[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/emacs-24 r111086: More NEWS copyedits, and some reordering

[Glenn Morris]

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revno: 111086
committer: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
branch nick: emacs-24
timestamp: Sat 2012-12-29 00:07:49 -0800
message:
  More NEWS copyedits, and some reordering
modified:
  etc/NEWS

=== modified file 'etc/NEWS'
--- a/etc/NEWS  2012-12-29 08:07:02 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS  2012-12-29 08:07:49 +0000
@@ -13,20 +13,18 @@
 
 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.
+
 
 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.3
 
-** The default toolkit has been changed to Gtk+ version 3.
+** The default X toolkit is now Gtk+ version 3.
 If you don't pass `--with-x-toolkit' to configure, or if you use
 `--with-x-toolkit=gtk' or `--with-x-toolkit=yes', configure will try
 to build with Gtk+ version 3, and if that fails, try Gtk+ version 2.
 You can explicitly require a specific version by passing
 `--with-x-toolkit=gtk2' or `--with-x-toolkit=gtk3' to configure.
 
-** New configure option `--without-all' to disable additional features.
-This disables most of the features that are normally enabled by default.
-
-** New configure option `--enable-link-time-optimization' to utilize
+** New configure option `--enable-link-time-optimization', to utilize
 an appropriate feature provided by GCC since version 4.5.0.
 
 ** New configure option `--enable-gcc-warnings', intended for developers.
@@ -36,10 +34,13 @@
 may be useful.
 
 ** The configure option `--enable-use-lisp-union-type' has been
-renamed to '--enable-check-lisp-object-type', as the resulting
+renamed to `--enable-check-lisp-object-type', as the resulting
 Lisp_Object type no longer uses a union to implement the compile time
 check that this option enables.
 
+** New configure option `--without-all' to disable most of the optional
+features (image support, etc.) that are normally enabled by default.
+
 ** The configure option `--disable-maintainer-mode' has been removed,
 as it was confusingly-named and rarely useful.
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@
 
 ** You can use `NO_BIN_LINK=t make install' to prevent the installation
 overwriting "emacs" in the installation bin/ directory with a link
-to emacs-VERSION.
+to "emacs-VERSION".
 
 ** Emacs uses libtinfo in preference to libncurses, if available.
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
 /usr/pkg/lib to the linker search path.  You must add them yourself if
 you want them.
 
-** The standalone scripts rcs-checkin and vcdiff have been removed
+** The standalone scripts `rcs-checkin' and `vcdiff' have been removed
 (from the bin and libexec directories, respectively).  The former is
 no longer relevant, the latter is replaced by lisp (in vc-sccs.el).
 
@@ -75,22 +76,9 @@
 
 * Changes in Emacs 24.3
 
-** Most `y-or-n' prompts now allow you to scroll the selected window.
-Typing `C-v' or `M-v' at a y-or-n prompt scrolls forward or backward
-respectively, without exiting from the prompt.
-
-** Mode line changes
-
-*** New option `mode-line-default-help-echo' specifies the help text
-(shown in a tooltip or in the echo area) for any part of the mode line
-that does not have its own specialized help text.
-
-*** You can now click mouse-3 in the coding system indicator to invoke
-`set-buffer-file-coding-system'.
-
-** Help changes
-
-*** `C-h f' (describe-function) can now perform autoloading.
+** Help
+
+*** `C-h f' (`describe-function') can now perform autoloading.
 When this command is called for an autoloaded function whose docstring
 contains a key substitution construct, that function's library is
 automatically loaded, so that the documentation can be shown
@@ -100,16 +88,12 @@
 even after their associated libraries have been loaded (and the
 autoloads have been redefined as functions).
 
-** Minibuffer changes
-
-*** In minibuffer filename prompts, `C-M-f' and `C-M-b' now move to the
-next and previous path separator, respectively.
-
-*** `minibuffer-electric-default-mode' can shorten "(default ...)" to "[...]"
-in minibuffer prompts.  Just set `minibuffer-eldef-shorten-default'
-non-nil before enabling the mode.
-
-** ImageMagick support, if available, is automatically enabled.
+** ImageMagick
+
+*** Images displayed via ImageMagick now support transparency and the
+:background image specification property.
+
+*** When available, ImageMagick support is automatically enabled.
 It is no longer necessary to call `imagemagick-register-types'
 explicitly to install ImageMagick image types; that function is called
 automatically at startup, or when customizing an imagemagick- option.
@@ -123,10 +107,25 @@
 `imagemagick-filter-types' returns the list of types that will be
 treated as images.
 
