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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c documentation for Ediff
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3 @c Written by Michael Kifer
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5 @comment %**start of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
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7 @comment Using ediff.info instead of ediff in setfilename breaks DOS.
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8 @comment @setfilename ediff
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9 @comment @setfilename ediff.info
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10 @setfilename ../info/ediff
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12 @settitle Ediff User's Manual
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13 @synindex vr cp
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21 @c @smallbook
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25 This file documents Ediff, a comprehensive visual interface to Unix diff
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26 and patch utilities.
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28 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
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29 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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31 @quotation
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32 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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33 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
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34 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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35 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU
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36 Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
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37 license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
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38 License'' in the Emacs manual.
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40 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
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41 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
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42 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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44 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
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45 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document
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46 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the
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47 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
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48 @end quotation
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49 @end copying
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51 @dircategory Emacs
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52 @direntry
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53 * Ediff: (ediff). A visual interface for comparing and merging programs.
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54 @end direntry
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56 @titlepage
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57 @title Ediff User's Manual
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58 @sp 4
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59 @subtitle Ediff version 2.76.1
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61 @subtitle January 2002
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62 @sp 5
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63 @author Michael Kifer
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64 @page
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66 @vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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67 @insertcopying
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68 @end titlepage
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71 @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
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74 @menu
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75 * Introduction:: About Ediff.
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76 * Major Entry Points:: How to use Ediff.
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77 * Session Commands:: Ediff commands used within a session.
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78 * Registry of Ediff Sessions:: Keeping track of multiple Ediff sessions.
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79 * Session Groups:: Comparing and merging directories.
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80 * Remote and Compressed Files:: You may want to know about this.
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81 * Customization:: How to make Ediff work the way YOU want.
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82 * Credits:: Thanks to those who helped.
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83 * Index::
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84 @end menu
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86 @node Introduction, Major Entry Points, Top, Top
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87 @chapter Introduction
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89 @cindex Comparing files and buffers
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90 @cindex Merging files and buffers
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91 @cindex Patching files and buffers
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92 @cindex Finding differences
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93
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94 Ediff provides a convenient way for simultaneous browsing through
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95 the differences between a pair (or a triple) of files or buffers
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96 (which are called @samp{variants} for our purposes). The
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97 files being compared, file-A, file-B, and file-C (if applicable) are
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98 shown in separate windows (side by side, one above the another, or in
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99 separate frames), and the differences are highlighted as you step
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100 through them. You can also copy difference regions from one buffer to
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101 another (and recover old differences if you change your mind).
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102
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103 Another powerful feature is the ability to merge a pair of files into a
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104 third buffer. Merging with an ancestor file is also supported.
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105 Furthermore, Ediff is equipped with directory-level capabilities that
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106 allow the user to conveniently launch browsing or merging sessions on
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107 groups of files in two (or three) different directories.
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109 In addition, Ediff can apply a patch to a file and then let you step through
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110 both files, the patched and the original one, simultaneously,
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111 difference-by-difference. You can even apply a patch right out of a mail
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112 buffer, i.e., patches received by mail don't even have to be saved. Since
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113 Ediff lets you copy differences between variants, you can, in effect, apply
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114 patches selectively (i.e., you can copy a difference region from
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116 you don't like).
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118 Ediff even understands multi-file patches and can apply them interactively!
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120 format or GNU unified format. All other patches are treated as 1-file
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121 patches. Ediff is [hopefully] using the same algorithm as @code{patch} to
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122 determine which files need to be patched.)
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124 Ediff is aware of version control, which lets you compare
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125 files with their older versions. Ediff also works with remote and
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126 compressed files, automatically ftp'ing them over and uncompressing them.
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127 @xref{Remote and Compressed Files}, for details.
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129 This package builds upon ideas borrowed from Emerge, and several of Ediff's
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130 functions are adaptations from Emerge. Although Ediff subsumes and greatly
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131 extends Emerge, much of the functionality in Ediff is influenced by Emerge.
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132 The architecture and the interface are, of course, drastically different.
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134 @node Major Entry Points, Session Commands, Introduction, Top
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135 @chapter Major Entry Points
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138 Ediff commands, and two or three windows displaying the files to be compared
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139 or merged. The control window can be in its own small frame or it can be
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140 part of a bigger frame that displays other buffers. In any case, it is
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141 important that the control window be active (i.e., be the one receiving the
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142 keystrokes) when you use Ediff. You can switch to other Emacs buffers at
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143 will and even edit the files currently being compared with Ediff and then
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144 switch back to Ediff at any time by activating the appropriate Emacs windows.
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146 Ediff can be invoked interactively using the following functions, which can
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147 be run either from the minibuffer or from the menu bar. In the menu bar,
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148 all Ediff's entry points belong to three submenus of the Tools menu:
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149 Compare, Merge, and Apply Patch.
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151 @table @code
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152 @item ediff-files
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153 @itemx ediff
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154 @findex ediff-files
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155 @findex ediff
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156 Compare two files.
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158 @item ediff-backup
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159 @findex ediff-backup
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160 Compare a file with its backup. If there are several numerical backups, use
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161 the latest. If the file is itself a backup, then compare it with its
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162 original.
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163
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164 @item ediff-buffers
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165 @findex ediff-buffers
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166 Compare two buffers.
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167
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168 @item ediff-files3
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169 @itemx ediff3
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170 @findex ediff-files3
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171 @findex ediff3
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172 Compare three files.
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174 @item ediff-buffers3
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175 @findex ediff-buffers3
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176 Compare three buffers.
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178 @item edirs
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179 @itemx ediff-directories
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180 @findex edirs
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181 @findex ediff-directories
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182 Compare files common to two directories.
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183 @item edirs3
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184 @itemx ediff-directories3
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185 @findex edirs3
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186 @findex ediff-directories3
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187 Compare files common to three directories.
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188 @item edir-revisions
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189 @itemx ediff-directory-revisions
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190 @findex ediff-directory-revisions
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191 @findex edir-revisions
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192 Compare versions of files in a given directory. Ediff selects only the
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193 files that are under version control.
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194 @item edir-merge-revisions
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195 @itemx ediff-merge-directory-revisions
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196 @findex edir-merge-revisions
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197 @findex ediff-merge-directory-revisions
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198 Merge versions of files in a given directory. Ediff selects only the
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199 files that are under version control.
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200 @item edir-merge-revisions-with-ancestor
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201 @itemx ediff-merge-directory-revisions-with-ancestor
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202 @findex edir-merge-revisions-with-ancestor
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203 @findex ediff-merge-directory-revisions-with-ancestor
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204 Merge versions of files in a given directory using other versions as
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205 ancestors. Ediff selects only the files that are under version control.
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206
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207 @item ediff-windows-wordwise
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211 @item ediff-windows-linewise
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212 @findex ediff-windows-linewise
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213 Compare windows line-by-line.
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215 @item ediff-regions-wordwise
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216 @findex ediff-regions-wordwise
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223 @item ediff-regions-linewise
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224 @findex ediff-regions-linewise
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226 line-by-line. See @code{ediff-windows-linewise} for more details.
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228 @item ediff-revision
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229 @findex ediff-revision
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230 Compare versions of the current buffer, if the buffer is visiting
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231 a file under version control.
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233 @item ediff-patch-file
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234 @itemx epatch
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235 @findex ediff-patch-file
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236 @findex epatch
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240 multi-file patch, then a session group interface will be used and the user
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241 will be able to patch the files selectively. @xref{Session Groups}, for
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255 the Emacs manual).
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260 checked out the next time.
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261
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262 If you don't intend to modify the file via the patch and just want to see
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264 @code{ediff-patch-buffer} might be a better choice.
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266 @item ediff-patch-buffer
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267 @itemx epatch-buffer
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268 @findex ediff-patch-buffer
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269 @findex epatch-buffer
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284 @itemx ediff-merge
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285 @findex ediff-merge-files
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286 @findex ediff-merge
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287 Merge two files.
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289 @item ediff-merge-files-with-ancestor
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290 @itemx ediff-merge-with-ancestor
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291 @findex ediff-merge-files-with-ancestor
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292 @findex ediff-merge-with-ancestor
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295 @item ediff-merge-buffers
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296 @findex ediff-merge-buffers
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297 Merge two buffers.
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298
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299 @item ediff-merge-buffers-with-ancestor
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300 @findex ediff-merge-buffers-with-ancestor
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305 @itemx ediff-merge-directories
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306 @findex edirs-merge
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307 @findex ediff-merge-directories
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308 Merge files common to two directories.
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310 @itemx ediff-merge-directories-with-ancestor
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311 @findex edirs-merge-with-ancestor
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312 @findex ediff-merge-directories-with-ancestor
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313 Same but using files in a third directory as ancestors.
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314 If a pair of files doesn't have an ancestor in the ancestor-directory, you
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316
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317 @item ediff-merge-revisions
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318 @findex ediff-merge-revisions
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319 Merge two versions of the file visited by the current buffer.
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320
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321 @item ediff-merge-revisions-with-ancestor
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322 @findex ediff-merge-revisions-with-ancestor
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324
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325 @item ediff-documentation
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331 Brings up Ediff session registry. This feature enables you to quickly find
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332 and restart active Ediff sessions.
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333 @end table
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335 @noindent
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339 @example
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341 @end example
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347 When the above functions are invoked, the user is prompted for all the
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348 necessary information---typically the files or buffers to compare, merge, or
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350 comparing/merging files, it will offer the visible buffers as defaults. In
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351 prompting for files, if the user enters a directory, the previously input
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352 file name will be appended to that directory. In addition, if the variable
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354 previously entered directories as defaults (which will be maintained
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356 @vindex @code{ediff-use-last-dir}
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358 All the above functions use the POSIX @code{diff} or @code{diff3} programs
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360 and display it in a convenient form. At present, Ediff understands only
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361 the plain output from diff. Options such as @samp{-c} are not supported,
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373 to the white space or line breaks, Ediff further @emph{refines} the
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374 regions to indicate which exact words differ. If the only difference is
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377 On a color display, fine differences are highlighted with color; on a
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392 @code{ediff-buffers}.
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394 The functions @code{ediff-patch-file} and @code{ediff-patch-buffer} apply a
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395 patch to a file or a buffer and then run Ediff on the appropriate
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396 files/buffers, displaying the difference regions.
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407 @code{ediff-merge-directory-revisions}, etc., let you run a group of
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412 @chapter Session Commands
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413
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414 All Ediff commands are displayed in a Quick Help window, unless you type
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415 @kbd{?} to shrink the window to just one line. You can redisplay the help
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416 window by typing @kbd{?} again. The Quick Help commands are detailed below.
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418 Many Ediff commands take numeric prefix arguments. For instance, if you
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424 @kbd{a}).
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425
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426 Some commands take negative prefix arguments as well. For instance, typing
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427 @kbd{-} and then @kbd{j} will make the last difference region
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428 current. Typing @kbd{-2} then @kbd{j} makes the penultimate difference
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429 region current, etc.
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430
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431 Without the prefix argument, all commands operate on the currently
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432 selected difference region. You can make any difference region
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433 current using the various commands explained below.
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434
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435 For some commands, the actual value of the prefix argument is
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436 immaterial. However, if supplied, the prefix argument may modify the
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437 command (see @kbd{ga}, @kbd{gb}, and @kbd{gc}).
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438
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439 @menu
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440 * Quick Help Commands:: Frequently used commands.
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441 * Other Session Commands:: Commands that are not bound to keys.
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442 @end menu
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443
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444 @node Quick Help Commands,Other Session Commands,,Session Commands
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445 @section Quick Help Commands
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446
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447 @table @kbd
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448 @item ?
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449 @kindex ?
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450 Toggles the Ediff Quick Help window ON and OFF.
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451 @item G
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452 @kindex G
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453 Prepares a mail buffer for sending a praise or a curse to the Ediff maintainer.
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454
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455 @item E
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456 @kindex E
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457 Brings up the top node of this manual, where you can find further
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458 information on the various Ediff functions and advanced issues, such as
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459 customization, session groups, etc.
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460
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461 @item v
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462 @kindex v
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463 Scrolls up buffers A and B (and buffer C where appropriate) in a
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464 coordinated fashion.
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465 @item V
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466 @kindex V
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467 Scrolls the buffers down.
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468
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469 @item <
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470 @kindex <
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471 Scrolls the buffers to the left simultaneously.
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472 @item >
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473 @kindex >
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474 Scrolls buffers to the right.
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475
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476 @item wd
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477 @kindex wd
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478 Saves the output from the diff utility, for further reference.
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479
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480 With prefix argument, saves the plain output from @code{diff} (see
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481 @code{ediff-diff-program} and @code{ediff-diff-options}). Without the
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482 argument, it saves customized @code{diff} output (see
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483 @code{ediff-custom-diff-program} and @code{ediff-custom-diff-options}), if
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484 it is available.
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485
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486 @item wa
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487 @kindex wa
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488 Saves buffer A, if it was modified.
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489 @item wb
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490 @kindex wb
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491 Saves buffer B, if it was modified.
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492 @item wc
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493 @kindex wc
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494 Saves buffer C, if it was modified (if you are in a session that
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495 compares three files simultaneously).
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496
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497 @item a
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498 @kindex a
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499 @emph{In comparison sessions:}
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500 Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the prefix
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501 to this command) from buffer A to buffer B.
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502 Ediff saves the old contents of buffer B's region; it can
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503 be restored via the command @kbd{rb}, which see.
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504
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505 @emph{In merge sessions:}
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506 Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the prefix
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507 to this command) from buffer A to the merge buffer. The old contents of
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508 this region in buffer C can be restored via the command @kbd{r}.
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509
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510 @item b
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511 @kindex b
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512 Works similarly, but copies the current difference region from buffer B to
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513 buffer A (in @emph{comparison sessions}) or the merge buffer (in
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514 @emph{merge sessions}).
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515
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516 Ediff saves the old contents of the difference region copied over; it can
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517 be reinstated via the command @kbd{ra} in comparison sessions and
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518 @kbd{r} in merge sessions.
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519
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520 @item ab
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521 @kindex ab
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522 Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the prefix
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523 to this command) from buffer A to buffer B. This (and the next five)
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524 command is enabled only in sessions that compare three files
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525 simultaneously. The old region in buffer B is saved and can be restored
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526 via the command @kbd{rb}.
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527 @item ac
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528 @kindex ac
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529 Copies the difference region from buffer A to buffer C.
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530 The old region in buffer C is saved and can be restored via the command
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531 @kbd{rc}.
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532 @item ba
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533 @kindex ba
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534 Copies the difference region from buffer B to buffer A.
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535 The old region in buffer A is saved and can be restored via the command
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536 @kbd{ra}.
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537 @item bc
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538 @kindex bc
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539 Copies the difference region from buffer B to buffer C.
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540 The command @kbd{rc} undoes this.
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541 @item ca
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542 @kindex ca
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543 Copies the difference region from buffer C to buffer A.
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544 The command @kbd{ra} undoes this.
