From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tolugboji Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Differences with side-by-side modification Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:45:17 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1cUlzVJwKi9MPvxxWlJTxflzMcQFvcoMKwWThy-KR7rxrpR9hr4iq0gPIP1zH8m3S_e2J7M1Y8BgiVU3ZUkOh1uMfh5lmxBGeVh0cy3HGh8=@protonmail.com> <20211021093331.GD11300@tuxteam.de> Reply-To: tolugboji Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4968"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: tomas@tuxteam.de Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 21 11:46:13 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mdUeJ-00012x-58 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:46:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36744 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mdUeH-0003ad-Mf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 05:46:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52538) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mdUdZ-0003aE-Ft for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 05:45:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40132.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.132]:10708) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mdUdV-0004qY-Hl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2021 05:45:25 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail; t=1634809518; bh=ZtG12DnVH3XZ6dtxCzVXE+5L3/uKyeXlmZrdV8/PGQM=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=TGIYB7By6KfV5m2uytS0hYHJeLOHMPI0u9JsKIjd3iI8pHqHt3Kr35yEEnJxo/+Jr /QHnjNN1R4AM2C3OL9qHq0rdC68A93bBDy+VAVScEERdWdtxqwgIe0pS6JwIrfMj0r gXtJFO0B1V80eDunevyweOpeTX0U3pOtqhiNdfnQ= In-Reply-To: <20211021093331.GD11300@tuxteam.de> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.132; envelope-from=tolugboji@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40132.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:133948 Archived-At: =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original Me= ssage =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 On Thursday, October 21st, 2021 at 9:33 AM, wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 09:23:35AM +0000, tolugboji via Users list for th= e 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?