Document `enable-dir-local-variables'.

* doc/lispref/variables.texi (Directory Local Variables): Document `enable-dir-local-variables'.

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
index 540ac07bf9f..14facae6ba5 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2013-12-22  Xue Fuqiao  <xfq.free@gmail.com>
 
+        * variables.texi (Directory Local Variables): Document `enable-dir-local-variables'.
+
         * debugging.texi (Debugger Commands): Document `debugger-toggle-locals'.
 
 2013-12-21  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
diff --git a/doc/lispref/variables.texi b/doc/lispref/variables.texi
index 866f3774999..941b2d880e4 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/variables.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/variables.texi
@@ -1834,6 +1834,12 @@ modification times of the associated directory local variables file
 updates this list.
 @end defvar
 
+@defvar enable-dir-local-variables
+If @code{nil}, directory-local variables are ignored.  This variable
+may be useful for modes that want to ignore directory-locals while
+still respecting file-local variables (@pxref{File Local Variables}).
+@end defvar
+
 @node Variable Aliases
 @section Variable Aliases
 @cindex variable aliases
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index a6eedaf1b47..0b78a93fa94 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -660,13 +660,13 @@ During initialization, Emacs no longer expends a process to decide
 whether it is safe to use Bash's --noediting option.  These days
 --noediting is ubiquitous; it was introduced in 1996 in Bash version 2.
 
-*** The SMIE indentation engine is now used by default.
-
 ** Shell Script mode
 
 *** `sh-mode' now has the mode own `add-log-current-defun-function'.
 You can pick the name of the function and the variables with `C-x 4 a'.
 
+*** The SMIE indentation engine is now used by default.
+
 ** SMIE indentation can be customized via `smie-config'.
 The customization can be guessed by Emacs by providing a sample indented
 file and letting SMIE learn from it.
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ received with a pull operation.
 under current version control system.  When called with a prefix
 argument, you can remove a file from the ignored file list.
 
+---
 *** `cvs-append-to-ignore' has been renamed to `vc-cvs-append-to-ignore'
 because it is moved to vc-cvs.el.
 
@@ -823,6 +824,7 @@ run.  The new optional CHECK-TIMERS param allows for the prior behavior.
 ** The syntax of ?» and ?« is now punctuation instead of matched parens.
 Some languages match those as »...« and others as «...» so better stay neutral.
 
+---
 ** In compiled Lisp files, the header no longer includes a timestamp.
 
 ** The default file coding for Emacs Lisp files is now utf-8.
@@ -879,6 +881,7 @@ for something (not just adding elements to it), it ought not to affect you.
 
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.4
 
++++
 ** New variable `enable-dir-local-variables'.
 Directory-local variables are ignored if this is set to nil.  This may
 be useful for modes that want to ignore directory-locals while still