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| author | Eli Zaretskii | 2001-03-30 10:02:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii | 2001-03-30 10:02:16 +0000 |
| commit | 98384b7bf472c67c09afe0fb55275c96ebd37605 (patch) | |
| tree | a901a472554b2b2bcee7127851e54b9b9bd3aa21 | |
| parent | 62578de5c99dbf41da4b142ee22af65b20b55030 (diff) | |
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Fix the wording about directory-sep-char deprecation.
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
| @@ -2218,16 +2218,16 @@ the emacs-mule encoding. Also, files stored in the emacs-mule | |||
| 2218 | encoding using Emacs 20 with additional private charsets defined will | 2218 | encoding using Emacs 20 with additional private charsets defined will |
| 2219 | probably not be read correctly by Emacs 21. | 2219 | probably not be read correctly by Emacs 21. |
| 2220 | 2220 | ||
| 2221 | ** Not really a change (yet), but a projected one that of which you | 2221 | ** The variable `directory-sep-char' is slated for removal. |
| 2222 | should be aware of: The variable `directory-sep-char' is deprecated, | 2222 | Not really a change (yet), but a projected one that you should be |
| 2223 | and should not be used. It was always ignored on GNU/Linux and Unix | 2223 | aware of: The variable `directory-sep-char' is deprecated, and should |
| 2224 | systems and on MS-DOS, but the MS-Windows port tried to support it by | 2224 | not be used. It was always ignored on GNU/Linux and Unix systems and |
| 2225 | adapting the behavior of certain primitives to the value of this | 2225 | on MS-DOS, but the MS-Windows port tried to support it by adapting the |
| 2226 | variable. It turned out that such support cannot be reliable, so it | 2226 | behavior of certain primitives to the value of this variable. It |
| 2227 | was decided to remove this variable in the near future. Lisp programs | 2227 | turned out that such support cannot be reliable, so it was decided to |
| 2228 | are well advised not to set it to anything but '/', because any | 2228 | remove this variable in the near future. Lisp programs are well |
| 2229 | different value will not have any effect when support for this | 2229 | advised not to set it to anything but '/', because any different value |
| 2230 | variable is removed. | 2230 | will not have any effect when support for this variable is removed. |
| 2231 | 2231 | ||
| 2232 | 2232 | ||
| 2233 | * Lisp changes made after edition 2.6 of the Emacs Lisp Manual, | 2233 | * Lisp changes made after edition 2.6 of the Emacs Lisp Manual, |