GNU Emacs 24.1 introduces new packaging system

The GNU Emacs developers have announced version 24.1 of the venerable text editor. This latest release introduces a new packaging system, support for right-to-left (RTL) scripts, an improved theming system and unified text completion behaviour in many modes and packages.

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