Move iswitchb.el to obsolete/

Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-11/msg00501.html

* lisp/obsolete/iswitchb.el: Move to obsolete/.

* lisp/simple.el (iswitchb-mode): Add manual autoloads to ease transition,
since obsolete/ is not scanned for autoloads.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el (authors-valid-file-names):
Add iswitchb.el.

* doc/emacs/ack.texi (Acknowledgments): No longer mention obsolete files.

* doc/misc/viper.texi (File and Buffer Handling): Prefer ido to iswitchb.

* etc/NEWS: Related edits.

4 files changed, 10 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 4478e4bd72c..11df5923612 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-02-07  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * ack.texi (Acknowledgments): No longer mention obsolete files.
+
 2014-02-02  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * regs.texi (Registers): Mention previewing.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ack.texi b/doc/emacs/ack.texi
index 8f8e741c910..0ec2cf8624a 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/ack.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/ack.texi
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ files.
 Michael Albinus wrote @file{dbus.el}, a package that implements the
 D-Bus message bus protocol; @file{zeroconf.el}, a mode for browsing
 Avahi services;
-@ignore
-@c obsolete
-@file{xesam.el}, a Xesam-based search engine interface;
-@end ignore
 and @file{secrets.el}, an interface to keyring daemons for
 storing confidential data.  He and Kai Großjohann wrote the Tramp package, which
 provides transparent remote file editing using rcp, ssh, ftp, and
@@ -307,8 +303,7 @@ to VC and the calendar.
 
 @item
 Stephen Eglen wrote @file{mspools.el}, which tells you which Procmail
-folders have mail waiting in them; and @file{iswitchb.el}, a feature
-for incremental reading and completion of buffer names.
+folders have mail waiting in them.
 
 @item
 Torbjörn Einarsson wrote @file{f90.el}, a mode for Fortran 90 files.
@@ -820,10 +815,6 @@ Common Lisp code; @file{ebuff-menu.el}, an ``electric'' browser for
 buffer listings; @file{ehelp.el}, bindings for browsing help screens;
 and @file{rfc822.el}, a parser for E-mail addresses in the RFC-822 format,
 used in mail messages and news articles.
-@ignore
-@c Obsolete since 24.4
-; and @file{terminal.el}, a terminal emulator for Emacs subprocesses.
-@end ignore
 
 @item
 Gerd Möllmann was the Emacs maintainer from the beginning of Emacs 21
@@ -1106,12 +1097,6 @@ Ronald S. Schnell wrote @file{dunnet.el}, a text adventure game.
 Philippe Schnoebelen wrote @file{gomoku.el}, a Go Moku game played
 against Emacs; and @file{mpuz.el}, a multiplication puzzle.
 
-@ignore
-@c Removed in 24.1.
-@item
-Rainer Schöpf contributed to Alpha and OSF1 support.
-@end ignore
-
 @item
 Jan Schormann wrote @file{solitaire.el}, an implementation of the
 Solitaire game.
diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 7242110ec0f..766286c5fa7 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-02-07  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * viper.texi (File and Buffer Handling): Prefer ido to iswitchb.
+
 2014-02-06  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * epa.texi (Mail-mode integration): Mention epa-mail-aliases.
diff --git a/doc/misc/viper.texi b/doc/misc/viper.texi
index 3195bfa807d..5cbf32c9297 100644
--- a/doc/misc/viper.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/viper.texi
@@ -4064,7 +4064,7 @@ switch in another window.  Buffer completion is supported.
 The variable @var{viper-read-buffer-function} controls which function is
 actually used to read the buffer name. The default is @code{read-buffer},
 but better alternatives are also available in Emacs (e.g.,
-@code{iswitchb-read-buffer}).
+@code{ido-read-buffer}).
 @vindex @var{viper-read-buffer-function}
 @item :B
 Like @kbd{:b}, but the meaning of @var{ex-cycle-other-window} is reversed.