Obsolete dired-x's directory local variables in favor of standard ones.

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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 96cc97ac79550373d751ee3342f5e6753b87f1f2..9119fa3b8e109483af9b4d590b04f8f74c2d6973 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ Just set shell-dir-cookie-re to an appropriate regexp.
 ** browse-url has gotten a new variable that is used for mailto: URLs,
    `browse-url-mailto-function', which defaults to `browse-url-mail'.
 
+** Directory local variables can apply to file-less buffers, in certain modes
+(eg dired, vc-dir, log-edit).  For example, adding
+"(diff-mode . ((mode . whitespace)))" to your .dir-locals.el file,
+will turn on `whitespace-mode' for *vc-diff* buffers.  Modes should
+call `hack-dir-local-variables-non-file-buffer' to support this.
+
 ** ERC changes
 
 *** New vars `erc-autojoin-timing' and `erc-autojoin-delay'.
@@ -412,9 +418,9 @@ choose a color via list-colors-display.
 *** dired-jump and dired-jump-other-window called with a prefix argument
 read a file name from the minibuffer instead of using buffer-file-name.
 
-** Directory local variables can apply to file-less buffers.
-For example, adding "(diff-mode . ((mode . whitespace)))" to your
-.dir-locals.el file, will turn on `whitespace-mode' for *vc-diff* buffers.
++++
+*** The `dired local variables' feature provided by Dired-x is obsolete.
+The standard directory local variables feature replaces it.
 
 ** SQL Mode enhancements.