brian powell <briangpowel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Make 2 files with line numbers at the begin of each line: > nl sanskrit-song.txt > sanskrit-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt > nl english-song.txt > english-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt > emacs -q -l > sanskit-blah-mule-multilingual-emacs-programs-needed-to-show-sanskrit.el > sanskrit-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt english-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt > Mx ediff-buffers > Emacs will pop-up an ediff window--put your mouse cursor on it and tap > "?"--it will show you the > ediff keys--"n" for "next different line" will be most helpful > (ediff will ask for the 1st and 2nd buffer you want to compare--type > in sanskrit-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt > and english-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt > > --then tapping "n" (with your cursor on the popped up ediff window) goes > line-by-songline in both > buffers--highlighting the text for a sanskrit sing-along! > That'd be cool if it worked, but at least in my case, it doesn't: diff decides there is one big diff that covers the whole file, and ediff does not find a "better" refinement: no "n" to follow the bouncing ball... Nick
