From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-*-root finctions Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:20:57 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87skzn3mq9.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <87mypvxzd2.fsf@ambire.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203535318 29835 80.91.229.12 (20 Feb 2008 19:21:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:21:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thien-Thi Nguyen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 20 20:22:22 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 1JRuW6-0000ka-Si for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:22:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRuVb-0008On-TS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:21:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRuV1-0007k4-OU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:20:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JRuV0-0007ip-KB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:20:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRuV0-0007ie-CV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:20:58 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JRuV0-0005NH-4j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:20:58 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAPQLvEfO+J2cdGdsb2JhbACQWwEwoACBAg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,382,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="14760824" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 20 Feb 2008 14:20:57 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.157.156]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id AVO41857; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:20:57 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 20C977F48; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:20:57 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87mypvxzd2.fsf@ambire.localdomain> (Thien-Thi Nguyen's message of "Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:21:45 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:89728 Archived-At: > shows a buffer where the first line reads: > Directory: ~/build/MISC/ferm/examples/ > and "ferm" (the project's "root" directory) is a button, which > means (for me) underlined and clickable, whose action is to do > `(vc-status "~/build/MISC/ferm")'. > If this explanation makes sense to you and the docstring doesn't, > could you suggest another wording? Why not just provide a ".." entry to move up to the directory directory above? After all, if you're working on a sub-sub-dir of your project, you're just as likely to want to look at the sub-dir as wanting to look at the actual root. And this feature wouldn't require any new VC-function. Stefan