[Rd] request for discussion on lonely doc patch suggestion

[Deepayan Sarkar]

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 <profjcnash using 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
> >
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