From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: (emacs)Log Buffer Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:51:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200506040238.j542cqo08262@raven.dms.auburn.edu> <200506041647.j54GlkW09750@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1117928942 30417 80.91.229.2 (4 Jun 2005 23:49:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2005 23:49:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: nickrob@snap.net.nz, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 05 01:48:53 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DeiNj-0007Z1-36 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2005 01:48:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DeiTi-0003Ki-Ip for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:54:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DeiTT-0003JH-Pk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:54:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DeiTQ-0003HB-Rb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:54:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DeiTQ-0003GX-CO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:54:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DeiSt-0000hR-Pe for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:54:07 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69CAC2CF4B1; Sat, 4 Jun 2005 19:51:15 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45FD54AC008; Sat, 4 Jun 2005 19:51:10 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 18C5CE6BD2; Sat, 4 Jun 2005 19:51:10 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: Luc Teirlinck In-Reply-To: <200506041647.j54GlkW09750@raven.dms.auburn.edu> (Luc Teirlinck's message of "Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:47:46 -0500 (CDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-4.842, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, AWL 0.06, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:38130 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38130 >> Sometimes the `*VC-Log*' buffer contains default text when you enter >> it, typically the last log message entered. If it does, mark and point >> are set around the entire contents of the buffer so that it is easy to >> kill the contents of the buffer with `C-w'. >> Is this really true with the default settings? > It should. If not, it's a bug. > Maybe my question was somewhat ambiguous. It concerned the first > sentence, not the second. When is the `*VC-Log*' buffer supposed to > contain default text when you enter it, if you are not using pcl-cvs > and all settings are at default? Maybe you're right that it never happens with default settings if you don't use PCL-CVS, but I'm not sure if it's relevant. Should the documentation not talk about things that happen if you use PCL-CVS or if you change some custom settings? Stefan