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: some vc-dir notes Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:46:38 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1208585541 32008 80.91.229.12 (19 Apr 2008 06:12:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:12:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: tromey@redhat.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 19 08:12:58 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1Jn42w-0005ev-No for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:47:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jn42H-00049i-OE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:46:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jn42E-00049d-Dz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:46:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jn42C-00049R-1t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:46:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jn42B-00049O-Se for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:46:39 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jn42B-0005wV-JF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:46:39 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtYEAPkHCUhMCqsI/2dsb2JhbACBYKoJ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,681,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="18763952" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 18 Apr 2008 23:46:39 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.171.8]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id ZHN08939; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:46:39 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CD5CD8A3E; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:46:38 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Tom Tromey's message of "Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:04:40 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:95432 Archived-At: > Based on the help for "=" I expected an easy way to make a diff of the > entire directory. I couldn't figure this out. I can mark files and > do it, but I was hoping for something simpler. Adding directory entries in the display is being worked on. The "." entry will allow applying a command to the whole tree. > If I type "=" outside the content area of the buffer, I still get a > result. If it does, it's a hack. An explicit "." entry sounds much better. > If I type '=' on an unregistered file I get: > require(vc-nil) [...] > IMO it should just use whatever backend is displayed at the top of the > buffer. In fact, using a different backend for any operation would > seem weird. Yes, it's a bug I already pointed out: the backend to use should not be associated with the file-name (as is currently the case) but should just be a buffer-local variable. This might require a fairly large change, tho. Stefan