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-@c 2001, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@node Maintaining, Abbrevs, Building, Top
@chapter Maintaining Programs
line in the change log starts with a space or a tab. The bulk of the
entry consists of @dfn{items}, each of which starts with a line starting
with whitespace and a star. Here are two entries, both dated in May
-1993, each with two items:
+1993, with two items and one item respectively.
@iftex
@medbreak
@end smallexample
One entry can describe several changes; each change should have its
-own item. Normally there should be a blank line between items. When
-items are related (parts of the same change, in different places), group
-them by leaving no blank line between them. The second entry above
-contains two items grouped in this way.
+own item, or its own line in an item. Normally there should be a
+blank line between items. When items are related (parts of the same
+change, in different places), group them by leaving no blank line
+between them.
@kbd{C-x 4 a} visits the change log file and creates a new entry
unless the most recent entry is for today's date and your name. It
@vindex add-log-keep-changes-together
When the variable @code{add-log-keep-changes-together} is
-non-@code{nil}, @kbd{C-x 4 a} adds to any existing entry for the file
-rather than starting a new entry.
+non-@code{nil}, @kbd{C-x 4 a} adds to any existing item for the file
+rather than starting a new item.
@vindex change-log-version-info-enabled
@vindex change-log-version-number-regexp-list
Emacs and have Emacs show you the matching lines one by one. This works
much like running a compilation; finding the source locations of the
@code{grep} matches works like finding the compilation errors.
-@xref{Compilation}.
+@xref{Grep Searching}.
@node List Tags
@subsection Tags Table Inquiries
After the comparison is done and the buffers are prepared, the
interactive merging starts. You control the merging by typing special
-@dfn{merge commands} in the merge buffer. The merge buffer shows you a
-full merged text, not just differences. For each run of differences
-between the input texts, you can choose which one of them to keep, or
-edit them both together.
+@dfn{merge commands} in the merge buffer (@pxref{Merge Commands}).
+For each run of differences between the input texts, you can choose
+which one of them to keep, or edit them both together.
The merge buffer uses a special major mode, Emerge mode, with commands
for making these choices. But you can also edit the buffer with