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authorEli Zaretskii2008-10-18 17:58:25 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii2008-10-18 17:58:25 +0000
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(Changing Files): Document symbolic input of file modes to `set-file-modes'.
Document `read-file-modes' and `file-modes-symbolic-to-number'.
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@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ matches a regexp.
501*** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and 501*** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and
502`pp-macroexpand-last-sexp' pretty-print macro expansions. 502`pp-macroexpand-last-sexp' pretty-print macro expansions.
503 503
504*** The new command `set-file-modes' allows to set file's mode bits.
505The mode bits can be specified in symbolic notation, like with GNU
506Coreutils, in addition to an octal number.
507
504 508
505* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1 509* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
506 510
@@ -1305,6 +1309,7 @@ unless it ends in whitespace.
1305 1309
1306** File handling changes 1310** File handling changes
1307 1311
1312+++
1308*** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in 1313*** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in
1309symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions. 1314symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions.
1310 1315