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@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ 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.
+** New macro `define-alternatives' 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.
 
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ Czech typography rules.  To globally enable this feature, evaluate:
 \f
 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.4
 
+** `electric-indent-mode' is enabled by default.
+
+** Uniquify is enabled by default.
+
 ** Command `rectangle-mark-mode' bound to C-x SPC makes a rectangular region.
 Most commands are still unaware of it, but kill/yank do work on the rectangle.
 
@@ -243,6 +247,8 @@ You can pick the name of the function and the variables with `C-x 4 a'.
 \f
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.4
 
+** The backtrace debugger can display local vars with `v'.
+
 ** prolog-use-smie has been removed, along with the non-SMIE indentation code.
 
 ** SMIE indentation can be customized via `smie-config'.
@@ -655,6 +661,17 @@ whether it is safe to use Bash's --noediting option.  These days
 
 *** Add more Ruby file types to `auto-mode-alist'.
 
+** JS Mode
+
+*** Better indentation of multiple-variable declarations.
+If declaration spans several lines, variables on the following lines
+are lined up to the first one.
+
+*** We now recognize and better indent continuations in array
+comprehensions.
+
+*** New option `js-switch-indent-offset`.
+
 \f
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.4
 
@@ -787,6 +804,8 @@ frame.
 ** New library helpers.el for misc helper functions
 *** `hash-table-keys'
 *** `hash-table-values'
+*** `string-blank-p`
+*** `string-empty-p`
 *** `string-join`
 *** `string-reverse`
 *** `string-trim-left'
@@ -972,6 +991,14 @@ files are in share/emacs/VERSION/etc.  (Emacs knows about all these
 directories and will find the files in there automatically; there's no
 need to set any variables due to this change.)
 
++++
+** Emacs on Windows 2000 and later can now access files and directories
+whose names cannot be encoded in the current system codepage.
+
+The new variable `w32-unicode-filenames' controls this feature: if it
+is t, Emacs uses Unicode APIs to pass file names to system calls,
+which lifts the limitation of file names to the current locale.
+
 +++
 ** The "generate a backtrace on fatal error" feature now works on MS Windows.
 The backtrace is written to the 'emacs_backtrace.txt' file in the
@@ -1840,9 +1867,12 @@ reused.
 *** New option `switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point' to restore a
 window's point when switching buffers.
 
-*** New display action alist entry `no-display-ok' to indicate the
+*** New display action function `display-buffer-no-window' to not
+display the buffer in a window.
+
+*** New display action alist entry `allow-no-window' to indicate the
 caller of `display-buffer' is ready to handle the case of not
-displaying the buffer.
+displaying the buffer in a window.
 
 *** New display action alist entries `window-height' and `window-width'
 specify the size of new windows created by `display-buffer'.