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diff --git a/man/ediff.texi b/man/ediff.texi index ed1dbe01e8b..63cbaf53ee6 100644 --- a/man/ediff.texi +++ b/man/ediff.texi @@ -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. |