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545 @item cb
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546 @kindex cb
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547 Copies the difference region from buffer C to buffer B.
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548 The command @kbd{rb} undoes this.
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549
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550 @item p
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551 @itemx DEL
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552 @kindex p
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553 @kindex DEL
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554 Makes the previous difference region current.
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555 @item n
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556 @itemx SPC
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557 @kindex n
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558 @kindex SPC
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559 Makes the next difference region current.
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560
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561 @item j
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562 @itemx -j
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563 @itemx Nj
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564 @kindex j
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565 Makes the very first difference region current.
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566
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567 @kbd{-j} makes the last region current. Typing a number, N, and then `j'
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568 makes the difference region N current. Typing -N (a negative number) then
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569 `j' makes current the region Last - N.
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570
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571 @item ga
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572 @kindex ga
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573 Makes current the difference region closest to the position of the point in
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574 buffer A.
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575
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576 However, with a prefix argument, Ediff would position all variants
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577 around the area indicated by the current point in buffer A: if
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578 the point is inside a difference region, then the variants will be
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579 positioned at this difference region. If the point is not in any difference
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580 region, then it is in an area where all variants agree with each other. In
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581 this case, the variants will be positioned so that each would display this
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582 area (of agreement).
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583 @item gb
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584 @kindex gb
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585 Makes current the difference region closest to the position of the point in
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586 buffer B.
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587
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588 With a prefix argument, behaves like @kbd{ga}, but with respect to buffer B.
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589 @item gc
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590 @kindex gc
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591 @emph{In merge sessions:}
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592 makes current the difference region closest to the point in the merge buffer.
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593
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594 @emph{In 3-file comparison sessions:}
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595 makes current the region closest to the point in buffer C.
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596
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597 With a prefix argument, behaves like @kbd{ga}, but with respect to buffer C.
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598
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599 @item !
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600 @kindex !
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601 Recomputes the difference regions, bringing them up to date. This is often
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602 needed because it is common to do all sorts of editing during Ediff
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603 sessions, so after a while, the highlighted difference regions may no
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604 longer reflect the actual differences among the buffers.
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605
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606 @item *
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607 @kindex *
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608 Forces refinement of the current difference region, which highlights the exact
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609 words of disagreement among the buffers. With a negative prefix argument,
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610 unhighlights the current region.
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611
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612 Forceful refinement may be needed if Ediff encounters a difference region
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613 that is larger than @code{ediff-auto-refine-limit}. In this situation,
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614 Ediff doesn't do automatic refinement in order to improve response time.
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615 (Ediff doesn't auto-refine on dumb terminals as well, but @kbd{*} still
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616 works there. However, the only useful piece of information it can tell you
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617 is whether or not the difference regions disagree only in the amount of
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618 white space.)
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619
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620 This command is also useful when the highlighted fine differences are
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621 no longer current, due to user editing.
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622
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623 @item m
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624 @kindex m
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625 Displays the current Ediff session in a frame as wide as the physical
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626 display. This is useful when comparing files side-by-side. Typing `m' again
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627 restores the original size of the frame.
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628
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629 @item |
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630 @kindex |
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631 Toggles the horizontal/vertical split of the Ediff display. Horizontal
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632 split is convenient when it is possible to compare files
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633 side-by-side. If the frame in which files are displayed is too narrow
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634 and lines are cut off, typing @kbd{m} may help some.
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635
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636 @item @@
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637 @kindex @@
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638 Toggles auto-refinement of difference regions (i.e., automatic highlighting
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639 of the exact words that differ among the variants). Auto-refinement is
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640 turned off on devices where Emacs doesn't support highlighting.
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641
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642 On slow machines, it may be advantageous to turn auto-refinement off. The
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643 user can always forcefully refine specific difference regions by typing
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644 @kbd{*}.
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645
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646 @item h
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647 @kindex h
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648 Cycles between full highlighting, the mode where fine differences are not
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649 highlighted (but computed), and the mode where highlighting is done with
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650 @acronym{ASCII} strings. The latter is not really recommended, unless on a dumb TTY.
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651
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652 @item r
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653 @kindex r
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654 Restores the old contents of the region in the merge buffer.
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655 (If you copied a difference region from buffer A or B into the merge buffer
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656 using the commands @kbd{a} or @kbd{b}, Ediff saves the old contents of the
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657 region in case you change your mind.)
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658
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659 This command is enabled in merge sessions only.
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660
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661 @item ra
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662 @kindex ra
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663 Restores the old contents of the current difference region in buffer A,
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664 which was previously saved when the user invoked one of these commands:
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665 @kbd{b}, @kbd{ba}, @kbd{ca}, which see. This command is enabled in
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666 comparison sessions only.
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667 @item rb
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668 @kindex rb
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669 Restores the old contents of the current difference region in buffer B,
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670 which was previously saved when the user invoked one of these commands:
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671 @kbd{a}, @kbd{ab}, @kbd{cb}, which see. This command is enabled in
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672 comparison sessions only.
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673 @item rc
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674 @kindex rc
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675 Restores the old contents of the current difference region in buffer C,
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676 which was previously saved when the user invoked one of these commands:
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677 @kbd{ac}, @kbd{bc}, which see. This command is enabled in 3-file
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678 comparison sessions only.
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679
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680 @item ##
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681 @kindex ##
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682 Tell Ediff to skip over regions that disagree among themselves only in the
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683 amount of white space and line breaks.
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684
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685 Even though such regions will be skipped over, you can still jump to any
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686 one of them by typing the region number and then `j'. Typing @kbd{##}
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687 again puts Ediff back in the original state.
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688
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689 @item #c
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690 @kindex #c
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691 @vindex ediff-ignore-case-option
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692 @vindex ediff-ignore-case-option3
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693 @vindex ediff-ignore-case
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694 Toggle case sensitivity in the diff program. All diffs are recomputed.
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695 Case sensitivity is controlled by the variables
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696 @code{ediff-ignore-case-option}, @code{ediff-ignore-case-option3},
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697 and @code{ediff-ignore-case}, which are explained elsewhere.
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698
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699 @item #h
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700 @itemx #f
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701 @kindex #f
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702 @kindex #h
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703 Ediff works hard to ameliorate the effects of boredom in the workplace...
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704
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705 Quite often differences are due to identical replacements (e.g., the word
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706 `foo' is replaced with the word `bar' everywhere). If the number of regions
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707 with such boring differences exceeds your tolerance threshold, you may be
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708 tempted to tell Ediff to skip these regions altogether (you will still be able
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709 to jump to them via the command @kbd{j}). The above commands, @kbd{#h}
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710 and @kbd{#f}, may well save your day!
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711
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712 @kbd{#h} prompts you to specify regular expressions for each
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713 variant. Difference regions where each variant's region matches the
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714 corresponding regular expression will be skipped from then on. (You can
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715 also tell Ediff to skip regions where at least one variant matches its
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716 regular expression.)
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717
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718 @kbd{#f} does dual job: it focuses on regions that match the corresponding
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719 regular expressions. All other regions will be skipped
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720 over. @xref{Selective Browsing}, for more.
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721
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722 @item A
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723 @kindex A
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724 Toggles the read-only property in buffer A.
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725 If file A is under version control and is checked in, it is checked out
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726 (with your permission).
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727 @item B
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728 @kindex B
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729 Toggles the read-only property in buffer B.
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730 If file B is under version control and is checked in, it is checked out.
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731 @item C
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732 @kindex C
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733 Toggles the read-only property in buffer C (in 3-file comparison sessions).
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734 If file C is under version control and is checked in, it is checked out.
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735
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736 @item ~
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737 @kindex ~
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738 Swaps the windows where buffers A and B are displayed. If you are comparing
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739 three buffers at once, then this command would rotate the windows among
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740 buffers A, B, and C.
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741
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742 @item i
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743 @kindex i
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744 Displays all kinds of useful data about the current Ediff session.
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745 @item D
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746 @kindex D
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747 Runs @code{ediff-custom-diff-program} on the variants and displays the
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748 buffer containing the output. This is useful when you must send the output
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749 to your Mom.
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750
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751 With a prefix argument, displays the plain @code{diff} output.
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752 @xref{Patch and Diff Programs}, for details.
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753
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754 @item R
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755 @kindex R
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756 Displays a list of currently active Ediff sessions---the Ediff Registry.
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757 You can then restart any of these sessions by either clicking on a session
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758 record or by putting the cursor over it and then typing the return key.
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759
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760 (Some poor souls leave so many active Ediff sessions around that they loose
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761 track of them completely... The `R' command is designed to save these
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762 people from the recently discovered Ediff Proficiency Syndrome.)
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763
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764 Typing @kbd{R} brings up Ediff Registry only if it is typed into an Ediff
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765 Control Panel. If you don't have a control panel handy, type this in the
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766 minibuffer: @kbd{M-x eregistry}. @xref{Registry of Ediff Sessions}.
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767
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768 @item M
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769 @kindex M
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770 Shows the session group buffer that invoked the current Ediff session.
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771 @xref{Session Groups}, for more information on session groups.
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772
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773 @item z
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774 @kindex z
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775 Suspends the current Ediff session. (If you develop a condition known as
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776 Repetitive Ediff Injury---a serious but curable illness---you must change
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777 your current activity. This command tries hard to hide all Ediff-related
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778 buffers.)
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779
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780 The easiest way to resume a suspended Ediff session is through the registry
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781 of active sessions. @xref{Registry of Ediff Sessions}, for details.
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782 @item q
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783 @kindex q
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784 Terminates this Ediff session. With a prefix argument (e.g.,@kbd{1q}), asks
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785 if you also want to delete the buffers of the variants.
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786 Modified files and the results of merges are never deleted.
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787
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788 @item %
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789 @kindex %
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790 Toggles narrowing in Ediff buffers. Ediff buffers may be narrowed if you
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791 are comparing only parts of these buffers via the commands
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792 @code{ediff-windows-*} and @code{ediff-regions-*}, which see.
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793
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794 @item C-l
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795 @kindex C-l
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796 Restores the usual Ediff window setup. This is the quickest way to resume
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797 an Ediff session, but it works only if the control panel of that session is
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798 visible.
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799
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800 @item $$
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801 @kindex $$
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802 While merging with an ancestor file, Ediff is determined to reduce user's
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803 wear and tear by saving him and her much of unproductive, repetitive
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804 typing. If it notices that, say, file A's difference region is identical to
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805 the same difference region in the ancestor file, then the merge buffer will
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806 automatically get the difference region taken from buffer B. The rationale
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807 is that this difference region in buffer A is as old as that in the
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808 ancestor buffer, so the contents of that region in buffer B represents real
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809 change.
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810
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811 You may want to ignore such `obvious' merges and concentrate on difference
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812 regions where both files `clash' with the ancestor, since this means that
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813 two different people have been changing this region independently and they
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814 had different ideas on how to do this.
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815
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816 The above command does this for you by skipping the regions where only one
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817 of the variants clashes with the ancestor but the other variant agrees with
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818 it. Typing @kbd{$$} again undoes this setting.
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819
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820 @item $*
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821 @kindex $*
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822 When merging files with large number of differences, it is sometimes
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823 convenient to be able to skip the difference regions for which you already
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824 decided which variant is most appropriate. Typing @kbd{$*} will accomplish
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825 precisely this.
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826
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827 To be more precise, this toggles the check for whether the current merge is
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828 identical to its default setting, as originally decided by Ediff. For
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829 instance, if Ediff is merging according to the `combined' policy, then the
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830 merge region is skipped over if it is different from the combination of the
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831 regions in buffers A and B. (Warning: swapping buffers A and B will confuse
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832 things in this respect.) If the merge region is marked as `prefer-A' then
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833 this region will be skipped if it differs from the current difference
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834 region in buffer A, etc.
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835
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836 @item /
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837 @kindex /
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838 Displays the ancestor file during merges.
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839 @item &
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840 @kindex &
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841 In some situations, such as when one of the files agrees with the ancestor file
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842 on a difference region and the other doesn't, Ediff knows what to do: it copies
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843 the current difference region from the second buffer into the merge buffer.
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844
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845 In other cases, the right course of action is not that clearcut, and Ediff
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846 would use a default action. The above command changes the default action.
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847 The default action can be @samp{default-A} (choose the region from buffer
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848 A), @samp{default-B} (choose the region from buffer B), or @samp{combined}
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849 (combine the regions from the two buffers).
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850 @xref{Merging and diff3}, for further details.
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851
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852 The command @kbd{&} also affects the regions in the merge buffers that have
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853 @samp{default-A}, @samp{default-B}, or @samp{combined} status, provided
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854 they weren't changed with respect to the original. For instance, if such a
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855 region has the status @samp{default-A} then changing the default action to
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856 @samp{default-B} will also replace this merge-buffer's region with the
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857 corresponding region from buffer B.
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858
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859 @item s
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860 @kindex s
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861 Causes the merge window shrink to its minimum size, thereby exposing as much
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862 of the variant buffers as possible. Typing `s' again restores
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863 the original size of that window.
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864
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865 With a positive prefix argument, this command enlarges the merge window.
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866 E.g., @kbd{4s} increases the size of the window by about 4 lines, if
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867 possible. With a negative numeric argument, the size of the merge window
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868 shrinks by that many lines, if possible. Thus, @kbd{-s} shrinks the window
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869 by about 1 line and @kbd{-3s} by about 3 lines.
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870
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871 This command is intended only for temporary viewing; therefore, Ediff
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872 restores window C to its original size whenever it makes any other change
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873 in the window configuration. However, redisplaying (@kbd{C-l}) or jumping
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874 to another difference does not affect window C's size.
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875
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876 The split between the merge window and the variant windows is controlled by
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877 the variable @code{ediff-merge-window-share}, which see.
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878
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879 @item +
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880 @kindex +
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881 Combines the difference regions from buffers A and B and copies the
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882 result into the merge buffer. @xref{Merging and diff3}, and the
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883 variables @code{ediff-combine-diffs} and @code{ediff-combination-pattern}.
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884
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885
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886 @item =
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887 @kindex =
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888 You may run into situations when a large chunk of text in one file has been
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889 edited and then moved to a different place in another file. In such a case,
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890 these two chunks of text are unlikely to belong to the same difference
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891 region, so the refinement feature of Ediff will not be able to tell you
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892 what exactly differs inside these chunks. Since eyeballing large pieces of
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893 text is contrary to human nature, Ediff has a special command to help
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894 reduce the risk of developing a cataract.
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895
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896 In other situations, the currently highlighted region might be big and you
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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897 might want to reconcile of them interactively.
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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898
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899 All of this can be done with the above command, @kbd{=}, which
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900 compares regions within Ediff buffers. Typing @kbd{=} creates a
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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901 child Ediff session for comparing regions in buffers A, B, or
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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902 C as follows.
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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903
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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904 First, you will be asked whether you want to compare the fine differences
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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905 between the currently highlighted buffers on a word-by-word basis. If you
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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906 accept, a child Ediff session will start using the currently highlighted
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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907 regions. Ediff will let you step over the differences word-wise.
