Add a mechanism for buffer-local thing-at-points

* doc/lispref/text.texi (Buffer Contents): Document it.

* lisp/thingatpt.el (thing-at-point-provider-alist): New variable.
(thing-at-point): Use it.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 357c75b7e96..6a80493e239 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1564,6 +1564,12 @@ that makes it a valid button.
 
 *** New macro `named-let` that provides Scheme's "named let" looping construct
 
+** thingatpt
+
++++
+*** New variable 'thing-at-point-provider-alist'.
+This allows mode-specific alterations to how `thing-at-point' works.
+
 ** Miscellaneous
 
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