Differences with side-by-side modification

[tolugboji]

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On Thursday, October 21st, 2021 at 10:54 AM, tolugboji 
<tolugboji@protonmail.com> wrote:

> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>
> On Thursday, October 21st, 2021 at 10:18 AM, Michael Heerdegen 
> michael_heerdegen@web.de wrote:
>
> > tolugboji tolugboji@protonmail.com writes:
> >
> > > Got confused on what to do because the window seemed to recognise the 
> > > mouse
> > > over options, but pressing mouse button did nothing.
> >
> > Note that by default Ediff uses a standalone control frame (which means
> > "window" in the outside world) and that frame should be selected to
> > enter the control commands. Dunno if that is related to your
> > experiences.
> >
> > Anyway, it's possible to edit the currently Ediffed buffers. You can,
> > for example, copy regions from one side to the other. The quick help
> > (key: ?) is your friend. ? typed a second time removes the quick help.
> > It's also possible to edit the buffers manually while they are Ediffed.
> > You then hit ! to refresh the diff highlighting. h to toggle the
> > highlighting if it distracts while editing.
> >
> > Michael.

It would help with changes if I can also show tho parts that are common
between two files rather than the differences.  Has anyone needed to do
this?