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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: 75398@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#75398: 30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to "ITS-id" version control
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:34:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86jzb857v5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=xBS2dg_oztNKvJNEsqfPNnPSFKa+SpSAAKjXwKUrPyg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Mon, 6 Jan 2025 09:46:02 +0000)

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 09:46:02 +0000
> 
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> In files.el, I read this:
> 
>     ;;; Commentary:
> 
>     ;; Defines most of Emacs's file- and directory-handling functions,
>     ;; including basic file visiting, backup generation, link handling,
>     ;; ITS-id version control, load- and write-hook handling, and the like.
> 
> I understand that "version control" refers to backup files rather than
> VCS, but what is "ITS-id"?  I can't find any references to that in the
> manual, or by grepping, but since the text was written in 1993, is it
> possible that it refers to "Incompatible Time-Sharing System"...?

Yes, I think ITS was the system which introduced numbered backup
files.  Maybe someone else (Richard?) could confirm.

This commentary was added by Eric Raymond in March 1993.





  reply	other threads:[~2025-01-06 14:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-06  9:46 bug#75398: 30.0.93; files.el documentation refers to "ITS-id" version control Stefan Kangas
2025-01-06 14:34 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2025-01-06 17:15   ` Stefan Kangas
2025-01-06 18:31     ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-07  5:23       ` Stefan Kangas
2025-01-07  5:10 ` Richard Stallman
2025-01-07 12:27   ` Eli Zaretskii

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