-*** Images displayed via ImageMagick now support transparency and the
-:background image specification property.
-
-** Server and client changes
+** Minibuffer
+
+*** In minibuffer filename prompts, `C-M-f' and `C-M-b' now move to the
+next and previous path separator, respectively.
+
+*** `minibuffer-electric-default-mode' can shorten "(default ...)" to "[...]"
+in minibuffer prompts.  Just set `minibuffer-eldef-shorten-default'
+non-nil before enabling the mode.
+
+** Mode line
+
+*** New option `mode-line-default-help-echo' specifies the help text
+(shown in a tooltip or in the echo area) for any part of the mode line
+that does not have its own specialized help text.
+
+*** You can now click mouse-3 in the coding system indicator to invoke
+`set-buffer-file-coding-system'.
+
+** Server and client
 
 *** emacsclient now obeys string values for `initial-buffer-choice',
 if it is told to open a new frame without specifying any file to visit
@@ -134,40 +133,44 @@
 
 *** New option `server-auth-key' specifies a shared server key.
 
-** In the Package Menu, newly-available packages are listed as "new",
-and sorted above the other "available" packages by default.
-
-** `C-x C-q' is now bound to the new minor mode `read-only-mode'.
-This minor mode replaces `toggle-read-only', which is now obsolete.
-
 ** Emacs now generates backtraces on fatal errors.
 On encountering a fatal error, Emacs now outputs a textual description
 of the fatal signal, and a short backtrace on platforms like glibc
 that support backtraces.
 
+** `C-x C-q' is now bound to the new minor mode `read-only-mode'.
+This minor mode replaces `toggle-read-only', which is now obsolete.
+
+** Most `y-or-n' prompts now allow you to scroll the selected window.
+Typing `C-v' or `M-v' at a y-or-n prompt scrolls forward or backward
+respectively, without exiting from the prompt.
+
+** In the Package Menu, newly-available packages are listed as "new",
+and sorted above the other "available" packages by default.
+
 ** If your Emacs was built from a bzr checkout, the new variable
 `emacs-bzr-version' contains information about the bzr revision used.
 
-** New variable `create-lockfiles' specifies usage of lockfiles.
+** New option `create-lockfiles' specifies usage of lockfiles.
 It defaults to t.  Changing it to nil inhibits the creation of lock
 files (use this with caution).
 
+** New option `enable-remote-dir-locals', if non-nil, allows directory-local
+variables on remote hosts.
+
+** The entry for PCL-CVS has been removed from the Tools menu.
+The PCL-CVS commands are still available via the keyboard.
+
 ** Using "unibyte: t" in Lisp source files is obsolete.
 Use "coding: raw-text" instead.
 
-** Setting `enable-remote-dir-locals' to non-nil allows directory
-local variables on remote hosts.
-
-** The entry for PCL-CVS has been removed from the Tools menu.
-The PCL-CVS commands are still available via the keyboard.
-
-** Internationalization changes
+** Internationalization
 
 *** New language environment: Persian.
 
 *** New input method `vietnamese-vni'.
 
-** Nextstep (GNUstep / Mac OS X) port changes
+** Nextstep (GNUstep / Mac OS X) port
 
 *** Support for fullscreen and the frame parameter fullscreen.
 
@@ -177,16 +180,7 @@
 
 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.3
 
-** Navigation command changes
-
-*** New binding `M-g c' for `goto-char'.
-
-*** New binding `M-g TAB' for `move-to-column'.
-
-*** `M-g TAB' (`move-to-column') prompts for a column number if called
-interactively with no prefix arg.  Previously, it moved to column 1.
-
-** Search and Replace changes
+** Search and Replace
 
 *** Non-regexp Isearch now performs "lax" space matching.
 Each sequence of spaces in the supplied search string may match any
@@ -205,6 +199,25 @@
 and `M-s _' in Isearch toggles symbol search mode.
 `M-s c' in Isearch toggles search case-sensitivity.
 
+** Navigation commands
+
+*** New binding `M-g c' for `goto-char'.
+
+*** New binding `M-g TAB' for `move-to-column'.
+
+*** `M-g TAB' (`move-to-column') prompts for a column number if called
+interactively with no prefix arg.  Previously, it moved to column 1.
+
+** New option `yank-handled-properties' allows processing of text
+properties on yanked text, in ways that are more general than just
+removing them (as is done by `yank-excluded-properties').
+
+** New option `delete-trailing-lines' specifies whether
+M-x delete-trailing-whitespace should delete trailing lines at the end
+of the buffer.  It defaults to t.
+
+** `C-u M-=' now counts lines/words/characters in the entire buffer.
+
 ** `C-x 8 RET' is now bound to `insert-char', which is now a command.
 `ucs-insert' is now an obsolete alias for `insert-char'.
 
