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bug#38575: 27.0.50; Document that `diff' arguments OLD and NEW can be bu
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#38575: 27.0.50; Document that `diff' arguments OLD and NEW can be buffers |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:35:02 +0200 |
> Cc: 38575@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Phil Sainty <psainty@orcon.net.nz>
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:15:37 +1300
>
> The user might otherwise wonder whether Emacs is actually using the
> external diff program in this case (vs using some internal functions
> to process the buffer text directly to produce a diff).
They have the sources to solve this confusion.
> I'm ok with omitting it if you're not convinced.
I'd prefer to omit that, because we may one day find a way of running
programs with input redirected from a buffer, or something. Not a
strong opinion, though.
Thanks.