From 67696322252e5ca5197c948d5559f32a480a64c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:39:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify description of vc-annotate. --- man/files.texi | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 51632006db2..078cc5411a6 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -1469,12 +1469,19 @@ them; they exist only in the records of the master file. @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. Red means 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. Giving a prefix argument @var{n} to this -command multiplies the time scale by @var{n}, so that all text over -@var{n} years old is shown in blue. +the command @kbd{M-x vc-annotate} to do this. 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 +everything more than one year old is shown in blue. + + 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. @node Secondary VC Commands @subsection The Secondary Commands of VC -- 2.39.2