@@ -212,11 +225,10 @@
 It used to be bound to `kill-this-buffer', but `z' is too easy to
 accidentally type.
 
-** New option `delete-trailing-lines' specifies whether
-M-x delete-trailing-whitespace should delete trailing lines at the end
-of the buffer.  It defaults to t.
+** New command `C-x r M-w' (`copy-rectangle-as-kill').
+It copies the region-rectangle as the last rectangle kill.
 
-** Register changes
+** Registers
 
 *** `C-x r +' is now overloaded to invoke `append-to-register'.
 
@@ -224,45 +236,10 @@
 the text to put between collected texts for use with
 M-x append-to-register and M-x prepend-to-register.
 
-** `C-u M-=' now counts lines/words/characters in the entire buffer.
-
-** New command `C-x r M-w' (`copy-rectangle-as-kill').
-It copies the region-rectangle as the last rectangle kill.
-
-** New option `yank-handled-properties' allows processing of text
-properties on yanked text, in ways that are more general than just
-removing them, as done by `yank-excluded-properties'.
-
 
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.3
 
-** Apropos
-
-*** The faces used by Apropos are now directly customizable.
-These faces are named `apropos-symbol', `apropos-keybinding', and so on;
-see the `apropos' Custom group for details.
-
-*** The old options whose values specified faces to use have been removed
-(i.e. `apropos-symbol-face', `apropos-keybinding-face', etc.).
-
-** Buffer Menu
-
-*** This package has been rewritten to use Tabulated List mode.
-
-*** Option `Buffer-menu-buffer+size-width' is now obsolete.
-Use `Buffer-menu-name-width' and `Buffer-menu-size-width' instead.
-
-** Calendar
-
-*** You can customize the header text that appears above each calendar month.
-See the variable `calendar-month-header'.
-
-*** New LaTeX calendar style, produced by `cal-tex-cursor-week2-summary'.
-
-*** The calendars produced by cal-html include holidays.
-Customize `cal-html-holidays' to change this.
-
-** CL
+** Common Lisp emulation (CL)
 
 *** CL's main entry is now (require 'cl-lib).
 `cl-lib' is like the old `cl' except that it uses the namespace cleanly;
@@ -304,40 +281,6 @@
 `define-setf-expander' (use `gv-define-setter' or `gv-define-expander')
 `get-setf-method' no longer exists (see "Incompatible Lisp Changes")
 
-** New compilation option `compilation-always-kill'.
-
-** Customize
-
-*** `custom-reset-button-menu' now defaults to t.
-
-*** Non-option variables are never matched in `customize-apropos' and
-`customize-apropos-options' (i.e., the prefix argument does nothing for
-these commands now).
-
-** `desktop-path' no longer includes the "." directory.
-Desktop files are now located in ~/.emacs.d by default.
-
-** D-Bus
-
-*** New variables `dbus-compiled-version' and `dbus-runtime-version'.
-
-*** The D-Bus object manager interface is implemented.
-
-*** Variables of type :(u)int32 and :(u)int64 accept floating points,
-if their value does not fit into Emacs's integer range.
-
-*** The function `dbus-call-method' is now non-blocking.
-It can be interrupted by `C-g'.  `dbus-call-method-non-blocking' is obsolete.
-
-*** Signals can also be sent as unicast messages.
-
-*** The argument list of `dbus-register-signal' has been extended,
-according to the new match rule types of D-Bus.  See the manual for details.
-
-*** `dbus-init-bus' supports private connections.
-
-*** There is a new function `dbus-setenv'.
-
 ** Diff mode
 
 *** Changes are now highlighted using the same color scheme as in
@@ -353,6 +296,87 @@
 *** The new command `diff-delete-trailing-whitespace' removes trailing
 whitespace introduced by a diff.
 
