Mercurial > emacs
changeset 77596:a7e7fba52d2d
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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:21:40 +0000 |
| parents | b5b132a74c17 |
| children | a77effd5a7b5 |
| files | etc/NEWS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Sat Apr 28 17:09:54 2007 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Sat Apr 28 17:21:40 2007 +0000 @@ -3465,6 +3465,17 @@ ** General Lisp changes: +*** The escape sequence \s now stands for the SPACE character. + +`?\s' is a new way to write the space character. You must make sure +it is not followed by a dash, since `?\s-...' indicates the "super" +modifier. However, it would be strange to write a character constant +and a following symbol (beginning with `-') with no space between +them. + +`\s' stands for space in strings, too, but it is not really meant for +strings; it is easier and nicer just to write a space. + *** The function `expt' handles negative exponents differently. The value for `(expt A B)', if both A and B are integers and B is negative, is now a float. For example: (expt 2 -2) => 0.25. @@ -3674,17 +3685,6 @@ ** String changes: -*** The escape sequence \s now stands for the SPACE character. - -`?\s' is a new way to write the space character. You must make sure -it is not followed by a dash, since `?\s-...' indicates the "super" -modifier. However, it would be strange to write a character constant -and a following symbol (beginning with `-') with no space between -them. - -`\s' stands for space in strings, too, but it is not really meant for -strings; it is easier and nicer just to write a space. - *** A hex escape in a string constant forces the string to be multibyte. *** An octal escape in a string constant forces the string to be unibyte.