(defun diff-no-select (old new &optional switches no-async buf)
;; Noninteractive helper for creating and reverting diff buffers
- "Compare the OLD and NEW file/buffer, and return a diff buffer.
+ "Compare the OLD and NEW file/buffer.
+If the optional SWITCHES is nil, the switches specified in the
+variable ‘diff-switches’ are passed to the diff command,
+otherwise SWITCHES is used. SWITCHES can be a string or a list
+of strings.
-See `diff' for the meaning of the arguments."
+If NO-ASYNC is non-nil, call diff synchronously.
+
+By default, this function creates the diff in the \"*Diff*\"
+buffer. If BUF is non-nil, BUF is used instead. This function
+returns the buffer used."
(unless (bufferp new) (setq new (expand-file-name new)))
(unless (bufferp old) (setq old (expand-file-name old)))
(or switches (setq switches diff-switches)) ; If not specified, use default.