diff etc/NEWS @ 90729:6588c6259dfb

Merge from emacs--devo--0 Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 545-562) - Update from CVS - Update from erc--emacs--22 - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 - erc-iswitchb: Temporarily enable iswitchb mode * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 172-176) - Merge from emacs--devo--0 - Update from CVS - Update from CVS: lisp/legacy-gnus-agent.el: Add Copyright notice. Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-156
author Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
date Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:29:26 +0000
parents f1d13e615070 009b1f3d75f4
children bc10a33dd40b
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--- a/etc/NEWS	Fri Dec 15 01:34:17 2006 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sat Dec 16 01:29:26 2006 +0000
@@ -1945,10 +1945,10 @@
 or local keymaps.
 
 +++
-** The new kmacro package provides a simpler user interface to
-emacs' keyboard macro facilities.
-
-Basically, it uses two function keys (default F3 and F4) like this:
+** Emacs' keyboard macro facilities have been enhanced by the new
+kmacro package.
+
+Keyboard macros are now defined and executed via the F3 and F4 keys:
 F3 starts a macro, F4 ends the macro, and pressing F4 again executes
 the last macro.  While defining the macro, F3 inserts a counter value
 which automatically increments every time the macro is executed.
@@ -1963,8 +1963,8 @@
 C-x C-k C-a, and C-x C-k C-f.  See the commentary in kmacro.el
 for more commands.
 
-The normal macro bindings C-x (, C-x ), and C-x e now interfaces to
-the keyboard macro ring.
+The original macro bindings C-x (, C-x ), and C-x e are still
+available, but they now interface to the keyboard macro ring too.
 
 The C-x e command now automatically terminates the current macro
 before calling it, if used while defining a macro.