From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#2988: 23.0.92; Document 'ancestor' in ediff info
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:53:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xbaihc0mt6dv.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvr5zwugsw.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org
On 2009-04-14 03:10 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> The concept 'ancestor' in ediff info is undocumented. My suspicion is
>> that it might be an outdated concept and there is a modern replacement.
>
> AFAIK, it's not outdated. It's simply tied to the notion of 3-way diff,
> which you apparently don't know about.
I admit my ignorance in this. However the documentation does not even
provide a reference to facilitate users' understanding on this
particular subject.
> Stefan
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.: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: I use Emacs :.
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2009-04-13 23:31 bug#2988: 23.0.92; Document 'ancestor' in ediff info Leo
2009-04-14 2:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-04-18 13:53 ` Leo [this message]
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