From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:59:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document new syntax \uXXXX.
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Document new syntax \uXXXX.
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f29091f41b5..af4256aeefb 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -3896,6 +3896,13 @@ text properties.
 `assoc-ignore-representation', which are still available, but have
 been declared obsolete.
 
++++
+*** New syntax: \uXXXX and \UXXXXXXXX specify Unicode code points in hex.
+Use "\u0428" to specify a string consisting of CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHA,
+or "\U0001D6E2" to specify one consisting of MATHEMATICAL ITALIC CAPITAL
+ALPHA (the latter is greater than #xFFFF and thus needs the longer
+syntax).  Also available for characters.
+
 +++
 ** Displaying warnings to the user.