GNU bug report logs - #14382
appearance of vc-log header separator line

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:45:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 15979

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 14382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 14382 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14382: 24.3.50; Strange display bug
Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 16:22:30 -0400

> I visited the file free-sw.html, which I've edited.
> I typed C-x v v as if to check in the changes.
> It displayed *vc-log* in the bottom window.

Was this buffer empty?  If so, that's arguably the source of the problem.
It should normally start with a content along the lines of "Summary:\nAuthor:\n\n".

> The bug is, that line is displayed in inverse video
> just like the mode line above it.

The *vc-log* buffer nowadays uses an rfc822-style format, so the
reverse-video line you saw was the representation of the separator
between the header and the body.


        Stefan
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