Eli Zaretskii wrote: How about moving the entire documentation of auto-revert-check-vc-info to one of the sections that document VC?
I indeed believe that it belongs in `(emacs)VC Mode Line'. I also made some further changes to the text. I propose the following patch, which I can install, if desired: ===File ~/man-files.texi-diff=============================== diff -c /home/teirllm/emacscvsdir/emacs/man/files.texi /home/teirllm/files-mar29.texi *** /home/teirllm/emacscvsdir/emacs/man/files.texi Tue Mar 29 20:31:35 2005 --- /home/teirllm/files-mar29.texi Tue Mar 29 20:17:05 2005 *************** *** 940,954 **** for a changed file. Since checking a remote file is too slow, these modes do not check or revert remote files. - @vindex auto-revert-check-vc-info - Whenever Auto Revert mode reverts the buffer, it updates the version - control information, such as the version control number displayed in - the mode line. However, this information may not be properly updated - if the version control state changes outside of Emacs---for example, - if a new version is checked in from outside the current Emacs session. - If you set @code{auto-revert-check-vc-info} to @code{t}, Auto Revert - mode will update the version control status information periodically. - @node Auto Save @section Auto-Saving: Protection Against Disasters @cindex Auto Save mode --- 940,945 ---- *************** *** 1375,1380 **** --- 1366,1383 ---- that it is modified. If the file is locked by some other user (for instance, @samp{jim}), that is displayed as @samp{RCS:jim:1.3}. + @vindex auto-revert-check-vc-info + When Auto Revert mode (@pxref{Reverting}) reverts a buffer that is + under version control, it updates the version control information in + the mode line. However, Auto Revert mode may not properly update this + information if you change the version control status without changes + to the work file, from outside the current Emacs session. If you set + @code{auto-revert-check-vc-info} to @code{t}, Auto Revert mode updates + the version control status information every + @code{auto-revert-interval} seconds, even if the work file itself is + unchanged. The resulting CPU usage depends on the version control + system, but is usually not excessive. + @node Basic VC Editing @subsection Basic Editing under Version Control Diff finished. Tue Mar 29 20:32:03 2005 ============================================================ _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel