>>>>> On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:30:58 +0200, Paul Nelson <ultr...@gmail.com> said:
Paul> Many thanks for your suggestion. I agree that this is a more elegant
Paul> approach, which also admits a simpler implementation. I've attached
Paul> my revised patch. Any further feedback welcome.
Minor comments below
Paul> Thanks, best,
Paul> Paul
Paul> From 91ade3effdbf19b7d8793020a1c31a4ff791a58d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Paul> From: Paul Nelson <ultr...@gmail.com>
Paul> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 09:24:25 +0200
Paul> Subject: [PATCH] Add Ediff feature for copying all differences
Paul> * lisp/vc/ediff-util.el (ediff-diff-to-diff): With universal
Paul> prefix, copy all differences.
Paul> * doc/misc/ediff.texi (Quick Help Commands):
Paul> * etc/NEWS: (Lisp Changes in Emacs 31.1): Document the new
Paul> feature.
Paul> ---
Paul> doc/misc/ediff.texi | 26 ++++++++++++++------------
Paul> etc/NEWS | 16 ++++++++++++++++
Paul> lisp/vc/ediff-util.el | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
Paul> 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
Paul> diff --git a/doc/misc/ediff.texi b/doc/misc/ediff.texi
Paul> index 749025c870b..6afb38e3fae 100644
Paul> --- a/doc/misc/ediff.texi
Paul> +++ b/doc/misc/ediff.texi
Paul> @@ -489,15 +489,16 @@ Quick Help Commands
Paul> @item a
Paul> @kindex a
Paul> @emph{In comparison sessions:}
Paul> -Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the
prefix
Paul> -to this command) from buffer A to buffer B@.
Paul> -Ediff saves the old contents of buffer B's region; it can
Paul> -be restored via the command @kbd{rb}, which see.
Paul> +Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the
Paul> +prefix to this command, or @emph{all} regions with @kbd{C-u} prefix)
Paul> +from buffer A to buffer B@. Ediff saves the old contents of buffer
B's
Paul> +region; it can be restored via the command @kbd{rb}, which see.
'numerical prefix' maybe? Although that part of the text is not new.
Paul> @emph{In merge sessions:}
Paul> -Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the
prefix
Paul> -to this command) from buffer A to the merge buffer. The old
contents of
Paul> -this region in buffer C can be restored via the command @kbd{r}.
Paul> +Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the
Paul> +prefix to this command, or @emph{all} regions with @kbd{C-u} prefix)
Paul> +from buffer A to the merge buffer. The old contents of this region
in
Paul> +buffer C can be restored via the command @kbd{r}.
Similarly here
Paul> @item b
Paul> @kindex b
Paul> @@ -511,11 +512,12 @@ Quick Help Commands
Paul> @item ab
Paul> @kindex ab
Paul> -Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the
prefix
Paul> -to this command) from buffer A to buffer B@. This (and the next
five)
Paul> -command is enabled only in sessions that compare three files
Paul> -simultaneously. The old region in buffer B is saved and can be
restored
Paul> -via the command @kbd{rb}.
Paul> +Copies the current difference region (or the region specified as the
Paul> +prefix to this command, or @emph{all} regions with @kbd{C-u} prefix)
Paul> +from buffer A to buffer B@. This (and the next five) command is
enabled
Paul> +only in sessions that compare three files simultaneously. The old
Paul> +region in buffer B is saved and can be restored via the command
Paul> +@kbd{rb}.
and here.
Paul> @item ac
Paul> @kindex ac
Paul> Copies the difference region from buffer A to buffer C@.
Paul> diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
Paul> index f10f9ae4d65..a6db0c96288 100644
Paul> --- a/etc/NEWS
Paul> +++ b/etc/NEWS
Paul> @@ -121,6 +121,22 @@ A new ':authorizable t' parameter has been added
to 'dbus-call-method'
Paul> and 'dbus-call-method-asynchronously' to allow the user to
interactively
Paul> authorize the invoked D-Bus method (e.g., via polkit).
Paul> ++++
Paul> +** Ediff's copy commands now apply to all changes with 'C-u' prefix.
Paul> +The Ediff copy commands, bound to 'a', 'b', 'ab', etc., now copy all
Paul> +changes when supplied with a universal prefix argument via 'C-u':
Paul> +
Paul> +- 'C-u a' copies all changes from buffer A to buffer B (in 2-way
diff)
Paul> + or to buffer C (in 3-way diff or merge).
Paul> +- 'C-u b' copies all changes from buffer B to buffer A (in 2-way
diff)
Paul> + or to buffer C (in 3-way diff or merge).
Paul> +- 'C-u a b' copies all changes from buffer A to buffer B.
Paul> +- 'C-u b a' copies all changes from buffer B to buffer A.
Paul> +- 'C-u a c' copies all changes from buffer A to buffer C.
Paul> +- 'C-u b c' copies all changes from buffer B to buffer C.
Paul> +- 'C-u c a' copies all changes from buffer C to buffer A.
Paul> +- 'C-u c b' copies all changes from buffer C to buffer B.
Paul> +
You should add an '** Ediff' section to 'Changes in Specialized Modes
and Packages in Emacs 31.1' and put this change there.
Paul>
Paul> * Changes in Emacs 31.1 on Non-Free Operating Systems
Paul> diff --git a/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el b/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
Paul> index 597d8a5e643..c2cdf7d4e5e 100644
Paul> --- a/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
Paul> +++ b/lisp/vc/ediff-util.el
Paul> @@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@ ediff-diff-at-point
Paul> (defun ediff-diff-to-diff (arg &optional keys)
Paul> "Copy buffer-X'th difference region to buffer Y (X,Y are A, B, or
C).
Paul> With numerical prefix argument ARG, copy the difference specified
Paul> -in the arg.
Paul> +in the arg. With prefix `C-u', copy all differences.
In docstrings `C-u' is written `\\[universal-argument]' (not that Iʼve
ever been tempted to change it from `C-u' :-))
Eli, does this change need a copyright assigment? I donʼt see
'ultr...@gmail.com' in the git logs anywhere.
Robert
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