[Quilt-dev] ptk|gui~diff

[James Rowe]

Hey

  So then, what is going to be the procedure with resurrecting those
features you miss from patch-scripts?

  For example, I really miss ptkdiff(even though I used it with xfdiff).
 I often quite like to see a graphical representation of what changes
have been made through a patch.

  Anyway, are they going to put in the main helper directory, a contrib/
directory or rejected as they aren't necessities?

  Find attached patch that resurrects ptkdiff as guidiff, the command
used in guidiff is set during configure(so yes it can only be applied
after the autoconf patches).  The version attached will put itself in
the main helper directory($prefix/share/quilt).

  Right now it will only work with diff tools that use "command file1
file2", it wouldn't be hard to add support for a printf style
argument(something like 'guidiff_of_the_week %s --funny-place-opt %s'
although I can't think of a tool that would need something like that but
still).

  I suppose another idea would be to have to --enable-guidiff at
configure time if you want it at all.  Feedback?

Jay

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