On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:17 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > using "gq<motion>" to "reflow" the text according to your 'textwidth' (or > 'wrapmargin' setting, something like a ludicrously small "textwidth=17" in > this example). A traditional diff (such as "diff" or Vim's diffing) would > tell you that *all three* lines of that first paragraph changed. OOTH, the > prose-author likely only wants to know that the word "keen" was inserted > (ignoring the reflowing changes). > > .... > > Hope my prolix proclivities elucidated matters :)
I think they did. These are the only lines in my .vimrc that relate to margins: set linebreak autocmd Filetype txt set textwidth=0 I'm taking it that I've got flowing text and that diff will work for me. Thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir [email protected] "Any assurance economists pretend to with regard to cause and effect is merely a pose." - Emanuel Derman -- 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