+** Ediff now uses the same color scheme as Diff mode.
+
+** Python mode
+
+A new version of python.el, which provides several new features, including:
+per-buffer shells, better indentation, Python 3 support, and improved
+shell-interaction compatible with iPython (and virtually any other
+text based shell).
+
+*** Some user options have been replaced/renamed, including (old -> new):
+**** python-indent -> python-indent-offset
+**** python-guess-indent -> python-indent-guess-indent-offset
+**** python-pdbtrack-do-tracking-p -> python-pdbtrack-activate
+**** python-use-skeletons -> python-skeleton-autoinsert
+
+*** Some user options have been removed, including:
+
+**** `python-indent-string-contents': Strings are never indented.
+
+**** `python-honour-comment-indentation':
+Comments are never considered as indentation markers themselves.
+
+**** `python-continuation-offset': Indentation is automatically
+calculated in a pep8 compliant way depending on the context.
+
+**** `python-shell-prompt-alist', `python-shell-continuation-prompt-alist':
+Have no direct mapping as the shell interaction is completely different.
+
+**** `python-python-command', `python-jython-command':
+Replaced by `python-shell-interpreter'.
+
+**** `inferior-python-filter-regexp', `python-remove-cwd-from-path',
+`python-pdbtrack-minor-mode-string', `python-source-modes':
+No longer relevant.
+
+*** Some commands have been replaced (old -> new):
+**** python-insert-class -> python-skeleton-class
+**** python-insert-def -> python-skeleton-def
+**** python-insert-for -> python-skeleton-for
+**** python-insert-if -> python-skeleton-if
+**** python-insert-try/except -> python-skeleton-try
+**** python-insert-try/finally -> python-skeleton-try
+**** python-insert-while -> python-skeleton-while
+**** python-find-function -> python-nav-jump-to-defun
+**** python-next-statement -> python-nav-forward-sentence
+**** python-previous-statement -> python-nav-backward-sentence
+**** python-beginning-of-defun-function -> python-nav-beginning-of-defun
+**** python-end-of-defun-function -> python-nav-end-of-defun
+**** python-send-buffer -> python-shell-send-buffer
+**** python-send-defun -> python-shell-send-defun
+**** python-send-region -> python-shell-send-region
+**** python-send-region-and-go -> emulate with python-shell-send-region
+and python-shell-switch-to-shell
+**** python-send-string -> python-shell-send-string
+**** python-switch-to-python -> python-shell-switch-to-shell
+**** python-describe-symbol -> python-eldoc-at-point
+
+** D-Bus
+
+*** New variables `dbus-compiled-version' and `dbus-runtime-version'.
+
+*** The D-Bus object manager interface is implemented.
+
+*** Variables of type :(u)int32 and :(u)int64 accept floating points,
+if their value does not fit into Emacs's integer range.
+
+*** The function `dbus-call-method' is now non-blocking.
+It can be interrupted by `C-g'.  `dbus-call-method-non-blocking' is obsolete.
+
+*** Signals can also be sent as unicast messages.
+
+*** The argument list of `dbus-register-signal' has been extended,
+according to the new match rule types of D-Bus.
+
+*** `dbus-init-bus' supports private connections.
+
+*** There is a new function `dbus-setenv'.
+
+** `desktop-path' no longer includes the "." directory.
+Desktop files are now located in ~/.emacs.d by default.
+
 ** Dired
 
 *** `dired-do-async-shell-command' executes each file sequentially
@@ -374,8 +398,6 @@
 *** `M-=' is no longer bound to `dired-backup-diff' in Dired buffers.
 The global binding for `M-=', `count-words-region' is in effect.
 
-** Ediff now uses the same color scheme as Diff mode.
-
 ** ERC
 
 *** New module "notifications", which can send a notification when you
@@ -387,91 +409,6 @@
 *** New option `erc-lurker-hide-list', similar to `erc-hide-list', but
 only applies to messages sent by lurkers.
 
