Re: Meld roadmap proposals

[Piotr Piastucki <leech miranda gmail com>]

Hi,

Often times the diff engine fragments the differences in my
text so badly that meld becomes useless.  Common segments of
text split the diff in very odd and non-helpful ways.  I
recognize algorithmic marking of file differences is a very
complex effort, probably beyond the scope of the meld project.

I am interested if other diff algorithms can yield better results. 
There are at least 2 alternatives: Myers' diff and patience 
diff. However, the later does not seem to be suitable for assembly 
language files as it relies on line uniqueness. 
Would it be possible to provide some examples of files you need to compare? 
If not, then a slightly modified meld code that uses Myers' diff is available here: http://piastucki.bdl.pl/meld/meld_myers.tar.gz. Feel free to give it a try.

Cheers,
Piotr