# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 984574216 0
# Node ID e29f21f7e119b3bc571b7b1a1a406a502db4542a
# Parent  6bf775b2d30c9735741b39006b4c0d808d26d2af
Extend description of backward-delete-char-untabify-method.

diff -r 6bf775b2d30c -r e29f21f7e119 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Wed Mar 14 12:40:08 2001 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Wed Mar 14 12:50:16 2001 +0000
@@ -57,8 +57,15 @@
 group.
 
 ** The user option `backward-delete-char-untabify-method' controls the
-behavior of `backward-delete-char-untabify'.  [This change was made
-in Emacs 20.3 but not mentioned then.]
+behavior of `backward-delete-char-untabify'.  The following values
+are recognized:
+
+`untabify' -- turn a tab to many spaces, then delete one space;
+`hungry'   -- delete all whitespace, both tabs and spaces;
+`all'      -- delete all whitespace, including tabs, spaces and newlines;
+nil        -- just delete one character.
+
+[This change was made in Emacs 20.3 but not mentioned then.]
 
 ** The new user-option `confirm-kill-emacs' can be customized to
 let Emacs ask for confirmation before exiting.