Re: Using "Compare to file..." to update source

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did try something different - once I did the Alt-L selection, I used 
Ctrl-C to copy to clipboard, then positioned at start of line where I 
want to put them lines, then Ctrl-V - pretty easy, too!

Vern

On 6/20/2017 10:19 AM, Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> Y'all
>
> We have occasion to make the same changes to source members of the 
> same name and purpose in different environments. Questions as to 
> __why__ will be ignored, at least by this person!!  :)
>
> So I was looking for an effective way to do this in RDi - opt 55 in 
> PDM is one thing I've found to be very powerful.
>
> Most of the compare-merge utilities are, shall we say, too aggressive, 
> make wholesale changes to change dates, etc.
>
> So I found that I can use the "Compare to file..." function nicely for 
> this - one gets to this either in the Edit menu or using the delta 
> symbol on the toolbar of RDi.
>
> Once you get the compare window up, you'll see differences with red 
> and yellow lines - the red is in the source you are comparing to, the 
> yellow is what you have in the source you had open.
>
> In this case, the source you are comparing to is the one with the more 
> recent changes, so you want to bring those into the source you are 
> working in.
>
> You can't, so far as I can tell, use the SEU techniques of CC block 
> copy from the red lines. When I tried that, it copied a blank line or 
> lines, not the content in red.
>
> So I thought about the line-select feature, like this
>
>   - Alt-L on the first red line and again on the last red line
>   - Move cursor to the last yellow line
>   - Alt-C to copy the lines after the line where the cursor is
>   - Remove all the yellow lines, maybe with Ctrl-Backspace or the 
> Alt-L stuff again
>   - Ctrl-Shift-R to refresh the compare - voilá - no difference now
>
> One nice thing - all the source change dates are maintained of updated 
> as they should be.
>
> Now I don't know any other way to do this kind of thing from this 
> compare. The other side-by-side compare ends up with new source change 
> dates for the entire member, IIRC.
>
> I might just submit an RFE to allow using the SEU codes to copy from 
> the "red" stuff into the live source.
>
> Thoughts are welcome, of course!
>
> Regards
> Vern