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diff --git a/doc/plugins/recentchangesdiff/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/recentchangesdiff/discussion.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0ec6d7bf0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plugins/recentchangesdiff/discussion.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +# Syntax highlighting of recent changes + +Hello, +is there a simple way to highlight the diff printed in the [[/recentchanges]] +page? I imagined several solutions, but I am still wondering about the best one. + +* One might activate the [[plugins/highlight]] and [[plugins/format]] plugins, + and change the [[change.tmpl|/templates]] template, to use this plugin. But as + the diff is formatted not to mess up html (e.g. `\[[link]]` becomes + `[[link]]`), the output would be unreadable. +* One might improve [[plugins/recentchangesdiff]] plugin by adding an option + `diff_escape_html=>yes/no` to it. Setting this to `no` would leave html + unescaped, so that it would be correctly rendered by plugin + [[plugins/format]]. +* One might change the [[plugins/recentchangesdiff]] plugin, to add syntax + highlighting to diffs, but this would duplicate plugin [[plugins/highlight]]. + +In my opinion, the second solution is the best one. However, to be neat the +`change.tmpl` template might detect that both plugin [[plugins/format]] and +`diff_escape_html` option are enabled, and, depending on it, output the diff +in `<pre>DIFF</pre>` tags or in the `\[[!format diff """DIFF"""]]` directive. + +Letting user edit `change.tmpl` template to enable this feature is also +possible, but this would prevent him from benefiting of the later improvement +of this template. In my opinion, an ideal solution would require the user +nothing more than enabling some plugins or options. + +-- Louis |