Re: Version control: How do I switch it off?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Glenn Morris <gmorris+news@ast.cam.ac.uk> wrote on Sun, 30 Nov 2003
12:50:01 +0000:

> Alan Mackenzie wrote:

>> I didn't put anything into my .emacs to enable VC.  The manual (Emacs
>> info, page "Version Control") doesn't seem to say how to disable it.
>> What do I have to put into my .emacs to do this?

> (setq vc-handled-backends nil)

> will disable VC. This variable is mentioned in the "Customizing VC"
> node of the manual, although it doesn't explicitly say how to turn off
> VC altogether with it. Its docstring does though.

Thanks, Glenn.  This works fine.

I've submitted a documentation patch.

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