From: Unknown <unknown@unknown.invalid>
Subject: Re: How can I find changes before saving a file?
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:45:07 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nlr2a.653797$F2h1.120814@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 68d3c32.0302120406.7b747908@posting.google.com
PL wrote:
> If I have edited a file and want to see what changes I have made, how
> can I do that? I can of course use "Ctrl-x u" to undo the changes
> one-by-one, but that's not really what I want to do. Then I would have
> to re-do the un-doings to get the file back...
>
> Another way is to copy the file on disk, save the file, and compare
> with the copy. But that means I have to save the file. I want to be
> able to find the edits *before* I save.
>
> Any ideas, anyone?
Look into highlight-changes-mode. I don't see a reason why this can't be done
using the undo information, though. That sounds smarter and more efficient
to me.
--
Le
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-12 12:06 How can I find changes before saving a file? PL
2003-02-12 12:45 ` Unknown [this message]
2003-02-12 13:19 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-02-12 14:14 ` Roland Winkler
2003-02-12 14:56 ` Ehud Karni
[not found] ` <mailman.1868.1045061850.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2003-02-12 15:35 ` John Paul Wallington
2003-02-19 17:47 ` PL
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