Re: Diff could also show the changes within lines

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hi Tom,

Tom wrote:
> Sebastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@...> writes:
>> FYI, have a look at http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12894.
>
> That explains it. I'm on Emacs 24.1 and it does not have this
> scheduling code, so that's why it works for me. I didn't think
> they changed this recently.
>
> Anyway, you can try calling diff-refine-hunk explicitly after
> diff-hunk-next then:
>
>   (condition-case nil
>       (save-excursion
>         (goto-char (point-min))
>         (while (not (eobp))
>           (diff-hunk-next)
>           (diff-refine-hunk)))
>     (error nil)))
>
> I can't try it, because I use 24.1, but it may work.

I wasn't sure how to adapt the code. Thanks for trying...

And the results of the jury are:
- it works for the refining of *all* hunks
- it does not work wrt the position of the cursor, that is it's at the end of
  the buffer...

Thanks for solving already half of the problem!

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban