From 21494aabdfc99218c1147b6fb3489991540a5523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 21:42:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (diff-regexp-alist): Doc fix. --- lisp/diff.el | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/diff.el b/lisp/diff.el index fb1793e627b..19ec2e599ad 100644 --- a/lisp/diff.el +++ b/lisp/diff.el @@ -68,11 +68,15 @@ ;; -n format: {a,d,c}OLDSTART LINES-CHANGED ("^[adc]\\([0-9]+\\)\\( [0-9]+\\)?$" 1) ) - "Alist (REGEXP OLD-IDX NEW-IDX) of regular expressions to match difference -sections in \\[diff] output. If REGEXP matches, the OLD-IDX'th -subexpression gives the line number in the old file, and NEW-IDX'th -subexpression gives the line number in the new file. If OLD-IDX or NEW-IDX -is nil, REGEXP matches only half a section.") + "Alist of regular expressions to match difference sections in \\[diff] output. +Each element has the form (REGEXP OLD-IDX NEW-IDX). +Any text that REGEXP matches identifies one difference hunk +or the header of a hunk. + +The OLD-IDX'th subexpression of REGEXP gives the line number +in the old file, and NEW-IDX'th subexpression gives the line number +in the new file. If OLD-IDX or NEW-IDX +is nil, REGEXP matches only half a hunk.") (defvar diff-old-file nil "This is the old file name in the comparison in this buffer.") -- 2.39.5