Re: vc-mode-line

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> This function's doc string (and the corresponding portion of the Emacs
> manual) does not document all the possible characters that can appear
> between the name of the back-end and the revision number.
>
> I will take care of fixing that, but while at that, I'm surprised that
> the characters selected to express the various statuses have such a
> small mnemonic value.  `-' would be much more appropriate for removed

It seems that '-' is used the same way as the mode line element that
says the file is not modified.
By that logic, then for an edited file we should use '*' not ':'

> files, and locally added files should use `+' rather than `@'.  How

Looks like a good idea.

> entrenched are the current indicators? is it possible to change them,
> or will that cause massive breakage elsewhere and/or user outcry?

Breakage?  Probably not, all the VC backends that do something about
the vc-mode-line would have change at the same time.
Outcry... hard to say...