GNU bug report logs - #5663
vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 03:12:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 5663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5663: vc-dir function to create ChangeLog entries
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:28:22 -0800 (PST)

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

  > > Severity: wishlist
  > > pcl-cvs has a function `cvs-mode-add-change-log-entry-other-window',
  > > bound to the `A' key, which creates basic ChangeLog entries for all
  > > marked files in the *cvs* buffer.
  > 
  > > It would be nice if vc-dir could have something similar.
  > 
  > FWIW (as PCL-CVS maintainer), this command was inherited from the
  > original PCL-CVS and has always caused me trouble and never seemed to do
  > anything sufficiently valuable to deserve the time I invested in it.
  > The support for C-x 4 a in diff-mode OTOH is one that I keep cherishing.

I find C-x 4 A in diff-mode more useful for creating a skeleton
ChangeLog, but it has quirks :-(
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