From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20290: 25.0.50; Use unified diff format by default, and recommend using it in reports and patches Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:55:56 +0200 Message-ID: <87lhi0gepf.fsf@igel.home> References: <86bnix6p9l.fsf@yandex.ru> <5527C17E.1040404@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428681492 12964 80.91.229.3 (10 Apr 2015 15:58:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:58:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20290@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dmitry Gutov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 10 17:58:01 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YgbIs-0006K5-Ps for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:57:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40120 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YgbIs-0006nP-4L for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:57:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46334) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YgbIp-0006mr-1K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:57:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YgbIk-0001N0-LD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:57:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34539) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YgbIk-0001Mp-IU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YgbIj-0003z6-Um for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:57:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20290 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20290-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20290.142868136215234 (code B ref 20290); Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20290) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Apr 2015 15:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52548 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YgbHm-0003xb-Bp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:56:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:48342) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YgbHk-0003xC-88 for 20290@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:56:01 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3lNkTV5xWPz3hhw6; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:55:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3lNkTV3vpgzvh27; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:55:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OqH0C8Mc6pZf; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:55:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: rF+KkvHdCB1RAj3J+yV2YXYcfro7kpcSR8W5QgtNs8nUhuzwC+e5xMreVMG+HLM+ Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-162-109.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.162.109]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:55:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5A1E82C0D56; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 17:55:56 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: YOW!! I am having FUN!! In-Reply-To: <5527C17E.1040404@yandex.ru> (Dmitry Gutov's message of "Fri, 10 Apr 2015 15:26:38 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:101388 Archived-At: Dmitry Gutov writes: > Which signals that users prefer, or at least are more used to, unified > diffs. I've recently wanted to show off the "refinement" diff-mode feature > to a colleague, and that stumbled on Emacs producing a context diff by > default, The refinement works well with context diffs. > And here I disagree: unified diffs are easier, because they clearly show > you the changes. You don't need to compare the "before" and "after" in > your head, to figure out what exactly changed. That's where the refinement helps in the same way as with unified diffs. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."