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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: |
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 16:56:16 -0700 |
can anybody think of a straightforward workaround for this as
described below that the user can do if diff-mode does not do it
[which it does not]?
i am pretty unsure what would do this.
thank you.
On 7/22/23, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> so basically,
>
> -this is a line that ^looks deleted, but it is changed
> ...
> +this is a line that REALLY looks deleted, but it is changed
i.e. a mechanism to put a missing-text indicator where ^ is?
>
> what is not indicated for the user is at the ^. i woul dlike it if
> diff mode if possible showed that text was deleted there.
>
> this allows you to look at only the - line and know that it is not a
> deleted line, possibly even mistakenly, but rather is part of a cange
> set, namely it and the + version of hte same line. this would reduce
> user confusion considerably.
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