(Calendar Customizing): Mention whitespace variables and intermonth text.

(Holiday Customizing): Add holiday-chinese.

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 703974c1362..280aceeb569 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-08-10  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * cal-xtra.texi (Calendar Customizing): Mention whitespace variables
+        and intermonth text.
+        (Holiday Customizing): Add holiday-chinese.
+
 2008-08-08  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * files.texi (Log Buffer, Diff Mode): Fix last changes.  Add indexing.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/cal-xtra.texi b/doc/emacs/cal-xtra.texi
index b7a9795e401..32a0f7b4d72 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/cal-xtra.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/cal-xtra.texi
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ diary suit your personal tastes.
 
 @node Calendar Customizing
 @subsection Customizing the Calendar
+
+@vindex calendar-intermonth-text
+@cindex calendar layout
+@cindex showing week numbers in the calendar
+  The layout of the calendar is to some extent customizable.  The
+display is unfortunately limited to three months (due to some
+deep-rooted and widespread assumptions in the code), but you can
+customize the whitespace used in the display by setting the variables:
+@code{calendar-left-margin}, @code{calendar-intermonth-spacing},
+@code{calendar-column-width}, @code{calendar-day-header-width}, and
+@code{calendar-day-digit-width}.  To display text between the months,
+for example week numbers, customize the variables
+@code{calendar-intermonth-header} and @code{calendar-intermonth-text} as
+described in their documentation.
+
 @vindex calendar-holiday-marker
 @vindex diary-entry-marker
   The variable @code{calendar-holiday-marker} specifies how to mark a
@@ -159,6 +174,9 @@ The @var{k}th @var{dayname} in @var{month} on the Gregorian calendar
 (@var{dayname}=0 for Sunday, and so on); negative @var{k} means count back
 from the end of the month.
 
+@item (holiday-chinese @var{month} @var{day} @var{string})
+A fixed date on the Chinese calendar.
+
 @item (holiday-hebrew @var{month} @var{day} @var{string})
 A fixed date on the Hebrew calendar.
 
@@ -210,7 +228,7 @@ the month (1 specifies the first occurrence, 2 the second occurrence,
 so on).
 
   You can specify holidays that occur on fixed days of the Baha'i,
-Hebrew, Islamic, and Julian calendars too.  For example,
+Chinese, Hebrew, Islamic, and Julian calendars too.  For example,
 
 @smallexample
 (setq other-holidays
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f8c021c41f7..db33c03eef0 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -614,17 +614,21 @@ prefixes, eg `calendar-french-'.  The old names you are likely to use
 directly still exist, for the time being, as aliases, but please start
 using the new names.
 
++++
 *** The whitespace in the calendar layout can be customized.
 See the variables:
 calendar-left-margin, calendar-intermonth-spacing, calendar-column-width,
 calendar-day-header-width, and calendar-day-digit-width.
 
++++
 *** Text (e.g. ISO weeks) can be displayed between the calendar months.
 See the variables calendar-intermonth-header and calendar-intermonth-text.
 
++++
 *** The function `holiday-chinese' computes holidays on the Chinese calendar.
 It has been used to add items to the list `holiday-oriental-holidays'.
 
+---
 *** `diary-remind' accepts a negative number -DAYS as a shorthand for
 the list (1 2 ... DAYS).