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 ediff with the diff buffers in separate frames? Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <532C181C.8080702@iankelling.org> <8738ibg5ho.fsf@web.de> <532CD596.20200@gmail.com> <87eh1rmdmj.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395700893 26418 80.91.229.3 (24 Mar 2014 22:41:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:41:33 +0000 (UTC) To: Michael Heerdegen , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 24 23:41:41 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1WSDYr-0001FH-7B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 23:41:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38671 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSDYq-0002vR-Ji for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:41:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36296) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSDYW-0002vB-8s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:41:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSDYN-0000Ek-Nl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:41:20 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:22313) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSDYN-0000ER-Gy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:41:11 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id s2OMf9D3007324 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:41:09 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7021.oracle.com (aserz7021.oracle.com [141.146.126.230]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s2OMf8nJ022057 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:41:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0013.oracle.com (abhmp0013.oracle.com [141.146.116.19]) by aserz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s2OMf8ZD018890; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:41:08 GMT In-Reply-To: <87eh1rmdmj.fsf@web.de> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96731 Archived-At: > > > When I understand correctly, you want a multiframe setup (right?), bu= t > > > with no separate control panel frame. > > > > Yes. I often use 2 emacs frames. Each one is on a separate monitor. It > > would be great to use them to ediff. >=20 > By default, Ediff should reuse your two frames when they are already > displaying the buffers to diff. Is that the case for you? If yes, I'm > not sure I understand your intention. What's the problem with having a > separate control panel frame? Yes. FWIW, that's what I use: I start with the buffers in separate frames. (I don't use multiple monitors, however.)