Re: [PATCH] git-mergetool: add support for ediff

> I'm just exploring alternatives.  Basically, it just seems interesting
> that ediff has a lot of nice features, but also has some incredibly
> user-hostile features.  The first time I tried using ediff, I indeed
> tried saving the buffer and exiting it.  That's when I discovered that
> after I changed the focus to the merge window and saved it, when I
> tried typing ^X^C, the exit failed with the error message "Attempt to
> delete a surrogate minibuffer frame".  That's the sort of thing that
> will cause non-elisp programmers to run screaming off into the
> distance.