From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: how to highlight fine differences in Diff mode? Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:09:30 -0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136949012 13033 80.91.229.2 (11 Jan 2006 03:10:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 03:10:12 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 11 04:10:04 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwWMv-0006lH-0d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:09:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwWOv-0005oU-Mn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:11:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EwWOl-0005oJ-LO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:11:43 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EwWOk-0005o7-3g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:11:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwWOk-0005o4-0c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:11:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.122.30] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1EwWRI-0004Jj-Fd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:14:20 -0500 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.50]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id k0B39YtI030787 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:09:34 -0700 Original-Received: from rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k0B39Yf5027694 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:09:34 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-rmdc-csvpn-gw5-141-144-107-13.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.107.13]) by rgmsgw301.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k0B39XW0027686 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:09:33 -0700 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-reply-to: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Importance: Normal X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32585 Archived-At: > The library I mentioned was diff-mode-.el, not diff-mode.el. > The former is a minor enhancement to the latter. The latter > has recently been updated in CVS, and is now very similar to > the former. If you are using CVS Emacs, you can use just the > latter. If you are using Emacs 21, you might want to use > both. Thanks so much for the explanation! Makes it all clear. Maybe edit that (excellent) explanation into the file (if it's not already there -- haven't yet grabbed diff-mode-.el). Yes, there is such an explanation in the file. There is also a more general explanation here: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/DrewsElispLibraries#LibraryNames.