* window.c (Vwindow_point_insertion_type): New var.

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@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ default toolkit, but you can use --with-x-toolkit=gtk if necessary.
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 * Changes in Emacs 23.1
 
+** Apropos
+*** `apropos-library' describes the elements defined in a given library.
+*** Set `apropos-compact-layout' is you want a more compact (but wider) layout.
+
 ** scroll-preserve-screen-position also preserves the column position.
 ** Completion.
 *** `completion-styles' can be customized to choose your favorite completion.
@@ -153,8 +157,13 @@ starts with a `(', the string is evaluated as a Lisp form.
 ** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in
 symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions.
 
-** split-window-preferred-function specifies whether display-buffer should
-split windows vertically or horizontally.
+** Changes affecting display-buffer
+*** New value nil for split-height-threshold inhibits vertical splitting
+unless there's no other window.
+*** New option split-width-threshold controls horizontal splitting.
+*** A window can be split horizontally even when it's not full-width.
+*** New option split-window-preferred-function can be set to a function
+to override the default splitting mechanism of display-buffer.
 
 ** Emacsclient has been extended to support opening a new terminal
 frame.  Its behavior has been changed to open a new Emacs frame by
@@ -715,6 +724,12 @@ It is used to configure wireless interfaces.
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 * Changes in Emacs 23.1 on non-free operating systems
 
+** Case is now considered significant in completion on MS-Windows.
+The default value of `completion-ignore-case' is now nil on
+MS-Windows, the same as it is for other operating systems.  The
+variable doesn't apply to reading a file name -- in that case Emacs
+heeds `read-file-name-completion-ignore-case' instead.
+
 ---
 ** IPv6 is supported on MS-Windows.
 Emacs now supports IPv6 on Windows XP and later, and earlier versions
@@ -811,6 +826,9 @@ functions and variables (formerly used for Tamil script).
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 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1
 
+** The variable window-point-insertion-type determines the insertion-type
+of the marker used for window-point.
+
 ** minibuffer-local-must-match-filename-map is now named
 minibuffer-local-filename-must-match-map.
 
@@ -855,6 +873,14 @@ search and match primitives from changing the match data.
 ** New function `match-substitute-replacement' returns the result of
 `replace-match' without actually using it in the buffer.
 
+** The new variable `replace-search-function' determines the function
+to use for searching in query-replace and replace-string.
+
+** The new variable `replace-re-search-function' determines the
+function to use for searching in `query-replace-regexp',
+`replace-regexp', + `query-replace-regexp-eval', and
+`map-query-replace-regexp'.
+
 ** If a local hook function has a non-nil `permanent-local-hook'
 property, then `kill-all-local-variables' does not remove it from
 the local value of the hook variable.  This means it remains