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#17388: 24.4.50; REGRESSION: Ediff - 1) wrong face, 2) incorrect diffing Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 13:41:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9a7b1409-edbe-4633-829f-0a839d69b11a@default> References: <> <<87wqe43t55.fsf@rosalinde.fritz.box>> <> <<111c9271-6a23-426e-adb2-ff5520c02806@default>> <<83a9az1hok.fsf@gnu.org>> <8613042fc3be4f9995e33e38d4f079f0@HUBCAS1.cs.stonybrook.edu> <536511E3.1000905@stonybrook.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1399149815 8186 80.91.229.3 (3 May 2014 20:43:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 20:43:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17388@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Kifer , Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 03 22:43:28 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WggmM-00042A-Fn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 22:43:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50119 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WggmL-0004BH-Rw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 16:43:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37764) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wggm8-00049V-8F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 16:43:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wgglz-0003Rn-HW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 16:43:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60841) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wgglz-0003RS-Eu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 16:43:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wggly-0004Iu-Hu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 16:43:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 20:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17388 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17388-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17388.139914972216463 (code B ref 17388); Sat, 03 May 2014 20:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17388) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 May 2014 20:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49959 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wggkz-0004HC-Ja for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 16:42:02 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:40684) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wggkw-0004Gx-J9 for 17388@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 16:41:59 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s43Kfoml030315 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 3 May 2014 20:41:51 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s43KfnQJ015049 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 3 May 2014 20:41:50 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0005.oracle.com (abhmp0005.oracle.com [141.146.116.11]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s43Kfnax022463; Sat, 3 May 2014 20:41:49 GMT In-Reply-To: <536511E3.1000905@stonybrook.edu> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:88601 Archived-At: >>>> There should be EITHER, (a) as previously, NO fine diffs shown for >>>> other than the current diff OR (b) CORRECT (helpful) fine diffs >>>> shown for the non-current diffs. >>>=20 >>> Ediff's "fine diffs" are word-granular. That is, Ediff breaks each >>> line into "words", then passes the result to the Diff program for >>> comparisoon, and reflects the results with different faces. AFAIR, >>> this has always been that way. >>=20 >> OK, so you are saying that Emacs has silently changed to (b) from (a), >> and the way it does fine diffs corresponds to what is shown. So be it. >=20 > Ediff never showed fine diffs for any region but the current one.=20 Precisely. To (b) from (a). Emacs never showed fine diffs for non-current diffs before. It's OK with me if it does so now. I thought that the inaccurate fine diffs shown for this were new and particular to this non-current diff highlighting. I was corrected: apparently fine diffs are this inaccurate in general.