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Nancy Van Schooenderwoert wrote: >I'm mostly using the Kate editor, but I miss having a good visual diff >tool like "Diffzilla" that comes as part of SlickEdit. Here's a >description of its capabilities: > >"DIFFzilla allows software developers to view changes between two files, >directories or directory trees - with feature-rich side-by-side editing >and color coding capabilities enabled for over 30 programming languages, >including Java, C/C++, C#, HTML, XML, Unicode and COBOL. DIFFzilla >fulfills a critical but often limited or missing function within the >software development lifecycle by allowing developers to view which >symbols and functions were changed or added in new versions, view what >changed on each line and merge three versions of a file back into one. >Unlike most differencing products, DIFFzilla allows developers to edit >and update files being compared in real time, thereby saving >considerable development time." > >Can anyone recommend something that is similar? > > > I went through a similar search a while ago, trying to find an equivalent to the proprietary, expensive, but excellent Windows program Araxis Merge. At the time, I couldn't find anything nearly so powerful on Linux. Then I found Kdiff3. Kdiff3 is excellent. kdiff3.sourceforge.net -- Greg Rundlett www.rundlett.com www.freephile.com randomly selected fortune: Fear and loathing, my man, fear and loathing. -- H.S. Thompson
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