# HG changeset patch # User Michael Kifer # Date 972797060 0 # Node ID 9fd41b036b846b575c9d3746f8ec271de173e202 # Parent e21feeab77fb82b0a6ece988f801225ca10a7e29 2000-10-29 Michael Kifer * ediff.texi: Replaced @command with @code & acknowledgements. * viper.texi: acknowledgements. diff -r e21feeab77fb -r 9fd41b036b84 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Sun Oct 29 05:18:48 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Sun Oct 29 05:24:20 2000 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2000-10-29 Michael Kifer + + * ediff.texi: Replaced @command with @code & acknowledgements. + * viper.texi: acknowledgements. + 2000-10-28 John Wiegley * eshell.texi: Further editing, and finished the "bugs" section. diff -r e21feeab77fb -r 9fd41b036b84 man/ediff.texi --- a/man/ediff.texi Sun Oct 29 05:18:48 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/ediff.texi Sun Oct 29 05:24:20 2000 +0000 @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Ediff even understands multi-file patches and can apply them interactively! (Ediff can recognize multi-file patches only if they are in the context format or GNU unified format. All other patches are treated as 1-file -patches. Ediff is [hopefully] using the same algorithm as @command{patch} to +patches. Ediff is [hopefully] using the same algorithm as @code{patch} to determine which files need to be patched.) Ediff is aware of version control, which lets you compare @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ prefix argument. With an odd prefix argument, Ediff assumes the patch is in a file; with an even argument, a buffer is assumed. -Note that @code{ediff-patch-file} will actually use the @command{patch} +Note that @code{ediff-patch-file} will actually use the @code{patch} utility to change the the original files on disk. This is not that dangerous, since you will always have the original contents of the file saved in another file that has the extension @file{.orig}. @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ This function would refuse to apply a multifile patch to a buffer. Use @code{ediff-patch-file} for that (and when you want the original file to be -modified by the @command{patch} utility). +modified by the @code{patch} utility). Since the patch might be in a buffer or a file, you will be asked which is the case. To avoid this extra prompt, you can invoke this command with a @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ The functions @code{ediff-files}, @code{ediff-buffers}, @code{ediff-files3}, @code{ediff-buffers3} first display the coarse, -line-based difference regions, as reported by the @command{diff} program. The +line-based difference regions, as reported by the @code{diff} program. The total number of difference regions and the current difference number are always displayed in the mode line of the control window. @@ -446,9 +446,9 @@ @item wd Saves the output from the diff utility, for further reference. -With prefix argument, saves the plain output from @command{diff} (see +With prefix argument, saves the plain output from @code{diff} (see @code{ediff-diff-program} and @code{ediff-diff-options}). Without the -argument, it saves customized @command{diff} output (see +argument, it saves customized @code{diff} output (see @code{ediff-custom-diff-program} and @code{ediff-custom-diff-options}), if it is available. @@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ buffer containing the output. This is useful when you must send the output to your Mom. -With a prefix argument, displays the plain @command{diff} output. +With a prefix argument, displays the plain @code{diff} output. @xref{Patch and Diff Programs}, for details. @item R @@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ @cindex Multi-file patches A multi-file patch is a concatenated output of several runs of the Unix -@command{diff} command (some versions of @command{diff} let you create a +@code{diff} command (some versions of @code{diff} let you create a multi-file patch in just one run). Ediff facilitates creation of multi-file patches as follows. If you are in a session group buffer created in response to @code{ediff-directories} or @@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ desired Ediff sessions and then type @kbd{P} to create a multi-file patch of those marked sessions. Ediff will then display a buffer containing the patch. -The patch is generated by invoking @command{diff} on all marked individual +The patch is generated by invoking @code{diff} on all marked individual sessions (represented by files) and session groups (represented by directories). Ediff will also recursively descend into any @emph{unmarked} session group and will search for marked sessions there. In this way, you @@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ the above two variables. The output generated by @code{ediff-custom-diff-program} (which doesn't -even have to be a standard-style @command{diff}!)@: is not used by Ediff. It is +even have to be a standard-style @code{diff}!)@: is not used by Ediff. It is provided exclusively so that you can refer to it later, send it over email, etc. For instance, after reviewing the