From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Changes to vc-directory Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 07:06:35 -0700 Message-ID: <200805021406.m42E6Z2f001082@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <18458.17360.990430.309650@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209737244 28493 80.91.229.12 (2 May 2008 14:07:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 14:07:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Neal Becker Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 02 16:07:58 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JrvvK-0000B4-G0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 16:07:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55951 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jrvud-0003OH-BI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 10:06:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JrvuZ-0003OC-Rd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 10:06:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JrvuX-0003O0-Ad for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 10:06:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51399 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JrvuX-0003Nx-5n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 10:06:53 -0400 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JrvuW-0006ao-Tb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 10:06:53 -0400 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1210341997.26432@nzNvZ6ub56XK+9KkDfck6w Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m42E6Z2f001082; Fri, 2 May 2008 07:06:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Neal Becker's message of "Fri, 02 May 2008 06:05:19 -0400") Original-Lines: 50 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:96329 Archived-At: Neal Becker writes: > Nick Roberts wrote: > > > > I have one installation of 23.0.60, a few weeks old. C-x v d runs > > > vc-directory, which works great with Hg. I have a newer 23.0.60 cvs, > > > and > > > C-x v d runs vc-status. Not nearly as useful for me (vc-status shows > > > all the junk files, and doesn't have nice key bindings for diff, for > > > example). > > > > > > The Tools/version control menu has changed. I liked the old one - with > > > Tools/version control/VC directory listing (C-x v d) bound to > > > vc-directory. > > > > I think the plan is for vc-status (now vc-dir) to replace vc-directory. > > You appear to have three choices: > > > > 1) Use an old Emacs and not get the features of newer versions. > > > > 2) Bind vc-directory to "C-x v d" in your .emacs. knowing that this > > command > > will eventually disappear. > > > > 3) Start to use vc-dir and contribute to it's development so that it does > > what you want it to do. > > > > My workflow: > 1) vc-dir to show me what is modified > 2) vc-diff on a file to show me the diff > 3) vc-ci (or whatever) to commit the change > > Here's what I'd like: > > 1) A menu entry to vc-dir to hide uninteresting files. Often I have many > test results that are not revision controlled. The usual way is to setup your .{git,hg,cvs,bzr}ignore to ignore those test results. There's nothing in emacs yet that does this yet. > 2) Something equivalent to #2 and #3 above > > 3) Also, a few less-used options, such as revert or delete. The "C-x v" keys work in vc-dir, and so do M-x vc-* commands. See also they key bindings for = and R Also take a look at the menu. Not all VC commands have simple key bindings in vc-dir yet.