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authorMichael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>2001-12-24 05:50:31 +0000
committerMichael Kifer <kifer@cs.stonybrook.edu>2001-12-24 05:50:31 +0000
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2001-12-24 Michael Kifer <kifer@cs.sunysb.edu>
* viper-cmd.el (viper-change-state): Got rid of make-local-hook. (viper-special-read-and-insert-char): Make C-m work right in the r comand. (viper-buffer-search-enable): Fixed format string. * viper-ex.el (ex-token-alist): Use ex-set-visited-file-name instead of viper-info-on-file. (ex-set-visited-file-name): New function. * viper.el (viper-emacs-state-mode-list): Added mail-mode. * ediff-mult.el (ediff-meta-mark-equal-files): Added optional action argument. * ediff-init.el: Fixed some doc strings. * ediff-util.el (ediff-after-quit-hook-internal): New variable. Got rid of make-local-hook. * ediff-wind.el (ediff-setup-control-frame): Got rid of make-local-hook.
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
@comment %**end of header (This is for running Texinfo on a region.)
@ifinfo
-This file documents Ediff, a comprehensive visual interface to diff
+This file documents Ediff, a comprehensive visual interface to Unix diff
and patch utilities.
Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Furthermore, Ediff is equipped with directory-level capabilities that
allow the user to conveniently launch browsing or merging sessions on
groups of files in two (or three) different directories.
-In addition, Ediff can apply a patch to a file and then let you step though
+In addition, Ediff can apply a patch to a file and then let you step through
both files, the patched and the original one, simultaneously,
difference-by-difference. You can even apply a patch right out of a mail
buffer, i.e., patches received by mail don't even have to be saved. Since
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ set on a per-buffer basis. Therefore, use @code{setq-default} to change
this variable globally.
@cindex Multi-file patches
-A multi-file patch is a concatenated output of several runs of the
+A multi-file patch is a concatenated output of several runs of the Unix
@code{diff} command (some versions of @code{diff} let you create a
multi-file patch in just one run). Ediff facilitates creation of
multi-file patches as follows. If you are in a session group buffer
@@ -1821,8 +1821,8 @@ format yet.
@vindex ediff-coding-system-for-read
This variable specifies the coding system to use when reading the output
that the programs @code{diff3} and @code{diff} send to Emacs. The default
-is @code{raw-text}, and this should work fine on GNU, Unix, and in most
-cases under Windows NT/95/98/2000. There are @code{diff} programs
+is @code{raw-text}, and this should work fine in Unix and in most
+cases under Windows NT/95/98/2000. There are @code{diff} programs
for which the default option doesn't work under Windows. In such cases,
@code{raw-text-dos} might work. If not, you will have to experiment with
other coding systems or use GNU diff.