I myself have been using the free software ExamDiff http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp for about 8 years, ever since the late Alex Rufon recommended it to me. It is used to compare text files.
On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Chris. > > I'd discovered Directory Match from a quick search of the J wiki on > "compare" and hurriedly tried it before I posed my question to the > list, but totally missed the significance of the buttons. > > ...Which do what I was looking for. > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:59 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > fcompare is a cover for compare, that compares two files. > > > > Also look at Directory Match, available in the gui. This uses compare > under > > the covers, and has a button to call an external diff like meld for more > > control. > > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Thanks, David. Just what I need. > >> > >> I'll have to get to know my addons a lot better. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 2:11 PM, David Mitchell <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > I have used these 2 methods on Windows and J6. > >> > > >> > 0: > >> > Assume f1 and f2 contain the full file path to two J scripts. > >> > > >> > 1: > >> > > >> > load'compare' > >> > load'files' > >> > (fread fn1) compare_jcompare_ (fread fn2) > >> > > >> > 2: > >> > > >> > load'task' > >> > shell 'diff ',f1,' ',f2 > >> > > >> > -- > >> > David Mitchell > >> > > >> > On 11/20/2011 8:09, Ian Clark wrote: > >> >> Has anyone written a verb to compare two scripts? (Just to save me > >> >> writing one...) > >> >> > >> >> Two literal nouns with LF-separated lines will do. Changed / deleted > / > >> >> inserted lines. > >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
