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#7111: 24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:50:28 -0700 Message-ID: <391B650E02944435B9955B4E683DB497@us.oracle.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285539087 10558 80.91.229.12 (26 Sep 2010 22:11:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:11:27 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Leo'" , Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 27 00:11:25 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzzRM-0000Xm-BM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:11:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47681 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OzzRL-0002H9-DZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:50:22 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Actdt4RJG+ODdqDiRnSmfCMItah5lgADQUFQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5994 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:48:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:40470 Archived-At: > BTW, I think the first time I actually used diff directly I was > surprised by this order. OLD then NEW is more natural. Yes, when `diff' is used as a command-line command. 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.