From 97f5d067ead32a9e9cf71e12c4b6cf142a95644a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Spiegel?= Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:13:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Old Versions): Clarify operation of C-x v =. --- man/files.texi | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index a0822054210..23846167b6e 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -1661,11 +1661,11 @@ instance, when the version control back end is RCS, @code{diff} uses the options in @code{vc-rcs-diff-switches}. The @samp{vc@dots{}diff-switches} variables are @code{nil} by default. - Unlike the @kbd{M-x diff} command, @kbd{C-x v =} does not try to -locate the changes in the old and new versions. This is because -normally one or both versions do not exist as files when you compare -them; they exist only in the records of the master file. -@xref{Comparing Files}, for more information about @kbd{M-x diff}. + The buffer produced by @kbd{C-x v =} supports the commands of +Compilation mode (@pxref{Compilation Mode}), such as @kbd{C-x `} and +@kbd{C-c C-c}, in both the ``old'' and ``new'' text, and they always +find the corresponding locations in the current work file. (Older +versions are not, in general, present as files on your disk.) @findex vc-annotate @kindex C-x v g -- 2.39.5