spacemacs/CHANGELOG.develop

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This file containes the change log for the next major version of Spacemacs.

* Release 0.300.x
** 0.300.0
*** Breaking Changes
- ~SPC b m~ now opens the =*Messages*= buffer. The old ~SPC b m~ to kill other
  buffers has been moved to ~SPC b C-d~. Killing other buffers using a regular
  expression is now under ~SPC b C-D~.
- Scrolling key bindings are now under ~SPC N~.
- Key binding ~SPC e e~ is now for triggering a syntax check, the old action
  (explain error around point) has been moved to ~SPC e x~.
- Vagrant key bindings prefix is now ~SPC a V~.
- Regenerate tags are now under ~SPC m g C~ instead of ~SPC m g c~.
- All custom settings are now encapsulated in a function called
  =dotspacemacs/emacs-custom-settings=. While it should not break your custom
  settings you should check that they are all applied correctly once you reboot
  Emacs. Also you may have to clean up your dotfile if some custom settings are
  still present in your dotfile outside of the function
  =dotspacemacs/emacs-custom-settings=.
- Company backends declaration has been revamped to be less verbose and easier
  to use. For more info see the section =Add auto-completion in a layer= of the
  README.org file of the =auto-completion= layer, also you can read
  [[https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/commit/74fdbb6][commit message of commit 74fdbb6]].
- The function =add-flycheck-hook= has been renamed to =enable-flycheck=.
*** Hot new feature
- Improve themes support. Support are now handled like regular packages. The
  list of themes now supports =:location= keyword like in layer list. More
  information in the =Themes= section of the documentation.
- Introduction of =spacemacs-purpose= layer in charge of handling Emacs windows
  assignation for actions opening new buffers. This layer brings more
  consistency to windows creation by giving them a purpose (i.e. =edit=,
  =help=, etc...) (thanks to bmag)
- New distribution =spacemacs-docker= used to build the official docker image
  for the Spacemacs container (thanks to JAremko)
- Add support for =ripgrep=. To enable it add =rg= to
  =dotspacemacs-search-tools=. =ripgrep= key bindings are under ~SPC s r~
  prefix. (Aron Griffis)
- Improve support of custom settings file. All custom settings are now
  encapsulated in a function called =dotspacemacs/emacs-custom-settings= in the
  dotfile if the user does not specify a custom location for the custom settings
  file by modifying the variable =custom-file=. This allows Spacemacs to
  correctly loads custom settings at the end of the loading process, fixing
  unwanted overriden custom settings by layers.
- Simplify declaration of company backends, see the section
  =Add auto-completion in a layer= of the README.org file of the
  =auto-completion= layer.
*** New layers
- =confluence= in =+web-services= directory
- =coq= in =+lang= directory
- =forth= in =+lang= directory (Tim Jaeger)
- =jr= in =+lang= directory (Philippe Baron)
- =restructuredtext= in =+lang= directory (Wei-Wei Guo)
- =spacemacs-purpose= in =+spacemacs= directory (thanks to bmag)
- =sphinx= in =+tools= directory (Wei-Wei Guo)
*** Dotfile changes
- New variable =dotspacemacs-switch-to-buffer-prefers-purpose= which
  controls where =switch-to-buffer= displays the buffer. If nil,
  =switch-to-buffer= displays the buffer in the current window even if another
  same-purpose window is available. If non nil, =switch-to-buffer= displays the
  buffer in a same-purpose window even if the buffer can be displayed in the
  current window. (thanks to bmag)
- Can use the univeral prefix argument to open both the =*scratch*= buffer and
  the =*Messages*= buffer in another window (thanks to deb0ch)
*** Core changes
- 39667d3 | * Don't suggest `SPC q r` if restart-emacs is missing (Keshav Kini)
*** Distribution changes
- Enable =evil-search= search module in evil state.
- Partially tame =exec-path-from-shell= (Steven Allen):
  - Make it possible to exclude the package (fix the go and rust layers).
  - Import variables all at once (avoid spawning multiple login shells).
  - Import variables early (during the "pre" package loading stage).
  - Centralize the platform check by using a package toggle in the
    `spacemacs-base`.
  - Avoid importing already defined variables (except `PATH`/`MANPATH`).
- Move all scrolling key bindings from ~SPC n~ to ~SPC N~ (Somelauw)
- Overhaul the scroll transient state on ~SPC N~ prefix (Somelauw)
- Use Helm or Ivy (if one of these is enabled) for ~SPC a d~ (=dired=),
  ~SPC F f~ (=find-file-other-frame=), ~SPC F b~ (=switch-to-buffer-other-frame=),
  ~SPC F B~ (=display-buffer-other-frame=), and ~SPC F O~ (=dired-other-frame=).
- New key binding ~SPC f i~ for =insert-file=.
*** Layer changes
**** GitHub
- Add new package =magithub=
- Remove package =github-browse-file= which has been replaced by
  =browse-at-remote= in =version-control= layer
**** Git
- install magit-svn by default and activate with git-enable-magit-svn-plugin
**** Gtags
- Move key binding ~SPC m g c~ to ~SPC m g C~ (regenerate tags)
**** Java
- Add support for multiple backends. Supported backends are: =megahnada=,
  =eclim= and =ensime=. The default backend is =meghanada=.
- ~SPC m e e~ is now to fix error around point. Use ~SPC e~ prefix to navigate
  between errorsl
**** Org
- Add package =org-journal= (Nick Anderson)
- Move clock related key bindings to ~SPC a o k~
- Add key bindings ~SPC a o k i~ to clock in last and ~SPC a o k j~
  to jump to current clock (thanks to darkfeline)
- Make =org-projectile= integration compatible with the newest version.
**** Scala
- Move =ensime= to the =java= layer (Tor Hedin Bronner)
**** Syntax-checking
- Key binding ~SPC e e~ is now for triggering a syntax check, the old action
  (explain error around point) has been moved to ~SPC e x~.
- Rename function =add-flycheck-hook= to =enable-flycheck=
**** Vagrant
- Move key bindings prefix to ~SPC a V~ (deb0ch)
**** Version-control
- Add package =browse-at-remote= which replaces =github-browse-file= (thanks JAremko)
**** C-C++
- Add possible value =no-completion= to =c-c++-enable-rtags-support= flag.
  This adds the option to opt-out of =company-rtags= while enabling Rtags.
**** Chinese
- Add package =chinese-conv= for conversion between simplified and traditional Chinese texts (Xiang Ji)
*** Various improvements
- Various documentation improvements (thanks Carl Lange, Diego Berrocal, Wieland Hoffmann)