Am 14.10.2010 um 22:43 schrieb Pavel Sanda: > Stephan Witt wrote: >>> Yes, I do it when working on the backport of my changes. >> >> I have a general question about the VCBackend code. >> The CVS and SVN classes have a file_ member variable. >> Am I right that this is the reference to the owner_ file? >> Most of the time the file of the owner_ is used and sometimes >> it's file_... Is it useful to have both of them? >> What should be preferred if it is useful? > > owner_ is buffer - something opened in lyx; file_ is just filename > which exist independently whether the file is opened, closed, reloaded > whatsoever...
The owner_ variable "points" to the buffer, of course. Most of the time VC implementation uses the filename of the buffer. But I cannot see what sense the file_ variable of the VC instance has. One can drop it - or use it consequently - I'd say. > i would need to dig into the code if you want some > specific info. If possible... that would be nice. Stephan
