Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/13/07:58:39
A new version of my filecompare-utility is out
this is version 0.9.7
( yes, I know a lot
of people tell me I'm re-inventing the weel, but also a lot of
people seem to like my wheel, so I keep updating it ( I also think
it does no harm to have some different sorts of wheels, mine is
especcially handy for quick checks on the different versions of
files, while in my opinion (s)diff is better for automated
tasks(e.g. scripts e.d.(whew these ar a lot of brackets(-:)))))
Martijn Versteegh
readme.cm from the distribution follows:
version 0.9.7
The most important line from the whole document:
run the program without arguments to get usage help
CMP. a file compare utility
I wrote this utility, and I think it is quite useful. A
graphical version with
more lines on the screen(50 instead of 25) is also available the way.
this program is swapware(I like this idea Shawn), that means if you
use my
program and you like it, send me something in return.
my email adress is m DOT versteegh AT cpedu DOT rug DOT nl my mail adress is
postbox 1443
9701BK
Groningen
The Netherlands
(I live on a boat,thats why I use a postbox at the postoffice)
DISTRUBUTION:
please distribute this program as much as possible, for I
think it is
a useful tool, especially when you're managing more versions of a
program in development
I would very much aprreciate it if you distributed the program in an
archive
together with this text file.
As this is just version 0.9 please send all bug reports to
me.
this version is from february 1997 so if it's more than 2
months old
there probably is a fixed version, and I'd rather not get any
bug reports
about this one anymore
features:
-two file displayed next to eachother
-arrow keys scroll the first file, the second file will be
displayed
so, that the common lines are next to eachother
- -/+ to jump to the next/last difference
-option to compress multiple spaces into one when comparing
-option to ignore all spaces when comparing
-option to ignore all lines with less than n characters,
wehere n is out of
0-9, this comes in handy with source code because you
don't want to
compare single {'s.
-option to ignore end of line comments when comparing lines
(any string can be used as comment token)
-interactively make a third file from the best parts of the
other two
-the program can be used as a viewer when invoked with only
one file
changes from the last version:
-bugfixes
-added support for user defined comment instead of a
hardcoded '//'
still to do
-linux port
-any other suggestions from users
the original site of this program(as long as I'm still studying) is
http://iglo.cpedu.rug.nl/~N0772985
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