File Comparison Feature Matrix
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| Two-way comparison | Shows added, deleted and blocks of text with inline changes. |
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| Editing | Full-featured text editor. |
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| Find/Replace | Regular expressions powered Find/Replace. |
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| Incremental Find | Searches for a word as you type it in the editor (a.k.a. "vi style find"). |
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| Instant re-comparison | As a file is edited, comparison is performed discreetly in the background, ensuring changes are shown as soon as they are made. |
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| Character encoding | Full support for Unicode and MBCS. Choice to work with languages or character sets. |
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| Encoding auto-detection | Upon opening a text file DeltaWalker will automatically attemp to deduce its encoding. |
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| Undo/Redo | Unlimited Undo/Redo works across files participating in a comparison. |
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| Bird's eye view | Thin vertical stripe showing at a glance the extent and the location of differences between the compared files. |
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| QuickDiffs |
Show what and how has changed during editing. Hover over the colored Quick Diff
area to see a tooltip with the original text.
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| Three-way comparison |
Allows for comparing two versions of a file against a common ancestor. Full merge
and editing capabilities available. Supported layouts:
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| Automatic text file merging |
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| XML structure comparison | XML files are compared both as text and as structures (technology preview). |
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| One-click merge |
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| Report generation | HTML and XML format reports |
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| Patch creation | Ability to generate UNIX Diff patches in four different formats |
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| Change notification | On by default, it prompts you when a file or a folder being compared has been changed on the file system. |
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| Print and print preview | Accurate, WYSIWYG print and print preview. |
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| Page setup | Interactive page margins, header & footer setup allows for including file names, page numbers, date/time, or other advanced tags. |
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| Regular expression filters | Allow you to specify keywords or symbols to be ignored during file comparison. |
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Automatic merging of non-conflicting differences from two versions of a file into
an ancestor. Conflicting changes are highlighted and left for review and resolution.
Fly-by arrows appear when the cursor is over a change and allow for a single-click
merge. Holding down Ctrl or Ctrl+Shift offers
additional options.