# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1134960984 0 # Node ID c9928598ea589680116fb6404784b461b38d866d # Parent 915b73d587952cab83a8052d081b1fdd5166f44d (VC Status): Document log-view mode. diff -r 915b73d58795 -r c9928598ea58 man/files.texi --- a/man/files.texi Mon Dec 19 02:20:33 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Mon Dec 19 02:56:24 2005 +0000 @@ -1788,7 +1788,46 @@ To view the detailed version control status and history of a file, type @kbd{C-x v l} (@code{vc-print-log}). It displays the history of changes to the current file, including the text of the log entries. The -output appears in a separate window. +output appears in a separate window. The point is centered at the +revision of the file that is currently being visited. + +From the change log buffer, the following keys are used to move +between the logs of files and revisions, to view past revisions, and +to view diffs: + +@table @kbd +@item p +Move to the previous revision-item in the buffer. (Revision entries in the log +buffer are usually in reverse-chronological order, so the previous +revision-item usually corresponds to a newer revision.) A numeric +prefix argument is a repeat count. + +@item n +Move to the next revision-item (which most often corresponds to the +previous revision of the file). A numeric prefix argument is a repeat +count. + +@item f +Visit the revision indicated at the current line, like typing @kbd{C-x +v ~} and specifying this revision's number (@pxref{Old Versions}). + +@item d +Display the diff (@pxref{Comparing Files}) between the revision +indicated at the current line and the next earlier revision. This is +useful to see what actually changed when the revision indicated on the +current line was committed. + +@item P +Move to the log of the previous file, when the logs of multiple files +are in the log buffer (@pxref{VC Dired Mode}). Otherwise, just move +to the beginning of the log. A numeric prefix argument is a repeat +count, so @kbd{C-u 10 P} would move backward 10 files. + +@item N +Move to the log of the next file, when the logs of multiple files are +in the log buffer (@pxref{VC Dired Mode}). It also takes a numeric +prefix argument as a repeat count. +@end table @node VC Undo @subsubsection Undoing Version Control Actions