From: Michael Olson Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:24:09 +0000 (+0000) Subject: NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-23.0.90~7776 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c06c430fc7b699c4e13cacd1e96b09c3cae35f59;p=emacs.git NEWS: Describe nXML mode and json.el. --- diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 0b762453c83..de6786b32e5 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -282,8 +282,17 @@ document to a set of PNG images first. One can also search for a regular expression in the document. The commentary of the file explains its usage. -** The nXML package has been added. -[FIXME someone who uses this, please write a brief description.] +** The nXML package has been added. It is a new mode for editing XML +documents. nXML mode allows a schema to be associated with the XML +document being edited. nXML mode uses Relax NG as its schema +language. The schema is used to provide two key features: + +*** Continuous validation. nXML validates as you type, highlighting +any invalid parts of your document. + +*** Completion. nXML can assist you in entering an element name, +attribute name or data value by using information about what is +allowed by the schema in that context. ** A new game called `bubbles' has been added. @@ -304,6 +313,10 @@ GnuPG interface which includes GnuPG keyring browser, cryptographic operations on regions and files, and automatic encryption of *.gpg files. See the EasyPG Assistant User's Manual for further details. +** json.el is now included with Emacs. It is a library for parsing +and generating JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). JSON is a +lightweight data-interchange format. + ** Auto Composition Mode is a minor mode that composes characters automatically when they are displayed. It is globally on by default. It uses `auto-composition-function' (default `auto-compose-chars').