Peter TB Brett wrote:
> On 10/04/2017 16:10, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>> Thank you, Panos.
>>
>> This item was particularly interesting:
>>
>> Add a new script library implementing unified diff generation and
>> patch application: Expected in LiveCode 9.0 DP-7
>> <https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/5288>
>>
>> It wasn't immediately clear to me from the notes in that PR what that
>> does, but the description sounds enticing.
>>
>> Can you offer a little background on that?
>
> It's exactly what it says on the tin: a library that implements an
> algorithm for finding a minimal line-based edit script between two
> input texts, along with the ability to turn that into a unified diff.
>
> Go have a look at the source code, which contains inline
> documentation:
>
https://github.com/livecode/livecode/blob/develop/extensions/script-libraries/diff/diff.livecodescript
>
> You could also have a look at the tests:
>
https://github.com/livecode/livecode/blob/develop/extensions/script-libraries/diff/test
>
> Its development was sponsored by David Simpson.
Thanks, Peter. These things may seem obvious to you, but it seemed a
bit of an edge-case feature vis a vis others in the queue, so the
background you provided is very helpful.
And thanks, David.
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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