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* Release 0.103.x (next)
** 0.103.0
*** Hot new features
- New interactive function =spacemacs/switch-to-version=, it will ask
  for a version number and warn if the current branch is not =master=.
  Users on =develop= branch cannot use this function.
- Clicking on the up arrow will now update Spacemacs. A prompt asks
  for confirmation before updating.
*** IMPORTANT: Breaking changes
- =auctex= layer has been renamed =latex=, be sure to update your
  dotfile if you use this layer.
*** Layer changes
**** Spacemacs
- Remove the kill ring from =savehist-additional-variables= to avoid an issue
  with abnormal high size of =savehist= file (thanks to tuhdo)
**** Auto-completion
- Yasnippet: Default =helm-yas-display-key-on-candidate= to =t= (thanks to
  BrianHicks)
**** Autohotkey
- Fix =.ahk= file extension declaration (thanks to ralesi)
**** C/C++
- Add package =gdb-mi= (gdb-many-windows) which enables an IDE like debugger
  frontend for Emacs (thanks to tuhdo)
**** Erlang-Elixir
- List all Elixir key bindings in README
**** Latex
- Add support for =RefTeX= (thanks to JP-Ellis)
- Add support for =LatexMk=, to enable it set the layer variable
  =latex-build-command= to ="LatexMk"= (thanks to JP-Ellis)
- Use =auto-fill-mode=, with an environment-aware auto-fill function, you
  can enable =auto-fill= support by setting the layer variable
  =latex-enable-auto-fill= to =t=. You can also inhibit it in some environments
  with the variable =latex-nofill-env= (thanks to JP-Ellis)
- Remove =build-view= in favour of just =build= as it seemed to be
  broken and introduce =SPC m v= to view (thanks to JP-Ellis)
- General settings should now be easier to override in =dotspacemacs/config=
**** Osx
- Add  =⌘ += and =⌘ -= key bindings to scale text (thanks to JoshTGreenwood)
**** Python
- Set =indent-tabs-mode= to =t= in REPLs, should fix indent errors (thanks to
  tuhdo)
**** Rust
- Add support for =flycheck= (thanks to swaroopch)
**** Scala
- Set classpath directory of =ensime= to =.cache/ensime= (thanks to cyrillk)
**** Themes
- Add spacemacs-theme
*** Core
- New interactive function =spacemacs/switch-to-version=
- Clicking on the up arrow will now update Spacemacs
- Enable =use-package-verbose= when =dotspacemacs-verbose-loading=
  is set to =t=
- Better name for placeholders in layer templates (thanks to kini)
- Layers are now auto-discovered recursively which allow arbitrary
  directory hierarchy. Directory names starting with =!= are categories.
  (thanks to TheBB)
*** Other fixes and improvements
- Add a guide for Vimmers in =doc= directory (thanks to person808)
- Typos and documentation improvements (thanks to JoshTGreenwood)
* Release 0.102.x
** 0.102.2 (2015/06/03)
*** Layer changes
**** Org
- Fix bug with =ox-gfm= by moving it to extensions
*** Core
- Fix detection of new versions by correctly fetch latest changes
** 0.102.1 (2015/06/01)
*** Layer changes
**** Org
- Fix lazy-loading of =ox-gfm= package.
*** Core
- Catch layer variables syntax errors
** 0.102.0 (2015/05/31)
*** IMPORTANT: Breaking changes
- All Emacs Lisp related configuration has been moved to its own layer
  called =emacs-lisp=, be sure to add this layer to your dotfile.
- All shell related configuration has been move to its own layer called
  =shell=, be sure to add this layer to your dotfile if you use a shell
  inside Emacs.
- Key binding to reload the dotfile is now =SPC f e R= instead of
  =C-c C-c= or =SPC m c c=. Note that =SPC f e R= can be triggered
  anywhere (it is not restricted to the doftile anymore).
- Key binding to switch buffer is now =SPC b b= instead of =SPC b s=.
- =SPC f f= now uses =helm-find-files= instead of =ido=, use the new
  dotfile variable =dotspacemacs-use-ido= to get the old behavior back.
- Helm =TAB= and =C-z= key bindings have been *swapped*.
- By default *single space* sentence delimiter is defined.
- Layer variable values set with =:variables= keyword need to be quoted
  like in a regular =setq= expression.
*** New Layers
- Agda (thanks to ocharles)
- Chrome (thanks to beardedprojamz)
- D (thanks to trishume)
- Deft (thanks to trishume)
- Emacs-lisp
- Emoji
- Eyebrowse
- Games (thanks to nashamri)
- Gnus (thanks to cpaulik)
- Gtags (thanks to tuhdo)
- iBuffer (thanks to alex-glv)
- Pandoc (thanks to cpaulik)
- Prodigy (thanks to CestDiego)
- Purescript (thanks to kofno)
- Rust (thanks to mkaito)
- Salt (thanks to beardedprojamz)
- Search Engine (thanks to CestDiego)
- Semantic (thanks to tuhdo)
- Shell
- Spotify (thanks to BrianHicks)
- Sql (thanks to BrianHicks)
- TypeScript
- Vim-powerline
*** Dotfile changes
- New variable =dotspacemacs-search-tools= which is a list of search tool
  executable names. Spacemacs uses the first installed tool of the list
  with search related key bindings (=SPC /=, =SPC s ...=).
  Supported tools are `ag', `pt', `ack' and `grep'."
- New variable =dotspacemacs-highlight-delimiters= which selects a scope
  to highlight delimiters. Possible value is =all=, =current= or =nil=.
  Default is =all=. (thanks to tuhdo)
- New variable =dotspacemacs-additional-packages=. Adding packages to
  this list will install them without needing them to be wrapped in a
  layer. Ideal for quickly add a package. The package configuration
  can be put in =dotspacemas/config=.
- New variable =dotspacemacs-use-ido=. If non nil then =ido= replaces =helm=
  for some commands. For now only =find-files= (SPC f f) is replaced.
- New key binding =SPC f e D= to open an =ediff= buffer between the user
  dotfile and the current template.
- Disable paste micro-state by default, i.e. set the variable
  =dotspacemacs-enable-paste-micro-state= to =nil= in the dotfile template.
*** New conventions
- Add conventions for markup languages like =markdown= or =org=
  (thanks to cpaulik)
*** Layer changes
**** Spacemacs
- Auto-indent when pasting use the universal argument to not auto-indent
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Fix =global-mode-string= for mode-line (thanks to 3marcusw)
- Display =guide-key= buffer at the bottom instead of the right so we get
  more space. Also fix some issues with other popup interaction.
- Use single space sentence delimiter (thanks to roryk)
- Restore maximized frame state with =zoom-frm= (thanks to ralesi)
- Improve =golden-ratio= excluded buffers coverage (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add missing =evil-window-*= commands to =golden-ratio= managed commands
  (thanks to riclima)
- Add CamelCase motion toggle to =subword-mode= (thanks to mkcode)
- Add =open-junk-file= package which allows to quickly create a junk file
  in =.cache= directory. Bound to =SPC f J= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add =SPC T s= to toggle semantic-stickyfunc (thanks to cpaulik)
- Add =SPC b Y= and =SPC b P= to copy/paste whole buffer (thanks to swaroopch)
- Add =SPC h d b= to =describe-bindings= (thanks to mkcode)
- Add toggle to hide/show the mode line on =SPC t m t= (thanks to jupl)
- Add =move-text= micro-state
- Add =highlight-parentheses= package which can activated by setting
  =dotspacemacs-highlight-delimiters= to =current= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add =clean-aindent-mode= package to cleanly delete virtual indentation
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Move =yasnippet= and =hippie-exp= to =auto-completion= layer.
- Move =multi-term= and shell packages to new =shell= layer
- Move =flyspell= and =helm-flyspell= to =syntax-checking= layer
- Move =SPC b r= to =SPC f R= (rename file)
- Move some toggles key bindings which are now:
  - =SPC t s= for syntax checking
  - =SPC t S= for spelling checking
  - =SPC t f= for fill column
  - =SPC t F= for auto-fill
  - =SPC t c= for camelcase
- Move =sp-local-pair= to =:config= of =smartparens= so user can override
  them (thanks to person808)
- Remove =SPC b 0= and =SPC b $= redundant key bindings (thanks to tuhdo)
- Remove all themes from the layer (since now themes are not
  automatically uninstalled).
- Don't use the minibuffer for =scroll= micro-state
- Don't close compilation buffer after success (thanks to TheBB)
- Make =trailing-whitespace= face more subtle  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Beautify whitespace highlighting (thanks to tuhdo)
- Make inactive window face of mode-line compatible with more themes
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Fix the =recentf-exclude= variable, now cache folder is correctly excluded
  (thanks to rcherrueau)
- Fix global toggle for whitespace.
- Fix for new line insertions with 'SPC i' (thanks to nashamri)
- Fix =spray= cursor issue when quitting.
