Re: diff display

2008-09-16 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
John Hasler wrote: > Ron Johnson writes: >> Then that should be: > >> $ patch --gen-diff > >> $ patch --apply-diff > > The diff command predates the patch command by many years (it was in > System III) and does far more than generate files suitable for application > by patch, which was written

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-12 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:52:47 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/10/08 22:22, Celejar wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:41:01 -0500 ... > (If you ever wonder why so many conservatives in the US dislike the > UN [besides the rampant corruption] and the EU, it's because they > [

Re: diff display

2008-09-12 Thread James A. Donald
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:10:15 +0200, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James A. Donald wrote: > > > Can I get file changes recorded in git to display the > > way they do in windows? > > I am surprised that no one has told this till now. > > The main purpose of diff is to generat

Re: reply-to-list for icedove? was Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Rich Healey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 thveillon.debian wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich a écrit : >> On 2008-09-10 13:31, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >> [snip] >> >> I am sorry for having accidentally sent that OT message to list. >> >> Does anyone know, if there is a way of fixing the missing

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Jeff Soules
> If all rights descend from the government (whether that be an absolute > monarchy or a parliament), then I'd posit that no, you don't have a right to > defend home and hearth. That doesn't follow. If rights descend from the government, then you have a right to defend home and hearth if the gover

Re: reply-to-list for icedove? was Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Ron Johnson wrote: > This works for me: > http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson/replytolist-0.2.1.xpi > > v0.3.0 fails, since I use IMAP. > > I think that you need to install the Mnenhy add-on. Yes, downgrading to 0.2.1 works for me also. I don't think Icedove needs Mnenhy (but stock Thunderbird

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Chris Burkhardt
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 09/11/08 12:19, Jeff Soules wrote: >> Dismissing most of this because it's little more than an expression of >> the author's prejudice, but... >> >>> We don't like the EU because >>> of their complete disregard for individual rights. It was conceived >>> of and >>> implement

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/11/08 12:19, Jeff Soules wrote: Dismissing most of this because it's little more than an expression of the author's prejudice, but... We don't like the EU because of their complete disregard for individual rights. It was conceived of and implemented by socialists. It's that simple. Soci

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Jeff Soules
Dismissing most of this because it's little more than an expression of the author's prejudice, but... > We don't like the EU because > of their complete disregard for individual rights. It was conceived of and > implemented by socialists. It's that simple. Socialists? You mean the kind of people

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Rob McBroom
On 2008-Sep-11, at 5:08 AM, Tim Edwards wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: (If you ever wonder why so many conservatives in the US dislike the UN [besides the rampant corruption] and the EU, it's because they [the UN and the EU...] spew lots of pretty words, but don't have the testicles to enforce

Re: reply-to-list for icedove? was Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/11/08 02:53, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: On 2008-09-11 09:41, thveillon.debian wrote: I have "reply to mailing list 0.3.1" and it works ok with Icedove here. https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/thunderbird/addon/4455 It is considered "experimental" on Mozilla website I just noticed, but never h

Re: reply-to-list for icedove? was Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-09-11 09:41, thveillon.debian wrote: > I have "reply to mailing list 0.3.1" and it works ok with Icedove here. > > https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/thunderbird/addon/4455 > > It is considered "experimental" on Mozilla website I just noticed, but > never had a problem with it. Thanks! It wor

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Dave Patterson
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:08:40AM +0200, Tim Edwards wrote: > ..., or Australia armed with nuclear powered Kangaroos > and sharks with laser beams :) (we could do it you know - don't try and > stop us!) I thought the Kiwis did all the development stuff Dave -- ... (I tried to get

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Tim Edwards
Ron Johnson wrote: (If you ever wonder why so many conservatives in the US dislike the UN [besides the rampant corruption] and the EU, it's because they [the UN and the EU...] spew lots of pretty words, but don't have the testicles to enforce them.) In the UN's case it was specifically des

Re: reply-to-list for icedove? was Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-09-11 09:41, thveillon.debian wrote: > I have "reply to mailing list 0.3.1" and it works ok with Icedove here. > > https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/thunderbird/addon/4455 > > It is considered "experimental" on Mozilla website I just noticed, but > never had a problem with it. Thanks. It doe

Re: reply-to-list for icedove? was Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread thveillon.debian
Johannes Wiedersich a écrit : On 2008-09-10 13:31, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: [snip] I am sorry for having accidentally sent that OT message to list. Does anyone know, if there is a way of fixing the missing 'reply-to-list' functionally of icedove for lenny? Since the extension doesn't work an

reply-to-list for icedove? was Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-09-10 13:31, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: [snip] I am sorry for having accidentally sent that OT message to list. Does anyone know, if there is a way of fixing the missing 'reply-to-list' functionally of icedove for lenny? Since the extension doesn't work any more, I acquired the habit of

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/10/08 18:49, John Hasler wrote: Ron Johnson writes: Then that should be: $ patch --gen-diff $ patch --apply-diff The diff command predates the patch command by many years (it was in System III) and does far more than generate files suitable for application by patch, which was writt

