Template:Text diff/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Text diff (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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Shortcut

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This template uses Lua:

Module:Diff (sandbox)

This template can be used to show proposed changes, e.g. on talk pages.

Usage

{{Text diff|Old text.|New text.}}

produces a diff showing the changes:

{{Text diff|ORIGINAL_WIKITEXT|CHANGED_WIKITEXT}}

produces a warning mesage:

Warning Unnamed parameter |1= set to default value. Please change it. Failure to use {{Text diff}} to specify your requested text changes, if not adequately described above, may lead to your request being denied.

Limitations

This template is suitable only for comparing a single in-line string of text. Use of this template to compare multi-line content (i.e. HTML block content, text including line breaks) will result in syntax errors.

This template must be placed on a new line, i.e. with a line break before the template. Adding the template to a line that is indented with a colon or asterisk may result in syntax errors.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Text diff in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Text diff

This template compares two texts. The comparison is formatted similarly to a "diff" (see Help:Diff).

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Old text	`1`	Specify the old wikitext here.	Line	required
New text	`2`	Specify the new wikitext here.	Line	required