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Emacs: ediff basics (www.youtube.com)
submitted 11 months ago by geospeck@alien.top to c/emacs
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[–] 00-11@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also very basic, IMO:

  • g X - go to buffer X's point
  • j - jump to diff number (prefix arg)
  • ! - update (re-diff)
  • C-l - recenter
  • * - refine current region
  • ## - ignore whitespace diffs
[–] 7890yuiop@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

And in case the video doesn't say it:

Ediff has its own user manual: C-h i g (ediff)