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/10/08 22:17, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:31:51 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2008-09-10 09:52, James A. Donald wrote: We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right,

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Dave Patterson
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:52:47AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > There was a time when he commanded a huge army... Not just (a) huge army, but LOTS of huge armies. He commanded kings. Regards, Dave -- Thasai, Ampoe Meuang | Linux - Das System fuer schlaue Nonthaburi |

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/10/08 22:22, Celejar wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:41:01 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... The one place where I might disagree with the Declaration of Independence is where Rights come from, since I want to think that rights come from the barrel of a gun. You do? > Or

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:41:01 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > The one place where I might disagree with the Declaration of > Independence is where Rights come from, since I want to think that > rights come from the barrel of a gun. You do? > Or, maybe, that those unalienable

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:31:51 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2008-09-10 09:52, James A. Donald wrote: > > We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because > > of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this > > right, not from the arbitrary

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread John Hasler
Ron Johnson writes: > Then that should be: > $ patch --gen-diff > $ patch --apply-diff The diff command predates the patch command by many years (it was in System III) and does far more than generate files suitable for application by patch, which was written by Larry Wall in 1984. -- John Hasle

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread gary turner
Ron Johnson wrote: On 09/10/08 18:28, gary turner wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 09/10/08 16:03, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: The main purpose of diff is to generate a patch which can then be used to apply/revert changes across two versions of a file. That would sanely be called "patch", no

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/10/08 18:28, gary turner wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: On 09/10/08 16:03, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: The main purpose of diff is to generate a patch which can then be used to apply/revert changes across two versions of a file. That would sanely be called "patch", not "diff". See man

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread gary turner
Ron Johnson wrote: On 09/10/08 16:03, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: The main purpose of diff is to generate a patch which can then be used to apply/revert changes across two versions of a file. That would sanely be called "patch", not "diff". See man patch. diff consists of differences betw

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/10/08 16:03, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: James A. Donald wrote: Can I get file changes recorded in git to display the way they do in windows? I am surprised that no one has told this till now. The main purpose of diff is to generate a patch which can then be used to apply/revert chang

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
James A. Donald wrote: > Can I get file changes recorded in git to display the > way they do in windows? I am surprised that no one has told this till now. The main purpose of diff is to generate a patch which can then be used to apply/revert changes across two versions of a file. The output pro

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/10/08 09:39, Rob McBroom wrote: On 2008-Sep-10, at 7:31 AM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: On 2008-09-10 09:52, James A. Donald wrote: We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Rob McBroom
On 2008-Sep-10, at 7:31 AM, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: On 2008-09-10 09:52, James A. Donald wrote: We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. http://

[OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-09-10 09:52, James A. Donald wrote: > We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because > of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this > right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. > > http://www.jim.com/ James A. Donald I am happy t

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-09-10 11:18, Johann Spies wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 05:52:49PM +1000, James A. Donald wrote: > >> Can I get file changes recorded in git to display the >> way they do in windows? > > You can also look ast colordiff > (http://freshmeat.net/projects/colordiff/). I have not used it

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 05:52:49PM +1000, James A. Donald wrote: > Can I get file changes recorded in git to display the > way they do in windows? You can also look ast colordiff (http://freshmeat.net/projects/colordiff/). I have not used it though. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Te

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On 09/10/08 04:04, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: On 2008-09-10 09:52, James A. Donald wrote: [snip] Can I get file changes recorded in git to display the way they do in windows? If you insist that things in linux should be just like in windows, why bother using linux? And he uses "in windo

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
On 2008-09-10 09:52, James A. Donald wrote: > Under windows, diff usually works like windiff - you see > the two versions side by side, with the differences > highlighted by color > > git-gui, however gives me a diff where I see a single > stream annotated with + and - > > I find the single strea

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread François Cerbelle
Le Mer 10 septembre 2008 09:52, James A. Donald a écrit : [...] > Can I get file changes recorded in git to display the > way they do in windows? I use Mercurial instead of GIT, but it is very close. I use it under Unix (Solaris and Linux) and Windows. And I use KDiff3 under Unix and Windows too.

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed,10.Sep.08, 17:52:49, James A. Donald wrote: [...] > Can I get file changes recorded in git to display the way they do in > windows? I'm almost sure it can be done by combining git with a tool like vimdiff (vim actually, but I'm sure emacs has something similar). Regards, Andrei --

Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Javier Barroso
I recommend meld package See you later ! On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 9:52 AM, James A. Donald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Under windows, diff usually works like windiff - you see > the two versions side by side, with the differences > highlighted by color > > git-gui, however gives me a diff where

diff display

2008-09-10 Thread James A. Donald
Under windows, diff usually works like windiff - you see the two versions side by side, with the differences highlighted by color git-gui, however gives me a diff where I see a single stream annotated with + and - I find the single stream display really obscure, ugly, and confusing. So if I had