From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Commit practices Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:51:40 +0900 Message-ID: <87k5mw2sur.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <20071229141014.3364A2C83DC@grelber.thyrsus.com> <20071229183244.GA23998@thyrsus.com> <20071230064402.GA26849@thyrsus.com> <85bq88ze9h.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <20071230104743.GB27544@thyrsus.com> <87y7bc30qa.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <20071230123612.GA28097@thyrsus.com> <87prwo2w0m.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <20071230133344.GA6184@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199022731 27773 80.91.229.12 (30 Dec 2007 13:52:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:52:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Richard Stallman , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: esr@thyrsus.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 30 14:52:25 2007 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 1J8yaX-0002WJ-1N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:52:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8yaB-0006mw-Hc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:52:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8ya2-0006km-1T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:51:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J8ya0-0006k6-Ga for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:51:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J8ya0-0006k1-6p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:51:52 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J8yZs-0002Gv-Th; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:51:45 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-100-219.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.100.219] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1J8yZq-0006AA-H5; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:51:42 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 340872FF7; Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:51:40 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <20071230133344.GA6184@thyrsus.com> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:33:44 -0500") Original-Lines: 15 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:85676 Archived-At: "Eric S. Raymond" writes: > Please describe what you want in a UI. Perhaps I can implement it. The interface you describe in your reply to David sounds reasonable. I suppose maybe some extra bindings in the "*vc-log*" buffer too would be useful (since that's mainly where I would want to check the state of what I'm commiting)... [e.g., maybe special versions of the + and - commands that prompt for buffer names instead of operating on the current buffer.] -Miles -- .Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.