#1140942 vimdiff: colored highlighting hides textual file diff

Package:
vim
Source:
vim
Description:
Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Submitter:
Nikolas Nyby
Date:
2026-06-28 15:45:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1140942#5
Date:
2026-06-28 15:35:17 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

vimdiff's default colored highlighting often hides the actual text diff
between to files, making it harder to see the differences than when
using the simple diff program.

In addition, the man page for vimdiff does not say anything about how to
turn off this highlighting.
--- real paths of main Vim binaries ---
/usr/bin/vi is /usr/bin/vim.basic
/usr/bin/vim is /usr/bin/vim.basic