[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/NEWS,v

[Dan Nicolaescu]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Dan Nicolaescu <dann>   08/08/06 03:48:15

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1819
retrieving revision 1.1820
diff -u -b -r1.1819 -r1.1820
--- NEWS        2 Aug 2008 17:18:32 -0000       1.1819
+++ NEWS        6 Aug 2008 03:48:14 -0000       1.1820
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@
 handle long lines: truncation, continuation at the window edge, and
 the new word wrapping option (see Editing Changes, below).
 
+*** Improvements to menus for major and minor modes
+More major and minor modes now have a mode specific menu, and existing
+mode menus have been improved to include more functionality.
+
 ** Mode-line changes
 +++
 *** The mode-line displays a `@', instead of `-', if the
@@ -243,6 +247,11 @@
 *** The `mode-line-emphasis' face is used to highlight certain
 mode-line information (e.g. waiting for a VC command to finish).
 
+*** The mode-line tooltips have been improved to provide more details.
+
+*** The VC, line/colum number and minor mode indicators on the mode
+line are now interactive: mouse-1 can be used on them to pop up a menu.
+
 ** Directory-local variables can now be defined.
 By default, Emacs looks in .dir-settings.el for directory-local
 variables.  For more information, see `set-directory-project' and
@@ -553,7 +562,8 @@
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
 
 ** Diff mode
-*** New function `diff-show-trailing-blanks'.
+*** New function `diff-show-trailing-whitespaces' can be used to show
+trailing whitespace problems in the modified lines of a diff buffer.
 
 ** Abbrev has been rewritten in Elisp and extended with more flexibility.
 *** New functions: abbrev-get, abbrev-put, abbrev-table-get, abbrev-table-put,