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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908
aa071cceb8e0 described the new "=" fiture.
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909 If you reject the offer, you will be asked to select regions of your choice.
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910
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911 @emph{If you are comparing 2 files or buffers:}
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912 Ediff will ask you to select regions in buffers A and B.
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913
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914 @emph{If you are comparing 3 files or buffers simultaneously:} Ediff will
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915 ask you to choose buffers and then select regions inside those buffers.
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916
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917 @emph{If you are merging files or buffers (with or without ancestor):}
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918 Ediff will ask you to choose which buffer (A or B) to compare with the
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919 merge buffer and then select regions in those buffers.
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920
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921 @end table
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922
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923 @node Other Session Commands,,Quick Help Commands,Session Commands
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924 @section Other Session Commands
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925
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926 The following commands can be invoked from within any Ediff session,
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927 although some of them are not bound to a key.
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928
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929 @table @code
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930 @item eregistry
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931 @itemx ediff-show-registry
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932 @findex eregistry
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933 @findex ediff-show-registry
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934 This command brings up the registry of active Ediff sessions. Ediff
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935 registry is a device that can be used to resume any active Ediff session
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936 (which may have been postponed because the user switched to some other
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937 activity). This command is also useful for switching between multiple
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938 active Ediff sessions that are run at the same time. The function
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939 @code{eregistry} is an alias for @code{ediff-show-registry}.
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940 @xref{Registry of Ediff Sessions}, for more information on this registry.
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941
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942 @item ediff-toggle-multiframe
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943 @findex ediff-toggle-multiframe
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944 Changes the display from the multi-frame mode (where the quick help window
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945 is in a separate frame) to the single-frame mode (where all Ediff buffers
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946 share the same frame), and vice versa. See
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947 @code{ediff-window-setup-function} for details on how to make either of
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948 these modes the default one.
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949
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950 This function can also be invoked from the Menubar. However, in some
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951 cases, the change will take place only after you execute one of the Ediff
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952 commands, such as going to the next difference or redisplaying.
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953
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954 @item ediff-toggle-use-toolbar
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955 @findex ediff-toggle-use-toolbar
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956 Available in XEmacs only. The Ediff toolbar provides quick access to some
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957 of the common Ediff functions. This function toggles the display of the
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958 toolbar. If invoked from the menubar, the function may take sometimes
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959 effect only after you execute an Ediff command, such as going to the next
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960 difference.
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961
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962 @item ediff-use-toolbar-p
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963 @vindex ediff-use-toolbar-p
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964 The use of the toolbar can also be specified via the variable
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965 @code{ediff-use-toolbar-p} (default is @code{t}). This variable can be set
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966 only in @file{.emacs} --- do @strong{not} change it interactively. Use the
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967 function @code{ediff-toggle-use-toolbar} instead.
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968
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969 @item ediff-revert-buffers-then-recompute-diffs
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970 @findex ediff-revert-buffers-then-recompute-diffs
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971 This command reverts the buffers you are comparing and recomputes their
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972 differences. It is useful when, after making changes, you decided to
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973 make a fresh start, or if at some point you changed the files being
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974 compared but want to discard any changes to comparison buffers that were
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975 done since then.
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976
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977 This command normally asks for confirmation before reverting files.
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978 With a prefix argument, it reverts files without asking.
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979
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980
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981 @item ediff-profile
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982 @findex ediff-profile
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983 Ediff has an admittedly primitive (but useful) facility for profiling
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984 Ediff's commands. It is meant for Ediff maintenance---specifically, for
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985 making it run faster. The function @code{ediff-profile} toggles
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986 profiling of ediff commands.
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987 @end table
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988
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989 @node Registry of Ediff Sessions, Session Groups, Session Commands, Top
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990 @chapter Registry of Ediff Sessions
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991
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992 Ediff maintains a registry of all its invocations that are
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993 still @emph{active}. This feature is very convenient for switching among
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994 active Ediff sessions or for quickly restarting a suspended Ediff session.
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995
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996 The focal point of this activity is a buffer
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997 called @emph{*Ediff Registry*}. You can display this buffer by typing
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998 @kbd{R} in any Ediff Control Buffer or Session Group Buffer
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999 (@pxref{Session Groups}), or by typing
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1000 @kbd{M-x eregistry} into the Minibuffer.
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1001 The latter would be the fastest way to bring up the registry
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1002 buffer if no control or group buffer is displayed in any of the visible
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1003 Emacs windows.
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1004 If you are in a habit of running multiple long Ediff sessions and often need to
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1005 suspend, resume, or switch between them, it may be a good idea to have the
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1006 registry buffer permanently displayed in a separate, dedicated window.
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1007
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1008 The registry buffer has several convenient key bindings.
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1009 For instance, clicking mouse button 2 or typing
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1010 @kbd{RET} or @kbd{v} over any session record resumes that session.
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1011 Session records in the registry buffer provide a fairly complete
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1012 description of each session, so it is usually easy to identify the right
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1013 session to resume.
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1014
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1015 Other useful commands are bound to @kbd{SPC} (next registry record)
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1016 and @kbd{DEL} (previous registry record). There are other commands as well,
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1017 but you don't need to memorize them, since they are listed at the top of
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1018 the registry buffer.
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1019
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1020 @node Session Groups, Remote and Compressed Files, Registry of Ediff Sessions, Top
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1021 @chapter Session Groups
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1022
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1023 Several major entries of Ediff perform comparison and merging on
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1024 directories. On entering @code{ediff-directories},
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1025 @code{ediff-directories3},
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1026 @code{ediff-merge-directories},
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1027 @code{ediff-merge-directories-with-ancestor},
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1028 @code{ediff-directory-revisions},
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1029 @code{ediff-merge-directory-revisions}, or
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1030 @code{ediff-merge-directory-revisions-with-ancestor},
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1031 the user is presented with a
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1032 Dired-like buffer that lists files common to the directories involved along
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1033 with their sizes. (The list of common files can be further filtered through
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1034 a regular expression, which the user is prompted for.) We call this buffer
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1035 @emph{Session Group Panel} because all Ediff sessions associated with the
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1036 listed files will have this buffer as a common focal point.
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1037
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1038 Clicking button 2 or typing @kbd{RET} or @kbd{v} over a
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1039 record describing files invokes Ediff in the appropriate mode on these
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1040 files. You can come back to the session group buffer associated with a
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1041 particular invocation of Ediff by typing @kbd{M} in Ediff control buffer of
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1042 that invocation.
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1043
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1044 Many commands are available in the session group buffer; some are
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1045 applicable only to certain types of work. The relevant commands are always
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1046 listed at the top of each session group buffer, so there is no need to
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1047 memorize them.
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1048
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1049 In directory comparison or merging, a session group panel displays only the
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1050 files common to all directories involved. The differences are kept in a
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1051 separate @emph{directory difference buffer} and are conveniently displayed
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1052 by typing @kbd{D} to the corresponding session group panel. Thus, as an
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1053 added benefit, Ediff can be used to compare the contents of up to three
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1054 directories.
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1055
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1056 @cindex Directory difference buffer
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1057 Sometimes it is desirable to copy some files from one directory to another
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1058 without exiting Ediff. The @emph{directory difference buffer}, which is
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1059 displayed by typing @kbd{D} as discussed above, can be used for this
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1060 purpose. If a file is, say, in Ediff's Directory A, but is missing in
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1061 Ediff's Directory B (Ediff will refuse to override existing files), then
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1062 typing @kbd{C} or clicking mouse button 2 over that file (which must be
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1063 displayed in directory difference buffer) will copy that file from
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1064 Directory A to Directory B.
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1065
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1066 Session records in session group panels are also marked with @kbd{+}, for
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1067 active sessions, and with @kbd{-}, for finished sessions.
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1068
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1069 Sometimes, it is convenient to exclude certain sessions from a group.
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1070 Usually this happens when the user doesn't intend to run Ediff of certain
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1071 files in the group, and the corresponding session records just add clutter
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1072 to the session group buffer. To help alleviate this problem, the user can
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1073 type @kbd{h} to mark a session as a candidate for exclusion and @kbd{x} to
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1074 actually hide the marked sessions. There actions are reversible: with a
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1075 prefix argument, @kbd{h} unmarks the session under the cursor, and @kbd{x}
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1076 brings the hidden sessions into the view (@kbd{x} doesn't unmark them,
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1077 though, so the user has to explicitly unmark the sessions of interest).
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1078
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1079 Group sessions also understand the command @kbd{m}, which marks sessions
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1080 for future operations (other than hiding) on a group of sessions. At present,
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1081 the only such group-level operation is the creation of a multi-file patch.
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1082
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1083 @vindex ediff-autostore-merges
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1084 For group sessions created to merge files, Ediff can store all merges
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1085 automatically in a directory. The user is asked to specify such directory
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1086 if the value of @code{ediff-autostore-merges} is non-@code{nil}. If the value is
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1087 @code{nil}, nothing is done to the merge buffers---it will be the user's
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1088 responsibility to save them. If the value is @code{t}, the user will be
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1089 asked where to save the merge buffers in all merge jobs, even those that do
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1090 not originate from a session group. It the value is neither @code{nil} nor
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1091 @code{t}, the merge buffer is saved @emph{only} if this merge session was
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1092 invoked from a session group. This behavior is implemented in the function
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1093 @code{ediff-maybe-save-and-delete-merge}, which is a hook in
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1094 @code{ediff-quit-merge-hook}. The user can supply a different hook, if
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1095 necessary.
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1096
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1097 The variable @code{ediff-autostore-merges} is buffer-local, so it can be
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1098 set on a per-buffer basis. Therefore, use @code{setq-default} to change
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1099 this variable globally.
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1100
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1101 @cindex Multi-file patches
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1102 A multi-file patch is a concatenated output of several runs of the Unix
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1103 @code{diff} command (some versions of @code{diff} let you create a
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1104 multi-file patch in just one run). Ediff facilitates creation of
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1105 multi-file patches as follows. If you are in a session group buffer
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1106 created in response to @code{ediff-directories} or
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1107 @code{ediff-directory-revisions}, you can mark (by typing @kbd{m}) the
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1108 desired Ediff sessions and then type @kbd{P} to create a
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1109 multi-file patch of those marked sessions.
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1110 Ediff will then display a buffer containing the patch.
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1111 The patch is generated by invoking @code{diff} on all marked individual
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1112 sessions (represented by files) and session groups (represented by
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1113 directories). Ediff will also recursively descend into any @emph{unmarked}
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1114 session group and will search for marked sessions there. In this way, you
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1115 can create multi-file patches that span file subtrees that grow out of
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1116 any given directory.
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1117
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1118 In an @code{ediff-directories} session, it is enough to just mark the
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1119 requisite sessions. In @code{ediff-directory-revisions} revisions, the
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1120 marked sessions must also be active, or else Ediff will refuse to produce a
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1121 multi-file patch. This is because, in the latter-style sessions, there are
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1122 many ways to create diff output, and it is easier to handle by running
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1123 Ediff on the inactive sessions.
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1124
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1125 Last, but not least, by typing @kbd{==}, you can quickly find out which
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1126 sessions have identical entries, so you won't have to run Ediff on those
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1127 sessions. This, however, works only on local, uncompressed files.
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1128 For compressed or remote files, this command won't report anything.
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1129 Likewise, you can use @kbd{=h} to mark sessions with identical entries
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1130 for hiding or, with @kbd{=m}, for further operations.
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1131
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1132 The comparison operations @kbd{==}, @kbd{=h}, and @kbd{=m} can recurse into
905bf9de87af * ediff.el (ediff-set-diff-overlays-in-one-buffer,
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1133 subdirectories to see if they have identical contents (so the user will not
905bf9de87af * ediff.el (ediff-set-diff-overlays-in-one-buffer,
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diff changeset
1134 need to descend into those subdirectories manually). These commands ask the
905bf9de87af * ediff.el (ediff-set-diff-overlays-in-one-buffer,
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diff changeset
1135 user whether or not to do a recursive descent.
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1136
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1137
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1138
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1139 @node Remote and Compressed Files, Customization, Session Groups, Top
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1140 @chapter Remote and Compressed Files
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1141
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1142 Ediff works with remote, compressed, and encrypted files. Ediff
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1143 supports @file{ange-ftp.el}, @file{jka-compr.el}, @file{uncompress.el}
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1144 and @file{crypt++.el}, but it may work with other similar packages as
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1145 well. This means that you can compare files residing on another
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1146 machine, or you can apply a patch to a file on another machine. Even
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1147 the patch itself can be a remote file!
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1148
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1149 When patching compressed or remote files, Ediff does not rename the source
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1150 file (unlike what the @code{patch} utility would usually do). Instead, the
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1151 source file retains its name and the result of applying the patch is placed
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1152 in a temporary file that has the suffix @file{_patched} attached.
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1153 Generally, this applies to files that are handled using black magic, such
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1154 as special file handlers (ange-ftp and some compression and encryption
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1155 packages also use this method).
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1156
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1157 Regular files are treated by the @code{patch} utility in the usual manner,
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1158 i.e., the original is renamed into @file{source-name.orig} and the result
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1159 of the patch is placed into the file source-name (@file{_orig} is used
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1160 on systems like VMS, DOS, etc.)
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1161
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1162 @node Customization, Credits, Remote and Compressed Files, Top
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1163 @chapter Customization
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1164
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1165 Ediff has a rather self-explanatory interface, and in most cases you
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1166 won't need to change anything. However, should the need arise, there are
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1167 extensive facilities for changing the default behavior.
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1168
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1169 Most of the customization can be done by setting various variables in the
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1170 @file{.emacs} file. Some customization (mostly window-related
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1171 customization and faces) can be done by putting appropriate lines in
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1172 @file{.Xdefaults}, @file{.xrdb}, or whatever X resource file is in use.
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1173
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1174 With respect to the latter, please note that the X resource
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1175 for Ediff customization is `Ediff', @emph{not} `emacs'.
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1176 @xref{Window and Frame Configuration},
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1177 @xref{Highlighting Difference Regions}, for further details. Please also
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1178 refer to Emacs manual for the information on how to set Emacs X resources.
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1179
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1180 @menu
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1181 * Hooks:: Customization via the hooks.
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1182 * Quick Help Customization:: How to customize Ediff's quick help feature.
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1183 * Window and Frame Configuration:: Controlling the way Ediff displays things.
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1184 * Selective Browsing:: Advanced browsing through difference regions.
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1185 * Highlighting Difference Regions:: Controlling highlighting.
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1186 * Narrowing:: Comparing regions, windows, etc.
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1187 * Refinement of Difference Regions:: How to control the refinement process.
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1188 * Patch and Diff Programs:: Changing the utilities that compute differences
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1189 and apply patches.
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1190 * Merging and diff3:: How to customize Ediff in its Merge Mode.
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1191 * Support for Version Control:: Changing the version control package.
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1192 You are not likely to do that.
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1193 * Customizing the Mode Line:: Changing the look of the mode line in Ediff.
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1194 * Miscellaneous:: Other customization.
