Re: Diff on Emacs

[Joakim Hove]

Jasen <xx@yy.zz> writes:

> There are many diff*.el and ediff*.el files in ../lisp/ directory so
> isn't diff a standard built-in function for emacs?

Snipped from diff.el:

  ;; This package helps you explore differences between files, using the
  ;; UNIX command diff(1).  The commands are `diff' and `diff-backup'.
  ;; You can specify options with `diff-switches'.

So, altough diff.el is standard emacs, it is based on the external
program diff, which is standard on Unix varieties, but obviously not
on Win XP. 


HTH - Joakim


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