That's a neat utility. Pity there's no Mac version -- I don't often dust off my old Win2000. (For people unable to run it: it shows 2 files side-by-side, padding each side to align comparable lines)
I've seen similar displays written in APL. Might be instructive to write one in J - if nobody's done it. It would be a nice application of /= to boxed strings. On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
