Various character tokens are used throughout diffs to provide visual cues.
For example, gutters will contain characters that denote deletions and
insertions (< and > by default).
StyleText(...)a StyleText S4 object
named values for the slots described in the “Constructor Arguments” section below; all are optional
gutter.insertcharacter(1L) text to use as visual cue to indicate whether a diff line is an insertion, defaults to “> ”
gutter.insert.ctdcharacter(1L) if a diff line is wrapped, the visual cue shifts to this character to indicate wrapping occured
gutter.deletecharacter(1L) see gutter.insert above
gutter.delete.ctdcharacter(1L) see gutter.insert.ctd above
gutter.matchcharacter(1L) see gutter.insert above
gutter.match.ctdcharacter(1L) see gutter.insert.ctd above
gutter.guidecharacter(1L) see gutter.insert above
gutter.guide.ctdcharacter(1L) see gutter.insert.ctd above
gutter.fillcharacter(1L) see gutter.insert above
gutter.fill.ctdcharacter(1L) see gutter.insert.ctd above
gutter.padcharacter(1L) separator between gutter characters and the rest of a line in a diff
pad.colcharacter(1L) separator between columns in side by side mode
Style