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Bug 24617 - Implement diff on sentence level (instead of per paragraph block)
Implement diff on sentence level (instead of per paragraph block)
Status: NEW
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
History/Diffs (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Low enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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: 69097 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2010-08-01 02:48 UTC by stevertigo
Modified: 2014-08-16 10:13 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description stevertigo 2010-08-01 02:48:59 UTC
For example, in the diff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Undeciphered_writing_systems&diff=375671540&oldid=372821363

The edit separated the second sentence as the start of a new paragraph and inserted the text, shown at the beginning of the green field, as part of the first paragraph. The second sentence and after, now a separate paragraph, is still shown highlighted in green. 

A search/comparison function inserted after the diff is formed which compares the pre-existing version and the diff output text, could unmark the pre-existing text from green to a nominal yellow color. This helps to distinguish text which has added from pre-existing text which has simply been shifted, moved, or transplanted. 

-SC
Comment 1 Krinkle 2012-05-11 18:39:56 UTC
MediaWiki supports using different diff-algorithm programs. So if you find a diff algorithm that can do this, it may be possible to try that on a wiki (or your own (test) wiki) without having to change MediaWiki core.

Would be nice if could have this by default! There are a lot of other bugs about issues and lackings in the default diff algorithm.
Comment 2 Andre Klapper 2014-08-16 10:13:44 UTC
*** Bug 69097 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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