Smarter and more flexible "other-window"-behavior

NEWS

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 * Changes for ECB version 2.20
 
+** New customization group "ecb-most-important"
+   This group centralizes the most important options of ECB in one group which
+   is also offered by the "Preferences" submenu ob the ECB-menu. These are
+   options you should at least know that they exist.
+
 ** The restriction of only two edit-windows has been gone!
 
 *** Beginning with this version 2.20 there are no restrictions about the
@@ -36,11 +41,22 @@
     Also available via the ECB-menu. The command is
     `ecb-goto-window-edit-last'.
 
+*** Option `ecb-other-window-jump-behavior' has been renamed to
+    `ecb-other-window-behavior' and has also two new allowed values: 'smart
+    (the new default) and an arbitrary function-symbol. With the latter one
+    the user can define his own other-window-behavior and the former one
+    chooses in a smart and intuitive way the "other window" for going to it
+    via `other-window' or for scrolling it via one of the "scroll another
+    window"-functions (e.g. `scroll-other-window'). Thanks to John S. Yates,
+    Jr. <john@yates-sheets.org> for suggesting the new smart behavior. ECB
+    autom. upgrades the old value of `ecb-other-window-jump-behavior' to the
+    new option-name.
+
 *** New option `ecb-scroll-other-window-scrolls-compile-window' and new
     command `ecb-toggle-scroll-other-window-scrolls-compile'. If this new
     option is nil then ECB chooses very smart and intuitive the window which
     will be scrolled by commands like `scroll-other-window' (see documentation
-    of the advice of `other-window-for-scrolling'). But sometimes the user
+    of the the option `ecb-other-window-behavior'). But sometimes the user
     wants to scroll the compile-window from another window. With this new
     command the user can fest and easy toggle the behavior ECB chooses another
     window for scrolling.
@@ -142,6 +158,12 @@
     compile-window. Thanks to John S. Yates, Jr. <john@yates-sheets.org> for
     suggestion.
 
+*** Adviced `delete-window' and `delete-other-windows' handle compile-window.
+    The former one hides the compile-window if called in or for that window
+    whereas the latter one hides the compile-window if called in or for an
+    unsplitted edit-window. Thanks to John S. Yates, Jr.
+    <john@yates-sheets.org> for the suggestion.
+
 ** New option `ecb-activation-selects-ecb-frame-if-already-active'.
    See the docstring for more details. Thanks for suggestion to Jeff Jensen
    <jeffjensen@nospam.visi.com>
@@ -159,6 +181,10 @@
     Now it works correctly also when a durable compile-window is set but
     currently hidden.
 
+*** Fixed a bug when scrolling a window from within the minibuffer.
+    For example this bug has prevented scrolling the *Completion* buffer from
+    within the minibuffer. Now `minibuffer-scroll-window' is set correctly.
+
 *** Toggling the compile-window has not worked when `ecb-compile-window-height'
     has not been saved for future sessions. This is fixed now.
 

README

@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ Usage
 
 Call "M-x ecb-activate" to activated ECB.
 
+Call "M-x ecb-customize-most-important" to get a list of the most important
+options of ECB. These are options you should at least know that they exist.
+
 Call "M-x ecb-show-help" to get a detailed online-help for ECB. If you are
 using ECB the first time you should read the online help accurately!
 

RELEASE_NOTES

@@ -25,16 +25,20 @@ rewritten and redefined via the new macro `tree-buffer-defpopup-command'!
 
 The option `ecb-primary-mouse-jump-destination' has been renamed to
 `ecb-mouse-click-destination' and has also changed its default value to
-'last-point. ECB autom. upgrades your setting to the new name.
+'last-point.
 
 The option `ecb-split-edit-window' has been renamed in
 `ecb-split-edit-window-after-start'. In addition the value t is not allowed
-anymore for this option - use 'before-activation instead. ECB autom. upgrades
-your setting to the new name and the new value if necessary. In a further
+anymore for this option - use 'before-activation instead. In a further
 addition this option has a new default value 'before-deactivation. See the
 docstring of this option to get all details.
 
+The Option `ecb-other-window-jump-behavior' has been renamed to
+`ecb-other-window-behavior'.
 
+ ECB autom. upgrades your old settings to the new option types/names!
+
+
 Upgrading from versions < 2.11:
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ecb-file-browser.el

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 Each path can have an optional alias that is used as it's display name. If no
 alias is set, the path is used as display name."
   :group 'ecb-directories
+  :group 'ecb-most-important
   :initialize 'custom-initialize-default
   :set (function (lambda (symbol value)
 		   (set symbol value)
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ entries.
 Please note: If you want your home-dir being cached then you MUST NOT use
 \"~\" because ECB tries always to match full path-names!"
   :group 'ecb-directories
+  :group 'ecb-most-important
   :type `(repeat (cons (regexp :tag "Directory-regexp")
                        (integer :tag "Filenumber threshold" :value 1000))))
 
@@ -389,6 +391,7 @@ combination can be defined.
 Tips for the directory- and file-regexps: \"$^\" matches no files/directories,
 \".*\" matches all files/directories."
   :group 'ecb-sources
+  :group 'ecb-most-important
   :type '(repeat (cons :tag "Directory file-spec"
                        (regexp :tag "Directory regexp")
                        (choice :tag "Files to display"

ecb-help.el

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ used.
 Note: If you got ECB as a standard XEmacs-package maybe the
 HTML-online-documentation is not included."
   :group 'ecb-help
+  :group 'ecb-most-important
   :type '(choice :tag "Online-help format" :menu-tag "Online-help format"
                  (const :tag "Info" :value info)
                  (const :tag "Html" :value html)))