# HG changeset patch # User Thien-Thi Nguyen # Date 1100877253 0 # Node ID 9fc5198d2147dfbffc5d9f648439797ccd3003d7 # Parent f398ebfc07e24904982ac93bc07ff40d3704ba11 (Old Versions): No longer document annotation as "CVS only". diff -r f398ebfc07e2 -r 9fc5198d2147 man/files.texi --- a/man/files.texi Fri Nov 19 15:10:57 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Fri Nov 19 15:14:13 2004 +0000 @@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ Compare the specified two versions of @var{file}. @item C-x v g -Display the result of the CVS annotate command using colors. +Display the file with per-line version information and using colors. @end table @findex vc-version-other-window @@ -1553,9 +1553,10 @@ @findex vc-annotate @kindex C-x v g - For CVS-controlled files, you can display the result of the CVS -annotate command, using colors to enhance the visual appearance. Use -the command @kbd{M-x vc-annotate} to do this. It creates a new buffer + For some backends, you can display the file @dfn{annotated} with +per-line version information and using colors to enhance the visual +appearance, with the the command @kbd{M-x vc-annotate}. +It creates a new buffer to display file's text, colored to show how old each part is. Text colored red is new, blue means old, and intermediate colors indicate intermediate ages. By default, the time scale is 360 days, so that