diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 1c5bf51b2c4..262168e1de2 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -377,9 +377,32 @@ copy directories recursively. ** The variable mail-specify-envelope-from controls whether to use the -f option when sending mail. -** In Isearch mode, mouse-2 in the echo area now yanks the current +** Isearch changes + +*** In Isearch mode, mouse-2 in the echo area now yanks the current selection into the search string rather than giving an error. +*** There is a new lazy highlighting feature in incremental search. + +Lazy highlighting is activated by customizing variable +`isearch-lazy-highlight'. When active, all matches for the current +search string are highlighted. The current match is highlighted as +before using face `isearch' or `region'. All other matches are +highlighted using face `isearch-lazy-highlight-face' which defaults to +`secondary-selection'. + +The extra highlighting makes it easier to anticipate where the cursor +will end up each time you press C-s or C-r to repeat a pending search. +Highlighting of these additional matches happens in a deferred fashion +using "idle timers," so the cycles needed do not rob isearch of its +usual snappy response. + +If `isearch-lazy-highlight-cleanup' is set to t, highlights for +matches are automatically cleared when you end the search. If it is +set to nil, you can remove the highlights manually with `M-x +isearch-lazy-highlight-cleanup'. + + ** Ange-ftp allows you to specify of a port number in remote file names cleanly. It is appended to the host name, separated by a hash sign, e.g. `/foo@bar.org#666:mumble'. (This syntax comes from EFS.)