From aaddfb295b1838696f1b6c57451c801ce8a7bdd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 07:39:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- etc/NEWS | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 1358c2044a5..00913f286cf 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -281,6 +281,21 @@ SQL buffer. * Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.3 +** Already true in Emacs 21.1, but not emphasized clearly enough: + +Multibyte buffers can now faithfully record all 256 character codes +from 0 to 255. As a result, most of the past reasons to use unibyte +buffers no longer exist. We only know of three reasons to use them +now: + +1. If you prefer to use unibyte text all of the time. + +2. For reading files into temporary buffers, when you want to avoid +the time it takes to convert the format. + +3. For binary files where format conversion would be pointless and +wasteful. + ** If text has a `keymap' property, that keymap takes precedence over minor mode keymaps. -- 2.39.2