vimdiff: Jump to next difference inside line?

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Published on 2010-05-27T13:16:34Z Indexed on 2010/05/27 13:22 UTC
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vimdiff is very handy for comparing files. However, I often use it on files with long lines and relatively few differences inside the lines.

vimdiff will correctly highlight differences inside a line (whole line pink, differing characters red). In these cases, it would be nice to be able to jump to the next difference inside the line.

You can jump to the "next difference" (]c), but this will jump to the next line with a difference.

Is there a way to go to the next different character inside the current line?

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