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nudone:
welcome, rand1038. nice avatar.

f0dder:
I couldn't really get accustomed to LyX... IMHO it falls short between a wysiwyg editor and full TeX power - it just doesn't feel right.

rjbull:
WinMerge has no problem, though it does take a couple minutes to do the compare, which is no surprise.
-rand1038 (October 09, 2006, 03:26 PM)
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Here's Keith Devens on Differencing Programs:

Often a life saver for a programmer. Beyond Compare (version 2) and Examdiff Pro are comparable, and both are reasonably priced. CSDiff has a unique view that will let you view differences inline, which makes it worth having even if you buy any of the others. WinMerge is decent, but go with pretty much any of the others instead of it.
    *    Windiff - Free, comes with Windows. It's probably on your Windows CD, but you can download it here.
    *    Araxis Merge - The best one I've ever seen (by far), but it's not cheap.
    *    ExamDiff and ExamDiff Pro.
    *    Beyond Compare
    *    CSDiff, from ComponentSoftware.
    *    WinMerge
    *    Guiffy - never tried it
    *    Meld, for GNOME
    *    CompareIt from Grig Software looks excellent, though I haven't gotten a chance to try it yet


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f0dder:
I like Beyond Compare's default view:
IDEA: Text Editor just for text (stay with me)

CSDiff has a unique view that will let you view differences inline, which makes it worth having even if you buy any of the others.

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-rjbull (October 10, 2006, 04:51 PM)
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Not sure if I'm missing something here, but isn't that what this view mode is about?
IDEA: Text Editor just for text (stay with me)

rand1038:
WinMerge has no problem, though it does take a couple minutes to do the compare, which is no surprise.
-rand1038 (October 09, 2006, 03:26 PM)
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Here's Keith Devens on Differencing Programs


WinMerge is decent, but go with pretty much any of the others instead of it.


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-rjbull (October 10, 2006, 04:51 PM)
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I'd have to disagree with him on that.  I wonder if he has ever needed to diff very large files?  In my opinion WinDiff is slow and outdated (Modified: Monday, August 18, 2003, the file from Keith Devens site);  even diffing small files and dirs I found it to be clunky.
CompareIt does a nice job! (but ... its 30 bucks)

Thanks for the link to the diff utils critique rjbull, a couple there I hadn't tried yet.

welcome, rand1038. nice avatar.
-nudone (October 09, 2006, 03:34 PM)
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Thanks nudone :)

I'm gonna lurk for awhile, I'll probably be asking about getting in on some devel eventually.  School is intense right now.

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