From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#7111: 24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:17:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1eicezy1y.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <391B650E02944435B9955B4E683DB497@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:50:28 -0700")
On 2010-09-26 22:50 +0100, Drew Adams wrote:
> 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.
>
I hardly use `diff' in emacs directly so no problem with this ;)
Leo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-27 21:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-26 17:18 bug#7111: 24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string Drew Adams
2010-09-26 19:56 ` Leo
2010-09-26 21:50 ` Drew Adams
2010-09-27 21:17 ` Leo [this message]
2011-07-14 14:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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