[Rd] request for discussion on lonely doc patch suggestion

[Duncan Murdoch]

I sent some comments directly to Ben.  I just want to reply publicly to 
this part:

On 2025-03-24 1:18 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:

>     The patch file is attached (also available at bugzilla, if it doesn't
> get through to the list). I find the patch format a little hard to read,
> so I'm reproducing just the *new* text below.

I agree absolutely about the lack of readability of patch files.  A side 
by side display is much nicer.  If anyone out there isn't using one, you 
should.

I really like the one I use ("Beyond Compare"), but it's not open 
source.  I've been using it for a very long time (20 years or more, I 
think), and I suspect there are very good open source competitors out 
there now (and may have been for all the time I've been using BC). 
Suggestions?

Duncan Murdoch