* NEWS: NS can be build with ImageMagick.

[bpt/emacs.git] / etc / NEWS

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 7f217fa..e25f4bb 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ You can narrow news to a specific version by calling `view-emacs-news'
 with a prefix argument or by typing C-u C-h C-n.
 
 Temporary note:
-+++ indicates that the appropriate manual has already been updated.
---- means no change in the manuals is called for.
-When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or ---
-so we will look at it and add it to the manual.
++++ indicates that all necessary updates to the manuals in doc/ are complete.
+--- means no change in the manuals is needed.
+When you add a new item, use the appropriate mark if you know it applies,
+otherwise leave it unmarked.
 
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 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.4
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ need to set any variables due to this change.)
 ** Directories passed to configure option `--enable-locallisppath' are
 no longer created during installation.
 
+---
+** Emacs for NS (OSX, GNUStep) can be built with ImageMagick support.
+pkg-config is required to find ImageMagick libraries.
+
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 * Startup Changes in Emacs 24.4
 
@@ -125,6 +129,18 @@ used to conveniently prepend/append new face attributes to text.
 `frame-monitor-attributes' can be used to obtain information about
 each physical monitor on multi-monitor setups.
 
+*** The functions `display-pixel-width' and `display-pixel-height' now
+behave consistently among the platforms: they return the pixel width
+or height for all physical monitors associated with the given display
+as just they were on X11.  To get information for each physical
+monitor, use the new functions above.  Similar notes also apply to
+`x-display-pixel-width', `x-display-pixel-height', `display-mm-width',
+`display-mm-height', `x-display-mm-width', and `x-display-mm-height'.
+
+** New macro `alternatives-define' can be used to define generic commands.
+Generic commands are interactive functions whose implementation can be
+selected among several alternatives, as a matter of user preference.
+
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 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.4
 
@@ -256,7 +272,7 @@ on the given date.
 *** `desktop-auto-save-timeout' defines the number of seconds between
 auto-saves of the desktop.
 
-*** `desktop-restore-frames enables saving and restoring the window/frame
+*** `desktop-restore-frames' enables saving and restoring the window/frame
 configuration.
 
 ** Dired
@@ -424,7 +440,7 @@ for remote machines which support filesystem notifications.
 ** Woman
 
 *** The commands `woman-default-faces' and `woman-monochrome-faces'
-are obsolete.  Customize the `woman-* faces instead.
+are obsolete.  Customize the `woman-*' faces instead.
 
 ** Eshell
 
@@ -1046,7 +1062,7 @@ file at point.
 `DEL' (`dired-unmark-backward'), and `d' (`dired-flag-file-deletion')
 mark/unmark/flag all files in the active region.
 
-*** The minibuffer default for `=' (`dired-diff) has changed.
+*** The minibuffer default for `=' (`dired-diff') has changed.
 It is now the backup file for the file at point, if one exists.
 In Transient Mark mode the default is the file at the active mark.