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This file is about changes in ffs, for form feed-separated
plain text presentations in GNU Emacs.  For further details,
please consult the ffs manual:
https://www.kelar.org/~bandali/ffs/ffs.html


* Changes in ffs 0.2.3 (2026-09-22)

** New 'ffs-news' command for viewing ffs NEWS

The new 'ffs-news' convenience command tries to find and open the ffs
NEWS file - this very file - included with ffs.  The NEWS file is the
continuation of the previous CHANGELOG.org file, now maintained in
plain text.  Relatedly, the ffs manual was also changed from Org to
being maintained in Texinfo form directly.


* Changes in ffs 0.2.2 (2026-05-21)

First release of ffs on GNU ELPA.

The attempted build of ffs 0.2.1 within GNU ELPA build sandbox failed
with an 'Error: void-function (org-texinfo-kbd-macro)' due to use of
'#+macro: kbd (eval (org-texinfo-kbd-macro $1))' in ffs.org for better
formatting of key sequences in the exported Texinfo copy.  This seems
to have happened for the specific case of generating a plain text
README using 'ox-ascii' where ELPA didn't load 'ox-texinfo'.  To try
and mitigate this, a 'README.md' has been added for use as the package
README instead of ffs.org.  If not sufficient, a Texinfo copy of the
ffs manual will be shipped instead of the Org one in the next release.

ffs 0.2.2 also includes small fixes and improvements throughout
'ffs.el' from Stefan Monnier, and additional feedback to be addressed
in future releases.


* Changes in ffs 0.2.1 (2026-05-20)

The attempted build of ffs 0.2.0 within GNU ELPA build sandbox failed
with a "Cannot include file" error on the "#+include: fdl.org" in the
manual.  So, as a workaround, we switch to using the official Texinfo
copy of the GNU FDL license rather than an Org copy.


* Changes in ffs 0.2.0 (2026-05-19)

First release of ffs intended for GNU ELPA.

After a few years of inactivity, in early 2026 I decided to dust off
'ffs.el', polish and document it, and offer for inclusion in GNU ELPA
as a proper package.

** Default value of 'ffs-default-face-height' changed to nil

To minimize unexpected and/or unnecessary changes out-of-the-box, the
default value of 'ffs-default-face-height' has been changed to nil.

** 'ffs-edit-buffer-name' demoted from user option to variable

This is not an important user-facing setting, so to help avoid
overwhelming users with many options, this has been demoted from a
user option to a variable.

** Several new user options for customizing ffs's behaviour

As part of the effort to bring ffs more in line with the conventions
of other existing Emacs packages, the mechanisms for toggling various
parts of Emacs's interface to minimize visual clutter were changed
from being minor modes to being customizable user options.  These are
the replacement new user options, with a default value of nil:

. 'ffs-hide-cursor'
. 'ffs-hide-mode-line'
. 'ffs-hide-header-line'

Their value is buffer-local, and may be set globally using
'setq-default'.  See the "(ffs) Sample configuration" manual node
for an example of how to customize them:

https://www.kelar.org/~bandali/ffs/ffs.html#Sample-configuration

The new 'ffs-page-delimiter' user option defines the page delimiter
inserted by 'ffs-edit-done' when inserting a new slide.  Emacs's
'page-delimiter' regexp should be able to match 'ffs-page-delimiter's
value, so if you use a custom 'page-delimiter' be sure to customize
'ffs-page-delimiter' accordingly.

The new 'ffs-echo-progress' user option controls whether to display in
echo area the progress through the slides.  When non-nil, changing
slides will also display the progress through the slides in the echo
area.  The format of the displayed progress can be customized using
the new 'ffs-echo-progress-format' user option.

The new 'ffs-edit-display-buffer-alist' user option may be used to
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