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* ediff-diff.el: Moved variables around to have it compile under NT.
* ediff-help.el (ediff-use-long-help-message): made it customizable.
* ediff-init.el (ediff-abbrev-jobname): use capitalize.
* ediff-wind.el (ediff-skip-unsuitable-frames): deleted the
redundant skip-small-frames test.
* viper-cmd.el (viper-change-state-to-vi): disable overwrite mode.
(viper-downgrade-to-insert): protect against errors in hooks.
* viper-init.el (viper-vi-state-hook,viper-insert-state-hook,
viper-replace-state-hook,viper-emacs-state-hook): do cursor handling.
(viper-restore-cursor-type,viper-set-insert-cursor-type): new
functions.
* viper-util.el (viper-memq-char): bug fixes
* viper.el (viper-mode): fix cursor handling.
author | Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu> |
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date | Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:15:11 +0000 |
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