Hi Kingsley, > Please allow me to draw your attention to > a way I think it may be improved.
> $ xxdiff <( echo a ) <( echo b ) > > Screen shots of what I saw are attached. > > As you can see in them, replacing > > process substitution > > with > > files > > works. > > So does diff > > $ diff <( echo a ) <( echo b ) > 1c1 > < a > --- > > b > > > My humble suggestion: > > Improve xxdiff to work with process substitution. I think that's an interesting idea, however I'm not sure how easy it is to implement that, and who would have the time to try their hand on this. I notice that using process substitution only works when both inputs are of that kind; comparing process substitution with a regular file results in an Internal error referencing src/buffer.inline.h:76 Florian