Jay Berkenbilt dijo [Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 09:00:45AM -0500]: > * Package name : diff1 > Version : 0.4.1 > Upstream Author : April Furst > * URL : http://www.diff1.net/ > * License : GPL, `diff1 -u GFDL | patch` > Description : compares file's actual state with file's desired state > > diff1 is a special version of diff that takes only one file as an > argument. diff1 then compares the file's present state with the > file's desired state and reports any differences in the same format as > the regular diff command, suitable for input to the patch program. > > diff1 is very useful for correcting writing and, when used with source > code, can be extremely useful for correcting bugs. diff1 works best > when its input is close to correct, but in a pinch, diff1 can be used > to create complete original works if given an empty file as an > argument. > > At this point, diff1 is still under development and depends upon the > utm (Universal Truth Machine) and dwim (Do What I Mean) libraries. > The eventual goal is that diff1 should be "self-hosting" -- the final, > bug-free version of diff1 will be generated by running diff1 on its > own sources, at which point it will be finished and will be able to > determine the correct answers to all questions that can be expressed > using written language.
As a simple demonstration: $ echo 'why?' | diff1 @@ -1 +1 @@ -why? +42 Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
