split screen diff feature

[dlee]

It would be nice to be able to do the split screen diff for side-by-side viewing of the versions of the file.

[shire]

the vimdiff feature of vim (on which this relies) is a split screen diff, is this what you're looking for or something different?

[dlee]

Yes, I want the ability to access that interface, but with scmdiff's ability to easily compare different revisions of the same file.

[shire]

So can you try out the following diff and let me know if it's what you have in mind?

https://gist.github.com/257330/e76010fdad018cd926a97a5b973aa6f441a08196

We need to come up with a shortcut for this format or a setting, I'm thinking a new shortcut may be in order as you may not want to change a setting if you want to switch between two views. We also need a way to set vertical vs. horizontal diffing, although maybe that should be a setting. Let me know if you run into issues or have suggestions (this is just a proof-of-concept hack).

[dlee]

Cool, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Now, if there was a way to toggle between the two views... :)

[shire]

Oh I'm sure something could be done there... ;-)

[shire]

Ok, can you try out my latest patch and let me know what you think/if there's any problems. I added basic usage intsructions to the top of the file but basically now '\s' will toggle the split/non-split view while either in diff or non diff mode. You can also set the default with a Dsplit and Dnosplit command.

http://gist.github.com/262410