# [PATCH] vimdiff: clarify the sigil used for marking the buffer to save 3 messages from 2025-03-24 to 2025-03-24. Participants: D. Ben Knoble, Eric Sunshine. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/63186 ## D. Ben Knoble, 2025-03-24 20:45 Subject: [PATCH] vimdiff: clarify the sigil used for marking the buffer to save Message-ID: <20250324204558.76145-1-ben.knoble+github@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20250324204558.76145-1-ben.knoble%2Bgithub%40gmail.com ``` The original documentation from 7b5cf8be18 (vimdiff: add tool documentation, 2022-03-30) mistakenly described the marker as an asterisk, which is the character "*". The code and examples have always looked for an arobase ("@"). --- NB The (French) name arobase for "@" is gaining popularity in English writing but is not yet universally standard. Use of a different name when picking is fine by me. I also did not attempt to clarify the behavior from the recent bug report [1] because I hope it is repared rather than documented. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAC6paJg19ue7W0VxTnGH-1ra3Zkk+pRnj6McEC755RD54xDzCA@mail.gmail.com/ Documentation/mergetools/vimdiff.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/mergetools/vimdiff.adoc b/Documentation/mergetools/vimdiff.adoc index befa86d692..ab915df408 100644 --- a/Documentation/mergetools/vimdiff.adoc +++ b/Documentation/mergetools/vimdiff.adoc @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ command. + -- When `MERGED` is not present in the layout, you must "mark" one of the -buffers with an asterisk. That will become the buffer you need to edit and +buffers with an arobase (`@`). That will become the buffer you need to edit and save after resolving the conflicts. .... ------------------------------------------ -- 2.48.1 ``` ## Eric Sunshine, 2025-03-24 20:47 Subject: Re: [PATCH] vimdiff: clarify the sigil used for marking the buffer to save Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAPig%2BcQg_VTN7Ug3FTdLdkVwSPZGiQHJZSpCkA2pTxwBiT29bw%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20250324204558.76145-1-ben.knoble+github@gmail.com> ``` On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM D. Ben Knoble wrote: > The original documentation from 7b5cf8be18 (vimdiff: add tool > documentation, 2022-03-30) mistakenly described the marker as an > asterisk, which is the character "*". The code and examples have always > looked for an arobase ("@"). > --- Missing sign-off. ``` ## D. Ben Knoble, 2025-03-24 20:51 Subject: Re: [PATCH] vimdiff: clarify the sigil used for marking the buffer to save Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALnO6CAcue%2Bfnm8-CYobdraoieXA1Mzh8yb8V4e7N6w73%2B_ZEA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM Eric Sunshine wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM D. Ben Knoble > wrote: > > The original documentation from 7b5cf8be18 (vimdiff: add tool > > documentation, 2022-03-30) mistakenly described the marker as an > > asterisk, which is the character "*". The code and examples have always > > looked for an arobase ("@"). > > --- > > Missing sign-off. doh, indeed. ```