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Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here |
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Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:29:14 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:
> On Sat, Mar 08 2008, Richard Stallman wrote:
>
>> I dunno, maybe it's just a personal foible, but emacs the "diff" command
>> used to add this sort of terminator line (haven't noticed recently) sort
>> of terminator string, and I always found it very annoying -- it probably
>> doesn't cause anything to _break_ but it was like an ugly little wart,
>> and I always ended up going to extra effort to delete it when saving the
>> output.
>>
>> I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill.
>
> Before "Diffs between %s and %s end here" was removed, several people
> reported to be distracted or annoyed by it. See the thread on
> emacs-devel in January[1]. Nobody spoke up in favor of it when Glenn
> announced to "remove it in a week or so if no-one objects."
>
>> If there is no other reason for its removal, we should put it back
>> in.
>
> Please don't (at least provide an option to turn it off).
>
> When I produce a diff before committing a change, I often want to make
> sure the no unintended/other changes crept in. I expect to see
> exactly the diffs, not some disturbing additional lines. Even after
> seeing it several weeks (but not using diff very frequently), I still
> found it distracting.[1]
Maybe we should put informational messages like that as an (evaporating)
afterstring overlay on the final LF character? That way they would not
be copied anywhere.
>> Those canbe useful, but inserting text at the end is also useful. For
>> instance, M-x compile does both. When it finishes, it inserts text
>> saying "Compilation finished ...".
>
> I almost never want to save compilation output buffers (or include it
> in a mail message), but I often do for diffs. Additionally, in
> compilation mode, it is more clear that this line is not part of the
> output because the bold words are in green or red:
Same could be done here.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/05
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/06
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Miles Bader, 2008/03/06
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/07
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Jan Djärv, 2008/03/07
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- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Stefan Monnier, 2008/03/07
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Jan Djärv, 2008/03/08
- Re: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator, Richard Stallman, 2008/03/08
- Diffs between %s and %s end here (was: vc-set-mode-line-busy-indicator), Reiner Steib, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, David Kastrup, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Glenn Morris, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Juri Linkov, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Glenn Morris, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, David Kastrup, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/08
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, David Kastrup, 2008/03/09
- Re: Diffs between %s and %s end here, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/03/09