[6981] XS in NEWS

[Gavin D. Smith]

Revision: 6981
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=6981
Author:   gavin
Date:     2016-02-02 19:44:04 +0000 (Tue, 02 Feb 2016)
Log Message:
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XS in NEWS

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/NEWS

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog     2016-02-02 19:40:09 UTC (rev 6980)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog     2016-02-02 19:44:04 UTC (rev 6981)
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2016-02-02  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
 
+       * NEWS: Move NEWS about XS earlier and mention that pure Perl 
+       modules can still be used by default.  Suggestion from Karl Berry.
+
+2016-02-02  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
+
        * configure.ac: Add "(XS)" after "Perl extension" in message to 
        make it easier to find in configure output.  Repeat message 
        after output from trying to build and run an extension module so 

Modified: trunk/NEWS
===================================================================
--- trunk/NEWS  2016-02-02 19:40:09 UTC (rev 6980)
+++ trunk/NEWS  2016-02-02 19:44:04 UTC (rev 6981)
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@
     output, and "*Note Another Section:: for more information" in the
     Info output.
 
+* texi2any:
+  . Some Perl modules have been rewritten in C to increase speed.
+    If Perl extensions can be created, they are used by default; 
+    otherwise the pure Perl implementations are still used.
+    Disable at build time with "configure --disable-perl-xs".  The 
+    environment variable TEXINFO_XS controls how they are used by 
+    makeinfo.
+  . Quotation marks are left out for node names and index entries in
+    Info output where they would have been produced by commands such
+    as @file or @option.
+  . New customization variable INFO_SPECIAL_CHARS_QUOTE to allow use of
+    a quoting mechanism for problematic constructs in Info output, for
+    example node names containing colons or commas.
+  . Commands like @heading are affected by @lowersections and @raisesections
+    again, as was the case before Texinfo 5.0.
+
 * texinfo.tex:
   . You may explicitly specify a sort key for an index entry by preceding
     the text of the entry with the @sortas commmand with the sort key 
@@ -64,20 +80,6 @@
   . Support for determining the output files using the `-recorder'
     option to TeX, to help to support more TeX engines.
 
-* texi2any:
-  . Some Perl modules have been rewritten in C to increase speed.
-    Disable at build time with "configure --disable-perl-xs".  The 
-    environment variable TEXINFO_XS controls how they are used by 
-    makeinfo.
-  . Quotation marks are left out for node names and index entries in
-    Info output where they would have been produced by commands such
-    as @file or @option.
-  . New customization variable INFO_SPECIAL_CHARS_QUOTE to allow use of
-    a quoting mechanism for problematic constructs in Info output, for
-    example node names containing colons or commas.
-  . Commands like @heading are affected by @lowersections and @raisesections
-    again, as was the case before Texinfo 5.0.
-
 * info:
   . New user variables `link-style', `active-link-style', and
     `match-style' enable customization of how cross-references and search