[6714] update NEWS for index sorting

[Gavin D. Smith]

Revision: 6714
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=6714
Author:   gavin
Date:     2015-10-20 20:21:28 +0000 (Tue, 20 Oct 2015)
Log Message:
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update NEWS for index sorting

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/NEWS

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog     2015-10-20 20:13:33 UTC (rev 6713)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog     2015-10-20 20:21:28 UTC (rev 6714)
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
        * doc/texinfo.texi: Remove "@paragraphindent 2" line and add
        "@set txiindexhyphenignore".
+       * NEWS: Update with txiindexbackslashignore etc.  Mention that 
+       info.info is no longer distributed.
 
 2015-10-19  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
 

Modified: trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/NEWS  2015-10-20 20:13:33 UTC (rev 6713)
+++ trunk/NEWS  2015-10-20 20:21:28 UTC (rev 6714)
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@
     in the Info output.
 
 * texinfo.tex:
-  . A few characters (like \ and -) are now ignored in index entries for
-    the purposes of sorting.  You may explicity specify a sort key by
-    preceding the text of the entry with the @sortas commmand with the
-    sort key desired as a braced argument.
+  . You may explicity specify a sort key for an index entry by preceding
+    the text of the entry with the @sortas commmand with the sort key 
+    desired as a braced argument.   Additionally, you may choose to
+    ignore all occurences of the characters \, @, <, and - using new 
+    flags you can specify with @set: `txiindexbackslashignore',
+    `txiindexatsignignore', `txiindexlessthanignore', and
+    `txiindexhyphenignore' respectively.
   . Changes to macro handling to more closely match makeinfo.  Ends of
     lines are preserved in an argument to a macro taking a single 
     argument.
@@ -93,6 +96,9 @@
   . internal changes to reduce memory use and increase speed of
     searches, relative to last release
 
+* Miscellaneous
+  . The `info.info' file is no longer distributed with Texinfo.
+
 
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