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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/vc/ediff.el')
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diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff.el b/lisp/vc/ediff.el index 32a6820fe7d..f424fdb7086 100644 --- a/lisp/vc/ediff.el +++ b/lisp/vc/ediff.el @@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ MERGE-AUTOSTORE-DIR is the directory in which to store merged files." ;;;###autoload (defun ediff-windows-wordwise (dumb-mode &optional wind-A wind-B startup-hooks) "Compare WIND-A and WIND-B, which are selected by clicking, wordwise. +This compares the portions of text visible in each of the two windows. With prefix argument, DUMB-MODE, or on a non-windowing display, works as follows: If WIND-A is nil, use selected window. @@ -936,6 +937,7 @@ arguments after setting up the Ediff buffers." ;;;###autoload (defun ediff-windows-linewise (dumb-mode &optional wind-A wind-B startup-hooks) "Compare WIND-A and WIND-B, which are selected by clicking, linewise. +This compares the portions of text visible in each of the two windows. With prefix argument, DUMB-MODE, or on a non-windowing display, works as follows: If WIND-A is nil, use selected window. @@ -946,7 +948,8 @@ arguments after setting up the Ediff buffers." (ediff-windows dumb-mode wind-A wind-B startup-hooks 'ediff-windows-linewise nil)) -;; Compare WIND-A and WIND-B, which are selected by clicking. +;; Compare visible portions of text in WIND-A and WIND-B, which are +;; selected by clicking. ;; With prefix argument, DUMB-MODE, or on a non-windowing display, ;; works as follows: ;; If WIND-A is nil, use selected window. @@ -987,8 +990,8 @@ arguments after setting up the Ediff buffers." "Run Ediff on a pair of regions in specified buffers. BUFFER-A and BUFFER-B are the buffers to be compared. Regions (i.e., point and mark) can be set in advance or marked interactively. -This function is effective only for relatively small regions, up to 200 -lines. For large regions, use `ediff-regions-linewise'. +This function might be slow for large regions. If you find it slow, +use `ediff-regions-linewise' instead. STARTUP-HOOKS is a list of functions that Emacs calls without arguments after setting up the Ediff buffers." (interactive |