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: vc-status vs pcl-cvs Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:23:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4845BA20.3070804@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212546219 19415 80.91.229.12 (4 Jun 2008 02:23:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 02:23:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Sam Steingold Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 04 04:24:20 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K3ifi-000839-2i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:24:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35236 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3iev-0004G1-RQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:23:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3ies-0004Fw-1i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:23:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3ieq-0004Fk-E9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:23:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44719 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3ieq-0004Fh-BE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:23:24 -0400 Original-Received: from 206-248-132-168.dsl.teksavvy.com ([206.248.132.168]:35570 helo=ceviche.home) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K3iep-0008QQ-Mt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:23:23 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id BDB4EB423C; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 22:23:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4845BA20.3070804@gnu.org> (Sam Steingold's message of "Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:39:44 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:98348 Archived-At: > I am trying to switch from pcl-cvs to vc-status to use the same > interface for cvs and hg. > I have the following problems though: > 1. commit is in foreground, not background. Yes, patches welcome. > 2. there is no way to update the whole directory (O in pcl-cvs runs > cvs-mode-update which runs "cvs up" on the selection or the whole > directory). Indeed, patches welcome. > 3. lines like "DIRECTORY ./" - what are they for? how do I > get rid of them? They're there so you can select the whole directory. PCL-CVS has them as well (tho they were configurable so you may have disabled them). vc-dir (previous "vc-status") is very much a work in progress, as you've seen. Stefan