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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2020-01-28 07:50:22 -0800
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2020-01-28 07:50:22 -0800
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Merge from origin/emacs-27
1bcac29b2f (origin/emacs-27) dns-mode-soa-auto-increment-serial: safe... abf0f8666d * lisp/wdired.el: Clean out isearch-filter-predicate (bug#... c31c31e57f ; Spelling and URL fixes 066aad7b9d Finish the documentation for c-noise-macro-{,with-parens-}... c8fcabf245 Correct regexp for flags in `format' doc string 2e9a153b26 Moderate recommendation to escape '(' in doc strings d7cd4ab7d9 Objective C Mode: Make c-forward-type work with "unsigned ... 1705e32ebc Fix help text about configure module support baca81e641 * doc/lispref/streams.texi (Output Functions): Improve ind... 568a560fce Improve doc string of 'newline' 7f50698505 Improve doc of eq on bignums etc. e5327a569c Do not refer to obsolete alias fd09196781 ; Clarify what time-stamp-active enables # Conflicts: # etc/NEWS
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@@ -3338,6 +3338,10 @@ versions.
'forward-comment', 'scan-sexps', and 'forward-sexp' when parsing backward.
The new variable 'comment-use-syntax-ppss' can be set to nil to recover
the old behavior if needed.
+This also means that there is no longer any need to precede opening
+brackets at the start of a line inside documentation strings with a
+backslash, although there is no harm in doing so to make the code
+easier to edit with an older Emacs version.
---
** The 'server-name' and 'server-socket-dir' variables are set when a