Ideas for new functionality in pacdiff

[Johannes Löthberg]

Hey,

Excerpts from John A. Leuenhagen's message of September 29, 2020 5:11:
> Currently, before pacdiff asks for the user's choice of action, it will 
> compare the original file to the pacfile. If the files are identical, it 
> will delete the pacfile. My idea is to perform this check after the user 
> views the diff. This way, the user may merge all changes with their 
> DIFFPROG, and the pacfile will automatically be deleted when they close 
> their editor. If the files still differ, functionality would remain the 
> same as it is currently.
> 

Sure, that makes sense.


> The second idea is simply a way to swap the sides that the files appear 
> on in DIFFPROG. Personally, I would prefer having the pacfile on the 
> right, but it is currently on the left. Having an argument for this 
> seems reasonable to me.
> 

I'm not so sure about this however.  Since the pacnew is the current 
packaged state, the actual file is the one that differs from the default 
state, so I believe that the current order overall makes more semantic 
sense.

If more people show interest in having the other order available, we 
could add an option for it however.


-- 
Sincerely,
  Johannes Löthberg :: SA0DEM
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