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23.0.91; File is under version-control; use C-x v v to check in/out

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:35:06 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 24.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#2623: 23.0.91; File is under version-control; use C-x v v to check in/out
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:04:59 +0000

On 2009-03-10 16:08 +0000, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>  File is under version-control; use C-x v v to check in/out
>> This message is misleading if not wrong as most of the version control
>> tools do not use read-only to indicate their status.
>
> Check in/out used to be bound to C-x C-q (because back then, most of the
> version control tools did use read-only to indicate their status), so
> the above message is there to remind people who have C-x C-q hardcoded
> in their fingers that maybe they really meant to type C-x v v.

Should this be changed in 21st?

> BTW, why did you type C-x C-q?  Is the file read-only?
>
>
>         Stefan

Sometimes I turn the file into read-only before showing to other people
in case they accidentally type something into it.

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