* progmodes/sql.el: Version 3.4

[gnu-emacs] / etc / NEWS

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@@ -251,12 +251,6 @@ and this variable has been marked obsolete.
 ** `emacs-bzr-version' has been renamed to `emacs-repository-version',
 and works for git too, if you fetch the repository notes.
 
-** `read-regexp-defaults-function' defines a function to provide default
-values for reading regexps by commands like `rgrep', `lgrep' `occur',
-`highlight-regexp', etc.  You can customize this to specify a function
-that provides a default value from the regexp last history element,
-or from the symbol found at point.
-
 +++
 ** New option `load-prefer-newer' affects how the `load' function chooses
 the file to load.  If this is non-nil, then when both .el and .elc
@@ -357,15 +351,16 @@ Also the following files used by the now obsolete otodo-mode.el:
 
 ** Backtrace and debugger
 
-*** The Lisp debugger's `e' command now includes the lexical environment
-when evaluating the code in the context at point.  Hence, it now lets
-you access lexical variables.
-
 +++
-*** New command `v' (`debugger-toggle-locals') displays local vars.
+*** New Lisp debugger command `v' (`debugger-toggle-locals') toggles the
+display of local variables of the current stack frame.
 
-*** New minor mode `jit-lock-debug-mode' lets you use the debuggers on
-code run via JIT Lock.
+*** The Lisp debugger's `e' command (`debugger-eval-expression') now includes
+the lexical environment when evaluating the code in the context at point
+(and so allows you to access lexical variables).
+
+---
+*** New minor mode `jit-lock-debug-mode' helps you debug code run via JIT Lock.
 
 ---
 ** Battery information can now be retrieved from BSD's `apm' utility.
@@ -811,6 +806,19 @@ All non-ancient Bash versions support this option.
 Emacs can learn the appropriate indentation settings if you provide it
 with an indented sample file.
 
+---
+** SQL
+Improved login monitoring and appropriate response to login failures.
+Includes `sql-login-delay' to define maximum wait for a connection.
+
+*** Oracle support
+SQL*Plus script placeholders are properly highlighted and identified
+in `sql-placeholders-filter' correctly.  When SQL*Plus is started,
+options specified in `sql-oracle-options' are passed before the logon
+parameter, as SQL*Plus expects.  The default setting for
+`sql-oracle-options' has been altered to pass the `-L' option to limit
+the number of logon attempts per invocation.
+
 ---
 ** New Term mode option `term-suppress-hard-newline'.
 
@@ -1089,6 +1097,9 @@ respecting file-local variables.
 +++
 ** New function `get-pos-property'.
 
+** `read-regexp' now uses the new variable `read-regexp-defaults-function'
+as a function to call to provide default values.
+
 ** Completion changes
 
 *** The separator for `completing-read-multiple' can now be a regexp.