- Tweak =fci-mode= face color, should be better in most themes
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Improve =smooth-scroll= configuration (thanks to sooheon)
- Refactor =spacemacs/init-evil-lisp-state= to use =use-package=
  (thanks to mveytsman)
***** Helm
- Switch commands for =Tab= and =C-z= in Helm (thanks to darkfeline)
- Remove Helm header line to make it clearer (thanks to tuhdo)
- Manually manage =popwin= to improve popup window interactions (thanks to
  tuhdo)
- Enable fuzzy matching in Helm (thanks to ralesi)
- Turn on colors in =helm-swoop= (thanks to danielwuz)
- Render README.md file of layers with =Open README= action of
  =helm-spacemacs=, use the universal argument =C-u= to open
  the file without rendering it (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add dotfile variables helm source to =helm-spacemac=
- Add support for extensions in =helm-spacemacs=
- Use =helm-pp-bookmarks= instead of =helm-bookmarks= (thanks to darkfeline)
- Move =C-SPC= on =M-SPC= and =S-M-SPC= for =helm= and =ido= micro-states.
- Make =helm-find-files= =backspace= key behave like =ido= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Fix aggressive manipulation of =face-remapping-alist= in =helm= and =ido=
- Automatically create directories if needed when renaming a file (thanks to
  env0der)
- Replace =helm-projectile-vc= (which does not exist) by =projectile-vc=
  (thanks to swaroopch)
- Fix =toggle-maximize-buffer= (thanks to tuhdo)
***** Evil
- Use non-visual lines for j/k navigation (thanks to mlsteele)
- Enable =evil-execute-in-normal-state= in =holy-mode=
- Better default face for =evil-search-highlight-persist-highlight-face=
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add visual state mapping for =<= and =>= to =<gv= and =>gv= respectively
  (allow to indent a region several times).
- Add =spacemacs/smart-goto-definition= which attempts to call
  =SPC m g g= and falls back to =evil-goto-definition= if that fails
  (thanks to luxbock)
- Replace =C-o= with =M-o= in =dired= buffer since =C-o= is replaced with
  =evil-execute-in-normal-state= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Make =evil-smart-*= functions respect the leader key (thanks to person808)
- Advice =evil-jump-to-var= with =evil-set-jump= (thanks to luxbock)
- Temporary hack to speed up =ace-jump-line= (=SPC l=) as an evil motion.
**** Auctex
- Add =RefTeX= package (thanks to rpglover64)
- Add =flycheck= support
- =build-view= always recompile TeX (thanks to kvelicka)
**** Auto-completion
- New variables:
  - =auto-completion-return-key-behavior= set the action to perform when the
    =RET= key is pressed, the possible values are =complete= and =nil=.
  - =auto-completion-tab-key-behavior= set the action to perform when the
    =TAB= key is pressed, the possible values are =complete=, =cycle= and =nil=
  - =auto-completion-complete-with-key-sequence= is a string of two characters
    denoting a key sequence that will perform a =complete= action if the
    sequence has been entered quickly enough. If its value is =nil= then the
    feature is disabled.
  - Default values are =RET= -> =complete=, =TAB= -> =cycle= and sequence is
    =nil=
- Rename =auto-completion-enable-company-help-tooltip= to
  =auto-completion-enable-help-tooltip=
- Add support for =company-statistics=, to activate it set the layer variable
  =auto-completion-enable-sort-by-usage= to =t= (thanks to person808)
- Add =auto-yasnippet= package on =SPC i S= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Disable =company-tooltip-flip= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Allow a snippet to wrap around a selected region when expanded,
  press =C-x C-x= to go to the original mark and run =yas-expand=
  to wrap the selected region in expanded snippet. (thanks to tuhdo)
- Allow =hippie-expand= to expand snippets (thanks to tuhdo)
- Remove =company-yasnippet= backends use =SPC i s= and =C-p=
- Fix =company= and =fci-mode= incompatibility (thanks to tuhdo)
- Fix wrong creation location for new snippets with =yas-new-snippet= (thanks
  to CestDiego)
- =SPC t a= now correctly toggle =company= by default.
- Remove unneeded =yasnippet-snippets= submodule (thanks mkcode)
- Better lazy-loading of =yasnippet= (thanks to tuhdo)
**** Autohotkey
- Use MELPA package (thanks to ralesi)
**** C/C++
- New layer variable =c-c++-enable-clang-support=
- New layer variable =c-c++-default-mode-for-headers= (thanks to ceales)
- Remove unnecessary =auto-mode-alist= (thanks ceales)
- Add =clang-format= support (thanks to gnzlbg)
**** Chrome
- Add better integration with edit-server package (thanks to CestDiego)
- Added Gmail messages support with =ham= mode (thanks to CestDiego)
**** Clojure
- Add binding to connect to REPL in Cider on =SPC m s c= (thanks to jcsims)
- Add =SPC m t a= to reload test namespace before running all tests (thanks to
  voxdolo)
- Add =SPC m t r= to reload test namespace and re-run failed tests (thanks to
  voxdolo)
- Add =SPC m t t= to reload test namespace and run focused test (thanks to
  voxdolo)
**** Colors
- Add =rainbow indentifiers= color profiles for =gotham= and
  =material= themes.
