From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:00:43 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (VC Status): Document log-view mode. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~5210 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7436d3ff74e6617f1ebcc626635cbb28481ab1de;p=emacs.git (VC Status): Document log-view mode. --- diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 5893d74efd9..2c12da06344 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ +2005-12-18 Aaron S. Hawley + + * files.texi (VC Status): Document log-view mode. + 2005-12-18 Bill Wohler * frames.texi (Tool Bars): Mention that you can turn off tool bars permanently via the customize interface -2005-12-12 Katsumi Yamaoka +2005-12-17 Katsumi Yamaoka * gnus.texi (MIME Commands): Mention addition of multipart/alternative to gnus-buttonized-mime-types and add xref diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 860b346f91b..f3b7872a9f1 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -1788,7 +1788,46 @@ Display version control state and change history. To view the detailed version control status and history of a file, type @kbd{C-x v l} (@code{vc-print-log}). It displays the history of changes to the current file, including the text of the log entries. The -output appears in a separate window. +output appears in a separate window. The point is centered at the +revision of the file that is currently being visited. + +From the change log buffer, the following keys are used to move +between the logs of files and revisions, to view past revisions, and +to view diffs: + +@table @kbd +@item p +Move to the previous revision-item in the buffer. (Revision entries in the log +buffer are usually in reverse-chronological order, so the previous +revision-item usually corresponds to a newer revision.) A numeric +prefix argument is a repeat count. + +@item n +Move to the next revision-item (which most often corresponds to the +previous revision of the file). A numeric prefix argument is a repeat +count. + +@item f +Visit the revision indicated at the current line, like typing @kbd{C-x +v ~} and specifying this revision's number (@pxref{Old Versions}). + +@item d +Display the diff (@pxref{Comparing Files}) between the revision +indicated at the current line and the next earlier revision. This is +useful to see what actually changed when the revision indicated on the +current line was committed. + +@item P +Move to the log of the previous file, when the logs of multiple files +are in the log buffer (@pxref{VC Dired Mode}). Otherwise, just move +to the beginning of the log. A numeric prefix argument is a repeat +count, so @kbd{C-u 10 P} would move backward 10 files. + +@item N +Move to the log of the next file, when the logs of multiple files are +in the log buffer (@pxref{VC Dired Mode}). It also takes a numeric +prefix argument as a repeat count. +@end table @node VC Undo @subsubsection Undoing Version Control Actions