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-rw-r--r--etc/NEWS1
-rw-r--r--lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 5809716868a..b92a5b69183 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -2900,6 +2900,7 @@ This is a mode for searching a RFC 2229 dictionary server.
the mouse in 'dictionary-tooltip-dictionary' (which must be customized
first).
+---
** Lisp Data mode
The new command 'lisp-data-mode' enables a major mode for buffers
composed of Lisp symbolic expressions that do not form a computer
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
index a4c8d8671dd..f71718bed52 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ Commands:
Delete converts tabs to spaces as it moves back.
Blank lines separate paragraphs. Semicolons start comments.
+When editing Lisp data (as opposed to code), `lisp-data-mode' can
+be used instead.
+
\\{emacs-lisp-mode-map}"
:group 'lisp
(defvar project-vc-external-roots-function)