Thanks. When I went looking for a web page about tkdiff, I found this
one comparing multiple diff tools:
https://www.tecmint.com/best-linux-file-diff-tools-comparison/
It says it's for Linux, but they may be available on other platforms
too. For example, tkdiff is based on TCL/TK, so it is cross-platform.
Based just on that comparison page, I'd probably choose DiffMerge or
Diffuse, but I imagine some of the others can match them.
Duncan Murdoch
On 2025-03-25 6:53 a.m., Serguei Sokol via R-devel wrote:
Le 24/03/2025 à 20:28, J C Nash a écrit :
For Linux users, meld is quite nice for side by side editing, though
I've never tried using it for
display. Just checking now suggests it isn't obvious how to "print"
side by side display.
I've made meld easier for my own use by creating an icon in Double
Commander (DC allows
the user to create iconized links to scripts and programs). There are
two panes in the DC
file manager. I highlight one file in each then click. This saves
typing two full paths in
a command
meld path/to/file1 path/to/file2
I suspect the highlight and click makes my use of meld reasonably
attractive. I'm not sure
I'd use it in the raw command line mode.
Like Duncan, I welcome suggestions for similar tools, especially if
there's a display option.
I like tkdiff.
Serguei.
John Nash
On 2025-03-24 15:21, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
I sent some comments directly to Ben. I just want to reply publicly
to this part:
On 2025-03-24 1:18 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:
The patch file is attached (also available at bugzilla, if it
doesn't
get through to the list). I find the patch format a little hard to
read,
so I'm reproducing just the *new* text below.
I agree absolutely about the lack of readability of patch files. A
side by side display is much nicer. If anyone out there isn't using
one, you should.
I really like the one I use ("Beyond Compare"), but it's not open
source. I've been using it for a very long time (20 years or more, I
think), and I suspect there are very good open source competitors out
there now (and may have been for all the time I've been using BC).
Suggestions?
Duncan Murdoch
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