-** Flymake uses fringe bitmaps to indicate errors and warnings.
-See `flymake-fringe-indicator-position', `flymake-error-bitmap' and
-`flymake-warning-bitmap'.
-
-** Follow mode no longer works by using advice.
-The option `follow-intercept-processes' has been removed.
-
-** The FFAP option `ffap-url-unwrap-remote' can now be a list of strings,
-specifying URL types that should be converted to remote file names at
-the FFAP prompt.  The default is now '("ftp").
-
-** New Ibuffer `derived-mode' filter, bound to `/ M'.
-The old binding for `/ M' (filter by used-mode) is now bound to `/ m'.
-
-** `javascript-generic-mode' is now an obsolete alias for `js-mode'.
-
-** New option `mouse-avoidance-banish-position' specifies where the
-`banish' mouse avoidance setting moves the mouse.
-
-** notifications.el supports now version 1.2 of the Notifications API.
-The function `notifications-get-capabilities' returns the supported
-server properties.
-
-** In Perl mode, new option `perl-indent-parens-as-block' causes non-block
-closing brackets to be aligned with the line of the opening bracket.
-
-** In Proced mode, new command `proced-renice' renices marked processes.
-
-** Python mode
-
-A new version of python.el, which provides several new features, including:
-per-buffer shells, better indentation, Python 3 support, and improved
-shell-interaction compatible with iPython (and virtually any other
-text based shell).
-
-*** Some user options have been replaced/renamed, including:
-Old defcustom:                | New defcustom:
-python-indent                 | python-indent-offset
-python-guess-indent           | python-indent-guess-indent-offset
-python-pdbtrack-do-tracking-p | python-pdbtrack-activate
-python-use-skeletons          | python-skeleton-autoinsert
-
-*** Some user options have been removed, including:
-
-**** `python-indent-string-contents': Strings are never indented.
-
-**** `python-honour-comment-indentation':
-Comments are never considered as indentation markers themselves.
-
-**** `python-continuation-offset': Indentation is automatically
-calculated in a pep8 compliant way depending on the context.
-
-**** `python-shell-prompt-alist', `python-shell-continuation-prompt-alist':
-Have no direct mapping as the shell interaction is completely different.
-
-**** `python-python-command', `python-jython-command':
-Replaced by `python-shell-interpreter'.
-
-**** `inferior-python-filter-regexp', `python-remove-cwd-from-path',
-`python-pdbtrack-minor-mode-string', `python-source-modes':
-No longer relevant.
-
-*** Some commands have been replaced:
-Old command               | New command
-python-insert-class       | python-skeleton-class
-python-insert-def         | python-skeleton-def
-python-insert-for         | python-skeleton-for
-python-insert-if          | python-skeleton-if
-python-insert-try/except  | python-skeleton-try
-python-insert-try/finally | python-skeleton-try
-python-insert-while       | python-skeleton-while
-python-find-function      | python-nav-jump-to-defun
-python-next-statement     | python-nav-forward-sentence
-python-previous-statement | python-nav-backward-sentence
-python-beginning-of-defun-function  | python-nav-beginning-of-defun
-python-end-of-defun-function        | python-nav-end-of-defun
-python-send-buffer        | python-shell-send-buffer
-python-send-defun         | python-shell-send-defun
-python-send-region        | python-shell-send-region
-python-send-region-and-go | Emulate with python-shell-send-region and
-                            python-shell-switch-to-shell
-python-send-string        | python-shell-send-string
-python-switch-to-python   | python-shell-switch-to-shell
-python-describe-symbol    | python-eldoc-at-point
-
 ** reStructuredText mode
 
 *** Keybindings (see `C-c C-h'), TAB indentation, filling and auto-filling,
@@ -499,18 +436,51 @@
 
 *** `sh-use-smie' lets you choose a new indentation and navigation code.
 
-** New option `async-shell-command-buffer' specifies the buffer to use
-for a new asynchronous `shell-command' when the default output buffer
-`*Async Shell Command*' is already in use.
-
-** SQL mode has a new option `sql-db2-escape-newlines'.
-If non-nil, newlines sent to the command interpreter will be escaped
-by a backslash.  The default does not escape the newlines and assumes
-that the sql statement will be terminated by a semicolon.
-
-** New command `tabulated-list-sort', bound to `S' in Tabulated List mode
-(and modes that derive from it), sorts the column at point, or the Nth
-column if a numeric prefix argument is given.
+** VHDL mode
+
+*** The free software compiler GHDL is supported (and now the default).
+
+*** Support for the VHDL-AMS packages has been added/updated.
+
+*** Updated to the 2002 revision of the VHDL standard.
+
+*** Accepts \r and \f as whitespace.
+
+** Apropos
+
+*** The faces used by Apropos are now directly customizable.
+These faces are named `apropos-symbol', `apropos-keybinding', and so on;
+see the `apropos' Custom group for details.
+
+*** The old options whose values specified faces to use have been removed
+(i.e. `apropos-symbol-face', `apropos-keybinding-face', etc.).
+
+** Buffer Menu
+
+*** This package has been rewritten to use Tabulated List mode.
+
+*** Option `Buffer-menu-buffer+size-width' is now obsolete.
+Use `Buffer-menu-name-width' and `Buffer-menu-size-width' instead.
+
+** Calendar
+
+*** You can customize the header text that appears above each calendar month.
+See the variable `calendar-month-header'.
+
+*** New LaTeX calendar style, produced by `cal-tex-cursor-week2-summary'.
+
+*** The calendars produced by cal-html include holidays.
+Customize `cal-html-holidays' to change this.
+
+** Compile has a new option `compilation-always-kill'.
+
+** Customize
+
+*** `custom-reset-button-menu' now defaults to t.
+
+*** Non-option variables are never matched in `customize-apropos' and
+`customize-apropos-options' (i.e., the prefix argument does nothing for
+these commands now).
 
