# HG changeset patch
# User Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
# Date 1250553026 0
# Node ID eb3f2c155d07e93dabc3f34356c10cae3ce165af
# Parent  af13b0630b54cf2b4ecf4ebefc093035086726e6
Note that specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that
mode.

diff -r af13b0630b54 -r eb3f2c155d07 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Mon Aug 17 23:40:19 2009 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Mon Aug 17 23:50:26 2009 +0000
@@ -73,17 +73,21 @@
 to be corrupted once the outer load completed.  Most code doesn't care
 about this, but some (like c-mode) may check it.
 
-** New command to add a file-local variable to the "Local Variables" list
-in the current buffer is `add-file-local-variable'.  New command to remove
-a file-local variable from the "Local Variables" list is
-`delete-file-local-variable'.  New commands to add/remove a file-local
-variable to/from the -*- line at the beginning of the buffer are
-`add-file-local-variable-prop-line' and `delete-file-local-variable-prop-line'.
-New commands to add/remove a directory-local variable to/from the
-.dir-locals.el file are `add-dir-local-variable' and
-`delete-dir-local-variable'.  New commands to copy directory-local
-variables to file-local variables in the "Local Variables" list or the
--*- line and vice versa are `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals',
+** File-local variable changes
+
+*** Specifying a minor mode as a local variables enables that mode,
+unconditionally.  The previous behavior, toggling the mode, was
+neither reliable nor generally desirable.
+
+*** New commands for adding and removing file-local variables:
+`add-file-local-variable', `delete-file-local-variable',
+`add-file-local-variable-prop-line', and
+`delete-file-local-variable-prop-line'.
+
+*** New commands for adding and removing directory-local variables,
+and copying them to and from file-local variable lists:
+`add-dir-local-variable', `delete-dir-local-variable',
+`copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals',
 `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line' and
 `copy-file-locals-to-dir-locals'.