# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 947685381 0
# Node ID 1d69cbf8a91e4b8feaf932488376d762de8226df
# Parent  e800c7e359129b3a9f2af5bf009a2c4acffdc6d0
emacsclient, --alternate-editor

diff -r e800c7e35912 -r 1d69cbf8a91e etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Jan 12 13:43:51 2000 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Jan 12 13:56:21 2000 +0000
@@ -5390,10 +5390,17 @@
 *** DSSSL mode is a variant of Scheme mode, for editing DSSSL scripts.
 Use M-x dsssl-mode.
 
-** The emacsclient program now accepts an option --no-wait which tells
+** Changes to the emacsclient program
+
+*** The emacsclient program now accepts an option --no-wait which tells
 it to return immediately without waiting for you to "finish" the
 buffer in Emacs.
 
+*** The new option --alternate-editor allows to specify an editor to
+use if Emacs is not running.  The environment variable
+ALTERNATE_EDITOR can be used for the same effect; the command line
+option takes precedence.
+
 ** M-x eldoc-mode enables a minor mode in which the echo area
 constantly shows the parameter list for function being called at point
 (in Emacs Lisp and Lisp Interaction modes only).