patch 9.1.1276: inline word diff treats multibyte chars as word char
Problem: inline word diff treats multibyte chars as word char
(after 9.1.1243)
Solution: treat all non-alphanumeric characters as non-word characters
(Yee Cheng Chin)
Previously inline word diff simply used Vim's definition of keyword to
determine what is a word, which leads to multi-byte character classes
such as emojis and CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) characters all
classifying as word characters, leading to entire sentences being
grouped as a single word which does not provide meaningful information
in a diff highlight.
Fix this by treating all non-alphanumeric characters (with class number
above 2) as non-word characters, as there is usually no benefit in using
word diff on them. These include CJK characters, emojis, and also
subscript/superscript numbers. Meanwhile, multi-byte characters like
Cyrillic and Greek letters will still continue to considered as words.
Note that this is slightly inconsistent with how words are defined
elsewhere, as Vim usually considers any character with class >=2 to be
a "word".
related: #16881 (diff inline highlight)
closes: #17050
Signed-off-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 84deeca..e2206f0 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*options.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Mar 28
+*options.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Apr 04
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -2989,7 +2989,10 @@
difference.
word Use internal diff to perform a
|word|-wise diff and highlight the
- difference.
+ difference. Non-alphanumeric
+ multi-byte characters such as emoji
+ and CJK characters are considered
+ individual words.
internal Use the internal diff library. This is
ignored when 'diffexpr' is set. *E960*