diff etc/NEWS @ 96967:56a6f086590e

Add whitespace package information.

--- a/etc/NEWS	Thu Jul 24 02:55:59 2008 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Thu Jul 24 03:56:00 2008 +0000
@@ -498,7 +498,11 @@
 
 ** A new `whitespace' package has been installed, and the pre-existing one
 renamed to `old-whitespace'.
-[FIXME someone explain why this is good, if it is...]
+Now, besides reporting bogus blanks, whitespace package has a minor mode and a
+global minor mode to visualize blanks (TAB, (HARD) SPACE and NEWLINE).  The
+visualization is made via faces and/or display table. Also it is possible to
+select which kind of blanks should be visualized, for example, trailing blanks,
+leading blanks, spaces, tabs, newlines, etc.
 
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