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* bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
@ 2010-03-01  3:11 Glenn Morris
  2010-03-01  4:59 ` Stefan Monnier
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2010-03-01  3:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 5663

Severity: wishlist

pcl-cvs has a function `cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window',
bound to the `A' key, which creates basic ChangeLog entries for all
marked files in the *cvs* buffer.

It would be nice if vc-dir could have something similar.






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* bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
  2010-03-01  3:11 bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries Glenn Morris
@ 2010-03-01  4:59 ` Stefan Monnier
  2010-03-01 23:18   ` Glenn Morris
  2010-03-01 23:28   ` Dan Nicolaescu
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2010-03-01  4:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: 5663

> Severity: wishlist
> pcl-cvs has a function `cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window',
> bound to the `A' key, which creates basic ChangeLog entries for all
> marked files in the *cvs* buffer.

> It would be nice if vc-dir could have something similar.

FWIW (as PCL-CVS maintainer), this command was inherited from the
original PCL-CVS and has always caused me trouble and never seemed to do
anything sufficiently valuable to deserve the time I invested in it.
The support for C-x 4 a in diff-mode OTOH is one that I keep cherishing.


        Stefan






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* bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
  2010-03-01  4:59 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2010-03-01 23:18   ` Glenn Morris
  2010-03-01 23:28   ` Dan Nicolaescu
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2010-03-01 23:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: 5663

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> FWIW (as PCL-CVS maintainer), this command was inherited from the
> original PCL-CVS and has always caused me trouble and never seemed to do
> anything sufficiently valuable to deserve the time I invested in it.

Admittedly, the only time I find it useful is when I have modified a
bunch of files, and want to give them all a common ChangeLog entry,
rather than creating an individual entry for each.






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* bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
  2010-03-01  4:59 ` Stefan Monnier
  2010-03-01 23:18   ` Glenn Morris
@ 2010-03-01 23:28   ` Dan Nicolaescu
  2010-03-02 15:34     ` Stefan Monnier
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Dan Nicolaescu @ 2010-03-01 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: 5663

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

  > > Severity: wishlist
  > > pcl-cvs has a function `cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window',
  > > bound to the `A' key, which creates basic ChangeLog entries for all
  > > marked files in the *cvs* buffer.
  > 
  > > It would be nice if vc-dir could have something similar.
  > 
  > FWIW (as PCL-CVS maintainer), this command was inherited from the
  > original PCL-CVS and has always caused me trouble and never seemed to do
  > anything sufficiently valuable to deserve the time I invested in it.
  > The support for C-x 4 a in diff-mode OTOH is one that I keep cherishing.

I find C-x 4 A in diff-mode more useful for creating a skeleton
ChangeLog, but it has quirks :-(






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* bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
  2010-03-01 23:28   ` Dan Nicolaescu
@ 2010-03-02 15:34     ` Stefan Monnier
  2021-09-08  8:45       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2010-03-02 15:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dan Nicolaescu; +Cc: 5663

> I find C-x 4 A in diff-mode more useful for creating a skeleton
> ChangeLog, but it has quirks :-(

Indeed, I think C-x 4 A in diff-mode is a better solution than
cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window, despite some quirks.


        Stefan


PS: Regarding C-x 4 A quirks: it would be good to report tham as bugs,
so we can collect them to help improve the behavior (it's largely
a simple heursitic right now, and maybe some other simple heuristic
would work better, or maybe we can spice up that heuristic).






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* bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
  2010-03-02 15:34     ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2021-09-08  8:45       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-09-08  8:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: Glenn Morris, 5663, Dan Nicolaescu

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I find C-x 4 A in diff-mode more useful for creating a skeleton
>> ChangeLog, but it has quirks :-(
>
> Indeed, I think C-x 4 A in diff-mode is a better solution than
> cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window, despite some quirks.

I think the conclusion here is that `C-x 4 A' covers the needs here, so
I'm closing this bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





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