* etc/NEWS: Mention register-read-with-preview.

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@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ and this variable has been marked obsolete.
 ** `emacs-bzr-version' has been renamed to `emacs-repository-version',
 and works for git too, if you fetch the repository notes.
 
-** `read-regexp-defaults-function' defines a function to read regexps,
-used by commands like `rgrep', `lgrep' `occur', `highlight-regexp', etc.
-You can customize this to specify a function that provides a default
-value from the regexp last history element, or from the symbol found
-at point.
+** `read-regexp-defaults-function' defines a function to provide default
+values for reading regexps by commands like `rgrep', `lgrep' `occur',
+`highlight-regexp', etc.  You can customize this to specify a function
+that provides a default value from the regexp last history element,
+or from the symbol found at point.
 
 +++
 ** New option `load-prefer-newer' affects how the `load' function chooses
@@ -301,9 +301,12 @@ bidirectional context.
 
 ** Register changes
 
++++
 *** All interactive commands that read a register (`copy-to-register', etc.)
 now display a temporary window after `register-preview-delay' seconds
 that summarizes existing registers.  To disable this, set that option to nil.
+Interactive commands that read registers and want to make use of this
+should use `register-read-with-preview' to read register names.
 
 +++
 *** New command `C-x C-k x' (`kmacro-to-register') stores keyboard
@@ -448,7 +451,8 @@ You can disable `transient-mark-mode' to get the same result.
 There is a fallback syntax available if you don't have cf-promises or
 if your version doesn't support that option.  See option `cfengine-cf-promises'.
 
-** Delete Selection mode can now be used without `transient-mark-mode'.
+---
+** Delete Selection mode can now be used without Transient Mark mode.
 
 ** Desktop
 
@@ -717,6 +721,9 @@ rather than mboxo.  Customize `unrmail-mbox-format' to change this.
 ---
 *** New option `ruby-align-to-stmt-keywords'.
 
+---
+*** New option `ruby-align-chained-calls'.
+
 ---
 *** More Ruby file types have been added to `auto-mode-alist'.
 
@@ -813,17 +820,22 @@ or in archive files, undoing or unarchiving done items.
 
 *** Extensive customizability of operation and display, including many faces.
 
-** trace-function
+** Trace
 
-*** No prompting for the destination buffer, unless a prefix argument is used.
+---
+*** `trace-function' and `trace-function-background' no longer prompt for
+the output buffer.  Unless you use a prefix argument, they output to
+`trace-buffer'.
 
-*** With a prefix argument, you can enter a "context"; i.e., a Lisp
-expression whose value at the time the function is entered/exited will
-be printed along with the function name and arguments.  For example,
-you can use this to trace the value of current-buffer or point.
+---
+*** With a prefix argument, `trace-function' and `trace-function-background'
+will prompt for a "context".  This is a Lisp expression, whose value at the
+time the function is entered/exited is printed along with the function's
+name and arguments.
 
 ** Tramp
 
++++
 *** The experimental url syntax for remote file names has been removed.
 
 +++
@@ -831,10 +843,11 @@ you can use this to trace the value of current-buffer or point.
 devices by the Android Debug Bridge.  The variable `tramp-adb-program'
 can be used to adapt the path of the "adb" program, if needed.
 
++++
 *** The connection methods "plink1", "ssh1", "ssh2", "scp1", "scp2",
 "scpc" and "rsyncc" are discontinued.  The ssh option
 "ControlMaster=auto" is set automatically in all ssh-based methods,
-when possible.
+when possible.  See `tramp-use-ssh-controlmaster-options'.
 
 +++
 *** Handlers for `file-acl' and `set-file-acl' for remote machines
@@ -922,7 +935,7 @@ It is layered as:
 function-carrying place, such as process-filters or `<foo>-function' hooks.
 
 *** advice-add/advice-remove to add/remove a piece of advice on a named
-function,much like `defadvice' does.
+function, much like `defadvice' does.
 
 ** New package frameset.el.
 It provides a set of operations to save a frameset (the state of all