* ediff-diff.el (ediff-install-fine-diff-if-necessary): take the current highlighting style into account. (ediff-forward-word-function,ediff-whitespace,ediff-word-1, ediff-word-2,ediff-word-3,ediff-word-4): make them buffer local. * ediff-init.el (ediff-patch-job): new macro. * ediff-mult.el (ediff-make-new-meta-list-header): new API function. (ediff-intersect-directories): use ediff-make-new-meta-list-header. * ediff-ptch.el (ediff-map-patch-buffer): use ediff-make-new-meta-list-header. (ediff-fixup-patch-map): use the meta-list API from ediff-mult.el. * ediff-util.el (ediff-toggle-hilit): fix toggling of highliting. (ediff-select-difference): take highlighting style into account. (ediff-clone-buffer-for-region-comparison): new function. (ediff-inferior-compare-regions): added comparison of current diff regions. * ediff.el (ediff-clone-buffer-for-region-comparison, ediff-clone-buffer-for-window-comparison): moved to ediff-util.el.