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  r83259 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 09:03:39 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  Clarification.
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  r83261 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 09:21:26 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #9230: allow Pdb.checkline() to be called without a current frame, for setting breakpoints before starting debugging.
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  r83264 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 10:45:26 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  Document the "jump" command in pdb.__doc__, and add a version tag for "until X".
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  r83265 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 10:54:49 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #8015: fix crash when entering an empty line for breakpoint commands.  Also restore environment properly when an exception occurs during the definition of commands.
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  r83268 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 11:23:23 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 2 lines

  Issue #8048: Prevent doctests from failing when sys.displayhook has
  been reassigned.
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  r83269 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 11:43:00 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #6719: In pdb, do not stop somewhere in the encodings machinery if the source file to be debugged is in a non-builtin encoding.
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  r83271 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 11:59:28 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #5727: Restore the ability to use readline when calling into pdb in doctests.
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  r83272 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 12:29:19 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  #5294: Fix the behavior of pdb "continue" command when called in the top-level debugged frame.
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  r83281 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-30 15:36:43 +0200 (Fr, 30 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  Add myself for pdb.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 6752203..4b232f8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@
 - Issue #7909: Do not touch paths with the special prefixes ``\\.\``
   or ``\\?\`` in ntpath.normpath().
 
+- Issue #5294: Fix the behavior of pdb's "continue" command when called
+  in the top-level debugged frame.
+
+- Issue #5727: Restore the ability to use readline when calling into pdb
+  in doctests.
+
+- Issue #6719: In pdb, do not stop somewhere in the encodings machinery
+  if the source file to be debugged is in a non-builtin encoding.
+
+- Issue #8048: Prevent doctests from failing when sys.displayhook has
+  been reassigned.
+
+- Issue #8015: In pdb, do not crash when an empty line is entered as
+  a breakpoint command.
+
 - Issue #5146: Handle UID THREAD command correctly in imaplib.
 
 - Issue #5147: Fix the header generated for cookie files written by