Character Tokens Used in Diffs

Various character tokens are used throughout diffs to provide visual cues. For example, gutters will contain characters that denote deletions and insertions (< and > by default).

Usage

StyleText(...)

Arguments

...

named values for the slots described in the “Constructor Arguments” section below; all are optional

Value

a StyleText S4 object

Constructor Arguments

gutter.insert

character(1L) text to use as visual cue to indicate whether a diff line is an insertion, defaults to “> ”

gutter.insert.ctd

character(1L) if a diff line is wrapped, the visual cue shifts to this character to indicate wrapping occured

gutter.delete

character(1L) see gutter.insert above

gutter.delete.ctd

character(1L) see gutter.insert.ctd above

gutter.match

character(1L) see gutter.insert above

gutter.match.ctd

character(1L) see gutter.insert.ctd above

gutter.guide

character(1L) see gutter.insert above

gutter.guide.ctd

character(1L) see gutter.insert.ctd above

gutter.fill

character(1L) see gutter.insert above

gutter.fill.ctd

character(1L) see gutter.insert.ctd above

gutter.pad

character(1L) separator between gutter characters and the rest of a line in a diff

pad.col

character(1L) separator between columns in side by side mode

See also

Style