On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 05:15:48PM -0700, Suresh Govindachar wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A few minutes ago, I wrote, hastily:
>
> > I just found out that buffers displaying files with modeline
> > that set foldexpr, fillchars, foldtext, foldmethod=expr and
> > foldcolumn=0 cannot be diffthis'ed.
>
> Actually, the differences do get highlighted, only folding
> happens as per the mode line.
>
> So my question becomes: Is there a way to make diffthis ignore
> any conflicting sets for folding from the modeline?
You need an autocommand that is processed after the modelines.
:au BufWinEnter * if &diff | set ... | endif
(untested). I think someone mentioned using the FilterReadPost event,
since that is triggered by (some of?) the :diff commands. I have not
tested it.
HTH --Benji Fisher
