GNU bug report logs - #12585
diff refine should highlight space changes better (feature request)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Le Wang <l26wang <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:27:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 12585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Le Wang <l26wang <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12585 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12585: diff refine should highlight space changes better
	(feature request)
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:37:29 +0300

>> 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.
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