Re: faq.texi

[Miles Bader]

"Richard M. Stallman" <address@hidden> writes:
>     I doubt it would be so good on files.diff, because then I'd have
>     to first C-x 2 and set point in each window.
>
> No matter what method you might use to compare two parts of a buffer,
> you will surely have to identify where they start.

Actually with the "isearch + C-y" method, you _don't_ -- the
highlight-other-matches function of isearch simply highlights everything
visible that matches the string you're searching for.  (and then stops
when you C-y past the point where the regions don't match anymore)

-Miles
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