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1195 * Notes on Heavy-duty Customization:: Customization for the gurus.
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1196 @end menu
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1197
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1198 @node Hooks, Quick Help Customization, Customization, Customization
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1199 @section Hooks
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1200
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1201 The bulk of customization can be done via the following hooks:
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1202
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1203 @table @code
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1204 @item ediff-load-hook
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1205 @vindex ediff-load-hook
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1206 This hook can be used to change defaults after Ediff is loaded.
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1207
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1208 @item ediff-before-setup-hook
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1209 @vindex ediff-before-setup-hook
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1210 Hook that is run just before Ediff rearranges windows to its liking.
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1211 Can be used to save windows configuration.
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1212
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1213 @item ediff-keymap-setup-hook
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1214 @vindex ediff-keymap-setup-hook
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1215 @vindex ediff-mode-map
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1216 This hook can be used to alter bindings in Ediff's keymap,
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1217 @code{ediff-mode-map}. These hooks are
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1218 run right after the default bindings are set but before
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1219 @code{ediff-load-hook}. The regular user needs not be concerned with this
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1220 hook---it is provided for implementors of other Emacs packages built on top
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1221 of Ediff.
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1222
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1223 @item ediff-before-setup-windows-hook
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1224 @itemx ediff-after-setup-windows-hook
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1225 @vindex ediff-before-setup-windows-hook
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1226 @vindex ediff-after-setup-windows-hook
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1227 These two hooks are called before and after Ediff sets up its window
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1228 configuration. These hooks are run each time Ediff rearranges windows to
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1229 its liking. This happens whenever it detects that the user changed the
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1230 windows setup.
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1231
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1232 @item ediff-suspend-hook
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1233 @itemx ediff-quit-hook
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1234 @vindex ediff-suspend-hook
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1235 @vindex ediff-quit-hook
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1236 These two hooks are run when you suspend or quit Ediff. They can be
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1237 used to set desired window configurations, delete files Ediff didn't
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1238 want to clean up after exiting, etc.
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1239
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1240 By default, @code{ediff-quit-hook} holds one hook function,
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1241 @code{ediff-cleanup-mess}, which cleans after Ediff, as appropriate in
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1242 most cases. You probably won't want to change it, but you might
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1243 want to add other hook functions.
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1244
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1245 Keep in mind that hooks executing before @code{ediff-cleanup-mess} start
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1246 in @code{ediff-control-buffer;} they should also leave
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1247 @code{ediff-control-buffer} as the current buffer when they finish.
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1248 Hooks that are executed after @code{ediff-cleanup-mess} should expect
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1249 the current buffer be either buffer A or buffer B.
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1250 @code{ediff-cleanup-mess} doesn't kill the buffers being compared or
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1251 merged (see @code{ediff-cleanup-hook}, below).
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1252
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1253 @item ediff-cleanup-hook
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1254 @vindex ediff-cleanup-hook
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1255 This hook is run just before @code{ediff-quit-hook}. This is a good
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1256 place to do various cleanups, such as deleting the variant buffers.
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1257 Ediff provides a function, @code{ediff-janitor}, as one such possible
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1258 hook, which you can add to @code{ediff-cleanup-hook} with
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1259 @code{add-hooks}.
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1260
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1261 @findex ediff-janitor
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1262 This function kills buffers A, B, and, possibly, C, if these buffers aren't
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1263 modified. In merge jobs, buffer C is never deleted. However, the side
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1264 effect of using this function is that you may not be able to compare the
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1265 same buffer in two separate Ediff sessions: quitting one of them will
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1266 delete this buffer in another session as well.
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1267
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1268 @item ediff-quit-merge-hook
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1269 @vindex ediff-quit-merge-hook
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1270 @vindex ediff-autostore-merges
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1271 @findex ediff-maybe-save-and-delete-merge
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1272 This hook is called when Ediff quits a merge job. By default, the value is
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1273 @code{ediff-maybe-save-and-delete-merge}, which is a function that attempts
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1274 to save the merge buffer according to the value of
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1275 @code{ediff-autostore-merges}, as described later.
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1276
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1277 @item ediff-before-setup-control-frame-hook
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1278 @itemx ediff-after-setup-control-frame-hook
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1279 @vindex ediff-before-setup-control-frame-hook
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1280 @vindex ediff-after-setup-control-frame-hook
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1281 These two hooks run before and after Ediff sets up the control frame.
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1282 They can be used to relocate Ediff control frame when Ediff runs in a
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1283 multiframe mode (i.e., when the control buffer is in its own dedicated
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1284 frame). Be aware that many variables that drive Ediff are local to
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1285 Ediff Control Panel (@code{ediff-control-buffer}), which requires
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1286 special care in writing these hooks. Take a look at
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1287 @code{ediff-default-suspend-hook} and @code{ediff-default-quit-hook} to
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1288 see what's involved.
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1289
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1290 @item ediff-startup-hook
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1291 @vindex ediff-startup-hook
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1292 This hook is run at the end of Ediff startup.
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1293
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1294 @item ediff-select-hook
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1295 @vindex ediff-select-hook
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1296 This hook is run after Ediff selects the next difference region.
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1297
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1298 @item ediff-unselect-hook
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1299 @vindex ediff-unselect-hook
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1300 This hook is run after Ediff unselects the current difference region.
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1301
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1302 @item ediff-prepare-buffer-hook
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1303 @vindex ediff-prepare-buffer-hook
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1304 This hook is run for each Ediff buffer (A, B, C) right after the buffer
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1305 is arranged.
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1306
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1307 @item ediff-display-help-hook
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1308 @vindex ediff-display-help-hook
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1309 Ediff runs this hook each time after setting up the help message. It
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1310 can be used to alter the help message for custom packages that run on
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1311 top of Ediff.
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1312
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1313 @item ediff-mode-hook
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1314 @vindex ediff-mode-hook
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1315 This hook is run just after Ediff mode is set up in the control
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1316 buffer. This is done before any Ediff window is created. You can use it to
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1317 set local variables that alter the look of the display.
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1318
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1319 @item ediff-registry-setup-hook
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1320 @vindex ediff-registry-setup-hook
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1321 Hooks run after setting up the registry for all active Ediff session.
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1322 @xref{Session Groups}, for details.
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1323 @item ediff-before-session-group-setup-hook
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1324 @vindex ediff-before-session-group-setup-hook
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1325 Hooks run before setting up a control panel for a group of related Ediff
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1326 sessions. Can be used, for example, to save window configuration to restore
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1327 later.
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1328 @item ediff-after-session-group-setup-hook
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1329 @vindex ediff-after-session-group-setup-hook
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1330 Hooks run after setting up a control panel for a group of related Ediff
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1331 sessions. @xref{Session Groups}, for details.
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1332 @item ediff-quit-session-group-hook
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1333 @vindex ediff-quit-session-group-hook
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1334 Hooks run just before exiting a session group.
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1335 @item ediff-meta-buffer-keymap-setup-hook
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1336 @vindex ediff-meta-buffer-keymap-setup-hook
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1337 @vindex ediff-meta-buffer-map
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1338 Hooks run just after setting up the @code{ediff-meta-buffer-map} --- the
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1339 map that controls key bindings in the meta buffer. Since
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1340 @code{ediff-meta-buffer-map} is a local variable, you can set different
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1341 bindings for different kinds of meta buffers.
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1342 @end table
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1343
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1344 @node Quick Help Customization, Window and Frame Configuration, Hooks, Customization
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1345 @section Quick Help Customization
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1346 @vindex ediff-use-long-help-message
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1347 @vindex ediff-control-buffer
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1348 @vindex ediff-startup-hook
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1349 @vindex ediff-help-message
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1350
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1351 Ediff provides quick help using its control panel window. Since this window
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1352 takes a fair share of the screen real estate, you can toggle it off by
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1353 typing @kbd{?}. The control window will then shrink to just one line and a
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1354 mode line, displaying a short help message.
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1355
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1356 The variable @code{ediff-use-long-help-message} tells Ediff whether
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1357 you use the short message or the long one. By default, it
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1358 is set to @code{nil}, meaning that the short message is used.
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1359 Set this to @code{t}, if you want Ediff to use the long
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1360 message by default. This property can always be changed interactively, by
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1361 typing @kbd{?} into Ediff Control Buffer.
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1362
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1363 If you want to change the appearance of the help message on a per-buffer
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1364 basis, you must use @code{ediff-startup-hook} to change the value of
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1365 the variable @code{ediff-help-message}, which is local to
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1366 @code{ediff-control-buffer}.
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1367
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1368 @node Window and Frame Configuration, Selective Browsing, Quick Help Customization, Customization
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1369 @section Window and Frame Configuration
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1370
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1371 On a non-windowing display, Ediff sets things up in one frame, splitting
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1372 it between a small control window and the windows for buffers A, B, and C.
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1373 The split between these windows can be horizontal or
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1374 vertical, which can be changed interactively by typing @kbd{|} while the
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1375 cursor is in the control window.
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1376
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1377 On a window display, Ediff sets up a dedicated frame for Ediff Control
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1378 Panel and then it chooses windows as follows: If one of the buffers
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1379 is invisible, it is displayed in the currently selected frame. If
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parents:
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1380 a buffer is visible, it is displayed in the frame where it is visible.
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1381 If, according to the above criteria, the two buffers fall into the same
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parents:
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1382 frame, then so be it---the frame will be shared by the two. The same
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1383 algorithm works when you type @kbd{C-l} (@code{ediff-recenter}), @kbd{p}
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1384 (@code{ediff-previous-difference}), @kbd{n}
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1385 (@code{ediff-next-difference}), etc.
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parents:
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1386
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diff changeset
1387 The above behavior also depends on whether the current frame is splittable,
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1388 dedicated, etc. Unfortunately, the margin of this book is too narrow to
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1389 present the details of this remarkable algorithm.
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1390
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1391 The upshot of all this is that you can compare buffers in one frame or
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1392 in different frames. The former is done by default, while the latter can
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diff changeset
1393 be achieved by arranging buffers A, B (and C, if applicable) to be seen in
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parents:
diff changeset
1394 different frames. Ediff respects these arrangements, automatically
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diff changeset
1395 adapting itself to the multi-frame mode.
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1396
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1397 Ediff uses the following variables to set up its control panel
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1398 (a.k.a.@: control buffer, a.k.a.@: quick help window):
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1399
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1400 @table @code
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1401 @item ediff-control-frame-parameters
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1402 @vindex ediff-control-frame-parameters
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1403 You can change or augment this variable including the font, color,
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parents:
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1404 etc. The X resource name of Ediff Control Panel frames is @samp{Ediff}. Under
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1405 X-windows, you can use this name to set up preferences in your
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1406 @file{~/.Xdefaults}, @file{~/.xrdb}, or whatever X resource file is in
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parents:
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1407 use. Usually this is preferable to changing
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1408 @code{ediff-control-frame-parameters} directly. For instance, you can
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1409 specify in @file{~/.Xdefaults} the color of the control frame
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1410 using the resource @samp{Ediff*background}.
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parents:
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1411
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1412 In general, any X resource pertaining the control frame can be reached
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parents:
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1413 via the prefix @code{Ediff*}.
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1414
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1415 @item ediff-control-frame-position-function
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1416 @vindex ediff-control-frame-position-function
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1417 The preferred way of specifying the position of the control frame is by
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parents:
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1418 setting the variable @code{ediff-control-frame-position-function} to an
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1419 appropriate function.
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1420 The default value of this variable is
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1421 @code{ediff-make-frame-position}. This function places the control frame in
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parents:
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1422 the vicinity of the North-East corner of the frame displaying buffer A.
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1423
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1424 @findex ediff-make-frame-position
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diff changeset
1425 @end table
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1426
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1427 The following variables can be used to adjust the location produced by
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1428 @code{ediff-make-frame-position} and for related customization.
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1429
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1430 @table @code
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1431 @item ediff-narrow-control-frame-leftward-shift
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1432 @vindex ediff-narrow-control-frame-leftward-shift
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1433 Specifies the number of characters for shifting
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parents:
diff changeset
1434 the control frame from the rightmost edge of frame A when the control
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diff changeset
1435 frame is displayed as a small window.
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parents:
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1436
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1437 @item ediff-wide-control-frame-rightward-shift
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1438 @vindex ediff-wide-control-frame-rightward-shift
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parents:
diff changeset
1439 Specifies the rightward shift of the control frame
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parents:
diff changeset
1440 from the left edge of frame A when the control frame shows the full
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parents:
diff changeset
1441 menu of options.
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1442
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1443 @item ediff-control-frame-upward-shift
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parents:
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1444 @vindex ediff-control-frame-upward-shift
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parents:
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1445 Specifies the number of pixels for the upward shift
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parents:
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1446 of the control frame.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1447
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parents:
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1448 @item ediff-prefer-iconified-control-frame
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parents:
diff changeset
1449 @vindex ediff-prefer-iconified-control-frame
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1450 If this variable is @code{t}, the control frame becomes iconified
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1451 automatically when you toggle the quick help message off. This saves
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1452 valuable real estate on the screen. Toggling help back will deiconify
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1453 the control frame.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1454
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1455 To start Ediff with an iconified Control Panel, you should set this
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1456 variable to @code{t} and @code{ediff-prefer-long-help-message} to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1457 @code{nil} (@pxref{Quick Help Customization}). This behavior is useful
71224
b7261e09f8e4 * cc-mode.texi (Getting Started, Indentation Commands, Config Basics)
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parents: 71118
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1458 only if icons are allowed to accept keyboard input (which depends on the
26263
4f315ca65976 *** empty log message ***
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 25829
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1459 window manager and other factors).
