Description

It would be great if there was syntax highlighting integrated in egit's compare editor (diff viewer) for various programming languages.

Eclipse recently announced a new, versatile syntax highlighting functionality for more than 60 languages with TextMate and it also works in the compare editor, which should be the way to go:

• https://www.heise.de/news/IDE-Eclipse-2024-06-Java-22-und-Syntax-Highlighting-fuer-fast-alles-9759399.html
• https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.tm4e
• https://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/extra-syntax-highlighting-plugin
• https://eclipse.dev/eclipse/news/4.7/platform.php
• https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt-lsp
• https://github.com/eclipse/lsp4e
• https://github.com/eclipse/tm4e

Motivation

Other diff-viewers and git UIs offer that. It makes the differences easier to read and merge.

Alternatives considered

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Additional context

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