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* bug#20129: 23.3; ediff can't ignore whitespace regarding tabs vs spaces
@ 2015-03-17 20:21 Geof Sawaya
  2020-12-03 11:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Geof Sawaya @ 2015-03-17 20:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 20129

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From: sawaya <sawaya@fractus.cs.utah.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: 23.3; ediff can't ignore whitespace regarding tabs vs spaces
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:20:58 -0600
Message-ID: <874mpjided.fsf@fractus.cs.utah.edu>
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I was working on a major merge (of two versions of a file) using ediff (the
file that was giving me
trouble was about 10k lines long).  I was getting HUGE diference regions
and also it was strange that I had varying regions between the files
where I didn't discern any difference in the text.  This was after
enabling  (with ##) the option to ignore differences in whitespace.

After I reset the tabs in both files (by reindenting the entire files
with emacs), things went much better and I was able to get through the
merge process.

I can provide you with copies of the files -- they do happen to be open
source.  Just let me know -- fredericflintstone@gmail.com


In GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
 of 2013-05-16 on panlong, modified by Debian
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* bug#20129: 23.3; ediff can't ignore whitespace regarding tabs vs spaces
  2015-03-17 20:21 bug#20129: 23.3; ediff can't ignore whitespace regarding tabs vs spaces Geof Sawaya
@ 2020-12-03 11:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  2021-01-19 17:54   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2020-12-03 11:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Geof Sawaya; +Cc: 20129

Geof Sawaya <fredericflintstone@gmail.com> writes:

> I was working on a major merge (of two versions of a file) using ediff (the file that
> was giving me
> trouble was about 10k lines long).  I was getting HUGE diference regions
> and also it was strange that I had varying regions between the files
> where I didn't discern any difference in the text.  This was after
> enabling  (with ##) the option to ignore differences in whitespace.

(This bug report unfortunately got no response at the time.)

Is this problem still present in more recent Emacs versions?  If so,
could you provide a recipe to reproduce the bug, starting from "emacs -Q"?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





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* bug#20129: 23.3; ediff can't ignore whitespace regarding tabs vs spaces
  2020-12-03 11:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2021-01-19 17:54   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-01-19 17:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Geof Sawaya; +Cc: 20129

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Is this problem still present in more recent Emacs versions?  If so,
> could you provide a recipe to reproduce the bug, starting from "emacs -Q"?

More information was requested, but no response was given within a
month, so I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists,
please respond to this email and we'll reopen the bug report.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no





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