Emacs 24.4 released with browser

Version 24.4 of the Emacs text editor is available for download.

More information:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

Source code can be obtained from the nearest GNU mirror using the following links:
http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-24.4.tar.xz
http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-24.4.tar.gz
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Or explicitly choose a mirror from the list:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html

Mirrors can be updated after a while, the main ftp server is here:
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/

Among the main things in this release:

• Built-in web browser (Mx eww)
• Improved multi-monitor and full-screen support
• Electric indent activated by default.
• Support for saving and restoring the state of frames and windows
• Emacs Lisp packages can now be digitally signed
• New "tips" mechanism for Emacs Lisp
• Support for file change notifications
• Pixel-by-pixel resizing of frames and windows
• Menu support in text consoles
• New rectangular selection mode (Cx SPC)

Many other changes have been made; For a short list, see the etc / NEWS file that is opened in Emacs with the Ch n command.

A complete list of changes is given in the ChangeLog, it is attached to the sources in each distribution.

Printed copies of Emacs manuals are sold at the Free Software Foundation (FSF) store:
http://shop.fsf.org/product/emacs-manual/

The manual is now in store for 24.2, but it remains an excellent reference guide for the current version, and buying a copy is a good way to support the FSF.