Subject: Re: bug#12585: diff refine should highlight space changes better (feature request)

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:09:54 -0400

>>> Inline space changes can be highlighted after setting
>>> `smerge-refine-ignore-whitespace' to nil
>>> (maybe it should be defcustom instead of defvar?)
>> How would I use smerge in this context?  I'm just pressing C-c C-b to
>> refine a diff hunk right now.
> `C-c C-b' in diff uses `smerge-refine-ignore-whitespace' from smerge.
> Perhaps diff should have a duplicate option `diff-refine-ignore-whitespace'
> with the same functionality but a different name prefix.

Or rather, the refinement code should be taken out of smerge into its
own package.

        Stefan