ExamDiff Pro Wish List

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#	Feature	Votes
1.	3-way diff and merge
2.	Compare Word and Excel files
3.	Intelligently compare XML files
4.	Understand the start and end of C/C++ (or other language) functions, so compare function by function rather than just line by line
5.	Compare files/folders on FTP or SSH servers
6.	Option to switch between list views and collapsible/expandable tree views in recursive directory comparison
7.	Integrate with version control systems allowing to compare files with their versions and perform version control operations from ExamDiff Pro
8.	Compare Office 2007 Word and Excel files
9.	Create directory comparison HTML diff report with links to file comparison HTML diff reports
10.	Unix version
11.	Compare file lists (text files that contain file paths in each line)
12.	Binary file editing
13.	Portable version
14.	Patch (.exe) generator
15.	Option to save file differences as "unified diffs" (like diff -U in the GNU diff)
16.	Compare archives as directories
17.	Implement ExamDiff Pro as a tabbed MDI application
18.	Support other languages for the user interface
19.	Option to reuse running instance of ExamDiff Pro
20.	Ability to select fragments in both files and compare only them, in the context of the rest of the files
21.	2-way merge in a separate pane
22.	Have a distinct color for ignores, when "Ignore the ignores" is turned on
23.	Implement fast binary comparison mode (byte-by-byte comparison)
24.	Allow to toggle files/directories, and Go Up One Level/Drill Down in directory comparison without re-comparison (using cached diff results)
25.	Option to use MD5 instead of CRC32
26.	Use scale factor when printing reports
27.	Ability to ignore text fragments selected in file comparison panes
28.	Add support for ExamDiff Pro as an XP boot CD plug-in for Bart's PE Builder (details at http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/)
29.	Command to match braces in file comparison editor
30.	Compare tab/comma-separated files column by column with the ability to ignore columns (referred to by their numbers)
31.	Ability to save/restore manual synchronization links to/from an external file
32.	Run an external program on two selected files
33.	Selective Line Editing like in KEDIT
34.	Perform multi-line matching where one line can be matched to multiple lines while ignoring linebreaks
35.	Ability to compare numbers as numbers and ignore small differences
36.	Ability to set different detail levels for the main file comparison panes and the line inspector.
37.	Have full screen mode, showing just the 2 files/directories -- but with keyboard accelerators still working (Next Diff etc.)
38.	Option to process files, whose content matches a regular expression, during directory comparison
39.	Logging of changes in the file comparison differences in the Diff combo box during the merging procedure, like "Resolved - copied missing text from File2 to File1", "Replaced Block in File2 with block from File1", "Deleted Block in File2"
40.	Ability to place manual synchronization links between lines instead of on lines
41.	Upon launching matched file comparison from directory comparison, navigate through matched file pairs using Next and Previous commands
42.	Allow the following: "examdiff file1.c *.bak" (meaning "examdiff file1.c file1.bak")
43.	Allow to limit number of subdirectory levels in recursive comparison
44.	Ability to output a comment (in specific programming languages) when you merge changes. Comments would include date, name, reason etc.
45.	Show the line length in text files (in the status bar or to the left -- next to the line number)
46.	Ability to flatten subdirectories in directory comparison so that relative paths are ignored
47.	Ability to customize ExamDiff Pro title bar text
48.	Option to convert new tabs to spaces
49.	Offer "Apply" button on the Options dialog
50.	"Virtual space" for file editing (allow cursor position past End of Line in Edit Mode)
51.	Provide an easier means of identifying columns to ignore (e.g. via mouse drag) instead of typing in before/after column numbers in options
52.	Diff statistics such as lines deleted, added, changed per file accumulated per folder
53.	Option to use a user-defined color for nonexistent (padding) lines)
54.	Compare database fields using ODBC links to SQL Server, Oracle, etc.
55.	Command to remove a diff from the list (like Skip command)
56.	When printing out a diff report, indicate on each page that a change occurred
57.	Ability to freeze columns in directory comparison panes
58.	Ability to concurrently search in both panes and find the first match in either one (from the current "matched" line)
59.	Ability to associate file extensions with named sessions; auto-invoke session if compared files have same extensions
60.	Ability to disable file renaming in directory comparison
61.	Ability to find duplicate files
62.	Ability to associate file extensions with Ignore options
63.	Ability to define 'Double-click on the line number' behavior (possible choice: copy the line to the opposite file)
64.	Ability to specify language of a file, with grammatical rules (e.g. parts of words for word wrap) affected by the language
65.	Ability to ignore substitution strings e.g. R.D.S. is same as RDS
66.	Option to force comparisons (from directory comparison and Explorer context menu) with the older file/directory as first
67.	Command to navigate to the next real line, jumping over padded lines
68.	Show number of unchanged lines in the status bar of directory comparison (in full file comparison mode)
69.	Reuse a print job when file diff reports are printed along with the directory diff report
70.	Copy directory but not its contents (so you can quickly dive deeper and copy only the subdirectories you want)
71.	Automated file synchronization
72.	Option to have items for identical sections in the top combo box (currently only items for differences are added)
73.	Option to not treat CR charaacter as a linebreak
74.	Ability to save differences of files as separate files and also to save common part as separate file
75.	Add a command line option to output only comparison statistics
76.	Add the manual synchronization feature to binary comparisons
77.	Add a second splitter to allow viewing different sections of a file/directory in the comparison window