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[PATCH] misc.texi, files.texi
From: |
Nick Roberts |
Subject: |
[PATCH] misc.texi, files.texi |
Date: |
Wed, 3 May 2006 11:24:15 +1200 |
The recenty added node "Diff Mode" overlaps slightly and lacks cohesion
with the existing node "Comparing Files". This patch attempts to address
that.
OK to apply?
--
Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob
*** misc.texi 03 May 2006 10:22:09 +1200 1.82
--- misc.texi 03 May 2006 10:46:49 +1200
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*** 1830,1835 ****
--- 1830,1836 ----
@node Diff Mode, Two-Column, Narrowing, Top
@section Diff Mode
@cindex Diff mode
+ @findex diff-mode
Diff mode is useful for editing patches and comparisons produced by
the @command{diff} program. You can select Diff mode by typing
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*** 1901,1906 ****
--- 1902,1911 ----
(@code{diff-refine-hunk}).
@end table
+ You can also use @kbd{C-x `} to visit successive changed locations
+ in the two source files, as in Compilation mode (@pxref{Compilation
+ Mode}.)
+
@kbd{C-x 4 a} in Diff mode operates on behalf of the target file,
but gets the function name from the patch itself. @xref{Change Log}.
This is useful for making log entries for functions that are deleted
*** files.texi 13 Apr 2006 09:12:42 +1200 1.139
--- files.texi 03 May 2006 10:48:23 +1200
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*** 2159,2164 ****
--- 2159,2166 ----
running the @code{diff} program, using options taken from the variable
@code{diff-switches}. The value of @code{diff-switches} should be a
string; the default is @code{"-c"} to specify a context diff.
+ The @samp{*diff*} buffer uses Diff mode (@pxref{Diff Mode}).
+
@findex diff-backup
The command @kbd{M-x diff-backup} compares a specified file with its most
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*** 2166,2180 ****
@code{diff-backup} compares it with the source file that it is a backup
of.
- @findex diff-goto-source
- @findex diff-mode
- @cindex Diff mode
- The @samp{*diff*} buffer uses Diff mode, which enables you to use
- @kbd{C-x `} to visit successive changed locations in the two source
- files, as in Compilation mode (@pxref{Compilation Mode}.) You can
- also move to a particular hunk of changes and type @kbd{C-c C-c}
- (@code{diff-goto-source}) to visit the corresponding source location.
-
@cindex patches
Differences between versions of files are often distributed as
patches, which are the output from the @command{diff} program. You
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- [PATCH] misc.texi, files.texi,
Nick Roberts <=