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Re: Bug#396485: diff & sdiff: please allow full-color output (fwd)
From: |
Claudio Fontana |
Subject: |
Re: Bug#396485: diff & sdiff: please allow full-color output (fwd) |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:00:48 -0800 (PST) |
Hi,
--- Santiago Vila <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I received this from the Debian bug system:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jason Spiro <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:51:18 -0500
> Subject: diff & sdiff: please allow full-color
> output
>
> Package: diff
> Version: 2.8.7
> Severity: wishlist
>
> It would be great if diff and/or sdiff could show
> their output in color.
> [...]
FWIW I would advice against this feature, if it could
even remotely introduce new bugs/new bloat.
> (When I view diffs in vim, they show up in color.
> [...]
That is exactly how it should be I think, ie we open
the diffs with another program to do additional
interpretation.
> But to see this wonderful effect, I must open the
> diffs in vim. GNU
> diff and sdiff have no such feature.)
GNU emacs does it too (diff-mode), so I don't see
a real need for this in diff itself.
Claudio
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