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Version Control and the Mode Line
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   When you visit a file that is under version control, Emacs indicates
this on the mode line.  For example, `RCS-1.3' says that RCS is used
for that file, and the current version is 1.3.

   The character between the back-end name and the version number
indicates the version control status of the file.  `-' means that the
work file is not locked (if locking is in use), or not modified (if
locking is not in use).  `:' indicates that the file is locked, or that
it is modified.  If the file is locked by some other user (for
instance, `jim'), that is displayed as `RCS:jim:1.3'.