#1063936 xxdiff is blind to differences between process substitution inputs

Package:
xxdiff
Source:
xxdiff
Description:
graphical file/directory comparison and merge tool
Submitter:
Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
Date:
2024-02-15 03:42:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1063936#5
Date:
2024-02-15 03:29:57 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Florian,

Thank you very much for maintaining debian's
xxdiff package.

I like how intuitive and useful it is.

Please allow me to draw your attention to
a way I think it may be improved.

I expected xxdiff to highlight differences in
process substitution inputs with yellow and tan
colors.

Unfortunately, it did not highlight a difference.

Maybe you can see it too with

    $ xxdiff <( echo a ) <( echo b )

Screen shots of what I saw are attached.

As you can see in them, replacing

    process substitution

with

    files

works.

So does diff

    $ diff <( echo a ) <( echo b )
    1c1
    < a
    ---
    > b


My humble suggestion:

Improve xxdiff to work with process substitution.


Thanks again,
Kingsley