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parents:
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1460 @end table
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parents:
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1461
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1462 @findex ediff-setup-windows
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1463 To make more creative changes in the way Ediff sets up windows, you can
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1464 rewrite the function @code{ediff-setup-windows}. However, we believe
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1465 that detaching Ediff Control Panel from the rest and making it into a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1466 separate frame offers an important opportunity by allowing you to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1467 iconify that frame. The icon will usually accept all of the Ediff
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1468 commands, but will free up valuable real estate on your screen (this may
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1469 depend on your window manager, though).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1470
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1471 The following variable controls how windows are set up:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1472
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1473 @table @code
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1474 @item ediff-window-setup-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1475 @vindex ediff-window-setup-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1476 The multiframe setup is done by the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1477 @code{ediff-setup-windows-multiframe} function, which is the default on
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1478 windowing displays. The plain setup, one where all windows are always
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1479 in one frame, is done by @code{ediff-setup-windows-plain}, which is the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1480 default on a non-windowing display (or in an xterm window). In fact,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1481 under Emacs, you can switch freely between these two setups by executing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1482 the command @code{ediff-toggle-multiframe} using the Minibuffer of the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1483 Menubar.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1484 @findex ediff-setup-windows-multiframe
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1485 @findex ediff-setup-windows-plain
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1486 @findex ediff-toggle-multiframe
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1487
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1488 If you don't like any of these setups, write your own function. See the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1489 documentation for @code{ediff-window-setup-function} for the basic
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1490 guidelines. However, writing window setups is not easy, so you should
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1491 first take a close look at @code{ediff-setup-windows-plain} and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1492 @code{ediff-setup-windows-multiframe}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1493 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1494
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1495 You can run multiple Ediff sessions at once, by invoking Ediff several
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1496 times without exiting previous Ediff sessions. Different sessions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1497 may even operate on the same pair of files.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1498
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1499 Each session has its own Ediff Control Panel and all the regarding a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1500 particular session is local to the associated control panel buffer. You
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1501 can switch between sessions by suspending one session and then switching
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1502 to another control panel. (Different control panel buffers are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1503 distinguished by a numerical suffix, e.g., @samp{Ediff Control Panel<3>}.)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1504
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1505 @node Selective Browsing, Highlighting Difference Regions, Window and Frame Configuration, Customization
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1506 @section Selective Browsing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1507
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1508 Sometimes it is convenient to be able to step through only some difference
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1509 regions, those that match certain regular expressions, and to ignore all
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1510 others. On other occasions, you may want to ignore difference regions that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1511 match some regular expressions, and to look only at the rest.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1512
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1513 The commands @kbd{#f} and @kbd{#h} let you do precisely this.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1514
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1515 Typing @kbd{#f} lets you specify regular expressions that match difference
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1516 regions you want to focus on.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1517 We shall call these regular expressions @var{regexp-A}, @var{regexp-B} and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1518 @var{regexp-C}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1519 Ediff will then start stepping through only those difference regions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1520 where the region in buffer A matches @var{regexp-A} and/or the region in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1521 buffer B matches @var{regexp-B}, etc. Whether `and' or `or' will be used
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1522 depends on how you respond to a question.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1523
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1524 When scanning difference regions for the aforesaid regular expressions,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1525 Ediff narrows the buffers to those regions. This means that you can use
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1526 the expressions @kbd{\`} and @kbd{\'} to tie search to the beginning or end
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1527 of the difference regions.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1528
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1529 On the other hand, typing @kbd{#h} lets you specify (hide) uninteresting
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1530 regions. That is, if a difference region in buffer A matches
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1531 @var{regexp-A}, the corresponding region in buffer B matches @var{regexp-B}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1532 and (if applicable) buffer C's region matches @var{regexp-C}, then the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1533 region will be ignored by the commands @kbd{n}/@key{SPC}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1534 (@code{ediff-next-difference}) and @kbd{p}/@key{DEL}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1535 (@code{ediff-previous-difference}) commands.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1536
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1537 Typing @kbd{#f} and @kbd{#h} toggles selective browsing on and off.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1538
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1539 Note that selective browsing affects only @code{ediff-next-difference}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1540 and @code{ediff-previous-difference}, i.e., the commands
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1541 @kbd{n}/@key{SPC} and @kbd{p}/@key{DEL}. @kbd{#f} and @kbd{#h} do not
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1542 change the position of the point in the buffers. And you can still jump
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1543 directly (using @kbd{j}) to any numbered
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1544 difference.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1545
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1546 Users can supply their own functions to specify how Ediff should do
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1547 selective browsing. To change the default Ediff function, add a function to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1548 @code{ediff-load-hook} which will do the following assignments:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1549
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1550 @example
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1551 (setq ediff-hide-regexp-matches-function 'your-hide-function)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1552 (setq ediff-focus-on-regexp-matches-function 'your-focus-function)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1553 @end example
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1554
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1555 @strong{Useful hint}: To specify a regexp that matches everything, don't
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1556 simply type @key{RET} in response to a prompt. Typing @key{RET} tells Ediff
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1557 to accept the default value, which may not be what you want. Instead, you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1558 should enter something like @key{^} or @key{$}. These match every
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1559 line.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1560
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1561 You can use the status command, @kbd{i}, to find out whether
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1562 selective browsing is currently in effect.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1563
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1564 The regular expressions you specified are kept in the local variables
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1565 @code{ediff-regexp-focus-A}, @code{ediff-regexp-focus-B},
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1566 @code{ediff-regexp-focus-C}, @code{ediff-regexp-hide-A},
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1567 @code{ediff-regexp-hide-B}, @code{ediff-regexp-hide-C}. Their default value
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1568 is the empty string (i.e., nothing is hidden or focused on). To change the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1569 default, set these variables in @file{.emacs} using @code{setq-default}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1570
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1571 In addition to the ability to ignore regions that match regular
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1572 expressions, Ediff can be ordered to start skipping over certain
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1573 ``uninteresting'' difference regions. This is controlled by the following
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1574 variable:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1575
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1576 @table @code
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1577 @item ediff-ignore-similar-regions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1578 @vindex ediff-ignore-similar-regions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1579 If @code{t}, causes Ediff to skip over "uninteresting" difference regions,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1580 which are the regions where the variants differ only in the amount of the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1581 white space and newlines. This feature can be toggled on/off interactively,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1582 via the command @kbd{##}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1583 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1584
52704
980a04480377 Fix @strong{Note:}.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 52401
diff changeset
1585 @strong{Please note:} in order for this feature to work, auto-refining of
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1586 difference regions must be on, since otherwise Ediff won't know if there
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1587 are fine differences between regions. On devices where Emacs can display
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1588 faces, auto-refining is a default, but it is not turned on by default on
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1589 text-only terminals. In that case, you must explicitly turn auto-refining
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1590 on (such as, by typing @kbd{@@}).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1591
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1592 @strong{Reassurance:} If many such uninteresting regions appear in a row,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1593 Ediff may take a long time to skip over them because it has to compute fine
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1594 differences of all intermediate regions. This delay does not indicate any
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1595 problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1596
68997
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parents: 68639
diff changeset
1597 @vindex ediff-ignore-case-option
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1598 @vindex ediff-ignore-case-option3
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1599 @vindex ediff-ignore-case
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1600 Finally, Ediff can be told to ignore the case of the letters. This behavior
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1601 can be toggled with @kbd{#c} and it is controlled with three variables:
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1602 @code{ediff-ignore-case-option}, @code{ediff-ignore-case-option3}, and
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1603 @code{ediff-ignore-case}.
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1604
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1605 The variable @code{ediff-ignore-case-option} specifies the option to pass
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1606 to the diff program for comparing two files or buffers. For GNU
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1607 @code{diff}, this option is @code{"-i"}. The variable
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1608 @code{ediff-ignore-case-option3} specifies the option to pass to the
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1609 @code{diff3} program in order to make it case-insensitive. GNU @code{diff3}
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1610 does not have such an option, so when merging or comparing three files with
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1611 this program, ignoring the letter case is not supported.
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1612
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1613 The variable @code{ediff-ignore-case} controls whether Ediff starts out by
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1614 ignoring letter case or not. It can be set in @file{.emacs} using
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1615 @code{setq-default}.
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
1616
71383
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Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
1617 When case sensitivity is toggled, all difference
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
1618 regions are recomputed.
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
1619
25829
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parents:
diff changeset
1620 @node Highlighting Difference Regions, Narrowing, Selective Browsing, Customization
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parents:
diff changeset
1621 @section Highlighting Difference Regions
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parents:
diff changeset
1622
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parents:
diff changeset
1623 The following variables control the way Ediff highlights difference
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parents:
diff changeset
1624 regions:
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parents:
diff changeset
1625
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parents:
diff changeset
1626 @table @code
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parents:
diff changeset
1627 @item ediff-before-flag-bol
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parents:
diff changeset
1628 @itemx ediff-after-flag-eol
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parents:
diff changeset
1629 @itemx ediff-before-flag-mol
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1630 @itemx ediff-after-flag-mol
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1631 @vindex ediff-before-flag-bol
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1632 @vindex ediff-after-flag-eol
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1633 @vindex ediff-before-flag-mol
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1634 @vindex ediff-after-flag-mol
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1635 These variables hold strings that Ediff uses to mark the beginning and the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1636 end of the differences found in files A, B, and C on devices where Emacs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1637 cannot display faces. Ediff uses different flags to highlight regions that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1638 begin/end at the beginning/end of a line or in a middle of a line.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1639
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1640 @item ediff-current-diff-face-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1641 @itemx ediff-current-diff-face-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1642 @itemx ediff-current-diff-face-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1643 @vindex ediff-current-diff-face-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1644 @vindex ediff-current-diff-face-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1645 @vindex ediff-current-diff-face-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1646 Ediff uses these faces to highlight current differences on devices where
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1647 Emacs can display faces. These and subsequently described faces can be set
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1648 either in @file{.emacs} or in @file{.Xdefaults}. The X resource for Ediff
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1649 is @samp{Ediff}, @emph{not} @samp{emacs}. Please refer to Emacs manual for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1650 the information on how to set X resources.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1651 @item ediff-fine-diff-face-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1652 @itemx ediff-fine-diff-face-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1653 @itemx ediff-fine-diff-face-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1654 @vindex ediff-fine-diff-face-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1655 @vindex ediff-fine-diff-face-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1656 @vindex ediff-fine-diff-face-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1657 Ediff uses these faces to show the fine differences between the current
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1658 differences regions in buffers A, B, and C, respectively.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1659
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1660 @item ediff-even-diff-face-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1661 @itemx ediff-even-diff-face-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1662 @itemx ediff-even-diff-face-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1663 @itemx ediff-odd-diff-face-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1664 @itemx ediff-odd-diff-face-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1665 @itemx ediff-odd-diff-face-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1666 @vindex ediff-even-diff-face-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1667 @vindex ediff-even-diff-face-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1668 @vindex ediff-even-diff-face-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1669 @vindex ediff-odd-diff-face-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1670 @vindex ediff-odd-diff-face-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1671 @vindex ediff-odd-diff-face-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1672 Non-current difference regions are displayed using these alternating
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1673 faces. The odd and the even faces are actually identical on monochrome
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1674 displays, because without colors options are limited.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1675 So, Ediff uses italics to highlight non-current differences.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1676
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1677 @item ediff-force-faces
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1678 @vindex ediff-force-faces
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1679 Ediff generally can detect when Emacs is running on a device where it can
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1680 use highlighting with faces. However, if it fails to determine that faces
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1681 can be used, the user can set this variable to @code{t} to make sure that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1682 Ediff uses faces to highlight differences.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1683
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1684 @item ediff-highlight-all-diffs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1685 @vindex ediff-highlight-all-diffs
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Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com>
parents: 71118
diff changeset
1686 Indicates whether---on a windowing display---Ediff should highlight
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1687 differences using inserted strings (as on text-only terminals) or using
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1688 colors and highlighting. Normally, Ediff highlights all differences, but
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1689 the selected difference is highlighted more visibly. One can cycle through
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1690 various modes of highlighting by typing @kbd{h}. By default, Ediff starts
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1691 in the mode where all difference regions are highlighted. If you prefer to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1692 start in the mode where unselected differences are not highlighted, you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1693 should set @code{ediff-highlight-all-diffs} to @code{nil}. Type @kbd{h} to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1694 restore highlighting for all differences.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1695
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1696 Ediff lets you switch between the two modes of highlighting. That is,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1697 you can switch interactively from highlighting using faces to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1698 highlighting using string flags, and back. Of course, switching has
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1699 effect only under a windowing system. On a text-only terminal or in an
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1700 xterm window, the only available option is highlighting with strings.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1701 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1702
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1703 @noindent
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1704 If you want to change the default settings for @code{ediff-force-faces} and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1705 @code{ediff-highlight-all-diffs}, you must do it @strong{before} Ediff is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1706 loaded.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1707
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1708 You can also change the defaults for the faces used to highlight the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1709 difference regions. There are two ways to do this. The simplest and the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1710 preferred way is to use the customization widget accessible from the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1711 menubar. Ediff's customization group is located under "Tools", which in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1712 turn is under "Programming". The faces that are used to highlight
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1713 difference regions are located in the "Highlighting" subgroup of the Ediff
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1714 customization group.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1715
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1716 The second, much more arcane, method to change default faces is to include
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1717 some Lisp code in @file{~/.emacs}. For instance,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1718
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1719 @example
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1720 (setq ediff-current-diff-face-A
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parents:
diff changeset
1721 (copy-face 'bold-italic 'ediff-current-diff-face-A))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1722 @end example
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1723
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1724 @noindent
71224
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Romain Francoise <romain@orebokech.com>
parents: 71118
diff changeset
1725 would use the pre-defined face @code{bold-italic} to highlight the current
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1726 difference region in buffer A (this face is not a good choice, by the way).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1727
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1728 If you are unhappy with just @emph{some} of the aspects of the default
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1729 faces, you can modify them when Ediff is being loaded using
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1730 @code{ediff-load-hook}. For instance:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1731
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1732 @smallexample
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1733 (add-hook 'ediff-load-hook
28344
54fda0e8528a Weed out redundant uses of `function'
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 26639
diff changeset
1734 (lambda ()
54fda0e8528a Weed out redundant uses of `function'
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 26639
diff changeset
1735 (set-face-foreground
54fda0e8528a Weed out redundant uses of `function'
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 26639
diff changeset
1736 ediff-current-diff-face-B "blue")
54fda0e8528a Weed out redundant uses of `function'
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 26639
diff changeset
1737 (set-face-background
54fda0e8528a Weed out redundant uses of `function'
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 26639
diff changeset
1738 ediff-current-diff-face-B "red")
54fda0e8528a Weed out redundant uses of `function'
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 26639
diff changeset
1739 (make-face-italic
54fda0e8528a Weed out redundant uses of `function'
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
parents: 26639
diff changeset
1740 ediff-current-diff-face-B)))
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1741 @end smallexample
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1742
52704
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 52401
diff changeset
1743 @strong{Please note:} to set Ediff's faces, use only @code{copy-face}
980a04480377 Fix @strong{Note:}.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 52401
diff changeset
1744 or @code{set/make-face-@dots{}} as shown above. Emacs' low-level
26263
4f315ca65976 *** empty log message ***
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 25829
diff changeset
1745 face-manipulation functions should be avoided.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1746
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1747 @node Narrowing, Refinement of Difference Regions, Highlighting Difference Regions, Customization
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1748 @section Narrowing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1749
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1750 If buffers being compared are narrowed at the time of invocation of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1751 Ediff, @code{ediff-buffers} will preserve the narrowing range. However,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1752 if @code{ediff-files} is invoked on the files visited by these buffers,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1753 that would widen the buffers, since this command is defined to compare the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1754 entire files.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1755
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1756 Calling @code{ediff-regions-linewise} or @code{ediff-windows-linewise}, or
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1757 the corresponding @samp{-wordwise} commands, narrows the variants to the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1758 particular regions being compared. The original accessible ranges are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1759 restored when you quit Ediff. During the command, you can toggle this
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1760 narrowing on and off with the @kbd{%} command.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1761
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1762 These two variables control this narrowing behavior:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1763
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1764 @table @code
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1765 @item ediff-start-narrowed
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1766 @vindex ediff-start-narrowed
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1767 If @code{t}, Ediff narrows the display to the appropriate range when it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1768 is invoked with an @samp{ediff-regions@dots{}} or
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1769 @samp{ediff-windows@dots{}} command. If @code{nil}, these commands do
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1770 not automatically narrow, but you can still toggle narrowing on and off
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1771 by typing @kbd{%}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1772
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1773 @item ediff-quit-widened
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1774 @vindex ediff-quit-widened
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1775 Controls whether on quitting Ediff should restore the accessible range
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1776 that existed before the current invocation.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1777 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1778
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1779 @node Refinement of Difference Regions, Patch and Diff Programs, Narrowing, Customization
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1780 @section Refinement of Difference Regions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1781
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1782 Ediff has variables to control the way fine differences are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1783 highlighted. This feature gives you control over the process of refinement.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1784 Note that refinement ignores spaces, tabs, and newlines.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1785
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1786 @table @code
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1787 @item ediff-auto-refine
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1788 @vindex ediff-auto-refine
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1789 This variable controls whether fine differences within regions are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1790 highlighted automatically (``auto-refining''). The default is yes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1791 (@samp{on}).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1792
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1793 On a slow machine, automatic refinement may be painful. In that case,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1794 you can turn auto-refining on or off interactively by typing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1795 @kbd{@@}. You can also turn off display of refining that has
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1796 already been done.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1797
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1798 When auto-refining is off, fine differences are shown only for regions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1799 for which these differences have been computed and saved before. If
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1800 auto-refining and display of refining are both turned off, fine
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1801 differences are not shown at all.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1802
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1803 Typing @kbd{*} computes and displays fine differences for the current
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1804 difference region, regardless of whether auto-refining is turned on.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1805
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1806 @item ediff-auto-refine-limit
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1807 @vindex ediff-auto-refine-limit
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1808 If auto-refining is on, this variable limits the size of the regions to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1809 be auto-refined. This guards against the possible slowdown that may be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1810 caused by extraordinary large difference regions.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1811
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1812 You can always refine the current region by typing @kbd{*}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1813
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1814 @item ediff-forward-word-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1815 @vindex ediff-forward-word-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1816 This variable controls how fine differences are computed. The
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1817 value must be a Lisp function that determines how the current difference
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1818 region should be split into words.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1819
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1820 @vindex ediff-diff-program
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1821 @vindex ediff-forward-word-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1822 @findex ediff-forward-word
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1823 Fine differences are computed by first splitting the current difference
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1824 region into words and then passing the result to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1825 @code{ediff-diff-program}. For the default forward word function (which is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1826 @code{ediff-forward-word}), a word is a string consisting of letters,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1827 @samp{-}, or @samp{_}; a string of punctuation symbols; a string of digits,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1828 or a string consisting of symbols that are neither space, nor a letter.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1830 This default behavior is controlled by four variables: @code{ediff-word-1},
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1831 ..., @code{ediff-word-4}. See the on-line documentation for these variables
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1832 and for the function @code{ediff-forward-word} for an explanation of how to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1833 modify these variables.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1834 @vindex ediff-word-1
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1835 @vindex ediff-word-2
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1836 @vindex ediff-word-3
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1837 @vindex ediff-word-4
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1838 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1839
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1840 Sometimes, when a region has too many differences between the variants,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1841 highlighting of fine differences is inconvenient, especially on
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1842 color displays. If that is the case, type @kbd{*} with a negative
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1843 prefix argument. This unhighlights fine differences for the current
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1844 region.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1845
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1846 To unhighlight fine differences in all difference regions, use the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1847 command @kbd{@@}. Repeated typing of this key cycles through three
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1848 different states: auto-refining, no-auto-refining, and no-highlighting
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1849 of fine differences.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1850
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1851 @node Patch and Diff Programs, Merging and diff3, Refinement of Difference Regions, Customization
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1852 @section Patch and Diff Programs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1854 This section describes variables that specify the programs to be used for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1855 applying patches and for computing the main difference regions (not the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1856 fine difference regions):
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1857
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1858 @table @code
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1859 @item ediff-diff-program
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1860 @itemx ediff-diff3-program
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1861 @vindex ediff-patch-program
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1862 @vindex ediff-diff-program
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1863 @vindex ediff-diff3-program
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1864 These variables specify the programs to use to produce differences
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1865 and do patching.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1866
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1867 @item ediff-diff-options
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1868 @itemx ediff-diff3-options
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1869 @vindex ediff-patch-options
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1870 @vindex ediff-diff-options
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1871 @vindex ediff-diff3-options
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1872 These variables specify the options to pass to the above utilities.
