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changeset 39163:8c66ad9acae0
Clarify description of vc-annotate.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:39:40 +0000 |
parents | af44a4698df4 |
children | ecf35d2638f4 |
files | man/files.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/files.texi Thu Sep 06 19:37:39 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/files.texi Thu Sep 06 19:39:40 2001 +0000 @@ -1469,12 +1469,19 @@ @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. Red means new, blue -means old, and intermediate colors indicate intermediate ages. By -default, the time scale is 360 days, so that everything more than one -year old is shown in blue. Giving a prefix argument @var{n} to this -command multiplies the time scale by @var{n}, so that all text over -@var{n} years old is shown in blue. +the command @kbd{M-x vc-annotate} to do this. 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 +everything more than one year old is shown in blue. + + When you give a prefix argument to this command, it uses the +minibuffer to read two arguments: which version number to display and +annotate (instead of the current file contents), and a stretch factor +for the time scale. A stretch factor of 0.1 means that the color +range from red to blue spans the past 36 days instead of 360 days. A +stretch factor greater than 1 means the color range spans more than a +year. @node Secondary VC Commands @subsection The Secondary Commands of VC