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<H1 class="Head">CVS Annotate</H1>
<P class="Para">The following preferences can be changed on the CVS Annotate
preference page.</P>
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<TH width="164"> <P class="Para">Option</P></TH>
<TH width="490"> <P class="Para">Description</P></TH>
<TH width="152"> <P class="Para">Default</P></TH>
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<TD valign="top" align="left">Use Quick Diff annotate mode for local file annotations</TD>
<TD valign="top" align="left">Quick Diff annotate mode will make use of the annotation bar to show annotations for local
files in the editor. The choices are:
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<li><strong>Yes:</strong> Local files will always make use of Quick Diff Annotate.</li>
<li><strong>No:</strong> Local files will not make use of Quick Diff Annotate; instead they will use the old style annotate.</li>
<li><strong>Prompt:</strong> Prompt every time annotate is invoked on a local file.</li>
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<TD valign="top" align="left">Prompt</TD>
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<TD valign="top" align="left">Open perspective after a 'Show Annotations' operation</TD>
<TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to configure whether the annotation perspective should be opened following an
annotate operation. Note that this preference only applies to the old style annotate. The choices are:
<ul>
<li><strong>Yes:</strong> The perspective associated with 'Show Annotations' will always be opened.</li>
<li><strong>No:</strong> The perspective associated with 'Show Annotations' will never be opened.</li>
<li><strong>Prompt:</strong> Prompt every time to determine whether to open the perspective associated with 'Show Annotations'.</li>
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<TD valign="top" align="left">Prompt</TD>
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<TD valign="top" align="left">Default Perspective for 'Show Annotations'</TD>
<TD valign="top" align="left"> Use this option to set the perspective that is to
be opened on a 'Show Annotations' operation. Note that this only applies to the old style annotate.</TD>
<TD valign="top" align="left">CVS Repository Exploring</TD>
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<TD valign="top" align="left">Attempt to annotate a binary file</TD>
<TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to configure whether the annotate operation should attempt to annotate
a binary file. The choices are:
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<li><strong>Yes:</strong> Always attempt to annotate a binary file.</li>
<li><strong>No:</strong> Never attempt to annotate a binary file.</li>
<li><strong>Prompt:</strong> Prompt user whether to attempt to annotate a binary file.</li>
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<TD valign="top" align="left">Prompt</TD>
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<p>Here is what the preference page looks like:</p>
<p><img src="../images/cvs-annotate.png"></p>
<p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" > <br>
<a href="../concepts/concepts-cvs-watch.htm">Watch/Edit</a></p>
<p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks"
> <a href="../tasks/tasks-cvs-watch.htm"><br>
Finding out who's working on what: watch/edit</a></p>
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