# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 949492495 0
# Node ID 32f4457e5501d2a82c6c6e3389c6022ce9fd868f
# Parent  fa970ad3fb61b5832556c75c61e2f43c13803332
Document functions which return display capabilities.

diff -r fa970ad3fb61 -r 32f4457e5501 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Feb 02 11:38:16 2000 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Feb 02 11:54:55 2000 +0000
@@ -1780,6 +1780,18 @@
 The primitives `color-gray-p' and `color-supported-p' also work for
 any frame type.
 
+** Platform-independent functions to describe display capabilities.
+
+The new functions `display-mouse-p', `display-popup-menus-p',
+`display-graphic-p', `display-selections-p', `display-screens',
+`display-pixel-width', `display-pixel-height', `display-mm-width',
+`display-mm-height', `display-backing-store', `display-save-under',
+`display-planes', `display-color-cells', `display-visual-class', and
+`display-grayscale-p' describe the basic capabilities of a particular
+display.  Lisp programs should call these functions instead of testing
+the value of the variables `window-system' or `system-type', or calling
+platform-specific functions such as `x-display-pixel-width'.
+
 +++
 ** The minibuffer prompt is now actually inserted in the minibuffer.