From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [F.J.Wright@qmul.ac.uk: rcs2log] Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:25:26 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20021029160458.A0AA.LEKTU@terra.es> <200210291519.g9TFJKS16350@rum.cs.yale.edu> <20021029163545.A0B0.LEKTU@terra.es> <200210291543.g9TFhiF16549@rum.cs.yale.edu> <00dc01c27f6d$9932eed0$3a50258a@maths.qmul.ac.uk> <200210291922.g9TJMD918275@rum.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036085271 4464 80.91.224.249 (31 Oct 2002 17:27:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:27:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: F.J.Wright@qmul.ac.uk, monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, lektu@terra.es, eliz@is.elta.co.il, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 187J6i-00019S-00 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:27:48 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 187JCO-0006ww-00 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:33:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 187J5N-0001Y2-00; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:26:25 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 187J4V-0000oJ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:25:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 187J4R-0000nv-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:25:30 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 187J4R-0000no-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:25:27 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 187J4Q-0003iU-00; Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:25:26 -0500 Original-To: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu In-reply-to: <200210291922.g9TJMD918275@rum.cs.yale.edu> (monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8999 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8999 There's a subtle difference: hexl-mode is completely unusable without the `hexl' program, whereas VC is fully functional even without rcs2log. I.e. support for rcs2log is an added feature to VC, but it is not the main purpose of VC. The converse is true also. rcs2log is useful on its own, but hexl is not.