notes on diffs

CSL Development
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I’ve mentioned before we really need a way to visualize style diffs. I don’t
know if this would helpful or not, but I came across this library:

http://code.google.com/p/google-diff-match-patch/

… and a mailing list post re: rich text diffing:

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http://groups.google.com/group/diff-match-patch/browse_thread/thread/7664c118bbf6b126/75b4d0fb47ec0f83?lnk=gst&q=html#75b4d0fb47ec0f83

There’s also this java utility, which creates output like:

[image: Screenshot-5.png]
Probably a bit too technical.

Does anyone know of a better option, that would create a human-friendly diff
representation for style changes?

Bruce

2

I think that Google library would work well enough.

Simon

3

I think that Google library would work well enough.
Simon

I’ve mentioned before we really need a way to visualize style diffs. I don’t
know if this would helpful or not, but I came across this library:

http://code.google.com/p/google-diff-match-patch/

… and a mailing list post re: rich text diffing:

http://groups.google.com/group/diff-match-patch/browse_thread/thread/7664c118bbf6b126/75b4d0fb47ec0f83?lnk=gst&q=html#75b4d0fb47ec0f83

There’s also this java utility, which creates output like:
<Screenshot-5.png>
Probably a bit too technical.
Does anyone know of a better option, that would create a human-friendly diff
representation for style changes?

I don’t have current information, but back when I worked with Plone,
the CMFEditions module used a diff module that worked against xhtml.
That was several years ago, there must be several other libraries out
there to choose from by now.

Frank