Change in sort-numeric-fields.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index fae08e217336559e1bfcd0c2021ad3c3ad90f346..a925addc265e69a8cead4f85530dad87aad46e3a 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -681,6 +681,12 @@ matches are automatically cleared when you end the search.  If it is
 set to nil, you can remove the highlights manually with `M-x
 isearch-lazy-highlight-cleanup'.
 
+** Changes in sort.el
+
+The function sort-numeric-fields interprets numbers starting with `0'
+as ocatal and numbers starting with `0x' or `0X' as hexadecimal.  The
+new user-option sort-numberic-base can be used to specify a default
+numeric base.
 
 ** Ange-ftp allows you to specify of a port number in remote file
 names cleanly.  It is appended to the host name, separated by a hash