[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/NEWS,v

[Teodor Zlatanov]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Teodor Zlatanov <tzz>   08/08/01 21:00:17

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1817
retrieving revision 1.1818
diff -u -b -r1.1817 -r1.1818
--- NEWS        31 Jul 2008 19:31:51 -0000      1.1817
+++ NEWS        1 Aug 2008 21:00:15 -0000       1.1818
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@
 The variable `frame-alpha-lower-limit' defines a lower bound for the
 opacity; the default is 20.
 
+*** Emacs can now use `auth-source' for authentication.
+`smtpmail' and `url' (Tramp and Gnus also) use `auth-source' to obtain
+login names and passwords.  The match, if found, is reported
+in *Messages* with the password blanked out.
+
 ** Internationalization changes
 
 *** The Emacs character set is now a superset of Unicode.
@@ -197,6 +202,11 @@
 accepts numbers in hash notation (e.g. #o21430 for octal, or #10r8984 for
 decimal).  It also accepts Unicode character names with completion.
 
+*** The `cyrillic-translit' input method supports many new characters.
+Common typographical characters available from Unicode were added to
+`cyrillic-translit': punctuation marks, accented characters, fractions,
+and others.
+
 ** Emacs now supports serial port access on GNU/Linux, Unix, and
 Windows.  The new command `serial-term' starts an interactive terminal
 on a serial port.  The serial port can be configured at runtime with
@@ -692,6 +702,11 @@
 correctly in Emacs 22 and below.  If you want to Gnus across different Emacs
 versions, you may set `mm-auto-save-coding-system' to `emacs-mule'.
 
+*** Password are consistently loaded through `auth-source'
+Gnus can use `auth-source' for POP and IMAP passwords.  Also see that
+`smtpmail' and `url' support `auth-source' for SMTP and HTTP/HTTPS/RSS
+authentication respectively.
+
 ** Help mode
 *** New macro `with-help-window' should set up help windows better
 than `with-output-to-temp-buffer' with `print-help-return-message'.