Re: [h-e-w] ediff-buffers on Win7

[Jason Rumney]

Ken Goldman <address@hidden> writes:

> Windows 7 GNU Emacs 24.2.1:
>
> When I run ediff-files, it works.
>
> When I try ediff-buffers to compare two files I'm already editing, I
> get this in a ediff-errors buffer:
>
> Files c:\Users\IBM_AD~1\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.txt and
> c:\Users\IBM_AD~1\AppData\Local\Temp\file2.txt differ
>
> It doesn't open the ediff buffer or display differences.
>
> ~~
>
> The messages file says:
>
> Computing differences between file1.txt and file2.txt ...
> ediff-prepare-error-list: Errors in diff output.  Diff output is in
> #<buffer *ediff-diff*>

I get this if one or both buffers do not end in a newline. I think it
may be specific to the version of diff I have installed (but I don't
remember where I got it from), as I only started to see it recently, and
I am sure I must have diffed buffers without terminating newlines in the
distant past.