*Diff*?

*Diff*?

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

I find it a bit annoying that the diff buffer is called *Diff*, a more
logical choice is to call it *diff*.  Often one ends up either editing
the buffer, or using it various ways, much like *mail* and other such
buffers, the extra capital makes it a bit harder to type.


--- diff.el	06 May 2007 00:12:40 +0200	1.62
+++ diff.el	09 Jul 2007 23:10:14 +0200	
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ With prefix arg, prompt for diff switche
 		       ,(shell-quote-argument (or old-alt old))
 		       ,(shell-quote-argument (or new-alt new)))
 		     " "))
-	 (buf (get-buffer-create "*Diff*"))
+	 (buf (get-buffer-create "*diff*"))
 	 (thisdir default-directory)
 	 proc)
     (save-excursion

Re: *Diff*?

[Juri Linkov]

> I find it a bit annoying that the diff buffer is called *Diff*, a more
> logical choice is to call it *diff*.  Often one ends up either editing
> the buffer, or using it various ways, much like *mail* and other such
> buffers, the extra capital makes it a bit harder to type.
>
> --- diff.el	06 May 2007 00:12:40 +0200	1.62
> +++ diff.el	09 Jul 2007 23:10:14 +0200	
> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ With prefix arg, prompt for diff switche
>  		       ,(shell-quote-argument (or old-alt old))
>  		       ,(shell-quote-argument (or new-alt new)))
>  		     " "))
> -	 (buf (get-buffer-create "*Diff*"))
> +	 (buf (get-buffer-create "*diff*"))
>  	 (thisdir default-directory)
>  	 proc)
>      (save-excursion

Maybe, it would be good to unify buffer names, but I (and possibly many
other users) have in .emacs:

  (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Diff*")

which is currently not case-sensitive.

And also there are other buffer names with capital letters:

   ("*Help*" "*Apropos*" "*Locate*" "*Colors*" "*Buffer List*")

Want to rename them too?

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

Re: *Diff*?

[Richard Stallman]

Let's not change that buffer name.  There is no universal
rule for these names.

Re: *Diff*?

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > I find it a bit annoying that the diff buffer is called *Diff*, a
   > more logical choice is to call it *diff*.  Often one ends up
   > either editing the buffer, or using it various ways, much like
   > *mail* and other such buffers, the extra capital makes it a bit
   > harder to type.
   >
   > --- diff.el	06 May 2007 00:12:40 +0200	1.62
   > +++ diff.el	09 Jul 2007 23:10:14 +0200	
   > @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ With prefix arg, prompt for diff switche
   >  		       ,(shell-quote-argument (or old-alt old))
   >  		       ,(shell-quote-argument (or new-alt new)))
   >  		     " "))
   > -	 (buf (get-buffer-create "*Diff*"))
   > +	 (buf (get-buffer-create "*diff*"))
   >  	 (thisdir default-directory)
   >  	 proc)
   >      (save-excursion

   Maybe, it would be good to unify buffer names, but I (and possibly many
   other users) have in .emacs:

     (add-to-list 'same-window-buffer-names "*Diff*")

   which is currently not case-sensitive.

   And also there are other buffer names with capital letters:

      ("*Help*" "*Apropos*" "*Locate*" "*Colors*" "*Buffer List*")

   Want to rename them too?

They are all quite different from *diff*, in none of those do you end
up editing the actual content (atleast, I don't); maybe an execption
can be made for *Locate*, it is similar to *grep*, or *occur*, which I
often edit to do various things on specific lines using macros.