From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: change the default ediff-split-window-function to split-window-horizontally Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:26:44 -0700 Message-ID: <200604041826.k34IQieG019813@scanner2.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1144175296 523 80.91.229.2 (4 Apr 2006 18:28:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 04 20:28:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FQqGB-0003xM-8N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:28:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FQqGA-0006kp-OU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:28:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FQqG1-0006kk-Nd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:28:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FQqG0-0006kY-7B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:28:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FQqG0-0006kV-4G for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:28:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [128.195.1.36] (helo=scanner2.ics.uci.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FQqJL-00061z-2D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:31:27 -0400 Original-Received: from vino.ics.uci.edu (vino.ics.uci.edu [128.195.11.198]) by scanner2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k34IQieG019813 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 22 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@vino.ics.uci.edu X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:52402 Archived-At: Can we change the default ediff-split-window-function to split-window-horizontally ? All the GUI diff applications that I know off: xxdiff, meld, kdiff, kompare display the 2 files side by side. So it seems that now users expect diff applications to display the files side by side. The reason to change is not only to blindly follow other applications, but the side-by-side display is superior. It is easier for the eye to follow differences when they are side by side (even the expression is: "side-by-side comparison" not "one on top of the other comparison"). The current default might be familiar to people used to look at diff(1) output, but that is not the majority of users. Opinions? Thanks --dan