[Rd] request for discussion on lonely doc patch suggestion

[Duncan Murdoch]

Thanks for the suggestion.  I did a quick scan of the delta manual, but 
couldn't spot anything on integration with svn, just git.  Have you 
worked out the necessary config options for svn so that it would work 
with diffs like Ben's, or for running `svn diff` on some local changes?

Currently I don't use svn for anything but the R sources, but I suspect 
that will continue for some time...

Duncan Murdoch



On 2025-03-24 4:05 p.m., Tim Taylor wrote:
> FWIW, on the command line I’m a happy 'delta' user for a quick side by 
> side comparison (https://github.com/dandavison/delta 
> <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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