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1 total messages Started by Francois Pinard Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:32

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Author: Francois Pinard
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:32

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The program wdiff is now available on prep.ai.mit.edu, in directory
pub/gnu, as file wdiff-0.03.tar.Z.

The program wdiff is a front end to diff for comparing files on a word
per word basis.  A word is anything between whitespace.  This program
is particularily useful for comparing two texts in which a few words
have been changed and for which paragraphs have been refilled.

This program does not require termcap, but takes advantage of it.  If
your system does not have termcap, you might feel like getting and
installing GNU termcap first.  Also grab termcap-1.1.tar.Z.  If you do
not have an ANSI-C compiler, you might still install wdiff, but you
need to install Flex first.  So, get flex-2.3.7.tar.Z.  The next
release of wdiff will not require Flex for non-ANSI compilers.

An incoming change is that the automatic use of an output pager will
be removed, probably being put under the control of some option.  Much
later, when wdiff will have matured enough, it *might* be integrated
into GNU diff distribution, or in GNU diff itself.

Expect a new release of wdiff in a few weeks, because a few problems
have been reported already.  Please report any wdiff problems to me or
to bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.

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