Looking for a text editor to compare code

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Hi,

I’m looking for a text editor that will compare two text files [code]

I’ve had a look in “diff” [UNIX], but I’d like something friendlier!

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The Free Text Wrangler from BareBones compares text files and can
“find differences”

David Owen

On 28 Oct 2009, at 14:17, Peter Tucker wrote:

Hi,

I’m looking for a text editor that will compare two text files [code]

I’ve had a look in “diff” [UNIX], but I’d like something friendlier!

Best wishes Peter

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on 28/10/2009 14:24, David Owen at email@hidden wrote:

The Free Text Wrangler from BareBones compares text files and can
“find differences”

David Owen

Cheers David I’ll have a look at that when I get back to base.

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+4 for TextWrangler, and one other suggestion: Apple’s own FileMerge. If you’ve installed the developer tools, you will find it on your hard disk at /Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileMerge.app

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Text Wrangler and BBEdit have the nicest/friendliest difference
functions I have come across.

Joe

On 28 Oct 2009, at 15:04, waltd wrote:

+4 for TextWrangler, and one other suggestion: Apple’s own
FileMerge. If you’ve installed the developer tools, you will find it
on your hard disk at /Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileMerge.app

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Hi Peter,

There are also a few 3rd party diff apps, like Changes <http://connectedflow.com/changes/

to name one, that supposedly offer more features and integrate into
some of the popular Mac editors. Whether they’re worth the cost I
can’t say, I use FileMerge.

Todd

On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Peter Tucker wrote:

Hi,

I’m looking for a text editor that will compare two text files [code]

I’ve had a look in “diff” [UNIX], but I’d like something friendlier!

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Walter, my reply to Peter’s post, when looking in the Freewaytalk site
is posted twice, and Peter’s original message starting the thread is
missing.

Just thought I’d point it out.

David Owen

On 28 Oct 2009, at 15:04, waltd wrote:

+4 for TextWrangler, and one other suggestion: Apple’s own
FileMerge. If you’ve installed the developer tools, you will find it
on your hard disk at /Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileMerge.app

Walter

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I saw that. It happens from time to time, but I have never been able
to figure out how to work around it. Each post to the Web forum is
processed and presented in the order in which it arrives – in e-mail
– to a private mailbox at Softpress World Domination Headquarters.
The order of arrival of any given e-mail is not guaranteed to be the
same as the order in which it was sent. It usually is, but that’s not
a given.

Walter

On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:53 PM, David Owen wrote:

Walter, my reply to Peter’s post, when looking in the Freewaytalk
site is posted twice, and Peter’s original message starting the
thread is missing.

Just thought I’d point it out.

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on 28/10/2009 15:04, Walter Lee Davis at email@hidden wrote:

+4 for TextWrangler, and one other suggestion: Apple’s own FileMerge. If
you’ve installed the developer tools, you will find it on your hard disk at
/Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileMerge.app

Thanks Walter, I’ve not but I will Š

Best wishes Peter

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