Re: time to retire ChangeLog?

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * Bruno Haible <oe...@py...t> [2017-02-24 18:19:56 +0100]:
>
> Sam wrote:
>> NO! hg log message is the WHOLE ChangeLog entry.
>> ...
>> Or, as a first baby step, put the full message in BOTH.
>
> If you can tell me an Emacs customization that makes this effortless,
> through a single copy-and-paste from ChangeLog, then I'm willing to do
> it.  That is, when hg opens an "emacs -nw" editor, I want to

This is how you use VIM, not Emacs.

With Emacs, after I finish with the patch, I do `C-x v d` to get the
*vc-dir* buffer which lists the modified files in the hg-controlled
directory.
There I select with `m` the files to be committed.
Then I hit `C-x v v` and I am placed into the *vc-log* buffer with the
ChangeLog entry already there and properly formatted as you describe
(with the summary line, separator line, no TABs &c &c)

> copy&paste the tab-indented entry, and Emacs should remove the leading
> tab and insert a blank line after the first line.

Well, you can remove the leading tabs with M-% TAB RET RET.

> If I need to spend time reindenting each line of the entry, I'm not
> agreeing.

You need to start using Emacs like it was intended to be used, not fight
against the stream.
You will like it.

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