Slick V3.3 manual Diff Types, Path Information and Filespecs

DIFFzilla® Dialog

Diff Types

The following Diff types are available:

•Text Compare - Compares two files and shows the differences between them. When this option is se- lected, after you click OK on this dialog to start the comparison, the interactive Diff dialog is displayed, allowing you to preview the differences one-by-one before committing.

If the option on the Options tab, Instead of an interactive dialog, output one buffer with the differ- ences labeled, is checked, a buffer with the differences between the two files marked up will be dis- played instead.

•Symbols - Allows the selection of a symbol in order to set the Line Range line numbers. Not all symbol ranges are identified. Ranges for multi-line variable declarations are not identified.

•Multi-File- Compares two directories or directory trees, and shows which files do not match. Select Recurse into subdirectories to search subdirectories recursively. Click Previous diff to load a diff state file (.dif), restoring the saved state of a multi-file diff session.

Path Information and Filespecs

The following list describes the path information and filespec settings that can be entered on the DIFFzilla® dialog:

•Path 1, Path 2 - To compare directories, set Path 1 and Path 2 to directory names. To compare files, set Path 1 and Path 2 to file names. If the file names only differ by path, you only need to specify a dir- ectory for Path 2. Click the Ellipses button to browse, or the B button to select an open buffer.

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