 ** Term
 
@@ -524,7 +494,6 @@
 ** Tramp
 
 *** The syntax has been extended in order to allow ad-hoc proxy definitions.
-See the manual for details.
 
 *** Remote processes are now also supported on remote MS-Windows hosts.
 
@@ -540,22 +509,53 @@
 The `url-retrieve' function now uses this to encode its URL argument,
 in case that is not properly encoded.
 
-** VHDL mode
-
-*** The free software compiler GHDL is supported (and now the default).
-
-*** Support for the VHDL-AMS packages has been added/updated.
-
-*** Updated to the 2002 revision of the VHDL standard.
-
-*** Accepts \r and \f as whitespace.
+** notifications.el supports now version 1.2 of the Notifications API.
+The function `notifications-get-capabilities' returns the supported
+server properties.
+
+** Flymake uses fringe bitmaps to indicate errors and warnings.
+See `flymake-fringe-indicator-position', `flymake-error-bitmap' and
+`flymake-warning-bitmap'.
+
+** The FFAP option `ffap-url-unwrap-remote' can now be a list of strings,
+specifying URL types that should be converted to remote file names at
+the FFAP prompt.  The default is now '("ftp").
+
+** New Ibuffer `derived-mode' filter, bound to `/ M'.
+The old binding for `/ M' (filter by used-mode) is now bound to `/ m'.
+
+** New option `mouse-avoidance-banish-position' specifies where the
+`banish' mouse avoidance setting moves the mouse.
+
+** In Perl mode, new option `perl-indent-parens-as-block' causes non-block
+closing brackets to be aligned with the line of the opening bracket.
+
+** In Proced mode, new command `proced-renice' renices marked processes.
+
+** New option `async-shell-command-buffer' specifies the buffer to use
+for a new asynchronous `shell-command' when the default output buffer
+`*Async Shell Command*' is already in use.
+
+** SQL mode has a new option `sql-db2-escape-newlines'.
+If non-nil, newlines sent to the command interpreter will be escaped
+by a backslash.  The default does not escape the newlines and assumes
+that the sql statement will be terminated by a semicolon.
+
+** New command `tabulated-list-sort', bound to `S' in Tabulated List mode
+(and modes that derive from it), sorts the column at point, or the Nth
+column if a numeric prefix argument is given.
 
 ** `which-func-modes' now defaults to t, so Which Function mode, when
 enabled, applies to all applicable major modes.
 
-** winner-mode-hook now runs when the mode is disabled, as well as when
+** `winner-mode-hook' now runs when the mode is disabled, as well as when
 it is enabled.
 
+** Follow mode no longer works by using advice.
+The option `follow-intercept-processes' has been removed.
+
+** `javascript-generic-mode' is now an obsolete alias for `js-mode'.
+
 ** Hooks renamed to avoid obsolete "-hooks" suffix:
 *** semantic-lex-reset-hooks -> semantic-lex-reset-functions
 *** semantic-change-hooks -> semantic-change-functions
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
 *** nndiary-request-accept-article-hooks -> 
nndiary-request-accept-article-functions
 *** gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-hooks -> gnus-subscribe-newsgroup-functions
 
-** Obsolete packages:
+** Obsolete packages
 
 *** assoc.el
 In most cases, assoc+member+push+delq work just as well.
@@ -602,17 +602,21 @@
 
 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.3
 
-** set-buffer-multibyte now signals an error in narrowed buffers.
+** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options.
+Only variables defined using `defcustom' are considered user options.
+The function `user-variable-p' is now an obsolete alias for
+`custom-variable-p'.
+
+** The return values of `defalias', `defun' and `defmacro' have changed,
+and are now undefined.  For backwards compatibility, `defun' and
+`defmacro' currently return the name of the newly defined
+function/macro, but this should not be relied upon.
 
 ** `random' by default now returns a different random sequence in
 every Emacs run.  Use `(random S)', where S is a string, to set the
 random seed to a value based on S, in order to get a repeatable
 sequence in later calls.
 
