From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dale Snell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can't start new branch in VC with RCS Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:52:36 -0800 Organization: Department of redundant redundancies and tautological pleonasms department Message-ID: <20160111165236.4948b323@zothique.localdomain> References: <87h9ij6b44.fsf@nyu.edu> Reply-To: ddsnell@frontier.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/DCc1QDiPOpe=PTF2ITm8X=0"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1452560024 3275 80.91.229.3 (12 Jan 2016 00:53:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:53:44 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 12 01:53:33 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aInDI-0001dx-Tv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2016 01:53:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57468 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aInDH-0008Ky-TG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:53:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50778) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aInD3-0008HX-60 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:53:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aInCz-0003yh-3z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:53:17 -0500 Original-Received: from filter04.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net ([199.224.80.234]:41397) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aInCy-0003yb-WC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:53:13 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filter04.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E685A28F200 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:53:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from relay02.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net ([199.224.80.245]) by localhost (filter04.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net [199.224.80.234]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 0eQcf4A6mQND for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:53:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Originating-IP: [50.38.85.242] X-Previous-IP: 50.38.85.242 Original-Received: from zothique.localdomain (unknown [50.38.85.242]) by relay02.dlls.pa.frontiernet.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3DA6A4A0C0 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:52:59 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <87h9ij6b44.fsf@nyu.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.1 (GTK+ 2.24.29; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 199.224.80.234 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:108699 Archived-At: --Sig_/DCc1QDiPOpe=PTF2ITm8X=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:48:43 -0500, in message 87h9ij6b44.fsf@nyu.edu, allan gottlieb wrote: > I have a single file class-notes.html (with RCS/class-notes.html,v). > I am using rcs in default (locking) mode >=20 > The head revision is 8.6. I am the only user and the head revision is > locked by me. C-x v =3D shows the one simple change I made since 8.6.1 > and the file has been saved. >=20 > I want to start branch 8.6.1. The manual suggests C-u C-x v v. >=20 > C-u x v v asks for a new backend. I do not want to change backends. > If I type RCS, it correctly reports that RCS is the current backend > and exits. If I try 8.6.1, it correctly reports that there is no > match (it is looking for a backend). >=20 > Is this supposed to be possible under VC for RCS? I presumably could > achieve my goal using rcs directly from the command line. >=20 > Thanks in advance. > allan >=20 Hi Allan, For the record, I was unable to coerce, cajole, or otherwise convince VC to create new branches in RCS. I had to use the command line. It wasn't hard to do, but it would have been nice if VC had the capability. Perhaps it does and we just haven't see it? --Dale --=20 Sign in coffee shop: "Children left unattended will be given an espresso and a Free Puppy." --Sig_/DCc1QDiPOpe=PTF2ITm8X=0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWlE5UAAoJEB7OMKhvWRr80RYH/RiEPod6eayIGT9tII5ghZP2 wk3DesgitGaIzB0n2i+92uLGfz9sMqvDIGsSk/YZqveeGm9V5c69e4yWSGKKeIol AmKmxp4F5jsi+bUk0aiSjfc1OFGryQ+dbGztq2CUiQClSmkcaG0pxpCyynIivUem Dny2jt+ZCAOprH4dbljaAJjd0Mn16AYiV0EQTOeb8nT9mjWkO3I53HwiD4Pq3yZU 0LdHdDG2p7dFRtIvPw8cveH2ikyAUqlG25yToEeD2g7sUZ+1SDCgPvzsPYeHVhA/ 6x9pYz8q1b0uR5gTPDvxWWktSvy3EuRxvsJXCPXioT4JLPj1gZbfcv9t4RjP4IY= =gwKT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/DCc1QDiPOpe=PTF2ITm8X=0--