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| 1. |
3-way diff and merge |
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| 2. |
Compare Word and Excel files |
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| 3. |
Intelligently compare XML files |
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| 4. |
Automated directory synchronization |
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| 5. |
Compare files/folders on FTP or SSH servers |
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| 6. |
Understand the start and end of C/C++ (or other language) functions, so compare function by function rather than just line by line |
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| 7. |
Option to switch between list views and collapsible/expandable tree views in recursive directory comparison |
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| 8. |
Integrate with version control systems allowing to compare files with their versions and perform version control operations from ExamDiff Pro |
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| 9. |
Binary file editing |
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| 10. |
Create directory comparison HTML diff report with links to file comparison HTML diff reports |
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| 11. |
Compare file lists (text files that contain file paths in each line) |
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| 12. |
Eclipse integration |
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| 13. |
Unix version |
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| 14. |
Compare archives as directories |
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| 15. |
Option to save file differences as "unified diffs" (like diff -U in the GNU diff) |
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| 16. |
Patch (.exe) generator |
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| 17. |
Implement ExamDiff Pro as a tabbed MDI application |
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| 18. |
Option to reuse running instance of ExamDiff Pro |
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| 19. |
Portable version |
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| 20. |
Support other languages for the user interface |
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| 21. |
2-way merge in a separate pane |
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| 22. |
Ability to select fragments in both files and compare only them, in the context of the rest of the files |
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| 23. |
Allow to toggle files/directories, and Go Up One Level/Drill Down in directory comparison without re-comparison (using cached diff results) |
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| 24. |
Option to ignore text file lines by their numbers |
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| 25. |
Implement fast binary comparison mode (byte-by-byte comparison) |
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| 26. |
Option to use MD5 instead of CRC32 |
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| 27. |
Option to ignore blank lines at the end of a file |
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| 28. |
Ability to ignore text fragments selected in file comparison panes |
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| 29. |
Add support for ExamDiff Pro as an XP boot CD plug-in for Bart's PE Builder (details at http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/) |
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| 30. |
Use scale factor when printing reports |
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| 31. |
Have a distinct color for ignores, when "Ignore the ignores" is turned on |
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| 32. |
Sort fields within text comparison panes i.e. like Excel's sort facility |
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| 33. |
Command to match braces in file comparison editor |
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| 34. |
Ability to ignore version information in executable files such as EXE, OCX, DLL, etc. |
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| 35. |
Allow to denote text/binary files based on their extensions |
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| 36. |
Ability to save/restore manual synchronization links to/from an external file |
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| 37. |
Allow to enter/browse file/dir name directly in the main window |
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| 38. |
Run an external program on two selected files |
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| 39. |
Selective Line Editing like in KEDIT |
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| 40. |
Ability to compare numbers as numbers and ignore small differences |
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| 41. |
Ability to place manual synchronization links between lines |
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| 42. |
Compare tab/comma-separated files column by column with the ability to ignore columns (referred to by their numbers) |
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| 43. |
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" |
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| 44. |
Perform multi-line matching where one line can be matched to multiple lines while ignoring linebreaks |
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| 45. |
Have full screen mode, showing just the 2 files/directories -- but with keyboard accelerators still working (Next Diff etc.) |
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| 46. |
Option to process files, whose content matches a regular expression, during directory comparison |
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| 47. |
Upon launching matched file comparison from directory comparison, navigate through matched file pairs using Next and Previous commands |
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| 48. |
Option to use a user-defined color for nonexistent (padding) lines) |
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| 49. |
Provide an easier means of identifying columns to ignore (e.g. via mouse drag) instead of typing in before/after column numbers in options |
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| 50. |
Allow the following: "examdiff file1.c *.bak" (meaning "examdiff file1.c file.bak") |
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| 51. |
Ability to perform full file comparison (in directory comparison) only if files are considered different based on their metadata (timestamps, sizes etc.) |
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| 52. |
Ability to reroute messages to stderr |
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| 53. |
Ability to customize ExamDiff Pro title bar text |
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| 54. |
Ability to flatten subdirectories in directory comparison so that relative paths are ignored |
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| 55. |
Show the line length in text files (in the status bar or to the left -- next to the line number) |
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| 56. |
Allow to limit number of subdirectory levels in recursive comparison |
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| 57. |
Ability to output a comment (in specific programming languages) when you merge changes. Comments would include date, name, reason etc. |
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| 58. |
Ability to set different detail levels for the main file comparison panes and the line inspector. |
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| 59. |
Option to convert new tabs to spaces |
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| 60. |
Offer "Apply" button on the Options dialog |
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| 61. |
Command to remove a diff form the list (like Skip command) |
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| 62. |
"Virtual space" for file editing (allow cursor position past End of Line in Edit Mode) |
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| 63. |
Compare database fields using ODBC links to SQL Server, Oracle, etc. |
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| 64. |
Add the manual synchronization feature to binary comparisons |
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| 65. |
Option to include adjacent ignored lines when diff blocks are copied |
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| 66. |
Ability to freeze columns in directory comparison panes |
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| 67. |
Ability to find duplicate files |
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| 68. |
Ability to ignore substitution strings e.g. R.D.S. is same as RDS |
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| 69. |
Ability to disable file renaming in directory comparison |
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| 70. |
Ability to define 'Double-click on the line number' behavior (possible choice: copy the line to the opposite file) |
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| 71. |
When printing out a diff report, indicate on each page that a change occurred |
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| 72. |
Ability to associate file extensions with named sessions; auto-invoke session if compared files have same extensions |
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| 73. |
Ability to change detail level to current diff block in text comparison |
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| 74. |
Copy directory but not its contents (so you can quickly dive deeper with and copy only the subdirectories you want) |
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| 75. |
Diff statistics such as lines deleted, added, changed per file accumulated per folder |
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| 76. |
Integrate with Visual Studio in the same way as implemented for Windows Explorer Shell |
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| 77. |
Show number of unchanged lines in the status bar of directory comparison (in full file comparison mode) |
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| 78. |
Automatic detection of the language of text files, with grammatical rules (e.g. parts of words for word wrap) affected by the language6 Y Ability to hide files/directories from directory comparison |
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| 79. |
Custom syntax highlighting |
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| 80. |
Ability to specify language of a file, with grammatical rules (e.g. parts of words for word wrap) affected by the language |
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| 81. |
Add a second splitter to allow viewing different sections of a file/directory in the comparison window |
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| 82. |
Ability to save/restore skipped diff blocks to/from an external file |
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| 83. |
Command to navigate to the next real line, jumping over padded lines |
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| 84. |
Option to have items for identical sections in the top combo box (currently only items for differences are added) |
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| 85. |
Reuse a print job when file diff reports are printed along with the directory diff report |
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| 86. |
Obtain version information from text files (using a user-defined regular expression) and allow to use it in directory comparison |
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| 87. |
Ability to save differences of files as separate files and also to save common part as separate file |
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| 88. |
Option to force comparisons (from directory comparison and Explorer context menu) with the older file/directory as first |
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