# HG changeset patch # User Chong Yidong # Date 1224622696 0 # Node ID 5265cea512669633e1ac12cb4301e7cc6cdc2eaa # Parent 9c79afd3003741f89da76c677930554b2d3eb17a Documented: VC mode-line, find-file-confirm-nonexistent-file, vc-dir, "e" and "D" in log-view-mode, C-c C-d in log-edit-mode, and removal of Meta-CVS support. diff -r 9c79afd30037 -r 5265cea51266 etc/NEWS --- a/etc/NEWS Tue Oct 21 20:52:37 2008 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Tue Oct 21 20:58:16 2008 +0000 @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ mode-line information (e.g. waiting for a VC command to finish). --- *** The mode-line tooltips have been improved to provide more details. - ++++ *** The VC, line/colum number and minor mode indicators on the mode line are now interactive: mouse-1 can be used on them to pop up a menu. @@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ *** The new command `set-file-modes' allows to set file's mode bits. The mode bits can be specified in symbolic notation, like with GNU Coreutils, in addition to an octal number. - ++++ *** If you set find-file-confirm-nonexistent-file to t, then C-x C-f requires confirmation before opening a non-existent file. @@ -903,13 +903,13 @@ version-control systems such as Subversion, GNU Arch, Mercurial, Git and Bzr. VC will now pass a multiple-file commit to these systems as a single changeset. - ++++ *** vc-dir is a new command that displays file names and their VC status. It allows to apply various VC operations to a file, a directory or a set of files/directories. - ++++ *** Clicking on the VC mode-line entry now pops the VC menu. - ++++ *** The VC mode-line entry now has a tooltip that explains the VC file status. +++ *** In VC Annotate mode, for VC systems that support changesets, you can @@ -921,23 +921,23 @@ +++ *** In VC Annotate mode, you can type f to show the file revision on the current line. - +--- *** Asynchronous VC commands display [Waiting...] in the mode-line of the corresponding buffer as long as the asynchronous process is active. - ++++ *** Log entries can be modified using the key "e" in log-view. For now only CVS, RCS, SCCS and SVN support this functionality. This is done by the `modify-change-comment' backend function. - ++++ *** In log-view-mode, for VC systems that support changesets, you can see the diff for the whole changeset (not only for the current file) by typing the D key or using the "Changeset Diff" menu entry. - ++++ *** In Log Edit mode, C-c C-d now shows the diff for the files involved. *** vc-git supports the "git grep" command. - ++++ *** VC Support for Meta-CVS has been removed for lack of maintainer able to update it to the new VC. @@ -1319,7 +1319,6 @@ +++ *** set-file-modes is now interactive and can take the mode value in symbolic notation thanks to auxiliary functions. - +++ *** file-local-variables-alist stores an alist of file-local variables defined in the current buffer.