Multi-target: NEWS and user manual

This commit documents the new multi-target features in both NEWS and
user manual.

gdb/ChangeLog:
2020-01-10  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* NEWS: Mention multi-target debugging, "info connections", and
	"add-inferior -no-connection".

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2020-01-10  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Starting): Say "current inferior not connected"
	instead of "GDB not connected".
	(Inferiors and Programs): Rename node to ...
	(Inferiors Connections and Programs): ... this.  Update all
	references.  Talk about multiple target connections.  Update "info
	inferiors" info to mention the connections column.  Describe "info
	connections".  Document "add-inferior -no-connection".
	* guile.texi, python.texi: Update cross references.
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@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@ itself.
@findex gdb.Inferior
Programs which are being run under @value{GDBN} are called inferiors
(@pxref{Inferiors and Programs}). Python scripts can access
(@pxref{Inferiors Connections and Programs}). Python scripts can access
information about and manipulate inferiors controlled by @value{GDBN}
via objects of the @code{gdb.Inferior} class.
@ -4161,7 +4161,7 @@ A program space, or @dfn{progspace}, represents a symbolic view
of an address space.
It consists of all of the objfiles of the program.
@xref{Objfiles In Python}.
@xref{Inferiors and Programs, program spaces}, for more details
@xref{Inferiors Connections and Programs, program spaces}, for more details
about program spaces.
The following progspace-related functions are available in the
@ -4170,7 +4170,7 @@ The following progspace-related functions are available in the
@findex gdb.current_progspace
@defun gdb.current_progspace ()
This function returns the program space of the currently selected inferior.
@xref{Inferiors and Programs}. This is identical to
@xref{Inferiors Connections and Programs}. This is identical to
@code{gdb.selected_inferior().progspace} (@pxref{Inferiors In Python}) and is
included for historical compatibility.
@end defun