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

[Miles Bader]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Miles Bader <miles>     07/04/29 01:04:39

Index: etc/NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1470
retrieving revision 1.1471
diff -u -b -r1.1470 -r1.1471
--- etc/NEWS    28 Apr 2007 19:53:29 -0000      1.1470
+++ etc/NEWS    29 Apr 2007 01:04:39 -0000      1.1471
@@ -3483,6 +3483,26 @@
 
 This syntax works for both character constants and strings.
 
+*** New syntax: \s now stands for the SPACE character.
+
+`?\s' is a new way to write the space character.  You must make sure
+it is not followed by a dash, since `?\s-...' indicates the "super"
+modifier.  However, it would be strange to write a character constant
+and a following symbol (beginning with `-') with no space between
+them.
+
+`\s' stands for space in strings, too, but it is not really meant for
+strings; it is easier and nicer just to write a space.
+
+*** New syntax: \uXXXX and \UXXXXXXXX specify Unicode code points in hex.
+
+For instance, you can use "\u0428" to specify a string consisting of
+CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA, or `"U0001D6E2" to specify one consisting
+of MATHEMATICAL ITALIC CAPITAL ALPHA (the latter is greater than
+#xFFFF and thus needs the longer syntax).
+
+This syntax works for both character constants and strings.
+
 *** The function `expt' handles negative exponents differently.
 The value for `(expt A B)', if both A and B are integers and B is
 negative, is now a float.  For example: (expt 2 -2) => 0.25.