* NEWS: `shell' prompts for the default directory if called with a

prefix and `default-directory' is a remote file name.

etc/ChangeLog

+2007-08-22  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+	* NEWS: `shell' prompts for the default directory if called with a
+	prefix and `default-directory' is a remote file name.
+
 2007-08-22  Carsten Dominik  <dominik@science.uva.nl>
 
 	* orgcard.tex: Version number upgrade.

etc/NEWS

@@ -50,11 +50,17 @@ recenter the visited source file.  Its value can be a number (for example,
 
 ** The mode-line display a `@' if the default-directory for the current buffer
 is on a remote machine, or a hyphen otherwise.
+
 ** The new command balance-window-area balances windows both vertically
 and horizontally.
 
 ** The new command close-display-connection can be used to close a connection
 to a remote display, e.g. because the display is about to become unreachable.
+
+** The command shell prompts for the default directory, when it is
+called with a prefix, and the default directory is a remote file name.
+This is because some file name handler (like ange-ftp) are not able to
+run processes remotely.
 
 * Startup Changes in Emacs 23.1