthy?
- jasonm23 6y agoFor Emacsers ... why is this hacker-news-worthy. (source: 20+yr emacs user.)
- mullr 6y agoEmacs 27 includes a native JSON parser (as opposed to one written in elisp, used previously). This matters a lot if you're using `lsp-mode`, since the LSP protocol uses a JSON encoding. I've been using local builds of emacs 27 for quite some time, for this very reason.
- OhSoHumble 6y agoLigatures support comes in 27 as well.
- imglorp 6y agoHow long until lsp-mode starts to support the native json parser?
- mullr 6y agoIt already does.
- jlokier 6y agoEmacs has supported loadable C modules for a while, so I'm surprised there isn't a loadable native JSON parser for pre-27 Emacs already.
- jimmyvalmer 6y agoWe emacsers tend towards a ptolemaic view of our editor.
- devin 6y agoIs this just a release announcement?
- gbrown_ 6y agoFYI going from the three number 27.0.91 to the two number 27.1 signifies switching from a development version to a release. Not really sure what the value of posting this commit to HN is? Firstly many people won't understand the relevance and secondly it doesn't convey much information to those who do, unlike say the typical mailing list announcement or the etc/NEWS file in the repo.
- nextos 6y agoExactly. For the sake of completeness, here is the link to NEWS.27, which lists all changes in the upcoming 27.1 release: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS.27?id=9d011397abae131ff6c40ba625e670d5a51674e9 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS.27... My favorite changes are package-initialize becoming unnecessary, GTK & Cairo updates and better image support without ImageMagick.
- dmortin 6y agoWhy not just wait for the release announcement? What is the point of this submission?
- smabie 6y agoIs native compilation of elisp going to be included?
- tgbugs 6y agoNo. It is in the 28 tree.
- melling 6y agoThat sounds interesting: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.02504 https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.02504 "Though still a work in progress, our implementation is able to bootstrap a functional Emacs and compile all lexically scoped Elisp files, including the whole GNU Emacs Lisp Package Archive (ELPA). Native-compiled Elisp shows an increase of performance ranging from 2.3x up to 42x with respect to the equivalent byte-code, measured over a set of small benchmarks. "
- hvis 6y agoYup. This is currently developed in a feature branch.
- hvis 6y ago"Based off" would be more correct.