[ANN] This Week in LiveCode 78

[Richard Gaskin]

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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