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| author |   mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2013-08-26 23:30:32 -0400 |
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| committer | mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2013-08-26 23:30:32 -0400 |
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Commented on the new role of `_M` in the migration guide; doc/14_Appendix.html
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diff --git a/doc/14_Appendix.md b/doc/14_Appendix.md index c1c18669..a586dd27 100644 --- a/doc/14_Appendix.md +++ b/doc/14_Appendix.md @@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ non-existant graphics capabilities: ### Textadept 6 to 7 -Textadept 7 introduces API changes and a completely new theme implementation. +Textadept 7 introduces API changes, a change in module mentality, and a +completely new theme implementation. #### API Changes @@ -206,6 +207,19 @@ try\_encodings |Renamed |[encodings][] [goto\_file\_found()]: api/ui.find.html#goto_file_found [encodings]: api/io.html#encodings +#### Module Mentality + +Prior to Textadept 7, the `_M` table held all loaded modules (regardless of +whether they were generic modules or language modules) and Textadept encouraged +users to load custom modules into `_M` even though Lua has no such restriction. +The `_M` prefix no longer makes much sense for generic modules like +[`textadept`][], so only language modules are automatically loaded into +[`_M`][]. Textadept 7 does not encourage any prefix for custom, generic modules; +the user is free to choose. + +[`textadept`]: api/textadept.html +[`_M`]: api/_M.html + #### Theme Changes You can use the following as a reference for converting your Textadept 6 themes |