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bug#2988: 23.0.92; Document 'ancestor' in ediff info
From: |
Leo |
Subject: |
bug#2988: 23.0.92; Document 'ancestor' in ediff info |
Date: |
Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:53:48 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
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 that it might be an outdated concept and there is a modern replacement.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 AFAIK, it's not outdated.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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