Announce that the `C-x w' bindings are deprecated

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 70f9476e71e216ae59856cd32d10e08080c61198..c2ea278e538bc3b247cdda1b16760417d505c4d9 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ default.
 unsaved customizations and prompts user to customize (if found).  It
 is intended for adding to 'kill-emacs-query-functions'.
 
+** The old `C-x w' bindings in hi-lock-mode are officially deprecated
+in favor of the global `M-s h' bindings introduced in Emacs-23.1.
+They'll disappear soon.
+
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 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 25.1