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From: tolugboji <tolugboji@protonmail.com>
To: tomas@tuxteam.de
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Differences with side-by-side modification
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:45:17 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Smu5nF7Q8ozvYt8u6dqCHXXdgd1Zxbu7f1VmtNGKzu_pTzDRFXy6FVq7lE8g0AflUJ6JAilFWrprAh0_FyhuWZYOdnvExO3L1gdVQdOgKA0=@protonmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211021093331.GD11300@tuxteam.de>

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

On Thursday, October 21st, 2021 at 9:33 AM, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 09:23:35AM +0000, tolugboji via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor wrote:
>
> > I want to see differences between two files side-by-side (one on a left window, the other on a right window).
> >
> > The purpose is not simply see the differences side-by-side, but also to make modifications on each window
> >
> > and be able to show differences again.
> >
> > Is such a thing possible to do in emacs?
>
> M-x ediff :)
>
> You can diff two files, a file with a buffer... Side by side, top
>
> to bottom, whatever.
>
> There is documentation for the ediff mode. Try C-h i ediff, perhaps it is
>
> installed on your machine. If not (and if you want to suffer the whims
>
> of your browser ;-) it's on the internets [1] too.
>
> Cheers
>
> [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/ediff.html
>
> -   t


Have done `M-x ediff-files` and `M-x ediff-buffers`, but the two files
are put one on top of each other, rather than side-by-side.  What setting
do I need to do to change to side-by-side?





  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-21  9:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-21  9:23 Differences with side-by-side modification tolugboji via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-10-21  9:33 ` tomas
2021-10-21  9:45   ` tolugboji [this message]
2021-10-21  9:54     ` tomas
2021-10-21  9:57     ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-10-21 10:04       ` tolugboji
2021-10-21 10:12         ` tomas
2021-10-21 10:18         ` Michael Heerdegen
2021-10-21 10:54           ` tolugboji
2021-10-21 18:32             ` tolugboji
2021-10-21 20:15             ` Joost Kremers
2021-10-21 21:16               ` tolugboji
2021-10-21  9:35 ` Joost Kremers
2021-10-22  2:08 ` pliyanag

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