GNU bug report logs - #7111
24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:17:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Leo'" <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>, <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#7111: 24.0.50; `diff' argument order and doc string
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:50:28 -0700

> BTW, I think the first time I actually used diff directly I was
> surprised by this order. OLD then NEW is more natural.

Yes, when `diff' is used as a command-line command.

But in Emacs you often want to diff a current file (line in Dired, current
buffer file, etc.) against some other file, often the backup (old version) of
the same file.  That is the rationale, I think, behind the chosen order.
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