News for Package Template

Latest Version:	3.1c (21 Aug 2003).
Requirements:	Emacs-20.2, XEmacs-20.2, or higher. No menu support for Emacs before Version 21.1.
Licence:	GNU General Public License.

Changes with Release 3.1c

• Bug fix: on XEmacs, initialization would fail without menus "File" and "Edit" in menubar.
• Allow messages to be displayed in a separate buffer "*Template Messages*" instead at point.
• Correct and improve header updating.
• Extend use of M-x template-single-comment.
• Minor bug fixes. Miscellaneous.

Changes with Release 3.1

• Moved to SourceForge.net. Less technical description on web page.
• Remove examples from distribution, they were more confusing than helpful.
• Bug fix: would sometimes indent the current line when using the menubar.
• Menus work with Emacs-21, too. Rename some menu entries.
• Don't search further for remote templates. Nuke this home/base directory stuff, stop search at root.
• Don't rely on command `ffap' to always add an entry to `command-history' if the filename is read from terminal. Special setup for ffap and html-helper.
• Make date/time formats work as names suggest.
• Command to insert & expand a template file.
• Allow user to define a choice in the definition section to be answered via `y-or-n-p'.
• Various miscellaneous improvements. Minor bug fixes.

Installation Instructions

1. Copy file template/lisp/template.el into your load-path and byte-compile it.
2. Insert the following code into your Emacs init file (~/.emacs):

   (require 'template)
   (template-initialize)

3. If you want to customize package Template, use M-x customize-group RET template RET or the customize entry in menu Options.
4. You might want to copy the template files from directory template/templates/ to ~/.templates/ and change them according to your preferences.

Installation instructions with further explanations can be found in file template/INSTALL of the distribution.