[gedit-plugins] NEWS file: start to write news for the 40.alpha release

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet src gnome org>]

commit 122ae7794b353b9a0a52eb0dcaf42f6543364bde
Author: Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet gnome org>
Date:   Sun Nov 22 06:44:13 2020 +0100

    NEWS file: start to write news for the 40.alpha release

 NEWS | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ea9906f..fd66244 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+News in 40.alpha, 2021-xx-yy (not yet released)
+----------------------------
+* Draw Spaces plugin: new implementation based on TeplSpaceDrawerPrefs.
+* Smart Spaces plugin: Python to C rewrite, new implementation based on the
+  GtkSourceView:smart-backspace property.
+* Translate plugin: a few improvements.
+* Translation updates.
+
 News in 3.38.1, 2020-11-20
 --------------------------
 * Translation updates.