a single diff from wdiff can span multiple lines

[jayenashar]

a single diff from wdiff can span multiple lines, therefore, i concatenate @InputStream into $inputstream[0].

[daveewart]

Thanks jayenashar - not sure if this branch of colordiff will progress, but I can always port your change back to the main trunk code. Cheers :-)

[jayenashar]

Hi Dave, where is trunk? I tried to find an 'official' repository to patch, and this one seemed like it, but I guess not.

[kimmel]

Do you have a sample diff you could post for testing? Did this happen with colordiff file1 file2 or cat sample.diff | colordiff?

Yes Dave, this branch of development is still ongoing.

[jayenashar]

diff -u file1 file2 | wdiff -d - | grep . | colordiff

[daveewart]

Jayen: In GitHub space, kimmel/colordiff is considered the trunk for development. Previous development of colordiff was carried out using CVS on SourceForge, although actually one I used that.

Kirk: glad to hear you are still planning to work on colordiff! Back in October, I presumed you'd lost interest after I had no reply from you after I pointed out my concerns regarding the use of various external Perl modules and App::FatPacker etc.. Would it be helpful if we could agree on a working framework for the environment into which colordiff will likely be deployed and, as a consequence, which external dependencies are appropriate?

[sparkplugmarcus]

I would love to see multiple line support! I did a local install of colordiff and added jayenashar's change but it did not work for me.

I am using colordiff to diff essays and documentation drafts that I collaborate with others on. It could offer a great way to review changes easily. Colordiff is used in conjunction with odt2txt and wdiff.

Thanks