Re: diff-mode

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com>
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:43:10 -0800 (PST)
> 
> On Dec 13, 11:22 pm, Andrea Crotti <andrea.crott...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > As I discussed with a collegue, one of the problem of emacs are the
> > non-inviting defaults.
> 
> This is never going to be solved.  Emacs lacks the resources to pay
> for a team dedicated to usability issues, more so if you think about
> how many platforms it runs on.  Moreover, it is maintained by advanced
> users, which are unlikely to understand the needs of beginners.

That's not true.  Usability is quite high on the developers' agenda.
If you report usability problems as bugs, they will be handled.

> I applaud your effort to use Emacs for diffs.  I gave up very quickly
> and to this day I still stick to WinMerge.

Feel free to use LoseMerge, Ediff beats it any time with both hands
behind its back.  You gave up too quickly.