BlueSpiceVisualDiff

Extension: BlueSpiceVisualDiff

Overview
Description:	Enables users to easily compare two versions of a page
State:	stable	Dependency:	BlueSpice
Developer:	HalloWelt	License:	GPL v3 only
Type:		Category:	Quality Assurance
Edition:	BlueSpice pro
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Features

VisualDiff enables users to easily compare two versions of a wiki page.

Usage / features

There are three diff views:

1. Visual: The differences are shown in the flow text. Changes are highlighted in color.

2. WikiText: The output is shown in WikiCode in an integrated view. Changes are highlighted in color.

3. Classic: The output is in WikiCode. Old and new text face each other in two columns.

• You can switch between the views via tabs.
• The Java command-line tool DaisyDiff creates a unified diff from two revisions rendered in HTML. This is displayed on a SpecialPage.
• Additional information is displayed, e.g., the compared revisions.
• A navigation to the previous difference is displayed. The behavior is similar to that of MediaWiki.
• You can jump from one change to the next via flyout.

Technical information

The extension VisualDiff is based on the HTML-Diff tool DaisyDiff and shall give a quick and visually appealing overview of the changes in revisions of a wiki article. The changes are displayed in a so called Unified-Diff and therefore in a document and not like usual in two columns. The normal link to the diff view of MediaWiki is overwritten by a link to a special page. The article revision (oldid) works as a basis for the comparison. This also defines the changes like "added" and "deleted".

Configuration

There are no configuration options.

Rights (permissions)

To use VisualDiff, the user needs to have read rights.

Requirements

VisualDiff requires BlueSpiceFoundation.

More info

For detailed description and usage, visit our help page.

Demo

You can test the VisualDiff functionality in our BlueSpiceDemo.