[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/NEWS

[Richard M. Stallman]

Index: emacs/etc/NEWS
diff -c emacs/etc/NEWS:1.709 emacs/etc/NEWS:1.710
*** emacs/etc/NEWS:1.709        Tue Jul  2 09:23:18 2002
--- emacs/etc/NEWS      Sun Jul  7 06:40:35 2002
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  directory is used for auto-save files of mail buffers.  It defaults to
  "~/".
  
+ ** When you are root, and you visit a file whose modes specify
+ read-only, the Emacs buffer is now read-only too.  Type C-x C-q if you
+ want to make the buffer writable.  (As root, you will in fact be able
+ to alter the file.)
+ 
  ---
  ** ps-print can now print Unicode characters.
  
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  which do not end in a slash are never considered when a completion
  candidate is a directory.
  
  +++
! ** Completion commands in the minibuffer apply only to the
! text before point.  If there is text in the buffer after point,
  it remains unchanged.
  
  +++
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  which do not end in a slash are never considered when a completion
  candidate is a directory.
  
+ ** The variable `safe-local-eval-forms' specifies a list of forms that
+ are ok to evaluate when they appear in an `eval' local variables
+ specification.  Normally Emacs asks for confirmation before evaluating
+ such a form, but if the form appears in this list, no confirmation is
+ needed.
+ 
+ ** If a function has a non-nil `safe-local-eval-function' property,
+ that means it is ok to evaluate some calls to that function when it
+ appears in an `eval' local variables specification.  If the property
+ is t, then any form calling that function with constant arguments is
+ ok.  If the property is a function or list of functions, they are called
+ with the form as argument, and if any returns t, the form is ok to call.
+ 
+ If the form is not "ok to call", that means Emacs asks for
+ confirmation as before.
+ 
  +++
! ** The completion commands TAB, SPC and ? in the minibuffer apply only
! to the text before point.  If there is text in the buffer after point,
  it remains unchanged.
  
  +++
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  ** The new function `read-directory-name' can be used instead of
  `read-file-name' to read a directory name; when used, completion
  will only show directories.
+ 
+ ** The new function `file-remote-p' tests a file name and returns
+ non-nil if it specifies a remote file (one that Emacs accesses using
+ its own special methods and not directly through the file system).
+ 
+ ** When a Lisp file uses CL functions at run-time, compiling the file
+ now issues warnings about these calls, unless the file performs
+ (require 'cl) when loaded.
  
  ** The new Lisp library fringe.el controls the apperance of fringes.