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

[Eli Zaretskii]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Eli Zaretskii <eliz>    08/10/18 17:58:26

Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1879
retrieving revision 1.1880
diff -u -b -r1.1879 -r1.1880
--- NEWS        18 Oct 2008 14:27:40 -0000      1.1879
+++ NEWS        18 Oct 2008 17:58:25 -0000      1.1880
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@
 *** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and
 `pp-macroexpand-last-sexp' pretty-print macro expansions.
 
+*** The new command `set-file-modes' allows to set file's mode bits.
+The mode bits can be specified in symbolic notation, like with GNU
+Coreutils, in addition to an octal number.
+
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
 
@@ -1305,6 +1309,7 @@
 
 ** File handling changes
 
++++
 *** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in
 symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions.