From 1145ebb830247b41401b81452afd34c7597d2f97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J.D. Smith" Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:44:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update description of vc-annotate's use of colors to indicate date ranges. --- man/files.texi | 27 +++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 8ed89ac75e1..4847f0d1355 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -1672,23 +1672,22 @@ versions are not, in general, present as files on your disk.) @kindex C-x v g For some back ends, you can display the file @dfn{annotated} with per-line version information and using colors to enhance the visual -appearance, with the command @kbd{M-x vc-annotate}. -It creates a new buffer (the ``annotate buffer'') displaying the -file's text, with each part colored to show how old it 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 -everything more than one year old is shown in blue. +appearance, with the command @kbd{M-x vc-annotate}. It creates a new +buffer (the ``annotate buffer'') displaying the file's text, with each +part colored to show how old it is. Text colored red is new, blue means +old, and intermediate colors indicate intermediate ages. By default, +the color is scaled over the full range of ages, such that the oldest +changes are blue, and the newest changes are red. When you give a prefix argument to this command, it uses the minibuffer to read two arguments: which version number to display and -annotate (instead of the current file contents), and a stretch factor -for the time scale. A stretch factor of 0.1 means that the color -range from red to blue spans the past 36 days instead of 360 days. A -stretch factor greater than 1 means the color range spans more than a -year. - - From the annotate buffer, you can use the following keys to browse the -annotations of past revisions, view diffs, or view log entries: +annotate (instead of the current file contents), and the time span in +days the color range should cover. + + From the annotate buffer, these and other color scaling options are +available from the @samp{VC-Annotate} menu. In this buffer, you can +also use the following keys to browse the annotations of past revisions, +view diffs, or view log entries: @table @kbd @item P -- 2.39.2