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1873
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1874 In @code{ediff-diff-options}, it may be useful to specify options
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1875 such as @samp{-w} that ignore certain kinds of changes. However,
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1876 Ediff does not let you use the option @samp{-c}, as it doesn't recognize this
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1877 format yet.
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1878
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1879 @item ediff-coding-system-for-read
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1880 @vindex ediff-coding-system-for-read
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1881 This variable specifies the coding system to use when reading the output
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1882 that the programs @code{diff3} and @code{diff} send to Emacs. The default
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1883 is @code{raw-text}, and this should work fine in Unix and in most
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1884 cases under Windows NT/95/98/2000. There are @code{diff} programs
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1885 for which the default option doesn't work under Windows. In such cases,
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1886 @code{raw-text-dos} might work. If not, you will have to experiment with
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1887 other coding systems or use GNU diff.
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1888
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1889 @item ediff-patch-program
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1890 The program to use to apply patches. Since there are certain
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1891 incompatibilities between the different versions of the patch program, the
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1892 best way to stay out of trouble is to use a GNU-compatible version.
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1893 Otherwise, you may have to tune the values of the variables
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1894 @code{ediff-patch-options}, @code{ediff-backup-specs}, and
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1895 @code{ediff-backup-extension} as described below.
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1896 @item ediff-patch-options
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1897 Options to pass to @code{ediff-patch-program}.
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1898
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1899 Note: the `-b' and `-z' options should be specified in
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1900 `ediff-backup-specs', not in @code{ediff-patch-options}.
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1901
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1902 It is recommended to pass the `-f' option to the patch program, so it won't
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1903 ask questions. However, some implementations don't accept this option, in
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1904 which case the default value of this variable should be changed.
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1905
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1906 @item ediff-backup-extension
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1907 Backup extension used by the patch program. Must be specified, even if
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1908 @code{ediff-backup-specs} is given.
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1909 @item ediff-backup-specs
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1910 Backup directives to pass to the patch program.
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1911 Ediff requires that the old version of the file (before applying the patch)
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1912 is saved in a file named @file{the-patch-file.extension}. Usually
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1913 `extension' is `.orig', but this can be changed by the user, and may also be
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1914 system-dependent. Therefore, Ediff needs to know the backup extension used
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1915 by the patch program.
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1916
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1917 Some versions of the patch program let the user specify `-b backup-extension'.
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1918 Other versions only permit `-b', which (usually) assumes the extension `.orig'.
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1919 Yet others force you to use `-z<backup-extension>'.
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1920
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1921 Note that both `ediff-backup-extension' and `ediff-backup-specs' must be
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1922 properly set. If your patch program takes the option `-b', but not
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1923 `-b extension', the variable `ediff-backup-extension' must still
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1924 be set so Ediff will know which extension to use.
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1925
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1926 @item ediff-custom-diff-program
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1927 @itemx ediff-custom-diff-options
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1928 @vindex ediff-custom-diff-program
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1929 @vindex ediff-custom-diff-options
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1930 @findex ediff-save-buffer
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1931 Because Ediff limits the options you may want to pass to the @code{diff}
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1932 program, it partially makes up for this drawback by letting you save the
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1933 output from @code{diff} in your preferred format, which is specified via
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1934 the above two variables.
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1935
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1936 The output generated by @code{ediff-custom-diff-program} (which doesn't
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1937 even have to be a standard-style @code{diff}!)@: is not used by Ediff. It is
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1938 provided exclusively so that you can
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1939 refer to
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1940 it later, send it over email, etc. For instance, after reviewing the
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1941 differences, you may want to send context differences to a colleague.
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1942 Since Ediff ignores the @samp{-c} option in
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1943 @code{ediff-diff-program}, you would have to run @code{diff -c} separately
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1944 just to produce the list of differences. Fortunately,
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1945 @code{ediff-custom-diff-program} and @code{ediff-custom-diff-options}
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1946 eliminate this nuisance by keeping a copy of a difference list in the
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1947 desired format in a buffer that can be displayed via the command @kbd{D}.
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1948
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1949 @item ediff-patch-default-directory
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1950 @vindex ediff-patch-default-directory
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1951 Specifies the default directory to look for patches.
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1952
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1953 @end table
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1954
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1955 @noindent
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1956 @strong{Warning:} Ediff does not support the output format of VMS
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1957 @code{diff}. Instead, make sure you are using some implementation of POSIX
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1958 @code{diff}, such as @code{gnudiff}.
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1959
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1960 @node Merging and diff3, Support for Version Control, Patch and Diff Programs, Customization
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1961 @section Merging and diff3
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1962
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1963 Ediff supports three-way comparison via the functions @code{ediff-files3} and
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1964 @code{ediff-buffers3}. The interface is the same as for two-way comparison.
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1965 In three-way comparison and merging, Ediff reports if any two difference
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1966 regions are identical. For instance, if the current region in buffer A
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1967 is the same as the region in buffer C, then the mode line of buffer A will
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1968 display @samp{[=diff(C)]} and the mode line of buffer C will display
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1969 @samp{[=diff(A)]}.
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1970
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1971 Merging is done according to the following algorithm.
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1972
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1973 If a difference region in one of the buffers, say B, differs from the ancestor
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1974 file while the region in the other buffer, A, doesn't, then the merge buffer,
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1975 C, gets B's region. Similarly when buffer A's region differs from
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1976 the ancestor and B's doesn't, A's region is used.
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1977
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1978 @vindex ediff-default-variant
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1979 If both regions in buffers A and B differ from the ancestor file, Ediff
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1980 chooses the region according to the value of the variable
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1981 @code{ediff-default-variant}. If its value is @code{default-A} then A's
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1982 region is chosen. If it is @code{default-B} then B's region is chosen.
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1983 If it is @code{combined} then the region in buffer C will look like
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1984 this:
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1985
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1986 @comment Use @set to avoid triggering merge conflict detectors like CVS.
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1987 @set seven-left <<<<<<<
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1988 @set seven-right >>>>>>>
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1989 @example
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1990 @value{seven-left} variant A
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1991 the difference region from buffer A
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1992 @value{seven-right} variant B
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1993 the difference region from buffer B
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1994 ####### Ancestor
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1995 the difference region from the ancestor buffer, if available
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1996 ======= end
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1997 @end example
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1998
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1999 The above is the default template for the combined region. The user can
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2000 customize this template using the variable
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2001 @code{ediff-combination-pattern}.
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2002
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2003 @vindex ediff-combination-pattern
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2004 The variable @code{ediff-combination-pattern} specifies the template that
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2005 determines how the combined merged region looks like. The template is
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2006 represented as a list of the form @code{(STRING1 Symbol1 STRING2 Symbol2
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2007 STRING3 Symbol3 STRING4)}. The symbols here must be atoms of the form
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2008 @code{A}, @code{B}, or @code{Ancestor}. They determine the order in which
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2009 the corresponding difference regions (from buffers A, B, and the ancestor
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2010 buffer) are displayed in the merged region of buffer C. The strings in the
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2011 template determine the text that separates the aforesaid regions. The
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2012 default template is
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2013
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2014 @smallexample
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2015 ("@value{seven-left} variant A" A "@value{seven-right} variant B" B
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2016 "####### Ancestor" Ancestor "======= end")
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2017 @end smallexample
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2018
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2019 @noindent
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2020 (this is one long line) and the corresponding combined region is shown
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2021 above. The order in which the regions are shown (and the separator
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2022 strings) can be changed by changing the above template. It is even
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2023 possible to add or delete region specifiers in this template (although
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2024 the only possibly useful such modification seems to be the deletion of
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2025 the ancestor).
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2026
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2027 In addition to the state of the difference, Ediff displays the state of the
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2028 merge for each region. If a difference came from buffer A by default
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2029 (because both regions A and B were different from the ancestor and
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2030 @code{ediff-default-variant} was set to @code{default-A}) then
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2031 @samp{[=diff(A) default-A]} is displayed in the mode line. If the
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2032 difference in buffer C came, say, from buffer B because the difference
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2033 region in that buffer differs from the ancestor, but the region in buffer A
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2034 does not (if merging with an ancestor) then @samp{[=diff(B) prefer-B]} is
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2035 displayed. The indicators default-A/B and prefer-A/B are inspired by
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2036 Emerge and have the same meaning.
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2037
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2038 Another indicator of the state of merge is @samp{combined}. It appears
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2039 with any difference region in buffer C that was obtained by combining
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2040 the difference regions in buffers A and B as explained above.
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2041
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2042 In addition to the state of merge and state of difference indicators, while
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2043 merging with an ancestor file or buffer, Ediff informs the user when the
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2044 current difference region in the (normally invisible) ancestor buffer is
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2045 empty via the @emph{AncestorEmpty} indicator. This helps determine if the
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diff changeset
2046 changes made to the original in variants A and B represent pure insertion
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2047 or deletion of text: if the mode line shows @emph{AncestorEmpty} and the
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2048 corresponding region in buffers A or B is not empty, this means that new
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2049 text was inserted. If this indicator is not present and the difference
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2050 regions in buffers A or B are non-empty, this means that text was
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2051 modified. Otherwise, the original text was deleted.
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2052
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2053 Although the ancestor buffer is normally invisible, Ediff maintains
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2054 difference regions there and advances the current difference region
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2055 accordingly. All highlighting of difference regions is provided in the
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2056 ancestor buffer, except for the fine differences. Therefore, if desired, the
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diff changeset
2057 user can put the ancestor buffer in a separate frame and watch it
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2058 there. However, on a TTY, only one frame can be visible at any given time,
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diff changeset
2059 and Ediff doesn't support any single-frame window configuration where all
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2060 buffers, including the ancestor buffer, would be visible. However, the
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parents:
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2061 ancestor buffer can be displayed by typing @kbd{/} to the control
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2062 window. (Type @kbd{C-l} to hide it again.)
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2063
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2064 Note that the state-of-difference indicators @samp{=diff(A)} and
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2065 @samp{=diff(B)} above are not redundant, even in the presence of a
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parents:
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2066 state-of-merge indicator. In fact, the two serve different purposes.
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parents:
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2067
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2068 For instance, if the mode line displays @samp{=diff(B) prefer(B)} and
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parents:
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2069 you copy a difference region from buffer A to buffer C then
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2070 @samp{=diff(B)} will change to @samp{diff-A} and the mode line will
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parents:
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2071 display @samp{=diff(A) prefer-B}. This indicates that the difference
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parents:
diff changeset
2072 region in buffer C is identical to that in buffer A, but originally
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parents:
diff changeset
2073 buffer C's region came from buffer B. This is useful to know because
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parents:
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2074 you can recover the original difference region in buffer C by typing
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parents:
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2075 @kbd{r}.
