[gentoo-user] Re: print side-by-side diff w/ highlighting?

[Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>]

On 2009-08-14, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:
> On 08/14/2009 08:58 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2009-08-14, Grant Edwards<grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> I'm trying to find some sort of side-by-side diff that will
>>> highlight the differences and produce pritable output (e.g.
>>> html or postscript).
>>>
>>> I've found tools to "colorize" diff output, but not for
>>> side-by-side.
>>
>> To be a bit more specific, I've found "colordiff" but it
>> highlights entire lines rather than just changes
>
> In diffs, changes are always lines.  It's line based, not
> character based.

Which is why it does't meet my requirements.  I want the
changes hightlighted.  I've found tons of utilties (like meld)
that do that on-screen, but I haven't found any that print.

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