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diff-mode should highlight "diff:" messages

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Message #31 received at 2739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 2739 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2739: diff-mode should highlight "diff:" messages
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:35:49 +0200

On Aug 21 2020, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:

>>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>>> And in the modeline something should indicate an error.
>
> LI> Hm...  diff-mode doesn't mess around with the mode line normally, so I
> LI> think that would be surprising.  I think the red error lines is
> LI> sufficient here.
>
> I was just thinking it could be like
> (compile "false")
>
> So there would be three states, no differences, found differences, and errors.

diff-mode is about highlighting the contents of a buffer, not about
producing it.

Andreas.

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