From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: how the H*** tp get cvs-emacs? (I use cmds given HERE!) Date: 6 Apr 2005 08:18:13 -0400 Organization: PANIX -- Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112789998 28370 80.91.229.2 (6 Apr 2005 12:19:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:19:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 06 14:19:57 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ9V3-0004Id-I7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:19:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJ949-000706-4L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:51:25 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!panix!panix1.panix.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 85 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1112789893 19324 166.84.1.1 (6 Apr 2005 12:18:13 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:18:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129863 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-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:25422 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25422 Here's an attempt: | 268 ==/dkcjunk==> cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs login | Logging in to :pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:2401/cvsroot/emacs | CVS password: To which prompt I simply hit . After which it just sits there. So, I finally hit a few returns, then said "xxx": | | | xxx | cvs [login aborted]: received interrupt signal | 269 ==/dkcjunk==> 269 ==/dkcjunk==> xxx: Command not found. | 270 ==/dkcjunk==> cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs -t EMACS_21_3 checkout emacs | Unknown command: `EMACS_21_3' | | CVS commands are: | add Add a new file/directory to the repository | admin Administration front end for rcs | annotate Show last revision where each line was modified | checkout Checkout sources for editing | commit Check files into the repository | diff Show differences between revisions | edit Get ready to edit a watched file | editors See who is editing a watched file | export Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout | history Show repository access history | import Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches | init Create a CVS repository if it doesn't exist | log Print out history information for files | login Prompt for password for authenticating server | logout Removes entry in .cvspass for remote repository | pserver Password server mode | rannotate Show last revision where each line of module was modified | rdiff Create 'patch' format diffs between releases | release Indicate that a Module is no longer in use | remove Remove an entry from the repository | rlog Print out history information for a module | rtag Add a symbolic tag to a module | server Server mode | status Display status information on checked out files | tag Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files | unedit Undo an edit command | update Bring work tree in sync with repository | version Show current CVS version(s) | watch Set watches | watchers See who is watching a file | (Specify the --help option for a list of other help options) | -> Lock_Cleanup() | 271 ==/dkcjunk==> | 271 ==/dkcjunk==> | 271 ==/dkcjunk==> I also tried it without the -t: 272 ==/dkcjunk==> cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs checkout emacs but it just sits there, doing nothing. Any ideas, or other cmd-strings to try? (Please, don't ask me to *learn* cvs -- the *only* use I have for it is to get the "cvs" emacs!) Thanks! David