From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: arnima@hafro.is, 11067@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11067: 24.0.94.1; diff-buffer-with-file
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:13:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834ntev84b.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvehsikbqz.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:53:57 -0400
> Cc: 11067@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-20120319-r107630-bin-i386.zip
> > and `diff-buffer-with-file' is not working like it did in Emacs 23.4.1
> > 1. Start emacs -Q
> > 2. Set `diff-command' to "winmerge" and `diff-switches' to nil
>
> It seems that's your problem: winmerge is not a replacement for `diff'
> because it does not accept the "-L <label>" argument of diff.
Actually, winmerge _is_ a valid replacement, because it includes GNU
Diff as its part. It's just that it doesn't know about -L, and
rightfully so, since that switch is undocumented in many versions of
Diff.
Regardless, I think it's obnoxious on the part of Emacs to stick
literal switches into a command without either (a) probing that the
command does indeed accept them, or (b) giving the user an opportunity
to customize these switches.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-24 6:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-22 14:54 bug#11067: 24.0.94.1; diff-buffer-with-file Arni Magnusson
2012-03-23 21:34 ` Glenn Morris
2012-03-23 21:39 ` Glenn Morris
2012-03-24 1:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-03-24 6:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-03-24 18:27 ` Glenn Morris
2012-03-24 21:12 ` Paul Eggert
2012-03-25 3:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-11 8:29 ` Glenn Morris
2012-03-24 1:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-03-24 2:28 ` Arni Magnusson
2012-03-24 6:13 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-03-24 18:19 ` Stefan Monnier
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