XYplorer Beta Club

Hello XYplorer users.

has a script to compare the content between two files?

For example, for notepad there is the following plugin
https://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-compare/support

No, but it's easy to do, just wrap everything into html and colorize the differences (line by line)...

Of course, no semantics...

Many users would like to have this option included in xyplorer, to explore not only files, but the contents of the files.

Another option would be to install or adapt third-party plugins

There are enough applications out there that can compare files and show the differences. Most
of them can be fed with command line parameters. 2-3 lines of scripting or a PFA...

Here's a catalog entry (based on a script by Enternal) that I had been using to compare files or folders with beyondcompare.

I'm against it. The option to see the difference between files is, of course, a part of file management. But I don't think it is a good idea to make it a part of file manager.

* It could bloat the file manager ("bloatware")'
* It is too hard to competitive with separate utilities (https://www.araxis.com/buy/prices)

Actually, I don't use built-in search as well. I use Agent Ransack for it.

It should be also said that a lot of developers don't use diff utilities to compare local files. Instead, they use Git or Mercurial or SVN or some another version control system.

John_C wrote: ↑17 Nov 2019 07:16 It should be also said that a lot of developers don't use diff utilities to compare local files. Instead, they use Git or Mercurial or SVN or some another version control system.

I use git-diff outside of git repos all the time :/