small gui based app for "diff"ing and "patch"ing

i have decided to write a small GUI based app for taking out the diff of two files and applying patches to files, well i don have any idea how the actual programs work , but i have decided to write new algos for them , and a little innovation with the GUI , ... the plan goes as follows, :

------> creation of own diff and patch algorithms
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|___--> better diff algo proposal
# char wise diff if line length > 256 (set arbitrarily)
------> designing the GUI through manual programming ( no GLADE )
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|___--> components of the GUI
# textarea for displaying the diff output
# input and output file selector
# file selector for patch operations
# selector between methods patch/diff
------> writing the appropriate configure scripts for the gui code, as
the autoscan may not always generate the appropriate scripts

well actually , i was inspired by meld, but actually wanted to try my hand at making one, because it would help my endeavor for Gtk and also brush up my C , so as i always say , lets get coding !!!

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