Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 20 Jan 2001 03:15:06 +0000 From bcwhite@precidia.com Fri Jan 19 21:15:06 2001 Return-path: Received: from mx2.magma.ca [::ffff:206.191.0.250] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 14JoUa-00046T-00; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:15:05 -0600 Received: from mail3.magma.ca (mail3.magma.ca [206.191.0.221]) by mx2.magma.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA05962 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:15:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from ottgate.precidia.com (ottgate.precidia.com [209.217.122.127]) by mail3.magma.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA03235 for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:15:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from tolkien.ott.precidia.com [10.0.1.2] (mail) by ottgate.precidia.com with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 14JoUZ-0001hj-00; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:15:03 -0500 Received: from bcwhite by tolkien.ott.precidia.com with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 14JoUT-0000my-00; Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:14:57 -0500 From: Brian White Subject: diff could do with a tab-size option To: submit@bugs.debian.org X-Mailer: bug 3.2.10 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:14:57 -0500 Delivered-To: submit@bugs.debian.org Package: diff Version: 2.7-21 Severity: wishlist It would be useful if diff had a "--tab-size=" option. Without it, it's not possible to use the "-y" (side-by-side) option on files that have tabs other than 8-characters in size. -- Brian -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Kernel Version: Linux tolkien 2.2.14 #1 Thu Apr 27 23:52:05 EDT 2000 i586 unknown Versions of the packages diff depends on: ii libc6 2.1.3-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone