comparison etc/NEWS @ 161:28f395d8dc7a r20-3b7

Import from CVS: tag r20-3b7
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date Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:42:26 +0200
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199 ** The TIME argument to `format-time-string' is now optional and 199 ** The TIME argument to `format-time-string' is now optional and
200 defaults to the current time. 200 defaults to the current time.
201 201
202 ** The PATTERN argument to `split-string' is now optional and defaults 202 ** The PATTERN argument to `split-string' is now optional and defaults
203 to whitespace ("[ \f\t\n\r\v]+"). 203 to whitespace ("[ \f\t\n\r\v]+").
204
205 ** The new macro `with-current-buffer' lets you evaluate an expression
206 conveniently with a different current buffer. It looks like this:
207
208 (with-current-buffer BUFFER BODY-FORMS...)
209
210 BUFFER is the expression that says which buffer to use.
211 BODY-FORMS say what to do in that buffer.
212
213 ** The new primitive `save-current-buffer' saves and restores the
214 choice of current buffer, like `save-excursion', but without saving or
215 restoring the value of point or the mark. `with-current-buffer'
216 works using `save-current-buffer'.
217
218 ** The new macro `with-temp-file' lets you do some work in a new buffer and
219 write the output to a specified file. Like `progn', it returns the value
220 of the last form.
204 221
205 222
206 223
207 * Changes in XEmacs 20.2 224 * Changes in XEmacs 20.2
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