Re: opendiff tool slow to exit
Re: opendiff tool slow to exit
- Subject: Re: opendiff tool slow to exit
- From: Ken Thomases <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:15:06 -0500
On Aug 27, 2010, at 3:04 AM, Jack Nutting wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Luc Bourhis <email@hidden> wrote:
>> The problem is that on my machine, with FileMerge already running, opendiff does not exit immediately at all: there is a lag of about 1s between the moment when FileMerge opens the window as the result of opendiff requests and the moment when opendiff terminates. This is very annoying when used in the context of a code versioning system which may fire repeated calls to opendiff if asked to diff the changes in an entire directory for example: it means I have to wait 1s before each diff gets displayed by FileMerge.
>>
>
> Have you ever used TextWrangler?
>
> http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
>
> It includes a command-line tool called 'twdiff' that will open files
> for comparison in TextWrangler. It's not FileMerge, but it might
> launch more quickly for you. And who knows, you may prefer it to
> FileMerge anyway!
And, because people might not realize it, it's important to note that it's free! It's the little sibling of BBEdit. It's very nice, in my opinion.
Cheers,
Ken
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