Emacs.app 9.0-rc1 released

Hi,

The first release candidate for Emacs.app, the Cocoa-based port of  
unicode-2 GNU emacs CVS (perhaps emacs-23) is now available.

http://emacs-app.sf.net/

Note, the binary package there lacks an Intel "Emacs" executable.  If  
someone can send me one of these, or provide me with remote access to  
a Macintel, I can add this to the release.  Thanks.


New in this release are:

- Major font handling upgrade: through use of Kenichi Handa's new  
"font backend"
  framework, fontsets are now supported and general font handling is  
improved.

- Menus now follow the standard Emacs 21+ arrangement.

- ns-option-modifier, ns-control-modifier, ns-function-modifier  
customization
  variables added (also supported in Preferences panel).

- Recent X11 colors such as "dark red" added to Emacs.clr (remove
  ~/Library/Colors/Emacs.clr to pick up).  (Thanks to Peter Dyballa.)


Emacs.app is now essentially functionally complete.  But there are  
two remaining areas for work: composite glyph rendering and menu  
option display.  Development help on these is welcome.  The other  
area for focus is improving the build process and making sure the non- 
self-contained option works correctly.


Adrian

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