From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ami Fischman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: customizing the "cvs" command Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:17:36 -0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039731482 18418 80.91.224.249 (12 Dec 2002 22:18:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:18:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18MbeZ-0004mP-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:17:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MbeV-0003rO-03 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:17:55 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MbeI-0003qu-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:17:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MbeG-0003oy-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:17:41 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18MbeF-0003nZ-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:17:39 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Mbdz-0004kc-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:17:23 +0100 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Mbdy-0004kM-00 for ; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:17:22 +0100 Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12-228-169-213.client.attbi.com Original-X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039731442 14591 12.228.169.213 (12 Dec 2002 22:17:22 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:17:22 +0000 (UTC) Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5ZZfVic3MiQ8x6oNTieBOTecv5Q= X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4037 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4037 Philippe_Moutarlier@3com.com writes: > I cannot find any ways to customize the call to cvs itself in PCL-CVS. The variable cvs-cvs-flags holds the flags, but not in a very straight-forward way. > I am using it from a remote site and would very much like to be able to use > compression , i.e > redefine the cvs command as being "cvs -z9" for example. Create a file ~/.cvsrc and put: cvs -z9 in it. I also have update -d in my ~/.cvsrc. > Am I missing something or is this currently impossible ? I couldn't find references to either the cvs-cvs-flags var or the ~/.cvsrc file in the documentation. The .cvsrc file is a cvs thing (i.e., command-line cvs should use the same file), and is documented in the cvs manpage. -- Ami Fischman usenet@fischman.org