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, 19 Jan 2016 20:19:18 +0200 Message-ID: <83io2pbffd.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87h9ij6b44.fsf@nyu.edu> <83lh7vjx0x.fsf@gnu.org> <87egddy7op.fsf@nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453227572 8836 80.91.229.3 (19 Jan 2016 18:19:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:19:32 +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 19 19:19:27 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 1aLasG-00074I-Ov for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:19:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38738 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLasG-0006Ni-7v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:19:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55222) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLas5-0006MQ-V8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:19:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLas2-0003cb-6L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:19:13 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35238) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLas2-0003cX-2i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:19:10 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2260 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aLas1-0007SP-80 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:19:09 -0500 In-reply-to: <87egddy7op.fsf@nyu.edu> (message from allan gottlieb on Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:17:58 -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:108788 Archived-At: > From: allan gottlieb > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:17:58 -0500 > > >> 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? > > 24.5 The upcoming 25.1 will fix this.