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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ installed programs. * Changes in Emacs 21.3 +** Unquoted `$' in file names do not signal an error any more when +the corresponding environment variable does not exist. +Instead, the `$ENVVAR' text is left as is, so that `$$' quoting +is only rarely needed. + ** jit-lock can now be delayed with `jit-lock-defer-time'. If this variable is non-nil, its value should be the amount of Emacs @@ -182,6 +187,13 @@ SQL buffer. * Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.3 +** The precedence of file-name-handlers has been changed. +Instead of blindly choosing the first handler that matches, +find-file-name-handler now gives precedence to a file-name handler +that matches near the end of the file name. More specifically, the +handler whose (match-beginning 0) is the largest is chosen. +In case of ties, the old "first matched" rule applies. + ** Dense keymaps now handle inheritance correctly. To that end, binding a key to t now behaves the same as binding it to nil (it shadows parent bindings but not bindings in keymaps of lower |