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Re: [RFC] Add the --color-words option to the diff options family

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 30, 2006, 09:36 UTC
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Hi,
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Matthias Lederhofer wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > With this option, the changed words are shown inline. For example,
> > if a file containing "This is foo" is changed to "This is bar", the diff
> > will now show "This is " in plain text, "foo" in red, and "bar" in green.
>
> I'd probably find it more useful if it would still show two lines but
> only the relevant part in red/green.

I could do that if you want, but it is a little more involved. Besides, in my use case, which is text with _long_ lines, it would be less useful, so I would make it a switch.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2006
  2. Matthias LederhoferJul 30, 2006
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 30, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 31, 2006

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