From e5136377131193a52c21634db457f6734e6a6853 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 03:30:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Old Revisions): Improve previous change. --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/emacs/maintaining.texi | 11 +++++++---- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 3fbeda4e615..8d6e9504918 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2008-12-06 Glenn Morris + + * maintaining.texi (Old Revisions): Improve previous change. + 2008-12-05 Richard M Stallman * anti.texi (Antinews): Minor fixes. diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi index ee0f2c51b01..1cca93141e6 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. @c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, -@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 +@c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Maintaining, Abbrevs, Building, Top @chapter Maintaining Large Programs @@ -713,9 +714,11 @@ value of @code{vc-@var{backend}-diff-switches}, @code{vc-diff-switches}, and @code{diff-switches} (@pxref{Comparing Files}), in that order. Since @code{nil} means to check the next variable in the sequence, either of the first two may use the value @code{t} to mean no switches at all. -The @samp{vc@dots{}diff-switches} variables are all either @code{nil} -or @code{t} (for those version control systems that do not accept common -@code{diff} options) by default. +Most of the @samp{vc@dots{}diff-switches} variables default to +@code{nil}, but some default to @code{t}. These are for those version +control systems (e.g. SVN) whose @code{diff} implementations do not +accept common options (e.g. @samp{-c}) likely to be in +@code{diff-switches}. The buffer produced by @kbd{C-x v =} supports the commands of Compilation mode (@pxref{Compilation Mode}), such as @kbd{C-x `} and -- 2.39.2