From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can't start new branch in VC with RCS Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 05:29:18 +0200 Message-ID: <83lh7vjx0x.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h9ij6b44.fsf@nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1452569368 9607 80.91.229.3 (12 Jan 2016 03:29:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:29:28 +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 04:29:28 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 1aIpe8-0008B1-Ku for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2016 04:29:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57874 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aIpe7-0002Ne-Qs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:29:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53289) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aIpdy-0002NY-1m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:29:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aIpdu-0003V2-Qw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:29:13 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aIpdu-0003Ur-Nj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:29:10 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3360 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aIpdu-0006qj-2U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:29:10 -0500 In-reply-to: <87h9ij6b44.fsf@nyu.edu> (message from allan gottlieb on Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:48:43 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:108700 Archived-At: > From: allan gottlieb > Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:48:43 -0500 > > I have a single file class-notes.html (with RCS/class-notes.html,v). > I am using rcs in default (locking) mode > > The head revision is 8.6. I am the only user and the head revision is > locked by me. C-x v = shows the one simple change I made since 8.6.1 > and the file has been saved. > > I want to start branch 8.6.1. The manual suggests C-u C-x v v. > > 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). > > Is this supposed to be possible under VC for RCS? I presumably could > achieve my goal using rcs directly from the command line. What version of Emacs is that?