At 13:33 +1300 on 10/01/2009, Miraz Jordan wrote about Re: How to best combine two different Grep Patterns.xml fil:
>On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 07:23, David <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have ended up with two different Grep Patterns.xml files on two >> different computers. >> >> I want to get some of the Grep patterns from one file to another. What >> is best way to edit the file...can I just copy and past the various >> strings? What parts of the entry has to be copied? >> > >If it were me, I'd open both files on one computer and use BBEdit's >excellent Compare or Find Differences feature (Search menu). > >That'll put the two documents side by side and show you everywhere >they differ. > >You can then easily click the arrow to copy the relevant text from one >file to the other. > >Cheers, > >Miraz > > >-- >Miraz Jordan While this will work, the Compare and Find Differences features have one basic assumption that may make their use of little value. This assumption is that you are comparing two files that are versions of the same file (ie: That file 1 had lines added and/or deleted to form file 2). I do not think that it works very when you have the same content in both files in different orders. Thus if you have A B C D in one file and A C B D in the other, you will be told that there is a missing B in the first file (between C and D) and no B between A and C as well as a missing B in the second (Between A and C) with none between C and D. You must spot that both contain B (but in different locations). Any time you update a file by moving content to a new location as opposed to just removing/adding/replacing content you can run into this GOTCHA. -- Robert A. Rosenberg RAR Programming Systems Ltd. Home: 845-357-0931 Cell: 646-479-1984 Fax: 646-349-4025 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