-** The function `x-select-font' can return a font spec, instead of a
-font name as a string.  Whether it returns a font spec or a font name
-depends on the graphical library.
-
 ** If the NEWTEXT arg to `replace-match' contains a substring "\?",
 that substring is inserted literally even if the LITERAL arg is
 non-nil, instead of causing an error to be signaled.
@@ -620,22 +624,14 @@
 ** `select-window' now always makes the window's buffer current.
 It does so even if the window was selected before.
 
-** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options.
-Only variables defined using `defcustom' are considered user options.
-The function `user-variable-p' is now an obsolete alias for
-`custom-variable-p'.
-
-** The return values of `defalias', `defun' and `defmacro' have changed,
-and are now undefined.  For backwards compatibility, `defun' and
-`defmacro' currently return the name of the newly defined
-function/macro, but this should not be relied upon.
+** The function `x-select-font' can return a font spec, instead of a
+font name as a string.  Whether it returns a font spec or a font name
+depends on the graphical library.
 
 ** `face-spec-set' no longer sets frame-specific attributes when the
 third argument is a frame (that usage was obsolete since Emacs 22.2).
 
-** The arguments of `dbus-register-signal' are no longer just strings,
-but keywords or keyword-string pairs.  The old argument list will
-still be supported for Emacs 24.x.
+** `set-buffer-multibyte' now signals an error in narrowed buffers.
 
 ** The CL package's `get-setf-method' function no longer exists.
 Generalized variables are now part of core Emacs Lisp, and implemented
@@ -643,7 +639,11 @@
 define a compatible replacement for `get-setf-method'.  See the file
 gv.el for internal details of the new implementation.
 
-** Spelling changes.
+** The arguments of `dbus-register-signal' are no longer just strings,
+but keywords or keyword-string pairs.  The old argument list will
+still be supported for Emacs 24.x.
+
+** Miscellaneous name changes
 Some Lisp symbols have been renamed to correct their spelling,
 or to be more consistent with standard Emacs terminology.
 
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
 **** robin-inactivate-hook -> robin-deactivate-hook
 **** quail-inactivate-hook -> quail-deactivate-hook
 
-*** Renamed Lisp variables
+*** Renamed variables
 **** follow-deactive-menu -> follow-inactive-menu
 **** inactivate-current-input-method-function ->
      deactivate-current-input-method-function
@@ -693,22 +693,32 @@
 
 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.3
 
+** CL-style generalized variables are now in core Elisp.
+`setf' is autoloaded; `push' and `pop' accept generalized variables.
+You can define your own generalized variables using `gv-define-simple-setter',
+`gv-define-setter', etc.
+
+** Emacs tries to macroexpand interpreted (non-compiled) files during load.
+This can significantly speed up execution of non-byte-compiled code,
+but can also bump into previously unnoticed cyclic dependencies.
+These are generally harmless: they will simply cause the macro calls
+to be left for later expansion (as before), but will result in a
+warning ("Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle") describing the cycle.
+You may wish to restructure your code so this does not happen.
+
 ** New sampling-based Elisp profiler.
 Try M-x profiler-start, do some work, and then call M-x profiler-report.
 When finished, use M-x profiler-stop.  The sampling rate can be based on
 CPU time or memory allocations.
 
-** CL-style generalized variables are now in core Elisp.
-`setf' is autoloaded; `push' and `pop' accept generalized variables.
-You can define your own generalized variables using `gv-define-simple-setter',
-`gv-define-setter', etc.
-
 ** `defun' also accepts a (declare DECLS) form, like `defmacro'.
 The interpretation of the DECLS is determined by `defun-declarations-alist'.
 
-** Minibuffer
-
-*** `read-regexp' has a new argument HISTORY; the first argument PROMPT
+** New macros `setq-local' and `defvar-local'.
+
+** Face underlining can now use a wave.
+
+** `read-regexp' has a new argument HISTORY; the first argument PROMPT
 of `read-regexp' accepts a string ending with a colon and space, and its
 second argument DEFAULTS can be a list of strings accessible via `M-n'
 in the minibuffer ahead of other hard-coded useful regexp-related values.
@@ -722,7 +732,7 @@
 *** New function `completion-table-subvert' to use an existing completion
 table, but with a different prefix.
 
-** Debugger changes
+** Debugger
 
 *** New error type and new function `user-error'.
 These do not trigger the debugger.
@@ -737,12 +747,13 @@
 *** New var `inhibit-debugger', automatically set to prevent accidental
 recursive invocations.
 
