Re: Diffing with the SVG Primer

Yes, sorry I wasn't being clear.  I'm aware of CVS working
line-by-line and the HTML not caring about line breaks :)

What I'm looking for is a tool that would highlight the differences
(red/green) or something.  Kind of like this:

http://code.google.com/p/svg-edit/source/detail?r=1354

(click the + next to the file to see what I mean)

I'll also note that having a web-based system like this also allows
people to comment on the revision directly and get email
notifications.  Very convenient.

Regards,
Jeff


On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 9:24 AM, G. Wade Johnson <gwadej@anomaly.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:14:50 -0600
> Jeff Schiller <codedread@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I started reading the primer today, got through chapter one and made a
>> few minor corrections here or there.  I'm really trying to get a sense
>> as to how a review process can proceed, ideally I'd like to give
>> reviewers the possibility of making changes themselves in the HTML doc
>> and then sending a diff (patch) to the editor/owner (whoever that will
>> be).
>>
>> My CVS is a little rusty, but I did do a cvs diff and took a look at
>> what my changes show:
>
> I remember that a lot of people preferred the "unified diff" for
> looking at changes. So much so, that most of the systems that came
> after CVS use it as a default.
>
>   cvs diff -u
>
> On a Unix-based system, you can make this the default by adding the
> line:
>
>  diff -u
>
> to the file .cvsrc in your home directory.
>
> Apparently, TortoiseCVS has the same ability. The FAQ says you can find
> the .cvsrc file from CVS -> Preferences.
>
> As for the difficulty seeing the changes, it's not real surprising
> since CVS diff work line by line. Since the paragraph is all on one
> line, that makes the diff harder to read. HTML doesn't care about line
> breaks, so we could add line breaks to wrap the paragraphs into shorter
> lines. That makes the diffs easier under some circumstances, but it
> does make those of us with a bit of OCD likely to spend time
> reformatting paragraphs.<shrug/>
>
> Trade-offs abound.
>
> G. Wade
> --
> Results are what you wanted, consequences are what you got.
>                                                 -- Michael VanDusen
>

Received on Sunday, 7 February 2010 15:42:55 UTC