Commands to add/delete file/directory-local variables.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index b96618f497d46a6a3bd9425e8eec7103af85b3ec..6f7b657c7438e0846c1f41fc1372747ef879a8d0 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ source while in the midst of loading another file (e.g., with
 to be corrupted once the outer load completed.  Most code doesn't care
 about this, but some (like c-mode) may check it.
 
+** New command to add a file-local variable to the "Local Variables" list
+in the current buffer is `add-file-local-variable'.  New command to remove
+a file-local variable from the "Local Variables" list is
+`delete-file-local-variable'.  New commands to add/remove a file-local
+variable to/from the -*- line at the beginning of the buffer are
+`add-file-local-variable-prop-line' and `delete-file-local-variable-prop-line'.
+New commands to add/remove a directory-local variable to/from the
+.dir-locals.el file are `add-dir-local-variable' and
+`delete-dir-local-variable'.  New commands to copy directory-local
+variables to file-local variables in the "Local Variables" list or the
+-*- line and vice versa are `copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals',
+`copy-dir-locals-to-file-locals-prop-line' and
+`copy-file-locals-to-dir-locals'.
+
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