From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#2623: 23.0.91; File is under version-control; use C-x v v to check in/out
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:06:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xbaiiqmgrqml.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwv1vt4p0uu.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org
On 2009-03-11 14:55 +0000, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>>> File is under version-control; use C-x v v to check in/out
>>>> This message is misleading if not wrong as most of the version control
>>>> tools do not use read-only to indicate their status.
>>> Check in/out used to be bound to C-x C-q (because back then, most of the
>>> version control tools did use read-only to indicate their status), so
>>> the above message is there to remind people who have C-x C-q hardcoded
>>> in their fingers that maybe they really meant to type C-x v v.
>> Should this be changed in 21st?
>
> I do not understand what "21st" is referring to.
I mean '21st century'.
>>> BTW, why did you type C-x C-q? Is the file read-only?
>> Sometimes I turn the file into read-only before showing to other people
>> in case they accidentally type something into it.
>
> I see, so in this case we could probably avoid the message by being
> a bit more clever (e.g. don't show the message if it's not the first
> time C-x C-q is used in this buffer).
There is difference between turning the buffer into read-only and the
file on disk being read-only. VC backends depend on the latter for their
status based on my experience with RCS. So showing such a message does
not make sense when pressing C-x C-q. It might make sense when opening a
read-only file that is also under version control. But even this point
is mostly irrelevant since 75% of the vc-handled-backends, which
hopefully represent 99.9% users, need not such message.
I just recalled when I was beginning with vc. I did once foolishly
follow that message and wasted myself a few unhappy hours fixing the
consequences.
Just some thoughts.
> Stefan
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2009-03-10 16:08 ` bug#2623: 23.0.91; File is under version-control; use C-x v v to check in/out Stefan Monnier
2009-03-11 12:04 ` Leo
2009-03-11 14:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-11 16:06 ` Leo [this message]
2009-03-12 0:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-03-12 18:08 ` Leo
2011-07-11 13:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-11 14:33 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2011-07-11 14:40 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-11 15:53 ` Dan Nicolaescu
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