* lisp/minibuffer.el: Add metadata method to completion tables.

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@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ and pops down the *Completions* buffer accordingly.
 
 *** New completion style `substring'.
 
+*** Completion style can be set per-category `completion-category-overrides'.
+
+*** Completion of buffers now uses substring completion by default.
+
 *** `completing-read' can be customized using the new variable
 `completing-read-function'.
 
@@ -177,6 +181,8 @@ with Xft.  To change font, use the X resource font, for example:
 Emacs.pane.menubar.font:  Courier-12
 
 ** On graphical displays, the mode-line no longer ends in dashes.
+Also, the first dash (which does not indicate anything) is just
+displayed as a space.
 
 ** On Nextstep/OSX, the menu bar can be hidden by customizing
 ns-auto-hide-menu-bar.
@@ -386,6 +392,8 @@ between applications.
 
 *** Support for X cut buffers has been removed.
 
+*** Support for X clipboard managers has been added.
+
 ** New command `rectangle-number-lines', bound to `C-x r N', numbers
 the lines in the current rectangle.  With an prefix argument, this
 prompts for a number to count from and for a format string.
@@ -747,6 +755,9 @@ consult.
 \f
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
 
+** Occur Edit mode applies edits made in *Occur* buffers to the
+original buffers.  It is bound to C-x C-q in Occur mode.
+
 ** New global minor modes electric-pair-mode, electric-indent-mode,
 and electric-layout-mode.
 
@@ -854,6 +865,14 @@ valid for completion-extra-properties.
 
 *** completion-annotate-function is obsolete.
 
+*** New `metadata' method for completion tables.  The metadata thus returned
+can specify various details of the data returned by `all-completions':
+- `category' is the kind of objects returned (e.g., `buffer', `file', ...),
+  used to select a style in completion-category-overrides.
+- `annotation-function' to add annotations in *Completions*.
+- `display-sort-function' to specify how to sort entries in *Completions*.
+- `cycle-sort-function' to specify how to sort entries when cycling.
+
 ** `glyphless-char-display' can now distinguish between graphical and
 text terminal display, via a char-table entry that is a cons cell.