Re: Remove Ediff buffer highlighting to restore normal editing mode

On Tuesday, March 24th, 2026 at 11:58 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> Heime <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> >>
> >> Assuming that you are using a graphical version of Emacs,
> >> you can switch between two frames (frames -- not windows)
> >> when running Ediff.  One frame shows the difference between
> >> two files, while the other frame is a *Ediff Control Panel*
> >> (ECP).  If the ECP is too small to see its contents, then
> >> type ‘?’ to expand it to full size.
> >>
> >> With the ECP as the current frame, you can scroll the text
> >> in the other frame up or down by typing ‘v’ or ‘V’.  When
> >> you do that, you will be able to view the text that the two
> >> files have in common, surrounded by the text that is
> >> highlighted, which is the text that differs between the two
> >> files.
> >>
> >> Ediff has its own Info manual, separate from the Emacs user
> >> manual.  See (info "(ediff) Top")
> >
> > How do I stop Ediff when I'm done?
> >
> 
> Look at the *Ediff Control Panel* frame.  It is divided into
> three columns: Move around | Toggle features | Manipulate
> 
> In the Manipulate column, the last entry is:
> 
>    z/q -suspend/quit
> 
> So, typing z suspends Ediff.  Typing q quits Ediff.

I did, but there was an additional confirmation requirement 
in the minibuffer that is very easy to miss.
 
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> The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
> - Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Birds.
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