* test/lisp/help-fns-tests.el: Add several tests for 'describe-function'.

[gnu-emacs] / etc / NEWS.23

diff --git a/etc/NEWS.23 b/etc/NEWS.23
index 4e541c0deb3231223dd623a5fecfbf11ce1c7dfc..d92bf237979d856d404f786cb4548ca4c6e1af91 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS.23
+++ b/etc/NEWS.23
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GNU Emacs NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
 
-Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end of the file for license conditions.
 
 Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
@@ -24,12 +24,22 @@ require version 1.14 or later.  See README.W32 and nt/INSTALL for
 details and pointers to URLs where the latest libpng can be
 downloaded.
 
-\f
+* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.4
+
+** EDE
+
+*** New variable `ede-project-directories'.
+EDE now refuses to automatically load a project file (Project.ede)
+unless the file is in one of the directories specified by this
+variable.  This reduces the risk of inadvertently loading malicious
+project files.  The commands `M-x ede-new' and `M-x ede' now offer to
+save directories to `ede-project-directories'.
+
 * Changes in Emacs 23.4 on non-free operating systems
 
 ** The MS-Windows port can now use more than 500MB of heap.
 Depending on the available virtual memory, Emacs on Windows can now
-have up to 2GB of heap space.  This allows, e.g., to visit several
+have up to 2GB of heap space.  This allows, e.g., visiting several
 large (> 256MB) files in the same session.
 
 \f
@@ -319,6 +329,8 @@ that file exists.
 user-emacs-directory; but the old location, ~/.calc.el, is used if
 that file exists.
 
+*** New twos-complement display.
+
 *** Graphing commands (`g f' etc.) now work on MS-Windows, if you have
 the native Windows port of Gnuplot version 3.8 or later installed.
 
@@ -903,7 +915,7 @@ mode-line information (e.g. waiting for a VC command to finish).
 
 *** The mode-line tooltips have been improved to provide more details.
 
-*** The VC, line/colum number and minor mode indicators on the mode
+*** The VC, line/column number and minor mode indicators on the mode
 line are now interactive: mouse-1 can be used on them to pop up a menu.
 
 ** File deletion can make use of the Recycle Bin or system Trash folder.
@@ -1362,6 +1374,30 @@ identify cited keys in BibTeX entries, used by `bibtex-find-crossref'.
 bookmark.el can read a .emacs.bmk file saved by an older Emacs, but an
 older Emacs cannot read one saved by Emacs 23.
 
+** Calc
+
+*** `j *' (cal-sel-mult-both-sides) has an option to expand the denominator.
+
+*** `calc-embedded-word-regexp' is used for finding words in
+`calc-embedded-word' in place of delimiters.
+
+*** The separate Calc version number has been removed; use the Emacs
+version for reference.
+
+*** Support for using registers.
+
+*** Support for Yacas, Maxima and Giac languages.
+
+*** Addition of a menu.
+
+*** Logistic non-linear curves have been added to curve-fitting.
+
+*** New option to plot data points and curve when curve-fitting.
+
+*** Unit conversions are now exact when possible.
+
+*** The precedence of negation has been lowered.
+
 ** Calendar and diary
 
 *** There is a new date style, `iso', essentially year/month/day.
@@ -1677,7 +1713,7 @@ Running processes on a remote host can be controlled by settings in
 When the variable `file-precious-flag' is set, the success of a remote
 file copy is checked via the file's checksum.
 
-*** Passwords can be read from an authentification file.
+*** Passwords can be read from an authentication file.
 Tramp uses the package `auth-source' to read passwords from a file, if
 necessary.