# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1224352705 0
# Node ID 60bc225a0b8ce1c87a7126b5d07a2a116580a7fc
# Parent  9cdcd3e7153b0baa98d67007da1f2894fc5650af
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diff -r 9cdcd3e7153b -r 60bc225a0b8c etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Sat Oct 18 17:55:02 2008 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sat Oct 18 17:58:25 2008 +0000
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@
 *** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and
 `pp-macroexpand-last-sexp' pretty-print macro expansions.
 
+*** The new command `set-file-modes' allows to set file's mode bits.
+The mode bits can be specified in symbolic notation, like with GNU
+Coreutils, in addition to an octal number.
+
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
 
@@ -1305,6 +1309,7 @@
 
 ** File handling changes
 
++++
 *** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in
 symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions.