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: vc-diff vs cvs-mode-diff Date: 12 Mar 2004 08:46:22 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079100910 1267 80.91.224.253 (12 Mar 2004 14:15:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:15:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 12 15:15:04 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1nRI-00049y-00 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:15:04 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1nRH-0004rJ-00 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 15:15:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1nOC-0007pL-WC for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:11:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B1nNS-0007mO-95 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:11:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1B1nMn-0007eo-UB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:10:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1mzd-0004dc-3c; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:46:29 -0500 Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E538220F6C; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:46:22 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D34158C8E4; Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:46:22 -0500 (EST) Original-To: sds@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, requis 5, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:20355 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:20355 > vc-diff (C-x v =) uses the foo.~ver~ backup file > (vc-version-backup-file) to avoid network > diffing when the file is available. > cvs-mode-diff (= in *cvs* buffer) does not use this cache. > why? Because it's two distinct pieces of code. The PCL-CVS code just blindly runs `cvs diff '. Nobody has bothered to write the necessary code to try and use the foo.~ver~ files when available. Patches accepted (so long as they aren't too ugly). Stefan