- Add colorization of keywords and function names for
  =rainbow indentifiers=.
- New variable =colors-theme-identifiers-sat&light= to set default
  lightness and saturation for a given theme.
**** Emacs-lisp
- Move =SPC m f= bindings for code formatting to =SPC m ==
- Add =macrostep= package with a micro-state on =SPC m d m=
  (thanks to person808)
**** Erc
- Add ERC channels to mode-line (thanks to swaroopch)
- Add =SPC a i i= key binding to switch to active ERC channels (thanks
  to swaroopch)
- Highlight nicks using =erc-hl-nicks= (thanks to CestDiego)
- Image inline support using =erc-image= (thanks to CestDiego)
- Logging to ~/.emacs.d/.cache/erc-logs (thanks to CestDiego)
- =ViewLogMode= for viewing logs (thanks to CestDiego)
- YouTube videos Thumbnails inline using =erc-yt= (thanks to CestDiego)
- Social Graph for ERC messages using =erc-social-graph=  (thanks to CestDiego)
**** ESS
- Fix lazy-loading of packages (thanks to jcpetkovich)
- Update to take care of the merge of =company-ess= in =ess=
  (thanks to jcpetkovich)
**** Extra-langs
-  Add =matlab= package (thanks to TheBB)
**** Git
- Make =git-gutter= key bindings work with or without the fringe (thanks
  to person808)
- Fix =git-gutter= and =linum-mode= integration (thanks to person808)
- Fix =s= key binding to stage item in visual state.
- Replace =with-eval-after-load= by =eval-after-load= (compatible with 24.3)
  (thanks to person808)
- Disable =evil-snipe= in =magit-status-mode= (thanks to person808)
- Enable =fci-mode= (fill column) in =git-commit-mode= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add =helm-gitignore= package on =SPC g I= (thanks to jupl)
**** Gtags
- Add =helm-gtags-dwim-other-window= on =SPC m g G= (thanks to mijoharas)
**** Haskell
- ensure =haskell-indentation= is loaded before calling members (thanks
  to chrisbarrett)
- fix misspelled references to keymaps (thanks to chrisbarrett)
- fix function names =identation= instead of =indentation= (thanks
  to chrisbarrett)
- Fix =haskell-indentation= =eval-after-load= (thanks to chrisbarrett)
- Fix =ghci-ng= key bindings being overridden (thanks to bjarkevad)
- Use new package =haskell-snippets=
- Use =ghci-ng= for function =haskell-process-do-type-on-prev-line= (thanks to
  bjarkevad)
**** Html
- Improve =web= micro-state key bindings (thanks to CestDiego)
- =emmet= key bindings fixes (thanks to louy2 and mkcode)
- Use only =smartparens= in =web-mode= (thanks to louy2 and mkcode)
- Add =eco= to =web-mode= =auto-mode-alist= (thanks to louy2 and mkcode)
- Fix buggy =T= key with =emmet=
- Add =company-web= package (thanks to CestDiego)
- Add a bunch of new pairs to =sp-local-pair= (thanks to CestDiego)
- Turn on =rainbow-delimiters= for =LESS= and =SCSS= (thanks to jupl)
**** Javascript
- Add =js-doc= package (thanks to geksilla)
- Add =web-beautify= package on =SPC m == (thanks to elliotec)
- Apply key bindings conventions to some =tern= key bindings.
