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Re: Show unsaved changes (as diff)
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Martin Fischer |
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Re: Show unsaved changes (as diff) |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:44:58 +0100 |
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Emacs Gnus |
>>>>> David Kastrup writes:
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:39:59 +0200
>
> Florian Lorenzen writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a very innocent question, I'm sorry that I could not figure out
>> the answer myself: is there a quick way to ask Emacs to show the
>> unsaved changes in a file's buffer as a diff? Sometimes, I attempt to
>> kill a bufer and Emacs asks me if I want do discard the changes. As my
>> memory is very weak sometimes, I cannot recall what I had changed and
>> if this was important in any way. So, I'd simply like to see what I'd
>> throw away. Of course, I can copy the file's buffer's content to a new
>> buffer, revert the file's buffer and make a diff on these two. But is
>> there something ready-made for this kind of situation, like M-x
>> show-unsaved-changes?
>
> M-x diff-buffer-with-file RET
>
> --
> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
>
Hi,
by the way, is it possible to use this in some way with the more
"readable" representation of ediff and how could it be done (moderate
lisp knowledge) ?
Thank you
Martin
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