Bug#324627: diff: Request for a switch to ignore *all* whitespace changes including newlines

2005-08-23 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 07:30:09AM +0200, Tim Connors wrote: Package: diff Version: 2.8.1-11 Severity: wishlist Hi, I frequently want to compare the differences between two versions of the same LaTeX file, where small changes in a sentence, combined with reflowing the text within an

Bug#324627: diff: Request for a switch to ignore *all* whitespace changes including newlines

2005-08-23 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 07:30:09AM +0200, Tim Connors wrote: Package: diff Version: 2.8.1-11 Severity: wishlist Hi, I frequently want to compare the differences between two versions of the same LaTeX file, where small changes in a

Bug#324627: diff: Request for a switch to ignore *all* whitespace changes including newlines

2005-08-23 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 11:26:43PM +1000, Tim Connors wrote: On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Thomas Dickey wrote: On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 07:30:09AM +0200, Tim Connors wrote: Package: diff Version: 2.8.1-11 Severity: wishlist Hi, I frequently want to compare the differences between

Bug#324627: diff: Request for a switch to ignore *all* whitespace changes including newlines

2005-08-22 Thread Tim Connors
Package: diff Version: 2.8.1-11 Severity: wishlist Hi, I frequently want to compare the differences between two versions of the same LaTeX file, where small changes in a sentence, combined with reflowing the text within an editor, yield changes to an entire paragraph, as far as diff is