summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e7bce73997f..18b459f5f28 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -148,8 +148,19 @@ appropriate sql-interactive-mode wrapper for the current setting of
** M-x view-file and commands that use it now avoid interfering
with special modes such as Tar mode.
-** The apropos commands don't sort by scores unless they show scores.
-The option apropos-show-scores controls both uses of scores.
+** Enhancements to apropos commands:
+
+*** The apropos commands will now accept a list of words to match.
+When more than one word is specified, at least two of those words must
+be present for an item to match. Regular expression matching is still
+available.
+
+*** The new option `apropos-sort-by-scores' causes the matching items
+to be sorted according to their score. The score for an item is a
+number calculated to indicate how well the item matches the words or
+regular expression that you entered to the apropos command. The best
+match is listed first, and the calculated score is shown for each
+matching item.
+++
** The old bindings C-M-delete and C-M-backspace have been deleted,