Subject: bug#6512: 23.2; ediff-diff-options being ignored

From: Uday S Reddy <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:00:38 +0100

I have ediff-diff-options set to "--text".  But, as the backtrace below
shows, it seems to be ignored.

The problem for me is that, on Windows Cygwin, diff --binary is not
working correctly.  diff --text works fine, but ediff isn't using the
option.

Debugger entered--entering a function:
* ediff-exec-process("diff" #<buffer *ediff-diff<3>*> synchronize "--binary" "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options2" "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options")
  byte-code(...)
* ediff-make-diff2-buffer(#<buffer *ediff-diff<3>*> "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options2" "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options")
  ediff-setup-diff-regions("d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options2" "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options" nil)
  ediff-setup(#<buffer saved-options2> "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options2" #<buffer saved-options> "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options" nil nil nil ((ediff-job-name . ediff-files)) nil)
  ediff-files-internal("d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options2" "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options" nil nil ediff-files)
  ediff-files("d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options2" "d:/Home/udr/tmp/saved-options")
  call-interactively(ediff-files t nil)
  execute-extended-command(nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)

Cheers,
Uday Reddy
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In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-05-08 on G41R2F1
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --no-opt --cflags -Ic:/xpm/include'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENU
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  which-function-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
n s <return> SPC <backspace> <backspace> q <switch-frame> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-1> M-x l i s 
t - m a t c h - <backspace> i n g = <backspace> - l 
i n e s <return> d i f f - o p t i o n s <return> C-x 
o C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n <return> C-x o C-n C-n C-n 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <return> C-x o C-x 
, C-s a c t u a l - d i f f C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-r 
C-r C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-a C-x , C-s e x e 
c - C-r C-a C-x o C-r e x e c C-a <f1> C-x d e d i 
f f - e x e c - p r o SPC <return> <switch-frame> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-1> C-x b <return> M-x e d i 
f f - f i l e s <return> <up> <return> <up> <up> <return> 
w M-x l o c a l - s e e t <return> w <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> t <return> w t o g g l e - t r u SPC <return> 
w c w <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-down> <wheel-up> <double-wheel-up> 
<wheel-up> <double-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up> <wheel-up> 
<double-wheel-up> <triple-wheel-up> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-a 
C-SPC C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-x C-k C-x , q M-x s u b m i t - e m SPC <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> r e p o r t - e 
m SPC SPC b u SPC <return>

Recent messages:
Entering debugger...
truncate-lines turned off
Continuing.
Computing differences between saved-options2 and saved-options ...
Entering debugger...
truncate-lines turned off
byte-code: Beginning of buffer [6 times]
Mark set [2 times]
Back to top level.
Making completion list...

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