[daisy] Daisy Diff 0.1 released

[Bruno Dumon]

On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 17:24 +0200, Guy Van den Broeck wrote:
> I'm very happy to announce the release of Daisy Diff 0.1.
> 
> Daisy Diff is a Java library that diffs (compares) well formed HTML
> files. It's basically the same diffing algorithm that's being used in
> DaisyCMS 2.1 but now in a stand-alone form. I believe there is a need
> for the stand-alone library because all existing solutions to HTML
> diffing are substandard.
> 
> The project website is:
> http://code.google.com/p/daisydiff/
> 
> Daisy Diff can be downloaded from:
> http://code.google.com/p/daisydiff/downloads/list
> 
> The most notable features are:
>  * Works with badly formed HTML that can be found "in the wild". 
>  * The diffing is more specialized in HTML than XML tree differs.
> Changing part of a text node will not cause the entire node to be
> changed. 
>  * In addition to the default visual diff, HTML source can be diffed
> coherently. 
>  * Provides easy to understand descriptions of the changes. 
>  * Allow easy browsing of the modifications through keyboard shortcuts. 
>  * Changes to images are instantly recognizable through a red or green
> shade.
> 
> Many thanks to Outerthought and Google!
> 

To get some broader audience, you might consider adding the project to
sites like freshmeat.net.

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Bruno Dumon                             http://outerthought.org/
Outerthought - Open Source, Java & XML Competence Support Center
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