More updates for VC documentation.

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@@ -133,7 +133,10 @@ That variable used to have the default value "~/.authinfo", in which
 case you won't see any difference.  But if you changed it to be a list
 of user names and passwords, that setting is now ignored; you will be
 prompted for the user name and the password, which will then be saved
-to ~/.authinfo.
+to ~/.authinfo.  (To control where and how the credentials are stored,
+see the auth-source manual.  You may want to change the auth-source
+preferences if you want to store the credentials encrypted, for
+instance.)
 
 You can also manually copy the credentials to your ~/.authinfo file.
 For example, if you had
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ off by customizing x-gtk-use-system-tooltips.
 ** New basic faces `error', `warning', `success' are available to
 highlight strings that indicate failure, caution or successful operation.
 
+---
 ** Lucid menus and dialogs can display antialiased fonts if Emacs is built
 with Xft.  To change font, use the X resource font, for example:
 Emacs.pane.menubar.font:  Courier-12
@@ -379,7 +383,7 @@ The elisp implementation sha1.el is removed. Feature sha1 is provided
 by default.
 
 ** Menu-bar changes
-
+---
 *** `menu-bar-select-buffer-function' lets you choose another operation
 instead of `switch-to-buffer' when selecting an item in the Buffers menu.
 
@@ -550,6 +554,13 @@ at high rate, e.g. if you lean on some key, because stopping redisplay
 in the middle (when this variable is nil) forces more expensive
 updates later on, and Emacs appears to be unable to keep up.
 
++++
+** The behavior of <TAB> for active regions in Text mode has changed.
+In Text and related modes, typing <TAB> (`indent-for-tab-command')
+when the region is active causes Emacs to indent all the lines in the
+region, aligning them with the line previous to the first line in the
+region (or with the left margin if there is no previous line).
+
 \f
 * Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.1
 
@@ -559,6 +570,7 @@ updates later on, and Emacs appears to be unable to keep up.
 ** browse-url has a new variable `browse-url-mailto-function'
 specifies how mailto: URLs are handled.  The default is `browse-url-mail'.
 
+---
 ** BibTeX mode
 
 *** BibTeX mode now supports biblatex.
@@ -614,7 +626,7 @@ view-diary-entries, list-diary-entries, show-all-diary-entries
 ** comint and modes derived from it use the generic completion code.
 
 ** Compilation mode
-
+---
 *** Compilation mode can be used without font-lock-mode.
 `compilation-parse-errors-function' is now obsolete.
 
@@ -725,6 +737,11 @@ more variants, including Mercury, and a lot more.
 *** The command `rmail-epa-decrypt' decrypts OpenPGP data
 in the Rmail incoming message.
 
+---
+*** The variable `rmail-message-filter' no longer has any effect.
+This change was made in Emacs 23.1 but was not advertised at the time.
+Try using `rmail-show-message-hook' instead.
+
 ** Shell mode
 
 *** Shell mode uses pcomplete rules, with the standard completion UI.
@@ -832,9 +849,11 @@ the user for specifics, e.g. a merge source.
 
 **** Currently supported for Bzr, Git, and Mercurial.
 
++++
 *** New option `vc-revert-show-diff' controls whether `vc-revert'
 shows a diff while querying the user.  It defaults to t.
 
++++
 *** Log entries in some Log View buffers can be toggled to display a
 longer description by typing RET (log-view-toggle-entry-display).
 In the Log View buffers made by `C-x v L' (vc-print-root-log), you can
@@ -845,6 +864,7 @@ use this to display the full log entry for the revision at point.
 **** Packages using Log View mode can enable this functionality by
 binding `log-view-expanded-log-entry-function' to a suitable function.
 
++++
 *** New command `vc-ediff' allows visual comparison of two revisions
 of a file similar to `vc-diff', but using ediff backend.