On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 5:08 AM, <altufa...@mail.com> wrote: > Same here. I like the colorful diff. > > But I would like to know (sorry if I missed) what's the problem with color > sbs and what are we getting with retro sbs? >
Here is an example, two different websites showing the same Fossil project (TCL), one with the traditional colorful diff and the other with the new retro diff: (1) http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/ci/4ebc3a8e1e?sbs=1 (2) http://mirror1.tcl.tk/tcl/ci/4ebc3a8e1e?sbs=1&dw=67 The change of this check-in is a single line of code - indeed a single character on that one line. With (1), my eyes are distracted by a bunch of needless coloration, and I have to stare at the screen for a second or two before I can discern what has actually changed. I tried using colored diffs for a while, but I eventually gave up in frustration. They are simply not useful to me. I can read the old-style unified diffs faster. In (2), on the other hand, I can clearly and immediately see that one line has changed. The change "pops" out at me. I don't have to think about it - it is just there. > > - Altu > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Weber, Martin S > > Sent: 02/03/12 11:03 PM > > To: Fossil SCM user's discussion > > Subject: Re: [fossil-users] Retro side-by-side diffs > > > > On 2012-02-03 12:31 , "Remigiusz Modrzejewski" <l...@maxnet.org.pl> > wrote: > > > > >I'm for color-coded. All of the reasons have already been listed in the > > >thread. > > > > Same here. > > > > -Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > fossil-users mailing list > > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org
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