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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:02:59 +0200 |
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--- a/lisp/ediff/README Mon Aug 13 09:00:04 2007 +0200 +++ b/lisp/ediff/README Mon Aug 13 09:02:59 2007 +0200 @@ -1,18 +1,17 @@ **** EDIFF -- a comprehensive interface to diff for Emacs 19 and XEmacs 19 -**** This version of Ediff requires *at least* Emacs 19.34 or XEmacs 19.14 +**** This version of Ediff requires *at least* Emacs 19.30 or XEmacs 19.14 This directory: README -- This file Makefile -- Automated installation file ediff.texi -- Manual in Texinfo format -ediff, ediff-? -- The Info files +ediff.info* -- The Info files ediff.dvi -- Manual in DVI format ediff.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code ediff-init.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code -ediff-help.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code ediff-wind.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code ediff-util.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code ediff-diff.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code @@ -20,9 +19,7 @@ ediff-mult.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code ediff-vers.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code ediff-ptch.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code -ediff-tbar.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code -- for XEmacs only ediff-hook.el -- Ediff Emacs Lisp code -toolbar/ -- Ediff toolbar icons -- for XEmacs only To install Ediff do: @@ -58,17 +55,42 @@ for Emacs 18). An even better thing would be to edit Makefile directly as indicated in the comments there. -4. Under XEmacs, copy the icons in the `toolbar' directory into - the-directory-where-xemacs-installed/etc/toolbar/ +For manual installation, copy ediff*.elc into a directory on your load-path. + +For more details, read documentation at the beginning of the file ediff.el + +To install on-line documentation, you need to install the Info files +by copying + +ediff.info* + +into your Info directory (which is emacs-root-dir/info, +if emacs-root-dir is the root directory of the installation). + +Then edit the file -Normally, all Ediff menus and autoloads are already defined in Emacs, so you +emacs-root-dir/info/dir + +to include the root menu item for Ediff (check how other menu +items look like in this file). + +In Emacs, this item should look like this: + +* Ediff: (ediff.info). A Visual Interface to Unix Diff and Patch Utilities + +In XEmacs, it looks like: + +* Ediff:: A Visual Interface to Unix Diff and Patch Utilities + + +Normally, all Ediff menus and autoloads are already defined in Emacs, so u don't need to define anything in your .emacs to run Ediff. However, if it was announced that this distribution of Ediff contains -new features, you may need to put +new features, you may have to put (require 'ediff-hook) in your .emacs to take advantage of these new features. This doesn't load -Ediff, but readies Emacs for the things to come. When this version of -Ediff gets installed in the standard Emacs distribution, you can remove +Ediff, but readies it for any taks u assign to it. When this version of +Ediff gets installed in the standard Emacs distribution, you may remove the above require-statement (but leaving it in does no harm).