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bug#7111: 24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string
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Drew Adams |
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bug#7111: 24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string |
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Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:50:28 -0700 |
> BTW, I think the first time I actually used diff directly I was
> surprised by this order. OLD then NEW is more natural.
Yes, when `diff' is used as a command-line command.
But in Emacs you often want to diff a current file (line in Dired, current
buffer file, etc.) against some other file, often the backup (old version) of
the same file. That is the rationale, I think, behind the chosen order.