diff etc/NEWS @ 38141:24fa5ae5fd91

Document the new BUFFER arg to the `shell' command.
author Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
date Thu, 21 Jun 2001 03:22:15 +0000
parents 64a45ba0553f
children 37d58b4d2619
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Jun 20 22:40:29 2001 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Thu Jun 21 03:22:15 2001 +0000
@@ -965,6 +965,13 @@
 *** A new standard face `font-lock-doc-face'.
 Meant for Lisp docstrings, Javadoc comments and other "documentation in code".
 
+** Changes to Shell mode
+
+*** The `shell' command now accepts an optional argument to specify the buffer
+to use, which defaults to "*shell*".  When used interactively, a
+non-default buffer may be specified by giving the `shell' command a
+prefix argument (causing it to prompt for the buffer name).
+
 ** Comint (subshell) changes
 
 These changes generally affect all modes derived from comint mode, which