From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Background mode Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:55:10 -0400 Message-ID: <87oe9p6cp8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <87oea5urwm.fsf@jurta.org> <87psujj0h0.fsf@jurta.org> <86hdfv1y9b.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <87psuiqzcj.fsf@jurta.org> <87is09n00n.fsf@jurta.org> <87hdfr4t99.fsf_-_@jurta.org> <87u0jkyekf.fsf@jurta.org> <87irzzbd0y.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120066127 21942 80.91.229.2 (29 Jun 2005 17:28:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 17:28:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 29 19:28:43 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DngLu-0002Sc-Gr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:27:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DngTz-00077u-Qc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:36:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DngTn-00077N-KE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:36:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DngTl-00075z-CY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:36:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DngTl-00075c-AB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:36:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.98] (helo=tomts41-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DngXA-0004fC-BT; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:39:36 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([70.49.80.233]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050629035504.JXDD21470.tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:55:04 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 48988D732C; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:47:46 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:39898 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:39898 > I think diff -u is better when the goal is to show just the > differences, but diff -c is better for changes in the middle of > non-trivial code. > Different people have different preferences, but I need diff -c. > diff -u is always hard for me. Note that M-x load-libray RET diff-mode RET gives you the commands M-x diff-context->unified and M-x diff-unified->context so you can turn one format into the other. I usually prefer the -u format, but occasionally like to switch some hunks to -c. Stefan