Difftastic update: It now prefers matching nodes of a similar nesting level. This seems to help when there are multiple possible minimal diffs.
Left is before, right is after. I think it's an improvement overall, but golly the output can become inscrutable sometimes.
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Trying to let my 3yo try as many different technology interfaces as possible.
Mouse: not too bad, especially after reducing sensitivity.
Keyboard: WASD is easy to lose track of in a sea of buttons.
Controller: requires both hands together, which is tricky. Arguably the left hand is more important too, hard for a right hander.
I'm experimenting with diagnostics formatting.
* I've added a left margin, showing both the file name and line numbers
* I'm showing one line of context above/below the offending line.
* I'm using grey for comments.
What do you think? Is there anything you'd change?
Trying the nix CLI today, and I'm seriously impressed with the formatting of its --help output.
Indented warnings, italics, bullets, even adding a left border to code snippets! It's a nice reminder to take full advantage of terminal features to help the reader.