**** Lua
- Add support for auto-completion (thanks to mijoharas)
**** Markdown
- Add a bunch of new key bindings to improve consistency of key bindings
  for markup languages, see [[https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/commit/7b6678efd6cece5bbb3419579590b843943f9e13][commit]] (thanks to cpaulik)
- Add markdown render buffer command on =SPC m c r= (thanks to CarlQLange)
- Add =SPC m i k= to insert =<kbd>...</kbd>= pairs (thanks to CestDiego)
**** Ocaml
- Add REPL using =utop= (thanks to edwintorok)
- Auto-indentation using =ocp-indent= (thanks to edwintorok)
- Add support for =company= auto-completion (thanks to edwintorok)
- Add support for =flycheck= syntax checking (thanks to edwintorok)
- New =merlin= key bindings (thanks to edwintorok)
**** Org
- Add a bunch of new key bindings to improve consistency of key bindings
  for markup languages, see [[https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/commit/7b6678efd6cece5bbb3419579590b843943f9e13][commit]] (thanks to cpaulik)
- Use =org-startup-indented= instead of a hook so users can easily
remove =org-indent-mode= (thanks to darkfeline)
- Add support for =org-pomodoro-clock= to mode-line (thanks to swaroopch)
- Add =org-present= package (thanks to swaroopch)
- Add =SPC m j= for =helm-org-in-buffer-headings= (thanks to swaroopch)
- Add =SPC m n= for =org-narrow-to-subtree= (thanks to mattly)
- Add =SPC m N= for =widen= (thanks to mattly)
- Add =SPC m i k= to insert =<kbd>...</kbd>= pairs (thanks to CestDiego)
- Add =htmlize= package to enable syntax highlight in export HTML
  (thanks to tetsusoh)
- Fix error with =org-async= (thanks to justbur)
**** Osx
- Make =Command-s= work with other modes (thanks to linktohack)
- Make =dired= use =coreutils gls= if installed (thanks to usharf)
**** Perforce
- Add a bunch of key bindings see [[https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/commit/6793eda4a90ee3a6c19c433b8676d5d9d8c3de76][commit]] (thanks to snandan)
**** Puppet
- Add =auto-completion= support (thanks to PierreR)
**** Python
- Add YAPF extension for buffer formatting (thanks to kennethlove)
- =nose.el= is now compatible with =virtualenv= (thanks to danielwuz)
- Add a function to remove unused imports =python-remove-unused-imports=
  on =SPC m c i= (thanks to danielwuz)
- Add =pip-requirement= package (thanks to CestDiego)
- Enable =company= in Python REPL for code completion (thanks to tuhdo)
- Fix wrong extra parenthesis when inserting a breakpoint
  (thanks to CestDiego)
- Don't enable Vim key bindings in REPL if =holy-mode= is active (thanks to
  tuhdo)
- Fix Python and Semantic integration when no =python= executable can be
  found on the system (thanks to tuhdo)
**** Rcirc
- Add =rcirc-track-minor-mode= to the =rcirc-mode-hooks= (thanks to
  luxbock)
**** Ruby
- Fix =ruby-test-mode= initialization
- Fix auto-completion (thanks to trishume)
- Fix Rails mappings showing up in non rails projects (thanks to horrorvacui)
- Add =:A= ex-command which switches between implementation and test
  (thanks to naliwajek)
- Remove overloading of function =erm-darken-color=
**** Rust
- Add key bindings for cargo build, run, test (thanks to swaroopch)
**** Scala
- Add =SPC m d A= to attach to remote debugger (thanks to siegelzero)
**** Semantic
- Create directory for =semanticdb= if it doesn't exist (thanks to CestDiego)
**** Shell
- Use =shell-pop= to toggle shell/eshell and terminals (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add binding for EOF (^D) in =term= (thanks to darkfeline)
- Bind =term-send-tab= only in insert state (thanks to darkfeline)
- =up= and =down= in shell to cycle through previous commands (thanks to
  ralesi)
- Fix for =paste= command in =multi-term=.
- Add =SPC p $ t= to run =multi-term= at project root
**** Slime
- Disable =smartparens= in SLIME REPL (thanks to tuhdo)
**** Smex
- Fix =smex= prompt whitespace (thanks to TheBB)
**** Syntax-checking
- New variable =syntax-checking-flycheck-pos-tip= to enable or disable
  documentation popup (thanks to beardedprojamz)
**** Themes
- Add =apropospriate-theme= to megapack
- Add =jazz-theme= to megapack (thanks to matDobek)
- Fix theme-to-package rules for =base16= (thanks to mkaito)
**** Tmux
- Add support for motion state (thanks to rphillips)
**** Vim-empty-lines
- Update with last patches (thanks to person808)
- Exclude terminal modes (thanks to tonylotts)
**** Ycmd
- Move C/C++ related configuration to =c-c++= layer.
*** Core
- Add support for =use-package= injected hooks (not yet documented)
- It is now possible to create a layer directly in a known configuration
  layer path. A helm buffer will ask for a known path or a new path
  (thanks to justbur)
- The =:variables= keyword now behaves like regular =setq=.
- Add org elpa repository
- Use =archive= instead of =package-alist= to detect orphans
  (fix false orphan positives when the dependencies of a package change)
- Improve support for images in Spacemacs banner, it is now possible to use
  any image format supported by Emacs (thanks to jupl)
- Prefix all category folders in =contrib= with =!= (thanks to trishume)
- Smarter buffer switching which tries to avoid special buffers, you can
  customize =spacemacs-useless-buffers-regexp= to define other buffers to
  avoid (thanks to person808)
- Warn about duplicated layers
- Improvements to home buffer: Quick Help, Content toggles,
  link faces, better key bindings (thanks to tuhdo)
- =dotspacemacs/location= now respect =dotspacemacs-filepath= value
  (thanks to coldnew)
- Avoid conflict with hydra's =lv.el= (thanks to edwintorok)
- Update layer templates to use =setq= instead of =defvar= (thanks to
  person808)
*** Other fixes
- Replace =defvar= with =setq= for variable definition =<layer>-packages=,
  =<layer>-pre-extensions= and =<layer>-pre-extensions=.
