I like kompare very much, but I think it's Linux only. https://apps.kde.org/kompare/
-Deepayan On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 at 01:01, J C Nash <profjcn...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > > 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 > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel