changeset 100729:e60cb7984ff1

(diff): Doc fix.
author Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
date Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:40:08 +0000
parents 11101e16e203
children aee904e30562
files lisp/diff.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/diff.el	Sun Dec 28 04:38:44 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/diff.el	Sun Dec 28 04:40:08 2008 +0000
@@ -80,10 +80,14 @@
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun diff (old new &optional switches no-async)
   "Find and display the differences between OLD and NEW files.
-Interactively the current buffer's file name is the default for NEW
-and a backup file for NEW is the default for OLD.
+When called interactively, read OLD and NEW using the minibuffer;
+the default for NEW is the current buffer's file name, and the
+default for OLD is a backup file for NEW, if one exists.
 If NO-ASYNC is non-nil, call diff synchronously.
-With prefix arg, prompt for diff switches."
+
+When called interactively with a prefix argument, prompt
+interactively for diff switches.  Otherwise, the switches
+specified in `diff-switches' are passed to the diff command."
   (interactive
    (let (oldf newf)
      (setq newf (buffer-file-name)