Re: ediff user interface (Re: Suggestions for mode-line-format changes)

[Andreas Schwab]

Karl Eichwalder <address@hidden> writes:

|> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
|> 
|> > No, I mean ediff shouldn't use the stupid little `command frame'.
|> 
|> One can get used to it, believe me :)
|> 
|> > It shouldn't use any new frames at all, it should just make the ediff
|> > commands available in the two buffers being diffed.
|> 
|> But then it is impossible to edit buffer A or B directly.  I you don't
|> want the command frame you either will have to make use of complicate
|> key combos or toggle between an edit and a command mode (like vi).
|> Maybe, toggling mode isn't that bad.

I'm using

(setq ediff-merge-split-window-function 'split-window-vertically)
(setq ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain)

and it works quite well.

Andreas.

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