Claus Atzenbeck wrote: > Am 13.01.2012 um 15:46 schrieb Taylor Hedberg: > > > I'm not sure you can. According to `:help diff-diffexpr`, Vim requires > > the output of the diff program to be an "ed-style" diff, which is > > fundamentally linewise. Maybe you could come up with a wrapper script > > that would mangle wdiff's output into ed format, but even if possible, > > that seems like it would be error-prone and probably more trouble than > > it's worth. > > I see your point. > > Interestingly, it seems that word wise diffs are not that much > needed/wanted for Vim.
It's not that they are not wanted, it's that there is no standard syntax for an external diff program output unless it's by lines. I would love to include a better diff library in Vim, but still haven't found a good one that could be included with Vim. -- The MS-Windows registry is no more hostile than any other bunch of state information... that is held in a binary format... a format that nobody understands... and is replicated and cached in a complex and largely undocumented way... and contains large amounts of duplicate and obfuscated information... (Ben Peterson) /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
