From: Martin Fischer <nospam@nospam.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Show unsaved changes (as diff)
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:44:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <agk5qglzz9.fsf@nospam.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 85tzplo37k.fsf@lola.goethe.zz
>>>>> David Kastrup writes:
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:39:59 +0200
>
> Florian Lorenzen writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a very innocent question, I'm sorry that I could not figure out
>> the answer myself: is there a quick way to ask Emacs to show the
>> unsaved changes in a file's buffer as a diff? Sometimes, I attempt to
>> kill a bufer and Emacs asks me if I want do discard the changes. As my
>> memory is very weak sometimes, I cannot recall what I had changed and
>> if this was important in any way. So, I'd simply like to see what I'd
>> throw away. Of course, I can copy the file's buffer's content to a new
>> buffer, revert the file's buffer and make a diff on these two. But is
>> there something ready-made for this kind of situation, like M-x
>> show-unsaved-changes?
>
> M-x diff-buffer-with-file RET
>
> --
> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
>
Hi,
by the way, is it possible to use this in some way with the more
"readable" representation of ediff and how could it be done (moderate
lisp knowledge) ?
Thank you
Martin
--
parozusa at web dot de
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-24 17:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-23 14:29 Show unsaved changes (as diff) Florian Lorenzen
2007-09-23 14:39 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-24 17:44 ` Martin Fischer [this message]
2007-09-25 5:54 ` Gordon Beaton
2007-09-25 7:14 ` Thierry Volpiatto
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