Hi there.  I just downloaded Meld, and I have to say, it looks and works very 
nice, and I appreciate all the work that went into it.  I have a major feature 
suggestion for the file merge though:

You should be able to cut/paste/edit the path of the files you are comparing.   
My problem is that I usually compare files from different branches of code, 
where only the top directory name changes.   So, for example, I might want to 
compare //home/john/workspace1/product1/release43/drivers/char/foo/foo.c with 
//home/john/workspace2/product1/release43/drivers/char/foo/foo.c.   The problem 
is that currently to do that, I have to select my first file, and then go all 
the way back to my root, and renavigate the entire tree to get my second file.  
 This is not overly convenient.   If I could edit the path and just change the 
one directory, it would be much faster.


On a more minor note, a would be nice:

Allow an auto-reload option.   The file merge window can detect if a file has 
changed, and if so it asks if you want to reload or hide.   It would be nice to 
have a third button, auto-reload, which would mean that every time it detects 
that the file has changed, it automatically reloads without prompting.   Having 
it remember the line number the cursor was on, after reload would also be nice 
for this feature.   (again, for justification: I do my editing in source 
insight.   I often want to see what's changed.   However, if I modify a file 
outside of source insight, source insight looses all it's bookmarks, etc.   So 
I often have Source Insight open on one screen, and Meld on the other, but I 
make all the changes in SI...).


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