From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8924: 23.3; Editing is rather difficult using vc with RCS backend Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:23:15 +0300 Message-ID: <83wrgbta7w.fsf@gnu.org> References: <40C7B1BFC291ED4E9D10436D07736A3346F8B2DCC1@EXMAIL7.haas.uc.berkeley.edu> <8362nvvbeu.fsf@gnu.org> <40C7B1BFC291ED4E9D10436D07736A3346F8B2DDEB@EXMAIL7.haas.uc.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1308938154 17864 80.91.229.12 (24 Jun 2011 17:55:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:55:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8924@debbugs.gnu.org To: Richard Stanton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 24 19:55:50 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaAbc-0002ky-RF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:55:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33948 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaAbb-0004HX-Jl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:55:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:55109) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaA8r-0004XE-1z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaA8p-0006NV-Ao for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:26:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35540) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaA8p-0006NP-1i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:26:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaA8n-0005Dr-Tc; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:26:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:26:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8924 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8924-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8924.130893632820034 (code B ref 8924); Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:26:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8924) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Jun 2011 17:25:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaA8E-0005D5-RK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:25:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaA8A-0005Co-V5 for 8924@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:25:24 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LNB008001KGQ600@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 8924@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:23:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.124.66.211]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LNB008AP1MNP720@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:23:12 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <40C7B1BFC291ED4E9D10436D07736A3346F8B2DDEB@EXMAIL7.haas.uc.berkeley.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:26:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47438 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stanton > CC: "8924@debbugs.gnu.org" <8924@debbugs.gnu.org> > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:03:42 -0700 > > > Did you also change the RCS port you are using, since the last time this > > worked for you? If so, where did you get your port of RCS? Was that last > > time also on Windows Vista, or on some other OS? > > Sensible question - I use the Cygwin port. I just tried downgrading from 1.57-11 to 1.57-4 (the only older version I could find listed in the current Cygwin setup list), but this didn't change anything. If you are using the Cygwin build of RCS with a native build of Emacs, there could be problems that I'm not aware of. I don't use Cygwin. > What version of RCS are you using? The native Windows port I found on the GnuWin32 site. > > > b. Now edit the file by adding a comment somewhere, say, after line 1, > > > > Wait a moment: isn't the buffer read-only after the initial registration and > > check-in? It should be; it is for me (using RCS with Emacs 23.3 on Windows > > XP). If so, you cannot just add a comment; you need to check-out the file > > first, by typing "C-x v v" again. This checks out the file making it writable, and > > then I can edit it. > > The buffer itself is not read-only, but the file seems to be. That is already a sign of a problem. The buffer should be read-only. What does "rlog test.tex" show after that initial checkin? > > It's possible that the problem is with your username as RCS and Emacs > > perceive it. Do you have USER or LOGNAME variables set in your > > environment? If not, does it help to set one of them with the value returned > > by `user-login-name' function inside Emacs? > > Doesn't seem to change anything. What does user-login-name and user-real-login-name return inside Emacs?