From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jay Belanger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs doc changes Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 08:43:49 -0500 Message-ID: <87zmigbbvu.fsf@vh213602.truman.edu> References: <17469.29694.605871.59144@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <17469.53282.265431.557135@farnswood.snap.net.nz> <4nd5flnwtg.fsf@asimov.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nek002s4h.fsf@asimov.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nodz4ywgg.fsf@asimov.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nejzv9b98.fsf@asimov.bwh.harvard.edu> <4n7j5l5xt6.fsf_-_@asimov.bwh.harvard.edu> <85fyk9fnxv.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: belanger@truman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145540661 5267 80.91.229.2 (20 Apr 2006 13:44:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:44:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: belanger@truman.edu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 20 15:44:17 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWZS3-0007xv-RK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:44:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWZS3-0006QQ-8v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:44:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FWZRr-0006Pk-Jq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:43:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FWZRp-0006PI-EW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:43:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWZRp-0006P9-C0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [24.116.0.227] (helo=S1.cableone.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FWZTA-0006er-8J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:45:16 -0400 Original-Received: from vh213602.truman.edu.truman.edu (unverified [24.117.100.92]) by S1.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S1) with ESMTP id 55206903 for multiple; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:44:25 -0700 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:14:11 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NotAscii: charset=us-ascii X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 4, First 29, in=7, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.117.100.92 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:53138 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: ... > When sending patches to me, I want diff -c format, not diff -u. > I find I cannot understand a diff -u patch unless it is very simple. > When I try to read the lines and think about what they do, > I cannot keep track of which lines are old and which are new. The meter's a bit off, and perhaps the second line should read "I find I cannot understand a diff -u patch as much as I'd like to", but otherwise a nice poem. Jay