Bug#351232: better handling of word boundaries
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.02.03.1351 +0100]: It is a little bit late to change the behaviour of this program. Instead, why don't you wdiff the result of running dvi2tty on the .dvi files? What if I cannot produce the .dvi files because my publisher has all the periphery? (Hmm, why in earth would you want to create a non-free document? :-) Even if you can't produce the exact final .dvi, I would try to produce a .dvi anyway (maybe by using an alternative periphery). How about adding a new option that deals with language words, rather than whitespace-separated chunks? Would it be too difficult? I am not saying it should be the default... I don't know, really. Would rewriting from scratch count as difficult? :-) Anyway, this was already in /usr/share/doc/wdiff/TODO: [...] * Select by options exactly what is whitespace. [...] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#351232: better handling of word boundaries
also sprach Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.02.10.1643 +0100]: What if I cannot produce the .dvi files because my publisher has all the periphery? (Hmm, why in earth would you want to create a non-free document? :-) It's not non-free for me. I just can't be bothered. Anyway, this was already in /usr/share/doc/wdiff/TODO: [...] * Select by options exactly what is whitespace. [...] Ok. -- .''`. martin f. krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! micro$oft dns service terminates abnormally when it receives a response to a dns query that was never made. fix information: run your dns service on a different platform. -- bugtraq signature.asc Description: Digital signature (GPG/PGP)
Bug#351232: better handling of word boundaries
Package: wdiff
Version: 0.5-16
Severity: wishlist
If using wdiff on TeX files, it's really annoying if a change
involves attached TeX tags. E.g.:
This
link\footnote{\link{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/{\tilde}sgtatham/bugs.html}}
If I wanted to capitalise link, wdiff would say that
link\footnote{\link{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/{\tilde}sgtatham/bugs.html}}
was deleted and
Link\footnote{\link{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/{\tilde}sgtatham/bugs.html}}
added. It should just know that [^[:alnum:]] marks the end of
a word.
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Bug#351232: better handling of word boundaries
On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, martin f krafft wrote:
Package: wdiff
Version: 0.5-16
Severity: wishlist
If using wdiff on TeX files, it's really annoying if a change
involves attached TeX tags. E.g.:
This
link\footnote{\link{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/{\tilde}sgtatham/bugs.html}}
If I wanted to capitalise link, wdiff would say that
link\footnote{\link{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/{\tilde}sgtatham/bugs.html}}
was deleted and
Link\footnote{\link{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/{\tilde}sgtatham/bugs.html}}
added. It should just know that [^[:alnum:]] marks the end of
a word.
Hmm, no, it should not, because the behaviour matches documentation,
namely, a word is anything between whitespace.
It is a little bit late to change the behaviour of this program.
Instead, why don't you wdiff the result of running dvi2tty on the .dvi files?
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Bug#351232: better handling of word boundaries
also sprach Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006.02.03.1351 +0100]: It is a little bit late to change the behaviour of this program. Instead, why don't you wdiff the result of running dvi2tty on the .dvi files? What if I cannot produce the .dvi files because my publisher has all the periphery? How about adding a new option that deals with language words, rather than whitespace-separated chunks? Would it be too difficult? I am not saying it should be the default... -- .''`. martin f. krafft [EMAIL PROTECTED] : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! the unix philosophy basically involves giving you enough rope to hang yourself. and then some more, just to be sure. signature.asc Description: Digital signature (GPG/PGP)
