# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 949064032 0
# Node ID 483c021bf376e343732d5f821bfe549385f97d4e
# Parent  98f24cb3efa5b68c8f732102345b2f9bc790bde5
Change in sort-numeric-fields.

diff -r 98f24cb3efa5 -r 483c021bf376 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Fri Jan 28 12:48:41 2000 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Fri Jan 28 12:53:52 2000 +0000
@@ -681,6 +681,12 @@
 set to nil, you can remove the highlights manually with `M-x
 isearch-lazy-highlight-cleanup'.
 
+** Changes in sort.el
+
+The function sort-numeric-fields interprets numbers starting with `0'
+as ocatal and numbers starting with `0x' or `0X' as hexadecimal.  The
+new user-option sort-numberic-base can be used to specify a default
+numeric base.
 
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