Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
- Subject: Re: Why doesn't FileMerge work?
- From: Chris Espinosa <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:58:29 -0700
On Mar 18, 2008, at 3:53 PM, Blair M. Burtan wrote:
Okay, so I have an Xcode project. I get source code revisions e-
mailed to
me. The type & creator of these revision files happens to be for
Codewarrior but the current version files are Xcode files.
Every time I try to use FileMerge it always says there is one change
on the
first line of the file and refuses to show any other changes.
I've tried the shareware Changes tool and that works ok as long as
you don't
try to Drag&Drop the file icons into the two edit boxes. The
Drag&Drop
works but the Compare button doesn't activate. If you use the Choose
buttons, it works fine.
Beyond that, I find it really annoying that you have to activate the
edit
box before attempting to Drag&Drop file icons. Maybe that's a PITA
Cocoa
concept or something.
Well, FileMerge has a fairly abysmal UI and we haven't updated it in
many years. We're addressing that.
The main issue is that you're comparing a newline-delimited file
against a Return-delimited file. Whoever mailed you the source code
revision converted the file to a different line endings, and you have
to convert it back in order to compare it.
Chris
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