Re: diff mode weirdness

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> I wanted to look at a diff file, and it opened nicely in diff mode, with
>>> font-lock etc. Then I had some issues:
>> 
>>> - diff mode repeatedly asks me where the diff source is. In this case I
>>> only had the diff, not the source. This was very annoying.
>> 
>> When does it do that?  Normally, it only does that if you request an
>> operation like "apply" or "jump to source".

> It happens for me whenever the cursor is on a "diff" line, the first
> line of a unified diff file for instance.

Can you provide a recipe starting from "emacs -Q".  It really sounds odd.


        Stefan