Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] Make boundary characters for --color-words configurable
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- May 7, 2008, 13:10 UTC
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- <alpine.DEB.1.00.0805071408360.30431@racer>
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Hi,
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Ping Yin wrote:
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> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > So how about this
> > >
> > > --color-words={char,punct,word}
> > >
> > > - char: one char one token
> > > - punct/word: a token can be either a run of word characters or a
> > > single punct character. diff.punctchars is used for punct, and
> > > diff.wordchars is used for word.
> >
> > I am rather interested in the semantics, i.e. if you can punch holes into
> > this 3-class approach.
> >
> > Bikeshedding comes later ;-)
>
> Sorry, but i can't parse both sentences, especially Bikeshedding and
> "punch holes into"."punch holes into": find cases where Junio's proposed algorithm breaks down.
"bikeshedding": discussing minor implementation details that are not really interesting at this stage. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikeshedding.
Ciao, Dscho