Re: Background mode

2005-07-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
> If you google for old versions of diff-mode.el, you'll see that it > also had a minor mode. > Why suggest using a search engine to find old versions of a file in Emacs? > They are all on savannah. IIRC the minor mode was only present in diff-mode versions prior to inclusion in Emacs. B

Re: Background mode

2005-06-30 Thread Richard M. Stallman
If you google for old versions of diff-mode.el, you'll see that it also had a minor mode. Why suggest using a search engine to find old versions of a file in Emacs? They are all on savannah. ___ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http

Re: Background mode

2005-06-30 Thread Stefan Monnier
> "Miles" == Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2005/6/29, Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> M-x diff-context->unified >> M-x diff-unified->context > These are great commands; I've often wished for a diff-minor-mode or > something so I could use the various diff-mode commands on a

Re: Background mode

2005-06-29 Thread Miles Bader
2005/6/29, Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > M-x diff-context->unified > M-x diff-unified->context These are great commands; I've often wished for a diff-minor-mode or something so I could use the various diff-mode commands on a mail message in Gnus or something without copying it.

Re: Background mode

2005-06-29 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I think diff -u is better when the goal is to show just the > differences, but diff -c is better for changes in the middle of > non-trivial code. > Different people have different preferences, but I need diff -c. > diff -u is always hard for me. Note that M-x load-libray RET diff-mo

Re: Background mode

2005-06-28 Thread Richard M. Stallman
I think diff -u is better when the goal is to show just the differences, but diff -c is better for changes in the middle of non-trivial code. Different people have different preferences, but I need diff -c. diff -u is always hard for me. Since `default-frame-background-mode' is no

Re: Background mode

2005-06-27 Thread Juri Linkov
> When sending patches here, would you please use diff -c, not diff -u? > I find I cannot understand a diff -u patch unless it is very simple. I think diff -u is better when the goal is to show just the differences, but diff -c is better for changes in the middle of non-trivial code. > When I try

Re: Background mode

2005-06-27 Thread Juri Linkov
I discovered another bug. On non-window terminals when the background color of some face is specified, but its foreground is not (and vice versa), then the inverted face uses the wrong color. These situations are described by the following excerpts from the face customization buffer: 1.

Re: Background mode

2005-06-27 Thread Richard M. Stallman
Thanks for working on this. When sending patches here, would you please use diff -c, not diff -u? I find I cannot understand a diff -u patch unless it is very simple. When I try to read the lines and think about what they do, I cannot keep track of which lines are old and which are new. However,

Re: Background mode

2005-06-26 Thread Juri Linkov
>>> I see there is a bug not caused by my patch: >>> >>> emacs -q -nw -rv >>> >>> sets the background mode to light on xterm. But since -rv switches >>> foreground and background, it should switch the background mode too >>> from light to dark on xterm. >> >> I think this is a bug. > > There a