On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Richard Fateman wrote:
Any decent editor, like emacs, can display comments in a form in which they do
< not
< intrude in the code (say in a different font and/or color), but are easily
< available.
The issue is not so much hiding comments, it is this: what happens when
Y alters X's signed code with its pretty comments. Does Y leave X's
comments, and add more? delete X's and add more? The dilemma faced by
a graffiti artist, created by not using the appropriate tool: an rcs.
< Maybe
< I'm old fashioned, but I find opening the CVS log at sourceforge to be a pain.
It's CTRL-xvl in emacs. Even better, you can check out the previous
revisions and see the changes yourself, all with half-a-dozen key
strokes.
Leo
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