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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
 
-Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2010-2011  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ automatically select it.
 command line arguments, and the EMACS_UNIBYTE environment variable, no
 longer have any effect.  (They were declared obsolete in Emacs 23.)
 
+** New command line option `--no-site-lisp' removes site-lisp directories
+from load-path.  -Q now implies this.
+
 \f
 * Changes in Emacs 24.1
 
@@ -207,6 +210,10 @@ automatically when Emacs starts up.  To disable this, set
 `package-enable-at-startup' to nil.  To change which packages are
 loaded, customize `package-load-list'.
 
+** An Emacs Lisp testing tool is now included.
+Emacs Lisp developers can use this tool to write automated tests for
+their code.  See the ERT info manual for details.
+
 ** Custom Themes
 
 *** `M-x customize-themes' lists Custom themes which can be enabled.
@@ -216,12 +223,19 @@ Emacs no longer looks for custom themes in `load-path'.  The default
 is to search in `custom-theme-directory', followed by a built-in theme
 directory named "themes/" in `data-directory'.
 
+*** New option `custom-safe-themes' records known-safe theme files.
+If a theme is not in this list, Emacs queries before loading it, and
+offers to save the theme to `custom-safe-themes' automatically.  By
+default, all themes included in Emacs are treated as safe.
+
 ** The user option `remote-file-name-inhibit-cache' controls whether
 the remote file-name cache is used for read access.
 
 ** The standalone programs lib-src/digest-doc and sorted-doc have been
 replaced with Lisp commands `doc-file-to-man' and `doc-file-to-info'.
 
+** The variable `focus-follows-mouse' now always defaults to nil.
+
 \f
 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.1
 
@@ -313,6 +327,12 @@ prompts for a number to count from and for a format string.
 \f
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
 
+** The Landmark game is now invoked with `landmark', not `lm'.
+
+** Prolog mode has been completely revamped, with lots of additional
+functionality such as more intelligent indentation, electricty, support for
+more variants, including Mercury, and a lot more.
+
 ** shell-mode can track your cwd by reading it from your prompt.
 Just set shell-dir-cookie-re to an appropriate regexp.
 
@@ -539,6 +559,8 @@ listing object name completions when being sent text via
 
 *** An API for manipulating SQL product definitions has been added.
 
+** sregex.el is now obsolete, since rx.el is a strict superset.
+
 ** s-region.el is now declared obsolete, superceded by shift-select-mode
 enabled by default in 23.1.
 
@@ -553,6 +575,13 @@ threads simultaneously.
 *** It is possible now, to access alternative buses than the default
 system or session bus.
 
+*** dbus-register-{service,method,property}
+The -method and -property functions do not automatically register
+names anymore.
+
+The new function dbus-register-service registers a service known name
+on a D-Bus without simultaneously registering a property or a method.
+
 ** Tramp
 
 *** There exists a new inline access method "ksu" (kerberized su).
@@ -598,6 +627,11 @@ Notifications API.  It requires D-Bus for communication.
 \f
 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.1
 
+** `compose-mail' now accepts an optional 8th arg, RETURN-ACTION, and
+passes it to the mail user agent function.  This argument specifies an
+action for returning to the caller after finishing with the mail.
+This is currently used by Rmail to delete a mail window.
+
 ** For mouse click input events in the text area, the Y pixel
 coordinate in the POSITION list now counts from the top of the text
 area, excluding any header line.  Previously, it counted from the top
@@ -653,6 +687,9 @@ sc.el, x-menu.el, rnews.el, rnewspost.el
 \f
 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.1
 
+** New function `read-char-choice' reads a restricted set of characters,
+discarding any inputs not inside the set.
+
 ** `image-library-alist' is renamed to `dynamic-library-alist'.
 The variable is now used to load all kind of supported dynamic libraries,
 not just image libraries.  The previous name is still available as an
@@ -690,6 +727,9 @@ The command `read-color' now requires a match for a color name or RGB
 triplet, instead of signalling an error if the user provides a invalid
 input.
 
+** Tool-bars can display separators.
+Tool-bar separators are handled like menu separators in menu-bar maps,
+i.e. via menu entries of the form `(menu-item "--")'.
 
 ** Image API
 
@@ -706,8 +746,8 @@ by the Graphic Control Extension of the image.
 
 *** If Emacs is compiled with libxml2 support (which is the default),
 two new Emacs Lisp-level functions are defined:
-`xml-parse-html-string-internal' (which will parse "real world" HTML)
-and `xml-parse-string-internal' (which parses XML).  Both return an
+`libxml-parse-html-region' (which will parse "real world" HTML)
+and `libxml-parse-xml-region' (which parses XML).  Both return an
 Emacs Lisp parse tree.
 
 FIXME: These should be front-ended by xml.el.