Re: how to ediff with the diff buffers in separate frames?

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org> writes:

> Seems like I have to write my own window setup function. Does anyone have one 
> they
> use? I do want the control panel to share a frame with one of the diff 
> buffers.
>
> What threw me off is that the manual suggests this is possible out of the 
> box, but
> I don't see how.
>
> from the ediff manual:
> "The files being compared, file-A,
> file-B, and file-C (if applicable) are shown in separate windows (side
> by side, one above the another, or in separate frames)"
> I am using a recent development version of emacs.
>
> - Ian

Have you tried customizing `ediff-window-setup-function'? It seems to me
that setting it to 'ediff-setup-windows-plain should do what you want...