Add entries about the new auth-source integration and

about the cyrillic-translit modifications.

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index c18a590d87f..0d0504ce708 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-08-01  Teodor Zlatanov  <tzz@lifelogs.com>
+
+        * NEWS: Add entries about the new auth-source integration and
+        about the cyrillic-translit modifications.
+
 2008-08-01  Adrian Robert  <Adrian.B.Robert@gmail.com>
 
         * Emacs.clr: Remove.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index c6c063f112d..f9c0eac98d3 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ active frame and INACTIVE is the opactity of non-active frames.
 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 @@ unify-8859-on-decoding-mode are obsolete.
 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 @@ saving articles drafts and ~/.newsrc.eld.  These file may not be read
 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'.