From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50344: C-x v keybinding for vc-print-branch-log Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:58:10 +0300 Organization: LINKOV.NET Message-ID: <878rz5w9cf.fsf@mail.linkov.net> References: <87mtoux1ha.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <1f39aa34-6626-3d0b-d764-2c9908787d99@yandex.ru> <87o8998wf4.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <84e4e2ef-6c8d-3645-9e1e-3129981dd45f@yandex.ru> <875yvgvohe.fsf@gnus.org> <87y28burzd.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87o896kt5k.fsf@gnus.org> <87sfyhj3qw.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87zgsoctoc.fsf@gnus.org> <59a05468-2309-c6e7-5a2a-51426c208966@yandex.ru> <87tuiv4hvc.fsf@gnus.org> <87fsudsngq.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87k0jora9d.fsf@gnus.org> <7ba6c699-cfe5-4fa3-92dd-55b1e227aacf@yandex.ru> <874kaptwki.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <878rz5pc9i.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83ily91djz.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6878"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Cc: 50344@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, dgutov@yandex.ru To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 07 10:09:49 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mYOTN-0001b2-4X for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:09:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53228 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mYOTL-0004Zt-RD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:09:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46890) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mYOSc-0003wb-Kq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:09:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:34369) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mYOSc-00010J-D7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:09:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mYOSc-0003qb-2S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:09:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 08:09:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50344 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50344-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50344.163359411114746 (code B ref 50344); Thu, 07 Oct 2021 08:09:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50344) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Oct 2021 08:08:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45915 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mYOS6-0003pm-Qt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:08:31 -0400 Original-Received: from relay8-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.201]:49111) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mYOS2-0003pU-4I for 50344@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 04:08:29 -0400 Original-Received: (Authenticated sender: juri@linkov.net) by relay8-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CFEF51BF209; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 08:08:18 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <83ily91djz.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:47:44 +0300") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:216616 Archived-At: >> It will take more time to create branch commands due to many problems. >> So the best what we could do now is to rebind 'vc-switch-backend' >> from 'C-x v b' to 'C-x v B' in emacs-28 to give time to adapt >> to new keybinding. > > Please don't change such old key bindings, not unless we are > deprecating the command (which we aren't, AFAIU). Sorry, I see no connection: why changing key bindings requires deprecating the command? >>'vc-switch-backend' was announced in NEWS thusly: >> >> If a file is registered in multiple backends, you can switch to >> another one using C-x v b (vc-switch-backend). This does not change >> any files, it only changes VC's perspective on the file. Use this to >> pick up changes from CVS while working under RCS locally. >> >> So it was intended to switch backends between CVS and RCS. > > It was then, but it can be used today with other backends. What backends do you switch with 'C-x v b' today? > So I'm opposed to such a change. (And it's too late for incompatible > changes on the emacs-28 branch anyway.) It makes no sense to develop branch commands without 'C-x v b' binding.