Bug#307827: colordiff: word highlighting would also be good

[A Costa]

Package: colordiff
Version: 1.0.4-4
Severity: wishlist


Given two diff lines like these:

  -updated by the file transfer (requries \fB\-\-checksum\fP)\&.
  +updated by the file transfer (requires \fB\-\-checksum\fP)\&.

...'colordiff' displays the first line in red, and the second in blue.

It would sometimes be better if 'colordiff' could print "requries" 
in the first line, and "requires" in the second, in some other
color; with the rest of the first line remaining red, and the second
remaining blue.  That way the part of the line changed would be more 
quickly recognized.


Hope this helps...


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages colordiff depends on:
ii  perl  5.8.4-8Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

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Bug#307827: colordiff: word highlighting would also be good

[Dave Ewart]

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Interesting suggestion ... I've been toying with this idea for a while,
actually.  It will be done, in my copious free time :-)

Cheers,

Dave.

colordiff author

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