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#8057
documentation of Summary: etc in log-edit buffers
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Reported by: Reiner Steib <reiner.steib <at> gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:13:01 UTC
Severity: minor
Tags: wontfix
Found in version 23.2.93
Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Reiner Steib <reiner.steib <at> gmx.de> writes:
> The user has no information what will happen to the pseudo headers
> (e.g. "Summary:") and the empty lines. By trial reading
> `log-edit-done', I found out that they will not clutter the file's
> commit log.
[...]
> Maybe we could add some lines (at the bottom) similar like CVS:
>
> | Summary:
> |
> | * Berechtigungen_und_Web-Access.txt (module): New.
> |
> | VC: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> | VC: Enter log message above this line. Empty header lines (e.g.
> "Summary:"), empty
> | VC: lines and lines beginning with `CVS:' are removed automatically.
> | VC:
> | VC: Press C-c C-c when you are done editing.
> | VC: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
The empty summary lines could be a nuisance, I guess (although I've
never been presented with them myself). When do they appear?
However, having all that text at the bottom of the buffer would be even
more annoying, I think.
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