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author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2008-12-06 03:30:36 +0000 |
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committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2008-12-06 03:30:36 +0000 |
commit | 716a27423ca753c33dac6642181eac4ce64218f8 (patch) | |
tree | 312e589df6d6490734efe54b34aa9f38f760ad53 | |
parent | f756c1b2362c6a8a28443b49e59bd2252cb10172 (diff) | |
download | emacs-716a27423ca753c33dac6642181eac4ce64218f8.tar.gz |
(Old Revisions): Improve previous change.
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2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 3fbeda4e615..8d6e9504918 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2008-12-06 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + + * maintaining.texi (Old Revisions): Improve previous change. + 2008-12-05 Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org> * anti.texi (Antinews): Minor fixes. diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi index ee0f2c51b01..1cca93141e6 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. @c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, -@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 +@c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Maintaining, Abbrevs, Building, Top @chapter Maintaining Large Programs @@ -713,9 +714,11 @@ value of @code{vc-@var{backend}-diff-switches}, @code{vc-diff-switches}, and @code{diff-switches} (@pxref{Comparing Files}), in that order. Since @code{nil} means to check the next variable in the sequence, either of the first two may use the value @code{t} to mean no switches at all. -The @samp{vc@dots{}diff-switches} variables are all either @code{nil} -or @code{t} (for those version control systems that do not accept common -@code{diff} options) by default. +Most of the @samp{vc@dots{}diff-switches} variables default to +@code{nil}, but some default to @code{t}. These are for those version +control systems (e.g. SVN) whose @code{diff} implementations do not +accept common options (e.g. @samp{-c}) likely to be in +@code{diff-switches}. The buffer produced by @kbd{C-x v =} supports the commands of Compilation mode (@pxref{Compilation Mode}), such as @kbd{C-x `} and |