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bug#7111: 24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string
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Leo |
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bug#7111: 24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string |
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Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:17:13 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (Mac OS X 10.6.4) |
On 2010-09-26 22:50 +0100, Drew Adams wrote:
> Yes, when `diff' is used as a command-line command.
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> 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.
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I hardly use `diff' in emacs directly so no problem with this ;)
Leo