[Rd] request for discussion on lonely doc patch suggestion

[Tim Taylor]

FWIW, on the command line I’m a happy 'delta' user for a quick side by side comparison (https://github.com/dandavison/delta)

>  On 24 Mar 2025, at 19:32, J C Nash <profjcnash using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For Linux users, meld is quite nice for side by side editing, though I've never tried using it for
> display. Just checking now suggests it isn't obvious how to "print" side by side display.
> 
> I've made meld easier for my own use by creating an icon in Double Commander (DC allows
> the user to create iconized links to scripts and programs). There are two panes in the DC
> file manager. I highlight one file in each then click. This saves typing two full paths in
> a command
> 
>   meld  path/to/file1 path/to/file2
> 
> I suspect the highlight and click makes my use of meld reasonably attractive. I'm not sure
> I'd use it in the raw command line mode.
> 
> Like Duncan, I welcome suggestions for similar tools, especially if there's a display option.
> 
> John Nash
> 
>> On 2025-03-24 15:21, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> 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
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