[Emacs-diffs] emacs/etc NEWS

[Glenn Morris]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Glenn Morris <gm>       08/12/03 07:57:48

Modified files:
        etc            : NEWS 

Log message:
        Add VC switches entry.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/etc/NEWS?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.1947&r2=1.1948

Patches:
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/etc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.1947
retrieving revision 1.1948
diff -u -b -r1.1947 -r1.1948
--- NEWS        30 Nov 2008 23:08:22 -0000      1.1947
+++ NEWS        3 Dec 2008 07:57:47 -0000       1.1948
@@ -949,6 +949,14 @@
 status.  It allows to apply various VC operations to a file, a
 directory or a set of files/directories.
 +++
+*** VC switches are no longer appended, rather the first non-nil value is used.
+(This was for the most part true in Emacs 22, but was not advertised).
+This is because there is an increasing variety of VC systems, and they
+do not all accept the same "common" options.  For example, a CVS diff
+command used to append the values of `vc-cvs-diff-switches',
+`vc-diff-switches', and `diff-switches'.  Now the first non-nil value
+from that sequence is used.  The special value `t' means "no switches".
++++
 *** Clicking on the VC mode-line entry now pops the VC menu.
 +++
 *** The VC mode-line entry now has a tooltip that explains the VC file status.