From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13772: 24.3.50; dired-diff does not replace dired-backup-diff Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:35:52 -0500 Message-ID: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1361396241 22350 80.91.229.3 (20 Feb 2013 21:37:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:37:21 +0000 (UTC) To: 13772@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 20 22:37:40 2013 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 1U8HMB-0003Jw-SM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:37:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46441 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HLr-0004hc-J0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:37:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47000) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HLi-0004gr-Fe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:37:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HLO-0005Bw-Ut for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:37:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35177) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HLO-0005Bj-R0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:36:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HMY-0002Be-W0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:38:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 13772 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.13613962398302 (code B ref -1); Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Feb 2013 21:37:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40639 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HLq-00029p-Cy for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:37:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34622) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HLn-00029e-Tc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:37:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HKX-0004di-LU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:36:02 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:54391) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HKX-0004de-Ik for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:35:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45946) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HKV-0003kp-2G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:35:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HKT-0004cy-CG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:35:54 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:51309) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HKT-0004cu-8M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:35:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U8HKS-00048P-FY; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:35:52 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.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:71567 Archived-At: The M-= binding for dired-backup-diff was deleted, supposedly because dired-diff now replaces it. However, it does not. If you type it on a backup file, it does not present the current file as the default argument. The default argument gives an error. And if you specify the current file as the argument, you get a diff between the right two files, but it is in reverse order. In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.4 (mips64el-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of 2013-02-02 on chiefs-gnewsense Bzr revision: 111655 christopher@ch.ristopher.com-20130201171924-mqojkjw974mj7ndq System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.6 (squeeze) Configured using: `configure CFLAGS=-O0 -g --with-gif=no --with-tiff=no --no-create --no-recursion' Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Diff Minor modes in effect: diff-auto-refine-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t gpm-mouse-mode: t tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t abbrev-mode: t Recent input: C-p C-x 4 b r f c 8 TAB RET C-s # i f SPC 0 C-s C-s C-s C-a C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-a C-k C-k C-n C-k C-k C-x o ESC v ESC v ESC v C-v C-n C-n C-n C-@ C-u C-n ESC w C-x o C-n C-n C-n C-y C-@ C-g C-u C-p C-d C-d C-n C-d C-d C-n C-d C-d C-n C-d C-d C-n C-@ C-u C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-w C-x o C-v C-v ESC v C-x o C-x 1 C-v C-u C-p C-u C-n C-n C-n C-k C-k C-p C-p C-p C-e SPC { C-a C-n C-n C-n C-@ C-u C-n C-u C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-u 2 C-x TAB C-o } ESC C-p ESC C-n SPC e l s e SPC { RET TAB b r e a k ; RET } C-x C-s C-x b m b o x . c RET C-x b RET C-x b m a i r TAB TAB - TAB RET = C-g C-n C-p = C-g = ESC n . TAB 1 TAB RET C-x 0 C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-u C-v C-x b RET C-x b r f c TAB RET C-n C-n C-a C-k C-k C-v C-x C-s C-x b o u t g TAB RET g C-x b f DEL r f c TAB RET C-x b m a i r TAB - TAB RET C-n = RET = ESC n DEL DEL DEL DEL RET C-x 0 C-v ESC x r e p o r t SPC e m a v s DEL DEL s SPC DEL c s SPC b u g RET Recent messages: Mark activated Mark set Saving file /home/rms/mairix-0.23/rfc822.c... Wrote /home/rms/mairix-0.23/rfc822.c Making completion list... Quit [2 times] Auto-saving...done Saving file /home/rms/mairix-0.23/rfc822.c... Wrote /home/rms/mairix-0.23/rfc822.c dired-diff: Attempt to compare the file to itself Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow emacsbug bug-reference diff cc-langs cl cl-lib cc-mode cc-fonts cc-guess cc-menus cc-cmds cc-styles cc-align cc-engine cc-vars cc-defs dired-aux mule-util cal-move cal-menu calendar cal-loaddefs log-edit pcvs-util add-log diff-mode easy-mmode vc vc-dispatcher rmailsum rect parse-time vc-cvs sgml-mode gnus-util mailcap find-func vc-bzr jka-compr rmailout dabbrev shell pcomplete grep compile comint ansi-color ring misearch multi-isearch quail help-mode mailalias qp rmailmm message sendmail format-spec rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader mail-parse rfc2231 dired t-mouse time-date rmailedit rmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils paren cus-start cus-load nadvice advice help-fns tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind inotify dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call