From: Christoph Scholtes Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:14:00 +0000 (-0700) Subject: * maintaining.texi (Format of ChangeLog): Add reference to add-log-full-name. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-24.0.90~104^2~275^2~686 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bd106056539369c3e25c94adec7d6b839ac66165;p=emacs.git * 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 8b94bf8f6dd..8438fa4952c 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2011-03-01 Christoph Scholtes + + * 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 * custom.texi (Directory Variables): diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi index 60c569596ea..d311104ddd7 100644 --- 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