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Changes to m4/NEWS,v


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Changes to m4/NEWS,v
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:28:23 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/m4
Module name:    m4
Changes by:     Eric Blake <ericb>      07/01/23 14:28:23

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.38
diff -u -b -r1.37 -r1.38
--- NEWS        21 Jan 2007 04:09:06 -0000      1.37
+++ NEWS        23 Jan 2007 14:28:22 -0000      1.38
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@
 
 *** The `changesyntax' builtin has been improved, to make it easier to add
     and remove characters from a syntax class without having to specify the
-    entire set of characters in that class.
+    entire set of characters in that class.  It also supports two new
+    syntax categories, `{' and `}', for extended argument handling in macro
+    definitions.
 
 *** New `m' flag to `-d'/`--debug' command-line option or `debugmode'
     builtin traces actions related to module loading and unloading, and
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@
 ** Other changes
 
 *** The syntax of frozen files format V2 has been improved to save
-    additional state.  This includes the 'R' directive for default regular
+    additional state.  This includes the `R' directive for default regular
     expression syntax.  Also, a V2 file can now be represented completely
     in ASCII, thanks to escape sequences.  Unfortunately, files frozen by
     M4 1.4q that contain \ in macros cannot be read by 1.9b, but since 1.4q




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