Merge language/persian.el into language/misc-lang.el

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@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ treated as images.
 *** Images displayed via ImageMagick now support transparency and the
 :background image spec property.
 
+** Internationalization changes
+
+*** New language environment: Persian.
+
 ** Face underlining can now use a wave.
 See the "Face Attributes" section of the Elisp manual.
 
@@ -144,9 +148,16 @@ local variables on remote hosts.
 ** `insert-char' is now a command, and `ucs-insert' an obsolete alias
 for it.
 
+** The entry for PCL-CVS has been removed from the Tools menu.
+The PCL-CVS commands are still available via the keyboard.
+
 \f
 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.2
 
+** New option `delete-trailing-lines' specifies whether the M-x
+delete-trailing-whitespace command should delete trailing lines at the
+end of the buffer.  It defaults to t.
+
 ** Search changes
 
 *** Global `M-s _' starts a symbol (identifier) incremental search,
@@ -354,7 +365,13 @@ channel keys found, if any.
 
 *** `dired-do-async-shell-command' executes each file sequentially
 if the command ends in `;' (when operating on multiple files).
-Othwerwise, it executes the command on each file in parallel.
+Otherwise, it executes the command on each file in parallel.
+
+** Shell
+
+*** New option `async-shell-command-buffer' specifies what buffer to use
+for a new asynchronous shell command when the default output buffer
+`*Async Shell Command*' is already taken by another running command.
 
 ** FFAP
 
@@ -469,6 +486,10 @@ inefficiency, and not namespace-clean.
 \f
 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.2
 
+** If the NEWTEXT arg to `replace-match' contains a substring "\?",
+that substring is inserted literally even if the LITERAL arg is
+non-nil, instead of causing an error to be signaled.
+
 +++
 ** Docstrings starting with `*' no longer indicate user options.
 Only variables defined using `defcustom' are considered user options.
@@ -489,14 +510,48 @@ third argument is a frame (that usage was obsolete since Emacs 22.2).
 but keywords or keyword-string pairs.  The old argument list will
 still be supported for Emacs 24.x.
 
+** Spelling changes.
+Some Lisp symbols have been renamed to avoid problems with spelling
+that is incorrect or inconsistent with how Emacs normally spells a word.
+
+*** Renamed functions
+
+**** hangul-input-method-inactivate -> hangul-input-method-deactivate
+**** inactivate-input-method -> deactivate-input-method
+**** quail-inactivate -> quail-deactivate
+**** robin-inactivate -> robin-deactivate
+**** viper-inactivate-input-method -> viper-deactivate-input-method
+**** viper-inactivate-input-method-action ->
+     viper-deactivate-input-method-action
+**** ucs-input-inactivate -> ucs-input-deactivate
+
+*** Renamed hooks
+The old hooks are still supported for backward compatibility, but they
+are deprecated and will be removed eventually.
+
+**** input-method-inactivate-hook -> input-method-deactivate-hook
+**** robin-inactivate-hook -> robin-deactivate-hook
+**** quail-inactivate-hook -> quail-deactivate-hook
+
+*** Renamed Lisp variables
+
+**** follow-deactive-menu -> follow-inactive-menu
+**** inactivate-current-input-method-function ->
+     deactivate-current-input-method-function
+
 ** The following obsolete variables and varaliases have been removed:
 
 *** `facemenu-unlisted-faces'
 *** `rmail-decode-mime-charset'
+*** `last-input-char' and `last-command-char'
 
 \f
 * Lisp changes in Emacs 24.2
 
+** New functions `autoloadp' and `autoload-do-load'.
+
+** `function-get' fetches the property of a function, following aliases.
+
 ** `toggle-read-only' accepts a second argument specifying whether to
 print a message, if called from Lisp.
 
@@ -514,9 +569,14 @@ The interpretation of the DECLS is determined by `defun-declarations-alist'.
 
 ** New error type and new function `user-error'.  Doesn't trigger the debugger.
 
-** The functions get-lru-window, get-mru-window and get-largest-window
+** Window changes
+
+*** The functions get-lru-window, get-mru-window and get-largest-window
 now accept a third argument to avoid choosing the selected window.
 
+*** New display action alist `inhibit-switch-frame', if non-nil, tells
+display action functions to avoid changing which frame is selected.
+
 ** Completion
 
 *** New function `completion-table-with-quoting' to handle completion
@@ -549,6 +609,8 @@ is detected.
 Emacs now supports mouse highlight, help-echo (in the echo area), and
 mouse-autoselect-window.
 
+** On MS-Windows Vista and later Emacs now supports symbolic links.
+
 \f
 * Installation Changes in Emacs 24.1
 
@@ -1117,7 +1179,7 @@ buffer was used.
 The search is performed using `customize-apropos'.
 To turn off the search field, set `custom-search-field' to nil.
 
-*** Custom options now start out hidden if at their default values.
+*** Options in customize group buffers start out hidden if not customized.
 Use the arrow to the left of the option name to toggle visibility.
 
 *** custom-buffer-sort-alphabetically now defaults to t.