From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: "B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help
Subject: Re: My dream work log:
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:50:02 -0600
Message-ID: <0fadnf78Nt8kvHDanZ2dnUVZ_q7inZ2d@sysmatrix.net>
References: <fafef0d0-ba78-433e-bb96-65baaaa85776@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206726075 14323 80.91.229.12 (28 Mar 2008 17:41:15 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:41:15 +0000 (UTC)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 28 18:41:46 2008
Return-path: <help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org
Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165])
	by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50)
	id 1JfIa4-0002Vl-II
	for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:41:32 +0100
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43)
	id 1JfIZT-0004gj-5T
	for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:40:55 -0400
Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail
Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:50:00 -0500
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213)
Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
In-Reply-To: <fafef0d0-ba78-433e-bb96-65baaaa85776@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
Original-Lines: 32
X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com
Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.45.140.54
Original-X-Trace: sv3-30Dv46jVyDkO0+nTO/cMvSBRgjlbcVswWy3ljgU1k9KlXCdIx94fghsb2k7rIfQmeuaKns3OIykKFki!jyH6Wx4cR70FMZj9GqcBUy48tfFCdQw4Ko7ZHWaUgfI6rIe46vDxPzpxYZPaCtfkY+9SwwIgaOFC!YCi3lPAidn/y3uIaBfzhCuo4t+QH7Q==
Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net
X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers
X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint
	properly
X-Postfilter: 1.3.37
Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:157404
X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/help-gnu-emacs>
List-Post: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs>,
	<mailto:help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:52776
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/52776>

Albert wrote:
> My dream work log:
> 
> One fine morning I do this:
> 
> 1. I open a "file.txt" in emacs
> 2. I modify it, say in line 4, I change "this-thing" to "that-thing"
> 3. save the file
> 4. again, going back to the same line 4, i change "that-thing" to
> "something"
> 5. save the file
> 6. exit
> 
> I want my Worklog to append the log to something like this:
> <Date>
> <Time>
> Opened "file.txt"............
> (old) Line 4: .......this-thing.......
> (new) LIne 4: .......that-thing........
> saved "file.txt".
> (old) Line 4: .......that-thing.......
> (new) LIne 4: .......something........
> saved "file.txt"
> exit
> 
> 
> I was wondering if there's anything of this sort out there already.
> If not, please help me by just giving some hints to write a LISP code
> that can do the job.
> 

Check out Menu>Tools>Version Control