# HG changeset patch
# User Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
# Date 1187813298 0
# Node ID 353b15b3c5d3dc8b7b3a44803d99eaebddf6e4a8
# Parent  44b579ee06d5e3349521002d3ee4cf9349585e24
* NEWS: `shell' prompts for the default directory if called with a
prefix and `default-directory' is a remote file name.

diff -r 44b579ee06d5 -r 353b15b3c5d3 etc/ChangeLog
--- a/etc/ChangeLog	Wed Aug 22 19:48:50 2007 +0000
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog	Wed Aug 22 20:08:18 2007 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-08-22  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+	* NEWS: `shell' prompts for the default directory if called with a
+	prefix and `default-directory' is a remote file name.
+
 2007-08-22  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
 	* orgcard.tex: Version number upgrade.
diff -r 44b579ee06d5 -r 353b15b3c5d3 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Aug 22 19:48:50 2007 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Aug 22 20:08:18 2007 +0000
@@ -50,11 +50,17 @@
 
 ** The mode-line display a `@' if the default-directory for the current buffer
 is on a remote machine, or a hyphen otherwise.
+
 ** The new command balance-window-area balances windows both vertically
 and horizontally.
 
 ** The new command close-display-connection can be used to close a connection
 to a remote display, e.g. because the display is about to become unreachable.
+
+** The command shell prompts for the default directory, when it is
+called with a prefix, and the default directory is a remote file name.
+This is because some file name handler (like ange-ftp) are not able to
+run processes remotely.
 
 * Startup Changes in Emacs 23.1