From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: 4 minor suggestions for files.el Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:11:41 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <200304191911.h3JJBfaT017238@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <200304142022.h3EKMHRu026814@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200304172139.h3HLdBvK009948@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1050672259.633.14.camel@localhost> <200304181423.h3IEN3Je013661@rum.cs.yale.edu> <1050676606.633.28.camel@localhost> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050779586 2393 80.91.224.249 (19 Apr 2003 19:13:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:13:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 19 21:13:01 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 196xlk-0000bg-00 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 21:13:00 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 196xpg-0007Fv-00 for ; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 21:17:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 196xlD-00013m-07 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:12:27 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 196xkk-0000z2-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:11:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 196xkd-0000so-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:11:52 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 196xkT-0000gD-00; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:11:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3JJBfx6017240; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:11:41 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h3JJBfaT017238; Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:11:41 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Andre Spiegel Original-cc: rms@gnu.org Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13301 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13301 > > Why would it hurt particularly to undo the version-headers-change ? > > With RCS, for example, VC uses the version header to determine the file > version and file state, as displayed in the mode line. If you undo the > version header change, save and revisit, VC will show a wrong version, > and it might think that the file is locked when in fact it isn't, etc. BTW. It seems this problem is not specific to revert-buffer and undo. Shouldn't we mark the $Id$ version header read-only ? Stefan