Seconded. The hidden lines receive more emphasis than the change. Do a tkdiff on the same change and it is immediately obvious what the change is. I checked meld, tkdiff and xxdiff and in all of them the actual character that was removed is also highlighted making it immediately obvious what changed. It was not immediately obvious to me what changed in either the colored or retro examples. If fossil can't easily match the capability of an external tool then my vote would be to go with the retro.
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:36 AM, Ramon Ribó <ram...@compassis.com> wrote: > For me, much better with the colors. Maybe taking out the violet of the > hidden lines. > It helps a lot to focus the attention to the correct place. > > RR > El 04/02/2012 13:24, "Richard Hipp" <d...@sqlite.org> escribió: > > >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
_______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