- Themes in =dotspacemacs-themes= are not considered orphans anymore
- Fix "Unable to check for new version." if =.emacs.d= is a symlink
  (thanks to louy2)
- Fix non unicode number spacing in mode-line
- Typos (thanks to Andrea, atamis, CarlQLange, charl, ctjhoa, Devagamster,
  dguilak, edwintorok, fhzerorubigd, jackwilsonv, jupl, kini, latkins, MadAnd,
  mlsteel, mosic, person808, skwuent, srid, swaroopch and zimbatm)
* Release 0.101.x
** Hot new features
*** Choose your own editing style
Thanks to the new =holy-mode= Spacemacs can now  be used by Vim users
or Emacs users by setting the =dotspacemacs-editing-style= variable to
='vim= or ='emacs= in the dotfile. In =Emacs= style the leader is
available on =M-m=. It is possible to dynamically switch between the
two style with =SPC P tab=.
*** Mandatory init function and new Pre and Post init functions
A package is now considered to be used only if there is a corresponding
=<layer>/init-<package>= function explicitly defined.
There is now two new functions to initialize a given package:
- =<layer>/pre-init-<package>= which is called before the init function
- =<layer>/post-init-<package>= which is called after the init function
Even if  a =pre= or =post= function exist for a given package, an =init=
function is still required to consider the package to be used.
*** Auto-completion
Spacemacs now officially support auto-completion. The old layer
=company-mode= has been removed and =auto-complete= has been removed
from the spacemacs layer.
They are now part of a new layer called =auto-completion=.
You'll have to this add layer to your dotfile to enable auto-completion.
*** Syntax checking
Flycheck has been removed from the Spacemacs layer and moved to a new
layer called =syntax-checking=.
You'll have to add this layer to your dotfile to enable the fly syntax
checking.
*** Org
Org packages have been removed from Spacemacs layer and moved to a new
=org= layer.
You'll have to add this layer to your dotfile to enable the Org
configuration of Spacemacs.
*** New shortcuts in startup buffer
Recent files, project and bookmarks can be displayed on the startup
buffer. Check for the new dotfile variable =dotspacemacs-startup-lists=.
(thanks to CarlQLange)
*** New lighter in the mode line
Lighter letters have been updated, now the letter corresponds to the
key binding to toggle the associated mode. For instance auto-completion
is on ⓐ and thus can be toggled with =SPC t a=.
*** Better package update
The package update should now prevent even more errors when upgrading
a batch of packages.
** Initial Release (2015/04/13)
*** New layers
- evil-commentary: Alternative to =evil-nerd-commenter=
  (thanks to person808)
- better-defaults: layer providing better defaults for Emacs commands,
  rather empty for now. (thanks to tuhdo)
- ERC: an IRC client (thanks to swaroopch)
- Racket: a lisp dialect (thanks to trishume)
- xkcd: browse for XKCD in Emacs (thanks to CestDiego)
- shell-scripts: layer containing shell specific modes like =fish-mode=
- editorconfig: add support for EditorConfig (thanks to jupl)
*** New dotfile variables:
- =dotspacemacs-editing-style= can be either =vim= or =emacs=.
- =dotspacemacs-verbose-loading= if non nil the loading prints logs in
  the =*Messages*= buffer. Default value is =nil=.
- =dotspacemacs-startup-lists= is a list of symbols to display recent
  items in the startup buffer, possible values are:  =recents=,
  =bookmarks= and =projects= (thanks to CarlQLange)
*** Auto-complete
- Move to =auto-completion= layer
*** C/C++
- Add key bindings =SPC m g a= and =SPC m g A= for open alternate file
  (thanks to mijoharas)
*** Clojure
- Add =SPC m e f= eval function at point
- Add =cider-eval-sexp-fu=
- Fix for =cider-send-function-to-repl= (thanks to nashamri)
- Replace =auto-complete= by =company= for auto-completion
- Move =SPC d= commands on =SPC h= to meet Spacemacs convetions (thanks to
  cpaulik)
- Open =cider-doc= without asking for symbol, close it with =q= (thanks to
  cpaulik)
*** Company
- Move to =auto-completion= layer
- Refactoring of =company= configuration, it is now lazy-loaded and the
  =company-backends= list is now a buffer local variable. =company= is
  not enabled globally anymore.
