GNU bug report logs - #61396
diff mode could distinguish changed from deleted lines

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Message #23 received at 61396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Samuel Wales <samologist <at> gmail.com>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 61396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61396: diff mode could distinguish changed from deleted lines
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 22:07:24 -0700

i think it is in diff-mode in emacs, at least when it is displaying diff -u.

in particular, the idea is whether it can be solved using emacs
features such as faces.

it is true that diff and friends can often do colors, but to my
knowledge, diff-mode uses raw text as its input.


On 2/10/23, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> wrote:
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> Is this bug in Emacs, or is it in diff?
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