Re: diff mode weirdness

[joakim]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> I wanted to look at a diff file, and it opened nicely in diff mode, with
>> font-lock etc. Then I had some issues:
>
>> - diff mode repeatedly asks me where the diff source is. In this case I
>>   only had the diff, not the source. This was very annoying.
>
> When does it do that?  Normally, it only does that if you request an
> operation like "apply" or "jump to source".

It happens for me whenever the cursor is on a "diff" line, the first
line of a unified diff file for instance.

>> - after a while the diff buffer was automatically killed, to my
>>   surprise.
>
>> Do others experience the same problems? If so I can find out more
>> information.
>
> Never heard of this, no.

Ok, I'll see if I can reproduce it with emacs -q then.

>
>         Stefan
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Joakim Verona