X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,e08eaf0f818097e9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-21 05:09:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: cerulli@dm.unipi.it (Michele Cerulli) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Find the difference Date: 21 May 2002 05:09:27 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 74 Message-ID: References: <3CE9D8D3.8F2F5967@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.51.48.140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1021982968 15059 127.0.0.1 (21 May 2002 12:09:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 May 2002 12:09:28 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:17304 Markus Gebhard wrote in message news:<3CE9D8D3.8F2F5967@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>... > Faux_Pseudo wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > - --(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- > > --(Michele Cerulli said it like only they can.)-- > > > > > > Well the "diff" command is not that smart, it didn't identify > > > the difference between the two hotels that are hidden by the snow. > > > If we look more closer we find: > > > > > > * * : * * * * * > > > * * : * * > > > * * . * * * * * > > > * ___*_____*_[]_ * ___*_____*_[]_ > > > /______________\* /______________\* > > > *| [] [] [] | *| [] [] [] | > > > | __ MC HOTEL |* | __ MC HOTEL |* > > > _|__||__[]__[]__|_ _|__||__[]__[]__|_ > > > > > > ** Italy ** ** Canada ** > > > > > > What is the difference between the two hotels? > > > > Indead that one does not work as well with diff. > > > > diff file file2 > > 1,3c1,3 > > < * * : * > > < * * : > > < * * . * > > - --- > > > * * * * > > > * * > > > * * * * > > 10c10 > > < ** Italy ** > > - --- > > > ** Canada ** > > > > But I know a perl script exists that could diff them down to the exact > > differancs. But it wouldn't be very human readable. > > Hey cool - a job where the difference-feature in JavE is useful: > 1. select the right hotel > 2. choose the layer mode "difference" > 3. move the selected hotel to the left over the other hotel > 4. past the selection by right clicking somewhere else > And the result is: > :* > : > * > > > > > > > Canada* * > > And I already thought about removing that option from the selection tool > :) > > Markus I really like JavE, but I must admit that in this case it fails: the difference that you found out it is only a surface one; the big difference between the two hotels is the fact that in Italy the central heating is ON, while in Canada it is OFF and averyone is freezing! Michele