Merge from emacs--rel--22

Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-923

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS.22 b/etc/NEWS.22
index 783092f4f5c..a8e8b3fbb8c 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.22
+++ b/etc/NEWS.22
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@ below.  Emacs tries to warn you about these through `bad-packages-alist'.
 
 * Changes in Emacs 22.2
 
-** `browse-url-emacs' loads a URL into an Emacs buffer.  Handy for *.el URLs.
-
-** `bad-packages-alist' will warn about external packages that are known
-to cause problems in this version of Emacs.
-
-** The values of `dired-recursive-deletes' and `dired-recursive-copies'
-have been changed to `top'.  This means that the user is asked once,
-before deleting/copying the indicated directory recursively.
-
 ** In Image mode, whenever the displayed image is wider and/or higher
 than the window, the usual keys for moving the cursor cause the image
 to be scrolled horizontally or vertically instead.
@@ -67,6 +58,15 @@ Windows installations. Users of software which modifies the behaviour of
 Windows to cause focus to follow the mouse will now need to explicitly set
 this variable.
 
+** `bad-packages-alist' will warn about external packages that are known
+to cause problems in this version of Emacs.
+
+** The values of `dired-recursive-deletes' and `dired-recursive-copies'
+have been changed to `top'.  This means that the user is asked once,
+before deleting/copying the indicated directory recursively.
+
+** `browse-url-emacs' loads a URL into an Emacs buffer.  Handy for *.el URLs.
+
 ** The command gdba has been removed as gdb works now for those cases where it
 was needed.  In text command mode, if you have problems before execution has
 started, use M-x gud-gdb.
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ This can be used to add menu entries for backend specific functions.
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.2.
 
 ** Frame-local variables are deprecated and are slated for removal.
-   Use frame parameters instead.
+Use frame parameters instead.
+
 ** The function invisible-p returns non-nil if the character
 after a specified position is invisible.
 
@@ -121,9 +122,16 @@ as its frame.
 ** The new function `image-refresh' refreshes all images associated
 with a given image specification.
 
-** The new function `split-string-and-unquote' does (what?)
+** The new function `combine-and-quote-strings' concatenates a list of strings
+using a specified separator.  If a string contains double quotes, they
+are escaped in the output.
+
+** The new function `split-string-and-unquote' performs the inverse operation to
+`combine-and-quote-strings', i.e. splits a single string into a list
+of strings, undoing any quoting added by `combine-and-quote-strings'.
+(For some separator/string combinations, the original strings cannot
+be recovered.)
 
-** The new function `combine-and-quote-strings' does (what?)
 
 * Installation Changes in Emacs 22.1