From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:14:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Old Versions): No longer document annotation as "CVS only". X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~3844 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7bba6c37cfded83def793de3d7dd805531dc0551;p=emacs.git (Old Versions): No longer document annotation as "CVS only". --- diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 6a0d2c662b5..c556ec00aea 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ of the file. Compare the specified two versions of @var{file}. @item C-x v g -Display the result of the CVS annotate command using colors. +Display the file with per-line version information and using colors. @end table @findex vc-version-other-window @@ -1553,9 +1553,10 @@ them; they exist only in the records of the master file. @findex vc-annotate @kindex C-x v g - For CVS-controlled files, you can display the result of the CVS -annotate command, using colors to enhance the visual appearance. Use -the command @kbd{M-x vc-annotate} to do this. It creates a new buffer + For some backends, you can display the file @dfn{annotated} with +per-line version information and using colors to enhance the visual +appearance, with the the command @kbd{M-x vc-annotate}. +It creates a new buffer to display file's text, colored to show how old each part is. Text colored red is new, blue means old, and intermediate colors indicate intermediate ages. By default, the time scale is 360 days, so that