Fix a typo in diff without going back to the file
reddit / emacs

----------------------------------------------------------------------
ndamee · 2022-04-15 05:25

There is a snippet on the emacs help list which can do this, so you
can fix typos right in the diff after making the diff writable (C-x
C-q) with the changes also being applied to the file automatically.

I've often wanted to do this when finding a typo in the diff:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-
emacs/2022-02/msg00568.html

----------------------------------------------------------------------
mplscorwin · 2022-04-15 05:52

OP: here is a thing vscode can do that Emacs can't
ML: here is that feature in 13 loc
Ten person team that built the vscode feature in seven three week
sprints:
\*sobbing quietly\*

----------------------------------------------------------------------
ndamee · 2022-04-15 06:09

I don't use vscode, so I don't know how the feature works there, it's
probably more polished and can handle newline changes too, but surely
for simple fixes this emacs snippet does the job  well with a few
lines of code.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
quantum_mattress · 2022-04-16 02:48

Why not just use ediff and fix it right there?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Phil-Hudson · 2022-04-16 09:26

Great fan of ediff here, but I don't see any particular advantage to
it in this case; on the contrary, I think the recipe given here
requires fewer keystrokes, doesn't it?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
quantum_mattress · 2022-04-16 16:25

ok. I might not have completely understood the OP’s issue.