- Set =company-delay= to 0.2 instead of 0
- Ignore =company-quickhelp= for Emacs version < 24.4
- Add support for =company= in various languages (thanks to trishume)
*** Emacs Lisp
- Add =eval-sexp-fu= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Enable eldoc in eval-expression and IELM (thanks to tuhdo)
- New key bindings =SPC m e b=, =SPC m e c= and =SPC m e r= to evaluate
  the buffer, the current form starting by =set= or =def= and the region
  respectively (thanks to ralesi)
*** Ess
- Fix loading of =ess-R-object-popup= and =ess-R-data-view=
  (thanks to jcpetkovich)
*** Extra-Lang layer
- Add =Nim= language (thanks to trishume)
*** Flycheck
- Move to =syntax-checking= layer
- Add =flycheck-pos-tip= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Enable flycheck for =lua= files (thanks rphillips)
*** Git
- Add =gitconfig-mode= and =git-commit-mode= (thanks to ralesi)
- Add =gitattributes-mode= and =gitignore-mode= (thanks to r4ts0n)
- Add key bindings in rebase mode
- Add =git-link= package (thanks to CestDiego)
- Enable Magit authentication on Windows (thanks to tuhdo)
- Loads =magit-gh-pulls= only after requesting it (thanks to cpaulik)
*** Go
- Add =run-package-tests= command on =SPC m t p= (thanks to robmerrell)
- Fix path to =go-oracle= (thanks to Pursuit92)
*** Haskell
- Move =SPC m t= and =SPC m i= under =SPC m h=
- Remove =hi2= (it is now integrated in =haskell-mode=)
- Disable =eletric-indent-mode=
- Fix =flycheck-haskell= autoload (thanks to jcpetkovich)
- Fix =flycheck= loading
- Move =SPC m t= to =SPC m h t= according to Spacemacs conventions (thanks
  to jeremyjh)
- Add C-- =cmm-mode= (thanks to bgamari) 
*** Helm
- Add =helm-colors= key binding on =SPC C l= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Make =helm-ff-doted-directory= consistent (thanks to tuhdo)
- Disable popwin-mode when a Helm session is active (thanks to tuhdo)
- Fix lazy-loading of helm for describe commands
- Add support for =pt= the platinum searcher (thanks to ralesi)
- Add support for =helm-ag-edit=
- Add function =spacemacs/helm-projectile-search-dwim= which select the
  first available external search tool (pt, ag, ack or grep) (thanks to
  ralesi)
- Enable =helm-descbinds= globally  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add key bindings for useful Helm commands: =helm-info-at-point=,
  =helm-man-woman=, =helm-locate-library= and =helm-minibuffer-history=
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add key bindings for searching the web using =helm-suggest= (thanks to
  cpaulik)
*** Holy-mode
- New package providing Emacs edition style to Spacemacs
*** IRC
- rcirc: Create rcirc logging directory during init
  (thanks to jcpetkovich)
- New ERC layer (thanks to swaroopch)
- Add ERC keybindings (thans to cpaulik)
- Move startup key bindings to prefix =SPC a i=
*** Markdown
- Associate =.mkd= with =markdown-mode= (thanks to bgamari)
*** Org
- Move to =org= layer
- Bind evil-leader in org-agenda-map (thanks to luxbock)
- Add =org-pomodoro= on =SPC m p= (thanks to swaroopch)
- Add key bindings for =org-clock-cancel= on =SPC m q=,
  and =org-set-effort= on =SPC m f= (thanks to swaroopch)
- Fix diminish of =org-indent=
*** Perspective
- Rebind =spacemacs/persp-switch-project= to =SPC p p=
  (thanks to CestDiego)
*** Projectile
- Move projectile switch project from =SPC p S= to =SPC p p=
*** Python
- Add helm-pydoc on =SPC m h d= (thanks to danielwuz)
- Fix =pylookup= configuration
*** Racket
- Add key bindings for REPL interaction
*** Ruby
- Lazy-load =projectile-rails=
- Remove mode-line lighter for =robe=
*** Scala
- Do not enable ensime in non-file buffers (thanks to chrisbarrett)
*** SLIME
- Use slime for indentation (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add extension for SBCL (thanks to tuhdo)
- Allow to create a common lisp scratch buffer with slime-scratch
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Enable fuzzy completion with score (thanks to tuhdo)
- Don't enable SLIME in Emacs Lisp (thanks to tuhdo)
*** Smartparens
- Enable smartparens in eval-expression (thanks to tuhdo)
*** Themes
- Fix =themes-megapack= layer where themes could not be browsed in Helm.
- Add =material= theme (thanks to cpaulik)
- Add =darktooth= theme (thanks to person808)
- Add =gotham= theme (thanks to person808)
*** ycmd
- Set global config only if not already set (thanks naseer)
*** Web
- Add =sass-mode= (thanks to ryanartecona)
- Ensure that less gets loaded (thanks to mijoharas)
*** Various Improvements and Changes
- New =evil= state called =evilified= which is used in _evilified_
  buffers.
