36 Comparing with Ediff

Comparing with Ediff

Ediff commands

Keystrokes	Command name	Action
Space or n	ediff-next-difference	Move to the next difference between the files.
Del or p	ediff-previous-difference	Move to the preceding difference between the files.
j	ediff-jump-to-difference	Go to the difference specified as a numeric prefix argument.
v or C-v	ediff-scroll-vertically	Move forward one page in both buffers.
V or M-v	ediff-scroll-vertically	Move backward one page in both buffers.
<	ediff-scroll-horizontally	Scroll each buffer to the left.
>	ediff-scroll-horizontally	Scroll each buffer to the right.
**	** (vertical bar)	ediff-toggle-split
m	ediff-toggle-wide-display	Toggle between normal frame size and making it as wide as possible.
a	ediff-copy-A-to-B	Copy the version of the current difference found in buffer A to buffer B.
b	ediff-copy-B-to-A	Copy the version of the current difference found in buffer B to buffer A.
r a or r b	ediff-restore-diff	Restore the current difference in buffer A (or B) to the way it was before copying from the other buffer.
A or B	ediff-toggle-read-only	Switch the specified buffer into (or out of) read-only mode.
g a or g b	ediff-jump-to-difference-at-point	Recenter the comparison buffers on the difference nearest to your current location (point) in the specified buffer.
C-l	ediff-recenter	Restore the comparison display so that the highlighted regions of all buffers being compared are visible; useful if you’ve been doing something else and want to get back to comparing.
!	ediff-update-diffs	Recalculate and redisplay the highlighted regions; useful if you’ve manually made extensive changes to a buffer.
w a or w b	ediff-save-buffer	Save the specified buffer to disk.
E	ediff-documentation	Open the manual for Ediff.
z	ediff-suspend	Close the Ediff control window, but leave the session active so you can resume it later.
q	ediff-quit	Close the Ediff window and end this comparison session.