spacemacs

• Add neotree-select-next-sibling and neotree-select-previous-sibling on L and H.
• Hide/Show hidden files is now on s

• Revamped NeoTree for a slick lightweight filetree browsing experience. See documentation for details on how to use the new NeoTree.
• Version of Spacemacs in now displayed in the startup buffer. The version can be echoed at any time with function spacemacs/display-and-copy-version.
• New button on the Spacemacs startup buffer: Update Spacemacs. For now it only updates the ELPA packages (thanks to ralesi)
• Lots of tweaks for scala layer. Add support for flycheck linting, better ensime integration (thanks to chrisbarrett)
• Add support for hi2 in haskell layer (thanks to chrisbarrett)
• All base16 themes are now supported. For instance to add the tomorrow base16 variant: add base16-tomorrow to your dotspacemacs-default-theme variable.
• New banners directory. By default Spacemacs will randomly choose a banner to display. The behavior of banner display can be tweaked with the variable dotspacemacs-startup-banner, more info in the dosctring for this variable. You can now contribute banners!
• Use Magit built-in auto-completion based on ido instead of helm (thanks to bonega)
• New key bindings SPC f r for recently opened file selection (thanks to danielwuz)
• Better install instruction for the haskell layer (thanks to endrebak)
• Fix missing parenthesis on code snippets in documentation (thanks to bebound)

• Support for multiple banners, by default a randomly chosen banner is displayed. This behavior can be tweaked with the variable dotspacemacs-startup-banner, see documentation. This feature allows users to contribute new banners, see guidelines.
• The battery info in the mode-line has been reworked, the duplicate information has been fixed and the face and text info are more accurate.
• Alternate buffer key binding has been revert to SPC TAB (note that SPC b b still work) (thanks to danielwuz)
• For Scala developers and company users, Ensime should now work with company (thanks to chrisbarrett)
• New template for layer READMEs and update of the contribution guidelines for layers (basically I removed the paragraph about maintainer).
• Add a FAQ about powerline separators
• Add a note about emacs server in emacs-mac-port (thanks to hunner)

• Revamped haskell layer with loads of consistent key bindings and tweaks (thanks to bjarkevad)
• New key bindings in auctex layer (thanks to bjarkevad)
• Update AutoHotkey layer, fix bugs, improve indentation, update ahk mode to 1.5 (thanks to ralesi)
• Improvements to mode-line lighters, it is now possible to choose between ASCII characters or Unicode symbols with the variable dotspacemacs-mode-line-unicode-symbols, see documentation
• Add handlebars/hbs to web-mode file types (thanks to avendael)
• Fixes for company-mode for C/C++ (https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/commit/6aefba2a724be7ac9b9f24bce165359535256f6e) (thanks to tux4life)
• Fix SPC key not working in org buffers when windows-scripts layer is enabled (thanks to ralesi)
• Add cache locations for more packages (thanks to ralesi)
• Add additional items to savehist (thanks to ralesi)
• Enable eldoc in elisp buffers (thanks to ralesi)
• Add evil-indent-textobject to spacemacs layer, see documentation (thanks to ralesi)
• Add flycheck toggle key binding and move its key bindings under SPC e prefix, see documentation (thanks to ralesi)
• Add key bindings to split and focus new windows, SPC w S and SPC w V (thanks to bjarkevad)
• Add key bindings for quick access to more magit buffers, see documentation (thanks to ralesi)
• Add key bindings to move between git hunks, stage or revert them directly in the buffer, see documentation (thanks to ralesi)
• Move guide-key key binding toggle on SPC t k and change the lighter from G to K (G is reserved for golden-ratio)
• Fix go to init helm action in helm-spacemacs
• Better wording for FAQ number 5 (thanks to hunner)
• New spacemacs banner

Hotfix for error: Symbol's value as variable is void: xxx-pre-extensions

Hotfix for error: Wrong type argument: listp, (Spacemacs) Warning: layer xxx does not exist in dir nilxxx/!

Hotfix for git-enable-github-support preventing helm-spacemacs from getting the list of all packages.

• helm-spacemacs is here! Try it with SPC f e h. Look for a layer or a package and press TAB to see the list of possible actions (not much for now)
• Use emmet as yasnippet source in javascript layer (thanks to danielwuz)
• Switching back and forth between two buffers in now on SPC b b (thanks to rphillips)
• SPC TAB will now toggle neotree filetree (thanks to rphillips)
• Disable evil fine undo
• Improvements to README.md in the Batteries included section (thanks to nwolfe)

• New major mode leader key on , by default. Pressing this leader key is the same thing as pressing <SPC> m. The key can be customized with the variable dotspacemacs-major-mode-leader-key. See documentation (thanks to danielwuz)
• Fix git-gutter with line number enabled (thanks to oppenlander)
• Fix git-gutter in terminal
• Fix loading of tern auto-completion in javascript layer (thanks to oppenlander)
• Attempt to fix #298 by removing undo-tree auto saving of history

