* bug#2988: 23.0.92; Document 'ancestor' in ediff info
@ 2009-04-13 23:31 Leo
2009-04-14 2:10 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Leo @ 2009-04-13 23:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-pretest-bug
Hi there,
The concept 'ancestor' in ediff info is undocumented. My suspicion is
that it might be an outdated concept and there is a modern replacement.
Failing to understand this concept has stopped me from understanding
some parts of ediff manual properly. I wonder if someone could shed some
light on this and help improve the documentation. Thank you.
Best,
Leo
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* bug#2988: 23.0.92; Document 'ancestor' in ediff info
2009-04-13 23:31 bug#2988: 23.0.92; Document 'ancestor' in ediff info Leo
@ 2009-04-14 2:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-04-18 13:53 ` Leo
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2009-04-14 2:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Leo; +Cc: emacs-pretest-bug, 2988
> The concept 'ancestor' in ediff info is undocumented. My suspicion is
> that it might be an outdated concept and there is a modern replacement.
AFAIK, it's not outdated. It's simply tied to the notion of 3-way diff,
which you apparently don't know about.
Stefan
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2009-04-14 2:10 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2009-04-18 13:53 ` Leo
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From: Leo @ 2009-04-18 13:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-pretest-bug; +Cc: bug-gnu-emacs
On 2009-04-14 03:10 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> The concept 'ancestor' in ediff info is undocumented. My suspicion is
>> that it might be an outdated concept and there is a modern replacement.
>
> AFAIK, it's not outdated. It's simply tied to the notion of 3-way diff,
> which you apparently don't know about.
I admit my ignorance in this. However the documentation does not even
provide a reference to facilitate users' understanding on this
particular subject.
> Stefan
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