* NEWS: Changes in handling of file local variables.

etc/ChangeLog

+2006-02-14  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Changes in handling of file local variables.
+
 2006-02-14  Jan Dj,Ad(Brv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
 
 	* NEWS: Gtk+ 2.4 is required.

etc/NEWS

@@ -574,6 +574,21 @@ is only rarely needed.
 *** In processing a local variables list, Emacs strips the prefix and
 suffix from every line before processing all the lines.
++++
+*** If the local variables list contains any variable-value pairs that
+are not known to be safe, Emacs shows a prompt asking whether to apply
+the local variables list as a whole.  In earlier versions, a prompt
+was only issued for variables explicitly marked as risky (for the
+definition of risky variables, see `risky-local-variable-p').
+
+At the prompt, the user can choose to save the contents of this local
+variables list to `safe-local-variable-values'.  This new customizable
+option is a list of variable-value pairs that are known to be safe.
+Variables can also be marked as safe with the existing
+`safe-local-variable' property (see `safe-local-variable-p').
+However, risky variables will not be added to
+`safe-local-variable-values' in this way.
+
 +++
 *** find-file-read-only visits multiple files in read-only mode,
 when the file name contains wildcard characters.