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parents:
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2076
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2077
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2078 Ediff never changes the state-of-merge indicator, except in response to
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2079 the @kbd{!} command (see below), in which case the indicator is lost.
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parents:
diff changeset
2080 On the other hand, the state-of-difference indicator is changed
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parents:
diff changeset
2081 automatically by the copying/recovery commands, @kbd{a}, @kbd{b}, @kbd{r},
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parents:
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2082 @kbd{+}.
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parents:
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2083
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2084 The @kbd{!} command loses the information about origins of the regions
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parents:
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2085 in the merge buffer (default-A, prefer-B, or combined). This is because
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parents:
diff changeset
2086 recomputing differences in this case means running @code{diff3} on
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parents:
diff changeset
2087 buffers A, B, and the merge buffer, not on the ancestor buffer. (It
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parents:
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2088 makes no sense to recompute differences using the ancestor file, since
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parents:
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2089 in the merging mode Ediff assumes that you have not edited buffers A and
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parents:
diff changeset
2090 B, but that you may have edited buffer C, and these changes are to be
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parents:
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2091 preserved.) Since some difference regions may disappear as a result of
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parents:
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2092 editing buffer C and others may arise, there is generally no simple way
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parents:
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2093 to tell where the various regions in the merge buffer came from.
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parents:
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2094
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diff changeset
2095 In three-way comparison, Ediff tries to disregard regions that consist
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parents:
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2096 entirely of white space. For instance, if, say, the current region in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2097 buffer A consists of the white space only (or if it is empty), Ediff will
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parents:
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2098 not take it into account for the purpose of computing fine differences. The
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parents:
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2099 result is that Ediff can provide a better visual information regarding the
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parents:
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2100 actual fine differences in the non-white regions in buffers B and
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parents:
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2101 C. Moreover, if the regions in buffers B and C differ in the white space
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parents:
diff changeset
2102 only, then a message to this effect will be displayed.
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parents:
diff changeset
2103
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parents:
diff changeset
2104 @vindex ediff-merge-window-share
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parents:
diff changeset
2105 In the merge mode, the share of the split between window C (the window
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parents:
diff changeset
2106 displaying the merge-buffer) and the windows displaying buffers A and B
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parents:
diff changeset
2107 is controlled by the variable @code{ediff-merge-window-share}. Its
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parents:
diff changeset
2108 default value is 0.5. To make the merge-buffer window smaller, reduce
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2109 this amount.
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parents:
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2110
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2111 We don't recommend increasing the size of the merge-window to more than
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2112 half the frame (i.e., to increase the value of
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parents:
diff changeset
2113 @code{ediff-merge-window-share}) to more than 0.5, since it would be
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parents:
diff changeset
2114 hard to see the contents of buffers A and B.
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parents:
diff changeset
2115
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diff changeset
2116 You can temporarily shrink the merge window to just one line by
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parents:
diff changeset
2117 typing @kbd{s}. This change is temporary, until Ediff finds a reason to
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parents:
diff changeset
2118 redraw the screen. Typing @kbd{s} again restores the original window size.
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parents:
diff changeset
2119
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2120 With a positive prefix argument, the @kbd{s} command will make the merge
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diff changeset
2121 window slightly taller. This change is persistent. With `@kbd{-}' or
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2122 with a negative prefix argument, the command @kbd{s} makes the merge
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parents:
diff changeset
2123 window slightly shorter. This change also persistent.
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parents:
diff changeset
2124
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parents:
diff changeset
2125 @vindex ediff-show-clashes-only
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parents:
diff changeset
2126 Ediff lets you automatically ignore the regions where only one of the
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parents:
diff changeset
2127 buffers A and B disagrees with the ancestor. To do this, set the
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parents:
diff changeset
2128 variable @code{ediff-show-clashes-only} to non-@code{nil}.
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parents:
diff changeset
2129
26263
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2130 You can toggle this feature interactively by typing @kbd{$$}.
25829
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parents:
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2131
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parents:
diff changeset
2132 Note that this variable affects only the show next/previous difference
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parents:
diff changeset
2133 commands. You can still jump directly to any difference region directly
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parents:
diff changeset
2134 using the command @kbd{j} (with a prefix argument specifying the difference
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parents:
diff changeset
2135 number).
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parents:
diff changeset
2136
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parents:
diff changeset
2137 @vindex ediff-autostore-merges
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parents:
diff changeset
2138 @vindex ediff-quit-merge-hook
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parents:
diff changeset
2139 @findex ediff-maybe-save-and-delete-merge
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parents:
diff changeset
2140 The variable @code{ediff-autostore-merges} controls what happens to the
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parents:
diff changeset
2141 merge buffer when Ediff quits. If the value is @code{nil}, nothing is done
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parents:
diff changeset
2142 to the merge buffer---it will be the user's responsibility to save it.
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parents:
diff changeset
2143 If the value is @code{t}, the user will be asked where to save the buffer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2144 and whether to delete it afterwards. It the value is neither @code{nil} nor
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parents:
diff changeset
2145 @code{t}, the merge buffer is saved @emph{only} if this merge session was
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parents:
diff changeset
2146 invoked from a group of related Ediff session, such as those that result
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parents:
diff changeset
2147 from @code{ediff-merge-directories},
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parents:
diff changeset
2148 @code{ediff-merge-directory-revisions}, etc.
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parents:
diff changeset
2149 @xref{Session Groups}. This behavior is implemented in the function
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parents:
diff changeset
2150 @code{ediff-maybe-save-and-delete-merge}, which is a hook in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2151 @code{ediff-quit-merge-hook}. The user can supply a different hook, if
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2152 necessary.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2153
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parents:
diff changeset
2154 The variable @code{ediff-autostore-merges} is buffer-local, so it can be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2155 set in a per-buffer manner. Therefore, use @code{setq-default} to globally
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2156 change this variable.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2157
29165
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parents: 29107
diff changeset
2158 @vindex ediff-merge-filename-prefix
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parents: 29107
diff changeset
2159 When merge buffers are saved automatically as directed by
641e43bad886 2000-05-24 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 29107
diff changeset
2160 @code{ediff-autostore-merges}, Ediff attaches a prefix to each file, as
641e43bad886 2000-05-24 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 29107
diff changeset
2161 specified by the variable @code{ediff-merge-filename-prefix}. The default
641e43bad886 2000-05-24 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 29107
diff changeset
2162 is @code{merge_}, but this can be changed by the user.
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parents: 29107
diff changeset
2163
25829
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diff changeset
2164 @node Support for Version Control, Customizing the Mode Line, Merging and diff3, Customization
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parents:
diff changeset
2165 @section Support for Version Control
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parents:
diff changeset
2166
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parents:
diff changeset
2167
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parents:
diff changeset
2168 Ediff supports version control and lets you compare versions of files
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parents:
diff changeset
2169 visited by Emacs buffers via the function @code{ediff-revision}. This
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parents:
diff changeset
2170 feature is controlled by the following variables:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2171
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parents:
diff changeset
2172 @table @code
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parents:
diff changeset
2173 @item ediff-version-control-package
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parents:
diff changeset
2174 @vindex ediff-version-control-package
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parents:
diff changeset
2175 A symbol. The default is @samp{vc}.
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parents:
diff changeset
2176
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parents:
diff changeset
2177 If you are like most Emacs users, Ediff will use VC as the version control
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2178 package. This is the standard Emacs interface to RCS, CVS, and SCCS.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2179
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parents:
diff changeset
2180 However, if your needs are better served by other interfaces, you will
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2181 have to tell Ediff which version control package you are using, e.g.,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2182 @example
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parents:
diff changeset
2183 (setq ediff-version-control-package 'rcs)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2184 @end example
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2185
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2186 Apart from the standard @file{vc.el}, Ediff supports three other interfaces
33019
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Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 30009
diff changeset
2187 to version control: @file{rcs.el}, @file{pcl-cvs.el} (recently renamed
6306740f6938 2000-10-29 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 30009
diff changeset
2188 pcvs.el), and @file{generic-sc.el}. The package @file{rcs.el} is written
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Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 30009
diff changeset
2189 by Sebastian Kremer <sk@@thp.Uni-Koeln.DE> and is available as
25829
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parents:
diff changeset
2190 @example
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parents:
diff changeset
2191 @file{ftp.cs.buffalo.edu:pub/Emacs/rcs.tar.Z}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2192 @file{ftp.uni-koeln.de:/pub/gnu/emacs/rcs.tar.Z}
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parents:
diff changeset
2193 @end example
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2194 @pindex @file{vc.el}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2195 @pindex @file{rcs.el}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2196 @pindex @file{pcl-cvs.el}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2197 @pindex @file{generic-sc.el}
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parents:
diff changeset
2198 @end table
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parents:
diff changeset
2199
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parents:
diff changeset
2200 Ediff's interface to the above packages allows the user to compare the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2201 versions of the current buffer or to merge them (with or without an
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2202 ancestor-version). These operations can also be performed on directories
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2203 containing files under version control.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2204
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parents:
diff changeset
2205 In case of @file{pcl-cvs.el}, Ediff can also be invoked via the function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2206 @code{run-ediff-from-cvs-buffer}---see the documentation string for this
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2207 function.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2208
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2209 @node Customizing the Mode Line, Miscellaneous, Support for Version Control, Customization
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2210 @section Customizing the Mode Line
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parents:
diff changeset
2211
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parents:
diff changeset
2212 When Ediff is running, the mode line of @samp{Ediff Control Panel}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2213 buffer shows the current difference number and the total number of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2214 difference regions in the two files.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2215
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2216 The mode line of the buffers being compared displays the type of the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2217 buffer (@samp{A:}, @samp{B:}, or @samp{C:}) and (usually) the file name.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2218 Ediff tries to be intelligent in choosing the mode line buffer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2219 identification. In particular, it works well with the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2220 @file{uniquify.el} and @file{mode-line.el} packages (which improve on
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2221 the default way in which Emacs displays buffer identification). If you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2222 don't like the way Ediff changes the mode line, you can use
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2223 @code{ediff-prepare-buffer-hook} to modify the mode line.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2224 @vindex ediff-prepare-buffer-hook
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parents:
diff changeset
2225 @pindex @file{uniquify.el}
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parents:
diff changeset
2226 @pindex @file{mode-line.el}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2227
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parents:
diff changeset
2228 @node Miscellaneous, Notes on Heavy-duty Customization, Customizing the Mode Line, Customization
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parents:
diff changeset
2229 @section Miscellaneous
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2230
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parents:
diff changeset
2231 Here are a few other variables for customizing Ediff:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2232
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parents:
diff changeset
2233 @table @code
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parents:
diff changeset
2234 @item ediff-split-window-function
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parents:
diff changeset
2235 @vindex ediff-split-window-function
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parents:
diff changeset
2236 Controls the way you want the window be split between file-A and file-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2237 (and file-C, if applicable). It defaults to the vertical split
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2238 (@code{split-window-vertically}, but you can set it to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2239 @code{split-window-horizontally}, if you so wish.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2240 Ediff also lets you switch from vertical to horizontal split and back
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2241 interactively.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2242
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2243 Note that if Ediff detects that all the buffers it compares are displayed in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2244 separate frames, it assumes that the user wants them to be so displayed
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2245 and stops splitting windows. Instead, it arranges for each buffer to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2246 be displayed in a separate frame. You can switch to the one-frame mode
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2247 by hiding one of the buffers A/B/C.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2248
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2249 You can also swap the windows where buffers are displayed by typing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2250 @kbd{~}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2251
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parents:
diff changeset
2252 @item ediff-merge-split-window-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2253 @vindex ediff-merge-split-window-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2254 Controls how windows are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2255 split between buffers A and B in the merge mode.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2256 This variable is like @code{ediff-split-window-function}, but it defaults
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2257 to @code{split-window-horizontally} instead of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2258 @code{split-window-vertically}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2259
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2260 @item ediff-make-wide-display-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2261 @vindex ediff-make-wide-display-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2262 The value is a function to be called to widen the frame for displaying
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2263 the Ediff buffers. See the on-line documentation for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2264 @code{ediff-make-wide-display-function} for details. It is also
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2265 recommended to look into the source of the default function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2266 @code{ediff-make-wide-display}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2267
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2268 You can toggle wide/regular display by typing @kbd{m}. In the wide
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2269 display mode, buffers A, B (and C, when applicable) are displayed in a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2270 single frame that is as wide as the entire workstation screen. This is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2271 useful when files are compared side-by-side. By default, the display is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2272 widened without changing its height.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2273
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2274 @item ediff-use-last-dir
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2275 @vindex ediff-use-last-dir
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2276 Controls the way Ediff presents the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2277 default directory when it prompts the user for files to compare. If
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2278 @code{nil},
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parents:
diff changeset
2279 Ediff uses the default directory of the current buffer when it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2280 prompts the user for file names. Otherwise, it will use the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2281 directories it had previously used for files A, B, or C, respectively.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2282
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2283 @item ediff-no-emacs-help-in-control-buffer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2284 @vindex ediff-no-emacs-help-in-control-buffer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2285 If @code{t}, makes @kbd{C-h}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2286 behave like the @key{DEL} key, i.e., it will move you back to the previous
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2287 difference rather than invoking help. This is useful when, in an xterm
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2288 window or a text-only terminal, the Backspace key is bound to @kbd{C-h} and is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2289 positioned more conveniently than the @key{DEL} key.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2290
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2291 @item ediff-toggle-read-only-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2292 @vindex ediff-toggle-read-only-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2293 This variable's value is a function that Ediff uses to toggle
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2294 the read-only property in its buffers.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2295
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2296 The default function that Ediff uses simply toggles the read-only property,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2297 unless the file is under version control. For a checked-in file under
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2298 version control, Ediff first tries to check the file out.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2299
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2300 @item ediff-make-buffers-readonly-at-startup nil
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2301 @vindex ediff-make-buffers-readonly-at-startup
63676
5a0f08de3a11 (Miscellaneous): Texinfo usage fix.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 62356
diff changeset
2302 If @code{t}, all variant buffers are made read-only at Ediff startup.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
2303
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2304 @item ediff-keep-variants
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2305 @vindex @code{ediff-keep-variants}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2306 The default is @code{t}, meaning that the buffers being compared or merged will
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2307 be preserved when Ediff quits. Setting this to @code{nil} causes Ediff to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2308 offer the user a chance to delete these buffers (if they are not modified).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2309 Supplying a prefix argument to the quit command (@code{q}) temporarily
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2310 reverses the meaning of this variable. This is convenient when the user
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2311 prefers one of the behaviors most of the time, but occasionally needs the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2312 other behavior.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2313
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2314 However, Ediff temporarily resets this variable to @code{t} if it is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2315 invoked via one of the "buffer" jobs, such as @code{ediff-buffers}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2316 This is because it is all too easy to loose day's work otherwise.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2317 Besides, in a "buffer" job, the variant buffers have already been loaded
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2318 prior to starting Ediff, so Ediff just preserves status quo here.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2319
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2320 Using @code{ediff-cleanup-hook}, one can make Ediff delete the variants
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2321 unconditionally (e.g., by making @code{ediff-janitor} into one of these hooks).
