From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jhair Tocancipa Triana Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: RCS revert to previous version Date: 11 Oct 2002 19:54:21 +0200 Organization: Linux Private Site Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1034359008 30809 127.0.0.1 (11 Oct 2002 17:56:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 17:56:48 +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 18041n-00080l-00 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:56:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18041G-0004P6-00; Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:56:14 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1034358865 05 5397 VFc3bFUSSvA-fY 021011 17:54:25 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 520083754205-0001@t-dialin.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.emacs:75229 gnu.emacs.help:105940 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2487 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2487 Chris writes: > Right... but my question is how to make that the current > version... do I have to delete the entirety of my current working > file and copy and paste from the older version window? I can't > just check the older version in and have it become the latest. I > was hoping there was a more efficient way than copy and paste... Is this, what you need? ,----[ C-h k C-x v u ] | C-x v u runs the command vc-revert-buffer | which is an interactive autoloaded Lisp function in `vc'. | [Arg list not available until function definition is loaded.] | | Revert the current buffer's file back to the version it was based on. | This asks for confirmation if the buffer contents are not identical | to that version. This function does not automatically pick up newer | changes found in the master file; use C-u C-x v v to do so. `---- Regards, -- --Jhair Public Key fingerprint = 81FF 3ADF BF6B CECB C593 4018 27AE D7D2 BAA6 00D0