[Rd] request for discussion on lonely doc patch suggestion

[Serguei Sokol]

Le 24/03/2025 à 20:28, J C Nash a écrit :
> 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.
I like tkdiff.

Serguei.

>
> 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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