From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 01:58:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention looking-back.
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Mention looking-back.
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 63c4ec3e3a1..19f81601b7a 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ types any more.  Add -DUSE_LISP_UNION_TYPE if you want union types.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 21.4
 
++++
+** New function `looking-back' whether a regular expression matches
+the text before point.  Specifying the LIMIT argument bounds how far
+back the match can start; this is a way to keep it from taking too long.
+
 +++
 ** New functions `make-progress-reporter', `progress-reporter-update',
 `progress-reporter-force-update' and `progress-reporter-done' provide