From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Arni Magnusson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11067: 24.0.94.1; diff-buffer-with-file Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:54:16 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1332428135 19408 80.91.229.3 (22 Mar 2012 14:55:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:55:35 +0000 (UTC) To: 11067@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 22 15:55:34 2012 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 1SAjQD-000450-CL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:55:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54824 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SAjQC-00049i-RJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Start emacs -Q 2. Set `diff-command' to "winmerge" and `diff-switches' to nil 3. Open a file, say c:/gnu/emacs/BUGS, make some changes without saving 4. M-x diff-buffer-with-file Emacs 23.4.1 performs this task very nicely, but Emacs 24.0.94.1 alpha provides the external program with args that cannot be compared: c:\gnu\emacs\-L c:\gnu\emacs\BUGS Examining the Emacs *Diff* buffer provides some insights. In Emacs 23.4.1 it contains winmerge "c:/gnu/emacs/BUGS" "c:/Temp/buffer-content-3436L7C" which looks sensible, but in Emacs 24.0.94.1 alpha it the *Diff* buffer contains winmerge "-L" "c:/gnu/emacs/BUGS" "-L" "#" "c:/gnu/emacs/BUGS" "c:/Temp/buffer-content-2640boz" which looks like 6 args instead of 2, including some "-L" options (even after specifically disabling all diff switches) and "#" (probably of no use to an external program). To me, it looks like version 24.0.94.1 of `diff-buffer-with-file' in diff.el should try harder to mimic the behavior of version 23.4.1 in files.el. Many thanks, Arni