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Article #944Re: UI suggestion: Differences Panel
From: Gordie Freedman
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 08:41
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 08:41
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In article <1992Nov9.044820.12031@news2.cis.umn.edu> burchard@horizon.math.utah.edu (Paul Burchard) writes: > Now that "gdb" has been integrated into Edit, wouldn't it be real nifty > to have > "diff" integrated as well? Sometimes you have to go thru diffs by hand, > This Panel could have an API like all the others, and > become a standard part of NeXTSTEP. > > Whaddaya say, NeXT? > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul Burchard <burchard@geom.umn.edu> > ``I'm still learning how to count backwards from infinity...'' > -------------------------------------------------------------------- I have heard that /usr/sbin/gdiff on the SGI is awesome, somebody interested in making a "diff" object should check that out. it uses multiple different colors to indicate "in 1st doc not in 2nd", "in 2nd, not first", and "only in 1st/2nd". It also has a real nice way to move things from one file to another. I agree that a neXT object usable by any application for "diffing" would be very nice. -- Gordie Freedman gordie@yamanote.dolphin.com -> NextMail encouraged (Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are my own and represent no one else.)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!dolphin!yamanote!gordie From: gordie@yamanote.dolphin.com (Gordie Freedman) Subject: Re: UI suggestion: Differences Panel Message-ID: <1992Nov9.084115.1412@dolphin.com> Sender: gordie@dolphin.com Reply-To: gordie@yamanote.dolphin.com Organization: Dolphin Software References: <1992Nov9.044820.12031@news2.cis.umn.edu> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 08:41:15 GMT Lines: 26