Handle system default font and changing font parameters.

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@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ were loaded.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 23.2
 
+** The maximum size of buffers (as well as the largest fixnum) is doubled.
+On typical 32bit systems, buffers can now be up to 512MB.
+
 ** Function arguments in *Help* buffers are now in uppercase by default.
 You can customize the new variable `help-downcase-arguments' to change it.
 
@@ -75,6 +78,18 @@ frame parameter fullscreen makes the Emacs frame maximized.
 ** The pointer now becomes invisible when typing.
 Customize make-pointer-invisible to turn it off.
 
+** Emacs can use the system default monospaced font in Gnome.
+The use of the system default font can be turned on or off by customizing
+the variable 'font-use-system-font'.  It is off by default.
+If the system default is changed, Emacs changes also.
+This requires that gconf-support is built in.  If configure finds the
+gconf-libraries, that support is included. Gconf-support can be
+turned off with the configure option --without-gconf.
+
+** Emacs now reacts to Xft-changes made by configuration tools on X11.
+Changes to antialias, hinting, hintstyle, RGBA, DPI and lcdfilter are
+handeled.  The XSETTINGS mechanism is used to implement this.
+
 ** Killing a buffer with a running process now asks for confirmation.
 You can remove this query in two ways: either remove
 `process-kill-buffer-query-function' from `kill-buffer-query-functions',
@@ -135,6 +150,8 @@ For instance, this can complete M-x lch to list-command-history.
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 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.2
 
+** lucid.el and levents.el are now declared obsolete.
+
 ** pcomplete provides a new command `pcomplete-std-completion' which
 is similar to `pcomplete' but using the standard completion UI code.
 
@@ -196,6 +213,13 @@ file.
 *** 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 and Git 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
 the corresponding lines.  Currently only Git and Mercurial take