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bug#11067: 24.0.94.1; diff-buffer-with-file
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#11067: 24.0.94.1; diff-buffer-with-file |
Date: |
Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:13:56 +0200 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:53:57 -0400
> Cc: 11067@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-20120319-r107630-bin-i386.zip
> > and `diff-buffer-with-file' is not working like it did in Emacs 23.4.1
> > 1. Start emacs -Q
> > 2. Set `diff-command' to "winmerge" and `diff-switches' to nil
>
> It seems that's your problem: winmerge is not a replacement for `diff'
> because it does not accept the "-L <label>" argument of diff.
Actually, winmerge _is_ a valid replacement, because it includes GNU
Diff as its part. It's just that it doesn't know about -L, and
rightfully so, since that switch is undocumented in many versions of
Diff.
Regardless, I think it's obnoxious on the part of Emacs to stick
literal switches into a command without either (a) probing that the
command does indeed accept them, or (b) giving the user an opportunity
to customize these switches.
bug#11067: 24.0.94.1; diff-buffer-with-file, Stefan Monnier, 2012/03/23
bug#11067: 24.0.94.1; diff-buffer-with-file, Stefan Monnier, 2012/03/24