Re: diff mode weirdness

[joakim@verona.se]

Peter Lee <pete.a.lee@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>> joakim  writes:
>
>     joakim> I wanted to look at a diff file, and it opened nicely in diff mode, with
>     joakim> font-lock etc. Then I had some issues:
>
>     joakim> - diff mode repeatedly asks me where the diff source is. In this case I
>     joakim>   only had the diff, not the source. This was very annoying.
>     joakim> - after a while the diff buffer was automatically killed, to my
>     joakim>   surprise.
>
>     joakim> Do others experience the same problems? If so I can find out more
>     joakim> information.
>
> I've seen this as well... I have to C-g several times and quickly "move
> off" the header line.
>
> It doesn't happen when I use diff for code under cvs.  However, a
> standalone .diff file in a directory where the file "test" doesn't exist
> will happen everytime.

Yes this is exactly what I am seeing as well. However, I dont get this
behaviour with emacs -Q. I havent managed to diagnose it further.

>
>>>> snip
> Index: test
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvsroot.2/testmod/test,v
> retrieving revision 1.1956.2.122.4.437.4.228
> retrieving revision 1.1956.2.122.4.437.4.229
> diff -u -r1.1956.2.122.4.437.4.228 -r1.1956.2.122.4.437.4.229
> --- Version	12 Sep 2008 00:59:19 -0000	1.1956.2.122.4.437.4.228
> +++ Version	12 Sep 2008 14:59:22 -0000	1.1956.2.122.4.437.4.229
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -xx_build="206"
> +xx_build="207"
>  xx_version="1.1.1"
>  xx_branch=""
>  # zzzz
> <<< snip
>
> copy between the snips and save as /tmp/test.diff
>
> Then open the file...
>
> The modeline will continuously prompt for:
> Use file Version: /tmp/test
>
>
>
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Joakim Verona