On 2009-04-28 18:08 +0200, T o n g wrote: > I upgrade my emacs from emacs21 to emacs22, but the default version > control for rcs files are not working any more.
Hard to believe. > According to > http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Version- > Control.html > "VC is enabled by default in Emacs." > > and I never have to do anything before to get emacs and version control > work for rcs[1]. Do I have to do anything special for emacs22? No. But please type C-h n and skim through the NEWS file when you have an hour or two to spare. > Further, "currently, it [emacs VC] supports ... Subversion", any one > knows how to utilize it please? How about git? First you have to create a new repository or check out/clone an existing one; consult your $VCS manual how to do that. After that, Emacs supports subversion, git and a bunch of other VCS out of the box. > [1]. As per http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/RCS-8.html Hint: random Internet documentation is often outdated. The official manual is a much better choice. > "When editing a file with emacs(1) which is registered with RCS, the > command vc-toggle-read-only (bound to C-x C-q by default) will check a > file in to the emacs's Version Control, and then into RCS. Emacs will > open a buffer where you can type a log message to be included in the RCS > log. . . " > > but all I get is > > File is under version-control; use C-x v v to check in/out [2 times] Well, did you try C-x v v then? > without getting into the vc log message buffer. Here's the relevant entry from the NEWS file: ,---- | *** The key C-x C-q only changes the read-only state of the buffer | (toggle-read-only). It no longer checks files in or out. | | We made this change because we held a poll and found that many users | were unhappy with the previous behavior. If you do prefer this | behavior, you can bind `vc-toggle-read-only' to C-x C-q in your | `.emacs' file: | | (global-set-key "\C-x\C-q" 'vc-toggle-read-only) | | The function `vc-toggle-read-only' will continue to exist. `---- Note that vc-toggle-read-only is not really useful with anything more modern than RCS. You're best off unlearning the C-x C-q command and stick to C-x v v, which will DTRT most of the time regardless of the VC backend. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
