[vim/vim] VIM Editor - TOhtml is not capturing the word differences (#1725)

[sandosh143]

I am using the "diffchar.vim" plugin to get the character level differences between 2 files. In the terminal I am able to see the character differences but when I try to convert that to html using :TOhtml, its not capturing the character differences. Its capturing only the line differences.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Vim (version: 7.4.629)
Operating system/version: CentOS release 6.8 (Final) 2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.centos.plus.x86_64
Terminal name/version: /dev/pts/1
$TERM: xterm

Steps to Reproduce:
Install the diffchar.vim plugin and run the below command to compare the two files using "vimdiff" or "vim -d"

vimdiff <file1> <file2> -c :TOhtml -c wqa

Actual results:
In the terminal you will be able to see the character level differences but when you convert that to html file its showing the line differences.

Expected results:
Both in the terminal & html we need to see the character level differences.

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[Rick Howe]

Thank for using diffchar.vim. TOhtml takes only syntax highlightings for colors, but diffchar.vim uses matchadd ones. I modified 2html.vim, which is located in $VIMRUNTIME/syntax directory, to handle them in diff mode. Please try it and use the latest diffchar.vim as well.

[Christian Brabandt]

Note, there is an open issue on the tohtml repository to take match()
functions into account:
https://bitbucket.org/fritzophrenic/vim-tohtml/issues/9/suggestion-question-option-to-export-to

You might want to contribute your 2html patch there.

Best,
Christian
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[sandosh143]

Sorry for the stupid question. Do I need to use "diff" command if I need to use "2html.vim"? Please assist.

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[vim-dev ML]

Thank for using diffchar.vim. TOhtml takes only syntax highlightings for colors, but diffchar.vim uses matchadd ones. I modified 2html.vim, which is located in $VIMRUNTIME/syntax directory, to handle them in diff mode. Please try it and use the latest diffchar.vim as well.

[vim-dev ML]

Thank for using diffchar.vim. TOhtml takes only syntax highlightings for colors, but diffchar.vim uses another ones. I modified 2html.vim, localted at $VIMRUNTIME/syntax directory, to handle them. Please try it and use the latest diffchar.vim as well.

[vim-dev ML]

You can simply run TOhtml as you did,
after replacing your $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/2html.html with my modified one.

[Rick Howe]