Document VC changes: vc-log-show-limit and vc-print-root-log.

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@@ -274,9 +274,14 @@ experience delays when sending mail, you may wish to set this to nil.
 +++
 ** nXML mode is now the default for editing XML files.
 
-** Shell
+** Shell (and other comint modes)
 +++
-*** ansi-color is now enabled by default.
+*** M-s is no longer bound to `comint-next-matching-input'.
++++
+*** M-r is now bound to `comint-history-isearch-backward-regexp'.
+This starts an incremental search of the comint/shell input history.
++++
+*** ansi-color is now enabled by default in Shell mode.
 To disable it, set ansi-color-for-comint-mode to nil.
 
 +++
@@ -287,21 +292,24 @@ On systems which support GVFS-Fuse, Tramp offers also the new
 connection methods "dav", "davs", "obex" and "synce".
 
 ** VC and related modes
-
++++
 *** When using C-x v v or C-x v i on a unregistered file that is in a
 directory not controlled by any VCS, ask the user what VC backend to
 use to create a repository, create a new repository and register the
 file.
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+*** New command `vc-root-print-log', bound to `C-x v L'.
+This displays a `*vc-change-log*' buffer showing the history of the
+version-controlled directory tree as a whole.
 
-*** FIXME: add info about the new VC functions: vc-root-diff and
-vc-root-print-log once they stabilize.
-
-*** The log functions (C-x v l and C-x v L) do not show the full log
-by default anymore.  The number of entries shown can be chosen
-interactively with a prefix argument, by customizing
-vc-log-show-limit.  The log buffer display buttons that can be used
-to change the number of entries shown.
-RCS, SCCS, CVS do not support this feature.
+*** FIXME: vc-root-diff.
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+*** `C-x v l' and `C-x v L' do not show the full log by default.
+The number of entries shown can be chosen interactively with a prefix
+argument, or by customizing vc-log-show-limit.  The `*vc-change-log*'
+buffer now contains buttons at the end of the buffer, which can be
+used to increase the number of entries shown.  RCS, SCCS, and CVS do
+not support this feature.
 
 *** vc-annotate supports annotations through file copies and renames,
 it displays the old names for the files and it can show logs/diffs for
@@ -314,7 +322,7 @@ backends do not support this.
 
 *** When a file is not found, VC will not try to check it out of RCS anymore.
 
-*** Diff and log operations can be used from dired buffers.
+*** Diff and log operations can be used from Dired buffers.
 
 *** vc-git changes
 
@@ -356,11 +364,6 @@ to sacrifice some accuracy for a faster startup.
 the command asynchronously without the need to manually add ampersand to
 the end of the command.  Its output appears in the buffer `*Async Shell
 Command*'.
-
-*** Isearch searches in the comint/shell input history when the new variable
-`comint-history-isearch' is non-nil.  New commands `comint-history-isearch-backward'
-and `comint-history-isearch-backward-regexp' (bound to M-r) start Isearch
-in the input history regardless of the value of `comint-history-isearch'.
 +++
 *** Interactively `multi-isearch-buffers' and `multi-isearch-buffers-regexp'
 read buffer names to search, one by one, ended with RET.  With a prefix