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General Software Discussion / Re: Text comparison tool with most robust similarity/moved block detection
« on: February 10, 2019, 05:51 AM »
Aaaarggghhhh, this is 2019 and BeyondCompare still can't wrap text to the width of the respective window
This unfortunately makes BeyondCompare completely UNUSABLE for text analysis (other than for program code, possibly).
This is also valid similarly for ExamDiff Pro. While ExamDiff Pro can (sort of) wrap text, the output is not practical for text analysis.
Summing up my experience: while practically all off-line tools like the ones mentioned above might be well suitable for comparing program code versions, they are completely and utterly unusable for text analysis.
This is what the comparison output of the typical off-line program looks:
Below is what the comparison output of Similarity Texter looks, and this is what I'm after:
This unfortunately makes BeyondCompare completely UNUSABLE for text analysis (other than for program code, possibly).
This is also valid similarly for ExamDiff Pro. While ExamDiff Pro can (sort of) wrap text, the output is not practical for text analysis.
Summing up my experience: while practically all off-line tools like the ones mentioned above might be well suitable for comparing program code versions, they are completely and utterly unusable for text analysis.
This is what the comparison output of the typical off-line program looks:
Below is what the comparison output of Similarity Texter looks, and this is what I'm after: