Re: vc, diff and scroll window

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Matthias Meulien wrote:
 > Suppose I have a file under version control, and say that that file
 > has been changed and saved without being commited. When I press C-xvu
 > (calling vc-revert-buffer) from a buffer visiting that file, the
 > corresponding window get split a diff buffer is shown and Emacs ask
 > 'Discard changes' (the minibuffer get selected).
 >
 > Here are two bugs related to this situation:
 >
 > 1. The diff buffer is not fontified.

Is it in Diff mode (confirmed via `C-h v major-mode')?

 > 2. While the minibuffer is selected, M-C-v (scroll-other-window)
 >    doesn't work, so one cannot scroll the window containing the diff
 >    buffer.

A simple addition to vc-version-diff should fix that:

*** /usr/local/emacs-21.3/lisp/vc.el.orig	Mon Jan 20 04:03:30 2003
--- /usr/local/emacs-21.3/lisp/vc.el	Tue Jul 13 09:38:15 2004
***************
*** 2500,2505 ****
--- 2500,2506 ----
   	(vc-exec-after `(message nil))
   	(when status
   	  (unwind-protect
+ 	      (setq minibuffer-scroll-window win)
   	      (unless (yes-or-no-p "Discard changes? ")
   		(error "Revert canceled"))
   	    (select-window win)

-- 
Kevin Rodgers