ChangeLogs and CVS (was: Re: I'm Dead in the Water)

[Steve Holmes]

Yes, Emacs is cool for programming.  I also like it for wrapping text.
I use vim for quicky stuff and I use mutt coupled with vim to do e-mail
because it loads so quickly but I always gravitate back to emacs for
most things.  I especially like it for programming and auto indenting.
I never used the ChangLog facility but that sounds slick if I may say
so.  Can you tell me what keystrokes you used to do the cvs update? I
would have just done a 'cvs update' from the top level but if emacs will
fill in stuff for me, well... Thanks for letting bug you some.

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 12:58:32AM +0100, Hynek Hanke wrote:
> > While I'm here, What is the best way to update the ChangeLog? I know,
> > one could just type in the text and all, but how do you get those
> > precise time stamps? Does CVS touch and stamp that file automatically
> > somehow?
> 
> Yes, CVS creates timestamps, but for its own purposes. And there is no
> timestamps in a ChangeLog apart from the date. But indeed there is a lot
> of sauce and strict formating is required. What you want for keeping a
> useful ChangeLog (useful for yourself and for the others) is an editor
> which allows you to put an entry into the ChangeLog each time you make
> some change in a source file.
> 
> I find Emacs to be a very good IDE. After I edit something in the
> sourcefile, I just press C-X 4. It opens the ChangeLog, adds
> the appropriate sauce (date, file and function changed etc.) and 
> puts the cursor in such position that I can just type the comment for my
> change. Then at the end of the day, when I want to commit to CVS, I 
> do it in Emacs too. Couple of more keypresses, it automatically fills in
> CVS log messages with the ChangeLog entries etc.
> 
> I think it is given by its history that Emacs is especially well suited
> for programming according to GNU Coding Standards and for the common
> programming tasks (CVS etc.) It is very well accessible too.
> 
> Have a nice day,
> Hynek
> 
> 
> 

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