*** empty log message ***

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index cf576cad986783a9ae02707692b601fc40cd0d90..12b204ffdc4089be98c70342da2b37939f1657e4 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -3818,6 +3818,10 @@ there is no longer a shortage of memory.
 input events: sigusr1 or sigusr2.  Use special-event-map to
 handle these events.
 
++++
+** A hex or octal escape in a string constant forces the string to
+be multibyte or unibyte, respectively.
+
 \f
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 22.1