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bug#61396: diff mode could distinguish changed from deleted lines
From: |
Samuel Wales |
Subject: |
bug#61396: diff mode could distinguish changed from deleted lines |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:39:04 -0700 |
applying a face to line 1 does not make sense in this context. there
is no text to apply a face to because it was deleted.
On 7/24/23, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> in 27.1 i am not getting this.
>
> i am getting this:
>
> file aaa: now is the time
> file bbb: now is the time for all good men
>
> now you diff this
> with result:
>
> line 1: -now is the time
> line 2: +now is the time /for all good men/
>
> line 1 does not indicate that anything was deleted. i request that
> diff-mode do so, if possible. line 2 is correct.
>
> what i need is an indication that something is lacking in line 1. i
> do not need the text that is lacking.
>
>
> On 7/24/23, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 23:04:10 -0700, Samuel Wales
>>>>>>> <samologist@gmail.com> said:
>>
>> Samuel> so basically,
>> Samuel> -this is a line that ^looks deleted, but it is changed
>> Samuel> ...
>> Samuel> +this is a line that REALLY looks deleted, but it is
>> changed
>>
>> Samuel> what is not indicated for the user is at the ^. i woul dlike
>> it
>> if
>> Samuel> diff mode if possible showed that text was deleted there.
>>
>> Thatʼs what diff-mode does, if `diff-refine' is non-nil (which is the
>> default nowadays), by applying the `diff-refine-removed' face.
>>
>> Robert
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