* maintaining.texi (Format of ChangeLog): Add reference to add-log-full-name.

(Change Log Commands): Add documentation for combining multiple symbols in one change.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 8b94bf8f6dd03b74dcb6c0066fa4b60da553ad16..8438fa4952c6898160b80c9ba7ad186324c63417 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-03-01  Christoph Scholtes  <cschol2112@googlemail.com>
+
+       * maintaining.texi (Format of ChangeLog): Add reference to
+       add-log-full-name.
+       (Change Log Commands): Add documentation for combining multiple
+       symbols in one change.
+
 2011-03-01  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
        * custom.texi (Directory Variables):

diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index 60c569596ea9a2169be8154f0d5778b9813532f5..d311104ddd7d68732fc920db7ad183bc299f0e1d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -1486,6 +1486,10 @@ changed.
 non-@code{nil}, @kbd{C-x 4 a} adds to any existing item for the file
 rather than starting a new item.
 
+You can combine multiple changes of the same nature.  If you don't
+enter any text after the initial @kbd{C-x 4 a}, any subsequent
+@kbd{C-x 4 a} adds another symbol to the change.
+
 @vindex add-log-always-start-new-record
   If @code{add-log-always-start-new-record} is non-@code{nil},
 @kbd{C-x 4 a} always makes a new entry, even if the last entry
@@ -1535,13 +1539,14 @@ insert a VC log entry into a Change Log buffer by typing @kbd{C-x v a}
 @node Format of ChangeLog
 @subsection Format of ChangeLog
 
-  A change log entry starts with a header line that contains the current
-date, your name, and your email address (taken from the variable
-@code{add-log-mailing-address}).  Aside from these header lines, every
-line in the change log starts with a space or a tab.  The bulk of the
-entry consists of @dfn{items}, each of which starts with a line starting
-with whitespace and a star.  Here are two entries, both dated in May
-1993, with two items and one item respectively.
+  A change log entry starts with a header line that contains the
+current date, your name (taken from the variable
+@code{add-log-full-name}), and your email address (taken from the
+variable @code{add-log-mailing-address}).  Aside from these header
+lines, every line in the change log starts with a space or a tab.  The
+bulk of the entry consists of @dfn{items}, each of which starts with a
+line starting with whitespace and a star.  Here are two entries, both
+dated in May 1993, with two items and one item respectively.
 
 @iftex
 @medbreak