-** Window changes
-
-*** The functions `get-lru-window', `get-mru-window' and `get-largest-window'
-now accept a third argument to avoid choosing the selected window.
-
-*** Additional values recognized for option `window-combination-limit'.
+** Window handling
+
+*** New command `fit-frame-to-buffer' adjusts the frame height to
+fit the contents.
+
+*** The command `fit-window-to-buffer' can adjust the frame height
+if the new option `fit-frame-to-buffer' is non-nil.
 
 *** New macro `with-temp-buffer-window', similar to
 `with-output-to-temp-buffer'.
@@ -750,30 +761,29 @@
 *** `temp-buffer-resize-mode' no longer resizes windows that have been
 reused.
 
-*** New command `fit-frame-to-buffer' adjusts the frame height to
-fit the contents.
-
-*** The command `fit-window-to-buffer' can adjust the frame height
-if the new option `fit-frame-to-buffer' is non-nil.
-
 *** New option `switch-to-buffer-preserve-window-point' to restore a
 window's point when switching buffers.
 
-*** New display action functions `display-buffer-below-selected',
-and `display-buffer-in-previous-window'.
+*** New display action alist entries `window-height' and `window-width'
+specify the size of new windows created by `display-buffer'.
+
+*** New display action alist entry `pop-up-frame-parameters', if
+non-nil, specifies frame parameters to give any newly-created frame.
 
 *** New display action alist entry `inhibit-switch-frame', if non-nil,
 tells display action functions to avoid changing which frame is
 selected.
 
-*** New display action alist entry `pop-up-frame-parameters', if
-non-nil, specifies frame parameters to give any newly-created frame.
-
 *** New display action alist entry `previous-window', if non-nil,
 specifies window to reuse in `display-buffer-in-previous-window'.
 
-*** New display action alist entries `window-height' and `window-width'
-specify the size of new windows created by `display-buffer'.
+*** New display action functions `display-buffer-below-selected',
+and `display-buffer-in-previous-window'.
+
+*** The functions `get-lru-window', `get-mru-window' and `get-largest-window'
+now accept a third argument to avoid choosing the selected window.
+
+*** Additional values recognized for option `window-combination-limit'.
 
 *** The following variables are obsolete, as they can be replaced by
 appropriate entries in the `display-buffer-alist' function introduced
@@ -813,15 +823,18 @@
 on others.  The affected functions are acos, asin, tan, exp, expt,
 log, log10, sqrt, and mod.
 
-** Emacs tries to macroexpand interpreted (non-compiled) files during load.
-This can significantly speed up execution of non-byte-compiled code,
-but can also bump into previously unnoticed cyclic dependencies.
-These are generally harmless: they will simply cause the macro calls
-to be left for later expansion (as before), but will result in a
-warning ("Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle") describing the cycle.
-You may wish to restructure your code so this does not happen.
-
-** Miscellaneous new functions:
+** New fringe bitmap `exclamation-mark'.
+
+** Miscellaneous changes to special forms and macros
+
+*** `defun' and `defmacro' are now macros rather than special forms.
+
+*** `kbd' is now a function rather than a macro.
+
+** Miscellaneous new functions
+
+*** `set-temporary-overlay-map' sets up a temporary keymap that
+takes precedence over most other maps for a short while (normally one key).
 
 *** `autoloadp' tests if its argument is an autoloaded object.
 
@@ -835,41 +848,19 @@
 
 *** `posnp' tests if an object is a `posn'.
 
-*** `set-temporary-overlay-map' sets up a temporary keymap that
-takes precedence over most other maps for a short while (normally one key).
-
 *** `system-users' returns the user names on the system.
 
 *** `system-groups' returns the group names on the system.
 
 *** `tty-top-frame' returns the topmost frame of a text terminal.
 
-** New macros `setq-local' and `defvar-local'.
-
-** Changes to special forms and macros
-
-*** `defun' and `defmacro' are now macros rather than special forms.
-
-*** `kbd' is now a function rather than a macro.
-
-** New fringe bitmap `exclamation-mark'.
-
-** Face underlining can now use a wave.
-
 ** The following functions and variables are obsolete:
-
 *** `automount-dir-prefix' (use `directory-abbrev-alist')
-
 *** `buffer-has-markers-at'
-
 *** `macro-declaration-function' (use `macro-declarations-alist')
-
 *** `window-system-version' (provides no useful information)
-
 *** `dired-pop-to-buffer' (use `dired-mark-pop-up')
-
 *** `query-replace-interactive'
-
 *** `font-list-limit' (has had no effect since Emacs < 23)