Re: [tlug] How to read / modify unified diffs

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 11/28/05, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> >>>>> "Josh" == Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> writes:
>
>     Josh> I mentioned at the last tech meeting that I had once written
>     Josh> a document on how to modify unified diffs. I found it whilst
>     Josh> doing an unrelated Gmail search, and decided (probably
>     Josh> against my better judgement) to provide it to TLUG.
>
> diff-mode.el is slight shorter and has more features!  ;-)

Damn you and your Emacs tricks, Steve! ;)

In my defence, I *did* say that this information is probably useless. :)

> Pop quiz!  "What does `diff -U 0' mean, and what is it good for?"

Well, Google yields this:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:K0TpmPkI6ysJ:list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200101/msg00416.html+%22diff+-U+0%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a

So maybe we should ask this "Stephen J. Turnbull" character. Hey, it
looks like he is an XEmacs developer... do you know him? ;-P

-Josh "the sarcastard[1]" Glover

[1] "Sarcastic Bastard" => "sarcastard"