[wdiff-bugs] [bug #29379] wdiff hides space/tab differences

[anonymous]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?29379>

                 Summary: wdiff hides space/tab differences
                 Project: wdiff
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 30 Mar 2010 10:36:31 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Gilles B
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

    _______________________________________________________

Details:

some space or tab differences are hidden by wdiff.
>
> Exple:
> -- Content of A.txt : --
> \begin{figure}[t]
>        \centering
>                \includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{./figures/BRPC.eps}
>        \caption{Operations of BRPC for computing a path from $s$ to $t$
with
> the minimum number of hops along the sequence AS1-AS2-AS3}
> \label{fig:BRPC}
> \end{figure}
>
> -- Content of B.txt (just an additional tab in front of \label): --
> \begin{figure}[t]
>        \centering
>                \includegraphics[width=0.75\linewidth]{./figures/BRPC.eps}
>        \caption{Operations of BRPC for computing a path from $s$ to $t$
with
> the minimum number of hops along the sequence AS1-AS2-AS3}
>        \label{fig:BRPC}
> \end{figure}
>
> -- result of wdiff: --
>> wdiff -3 a.txt b.txt
>
>
> ======================================================================
>
> -- result of diff: --
>> diff a.txt b.txt
>
> 5c5
> < \label{fig:BRPC}
> ---
>>       \label{fig:BRPC}





    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?29379>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via/by Savannah
  http://savannah.gnu.org/