Re: [PATCH 2/2] emacs: Add interface for comparing generations.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès (2014-11-04 01:22 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> [...]
>
>>> Perhaps "s/The Emacs Editor/The GNU Emacs Manual/"?  As it's the most
>>> common (but not the one) variant in the Emacs Lisp manual, for example here:
>>> <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/doc/lispref/display.texi#n2065>
>>
>> OK (I think they should add “The” in emacs.texi.)
>>
>>> Also I used "The Emacs Editor" several times in “emacs.texi”.  Should I
>>> replace all instances in this patch or make a separate commit for that?
>>
>> Yes, please.
>
> Sorry, yes for «replace all instances in this patch» or for «make a
> separate commit»?  I think the latter, so I've attached a patch for
> that.

Yes, I meant the latter; sorry for the confusion.

>> The default behavior for ediff is to create another frame for control,
>> and that doesn’t work well with the tiling window manager I’m using.
>> Also, it’s really a mode that you enter and have to leave afterwards.
>> So I tend to prefer diff for simple diffs, and I resort to ediff in more
>> tricky situations (like when I have to compare two .drv files for
>> debugging, uh! ;-)).
>
> Oh, indeed; I forgot about the defaults.  Yeah, additional frame and
> vertical splitting are evil :-)  So I use the following settings:

Thanks for the tips!

>  Do not worry about the efficiency of that @code{require} thing.  It will
>  not load the whole ``guix.el'' package, it will just autoload the main
> -interactive commands (@pxref{Autoload,,, elisp, Emacs Lisp}).
> +interactive commands (@pxref{Autoload,,, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference
> +Manual}).

lispref.texi has:

  @settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

So make it “The GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual” (or without “The”, as
you prefer.)

OK to commit with this change!

Thanks,
Ludo’.