[Rd] request for discussion on lonely doc patch suggestion

[Duncan Murdoch]

Thanks.  When I went looking for a web page about tkdiff, I found this 
one comparing multiple diff tools:

  https://www.tecmint.com/best-linux-file-diff-tools-comparison/

It says it's for Linux, but they may be available on other platforms 
too.  For example, tkdiff is based on TCL/TK, so it is cross-platform.

Based just on that comparison page, I'd probably choose DiffMerge or 
Diffuse, but I imagine some of the others can match them.

Duncan Murdoch

On 2025-03-25 6:53 a.m., Serguei Sokol via R-devel wrote:
> 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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