bug#7777: 24.0.50; incompatible change for `directory-abbrev-alist' not in NEWS

[Andreas Schwab]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> In Emacs 22, the doc string of `directory-abbrev-alist' says this:
>  
> "*Every* FROM string should start with `^'."
>  
> Now it says this:
>  
> *Every* FROM string should start with "\\`".
>  
> That means that *Every* existing customization is broken (or at least
> contradicts the "should").

*Every* existing customization will still work the same as before.

Andreas.

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