From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: makeinfo-info.el - use Info-mode with makeinfo-buffer Date: 04 Dec 2002 15:35:12 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038983659 19928 80.91.224.249 (4 Dec 2002 06:34:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 06:34:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ttn@glug.org, user42@zip.com.au, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18JT6v-0005BI-00 for ; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 07:34:17 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18JTGm-0002rQ-00 for ; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 07:44:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JT8f-0002aI-00; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 01:36:05 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JT8K-0001yB-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 01:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JT8G-0001rb-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 01:35:43 -0500 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.202]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18JT8F-0001pW-00; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 01:35:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp ([10.7.69.193]) by TYO202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id gB46ZKl22295; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:35:20 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mailsv4.nec.co.jp (mailgate51.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.196]) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) with ESMTP id gB46ZHn28380; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:35:18 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.30.114.133]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.6/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id gB46ZGq00039; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:35:16 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.10.2+Sun/3.7Wlsi_mx_6.0) with ESMTP id gB46ZCB23625; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:35:12 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 2CC53370E; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:35:12 +0900 (JST) Original-To: Eli Zaretskii System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 22 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:9849 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:9849 Eli Zaretskii writes: > > Ediff has some functionality like this -- it `refines' thunks it gets > > from diff by doing its own diff algorithm at the character level, and > > can indicate via faces which parts of thunks are important. > > IIRC, Ediff does this at the _word_ level, not at the character level. A bit of testing shows that you're right. > The only problem with this solution is that breaking a line into a list > of words is non-trivial due to m17n considerations, especially if the > buffer mixes several character sets. IIRC, for that reason, Ediff uses > some ad-hoc method instead of relying on syntax categories of characters. That's OK; for the purpose Richard was asking about, the main thing is that it ignores (or rather, de-emphasizes) whitespace-only changes, which should work fine even if word-splitting isn't exactly `correct.' -Miles -- "I distrust a research person who is always obviously busy on a task." --Robert Frosch, VP, GM Research