Re: diff should offer bully mode

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:
> (emacs-version"22.0.50.1") When one uses
>   = runs the command dired-diff
>       which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `dired-aux.el'.
> The half window given isn't big enough to see much diff output, at
> least for me.
> Instead of splitting the window in half, it be possible to have diff
>   take over the whole window, like man's bully mode.
> The problem must be in the inflexible
>       (display-buffer buf)
> in the diff function.

`C-h f display-buffer' describes how flexible it really is.  All you
should need is:

(setq same-window-buffer-names
      (cons "*Diff*" same-window-buffer-names))

--
Kevin