# HG changeset patch # User Andr Spiegel # Date 1141114430 0 # Node ID 316ca9a52405013620b014b2f5647ce350cb7218 # Parent b0685ec4673bd370abbbc63bee438bffdc1d51a3 (Old Versions): Clarify operation of C-x v =. diff -r b0685ec4673b -r 316ca9a52405 man/files.texi --- a/man/files.texi Tue Feb 28 04:32:40 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Tue Feb 28 08:13:50 2006 +0000 @@ -1661,11 +1661,11 @@ the options in @code{vc-rcs-diff-switches}. The @samp{vc@dots{}diff-switches} variables are @code{nil} by default. - Unlike the @kbd{M-x diff} command, @kbd{C-x v =} does not try to -locate the changes in the old and new versions. This is because -normally one or both versions do not exist as files when you compare -them; they exist only in the records of the master file. -@xref{Comparing Files}, for more information about @kbd{M-x diff}. + The buffer produced by @kbd{C-x v =} supports the commands of +Compilation mode (@pxref{Compilation Mode}), such as @kbd{C-x `} and +@kbd{C-c C-c}, in both the ``old'' and ``new'' text, and they always +find the corresponding locations in the current work file. (Older +versions are not, in general, present as files on your disk.) @findex vc-annotate @kindex C-x v g