Variable: ediff-diff-options

ediff-diff-options is a customizable variable defined in ediff-diff.el.gz.

Value

""

Documentation

Options to pass to ediff-diff-program.

If Unix diff is used as ediff-diff-program, then a useful option is -w, to ignore space. Options -c, -u, and -i are not allowed. Case sensitivity can be toggled interactively using M-x ediff-toggle-ignore-case (ediff-toggle-ignore-case).

Do not remove the default options. If you need to change this variable, add new options after the default ones.

This variable is not for customizing the look of the differences produced by the command M-x ediff-show-diff-output (ediff-show-diff-output). Use the variable ediff-custom-diff-options for that.

Setting this variable directly may not yield the expected results. It should be set via the Customize interface instead.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/vc/ediff-diff.el.gz
(defcustom ediff-diff-options
  (if (memq system-type '(ms-dos windows-nt)) "--binary" "")
  "Options to pass to `ediff-diff-program'.
If Unix diff is used as `ediff-diff-program',
then a useful option is `-w', to ignore space.
Options `-c', `-u', and `-i' are not allowed.  Case sensitivity can be
toggled interactively using \\[ediff-toggle-ignore-case].

Do not remove the default options.  If you need to change this variable, add new
options after the default ones.

This variable is not for customizing the look of the differences produced by
the command \\[ediff-show-diff-output].  Use the variable
`ediff-custom-diff-options' for that.

Setting this variable directly may not yield the expected
results.  It should be set via the Customize interface instead."
  :set #'ediff-set-diff-options
  :type 'string)