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@@ -344,6 +344,14 @@ python-describe-symbol | python-eldoc-at-point
344 344
345*** Accepts \r and \f as whitespace. 345*** Accepts \r and \f as whitespace.
346 346
347** SQL Mode
348
349*** DB2 added `sql-db2-escape-newlines'
350
351If non-nil, newlines sent to the command interpreter will be escaped
352by a backslash. The default does not escape the newlines and assumes
353that the sql statement will be terminated by a semicolon.
354
347** Diff mode 355** Diff mode
348 356
349Faces for changes now use the same diff color scheme as in modern VCSes 357Faces for changes now use the same diff color scheme as in modern VCSes
@@ -355,6 +363,9 @@ The variable `diff-use-changed-face' defines whether to use
355the face `diff-changed', or `diff-removed' and `diff-added' 363the face `diff-changed', or `diff-removed' and `diff-added'
356to highlight changes in context diffs. 364to highlight changes in context diffs.
357 365
366*** The new command `diff-remove-trailing-whitespace' fixes trailing
367whitespace problems introduced by the diff.
368
358** Ediff now uses the same color scheme as Diff mode 369** Ediff now uses the same color scheme as Diff mode
359on high color displays. 370on high color displays.
360 371
@@ -718,6 +729,14 @@ table, but with a different prefix.
718must be in the range 1000..9999. It now works with any year supported 729must be in the range 1000..9999. It now works with any year supported
719by the underlying C implementation. 730by the underlying C implementation.
720 731
732** Floating point
733
734*** When floating point functions such as `log' are given invalid
735arguments, e.g., (log -1.0), they now uniformly return special values
736such as NaNs instead of signaling errors. Previously, these functions
737returned NaNs on some platforms but signaled errors on others. The affected
738functions are acos, asin, tan, exp, expt, log, log10, sqrt, and mod.
739
721** New function file-name-base. 740** New function file-name-base.
722 741
723** New function `tty-top-frame' returns the topmost frame of a text terminal. 742** New function `tty-top-frame' returns the topmost frame of a text terminal.