- Remove the following packages from Spacemacs layer: =dired+=,
  =fancy-narrow=, =string-edit=, =visual-regexp-steroids= and =wdired=
- Rename =*-declarep= functions to =*-usedp= functions
- Display block selection info in the mode line
  (thanks to emmanueltouzery)
- Bind =K= in normal state to =SPC m h h= if it exists
  (thanks to person808)
- Add key binding for balancing windows on =SPC w == (thanks to kini)
- Add key binding to indent region on =SPC j == (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add key binding =SPC w SPC= for =ace-window= (thanks to ralesi)
- Add key binding =SPC b h= to open the startup buffer (thanks to ralesi)
- Add key binding =SPC t ~= to toggle Vim tildes
- Add adaptive wrap which appropriately indents wrapped lines (thanks to
  person808)
- Add mouse support to line number column (thanks to ralesi)
  - single click selects line
  - double click selects text block
  - drag across lines selects all lines dragged across
- Add =highlight-numbers= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add =highlight-indentation= on =SPC t h i= and =SPC t h c= (thanks to
  cpaulik)
- Add ace-link package to spacemacs layer (thanks to danielwuz)
- Add =indent-guide= on =SPC t i= (thanks to ralesi)
- Add link to cpaulik tutorial to use the Spacemacs icons in Ubuntu Unity
- Add C-w and brackets [] to guide-key-sequence (thanks to ralesi)
- Add =info+= to improve Info reading experience (thanks to tuhdo)
- Add default layers to dotfile template: =auto-completion=,
  =better-defaults=, =git=, =markdown=, =org= and =syntax-checking=
  (thanks to CarlQLange)
- Move some toggles on =SPC T=: fringe, menu bar, tool bar,
  frame maximize, frame fullscreen, frame transparency
- Restore rectangle-mark-mode key binding (thanks to tuhdo)
- Make <escape> quit the isearch-mode like vim (thanks to dsdshcym)
- Enable goto-address-prog-mode which makes URL in code comments clickable
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Disable aggressive indent for ediff buffers (thanks chrisbarrett)
- Prevent cursor from moving into minibuffer prompt (thanks to tuhdo)
- Remove tildes in Spacemacs buffer and read-only buffers like Info and
  help (thanks to tuhdo)
- Ask user editing style when creating .spacemacs file (thanks to tuhdo)
- Fix for persistent-server if server never got started (thanks to ralesi)
- Fix nyan cat starting rainbow on a light background
- Fix some double loading of some packages
- Fix double loading of =extensions.el= files
- Fix question for preferred coding systems on Microsoft Windows
- Properly enable saveplace (thanks to tuhdo)
- Don't bind =C-d= in =ido-completion-map= to =ido-delete-file-at-head=
  (thanks to segv)
- Don't refer to ~/.emacs.d/ directly at various places
  (thanks to jcpetkovich)
- Don't want paste-micro-state to pop up when pasting in ex command
  prompt (thanks to ralesi)
- Don't cycle when press TAB in eshell (thanks to tuhdo)
- Don't insert extra quote in dotspacemacs-mode (thanks to tuhdo)
- Adapt some micro-states to the micro-state macro (thanks to ralesi)
- Improve smooth scrolling configuration (reduce some point jump)
  (thanks to tuhdo)
- Improve =doge= banner grammar (thanks to mathpunk)
- New =HOTOWs.md= file in =/doc=
- Add =Buy A Drink= badge to README.md
- Typo and documentation updates (thanks to danielwuz, swaroopch,
  CestDiego, IvanMalison, agevelt, nwolfe)
** Hot Fixes
*** Startup Buffer
- Don't display the release notes in the startup buffer when Emacs is restarted
  after a fresh install
- Startup buffer: fix widget activation in =holy-mode= (thanks to tuhdo)
- Startup buffer: Don't fontify the startup buffer when =rainbow-identifiers=
*** Auto-completion
- Fix error when toggling auto-completion in some buffers
*** Haskell
- Add new =haskell-snippets= package (fixes error with required =haskell-yas=)
- Fix missing quote in =haskell-indentation=
*** Org
- Org layer: exclude ox-gfm since it seems problematic for some users.
  package is used
*** Ruby
- Fix auto-completion activation.
*** Themes
- Fix conflict between official Spacemacs solarized theme and
  =color-theme-solarized= declared in =themes-megapack= layer.
- Add rules for all base16 themes (thanks to mkaito)
*** Various Fixes
- revert back =ag= as the default search tool instead of =pt=, =pt= can
  conflict with =pt= command line tool from TCL parser tools.
* Previous Releases
- See Github release page