Hotfix for key-chord.el error due to emacswiki.org being down

• Move iedit layer to spacemacs layer, see documentation
• New contrib layer colors
• New toggle SPC t SPC to toggle visibility of whitespaces (thanks to Khaki)
• Add aggressive-indent-mode, disabled by default, can be toggled with SPC t i
• Fix fancify symbols initialization in clojure layer (thanks to vijaykiran)
• Fix and enable helm-semantic-or-imenu on SPC s l for javascript layer (thanks to danielwuz)
• Remove use-package sub-module. It is now a bootstrap package. Spacemacs will now correctly get the latest version of use-package available in MELPA.
• Fix n and N bindings in all evilified buffers.
• Fix git-guttter lazy loading and initialization
• Fix perforce layer which was completely broken

• New contrib layer html (thanks to danielwuz)
• Improvements to the clojure layer: fancy symbols and align let. (thanks to nwolfe)
• Improvements to company-mode layer: support for include files (thanks to tux4life)
• New variable dotspacemacs-maximized-at-startup to maximize the window instead of making it fullscreen at startup. To make it fullscreen use the dotspacemacs-fullscreen-at-startup instead (thanks to bjarkevad)
• Fix support for fullscreen at startup for WIndows (thanks to ralesi)
• Add the global-mode-string variable to the powerline. This is a very important variable used by many modes (thanks to chrisbarrett)
• Add a section in documentation about the motivation behind the choice to use s instead of S for evil-surround (thanks to Tritlo for pointing out this major difference)
• Add missing link to source code pro in documentation (thanks to ralesi)

• git and github layers have been merged into one git layer. To enable Github support set to t the variable git-enable-github-support in your dotspacemacs/init function.
• New package github-browse-file in git layer. Press SPC g f b to browse the current file in Github (thanks to rphillips)
• New mnemonic key bindings for windows split. SPC w - to split horizontally and SPC w / to split vertically. The old key bindings are still available (thanks to trishume)
• Fix read-only scratch buffer (thanks to herbertjones)

• Fix Scala layer (typo in packages list symbol) (thanks to chrisbarrett)
• Fix auto-save file location (correctly point to .cache) (thanks to ralesi)

• Move C/C++ and CMake packages/configuration to c-c++ layer
• Move Scala, ENSIME and sbt-mode packages to scala layer
• Move Magit and a bunch of packages to git layer
• Move Perforce p4 package to perforce layer
• Move CoffeeScript package to javascript layer
• Move ghc package to haskell layer
• Move hy package to python layer
• Remove csharp package from spacemacs layer (omnisharp anyone ?)
• Remove puppet-mode and wand packages from spacemacs layer
• Add documentation about font and a FAQ entry about ugly spacemacs banner
• Fix dospacemacs-persistent-server (thanks to quanganhdo)
• Fix C-u to scroll-up

• New contrib layer OS X defining useful common OS X key bindings on ⌘ and ⌥ (thanks to avendael)
• New contrib layer windows-scripts providing modes for editing powershell and batch scripts (those two modes were in spacemacs layer)
• New micro-state to zoom in and out the whole content of a frame, see documentation (thanks to ralesi)
• New variable dotspacemacs-persistent-server which keeps the Emacs server alive when it is closed (this feature is disabled by default), see documentation for more info (thanks to ralesi)
• Very cool new actionable links integrated in spacemacs buffer, those links allow the user to quickly jump to the online documentation, join the gitter chat and more ! (thanks to trishume)

Fix bug in the bootstrap sequence which prevents Spacemacs from installing correctly (thanks to robertoconnell for the bug report).

• New contrib layer Clojure (thanks to vijaykiran)
• New contrib layer Autohotkey (thanks to ralesi)
• Fix smartparens-strict-mode and add a new dotfile variable dotspacemacs-smartparens-strict-mode to enable the strict mode in programming modes. The default is nil to not surprise the beginners.
• Fix initialization bug of company-anaconda in Python layer (thanks to danielwuz)
• Fix some not working key bindings on evil-leader by creating prefix commands before actually initializing the packages and extensions.
• Fix flycheck for Haskell layer.
• New key binding SPC w C to close all the windows except the active one (thanks to avendael)
• Additional org key bindings on SPC m prefix, see documentation
• New key bindings in eshell and shell to browse the history using helm, see documentation

• New variable dotspacemacs-command-key to customize the ex-command and M-x command key bindings. Default is :.
• Improved ESC in minibuffer, it is now easier to close the minibuffer with the escape key (thanks to avendael)
• Fix initialization: Packages and extensions are now correctly loaded in alphabetical order.
• Fix #223: auto-centering of buffer when buffer-menu is opened (with :buffer or C-x C-b)
• Fix #237: Bug on OS X which prevents Emacs from really deleting files
• Fix #239: goto-next-section and goto-previous-section now works in Magit buffers, respectively on C-n / C-j and C-p / C-k.
• Fix #220: Missing description in guide-key buffer
• Fix typo in python layer: pyenv instead of pyvenv (note the additional v!) (thanks to danielwuz)

• New contrib layer ruby (thanks to bru)
• Enable semantic in python layer (thanks to danielwuz)
• Add evil key binding z f which recenters the window to match as much as possible the function at point, very handy! (thanks to danielwuz)
• Correctly execute clear and man commands in shell (thanks to avendael)
• New conventions in CONVENTIONS.md: REPLs, Test execution, code navigation and documentation.
• Various tweaks and fixes to layer READMEs