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-rw-r--r--doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi10
-rw-r--r--doc/misc/tramp.texi15
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index adb5bbbd669..72ac8b85fc3 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2012-01-23 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * pcl-cvs.texi (About PCL-CVS): Refer to vc-dir rather than vc-dired.
+
+2012-01-19 Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow@gmail.com>
+
+ * tramp.texi (File): Tweak wording for the `scpc' option.
+
2012-01-06 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
* gnus.texi (Group Parameters): Really note precedence.
diff --git a/doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi b/doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi
index 32d2114f5a0..92c309f5e98 100644
--- a/doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/pcl-cvs.texi
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
@c %**end of header
@copying
-Copyright @copyright{} 1991-2012
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1991-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -136,10 +135,9 @@ Customization
PCL-CVS is a front-end to CVS versions 1.9 and later.
It concisely shows the present status of a checked out module in an
Emacs buffer and provides single-key access to the most frequently used CVS
-commands.
-For Emacs users accustomed to VC, PCL-CVS can be thought of as a replacement
-for VC-dired (@pxref{VC Directory Mode, , , emacs, The GNU
-Emacs Manual}) specifically designed for CVS.
+commands. Note that the @code{vc-dir} command (@pxref{VC Directory
+Mode, , , emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}) provides similar
+functionality, but for several version control systems, including CVS.
PCL-CVS was originally written many years ago by Per Cederqvist who
proudly maintained it until January 1996, at which point he released the
diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index 41ba6689f13..7fbd11decd7 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -866,13 +866,22 @@ Newer versions of @option{ssh} (for example OpenSSH 4) offer an option
@option{ControlMaster}. This allows @option{scp} to reuse an existing
@option{ssh} channel, which increases performance.
-Before you use this method, you shall check whether your @option{ssh}
-implementation does support this option. Try from the command line
+Before you use this method, you should check whether your @option{ssh}
+implementation supports this option. Try from the command line
@example
-ssh localhost -o ControlMaster=yes
+ssh localhost -o ControlMaster=yes /bin/true
@end example
+If that command succeeds silently, then you can use @option{scpc}; but
+if it fails like
+
+@example
+command-line: line 0: Bad configuration option: ControlMaster
+@end example
+
+then you cannot use it.
+
This method supports the @samp{-p} argument.