From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: faq.texi Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:30:06 +0900 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140168636 1292 80.91.229.2 (17 Feb 2006 09:30:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:30:36 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 17 10:30:34 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 1FA1wX-00015Y-6m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:30:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FA1sZ-00062F-4L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:26:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F9wLS-0000EA-AJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:31:47 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F9wK3-0007dE-8f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:30:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F9wK0-0007bc-Mb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:30:17 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.180.232.82] (helo=mgate02.necel.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F9wP9-0003Zn-NP; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:35:36 -0500 Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com (relay31 [10.29.19.54]) by mgate02.necel.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k1H2uldM021668; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:30:07 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay31.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.24] [10.29.19.24]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:30:07 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.97.235] [10.114.97.235]) by relay31.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:30:07 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id E40FD43F; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:30:06 +0900 (JST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:21:12 -0500") Original-Lines: 17 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:50653 Archived-At: "Richard M. Stallman" writes: > I doubt it would be so good on files.diff, because then I'd have > to first C-x 2 and set point in each window. > > No matter what method you might use to compare two parts of a buffer, > you will surely have to identify where they start. Actually with the "isearch + C-y" method, you _don't_ -- the highlight-other-matches function of isearch simply highlights everything visible that matches the string you're searching for. (and then stops when you C-y past the point where the regions don't match anymore) -Miles -- Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive, there is something wrong with him. -- Art Buchwald