From bbf7e41b3b5544d4325b59221d50fb948b7a0d43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Spiegel?= Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:04:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Say how to disable VC. --- man/files.texi | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 795b6c026b2..9a4a2042fc4 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -1124,6 +1124,10 @@ from the Free Software Foundation. We also have free software to replace SCCS, known as CSSC; if you are using SCCS and don't want to make the incompatible change to RCS or CVS, you can switch to CSSC. + VC is enabled by default in Emacs. To disable it, set the +customizable variable @code{vc-handled-backends} to @code{nil} +(@pxref{Customizing VC}). + @menu * Introduction to VC:: How version control works in general. * VC Mode Line:: How the mode line shows version control status. @@ -2494,7 +2498,8 @@ The variable @code{vc-handled-backends} determines which version control systems VC should handle. The default value is @code{(RCS CVS SCCS)}, so it contains all three version systems that are currently supported. If you want VC to ignore one or more of these systems, -exclude its name from the list. +exclude its name from the list. To disable VC entirely, set this +variable to @code{nil}. The order of systems in the list is significant: when you visit a file registered in more than one system (@pxref{Local Version Control}), -- 2.39.2