71383
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2322
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2323 @item ediff-keep-tmp-versions
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2324 @vindex @code{ediff-keep-tmp-versions}
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2325 Default is @code{nil}. If @code{t}, the versions of the files being
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2326 compared or merged using operations such as @code{ediff-revision} or
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2327 @code{ediff-merge-revisions} are not deleted on exit. The normal action is
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2328 to clean up and delete these version files.
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2329
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
2330 @item ediff-grab-mouse
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2331 @vindex @code{ediff-grab-mouse}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2332 Default is @code{t}. Normally, Ediff grabs mouse and puts it in its
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2333 control frame. This is useful since the user can be sure that when he
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2334 needs to type an Ediff command the focus will be in an appropriate Ediff's
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2335 frame. However, some users prefer to move the mouse by themselves. The
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2336 above variable, if set to @code{maybe}, will prevent Ediff from grabbing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2337 the mouse in many situations, usually after commands that may take more
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2338 time than usual. In other situation, Ediff will continue grabbing the mouse
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2339 and putting it where it believes is appropriate. If the value is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2340 @code{nil}, then mouse is entirely user's responsibility.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2341 Try different settings and see which one is for you.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2342 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2343
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2344
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2345 @node Notes on Heavy-duty Customization, , Miscellaneous, Customization
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2346 @section Notes on Heavy-duty Customization
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2347
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2348 Some users need to customize Ediff in rather sophisticated ways, which
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2349 requires different defaults for different kinds of files (e.g., SGML,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2350 etc.). Ediff supports this kind of customization in several ways. First,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2351 most customization variables are buffer-local. Those that aren't are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2352 usually accessible from within Ediff Control Panel, so one can make them
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2353 local to the panel by calling make-local-variable from within
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2354 @code{ediff-startup-hook}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2355
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2356 Second, the function @code{ediff-setup} accepts an optional sixth
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2357 argument which has the form @code{((@var{var-name-1} .@: @var{val-1})
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2358 (@var{var-name-2} .@: @var{val-2}) @dots{})}. The function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2359 @code{ediff-setup} sets the variables in the list to the respective
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2360 values, locally in the Ediff control buffer. This is an easy way to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2361 throw in custom variables (which usually should be buffer-local) that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2362 can then be tested in various hooks.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2363
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2364 Make sure the variable @code{ediff-job-name} and @code{ediff-word-mode} are set
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2365 properly in this case, as some things in Ediff depend on this.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2366
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2367 Finally, if you want custom-tailored help messages, you can set the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2368 variables @code{ediff-brief-help-message-function} and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2369 @code{ediff-long-help-message-function}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2370 to functions that return help strings.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2371 @vindex ediff-startup-hook
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2372 @findex ediff-setup
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2373 @vindex ediff-job-name
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2374 @vindex ediff-word-mode
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2375 @vindex ediff-brief-help-message-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2376 @vindex ediff-long-help-message-function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2377
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2378 When customizing Ediff, some other variables are useful, although they are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2379 not user-definable. They are local to the Ediff control buffer, so this
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2380 buffer must be current when you access these variables. The control buffer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2381 is accessible via the variable @code{ediff-control-buffer}, which is also
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2382 local to that buffer. It is usually used for checking if the current buffer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2383 is also the control buffer.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2384
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2385 Other variables of interest are:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2386 @table @code
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2387 @item ediff-buffer-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2388 The first of the data buffers being compared.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2389
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2390 @item ediff-buffer-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2391 The second of the data buffers being compared.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2392
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2393 @item ediff-buffer-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2394 In three-way comparisons, this is the third buffer being compared.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2395 In merging, this is the merge buffer.
56279
b1ae5333057a * ses.texi, viper.texi, search.texi, flymake.texi, faq.texi:
Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
2396 In two-way comparison, this variable is @code{nil}.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2397
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2398 @item ediff-window-A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2399 The window displaying buffer A. If buffer A is not visible, this variable
56279
b1ae5333057a * ses.texi, viper.texi, search.texi, flymake.texi, faq.texi:
Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
2400 is @code{nil} or it may be a dead window.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2401
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2402 @item ediff-window-B
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2403 The window displaying buffer B.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2404
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2405 @item ediff-window-C
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2406 The window displaying buffer C, if any.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2407
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2408 @item ediff-control-frame
56279
b1ae5333057a * ses.texi, viper.texi, search.texi, flymake.texi, faq.texi:
Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
2409 A dedicated frame displaying the control buffer, if it exists. It is
b1ae5333057a * ses.texi, viper.texi, search.texi, flymake.texi, faq.texi:
Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
2410 non-@code{nil} only if Ediff uses the multiframe display, i.e., when
b1ae5333057a * ses.texi, viper.texi, search.texi, flymake.texi, faq.texi:
Jesper Harder <harder@ifa.au.dk>
parents: 52979
diff changeset
2411 the control buffer is in its own frame.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2412 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2413
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2414 @node Credits, Index, Customization, Top
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2415 @chapter Credits
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2416
42602
633233bf2bbf 2002-01-07 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 42288
diff changeset
2417 Ediff was written by Michael Kifer <kifer@@cs.stonybrook.edu>. It was inspired
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2418 by emerge.el written by Dale R.@: Worley <drw@@math.mit.edu>. An idea due to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2419 Boris Goldowsky <boris@@cs.rochester.edu> made it possible to highlight
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2420 fine differences in Ediff buffers. Alastair Burt <burt@@dfki.uni-kl.de>
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2421 ported Ediff to XEmacs, Eric Freudenthal <freudent@@jan.ultra.nyu.edu>
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2422 made it work with VC, Marc Paquette <marcpa@@cam.org> wrote the
26639
4aad3cb5a850 very minor fixes.
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 26589
diff changeset
2423 toolbar support package for Ediff, and Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@@xemacs.org>
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2424 adapted it to the Emacs customization package.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2425
44615
a1448e19a9f8 * viper-ex.el: Patch by Samuel Padgett. Copyright papers received.
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 44029
diff changeset
2426 Many people provided help with bug reports, feature suggestions, and advice.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2427 Without them, Ediff would not be nearly as useful as it is today.
44615
a1448e19a9f8 * viper-ex.el: Patch by Samuel Padgett. Copyright papers received.
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 44029
diff changeset
2428 Here is a hopefully full list of contributors:
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2429
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2430 @example
26263
4f315ca65976 *** empty log message ***
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 25829
diff changeset
2431 Adrian Aichner (aichner@@ecf.teradyne.com),
68997
6169b51037af 2006-02-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 68639
diff changeset
2432 Drew Adams (drew.adams@@oracle.com),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2433 Steve Baur (steve@@xemacs.org),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2434 Neal Becker (neal@@ctd.comsat.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2435 E.@: Jay Berkenbilt (ejb@@ql.org),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2436 Alastair Burt (burt@@dfki.uni-kl.de),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2437 Paul Bibilo (peb@@delcam.co.uk),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2438 Kevin Broadey (KevinB@@bartley.demon.co.uk),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2439 Harald Boegeholz (hwb@@machnix.mathematik.uni-stuttgart.de),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2440 Bradley A.@: Bosch (brad@@lachman.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2441 Michael D.@: Carney (carney@@ltx-tr.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2442 Jin S.@: Choi (jin@@atype.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2443 Scott Cummings (cummings@@adc.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2444 Albert Dvornik (bert@@mit.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2445 Eric Eide (eeide@@asylum.cs.utah.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2446 Paul Eggert (eggert@@twinsun.com),
26263
4f315ca65976 *** empty log message ***
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 25829
diff changeset
2447 Urban Engberg (ue@@cci.dk),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2448 Kevin Esler (esler@@ch.hp.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2449 Robert Estes (estes@@ece.ucdavis.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2450 Jay Finger (jayf@@microsoft.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2451 Xavier Fornari (xavier@@europe.cma.fr),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2452 Eric Freudenthal (freudent@@jan.ultra.nyu.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2453 Job Ganzevoort (Job.Ganzevoort@@cwi.nl),
60151
905bf9de87af * ediff.el (ediff-set-diff-overlays-in-one-buffer,
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 56279
diff changeset
2454 Felix Heinrich Gatzemeier (felix.g@@tzemeier.info),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2455 Boris Goldowsky (boris@@cs.rochester.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2456 Allan Gottlieb (gottlieb@@allan.ultra.nyu.edu),
26263
4f315ca65976 *** empty log message ***
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 25829
diff changeset
2457 Aaron Gross (aaron@@bfr.co.il),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2458 Thorbjoern Hansen (thorbjoern.hansen@@mchp.siemens.de),
51073
c088bf2c1f13 *** empty log message ***
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 49428
diff changeset
2459 Marcus Harnisch (marcus_harnisch@@mint-tech.com),
60151
905bf9de87af * ediff.el (ediff-set-diff-overlays-in-one-buffer,
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 56279
diff changeset
2460 Steven E. Harris (seh@@panix.com),
65857
528399f4c636 added acknowledgement
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 65555
diff changeset
2461 Aaron S. Hawley (Aaron.Hawley@@uvm.edu),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2462 Xiaoli Huang (hxl@@epic.com),
26263
4f315ca65976 *** empty log message ***
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 25829
diff changeset
2463 Andreas Jaeger (aj@@suse.de),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2464 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen (larsi@@ifi.uio.no),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2465 Larry Gouge (larry@@itginc.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2466 Karl Heuer (kwzh@@gnu.org),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2467 (irvine@@lks.csi.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2468 (jaffe@@chipmunk.cita.utoronto.ca),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2469 David Karr (dkarr@@nmo.gtegsc.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2470 Norbert Kiesel (norbert@@i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de),
71383
4a969fe4cb19 2006-06-18 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 71224
diff changeset
2471 Steffen Kilb (skilb@@gmx.net),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2472 Leigh L Klotz (klotz@@adoc.xerox.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2473 Fritz Knabe (Fritz.Knabe@@ecrc.de),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2474 Heinz Knutzen (hk@@informatik.uni-kiel.d400.de),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2475 Andrew Koenig (ark@@research.att.com),
38514
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Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 37797
diff changeset
2476 Hannu Koivisto (azure@@iki.fi),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2477 Ken Laprade (laprade@@dw3f.ess.harris.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2478 Will C Lauer (wcl@@cadre.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2479 Richard Levitte (levitte@@e.kth.se),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2480 Mike Long (mike.long@@analog.com),
42602
633233bf2bbf 2002-01-07 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 42288
diff changeset
2481 Dave Love (d.love@@dl.ac.uk),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2482 Martin Maechler (maechler@@stat.math.ethz.ch),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2483 Simon Marshall (simon@@gnu.org),
38514
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Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 37797
diff changeset
2484 Paul C. Meuse (pmeuse@@delcomsys.com),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2485 Richard Mlynarik (mly@@adoc.xerox.com),
33019
6306740f6938 2000-10-29 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 30009
diff changeset
2486 Stefan Monnier (monnier@@cs.yale.edu),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2487 Chris Murphy (murphycm@@sun.aston.ac.uk),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2488 Erik Naggum (erik@@naggum.no),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2489 Eyvind Ness (Eyvind.Ness@@hrp.no),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2490 Ray Nickson (nickson@@cs.uq.oz.au),
60151
905bf9de87af * ediff.el (ediff-set-diff-overlays-in-one-buffer,
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 56279
diff changeset
2491 Dan Nicolaescu (dann@@ics.uci.edu),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2492 David Petchey (petchey_david@@jpmorgan.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2493 Benjamin Pierce (benjamin.pierce@@cl.cam.ac.uk),
26263
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Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 25829
diff changeset
2494 Francois Pinard (pinard@@iro.umontreal.ca),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2495 Tibor Polgar (tlp00@@spg.amdahl.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2496 David Prince (dave0d@@fegs.co.uk),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2497 Paul Raines (raines@@slac.stanford.edu),
43715
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Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 43220
diff changeset
2498 Stefan Reicher (xsteve@@riic.at),
49428
0f80cb4f9d29 2003-01-25 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 47737
diff changeset
2499 Charles Rich (rich@@merl.com),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2500 Bill Richter (richter@@math.nwu.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2501 C.S.@: Roberson (roberson@@aur.alcatel.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2502 Kevin Rodgers (kevin.rodgers@@ihs.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2503 Sandy Rutherford (sandy@@ibm550.sissa.it),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2504 Heribert Schuetz (schuetz@@ecrc.de),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2505 Andy Scott (ascott@@pcocd2.intel.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2506 Axel Seibert (axel@@tumbolia.ppp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de),
35411
be20c22dc16d 2001-01-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 34144
diff changeset
2507 Vin Shelton (acs@@xemacs.org),
be20c22dc16d 2001-01-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 34144
diff changeset
2508 Scott O. Sherman (Scott.Sherman@@mci.com),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2509 Richard Stallman (rms@@gnu.org),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2510 Richard Stanton (stanton@@haas.berkeley.edu),
42602
633233bf2bbf 2002-01-07 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 42288
diff changeset
2511 Sam Steingold (sds@@goems.com),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2512 Ake Stenhoff (etxaksf@@aom.ericsson.se),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2513 Stig (stig@@hackvan.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2514 Peter Stout (Peter_Stout@@cs.cmu.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2515 Chuck Thompson (cthomp@@cs.uiuc.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2516 Ray Tomlinson (tomlinso@@bbn.com),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2517 Raymond Toy (toy@@rtp.ericsson.se),
43220
69c91aaa067a 2002-02-10 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 42602
diff changeset
2518 Stephen J. Turnbull (stephen@@xemacs.org),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2519 Jan Vroonhof (vroonhof@@math.ethz.ch),
35411
be20c22dc16d 2001-01-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 34144
diff changeset
2520 Colin Walters (walters@@cis.ohio-state.edu),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2521 Philippe Waroquiers (philippe.waroquiers@@eurocontrol.be),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2522 Klaus Weber (gizmo@@zork.north.de),
26639
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Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 26589
diff changeset
2523 Ben Wing (ben@@xemacs.org),
33019
6306740f6938 2000-10-29 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 30009
diff changeset
2524 Tom Wurgler (twurgler@@goodyear.com),
35411
be20c22dc16d 2001-01-19 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>
parents: 34144
diff changeset
2525 Steve Youngs (youngs@@xemacs.org),
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2526 Ilya Zakharevich (ilya@@math.ohio-state.edu),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2527 Eli Zaretskii (eliz@@is.elta.co.il)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2528 @end example
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2529
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2530 @node Index, , Credits, Top
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2531 @unnumbered Index
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2532 @printindex cp
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2533
29713
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Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 29165
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2534 @setchapternewpage odd
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2535 @contents
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2536 @bye
52401
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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 51073
diff changeset
2537
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 51073
diff changeset
2538 @ignore
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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 51073
diff changeset
2539 arch-tag: 165ecb88-d03c-44b1-a921-b93f50b05b46
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 51073
diff changeset
2540 @end ignore