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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Samuel Wales <samologist <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 03:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 61396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#61396: diff mode could distinguish changed from deleted lines
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:21:14 +0200

>>>>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 23:04:10 -0700, Samuel Wales <samologist <at> gmail.com> said:

    Samuel> so basically,
    Samuel>   -this is a line that ^looks deleted, but it is changed
    Samuel> ...
    Samuel>   +this is a line that REALLY looks deleted, but it is changed

    Samuel> what is not indicated for the user is at the ^.  i woul dlike it if
    Samuel> diff mode if possible showed that text was deleted there.

Thatʼs what diff-mode does, if `diff-refine' is non-nil (which is the
default nowadays), by applying the `diff-refine-removed' face.

Robert
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