From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:47:06 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Mention the new functions `string-collate-lessp' and `string-collate-equalp'.
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Mention the new functions `string-collate-lessp' and `string-collate-equalp'.
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 9a2c03aad15..58a749a79b4 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ for use in Emacs bug reports.
 hiding character but the default `.' can be used by let-binding the
 variable `read-hide-char'.
 
+** The new functions `string-collate-lessp' and `string-collate-equalp'
+preserve the collation order as defined by the system's locale(1)
+environment.  For the time being this is implemented for POSIX systems
+only, for other systems they fall back to their counterparts
+`string-lessp' and `string-equal'.
+
 
 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.5