Re: Compares in LPEX editor - again

I thought I heard once that there are 3 different compare tools in RD* - right now I can think of 2 - the one I just described out of the Edit menu, and the one in RSE when you select 2 members and say to compare to each other.

I don't think the 3rd was the old CODE tool, but maybe someone remembers better than I.

There is also the free plugin from SoftLanding.

For merging, I still prefer the PDM opt 55 tool - amazing capability there - again, thx to Mark W, who was instrumental in getting that done.

Vern

On 1/31/2014 3:18 PM, Jon Paris wrote:

I was about to say the same thing but since Vern has covered it ...

The "Compare with each other" does allow for ignoring whitespace - simply right-click in the resulting display and select that option. You'll find a number of other options on that menu. There is I think a preference to set the default but darned if I know which one it is and I haven't time to try them all.

When in doubt - right click!


On 2014-01-31, at 4:06 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jeff

Try having a editor window open for a source member. Then go to the Edit
menu and click on the "Compare to a file..." item - this has the red and
yellow stuff.

There is even a button on the toolbar for this - the heavy "delta"
symbol in the group to the right of the macro buttons on the toolbar.

It's not a side-by-side comparison - and the "next change" button won't
find an addition - but the addition IS there in one of the colors -
yellow, I think.

I just tried it - it worked.

HTH
Vern

On 1/31/2014 2:52 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:

All,

I want to revisit compares. As I've stated before I prefer the code400
editor for compares. The nice red and yellow backgrounds really highlight
differences.

In contrast, when I highlight 2 members and say "compare with each other" I
get nothing but gray on white. Because of the way whitespace is handled,
virtually every line is considered a "change." This is absurd.

In looking at Window/Preferences/LPEX editor/Appearance, I see this nifty
display where "Compare added" lines are highlighted in yellow and "Compare
deleted" lines are highlighted in red. Gee, that looks almost like the
code400 editor. So why, when I do a compare, do I not see any colors
whatsoever?

The iSphere compare editor is somewhat better, but everything is still gray
and white.

I must be missing something so basic and fundamental within RDi that I need
to be beaten with a stick.

Rant mode off.

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