From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1183: 23.0.60; ediff-buffers is broken Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:35:43 -0700 Message-ID: <004801c93087$2b3d5dd0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <00a101c92fbf$998d19b0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <00eb01c92fd0$1be49cc0$c2b22382@us.oracle.com> <002501c93078$21bf8c60$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 1183@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224269518 30888 80.91.229.12 (17 Oct 2008 18:51:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:51:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 1183@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 17 20:52:57 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KquR9-00020h-FL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:52:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39741 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KquQ4-0001eO-KL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:51:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KquOs-00019B-74 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:50:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KquOn-00016a-DS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:50:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59347 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KquOm-00016L-VR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:45074) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KquOm-0008FF-IZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:50:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9HIo0Y9024796; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:50:01 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m9HIj8Lx024112; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:45:08 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:45:07 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1183 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1183-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1183.122426855822378 (code B ref 1183); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:45:07 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1183) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 17 Oct 2008 18:35:58 +0000 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com (rgminet01.oracle.com [148.87.113.118]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9HIZu99022371 for <1183@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:35:57 -0700 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m9HIZhK9011777; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:35:43 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt706.oracle.com (acsmt706.oracle.com [141.146.40.84]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id m9HIZggJ027083; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:35:42 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.60.60) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:35:42 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AckwhVpEymgQ1STcQXqXjtfp/HywUwAAYE7Q X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:50:11 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:21635 Archived-At: > > > > We could also let them compare equal, but display a > > > > message to the effect that the buffers define different > > > > encoding for saving them to files. Opinions? > > > > > > That would be fine, indeed. > > > > Fine, but not enough. If a user wants to see the textual > > differences between the two buffers, the info that the > > encodings are different is not helpful enough to get the > > job done. > > You misunderstood. My suggestion, to which Stefan agreed, was that > _in_addition_ to showing any textual differences, ediff-buffers would > display a warning saying that the buffers _also_ differ in the way > they will be encoded on their disk files. > > In the extreme case that the text is identical, only the warning will > remain as the single sign of a difference. > > > In the case described, there are real textual differences (an > > added Lisp sexp), and ediff-buffers is not at all helpful > > in showing them. > > After Ediff is fixed, you will see the diffs you see in Emacs 22, plus > a message saying that the EOL format is different. Sounds good. Sorry for misunderstanding. "Let them compare equal" threw me off; I thought you were saying that the two buffers I reported on *should* be considered equal by ediff-buffers.