Re: SPAM: ediff possible bug

[Michael Kifer]

RMS writes:
>
> Would you please look at this?
> 
> To: address@hidden
> From: Peter Lee <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:30:40 -0500
> Subject: marked files and ediff default files
> Sender: address@hidden
> 
> If I have a single directory and I mark 2 files and type M-x ediff,
> then ediff will default file A to the first marked file and file B to
> the second marked file.  This is works and is very convenient.
> 
> However, if I have inserted subdirectories and mark two files that
> are not in the same directory ediff only provides the correct default
> for the first marked file.  Shouldn't it use the marked files as
> default the same as if the marked files were in same directory?  It
> really would be nice if it would do so in this case as well.
> 
> Thanks.


There are many ways in which the heuristic for selecting files in ediff
could be improved. The question is whether the implementation effort and
the complications that would arise are justified when the existing
heuristic already supports idioms that require the same or fewer number of
keystrokes as the suggestion. (e.g., ediff-buffers)

However, I am open to the idea of looking at patches that implement better
heuristics.

mk