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authorJohn Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>2015-12-29 21:39:08 -0800
committerJohn Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>2015-12-29 21:39:08 -0800
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@findex compare-windows
The command @kbd{M-x compare-windows} compares the text in the
-current window with that in the next window. (For more information
-about windows in Emacs, @ref{Windows}.) Comparison starts at point in
-each window, after pushing each initial point value on the mark ring
-in its respective buffer. Then it moves point forward in each window,
-one character at a time, until it reaches characters that don't match.
+current window with that in the window that was the selected window
+before you selected the current one. (For more information about
+windows in Emacs, @ref{Windows}.) Comparison starts at point in each
+window, after pushing each initial point value on the mark ring in its
+respective buffer. Then it moves point forward in each window, one
+character at a time, until it reaches characters that don't match.
Then the command exits.
If point in the two windows is followed by non-matching text when