Re: ediff-files from command line ?

[Bogdan Hlevca <bhlevca@adexa.com>]

Thank you, works just fine,
Bogdan

Who indeed? wrote:
> Bogdan,
> 
> Here is a shell script I use for ediff and emerge:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> SCRIPTNAME=`basename $0`
> if [ $# -lt 2 ]
> then
>    echo "usage: $SCRIPTNAME FILE1 FILE2"
>    exit 1
> fi
> #
> if [ ! -f "$1" ]
> then
>    echo file $1 does not exist
>    exit 1
> fi
> #
> if [ ! -f "$2" ]
> then
>    echo file $2 does not exist
>    exit 1
> fi
> if [ "$SCRIPTNAME" = "ediff" ]
> then
>     emacs --eval "(ediff-files \"$1\" \"$2\")"
> elif [ "$SCRIPTNAME" = "emerge" ]
> then
>     emacs --eval "(mlw-emerge-files-command)" $1 $2
> else
>     echo Unknown script name: $SCRIPTNAME
>     exit 1
> fi
> exit 0
> 
> Also, here is a relevant portion of my .emacs file:
> 
> (require 'emerge)
> (defun mlw-emerge-files-command ()
>   (let ((file-a (nth 0 command-line-args-left))
>         (file-b (nth 1 command-line-args-left)))
>     (setq command-line-args-left (nthcdr 2 command-line-args-left))
>     (emerge-files-internal
>      file-a file-b nil nil nil)))
> 
> I hope this helps.
> Mike W.
> 
> Bogdan Hlevca <bhlevca@adexa.com> wrote in news:zqgZ9.248016$C8.834913
> @nnrp1.uunet.ca:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'd like to automate an ediff process for a post run test analysis.
>>Apparently with -f command line argument you can pass only functions 
>>without arguments.
>>
>>ediff-files requires arguments and  it will fail when trying to do:
>>  $ emacs -f ediff-files "file1" "file2"
>>
>>I could do: $ emacs "file1" "file2" and then issue the command M-x 
>>ediff-buffers  and followed by 2 other key strokes, but this is not 
> 
> much 
> 
>>of an automation.
>>
>>Any help/ideea would be appreciated.
>>Thanks,
>>Bogdan
>>
>>
> 
>